The St. Mary banner., 1921-04-09

| Bureau of Markets, U. S. Department
Of Agriculture, Washington, d. c.:
Hay-Bulk of receipts of lower
grades. Arrivals top grades light.
Shipping demand poor Local demand
fair in most markets; good grades
alfalfa being requested. No. l alfalfa
about $24 Chicago but demand slack
enlng. Firm tone to market for all
kinds choice quality hay. Rain and
cooler weather have helped alfalfa in
Oklahoma. First crop of alfalfa in
Oklahoma well under way and in good
| shape. Quoted No. l timothy $24
cincinnati, $24 Chicago, $27 Memphis,
S19 Minneapolis, $25 Philadelphia, $31
New York. No. 2 timothy $22 Gin
cinnati S20,50 Chicago, $25 Memphis,
SIT Minneapolis, $24 Philadelphia,
$3.50 New York. No. l alfalfa $21
Cincinnati. $27 Memphis, $21 Mime
apolis. $50 Kansas City. No. l prairie
1880 Minneapolis, s14 Kansas City.
Feed-Wheat feed declining steadi-
ly. Cottonseed meal off $1@1.50.
Prices of nearly all feedstuffs at new
low levels with demand generally
quiet. Stocks in all sections good but
not much booked ahead. Jobbers well
supplied and not showing any tenden-
cy to enlarge holdings. White and
yellow hominy selling on equal basis
and in ample supply Gluten feed
quiet; price well maintained by man
ufacturers; production light. Lin
seed meal in better supply; quoted
$3.50 prompt, April and May ship
ment. No immediate prospect of sub
stantial increase in demand. Quoted:
Bran s18, middlings SIT Minneapolis;
36 per cent cottonseed meal $24 Mem
phis, $3.50 Northeastern markets;
white and yellow hominy feed S22
Chicago; oat feed So St Louis; 43
per cent cottonseed meal $3.50 Chi
cago; Rye feed SIG Minneapolis, SIT
Milwaukee.
Grain-Market unsettled and prices
fluctuated rapidly within narrow
range until the 30th when prices drop
ped sharply on liquidation in coarse
grains for country account. Liquida-
ton continued on the 31st; wheat
very weak early, but short covering
100000 bushels wheat sold to Spain
caused prices to rally from low points.
On the 31st also there was persistent
buying of corn by strong interests
which absorbed selling by houses with
country connections. In Chicago cash
market No 2 red winter wheat 1870
over Chicago May; No. hard wheat
same premium; No 3 mixed corn 40
51ac under Chicago May corn; No. 3
yellow 4@5Ac under. For the week
Chicago May wheat down 3Ac at
S13S 5/8, May corn 312c at 60 5/8c.
Minneapolis May wheat down 4Ac at
$132%, Kansas City May 4Ae at
$131, Winnipeg May 512 at $1.71k.
Chicago March wheat S1.55. Mime
apolis flour demand dull; fair demand
for better grades wheat; Canadian
wheat selling 45c over Minneapolis
May; No. 2 dark 18@34c over.
Fruits and egetabIes-Potatoes up
5@10c per 100 pounds northern ship
ping stations, closing COCO 81. Chi
cago carlot market up sc at s1.O5@
12O. New York round whites held at
$140@1.50 bulk. New York cold stOr-
age baldwin apples down about 25c
per barrel city WHOLESALERS markets at
$475M5.75. Northwestern extra fancy
winesaps slightly weaker Chicago at
S2.5O@3.5O per box: steady Kansas
City at $4,000 Middlewestern yel
low onions slightly slow and dull in
CITY markets, 50c0$1 per 100 pounds
Texas yellow Bermuda onions, COM
mercial pack mixed Nos. l and 2,
S3.25m350 per standard crate Pitts
burgh as compared with seasons early
sales at $450@5. Prices range $225
m2.5O per crate Chicago $1.40@1.50
{. O. b. shipping points. Florida celery
steady consuming markets at sos
per crate. Louisiana Klondike straw
berries firm New York at 20@3Oc per
pint. Prices range mostly $4,000
ped 24pint crate in consuming mar
kets: S3.1O0350 T. o. b,
Carlot shipments week ended March
80: Potatoes 1862 cars; boxed apples
295, barreled apples 544; cabbage $50;
celery 279; lettuce 373; onions 251;
sweet potatoes 248; strawberries 245;
tomatoes 2S5 Shipments week ended
March %: Potatoes 1888 cars; boxed
apples $50, barreled apples 664; cab
bage 524; celery 1926; lettuce Sol;
onions 800; sweet potatoes 248; straw
berries 24O; tomatoes 255.
Dairy Products-Butter markets un-
settled during the week, but the pres
ent tendency is toward recovery
prices advancing in all markets on the
31st. Closing prices, 92 score: New
York 4Sc; Chicago 45c: Philadelphia
49c: Boston 48c. Supply of domestic
butter barely taking care of demand
and Danish imports have held at firm
prices.