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Show I Chicago Grain j Chicago, Aug. 31. Wheat dropped H I today on large supplies and Improved Ml weather conditions In the northwdsL m Ught frosts in Illinois and Indiana H roported to have done no harm. m At the opening wheat was 1-4 to lc H net lower, with September at 94 l- B to 95c; December at 92 1-2 to 93 l-4c An easier market at Liverpool, with Hi nfe otterB, thQro- led to filing H l5,the Ch,lcaS P that for a time held M this market within tho low opening B range. Forecasts for warmor weather I mm tomorrow throughout almost the en tire wheat belt also kept prices down. i, ael8.y.,slihe?t market Beemei to bo the chief factor in a bearish corn situation. Weather and good nupp of cash grain helped in depressing OH? V? ranee of cPto l35 B-8c off at tho opening. Largo offerings of-ferings cauned a drop of l-8c to 3-8c after September had opened at 73 l-8c to 3-8c and December at 63 5-87-8c The market then grew steady for a while. Oats followed other grains, opening imchanged to Me lower and easing off a little further almost immedl-Hlfflli immedl-Hlfflli atoly. II rovIsIonB also felt tho downward HI Influence, prices ranging from un- J changed to Ec lower, with pork tshow- II ln8 the greatest loss, 2 l-2c to 5c. H I Tho wheat market closed weak at a net Iobb of 1-2 to 1 1-8, with Sep., tember at 93 3-4 and December at 92 5-83-4c. Tho corn market cloBed, after a temporary rally on a late buying spurt, easy at a net loss of 1 6-8 to 1 5-8 to 3-4c with September at 71 7-8 and December at 61 3-47-8c Chicago, Aug. 31. Wheat No. 2 nd; H!-21-02 i-2; No- 2 hard, 1.04 3-8 1.05. Corn No. 2 yellow, 7880 l-2c: others, nominal. Oats No. 3 white, 3334c; standard, stand-ard, 40c. Rye No. 2, 94 l-295 Barley 50 63c. Timothy $5.50 7.00. Clover $8.3513.25. Pork $13.32. Iard $8.07. ' . Ribs $7.80 8.45. Chicago Livestock. Chicago, Aug. 31. Hogs receipts, 16,000; slow, 510c lower than yesterday's yes-terday's average; bulk, ?6.607.60; light, ?7.257.96; mixed, $6.40(9)7.80; heavy, S6.207.50; rough, ?6.20 6.35; pigs, 9$7.00(g8.00. Cattle Receipts 4000; steady; beeves, $6.1010.20; cows and heifers, heif-ers, $3.108.60; Texas steers, $6.40 7.40; western, $6.508.85; calves, $8.00011.76. Sheep Receipts 12,000; weak; native, na-tive, $5.806.40; western $6.806.60; yearlings, $6.607.55; lambs, native, $7.009.30; western, $7.0009.35. New York Cotton. New York, Aujf. 31. Cotton futures opened steady; October, $9.60; December, De-cember, 10.00; January, $10.14; March, $10.42; May, $10.61. Omaha Livestock. Omaha, Aug. 31. Hogs Receipts 5600; steady; heavy, $6.256.65; light $G.757.55; pigs, ?6.007.40; bulk, $G.406.65. Cattle Receipts 7500; steady; native na-tive steer6, $6.769.75; cows and heifers, $5.757.25; western steers. $6.508.60; Texas Hteers, $6.007.50; cows and heifers, $5,507.00; calves, $7.00010.00. Sheep Receipts 32,000; steady; yearlings. $6.7506.75; wethers, $5.25 0G.25; lambs, $8.6009.10. Sugar Prices. New York, , Aug. 31. Raw sugar Steady. Centrifugal, $4.77; molasses. $4.00. Sugar futures opened very quiet today and at noon prices were a point above last night's closing. Chicago Hog Market. Chicago, Aug. 31. Demand was slow for hogs today and holders had to be content with a dull market and prices 5 to 10c lower than yesterday's average. A light run of cattle, under fair demand, de-mand, made quotations in that market mar-ket steady. Sheep, in a Blow market, were rather rath-er weak but lambs showed little firmness. firm-ness. Chicago Produce. Chicago, Aug. 31. Butter Higher; rocoipts 16,182 tubs; creamery extras I ?5oiooXt,ro fIrsts' 24l-2c; firsts, 22 i--03 i-2c; seconds, 20 1-2 22c: packing stock, 1920c. Eggs, steady; receipts 9028 cases; prices unchanged. Cheese, unchanged. Potatoes, shade easier; receipts 60 cars; Jersey cobblers. 5860c; Jersey Jer-sey gkuits, 4548c; Minnesota and early Ohio, 37040c; Wisconsin, 40 Poultry Firmer; live fowls. 13 15c; springs, 16l-2c. COWS MILK TRANSPARENT. Old Cap. Joshua Kctcham. who rccontly died at Amltyvllle. I.. I., WBs ,Uch respected re-spected and beloved by the summer rcal-donts rcal-donts who used to sn with him on tho baj and catch bluo rlah. Then! wna al- I ways a refreshing flavor of tho sea lot I his talk. $ I ( One day when a pnrtv of city i"eILJ J were sailing: with him the conversation, turned on tho difficulty of getting good rioah milk In Amltyvllle. ami they aMj pealed to the captain to know why. f "Well." anld Captain Joshua "It's beenjg that way as long kis I can remembor.jf Cy wife made be buy a cow once. F bought her from Elbert Huff up on the; north turnpike and gave him $10 for her$ Elbert said ahn-d give twenty quarts oli 5 milk a day, nnd I guees she did. but ,JU g could see bottom In six futhoms."--W Jl Youth's Companion. J Dl co JB An adult man weighs on the average! about 140 pounds G ounces. Out ow this weight, his hones, number 240, aiM count for about 14 pounds. )9h |