Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-07-19
WHEAT PRICE GOES up
Chicago Hog Market for the
Week Ranged l5c Higher.
washington d. c., for week ending
July l6. 1929.

July Is. 1923.
DAIRY PRoDUCTs:-Butter mar.
kets closed about steady after a week
Oh more or less irregularity. Unset
tieo condition due In part to fact that
not weather defects reduced percen-
tase OF fanciest grades. creating
scarcity which forced buyers ordin-
arily using these grades to compete
tor medium and undergrade goods.
Closing prices OF % score butter
New York 3shc; Chicago 37c.
Cheese markets q trifle slow fol-
lowing advances on Wisconsin cheese
boards July 9th. Buyers who did not
need goods for immediate use gener.
ally held on until It became more
definitely established what the real
condition of the market was.
Cheese prices at Wisconsin pri-
mary markets July II: Twins a2hc:
Single Daisies 22hc; Double Daisies
axe; Young Americas and Long.
horns 23c.
GRAIN:-Grain prices were highest
hrst days OF week and lowest at close
with sharp losses In all grades.
Wheat dropped to new levels today
with December under 81 for frst
time. Hedging sales weakness in
winnipeg on favorable crop prospects
and slow foreign demand were respon-
sible. Short covering fairly general
and checked all declines. Visible sup
ply wheat 23.s4o.00o bushels compar.
ed with 15.3os.00o bushels same date
last year. Corn met good buying on
breaks and held reasonable steady
basis but weakness in wheat was de-
pressing influence. Visible supply
corn 2.547.000 bushels compared with
2S.652.000 busels same date last year.
Closing prices in Chicago cash
market: No. 2 red winter wheat
9Sc; No. hard Winter wheot csc:
No. mixed corn s5c; No. Q yellow
corn SIC: No. white oats 3sc.
Average farm prices: No. mixed
corn In Central Iowa 71hc; No.
dark northern wheat In Central North
Dakota SIC: No. Q hard winter wheat
In Central Kansas Tic. Closing fu-
ture prices: Chicago September
wheat sshc: Chicago September
74xc: Minneapolis September wheat
$1.o0x: Kansas City September
wheat sshc: Winnipeg October
wheat s5hc.
HAY:-Markets ruled firm and
asking prices for better grades ad-
vanced slightly. Receipts in most
markets light and mostly Of poor quail
ity. Demand continues fair but not
sufficient to advances prices materi-
ally. Quoted July IA: No. 1 timothy
Chicago $25; No. Alfalfa Chicago
SIS: No. 1 prairie, Chicago $40; Kan
sas City $3.50.
FEED:-Markets slightly steadier
but dull. Wheat feed offerings in
creased but were we'll absorbed by
jobbers. Country demand continues
apathetic. Linseed meal stocks and
production good with somewhat firm
er prices quoted by mills. Resellers
continue to shade price for oil meal
for deferred deliveries about 81 per
ton under mill prices.
Quoted July IA. Minneapolis Bran
s1s. middlings s23.75. -four middlings
S2S. rye middlings S24, gluten feed,
Chicago S37.15: 80 per cent linseed
meal Minneapolis SIS: White hominy
feed Chicago $50.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATs:-Chi-
cago hog market for the week ranged
from 15c higher to l5c lower: beef
sters were Is to soc lower, butcher
heifers soc higher. butcher cows
steady to 4oc higher with feeders 1Oc
up and veal calves SOC lower. Fat
sheep were rs to 75c lower. yearlings
rs to 75c lower and ewes soc up.
On July Is hogs closed fairly active.
unevenly 10 to CSC higher. Beef
steers, yearlings, fat butchers cows
and heifer Is to 40c lower with other
grades butchers and bulls about