The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1921-01-15
The Markets

| Latest weekly market reports, issued
| by the u S. Bureau OF Markets, Wash
ington. D. c.:
| Hay and Feed-Holiday dizziness
still controls hay situation but deal
ers are more optimistic for coming
week. Receipts and stocks light.
Prices but little changed. Quote: No.
| timothy, New York s37, Chicago
| S27.5O Atlanta $35, Cincinnati S2S25.
| No. l alfalfa, Omaha, $21; Kansas
| City. s21 so No. l prairie, Omaha,
s14 Reddog and flour middlings de-
clined 81 and So respectively. Lin
seed meal easier in northeast, IN
! changed northwest. Cottonseed meal
prices steady Gluten feed situation
and prices unchanged. Hominy feed
| quoted lower due to increased produc-
ton. Alfalfa meal and beet pulp
prices weak. Demand for all feed
| stuffs light Short covering by De
cember shorts lifted bran about 81 per
! ton. Wheat feeds for January ship
! ments offered by Kansas City Jo5bers
| at 81 to $50 lower than prevailing
prices. Stocks all feeds plentiful.
| Quoted: Bran $3.50, Middlings $24,
| flour middlings $28, reddog $50, Min
neapolis; SO per cent cottonseed meal
| so7. Memphis; linseed meal $40, But
| falo and Minneapolis; white homlny
s33, No. l alfalfa meal S24, January.
February and March shipment, St
Louis; Beet pulp s45, Northeastern
markets.
Cotton.-AlthOugh there was consld-
| cradle fluctuati0n in the spot cotton
and future contracts markets, net
| changes were slight and middlins spot
cotton closed at 1880. decline OF -
pOints for the week New Orleans
January futures gained So points, clos
! ing at lac.
Fruits and Observation-Disclosures
round white potatoes up to Is cents
! per 100 pounds at shipping points
| closing $3.50 to Slab, Chicago car
| lot market continued to advance SLOW
! ly, closing 5 to 10 cents higher at
$3.50 to $3.50. Jobbing range slightly
higher in other Middlewestern mar
kets at $3.50 to 81, Sacked round
whites up 10 cents at Western New
| York shipping points, reaching SloV
| Bulk round whites down 10 cents, New
York City, under liberal supplies. clos
ing at $3.50 to S195. Sacked Green
Mountains slightly higher in Boston,
s175 to 81 Baldwin apples steady
| Western New York shipping points,
| closing around 81 per barrel. Bald
wins Works and Greetings, Jobblng 81
| to- S.. NorthW estern extra fancy
Winesaps steady, closing around s.
per box f. 0. b. Medium to small
size jobbing $325 to 1915 New York
City; large sizes 81 to s4.25.
Sacked yellow onions slow and dull
| f. O. b. Western New York shipping
points around 81 per 100 lbs.
! MiddlewesteTn markets slow and
steady, 75c to S1.40; Eastern cities,
20 to soc higher, mostly $40 to $3.50.
Big Boston lettuce steady cOnsum-
ing markets, jobbing 81 to 81 per Y
bushel hamper California iceberg
lettuce steady, 1928 to 1925 per crate;
| Chicago higher, $3.50 to 81
Total carlot movement slightly heay-
| Ter Shipments week ended January
| /: Potatoes 1,46S cars: barreled APP
pies, $50; boxed apples, 290; cabbage,
| 1866; lettuce, 244; onions, 10; sweet
potatoes, 297. Shipments previous
week: Potatoes, 1927 cars; barreled
apples, 642: boxed apples, 1893; cab
| bage. 166: lettuce, 259; onions. ia;
sweet potatoes, 262.
Grain.-The decline in grain prices
the early part of the week was more
| than recovered on the 10Th as result
of heavy export business. On the 3oth
the market was irregular. Passage of
war finance bill of senate over presi-
dents veto was reflected sentimental
| ~ in grain trading on January 3. Prices
| oIu nd wall a n Q6
| Milling demand reported fair, flour
demand better. Premiums. Kansas
| City and Minneapolis somewhat high
er. Cash corn in good general de-
mand. For the week Chicago March
wheat gained 13c, closing at $1.76 3/S;
May corn 8 cents at 76A. Minneapo-
| lis March wheat up Is Use at $1.72A;
Kansas City March up 1219c at SLIP;
Winnipeg May 10 5/Sc at s1,90h. Chi
cago May wheat $1.71 5/S. Premiums
on cash grain in Chicago market, jan
uary 3: No l red, 33c to SEC over
Chicago. March; No 2, 30c to 35c
over; No 8, Csc to SOC over; No.
hard IL to 16c over Chicago March;
No. 2 10c to 13c: No. 3 hard Sc to 1Oc
over. Premiums on new cash corn in
| Chicago: No g. mixed, &C to &c under
Chicago May; No. 4, &c under; NO. b,
1114c under. No. yellow, sc to SIC
under No. 4, &c to SC under; No. D,
| 91ac to 10c under.
| Dairy Products.-Good consumptive
and speculative demand caused i'm
provement in butter markets and
prices are about 1c higher than week
ago. Undergrades moved fairly we'll
and strengthened the demand for stor-
age Over 100000 pounds New Yea
land butter reported arrived at San
Francisco. Small shipments of Dan
ish received Prices 80 score fresh: