
read this article Very
remember that dun»
hey sold the biltter

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clean an; 3. net profit to

011‘ fellows who are '

will soon-- ‘

enhancing the,.cost of liv-
the X.
._..f,.81r.6 Phﬁtihg larger.

"of the speed-

rength ofsthe sale of 75
aibntber this morning un-

" t38cand50tubsof
503.1111 bids for 11101163

e, the; price 313,3 ad;-
line fresh nudist held ,

at: , finch extras 38c, and
. ;~.Bnyers 15111383 for

" 3.0. days, vfith no oﬂer and a ,

' 381,46 have ,_.30 gought
t,42¢_ l r slx
drawing a bid

f $111;ij Grocers have aid--
. manned their 111139.333 dentists de-_

Clare thet'the consumption is falling

6113. Just to What point; the :tresh
goods will. go is a question 6: supply.
‘;~ 11- the Quotation 0131389 a- prom .

- ' for desirable marks.

iitt ethought two Months

3r 163311193? who hati $11

1313;! the”): litter e heaviest
h61tlei; of butte’r in the'IEJnited
this... season, untold?) of the
hintsme -’.W. Marttn&'

his city- EarTy in- the Bee--
team to take on‘ buttervand
1:111th coolers and kept hthy:

,“helr stock reached a: triﬂe. ,

ﬂows to -.

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The “Pink Sheet” lets the light into the dark corners, and the
. market gambler takes to his heels!

 

A dispatch from Phtlﬁelphia says:

“Potato receiver's continue to play for

6: weather market with the result that

it is kept amply supplied with pota- .

toes. The present week showed an
increased supply over last, with trade
irregular. The situation has reached
a point where something has got to
give, and unleSs weather senditlons
shOul‘d stop loading, much 16 r po-

.1mto value is“ an only 116333}; A

goOd many potatoes from now on will
be shipped on a' commission basis, as

pectancy and possibilities

_ a new crop.
j game. '-

. very lateSt quotations are:

Oats, Standard.
Rye .....
Beans...» ’

Last Moment Market Flashes

the “up or down” of the mercury depends very much future ex

WATCH CAREFULLY your thermometer on the back porch.
Don’t expect too much or too quickly.

Don’t get “cold feet.” but maintain cold Weather
Watch the ‘fPink Sheet”—keep your nerve—play the

on the several commodities from the principal market centers. A

THE LAST ‘MINU’I‘E before going to press, we secure quotations
detailed st afement covering conditi6ns, our predictions and special

advice; will he found with each commodity on the following pages

Wheat No.1 White (large mills paying). . . 31.12%
Wheat No. 2 Red (large mills paying .......... 1.13 A

(best market today, New York) at; . . .
I '. (best market today, Philadelphia) at.

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sen“.-citieqnndovo-cnoo-I

Dressed Hogs (Betréttgﬂarkct)

What It’s Worth

dealer's have given up all hope of a
reaction in the market. " Even if every
Word in this dispatch is true and pic-
tures the situation as it actually
exists, remember nothing can be made
by crowding the market. Every day
that passes brings us 24 hours nearer
spring, theretbre ' it is absolutely
necessary that the market be
watched. We hays proven in many
instances that careful feeding of the
market will maintain prices, and this

.rule will certainly hold good from

this time until the new crop arrives.

On

A long time before

The

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1 .150 and turkeys 18c.
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Two Factions Lined Up and Start ‘-

Merry War—Carlot Shippers Got
the Beneﬁt—Farmers Have
No Share in the Dividends.

Once in a while conditions get so
raw in the leading markets that there
is a ﬁght over the spoils. This can
dition must have existed in New York
during the past week. Readers of the
“Pink Sheet” will be intereseted in
the lively row that continued there
for several days and they can very

easily ﬁgure out the effect the trouble

had on market conditions.

The live poultry market was in a
topsy--turvy condition this Week and
there appeared to be a general war
on among the receivers. Some claims
were mew that the old-time combi-
nation' had partly gotten together and

thatthe tactics of bygone days were '

being employed. The jobbers- tlhe
tore part of the week seemed to. hue
control of the situation and evidently
were attempting to combine as was
indicated by various meetings that
were held and the concerted action

taken which caused sudden ﬂuctua— .

tions in prices The lineup, however,
of the warring factions is somewhat

different than what existed several "1

years ago. 7

On the other side of the fence were
Fleck & Hillman, Sol. Frankel, Geo.
C. Brown, C. Bishop and Samuel Wer-
ner,

cars, with 10 carried over on track
and there were about 5 In the mar
ket the aggregate oﬂerings being 105.
On Monday the jobbers got together
and refused to pay over 1434c to 15¢
for fowls. The 'Collins Crowd. who
sell direct to'the trade, would not
accept these ﬁgures, saying they
were too low, and took the matter up
with Mr Pierson who represents the
Missouri Carlot Shippers’ Associa-
tion, and decided that the situation
in the west was strong enough to
warrant a 16c market.

