Abbeville progress., 1921-03-26
The Markets

Latest market report, issued 10y -h-
Bureau OF Markets. l.. >. Department.
+ of A-ricuiture Nashineton ID. G.:
Hay-EcCoipts light. top grades lind
ing ready sale in nearly all markets
Country demand improving. Country
loadiugs light. Road conditions poor
/ Light receipts clover and alfalfa Kan
sas City Omaha reports prairie in
good request, receipts light. 10 ac-
cumulations in evidence. but north
eastern markets well supplied. Quoted
40. l timothy: $50 Kansas City. S2I
Chicago, $50 Minneapolis. >24.5o Gin
cinnau. No. , timothy: S22.5O Ciuciu-
natl, SIS Kansas City, $50 Chicago.
$3.50 Minneapolis. No. 1 alfalfa:
$2O.50 Kansas City. $24.50 Cincinnati
No. l clover mixed: $2l Chicago, $l6
Minneapolis, $l7 Kansas City, $22 Gin
, cinnati. No. l prairie: SIC Minneap
oils, $l4.50 Kansas City.
Feed-Market generally easier. Lin
seed meal strong but price unchanged.
Corn feeds unchanged. UOminy feed
quoted about soc lower in many mar
kets. Cotton seed meal weaker; AZ
Beet pulp and alfalfa meal in poor
request. Season bran offered around
S22 Minneapolis. Linseed meal may
| be obtained from jobbers for April
May shipment at below mill prices.
| Production most feeds, while not
heavy, is ample. demand remains be
low normal Quoted: Bran $3.50.
middlings $22, Minneapolis. Linseed
meal, $4l.50 Buffalo, SAL Minneapolis
$43.50 Chicago; SO per cent cotton
seed meal $25 Memphis. white hOminy
feed $23 St. Louis; No. alfalfa meal
$3.50 Kansas City, gluten feed $3I
Chicago; beet pulp $32 +. o. b. New
York.
Fruit and Vegetables - Potatoes
down 10n15c per 100 lbs. northern
shipping stations, closing 95cU $1.1O.
Chicago carlot market lost l0Gl5c ad-
vance of previous week, closing $1.20
M130 sacked. Round whites at west
ern New York stations also lost last
weeks gains, closing $1.03d1.06 sack
ed. Bulk stock steady New York $3.50
also. Cold storage baldwin apples
steady around S. per bbl. f. o. b. west
ern New York stations. Baldwins
steady in city wholesale markets, s.
06. Northwestern extra fancy wine
saps mostly S3d4 per box consuming
centers. All grades New York bald
wins in Liverpool $6.S461O.75 per Dbl.
during week ended March a. Yellow
onions 75c@$1.25 per 100 lbs. consum-
ing markets. Prices down 5015c west
ern New York shipping points, closing
50@60c. Sales Texas bermuda onions
future delivery st. Louis, quoted SIG
1.50 per crate. Serious damage from
thrips in lower Rio Grande valley.
Florida celery steady $2.7512.25 per.
crate city markets: ST.75@1.So r o. D.
California celery s4.50@6.50 per crate
middle-western markets. Louisiana
kIondike Strawberries in 24-pint crates
22625c per pint New York, 20023c
Boston. Carlot shipments week ended
March 16: Potatoes 1909 cars, boxed
apples 1862, barreled apples $50, cab
bage $40, celery 456, lettuce 497, onions
412, sweet potatoes 2SS. Shipments
week ended March g. Potatoes 350S
cars, boxed apples 400, barreled ap-
pies 832, cabbage col, celery $50, let
tuce 449, onions $40, sweet potatoes
331 Cold storage holdings barreled
and boxed apples expressed as barrel
ed: 3,612 333 bbls March l, 1921, COM
pared with 1852 900 bbls. March l,
1920, and with 1,772,333 bbls. March
/, 1919.
Grain-Under adverse financial and
economic conditions prices declined
the early part of the week, but on the
18th sales five million bushels wheat
to Europe caused a sharp upturn. Con.
h1Yc nd -
green bug damage in southwest car.
ried prices still higher the following
day. But on the 18th, after a slight
advance, the market slumped due to
lack of support and sentiment favor
able to selling side In Chicago cash
market No. red winter wheat 800
zoe over Chicago May; No. hard 10
613c over; No. 8 mixed corn 666Ac
under May; No. 2 yellow 5H 65%c
under. For the week Chicago Nav
wheat down 9iac at $f.4S1/S; May
corn 2hc at 6SAc. Minneapolis May
wheat down 7&c at $1.423/S: Kan
sas City May 9% at S1.41A; Winnipeg
May &c at S1.7S24. Chicago March
wheat $1.571/S. Minneapolis reports
very good flour inquiry with fair sales.
Kansas City milling demand good ear
ly but weakened later; export demand
| dull; No. 2 hard lie over Kansas City
May.
Cotton-The average price of mid
| ding spot cotton in the 10 designated
markets declined about . points dur.
ing the week, closing around Sill tOc
! per lb. New York March futures up
| points at 1f35c.
Dairy Products-BuSter markets con.
tinue weak and unsettled. Heavy de-
! clines have occurred in all markets
although feeling has been much bet
ter at Chicago than in eastern mar
| kets until the nth. when prices broke
sharply. Ninety-twO score butter is
now 30 4c lower than week ago. clos
| ing: New York 4i1ac, Chicago 4316c
| Boston 45c, Philadelphia 44c. Danish
! butter has arrived at New York in
| fairly large quantities; several addi.
| tional cargOes Of Importance due Do.
| mestic production increasing. Weak
ness which has developed at Wiscon.
| sin primary cheese markets is heinz
| felt in distributin. centers. and tone
is less steady than a week ago. Mar.
kets have been unsettled for several
! days. Eastern markets in better no.
| sition than western markets account
| lighter receipts fresh goods, particn.
| 1ar1y from New York state. produc-
| tion increasing as shown by heavier
mt fro ~