Evening star., 1922-08-30
DAIRY'MARKETs.

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-Poultry-Live spring chickens. lb..
26as0; white leghorns. 22a25; old
hens, 23a27: white leghorns. 21a22:
old roosters. Is. Ducks. 1sa22; small.
1es, 1ssls. s.cb bissons; SSsso pair 2S' Guinea
firsts, doz.. IS; southern. 26.
3sk; prints, 3saiC; nearby cream
cry, 33a35; ladies. 26a27: rolls. ga
"a: storepacked, 22ha23: dairy prints.
23a24; process butter. 31a32.
CHICAGO. August 3o.-Butter. un-
changed. Eggs, higher; receipts, S,970
22a22h; miscellaneous. 23ha24h Il;
storage packed firsts, 26a26h.
Poultry. alive, higher; fowls, 15a2S;
broilers. "a; springs, "a; roosters. IA.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO. August 30.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts,. 1 900 head; beef steers. active;
grades showing most advance; top
matured steers. 11.00. highest of year;
bulk beef steers, S.S5a1050: she stock,
slow; about steady: bulls. stockers
and feeders. largely steady; veal
calves, strong bulk fat, she stock
bulls, around, 4.25; bulk desirable
vealers early. around 1900.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head; market
fairly active on lighter weights,
around steady; others slow: bulk 10
to 210 pound hogs. s.50as:66; few. s.75;
s.1oaa4o; packing sows. generally
6.25a7.00; bulk pigs around 500; big
packers holding back; heavy. 7.70a
9.25; medium. s.S5a9.75; light, 9.40a
s.75; light light, s.76a9.60; packing
sows. smooth. s.5oa7.25: packing
sows, rough, 6.ooa6.65; killing pigs,
Sheep-Receipts. $4,000 head: about
steady; early top native lambs, 1915
to city butchers: bulk 12.25a12.50 to
packers; three strong western lambs,
12.75a12.S0; some held at 1900: sheep
dull; fat ewes most 4.0oa7.0o: no
lamb firm: desirable 61-pound feed
ers, bid 1875; 5s-pound feeders late
Tuesday, 1900.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK. August 30.-The cotton
market opened at a decline OF point
about z to 10 points net lower right
after the call. under scattered south
ern selling and liquidation by old
longs, who were probably Influenced
by slightly easier Liverpool cables.
There was no Improvement in the
while there seemed to be rather more
hope Of an early settlement of the
coal strike, and after selling at 22.62.
December contracts soon rallied to
2z.68 on covering. Private cables
from Liverpool reported hedging cas-
lily absorbed by trade calling.
Futures opened steady: October,
22.65: December, 22.72; January, 22.60;
March. 22.S2: May. 22.56.
NEW ORLEANS.> August 30-Poor
cables and talk of a coal shortage
among southern cotton mills caused a
drop Of 9 to II points in the price Of
cotton around the opening today.
Continued dry weather over Texas
and Oklahoma and a private report
on conditions OF 56.7. showing de-
terioration for the month Of 1854
points, brought in new buying and al
the end Of the first hour OF business
prices were to points over the
close Of yesterday, After falling Oh
to z2.1o. October reacted to 22.31.
Futures opened steady: October
22.18; December. 22.22: January, 22.14;
March, 22.15; May, 22.O3.
LIVERPOOL, August 30.-Cotton
spot quiet; prices steady; good mid
ding. 1898; fully middling. 1878;
middling, 1868; low middling. 1928
| good ordinary, 1895; ordinary, 11.8S;
| sales, 5000 bales. including $500
! Americana teceipts. 5000 bales. in
cluding 200 fAmerican. Is