Then the jobbers suddenly gob-to-
gether and decided that poultry was
worth 16$4c. The other side say this
was because they were acting under
the direction of the other faction of
receivers. They endeavored to put
the market upon this basis. The
transaction betweeh Westerberg and
Collins took place Tuesday. 011 Thurs-
day there was a decidedly weaker
feeling and most of the poultry sold
out in a. jobbing way at 16c. Poultry
Was being sold out of slaughter
houses on east side at 161,40 'when the
16c market was préVslllng.

Thursday night -abo 90 cars had
been unloaded and t e 6 to 8 cars
that came in after that time were
held over for next was The Collins
faction were quoting fowls 15c, ch‘ ck.
ens 14c, cecks 11c ducks 190,
The other Me

5 cocks 11c ducks 20c, geese 15c and

r1"

turkeys 190.

IF WE can 1mm» it is” U;

who were selling the jobber-s,
Receipts for the week were about 90 /

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. g—looked— for " real winter
weather, weather that has the
ap of former years.

"tion manifest we should be able to
experience a revival of better condi-

‘weather———cduld we pin our hope for ..
better conditions to exist.
has the time enough elapsed so that .
’we could experience very much 01'
‘ an i'mp1essiOn on the conditions Eat!
It will take, under.

I

tions, that on this: one feature~

Not yet

urally existing.
natural cOnditions, some little time
for real improvement to be manifest.
We should, however,» see a, reﬂection
of better conditions in the market
horizon even at this early stage. From
a broadangle 'we hardly feel Safe in
'stating'that there is a real improve-
.ment to 'give out to you in this article.
We do feel, however, that the tone to
the Situation has been somewhat im-

proved during the last week; let the I

cause be what it may, we believe this
is the true condition. We mu t ad-
mit, along with the above, that the
increaSe in demand and the improve—
ment in tone'is 1eﬂected on the bet-
ter qualities of hay. It may not be
conservative to state that a real bet
torment of conditions exists on any
other qualities, but we know this, that
the natural improvement would come
ﬁrst on the top qualities, that the
only hope there is for the lower quali-

ties of hay is for a continihnceof im-I

provement on the better qualities.
With a continuance of this sort We
will gradually see and experience an
advanced condition all along the line.
Having'such a small percentage oi
high qualities of hay‘ for disposition
it could not be but a short time be-
fore general improvement would be
manifest. On basis of above reason-
ing, we believe that we should feel
that all the improvement possible Ito
expect has been brought about during
the' past week. We have not faced
a situation like this in a number 01'
years. .It appears as a great stone
wall to us, unsurmountable, seeming-
ly no way of escape. That seems to
be’ the way the average producer
looks at the present situation, and
also the way the average hay dealer
over the states looks at it; at any
rate, it is a case of hands in the air
by both. The hay dealer at 90 per
cent of stations oVer the state have
practically stopped operations; the
remaining 10 per cent are picking
around for the strictly first-class hay
only. As mentioned in our last week‘s
article, We certainly have a clear
demonstration of what is up to you
as producers. Here you have a situzi
tion facing you,
duct ready for the market, and no
one to put it on the market. You
don’t know how to market this stuff,
and your agents, who have been doing
this, have “laid down,” therefore you
can do nothing but watch your manu-
factured product remain 011' your
hands. Does this not demonstrate
to you that really now is the time
for the American farmer to vow ven-
geance on these atrocious conditions
‘which are .facing you? Purge the
situation Of this dependent condition
by doing the business end 'of 'your
business, eliminating
middlemen, who are the blood sap—
pers of yourl’itrue‘ advancement and
commercial possibilities. Emancipa-
tion is absolutely necessary ,right

