Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1914 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, Dec. 17. Open- High- Low- ClosWheat— ing. est. eat. lng Dec 1.20% 1.18% 1.20% Ma >' L22%-% 1.23% 1.22%-% 1.23%-% JuL' 1-15%-% 1.16% 1.15% 1.16%-% CornDec. 61%-% M .62% .64 May 69%-% .70% .69% .70%-% July .........69% .70% .69% .70% Osts— Dec 48 .43% .43 .48% Ma >' ...51%-52 .52%-% .51%-% .52% FLOUR—Soring wheat, patent, Minneapolis, hard wood, $6.40 to retail trade; Minneapolis and Dakota patents, $5 40® 5.75; jute, straight, [email protected]; first clears, Jute, [email protected]; second clears, Jute, $3.80® 4.00; low grades, Jute, [email protected]; soft wheat, patents, [email protected]; Jute, rye flour, white, patents, [email protected]; dark, [email protected]. BUTTER—Creamery, extra, 32c; extra firsts, 30@31c; firsts. 27@33%c; seconds, 24® 26c; packing stock, 20@20%c; ladles, 2’% 9 . ~ ’rta* v, EGGS—Miscellaneous lots, cases included, 22@23c; cases returned, 21%@32%c; ordinary firsts, 30@32c; firsts, 33@35c; extras. 37c bid and 42 asked. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, 16c per lb.; chickens, fowls, 10c; extra heavy, 10%@llc; springs, 10%c; roosters, 10c; ducks, 13® 13%c; geese, 12@12%c. DRESSED POULTRY—Dressed turkeys, 19@19%c; chickens, fowls, 10%@12c; springs 10%@12c: roosters, lie; ducks, flo@l4cgeese. 10@14c. POTATOES—Wisconsin, white stock, 35 @43c; red, 33@35c; Michigan, white, 35@41c. New York, Dec. 17. WHEAT—Higher, trade brisk; No. 1 northern, $1.31%; No. 2 red, $1.27%; No. 1 Manitoba, 1.34; December, $1.28%; May. $1.32%. CORN—Stronger, fair business; export, 72c; No. 2 yellow, 73c; No. 3 yellow, 72%c; Argentine, 73c. OATS—Steady, fair dealings; No. 2 white, 53%<f54c; standard, 53@53%c- No. S white, 52%@53c.

Live Stock. Chicago, Dec. 17. CATTLE—Steers, good to prime, $9.00@ 10.75; steers, fair to good, [email protected]; yearlings, good to choice, [email protected]; inferior steers, [email protected]; stockers, [email protected]; medium to good beef cows, [email protected]; stock cows. [email protected]; fair to choice heifers, $5.00 @7.00; stock heifers, [email protected]; good to choice cows, [email protected]; common to good cutters, [email protected]; fair to good canners, [email protected]; butcher bulls, [email protected]; bologna, [email protected]. HOGS—Fair to fancy light, [email protected]; prime light butchers, /200@250 lbs., $7.10® 7.40; prime medium weight butchers, 250 @279 lbs., [email protected]; prime heavy butchers, 270@20 lbs., [email protected]; heavy mixed packing, $0.65@7;00> heavy packing, [email protected]; pigs, fair to good, $5.00@6,75. East Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 17. CATTLE—Market slow, easy; prime steers, [email protected]; butcher grades, $6.00® B.oft. CAlrVES—Market active, 50c higher; cull to choice, [email protected]. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market active, 35c higher; choice lambs, [email protected]; cull to fair, [email protected]; yearlings, [email protected]; sheep, [email protected]. HOGS—Market active, 10@15c lower; Yorkers, [email protected]; pigs, [email protected]; mixed’, [email protected]; heavy, $7.50; roughs. [email protected]; stags, [email protected]. See the mushroom pleated shirts i’or Xmas, they are swells—C. EARL DUVALL.