Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-01 | Page 8 | Price of Corn Averages Higher

PRICE OF CORN GORN AVERAGES HIGHER Strength Due to Belief in Continued Hog Price I Minimum I By Associated Press Pres CHICAGO March or Corn I-Corn has averaged averaged aver aver- aged higher In value th e week 0 owing to rough weather and to 10 prospects that the hog price minimum would not he be abandoned until exigencies involved were vero otherwise adequately met met Compared Corn Com pared with wih a week ago corn this morning varied from off of to 10 an advance of 2 c oats ranged from c decline to c gain and provisions from decline to tL a rise of As corn market factors both the adverse adverse ad- ad verse weather and the hog price minimum minimum mini mini- mum were generally dealt with on the basis that a big supply of hogs stUl remained re- re maine on farms and that primarily the Increase or decrease of feeding demand was the determining point to be considered consid ered In this connection reports were current that corn farmers were preparing to put their land Into wheat and to hold of corn and oats in order to have feed next season It I was said also that tile the forthcoming government government govern govern- ment report on fan reserves of corn would show the smallest total 1902 decrease of Oats were steadied by a the visible supply total total In provisions the effect of big exports had apparently been discounted and there was some hesitancy over the outcome of the hog minimum tan tangle le