The St. Johns herald., 1921-07-07
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 Fruits and Vegetables.
 Virginia Eastern Shore Irish Cob blers No 1 down 25c to soc lower at bbl Demand slow to moderate in con- euming centers, where prices declined soc to $1 to a range of $3Q4. North Carolina stock down 25c to 75c, at $2.75 0S.50.
 Mississippi tomatoes in four-basket carriers lost soc in consuming markets, selling at $1.25 01.75, down 10c to zoe at shipping points, ruling soc. Texas tomatoes soc to 35c lower, at 90@95c [. O. b. and showed a similar loss in Chicago, closing $1.50Q1.76.
 California salmon-tint cantaloupes in standard crates of forty-five melons each closed 10c to 25c lower, at $1.50 01.75 f. O. b. shipping points. Prices declined 25c to Si per crate in consum- ing markets to a range of S3.50Q 4.50.
 Heavy haulings of watermelons at Florida shipping points have caused prices to drop $25 to $175 per car, me- dtum sizes ranging S15oQ300. Eastern consuming markets nearly steady at $56O@75O; Chicago, $5759S25.
 Live Stock and Meats.
 Hog prices at Chicago declined 15c to BOG per 100 lbs. the past week. Beef steers were not materially changed. Butcher cows and heifers declined 25c to 75c. Feeder steers weak to soc low CT. Fat lambs practically unchanged; ; yearlings down soc; fat ewes down 75c. S7.9O@8.10; medium and good beef steers, $7.50@8.65; butcher cows and heifers, $3.75 Q8.25; feeder steers, $5.75 QI75; light and medium weight veal calves, $7.50@9.50; fat lambs, $9.00Q 1L75; yearlings, $6.00@9.50; fat ewes, $2.25@ @4.25.
 The trend of eastern wholesale fresh meat prices was downward during the past week. Beef, $1 lower; veal, mutt ton and pork loins steady to $1 lower. Lamb was the weakest spot on the mar ket, declines ranging $5.00@6.00 per 100 lbs. June IT prices. good grade meats: Beef, $14.00@15.50; veal, $16.00 Q1S.oo; lamb, $2O.OOQ23.0O; mutton, 5000 o 15.00; light pork loins, $19.00@ 2s.0O; heavy loins, $15.O0 Q1S.0O.
 Hay.
 Extreme dullness prevails in all hay markets. Practically no shipping de- mand exists and demand is very limit ed; receipts very light with but little country loading. New alfalfa arriving Kansas City; mostly out of condition, not enough hay arriving in some mar kets to establish quotations. No. l timothy quoted, New York, S29.50; Chi cago, $22; Minneapolis, $1S; Atlanta, Atsnfs SS Mmphis s2s S4S NS 6mabs asi5s SIS.
 
 Feed market continues to grow weaker daily. Wheat feed prices again at low ebb; demand light. Movement generally light, but good from Minne- apolis and St. Louis. About Is, 900 tons of feeds now stored in lake warehouses. Stocks in country dealers hands gem erally larger than normal for this time of the year. Cotton seed down $1 per ton. Linseed meal and corn feeds fair ly steady. Durum wheat feeds dropped &l to S2 the 16th nuOfR6 hran $14.50; middlings, s1450, Minneapolis. White hominy feed, $23, St. Louis. No. I alfalfa meal, SIS, Kansas City; lin- seed meal $29, Minneapolis; 36 per cent cotton seed meal, $29, Memphis; beet pulp, S25.
 Market higher first half of week on black rust reports; good demand in cash market and hot weather over wheat belt. Harvesting making rapid progress, with first threshing in Mis- souri showing disappointing returns. Export demand in evidence Corn trade apprehensive of drought scare, and market easily influenced at close. In Chicago cash market No. red winter wheat, $1.42; No. 2 hard, $1.45; yNo. 8 mixed corn, 64c; No. 3 yellow corn, 64c; No. white oats, 38c. For the week Chicago September wheat up Sc, at S1.24&; September corn, 8 19c, at 65 B c. Chicago July wheat up 54 c, at $1.31%; July corn, 3%, at 65ac. Minneapolis July wheat up 1hc, at $1.38; Kansas July down 5c, at $1.22A; Winnipeg July down 3Ac, at $1.75h.
 Dairy Products.
 Butter markets for the most part have been steady to firm all week Downward tendency early in week fol- lowed by later recovery in all markets, set gain ranging 1zc to kc Tempo rary letup in buying attributed to feel ing that markets were becoming some what topheavy; also because of poor quality of some late arrivals. Quite active into storage movement con- tiI ues.. Closing prices, s2 score, New York, 33c; Chicago, 32Hc; Philadelphia, SShc. Active buying features cheese markets, especially at country points. Much of buying is of cheese for stor- Ing. Production heavy. Price tendency upward, with prices at Wisconsin pri- nary markets averaging: Twins, 13%c; Daisies, 141kc; Double Daisies, 14c; Longhorns, 15c; Young Americas, 15 kc.
 Cotton.
 Spot cotton reached the lowest price of the season, closing at 1O.40c per pound. This is loss of 80 points for the week. New York July features down III points, at 11.22c.