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Show I WEEKLY MARKETGRAM (U. S. Bureau of Markets) AVashinyum, D. For week ended March IS, lyzi. 1 Kruils and eiie tablt'M. Potatoes down 15'o3Uc per 100 lbs. northern shipping stations, closing "Jocli $1. Chicago Chi-cago car-lot market ikiftn lOrjljc at H.2'. li 1.30 sacked. Kound whites at western .New York stations also lost last weeks ains. closing around $1 sacked. lulk slink down ').uljc New York at $ 1.40 'n 1 .50. Cold storage Baldwin af.'lcs steady around Sa per but. I. o. b. western ,cw lurk stations, iialdwms steady in city wholesale markets fcj'yo. -North w eslcl'il e. Mra lancy Uniesaps inosily ii'n 1 Per oox in consuililiiii lelileis. Nearly 1,-jiki.liijii 1,-jiki.liijii U...1S. ol noxed and barreled stock coiimiiied moved oul'of storage mirluK l-'ooruary, leaving total apples in loot slorae o. iil. oo.i oar'vls .iarcli 1 as coinpaivu wan o.lu2, JO barrels .ii.ii i. .'-o. and l,iiw, oo3 barrels March 1, 1D1D. .ew ioik I'anish type cabbage down iii y per ton consuming markets, rany- :iiE o hi 1 5 bulk ; steady I. o. b. around Florida celery steady, $2.75 $i 3.25 per crate in city 'markets; i. ij(ti 1 . s 5 . o. b. California celery :M. , a ii.50 per crato in niidille western maikcls. Louisiana Klondike strawberries in 24 pint crates '22iii2oc per iinl New York; 20'tfi3c Uosion; ?2.50 per crate f . o. b. llay. lteceipts in Kansas City heavier; clearance prairie hay good at lower prices. Alfalfa in poor demand, timothy well cleared u,:. , Spring work and soft roads checking movement. Chicago receipts have decreased sutti-ciently sutti-ciently to yive market slightly better tone. Good Chicago demand for No. 1 timothy; lair demand lor alfalfa; southwest south-west prairie demand limited. Insufficient Insuffi-cient receipts good grade hay Cincinnati Cincin-nati to supply requirements but any material increase wotild stop present shipping inquiry. Alemplys market dull bill not quoiably lower because of very light receipts. Quoted No. 1 timothy $27 Memphis, $24.50 Cincinnati, ?24 Chicago; No. 2 timothy $24 Memphis, $22.50 Cincinnati, $20.50 Chicago; No. 1 alfalfa $2S Memphis, $23 Cincinnati; No. 2 Alfalfa $20.50 Memphis; No. 1 clover mixed $22.50 Cincinnati. Feed. Bran quoted $1 lowtr in practically prac-tically all markets; other wheat feeds easier. Bids of 50 cents oelow prevailing prevail-ing prices being accepted by several mills for April delivery. L,ittle interest shown by buyers in defeired shipment. Hominy feed, .cottonseed meal, ground barley 50c&jl lower; all other feeds weak and in ample supply. Unseed meal also displaying weak tendency in Toledo under good receipts and stocks. Good demand tor linseed meal Chicago from dairy sections; jobbers have advanced ad-vanced quotations in line with mill prices. Demand from country trade remains re-mains light. Quoted: Spring and hard bran $2 1 .50, soft $2S Cincinnati; spring bran $25.25, middlings $24 Chicago ; linseed lin-seed meal $42 Toledo, $41 Buftalo, 30 per cent cottonseed meal $25 Memphis, white hominy feed $24 Chicago, $23 St. Louis. No. 1 alfalfa meal $18.50 Kansas City, $20.50 St. Louis, gluten feed $37 Chicago, flour .middlings ?2S, reddcg $34.50 Chicago. Live Stock ami Meats. Prices of practically all classes of live stock at Chicago declined the past week. Hogs down 50 70c; beef and butcher cattle, and fat ewes 2550c; fat lambs 75c $1.50; yearling wethers 5075c; feeder steers steady to 25c lower. March 18th Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales, $S.25S10.75; medium and good beef steers $8.40(ftH0; butcher cows and heifers $59.25; feeder steers $7.75 9.50; light and medium weight veal calves $9.7512; fat lambs $7.5010.25; feeding lambs $7.259.25; yearlings $7 8.50; fat ewes $4.756. Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices showed irregular changes compared with a week ago, although the tendency ten-dency was downward. Beef down 50c $1; veal ?12. Mutton generally $1 lower; pork loins practically steady; lamb up $12 higher per 100 lbs. March 18 prices good grade meats: Beef $1617.50; veal $19(520; lamb $1823; mutton $1115; light pork loins $22 25; heavy loins $1721. i Grain. Reflecting stock market declines de-clines and the genet al economic and industrial situation, grain prices dropped drop-ped steadily until the 15th, when reports re-ports of green bug damage in southwest south-west and export sales of five million bushels wheat started a reaction that continued until :he 17th. But buying power then gave out and with sentiment senti-ment favorable lo selling side the market mar-ket slumped. Export demand now slow. Talk of liberal movement from Canada to America on opening navigation. Crop reports favorable. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat 18 20MiC over Chicago May; No. 3 mixed corn 5(n6c under May; No. 3 yellow 5 6c under. For the week Chicago May wheat lost 8c at $1.4514, May corn lc at G7Mc. Minneapolis May wheat down 6c at $1.39, Kansas City May Sc at $1.39, Winnipeg May 7c at $1.77. Chicago March wheat $1.54. Minneapolis flour trade good; wheat demand 'strong, Kansas City milling and export demand dull, with No. 2 hard' 12c over Kansas City May. Dairy Products. Butter markets for most part weak and unsettled the .past week, although a somewhat firmer tone prevailed at the close. March 18th prices 92 score 2-3c lower than a week ago: New York 44 Vic; Chicago 44y2c; Philadelphia and Boston 45c. Supplies domestic fresh short, but liberal arrivals arriv-als Danish have made support of this nature ineffective. A good many dea:-ers dea:-ers are centering interest on eggs: speculative interest somewhat lagging. Domestic production increasing; quality quali-ty fairly good. Weakness which has developed at Wisconsin primary cheese markets is being felt in distributing centers, and tone is less steady than a week ago. Prices, Wisconsin primary .markets now . average: Twins 25c; Daisies 26!jc; Doub' ' Daisies 25-';4e: Longorns 26 2GVic; Voung Americas 25c. |