Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-09
DAILY MARKETS
Furnished by the e. w. Wagner com
pany, Fort Dodge, H. NJ. Sharpe,
manager. Phone 500, Webster City
exchange.

bureau or markets FURNISHES ClC IOl-
lowing market review for the past
week:
Grain: Prices advanced considerably
during the week due mainly to good
demand, light offerings, strength in
cash market and small wheat stocks
at Chicago May wheat showed most
strength and on the third advanced
eight cents. Big increase in prices
caused much liquidation cash grain
by producers and with feeling by some
interests that prices had advanced
sufficiently there was a drop on the
18th and 5tll,, but later unfavorable
crop news from Oklahoma and other
sections caused strong reaction.
Highest prices Of advance recorded on
the sixth, May wheat at one time sell
ing 32c. over July. At the close some
change in sentiment was noted. In
Chicago cash market No. red winter
wheat $1.55, No. , hard $1.G1, No. 3
mixed corn Coo, No. 3 yellow corn Gle,
No. 3 white oats SIC. For the week
Chicago May wheat up 13c. at $14Ss
May corn Sac. at cote. Chicago July
wheat up Zoe at $1.17s, July corn
Sc. at 65c. Minneapolis July wheat up
| 9ac. at $1.23a; Kansas City July up
12c. at $1.11s, Winnipeg July up lie
at $147a, Minneapolis flour demand
dull.
Dairy products: Butter markets UNI
settled; price tendency downward.
Trading not normal otherwise tone of
market would be firmer as there has
been temporary shortage some grades.
Declines due to desire of trade to Keep
| stocks moving in anticipation OF usual
increased spring production. Closing
prices, 90 score New York and Boston
36c. Chicago 3Olc. Phila SIC.
Live stock and meats: Chicago hog
prices ranged 1Oc-25c. higher the past
week. Beef steers, butcher cattle and
feeder steers gained 25c. fat lambs up
15c. to 25c. :, Feeding lambs, yearlings
and fat ewes practically unchanged
May six Chicago prices: Hogs bulk of
sales $S.25-S7O medium and good beef
steers $7.5O-S.75; butcher cows and
heifers $3.50; feeder steers $3.50
ISIS: light and medium weight veal
calves $50: fat lambs $9.25-11.4O !:
feeding lambs $3.50. Yearlings S.
$50. Fat ewes $5.75-7.25.
| Stocker and feeder shipments from
II important markets during the week
| ending April % were: Cattle and
calves 46,GS5; hogs 1906; sheep 11,0S5.
In eastern wholesale fresh meat mar
kets lamb advanced 81; mutton ST.
per 100 lbs. Beef steady to SOC. lower;
veal down $1-3; pork loins down So.
May six prices good grade meats:
Beef $16-16.5O; veal $15-1S; lamb SCI
%; mutton $16-1S; light pork loins
$22-25; heavy loins $1G-2O.
With the approach Of warm weather,
the United States department of agri-
culture has issued bulletin urging
farmers to produce infertile eggs. The
government pamphlet points out that
eggs of this character are worth more
money and adds a number of other
Instructions >. for increased production
and less spOilage. 1t follows:
| Do you know that your eggs will
be worth more money if you:
Produce infertile eggs by removing
the ROSTERS from the flock in the
summer time?
Provide clean nests and keep eggs
clean?
Do not wash eggs?
! Gather eggs; twice daily during the
summer to prevent them from being
heated by the hen?
| Keep them in cool, dry place,
away from flies?
| Market them at least twice each
week?
Insist that they be bought on n
quality graded basis?
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
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