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Show , Marketgram (U. S. Bureau of Markets.) GRA1X. The wheat market had a firm undertone during the week and averaged slightly higher. Chicago Chi-cago May wheat advanced one cent closing at $1.16; Chicago May corn unchanged at 54 c. Domestic and foreign drouth conditions were the market features. It is reported that of the 17,500,000 acres in Kan-I Kan-I sas, Oklahoma and Texas about 50 ! per cent has not germinated. For-j For-j eign demand at seaboard good at j close; milling demand slow. Domestic Domes-tic and seaboard demand for corn continues" good. Closing prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat, ? 1.25 ; No. 2 hard winter, win-ter, $1.15; No. 2 mixed corn, 51c; No. 2 yellow corn, 61c; No. 3 white oats, 33 c. Average price to farmers farm-ers in central Iowa for No. 2 mixed corn about 34 c; to farmers in central North Dakota for No. 1 dark northern wheat, $1.08; to farmers in central Kansas for No. 2 hard winter win-ter wheat, 9 7c. Closing future prices pric-es fractional higher for the week: Minneapolis May wheat closed at $1.22; Kansas City May wheat, $1.08; Winnipeg May wheat $1.12. DAIRY PRODUCTS. All butter markets except Chicago steady to tirm, Chicago declined sharply today under heavy supplies of practically all grades. The weeks imports included in-cluded around llG.OOO pounds from Denmark. Closing prices 92 score: i New York, 46 c; Chicago, 45 Vc; Philadelphia, 47c; Boston, 46c. Cheese markets quiet; prices barely bare-ly steady. Wisconsin primary markets mar-kets December 2; Twins, 19c; Daisies, Dais-ies, 1914 c; Double Daisies, 19c; Young Americas, 20c; Longhorns. 19c. LIVESTOCK AND MEATS. Chicago Chi-cago hog prices declined 5-2 5c during dur-ing the week. Light hogs declining least. Beef steers and fat cows and heifers mostly 25-50c higher, those selling in the lower registers of the various grades advancing most. Stockers and feeders firm to 25c higher, those selling in the lower registers o the various grades advancing ad-vancing most. Stockers and feeders ! firm 10 25c higher. Fat lambs and sheep generally 50c higher; feeding lambs up 50-65c. December 3 Chicago Chi-cago prices: Hogs, top $7.25; bulk of sales $6.60-6.90; medium and good beef steers $6.15-$10; butcher cows and heifers $3.60-$8-75; feeder feed-er steers $4.60-$6.60; light and medium me-dium weight veal calves $6.50-$9.75; fat lambs $9.25-$10.75 ; feeding lambs $8-$9.15; yearlings $6-$9.15; fat ewes $3-$5.25: Stocker and feeder shipments from 12 important markets during the week ending November 2 5 were: Cattle and calves 68,265; hogs, 5,-668; 5,-668; sheep, 36,825. The general trend of eastern whole sale fresh meat prices was 'upward. Lamb shows net advances of $2-$4; mutton, $l-$3. Veal up $l-$2. Light pork loins firm to $2 higher, but heavy loins declined $1.50-$ 2 per 100 pounds. December 2 prices good grade meets: beef, $13-$15; veal, $16-$18; lamb, $21-$24; mutton, mut-ton, $10-$14; light pork loins, $14 $'!s; heavy loins, $12-$15. HA. Li.;h; eceipts cauto somi improvement in hay market. Prices J firm. Demand good. Quoted Dec- 1 ember 2: No. 1 Alfalfa Kansas City, I $21, Memphis $24.50, Atlanta $30. No. 1 Prairie Kansas City $11, Min- neapolis $15.50. f |