~he1e in the no1th and on the farms

' of the whites, from the slavish con-

. ditions have been against the

(Litions which you are continually
facing. There is a market for every

pound of this season’s hay crop. The
market from its very inception has

.been abused‘ and' ill-treated, because

there has been a constant disposition
to overfeed the. same. Ce in con-
manner

"tWe are- now experiencing titer“

It has.
' .13, “contention 1:1 marketers of '
farm products that with this 'condi-

a manufactured pro-\

this ‘ horde of

” 5hr reports tromér‘bthe
itake e' chance-at tI’Ithe mark

,Imarket, at proﬁtable
predicted.
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111 we would take, Io,

been as experienced

of the abundance of the crop, and

that is to watch the situation and

make disp0sition only" as feet as con-
sumption and demand will take care

\ of it at a right price, a price which;
If we here more of;

shows a proﬁt.
any crop than the outside market

can take care of, it simply means that

, We as individuals, should Only mar-
ket a percentage of our given crop,
sufﬁcient to guarantee a good hi gh
market level existing on What we do
market. What’s the use of dumping

two tons of hay 013 the ,market when ., ..

there is only room for one? HQW

much better will it he to get $8- a ten
for. two tons of hay; than $16 for one? " '

Labor, general conditions, etc" con-

sidered, don’t you appreciate that it '

would be much better for the situa-

tion, from a large angle to dispose

of one ton and get $16 than to dis-
pose of two and only get the same
amount?
only solver of the problem that can
be used to advantage. As long as you
use agents, you me using those who
aie simply speculators or gamblers
on your products. A percentage of
proﬁt is all that they wish to,attain.
The basic price for your commodity
or paid to you for it, matters not to
them, therefme the situation is not
properly balanced. To conclude it is
1ight up to you as producers to show

the metal of which you are made, and '

the possibilities within your hands
1ght now with regulated disposition
you can improve the situation

 

HAY—MchIGAN ZONE PRICES.

Zone No. 1 Michigan. . . .‘. . . ... $10.00.
Zone No. 2 Michigan. . . I" ...... 11.33
’ Zon¢.Nq.‘3 Michigan ........ ; . 12.

Tone N0. 4 Michigan .......... 11.80
Zone No. 5IMlchlgan' .......... 11.40
Zone No. 0 Michigan ........ , . 11.80
Zone No, 7 Michigan .......... 12. '70

NOTE—The price. given are on 0
balls 01 No.1 Timothy hay in the
different Michigan freight sullen.
Thl. give. you the price that Michi-
gan dealers should be able to pay
for this commodity. f o. 11. their It.-
tlenl. under exlltlnx market condi-
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'1 DETROIT-11; a general Way the
\situation here in Detroit is very 11n~
satisfactory. There is aconstant dis-
position Ion the part of the handlers
of hay to make lower quotations .to
the actual user? This condition is
biought about by the fact that dealers
ove1 the state seem to be able to buy

this hay from the 1aise1 at practically .

any piice, tl1e1ef01e as a natural re-
suit, the disposition is to reduce to 'a
lower basis; in other words, the sales-
man uses this as an asset in selling.
There is a good demand for No. 1
stuff. The percentage of it arriving

 

0n the market is very small.The1e HAY—BOSTON MARKET. .

is leally no established and deﬁnite . Large 3m“
111a1ket except for high class grades.’ hues. bales.
The lower grades are made disposi- Hay. chohlse ------- .-- $21,901:! 1,900
tion of on whatever basis can be es-= ~g‘g' 11:3: 2:::::,::::':’:' 1.003 17:0,,
tablished at the moment, being actu< Hay: ‘No. 3__.,,,,:I..f,,‘15.oo- 15.00
> - - ' . Haywx- clover. . .1‘ ........ $0.33 12.3

‘ HAY—DETROIT. MARKET. E3; 32:” if? ' ' ~ '

, . ' ‘ , Long‘Iiye straw .

No. 1 Timothy. ....... ' ..... $14.50jv- .

No. 2 Timothy ............ 13 -' Ingﬁaé’f. “n"

Light mixed . ........... ....lea. -.~. """~ ‘ ‘

No,- 1 meted ...... 11,00 .NOTE—thx-ge bile. ‘chlth 11M,

Rye Straw. .............. 1.1.13.8? £09 to .1110 pounds; seams.

