Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1916 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, March & Open- High- Low- " GlosWheat— ihg. est, est. ing. May IH', 1.1914 1.1714 '1.1774-18 Ju 1 y ...... 1.1 -17 1.1774 1,1574-16 1.16% .: Sept i.14%-% U 5% 1:13V- 1.14*4-94 Corn— 7. May 7.V-s-* 2 .76 .74% .75%-% July .........76%-% ,76% .75% .76%-% Sept 76 76% .75% .76% Oats— May 45% ’,45%-% .44%-% .45% July .43% v- .43%-44 .43%-% .43% . Sept. ........41% .41%-% ,4i)% .40%-41 FLOUR—Spring wheat, patent, Minneapolis, wood or cotton, $6.70 to retail trade; Minnesota and Dakota, patents. [email protected]; Jute, straight, $4.90® 5.10; first clears. $4.20®4 50; second clears; jute, $3.50 @3.70. low grade. Jute, $3,106(3.20; soft wheat, patents. $7i.2"@.540; rye Hour, white patents, $4,[email protected]; dark, $4 10®4.30. . HAV- Market firtn; choice timothy, $19.00 @20.50. No. 1 tiniothy, [email protected]; No: 2 timothy. $15.50018.50; light clover, mixed, $15,500 16.50; heavy clover, mixed, $9,500 12.50; No. 3 red top and grassy mixed timothy, sl2.s')® 14.50; threshed timothy, $7.50® lO.SO; clover. :$9,[email protected]; heated and damaged. $6.10® 10.00; alfalfa, choice, $17,000 IS O; alfalfa. No. 1, $14.00015.00; alfalfa. No. 2. sl3.n>@ 14.00; alfalfa. No. 3, $8.00010.00. BUTTKH—Creamery, extras, 36c; extra firsts. 35 %c. firsts; 34@35c; seconds, 31@33c; dairies, extra. 35c; firsts, 32033 c; seconds, 27/u2si•. packing stocks, 24®26c; ladles, 26% g27c; process. 27@29c. HtJGS—Firsts. 19%@20e; ordinary firsts, 18%@ 13c; miscellaneous ibis, cases Included. H%@l9%c; cases returned, 18@ 19c; extra. 22%023%0; checks, 16%017c.

FIVE POF I.TH Y — Turkeys, ig@ 19c per ;H> ; fowls, 19c; spring chickens, 19c; young stags, 14c; roosters, 12 %c; clucks, 1601 Sc; g>ese, IPS 13c. DRESSED POl T l.TßY—Turkeys, young. 26027 c; chit kens, 14@ISo; fowls, 14@18%c; roo.-ters. 13@13%c; ducks, [email protected]; geese, 12 @ ;lc. POTATOES—Minnesota, Dakota, white, Ss@9sc; per bit.: Wisconsin. Michigan white 87'u95c; Minnesota and Dakota Chios. 760 85c. ... NEW POTATOES - Bbls., $7.0008.00; hampers, $2 7505.00. New York, April 6. WHEAT— Firmer, inquiry slow; No 1 northern. $1.41% No. 2 red, $1.32%; No. t hard. $1.31%; May. $1.26; July, $1.19. OATS—Steady, trading h ss active; No. 2 white, nominal: No. 3 White, 50%061%c; No. 4 white, 49050 c. CORN- Firmer, trade quiet; No. 2 yellow. S6@9oc; No. 3. 84c. Live Stock. Chicago, March 6 CATTLE—Steers, good to choice, $5,750 9 85; yearlings, good to choice, $7.50®9.80: inferior steers. $7.7508,30.; Stockers and feeders. [email protected]; good to choice heifers, $7.0008 40; good to .choice cows, $5.6007 90; cutters, $4*:@5.10; Fanners, $3.6004.25; butcher bulls, $6.0006.75; bologna bulls, $6.0006.40; good to prime veal calves, SB.OO 4(9.00; heavy calves, $5.5007,50. HOGS— Prime light butchers, $9.6009.30; fair to fancy light, $9.5009.80; prime medium weight butchers, 2400270 lbs,, $9.60 @9.90; prime heavy butchers, 2700310 lbs., $9.5509.85; heavy mixed packing, $9,400 9.70; rough heavy packing, $9.2509.55; pigs, fair to good, $7.8008.75; stags, $8.2509.00. SHEEP— Native ewes, fair to good, $7.4008.60; western fed ewes, $7.0008.65; yearlings, $7.50010.25; shorn yearlings, SB.BO 09.15; wethers, fair to choice, $7.7509,00; feeding lambs, $9.50011.00; fed western lambs, $10.50011.15; Colorado lambs, $10,600 1L25; spring lambs, $12.00017.00. East Buffalo, N. Y., April 6. CATTLE—Market active and steady; prime steers. $9.0009.60; butcher grades, $7.0008.75, CALVES—Market active; cull to cholco, $4.50010.75. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Lambs steady, sheep active; choice lambs, $11.50011.60; cull to fair, $7 50011,25; yearlings, $9,000 10.50; sheep, $9.00010.50. HOGS—Market active and steady; York ers, $9.75010130; pigs, $9.2509.50; mixed, $lO.lB @10.35: heavy, $10.25010.35; roughs, $9,009 SL26: stags. $6 5008.00.