Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1917 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, Feb. L • Open- High- Low- ClosWheat— ing. est. eSt. Ing. May 1.56-63 1.65 1.56 1.63%-% July ......1.36-40 1.42 1.36 1.41%-% Septl.29-30 1.33% 1.29 1.31-32% Corn— • . May 95-97. ,97% .95 .96%-97 July 93%-96 .96% .93% .95%-96 OatsMay 49%-53 -54% .49% .53%-% July 49%-50% .54 .49% .51-52% FLOUR—Spring wheat, /special brands, in wood, $9.60 per bbl.; hard spring wheat patents,’ 95 per cent grade, in jute $8.80: straight in export bags, $8.60; first clears, $7,90 in jute; second clears [email protected]; low grades, fancy soft winter wheat patents in jute, $8.50; standard soft winter w%eat patents, $8.30 in jute; fancy hard winter wheat patents, $8.50 in jute; standard hard winter wheat patents, $8.30 In jute; first clears, [email protected] in-jute; second clears in jute,- [email protected]; pure alfalfa rye flour, $7.60 in Jute; pure dark rye, $7.10 in jute. HAY—Market steady; choice timothy, [email protected]; No. 1 timothy, [email protected]; No. 2 timothy, [email protected]; No. 2 red top and grassy mixed timothy, [email protected]; light clover mixed., [email protected]; clover mixed, $13.00(0’14.50; threshed timothy, $8.50 @10.50; Kansas and Oklahoma, choice, [email protected]; No. 1, [email protected]; No. 2* $12.50 @13.50. - BUTTER— Creamery, extras, 38c; extra firsts, 26%@37c; firsts. 34@36c; seconds, 31% @32%c; packing stock, 27@28c; ladles, 29@ 29%c; process, 30@31c. EGGS—First, 43c; ordinary firsts, 40@42c; ’ miscellaneous lots, cases Included, 40@43c; case returned, 39%@42%c; extras, 44@45c; checks. 35@37c; dirties, refrigerators, firsts, 37%@38c. LIVE POULTRY— Turkeys, 23c; fowls, 16@19c; spring chickens, 21c; roosters, 14c; ducks. 19@20c; geese, 15(§>16c. DRESSED POULTRY—Turkeys. 28@30c; fowls. 19@20c; springs, 19@20c; roosters, 14%@15c; ducks, 16^120c; geese, 15@17c. •POTATOES Minnesota, white, $1.90@ 2.00; Wisconsin white, [email protected]; western, [email protected]. NEW POTATOES Bbls., Bermudas, [email protected]; Virginia, $6.50. New York, Feb. 1. WHEAT—Lower, slow inquiry; No. 2 red, $1.80; No. 1 northern, SL97; No. 2 hard, $1.84. CORN—Weaker, light inquiry; No. 2 yellow, $1.09; No. 3 yellow. SI.OB. OATS-^Lower, quotations nominal; No. 2 white, 66@66%c; standard, 65@65%c; No. 3 white, 64@'64%c; No. 4 white, 63@63%c; ungraded, 64@67c.