N-o.1-—Good.substantia1-demand-and present condition; favor steady
ri‘cee. No. 2~Majrket c
No. lit—Mar at very quiet; has. ever . ;
.4—‘—No proﬁt at ‘ruilng prices. I! you sail hold; this; is an “e eventh “r '
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There is only
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If th'andled“ 151‘on lytIhIe market-I at. .vI
“this :iioiiit we .. ashoII_j'.a smashed ita-
prevement. , I 1 . ~. ..
. HAW—PITTSBURGH MARKET
”No. 1 Math! Buy... .3} ._ ”$16.00
.No‘. 2 Timothy Hay. . . .. ._.'.'i.~..014;00
”(No. 8 Timothy ......... ' ....... 11.00
No. 1 Light mixed hay ..... ». . .’14.50 '
N o. 1 Clover mixed hay .......... 4.00
No. 1 Chivor luau... ..... . 14.00
Fine Prairie Packing 13311.... 11.00
No. 1 Out straw ...... , ......... .
No. 1. ﬂyc straw. . . . . . .‘2‘. . . ... 10.50 ,
No.” 1 Wheat i‘travv. ..\..'. . . . 9‘50

 

 

 

CHICAGO—Owing. toithe situation

'hat has existed on the Chicago mar-'-

. ket from its inception a tendency! has

been developed 130" make Shipments

thereto; the result being that receipts
have gradually overcome the demand.
At this writing we have this condi-
tion existing. Especially is this true
on the lower qualities of hay. on

which the market must report a much
easier tone. No.1 and choice tim-
othy is moving rapidly, but at slightly
reduced prices

 

HAY—CHICAGO MARKET.
Cho'ce Timothy . .' ..... ...... $10.50
No. 1 Timothy .......... . . . . 15. 00
No.‘ 2 Timothy. , .......... . . . . 12.50
Light Clover Mixed ...... ‘. . . . . 12. 50
No. 2 Mixed hay. ... .' . ‘. . -. . . 11.00
No. 3 Timothy ..... . . . . .; . . . . 11.00
Clov er ........... '. . . . . ..... . 11.00
Threshed Timothy . . .'. . . . .-. . . 9.00
Marsh ,teedlng hay ............ 10.00
Packing ......... . ......... '. . . 8...
Choice Alfalfa ........ . ....... 18.00
No. 1. Altaltu ................ 10.00
Rye ........ . .. ....... 8.50
01t- . . ................. . . . 7.50
'Whent .......... ., 0.50

 

 

 

‘ .
ABOS‘TON—As has been given out
' ‘our former writeups,‘the Boston
situation has maintained a more uni-
form level than any other market this
year. There is no particular advanre
in the situation over last week. The
demand remains quiet for all grades
, of hay, exceptingt No. 1 timothy and
bright clover mixed. A little expor:
business is continually geing on,

which has a tendency to relieve the“

situation. This belief is "keenly felt
because export shipments are made
up of the low quality of hay, as a
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icon .80 go 100 pounds 1. . :

PITTSBURGH-Receipts ‘01 strictly?
o. .1 timethyi. and hightigq utilities. (if)

to the. situation reﬂecting on these ,.
grades is very much improved Therefjf .. ;
is no particular improvement to be]
given out on the lower qualities’l’l'hey
centinue {in excess of demand. . It
general sic :;

    

  

       
     
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
  

 

 

 

   
 

 

POTA'l‘ﬂES

The season is continually com-

ing to the point. where We

. Simply muSt establish some i 4.3.;

line of defense to our present bﬁstw ?

119513: We hare suggested,“ in 0111’. for- ’ ‘

mer. articles dire“:- advisability of '15

{$1131 «Ia-mm WK or 303.1 .
make the ﬁght or our ’lives to Torrie 11., .
necessary, the general situation to
sustain it“ JVe certaﬁily are not 103-;
ing’ground regardless of what is be?-
ing done. ’The Situation in a‘large»I-_I-.
way is just about normal at the pres-...;
ent time. We cannot see, or expect,
that the situation is spirited, Ipossiblng
it is far ,from it at themres’ent time;- ,_
we feel that it Will be far from it at 5';
any time. We dont need a spir'i ed
condition to make conditions‘ what .
they should be. Good, clean-cut con~ .
servative gIrthh or adyalncement is
what we should try to establish. We;
cannot expect or hope to make spoh
conditions as this Without some effort. ,
With the situation fairly well dined ‘
up, as it is in Michigan, there ought '
to be. /no trouble Whatever to regulate '
the disposition of this crop- We main-u. '
tain that if you will regulate dispoSi—
tion, that the present market situar "
Ition Can be improved. -WisIIconsin and
Minnesota are fast coming to 'a' point
when the ﬁght as far as they are
conCerned, will have been ﬁnished ' y
They have been, from the very incep
tion of the season, ‘constaiit marketers :1"
and at Whatever price happened t0_ "
exist. This has forced us, as Michi-

