Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-01-20
WHEAT SUPPLY DECREASES
Visible Grain in County Shows:
Rapid Decline. -.

y. 8. Bureau of Markets. WASHINGTON. D. c..
for week ended Jan. is. 1922
GRAIN: Market unsettled during
the week with only fractional prtce
changes. Principal market factors
were rains in southwest, better MILL
ing demand, good sales wheat and
corn for Russian Relief, slow export
demand and lower foreign markets.
Visible supply wheat 46,39S.O00 bus.x
decrease of 1,441,O00 bushels for,
week. Visible supply corn 24,25s. zoe
bushels, decrease of $500 bushels
for week. Average price to farmers
in central Iowa for No. mixed corn
35h; to farmers in central North
Dakota for No. 1 dark northern wheat
$1.08. Minneapolis May wheat S1.1sk:
Kansas City May wheat $103.
FRUITS ANpssVEGETABLEs; po-
tato shipmenfs&'for season to lanu-
airy 14th were 1928 cars, compared
with 1s7,eo2 cars last< year.
Potato markets were dull and
slightly weaker during the past week.
New York sacked Round Whites down
l5-20c in Philadelphia and New York
at $2.15-2. IS per 100 lbs, firm i. 0, b,
as ST. Bulk stock steady in New
York at 2.2O-235. Northern sacked
Round Whites off 10c in Chicago at
S1.90-2.O5; about steady at shipping
points at $1.70-1.90 Maine Green
Mountains in bulk partly recovered
from recent decline in producing ses-
tlons, closing five cents off at s171-
1.S1; Slightly weaker in eastern mar
kets at $245-260. ,
HAY: Movement generally light
except at Kansas City. Demand at
eastern markets good at firm prices
but limited to better grades. South
ern demand also improved by colder
weather. Heavy receipts weakened
prices at Kansas City, Poor quality
hay slow sale in most markets. Quot
ed Jan. 14th: No. l timothy Mime
apolis SIS, Kansas City $l4. NJ. 1
alfalfa Kansas City $40, Minneapolis
$1,000.
FEED: Demand limited Mills Of
fering wheat feed more Literally es-
pecially for deferred shipment Feb
ruary and March quotations about 81
below prices for prompt shiument
Cottonseed and linseed meal ;,::t lit
tie changed; gluten declined = per
ton. Hominy also about 81 lower Of
ferings OF beet pulp light but equal
to demand. Quoted January :4th:
Spring bran Minneapolis $3.50:
standard middlings Minneapolis SCI:
linseed meal minneapolis s43
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chi
cago hog and cattle prices declined
during the week, whereas sheep and
lamb prices were rather sharply ligh-
er. Hogs ranged from 5 to SOC owe
per 100 lbs. light weights losing nost
Beef steers and butcher COWS anG
heifers were generally weak +, 25*.
lower. Feeder steers up 25-35c: yea;
calves firm to Csc higher Fat lambs
advanced 25-35c; feeding lar1.as So
75c; yearlings and fat ewes SIC.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets unsettled during week. There
was a tendency toward recovery from
radical declines but at the close The
tone is barely steady. Receipts con-
tinue heavy and some fne butter be
ing offered at low prices
Cheese markets continue steady.
Unsettled butter markets we-e OF
indirect influence and zero weather
in parts OF Wisconsin interferret with
shipping. Inquiries for cheese more
and considerable confidence
in markets is evident Prices a. Wis
consin primary markets: jan IA:
Twins 20: Daisies 2014; Double 1ai-
sizes 20; Young Americas 20: Long
horns 20; Square Prints 221a.