The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-07-26

Hay--Eastern hay markets firm
and about 81 higher than one weel
ago. Receipts aud stocks light. Cen
trail western markets weak and ar
mostly in buyers favor. Little ship
ping demand and receipts slightly il
excess of local demand. Countr,
loadings again falling off. Consider
able new hay arriving out Of copdi'
ton. Southern markets inactive and
weak. Quoted July 20: No. I tim
othy, New York, $3.50; Philadel-
phia, SOS; Cincinnati, $2l; Chicago
$25; Atlanta, $3.50; Kansas City
new, $11. No ! alfalfa Kansas City
$40; Omaha, $3.50; Memphis, $22'
No. prairie, Minneapolis, $14.50i
Omaha, s11.5O; Kansas City, s1s.
Feed-Wheat feeds fairly firm,
but easier tendency is noted in the
quotations for future shipment. Kan
sas mills asking $17 for hard bran
for July shipment and $16.25 for 30
day shipments. Country trade not
taking hold as expected and market
in resellers hands at mills sold heav-
lily to jobbers last few weeks. Oil
meals firm, sales very light. Hominy
feed 50@$1 lower. Gluten feed and
alfalfa meal unchanged. Stocks and
receipts fair. Quoted bran, $14;
middlings, S14; linseed meal, s34.50
Minneapolis; white hominy feed, $22
st. Louis; SO per cent cottonseed
meal $36.50 Memphis; gluten feed
$3.50 Chicago; No. l alfalfa meel
$40 Kansas City.
Dairy Products-Butter markets
steady during the week, but unset
tied at the close and the confident
tone of a week ago is lacking.
Fruits and Vegetables = Virginia
Eastern Shore Irish cobbler pota-
toes advanced 81 25@15O por barrel
in New York. reaching $4@4.25.
Other Eastern markets mostly $40
4.50. Shipments have been decrcas-
ing. Kansas sacked early Ohios are
down 15C625c per 100 lbs in Kansas
City. closing $1.25@1.50.
California salmon tint cantaloupes
nearly steady in Eastern markets,
closing 1904 per standard crate.
Prices declined 25@5Oc per crate in
the Middle West, closing $2.50@3.25.
Georgia alberta peaches range SOC
@$1 higher per six basket carrier in
Eastern Wholesale markets at 500
1865. Texas alberta peaches advance
ed $1.25@1.50 in Chicago, closing
$3.5O@s.75.
Georgia and South Carolina Tom
Watson watermelons medium sizes,
slightly stronger in New York $500
@350 per car. Haulings have been
light at Georgia shipping points.
Good demand advanced prices mod
erately, 26@2s-pound stock closing
S160@260 per ear (. o. b., cash,
track.
Grain-Markets firm and higher
first two days Of week, mainly be-
cause Of unfavorable crop returns
and reports that rust and blight were
increasing especially in the North
west. Public buying was also a
factor. Prices declind on the 10th
with trade evening up. This continu-
ed through the 18th, when overbought
buying fell off and the market be-
came unsettled with trade ouly fair,
and mostly local. County offerings
were not large during the week. In
Chicago cash market No. 2 winter
wheat closed at SIPS; No. 2 hard at
&c; No. 8 yellow corn at 62c; No.
8 mixed corn at 62e; No. 3 new white
oats at See. For the week Chicago
July wheat dropped &c, closing at
$1.25 LIZ; July corn advanced Is
at GA 1-Sc; Minneapolis July wheat
dropped 8 Lac, closing at sl.293-4.
Chicago September wheat dropped
8 lie. closing at SIPS 3-8; Septem-
Der corn Lac lower, closing at 81 "a
cents. Minneapolis September wheat
dropped 6 Lac. closing at sl.31 3-8.
Kansas City September wheat drop
ped 6 SAC, closing at sn15.
Livestock and Meats - Chicago
livestock compared with q week ego
hog prices advanced generally 75c@
S5c. Better grades of steers were up
a quarter and COWS aud heifers de-
clined an equal amount. Better
grades Of feeder steers were about
steady. lower GRADES declin;no about