‘ gan producers, on a somewhat indeﬂx
nite basis, but right now with the
situation in its present condition,

~ and in face of the expectancy of the}
Wisconsin and Minnesota crops, it
would seen? that we have every right-
in the-world to look for a healthy sit:
nation“ to exist“ We would real like
to promote 'the 20- round bout mom I“;
tioned in our last week’s issue Wé"
believe our athlete has themdurancs

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$The receipts. (in the Chi-
“ mandate. to lead the de—
a condition which has
. vi“ -'since the-very incep-
Io; tﬁgI ‘ ason, and which; without
' “11 continue throughout the

The cause of. this. is be-

he pdSltlon the Chicago mare.
With the producing states~—
I. Minnesbta and Michigan.
-all of these po1nts shipments

to better advantage than

resulting

1n a constant

overheading oi Iﬂﬁﬁ given market cen-
Eastern points; have led the
go gituatgion continuously, but

I61; haul and danger from

per bu

11$
frost en route-many shipments have
‘ t9 thoago even at. a lower

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POTATOE$~CHIQAGO MARKET. ..

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..,result or an ackno'wl
pomtion existing

loan Ivyheat cannot Iin'c‘rease.

WHEAT—DETROIT MARKET.

No. , 1 White”......,.....'....$1.11% _
IIo.I 2Red.._’...,....'....- ..... 1.12%'
Speculative Prices. ~.
July' delvety....'.... ......',i'.$ 1161/2
. .*MayT very. ....... .

~ 1Th'ed'lprlceovogl'ven tor Decelnber
.'. and May de’l ry none-cut the In-
. 'ture dell'Vel‘y pr‘lc’ol. This Infor-
V mutton motel given on the future
, a .51!“ at this: amino u lmed

by those who opening“ on future
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opesters continue. 0 give»
out bearish dope bn the situa-'
19 week the dope .8110st
emand,‘ accumulation of
thenorthjwest, With 1119'
ed technical.
Argentine ship-”g
. plants have cammenced to move with.
Sent giving out prbsp-eptEl that a re-
vival of export demand for. the Amlér-
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dcncy to improvement. We hardly

feel that it is natural, baSed on con»

ditions, for a spirited advance to exist,

but it’ certainly does demonstrate a

‘most healthy natural condition exist-

of all “the dOpe that the maintainers
’ of wheat have received, we are able
to look on the board and see the
market maintaining itself with a ten—

 

. ing an that Our present basis she.
be ma ntained. .
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WHEAT-m-CHICAGO MARKET.
No.2}lled. .. ..... $1.12
Speculative Prices.
*July dellvery....;.I......... 31%
"May dellvery. . ‘ ............ . .94
*'l‘he price ~ given for ~ July

and May delivery represent the In-
' 'tui-éd'e'llvery p‘rl’eel. This Inform--
tloia merely the. you the future
haul. of this cornmodlﬁy no ﬁgured
by those who speculate on future
prospects.

 

 

 

 

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1.4- . We
9o‘n‘

inception 150'! the: éeason

311st as wellathat it could not, and just
as well that it did not. We must be
brought to a some of realization of
our position with reference to the

placing of our commodities on the

market, in order to maintain a cer-
tain level or show an advancement
.of the same. There. is. no one hand-

”ling‘ beans tchlay who hasn’t faith in

the general situation. This is in evi-
dence to anyone having a great quan-
The only thing
necessary is to hang onto the marker
regulator until the demand
mences to show itself' The only way
to produce .a real creation is to take
advantage of the principles and angles
necessary to ' create. A tin soldier

' could whip the present situation to a.

n

the development

. picked basis. in the dlﬂel‘ent freight

frazzle. On this basis you as good
substantial producers of beans, ought
to be able to put this standard of Ichl
up to $2.40.

u. not hope that a market would'
. .' hold up- under such ﬁre as this. If, is

com~ '

constantly prove 1; . -
stances premium over qI
has been realized ‘__ . . =-

   
 

 

 

OATS—CINCINNATI MARKEW
“ﬁgungandvhu

. e......... ...... ..
l\lo.,4~ White..’.......:..‘...,.
No. 2 Mixed ......... .. ......
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TITTSBURGH—We are unable to.
port an improvement existing onu-
Receipts continue well -.
up to the demand, and possibly ill-j?
would be safe to state a little in ex;' .
It is apparently true that this
market is being overfed almost 0011- -‘ ‘
making it a ﬁght to main—I" *1

this market.

cess.

stantly,

tain the present standard and prac-

. tically impossible to advance it
also has much to do with the demand

along high quality lines.

