The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-31
REPORT
ON BROOM CORN
IS ISSUED TODAY
Little Change In Price Shown In
Aoois Department Review Of
Week: Conditions Given
In Detail.

tant In marketing hay and broom
corn. 4. &. department Of agricul.
tyre. indicates no material change
n prices and gives the general con
diiion with reference TO receipts
eLd market. The report follows:
Marketing broom corn In II
Lindsay district ls nov well under
way and increased activity Is noted
Al all the principal shipping points.
The spread Of ideas between grow.
CIR and dealers az TO prices. which
~ first were between S75 and si25
for the bulk Of the crop. has neces.
sarily narrowed to meeting point.
considerable has changed hands and
conditions on the whole are pretty
woll established.
THE broom and broom corn SIT.
uatlon generally over the country
,s indicated from recent survey
of conditions certainly does not fore
cast any serious break In the market
niice Of the raw product especially
Ia view OF the fact that broom corn
has already declined far more rela.
lively than any other commodity
ried Ia the manufacture OF brooma
y ith the 1920 crop the smallest
grown IN recent years followed by
Tic August forecast Of the bureau
ef markets and crop estimates OF
but $1,000 tons which indicates a
itill smaller tonnage for this year
as against an estimated yearly con-
sumption of the raw product over a
Period of six years OF approximately
$4,000 tons. the situation from this
angle Is decidedly encouraging for
an active demand before another
crop Is grown. The industrial situa-
ton on the other hand Is looked
upon by many as reflectiDg In con-
scrvative consumption of brooms AMI
10 what extent this will affect the
broom trade during the coming year
appears to be the ultimate outstand-
ing factor governing the future ac-
tivity of the broom corn market and
probably will result in tendencies to-
ward buy as you need" basis on
the part of manufacturers at least
until the general trend of conditions
become more clearly defined.
The present price of broom corn
Is decidedly unsatisfactory to grow
ers and while there is disposition
IN the part of many to hold their
corn off the market, receipts have
steadily increased since the opening
week. Not enough however has been
offered on the street markets at any
one point to cause a congested condi'
tiOn and on the whole the marketing
has proceeded without any radical
fluctuations. Prices have held firm
except on carry over" stuff and
while no material advance is indi-
Gated there has been more broom
corn changed hands at the high
Joints than during any previous
week. Poor corn is weak and drag
gy with the prices on the bulk OF
the offerings showing little change
with those of week ago.
Shipments over the district for
the week ending August 9th were
IS cars, 2S being from Lindsay, 10
nom NARROW, with Pauls Valley and
Chickasha cars each. This is an
Increase of 20 cars over the week
previous as against total shipments
to date of 81 cars compared to 50
year ago.
Storage corn for the district total
ed Sc cars or an increase OF 10 cars
ever that of week ago. Thirty
three cars of this represents farmers
holdings, or an increase of Z cars
ever the previous week. The total
amount in present storage a year ago
was IA cars, practically all of which
belonged to dealers. With 81 cars
shipped 26 in store belonging to
dealers and considerable in the coun-
tsy bought but not yet delivered,
1t Is estimated that fully 120 car
loads have changed hands to date
as against 100 cars a year ago. At
the present rate of marketing 1t is
evident that the corn is rapidly chang
ing hands where 1t doubtless will
be offered to the trade at one or two
commissions higher than present
quotations..
"Up to date there are no material
changes in prices. Damaged, smutty
common corn sold from $40 to $50
l,er ton according to quality; medium
grade and good quality warehouse
stock, $50 to $65; good medium grade
or the bulk of the offerings at $40
&c sS5, with the best crops bringing
$50 to $500. The highest price re-
ported last week was $110 per ton.
Tie Carnegie district opened the
rast week at $50 to $50 with the bulk