The St. Johns herald., 1922-03-02
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS - Furnished by = US. BUREAU OF MARKETS
 Washington DC.
(western Newspaper Union News serrlce.I

Hay.
 Timothy market fairly steady at un- changed prices. Alfalfa firm both at Kansas City and Chicago. Practically dull. Good grades slow sale. Some ac- emulation of poor hay at Cincinnati. Quote No. 1 timothy. New York, $27.5O; Pittsburgh $22; Cincinnati, $20; Chi cago, S22; Memphis. $22; Kansas City, $14. No. alfalfa, Kansas City, $20.50; Chicago, $23; Memphis. S26. No. 315.
 Market inactive. Traders have no diff ficulty in filling orders; country buyers hesitant at current levels. Advance in corn has been helpful, but moderate weather in principal feeding sections has created slightly easier feeling. Offerings of wheat feeds by mills light for February. but good for March and April shipment. Cottonseed meal steady, sales of small volume. Lin seed meal firm. Gluten feed and stocks good; movement fair. Quoted: Bran, $23.50 mddlings, $23.50; flour middlings. $25.50. Minneapolis, 36 per cent cottOnseed meals, $34.50; Memphis No. 1 alfalfa meal, $16.75, Kansas City.
 Grain.
 Chicago May wheat up Sc, closing at
 
 Principal market factors were: World wheat situation higher foreign markets and decreases in visible supply and inn proved milling demand. Prices in Chi cagO cash market No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.34; No. hard winter wheat, $1.28 No. ? mixed corn, 34c; No. 2 vel low corn, 54c; No. white oats, BIC. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa about Ale; No. 1 dark northern wheat in central North orI rrriv ,far wheat in central Kansas, $112 For the week: Minneapolis May wheat up 6c at $1.36A; Kansas City May wheat up 6%c. at $1.22; Winnipeg May wheat up sac, at $1.27Ac.
 Dairy Products.
 Butter markets steady. Trading somewhat irregular with active de- mand limited to fancy goods. Foreign butter dull; offerings being made as much as Sc lower than prices a week ago. Closing prices 92 score: New York, 3714c; Chicago. 96hc; Phnadel- phia, BIC; Boston, 361ac.
 Cheese markets showed a little primary markets: Twins. $2OAc; Dasies 211kc; Double Daisies, 21c Longhorns. 21hc; square prints, 22c; Young Americas, 2112c.
 Cotton.
 Spot cotton prices advanced 42 points during the week, closing at 16.44c per lb. New York March futures up 5S points, closing at 17.29c.
 . Livestock and Meats.
 Chicago hog prices advanced soc to S5c during the week; heavy hogs ad yanced most; beef steers. generally steady; low priced cows firm to 15c higher; other grades and heifers un- changed. Stockers and feeders most ly 25c lighter. Light veal calves gen sIty erally soc lower Fat and feeding sheep and yearlings 25c to 50 per 100 lbs. Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $10.25; bulk of sales. $9.60 to S10.10; medium and good beef steers. $7 to $9.15; but cher cows and heifers, $40 to $4.75; medium weight veal calves, $7 to $11; fat lambs. $12.75 to $14.S5; feeding lambs, SIPS to $1S.25; yearlings, $10 to $13.25; fat ewes, $7.75 to $S.25.
 The trend of Eastern wholesale fresh ranged from S1 to lower; mutton down $1 to $2; lamb down, $1; beef weak to soc lower Pork loins prac- tically unchanged. February 10 prices good grade meat: Beef. $11.50 to $13; veal, $16 to $19; lamb, SPA to $26; nut ton, SIP to $14; light pork lOins, SIG to SIS; heavy loins, $11 to $14.
 Fruits and Vegetables.
 Chicago potato market stronger, most other cities weaker. New York sacked round whites down 25c to BOG in New York City. at $2.05 to $215 per 100 lbs; weaker in Philadelphia, at $2.15 to $240.' Maine sacked Green Mountains down, 10c to 15c in Eastern markets. at $2.15 to $2.25; northern round whites up 15c in Chicago. at $1.70 to $L.95. Colorado and Idaho rurals steady in Chicago, at $2.25. Maine Green Noun tains. in bulk, down 10c. fob. north ern Maine points. at $1.46 to $1.56. New York sacked round whites weaker. at $1SS to $192. Northern stock slightly weaker f.o.b., at $1.50 to $1.75.
 Apple market steady for barreled stock; firm for boxed stock. New York Baldwins held at $7.50 to $S per barrel in city wholesale markets. Wire or ders at shipping points, $7 to S7.25. Michigan stock firm in Chicago, $8 to, $S.50; few sales of northwestern extra fancy boxed apples at S2.75 to $3.75. Auction sales in New York and Chi cago, $2.50 to .S3.85.