 

OATS—PITTSBURGH MARKET.
Standard .................... .37
No.3 \Vhite ....... .38
No. 4 White ........ ‘. ....... . . .3456
No.2Mlxed ........

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BEANS—bETROIT MARKET.

White, hand-picked basis ...... $2.10
Red Kidney ................... 2.1.1
MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.
Zone No. 2 Michigan ........ ..$2.05
Zone No. 3 Michigan ....... 2.10
Zones 4, '5, 6 and 7 Michigan” 2.15
' NOTE—“’1: IVe you above the

price. that M1 1811: dealers should
be able to pay you for hcanl, hand-

zone: of Mlchlgan. 'l‘lle Plnk Sheet
has get the price for beans, hund-
plcked basis. at the overuse Mlehl-
gun points, at $2.40 per bushel.

 

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A GLOYER SEED

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:1 one of the largest dealers of

seed. not only in Michigan, but the
United States dmiugr the past week.
Prior to this intelview the wl‘: te1 had
been basing his Willing s on, his own
ieview of the situation It is with
pleasure that we can give out today
that the information received through
this most reliable source conﬁrms the
advice already given to you in our“
past issues of the “Pink Sheet." 11‘.‘
anything, the picture is brighter than
we have already painted it. The out-
look is certainly one of promlse to
those having seed for distribution. 1"
you as a reader, will be in the mar-

 

