The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-02-25
The Markets

washington, d. c.:
Hay-The hay market is generally
weak because OF a light demand and
burdensome receipts of poor quality
nay. Only best grades bringing full
quotations. Prices have fluctuated
over narrow range during the week
ana are barely steady in most markets
quoted February 10: No. / timothy
New York $29, Philadelphia $24, Pitts
burg S22, Cincinnati $3.50, Chicago
9zZ.o0. NO. l alfalfa, Kansas City
Sl9.75, Memphis $3.50, Atlanta $50,
chicago $3.50 No. l prairie, Kansas
City $10.25, Chicago SIS.
Feed-Market generally firm. Wheat
reeds higher but jobbers are not in
cnned to buy at the advance. Cotton
seed meal advanced about soc to 81
per ton, but country demand continues
dull. Linseed meal firm and quoted
$l.5O higher on scarcity of offerings
Gluten feed in better request; price
advanced soc; production good. HON.
my feed firm on moderate offerings.
White hOminy feed quoted on same
basis as yellow hominy in many mar
kets. Alfalfa meal and beet pulp un-
changed, sales light. Stocks of most
feeds good with offerings ample to
supply requirements. Quoted February
10: Bran $25, middlings s25, flour mid
dlings $27, Minneapolis; gluten feed
$32.15 Chicago; white hominy feed
$3.50 Chicago, $21 ST. Louis; SO per
cent cotton seed meal $50 Memphis;
No. 1 alfalfa meal SIT Kansas City;
linseed meal SAC Minneapolis.
Fruits and vegetabIes-Chicago po-
tato market steady; other markets
slow and dull Northern sacked round
in Chicago and ruled steady at 81 in
other middle-western cities. New York
round whites down 15@25c at $4,000
2.15, bulk stock in New York City
$2.1O@2.2O. Maine green mountains in
bulk ranged $2.20@2.35, sacked stock
$200@2.15 in eastern wholesale mar
kets. In producing sections New York
stock down loo at $1.S2@1.88 fob.
Maine green mountains down 5@10c at
$141@1.46. Northern stock about
steady at $155@165. Total stock ON
hand January /, as estimated February
10, was 141, 042,000 bushels, compared
with 145,286,00O bushels last year.
Onion market showed slightly weak
er tendency for the first time in many
weeks Massachusetts yellow globes
down 25@50c fob. Connecticut Valley
points at So per 100 lbs sack Eastern
yellow stock weakened in Philadelphia
to $775, steady in New York and Bos-
ton at $8.O0@8.50. Middle-western yell
lows down Csc in Chicago at $3.50
1925. California Australian browns
steady in Chicago at $7.50@7.75. Most
cabbage markets show weak tone with
limited demand New York danish
Philadelphia at $30@38 per ton bulk;
steady in Pittsburg at $4O@45; firm
in producing sections at $30@33. Tex
as early flat type down $5@15 in ST..
Louis at 5000; weaker in Chicago
and Kansas City at $2.OO@2.50 per 100
lbs. Pittsburg and Cincinnati firm at
$4,000 per ton, down $3.50 fob. ship
ping points at $3.50 Florida wake
fields weak in leading cities at $1,000
4 1.25 per 1k-bushel hamper. Eastern
apple markets slightly weaker for bar
relied stock. New York baldwins A-21a
ranged $7.OO@7.75 per BARREL steady in
Chicago at $7.50@8.O0; firm in Cincin-
natl at $S.00@8.25. Western New York
points $7OO@7.25 fob. wire orders.
Cars fob. cash track 1913 OPS.
Northwestern extra fancy boxed spitz-
enburgs ranged 1904 in New York and
Chicago. Winesaps $2.75@3.25 in Chi
cagO.
Dairy Products-Butter markets ir-
regular at beginning of week, but
steady to firm at close. Closing prices
90 score: New York 38c: Chicago
361kc; Philadelphia Size; Boston
37hc. Cheese markets firm with high
err prices at Wisconsin country points.
Distributing markets also show partly
increased strength Prices at WiscOn-
sin primary markets February Is:
Flats 21Ac; twins 21c; daisies 22c;
double daisies 21@21Ac; young amer
icas 211kc; longhorns 22sc; square
prints 22hc.
Cotton-Spot cotton prices advanced
about 40 points during the week, clos
ing around 16@78c per pound. New
York March futures advanced IS points
closing at 1757c.
Grain-Prices trended upward dur
ing the week with both May and July
wheat anu GULL iOuShlA6 AAO" AAoAA
points. Principal market factors: I'm
favorabel crop reports from southwest
and Argentina, improved milling and
flour demand, and close adjustment OF
worlds wheat supply to demand. Clos
ing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. 2 red winter wheat $1.37; No. 2
hard winter wheat $1.32; No. 2 mixed
corn 5Sc; No. yellow corn 58c; No. 8
white oats 38c. Average farm prices:
No. mixed corn In Central Iowa
about 44hc; No. 1 dark northern
wheat in Central North Dakota $3.50
s134A: No. 2 hard winter wheat in
Central Kansas $1.20. For the week
Chicago May wheat up 10c, closing at
S1.39@1.3sK; Chicago May corn up
SIC at 63@63Ac; Minneapolis May
wheat up sNc at $1.42Ac; Kansas City
May wheat up 10c at $1.29; Winnipeg
May wheat up 1114c ct $3.50.
1 Live Stock and Meats-Chicago hog
prices advanced soc to Toe per 100 lbs.
during the week, heavy hogs advanc.
ing most. Cheaper grades Of beef
steers up 16035c; grades selling IN
the upper registers generally steady
Butcher cows and heifers practically
unchanged. Feeder steers generally