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Show WEEKLY MARKETGRAM (U. S. Bureau of Markt-ts.) "Washington, D. C For wk riuKd Jan. 14. li'l. I Kruiis and Vefrlbls. Nor ; )u i n round while lut :n ot-s eonl i n uei to ue- ciiue at shippint; luunts, elusnii; K'e lower ier I'.m li.s. at This is t lie lowest priee this si-astui. (,'luea o t-H r -K c murki'i tell to i i s previous low ?l."L' (! for the seeoiul time ttiis month. Johhitif;- raiie lost lOHl'io in other mi ild U-- wt-su-rn markets. losing los-ing $1.36 'i 1.75. Saeked round whites slightly lower I', o. t. western New York shhtpintf puints Jan. 11th at New York market down loo at $ l.Mi i bulk. Saeked (ireen Mountains down lUc at ? 1 .7 o i 1 .?H. Baldwin apples steady f. o. b.. common com-mon storage J ;(.ti o. 7 per bbl . ; i-old storage $4 v 4.6. Haldwins. Yol ks and (IreeuinKs sliyhilv lower, joLduuK mostly most-ly "tt 4.50. Saeked yellow onions steady around $1 per 100 lbs. f. o. b. Consuming market s slow and dull. Jan. 13th in id-die- western cities 75c fii 1.35 ; eastern $1,125 l.i5. Ianish t ypo cab has e si i trht 1 y lower f. o. b. closing $ 10'u 1 li per ton bulk. Baltimore and Philadelphia down $12 flS per ton at $15'1S. Northern type down $467 at $1925. liiK Boston lettuce continued to. advance ad-vance in consuming markets, closing 25(ff 50c higher at $'2dt 2.25. California iceberg lettuce steady in consuming centers, mostly $4r(i4.50 per crate; $1.50 (?2 f. o. b. shipping: points. Move-men t has been increasing. Shipments Ship-ments week ended Jan. 13th: Potatoes 3.034 cars ; barreled apples 8 (IS, boxed apples 3S7; cabbage 130; lettuce 547; onions 394 ; sweet potatoes 472. Shipments Ship-ments preceding' week : Potatoes 2.5 25 cars; barreled apples 755, boxed apple 2X9 ; cabbage SCO ; let tuee 34 7 ; onions 225; sweet potatoes 4 20. liny and Kei-d. Receipts Timothy generally light with only fair demand. Price $3 lower Chicago because of increased in-creased receipts. Other prices principally prin-cipally unchanged. Demand improving improv-ing for clover and Alfalfa. Prairie hay prices declining" sharply at Kansas City with receipts in excess of demand. All demand mostly local; but few orders for shipment being recti ved. Quote: No. 1 timothv, New York $35, Chicago $27. Cincinnati $27.50. Atlanta $35, Minneapolis $22. No. 1 alfalfa, Chicago $25, Kansas City $24. No. 1 prairie, Kansas City $13.50, Minneapolis $17.50. Kansas City feed market shows slightly more strength than other western markets. Dealers are more optimistic regarding' outlook but no material advance is expected in price. Wheatfeed continues quiet in the majority ma-jority of markets and the only demand is for immediate requirements. Bran offerings continue small but heavy Avheatfeeds are in plentiful supply. Flour middlings and red dog quoted materially lower than last week. Hominy feed and gluten feed dull. Inquiries In-quiries for cotton meal and linseed meal small. Alfalfa meal inactive; offered of-fered for future shipment at materially lower prices than prevailing quotations. quota-tions. Quote: Bran $26. middlings $23.50, flour middlings $27, red dog $34, Minneapolis; 36 per cent cottonseed meal $2S Memphis; linseed meal $39 Minneapolis. $33.50 Buffalo; No. 1 Alfalfa Al-falfa .meal $23, white hominy $30, St. Louis, gluten feed $48 Chicago; beet pulp north eastern markets; oatfeed $12.50(5)13 western markets. Grain. The week's wheat markets opened strong as result of better sentiment senti-ment due to heavy export business and continued to advance steadily until noon on the 13th when the high price of $1.84 for Chicago March was reached. Prices then began to fall, Chicago March wheat closing at $1.77 ,4 on the 14th. On the 10th sterling exchange ex-change advanced 7M.C and this had a decidedly bullish effect upon wheat prices that day. British commission now out of market and export demand slow. Germany and France reported having purchased million bushels' Argentina Ar-gentina wheat recently. In Minneapolis on the 14th flour demand fair with good milling demand for wheat. In Kansas City milling demand fair; export ex-port demand reported good. Premiums in Chicago cash market Jan. 14th: No. 2 red winter wheat 3033c over March; No. 2 hard 910c over; No. 3 mixed corn 5e under May; yellow 73)Sc under. In Minneapolis No. 2 dark northern 10(Q16c over Minneapolis March. In Kansas City No. 2 hard winter 57c over Kansas City March. For the week Chicago March ' wheat gained 5c at $1.77; May corn lost c at 74c. Minneapolis March wheat up 4c at $1.72; Kansas City March up 4c at $1.71; Winnipeg May up 5c at $1.99; Chicago May wheat $1.70. Live Stock and MentN. -With the exception ex-ception of fat ewes, feeding lambs and feeding steers, all classes of live stock at Chicago showed declines for the week. Hogs lost 15tf525c: beef and butcher cattle and fat lambs 2550c. Yearling wethers broke 5075c per 100 lbs. Ewes advanced 50c(5)$l. January 14th Chicago prices: Bulk of hogs $9.30 (S19.60; medium and good beef steers $8.7511; butcher cows and heifers $4.609.75; feeding steers $79.25; light and medium weight veal calves $1012; fat lambs $10.25(5)11.75; feeding feed-ing lambs $8.2510.50; vearlings $8.25 9.75; fat ewes $4.25 (5)6.25. Eastern wholesale fresh meat markets mar-kets were generally weak and moderate moder-ate declines were the rule. Pork and veal lost $12 per 100 lbs.; lamb $1(5)2; Beef weak ; mutton fairly steady. January Jan-uary 14th prices good grade meats. Beef $1618; veal $22(5)24; lambs $24(5) 26: mutton $13(5)17; light pork loins, $24(5)26; heavy loins $19(5)22. Dairy Products. Butter markets have been weak and unsettled during the week, early price declines being supplemented by further declines on the 14th. In eastern .markets prices are now five to seven cents lower than a week ago. Heavy imports on way and liberal arrivals of New Zealand and Pacific coast butter largely res-sponsible res-sponsible for weakness. Prices, 92 score: New York 51c. Chicago 48c; Philadelphia and Boston 62c. |