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”5,35. mm .5”! no it, 15. M nature, that at no time would we see
. ) 11631833. 1 M 1‘ - ' - ~ a sp1rited advance, but instead a con. CLOVER SEED—DETROIT
5/1325“. “ﬁlm" colt 0}. llékc ' " B A sel‘vative growth along popularity MARKET.
,I‘ I]. ‘5‘ “*4 9"“ .; ' lines. The tone to the siluationIhas .’ 1 $10
V’“ '. not even shown dc )I'ession at hardiy ' “""’ 1" m“ """""""""" "
w . CINQINNATI_There continues to. . . . (r I . . Mammoth. prime ............. 12.40
. . any time durmb the season. Tllle 1t “.11“. prim.- _____________ 13.40
'T. .r“. \ exists. 509d fair demand on thls mar- With the Bean Dealers Con- is that the 12mm 111n111pulat01's' have Timothy Seed. prime .......... 2-10
'~ ?‘ ket“'“‘ﬂEhIo Situation has been' held on vention a thmg Of the past and been able to Show a decline on the
31301-1 .3; nbrinal 13331310,. same flew its members back on the ﬁeld ‘ ‘ ; . ._ . .1 . .
f. ti f the Loald 01 a iraltion 01 .1 cent, but even
Weeks back There has been no par- ,0 ac on, We are "again acing that was not warranted. The general .1‘
.ticular overfeedlng in progress ‘ Re realities 0f commercial life Every trend to the situation is along ad— 5“\
r , ceipts have been just about in line thing promises a little skirmish in mme d lines ' .1: 0R
.1. £3. with xthIe demand nothing exciting toga?” fto bung conditigﬁsI Ra“ ‘0 7 J ‘ .4 X
~ - eIr ormer position pes 0d and »
PO haphazard disposition has brought OATS—DETROIT MARKET' \ We are experiencing a .most
TATOEs-E’P'NCININATI about our present d sappointment. we Standard, ................... "(:17- ‘J pronounced betterment of tone
r ‘ ‘ . MA K511: 0 don’t need to study very long or won. 3?;- i ::7:ll:::;:::::::ll:::::::.. “ ’ to the corn situation. True it
13111:; from at, par bu.... .50 «1.55 ‘der why our present market is on it’s No, 2 Mlxed _________________ is that ccxtuin conditions at the mo-
55‘6““ 1"!” "I“, Per 1‘“ 55‘" 53 present level because you certainly lilo. 3 Mixed ................. ment are quite f(1\()l.lble to a heavy.
035a“ Ifmm 50 avg. weltht. 159 should appreciate just What has been . movement and a heavy demand but
; min-dc- 1 going on continuously—a case of CINCINNATIATh‘e past week has at the same time the advance that
I r. .. aboutcioqlgr: “51“,". co“ 0‘ “Ck" dumping onto the market regardless hown a. slight improvement in do» corn has shown this year has been
y , - ,. . - of it being ready for its reception or mand, with rcCelpts somewhat our~ CondnuedonPng-e Six
L A. 3 mg] l ‘ ' “"ﬂ \~.—._// -5? m. I
I . *\ ..\5‘ ‘7... «r J“" I N
I . ._ N orier to 1115(3)) in touch vIvlthk the" Pittsburgh, for instance, show that Nt Zone 3—Day City rl- M 1 A j ‘5 5“
' mar ct con t 113 you s cud now 1 Timothy hay is worth $16. 00 per ton. IIIIIIIIIIII 371 . A». ‘\ g,
-; ‘ . . thes freight rate from your shipping The freight being $4. 40, would show that ﬁﬁxbi‘igk Cit} ............. .17/2 4 r} , \J
I_l» * stgthn to the leading market cen- the doalexs in Tuscola county should pay Cincinnati IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII .16 L. \J ~
. , ters. If you have the freight rate yod’ $11. 60 p81 ton, less handling charge The Chicago IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII .13 MIEHIEAN WITH
’ .‘have' the key which places you in a 130- minimum weight of a: car of hay is . IIIIIIIIIII .10 -.»«~ ‘ APP
Dbtrort .............. ( \. ROXlMATE
Bltlon to know whether your local deale1 20 000 pounds; the minimum weight of a FREIEHT // \
1 — _ is giving you the market price for your Car of potatoes ls 30,000 pounds; the Zone 4—Greenvillc. ' . \RATES TO
1 ‘ h -Dl‘0ductB -or not. In connection with minimum Weight 01’ a car of beans is New York City”, ............. .29 / LEADING
. ~1hls Iagtlcle We give You the Michigan 40. 000 pounds; and you will have to pay Pittsburgh .................... .171/2 MARKETS
5" h 5 Buslness Farmer mee Map You will for that number of pounds-1n each car. Cincinnati ........... . ........ .16 ,
, ‘ police that this map is divided Into so be sure and ship a full carload. The Chicago ...................... .13 ““3
. seven: trelght zories Your fardmbis 1023b- rates given caviar dhayir potIatoes and Detroit ....................... .11 (SEE
ed 111 one of these zones. am y re er- beans only; all n s 0 gm ns take a '. . T
wring to the table given below you will _dif£erent rate. We will be‘ glad to fur- £0110 5—Sandusk ' 971 ABLE
' ' ﬁnd approximately what it costs for car- nlsh you with run information with ref- New York C W ---------------- 52/1 BELOW)
lot shlp‘m‘nnts to .the dimenent market; erence {o the maximum and minimum Pittsburgh ------------------- ‘18 K.‘
centers; The rate given is per 100 .car-lots, or you can get this information ‘Cmclnnatl --------------------- -15 \\
_ pounds, and it should be remembered from your local agent. ghicafo ....................... .13 -1 \
., that these afe the approximate rates ’ . I . etro tIII ....................... . 1.1‘1
. which 111111' of course. (lifter a little from . . Zone l—eSault Ste. Marie. Zone 6—Vlcksburg. . . .I .
' air n51~D01n15~fn the several WM“- New York City ............... .. 32 New York City ............. , ./. .29 \
rad-t is a'dI'vlsablp that on 88011?" glttsburgh .. .................. .2835 Pittsburgh .................... .17 1.... ...~ ----- a, 1.,
rd?!) 1‘ Inca! station went. he 00PM! lnclnnatl L'...../...._-.. "-4 .29 Cincinnati .................... .15 I [
tr'om spur satiqn‘to ‘anv of the chicaga ........... . .; 1.. .22 Chicago ........... N. . ..... .1011 . .... ...-
mar ets named- 1 6mm berr’l'the 31??? Detroit .. ..... ............. .22 Detroit ....................... .11 , ', (
Enlcsar coin an at one , e ..,
m} ills oblfet m e Qyou the freight . Z0116 2—Knlkaska. Zone 7~Pontiac. / M..- «w- m... 1.... a»... m
i For ex-- ; “New Yo‘rk guy”... ..... .3415. ’ New York City.......’...n..... .2111/2
e‘in some» Pittsburgh ..... .22 . Pittsburgh .................... .17 / .- .... m, m .... ...... W
.7-0 Cincinnati _. .’.~ . . . . . . . . . . . ...... .1915 Cincinnati .................... .15 y , /\/~ IF“
Chdca . ’ ....’... . .16' hlcago ..... . ........ ~ ....... .13 n/ K/
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‘ ~ to neith‘erfiriend' 1101; enemy,. .if they we swerve .
laid for its’elf to solve the greatest pibhlem tha'ﬁk mama;
- msrosmo Or 1115 CROP roR A GREAT Ehﬁt‘orrrr —
l The market reports are Written d1re'ctly to sewe the N .
assist them in receiving at their 0W1: local; market th (prices- til!
ﬁ MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING nuip '
' . petent and experienced diﬁection of men, whose
part of! this state to secure fair prices and. @0d mar. .
not meet these conditions to aid, if pocsible, in disposing ,of
able market?“ \1 .
'ﬂ In the unpretentious little “pink- sheet” which you hold 111 ur binds, the 15mm
of Michigan will ﬁnd a militant mama-arm, ready: and annitﬁyoax all 11111517111 toidefé’zl’d
their rights and to right their wrong; )vherevg and whatever: they‘Jae found) _ No incl¢~
pendent farmer or group of organiied farmers 11! this state- need “hemate 1; call-2119mm
publicatipn. at any time, if it can :he. of assistance to them .
ll MICHIGAN BI381NESS FARMING, let .lt be clearly unbrstood,$e1;hseﬁg .
single organization, be it- Glaziers, Grangers, ‘Fizriixers’ Clubs Society. ‘nf ”Equzts' ’03"
’1 .whatever its creed or title. It does, ‘however‘, stand for manna Thfmﬂlgzi Whine“ 111»;-
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Entered as 2nd Class Matter, Oct. 13, 1912, at Detroit,vMieh., under “Act of Mar..é', 518-79..

