The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03
INCREASED PRICES
FOR FARM PRODUCTS
REPORTED IN OHIO

Columbus. O.. June THE things
! farmers sell are advancing IN price "'-
! rordiur to the Ohio division "t markets.
/ survey by the division shows that
for the month ending May Is, as com
! ,,q,rI with the month ending April 10,
! there was an average advance IN the
price received by farmers In the state
on all but seven Of the products. which
mr., the more generally offered for sale.
! Commodities that declined in price wero
Clovcr seed 10y the hushel, which de-
! clincd from $3.50 on April Is to SIS on
! MAY -; alfalfa hay. baled. from Sl'.'"
! a ton to ST.. veal calves. from SH.@V
/ hunGrcdwcight 70 IS. horses from Slia
Il head To $ll4. sheep l!vewciChr 100
! pound. from SIS to S5.T0. butter fat. from
| 81 cents Il pound TO 81 cents: country
! butter from IS cents a pound I" 81 cents
/ or all of these. however. thcr" was an
} advance over the price paid Tor mo
+ month ending May Is, 1871, except on
/ veal calves and horses.
! The advance on five commodities dur
: inr the year were: clover seed, Sll.-'
| to SIS hushcl, alfalfa hay, ton, ba!ed
! from 1859 to ST.; butter fat pound,
from - cents and country butter from
IS cents TO 80 cents. Sheep. live
! weight, advanced during the year from
| -. - Il nun'lItl" " S'''''
Other products on which there either
! was an advance In price during the
month. OF the price remained stationary
! we're corn, from 50 cents bushel 20 90
! rents; wheat from Sl.2I Il huShCl and
! 81 cents year ago, barley. 81 cents a
bushel for both months ending May 10
! and April is. 1922. and 81 cents year
| ago: Rye from IS cents to W cents
! huSheI and $l.l Il year ago; ouckwhea'
! from slO2 to sl.09 bushel; apples,
/ S2S5 a bushel for both the months end
| ing May Is. and April Is, 1922, and adj
vancIng from $50 10 sS.15 by the bar
rel: clover hay from Sl2 to $lS ton.
and Sl233 a year ago; timothy nay
/ baled from Sl5.3S 10 SIG ton. ana
/ Sl5.2S year ago: mixed hay, loose
from S12.6i to Sl3 q ton. and VIZ "a
year ago; mixed hay. loose from Sl-.ot
! TO sl3 ton. and Sl4ll year ago
/ Alfalfa hay, loose. remained the same
during the two months at SIS ton. adj
( yancing. however from $lS.@2 year
! ago.
Eggs from =, cents t" - cents Goz-
on and p cents a year ago. Chickens
sold at % cents n pound during both
months ending May Is. nd April 10
and 90 cents a year ago.
! Hogs livcweight. per hundred pounds
! from $3.50 TO $40. and s7.92 a year ago:
hogs. for feeding. hundred pounds from
SlO.sS 70 slO.5O: cattle. overweight. hun
dred pounds. from $50 to $3.50 and
1857 a year ago; dairy COWS, by tho
head. remained unchanged during the
two months. at s57: lambs. Overweight
I lOnN pounds advanced from SlO.1S to
$40 so and sS.47 a year ago; milk, whole
showed no change In price during the
month ending May IL. and April -,
last. averaging two dollars, hundred
pounds. during the entire period, as
against so3@ q year ago. The price on
maple syrup likewise remained nm
changed. for the two months. averaging
So gallon Wool advanced from 81
cents pound 10 81 cents compared t"
- cents Il year ago.
While there Ia a general advance In
the prices received by farmers there
likewise was an advance. during the two
months ending May IA and April 10 IN
some 81 the essential products which
they must purchase, according 10 the
, survey.