. E D l" T O R l A L3
HARGES that the Taft administration in its closing weeks, is
planning a ﬁnancial squeeze that will greatly embarrass the
Wilson regime, after it“ comes into oﬂlce, Was made the other

day by Rudolph Sprcckles, the San Francisco millibnai‘re. He had
the fuse set to_ go off about the middle of July, and thin-Rs that the

 

Democrats in particular. .

— That Rudolph should be spanked
.for rocking the boat, will be gener-
ally conceded, but no one is taking
him very seriously.
. said that iron rules the commer4
cial world. When the iron trade is active, business is good; when
the iron trade continues dull for any great length of time, look out:

“The difference 'twixt optimist
and pessimist is droll,

The optimist sees the’ doughnut
andwthe pessimist the hole!"

,\‘

sugar king told of the unprecedented demand for irOn and steel
Orders for structural steel must be placed months in "advance.
Railroad companies are giving orders for rails and. equipment suf—

 

ﬁcient to keep the wheels turning for the next twelve months at the « you, no matter what you have to ‘

least. Money is a little close, but trade- conQitiOns Were never better.

Ouite likely there are a few p01iticians who _muSt soon part

with their jobs, who would like to embarrass the Wilson adminis-

tration, but their numbers are few and their inﬂuence rapidly

waning. It is quite evident that the people did not want to con-1

tinue the Taft administration—4hr: returns settled that quesion

without leaving a shadow of a doubt. So far Wilson has Shown

himself quite as big as the job he is going to undertake and the

. honest, level headed business interests are going right on “sawing
Wood.” - .

‘.Mr Farmer, just keep your eye on the dough-nut! There’s

nutriment therein; nothing 1n the hole.

1 people in this country who must be fed, and your job is to fend

them. You don’ t want to run a free lunch counter, of courSe—hut

don’t w0rry about it and lose your shape, you are going to have

. , something to eat long after the bread lines have formed in the cities

‘. And there is no t,danger of a bread line in the cities of America

’ ' ' during the year of our Lord 191.3 Agriculture is the founder of

our national prOSperity; the farmers are the salt of the earth’; So;

' long as there are people to feed and the fal‘rners have needs, we are

.Safe and secure regardleSs of the straddleebugs who straddle

round, ” with nothing to do but bewail cond1t1ons~past preSent

and future.

Count your blessings, man, and be happy 33.. fgmans and

grunts of ten. thousand pessmusts won ’t help condltrons. a hut.

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Taft administration is right after the people in general and the.

It has been'

The same paper which brought us the dire prediCtions of the ..

. in priCe

There are a hundred millioni ‘

'- or trying to‘ age: the legislature to?“

  
     
  
  
  
 
 
      
 
    
     
   
 
      
       
    
  
   
 

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in closejouch With his greatest 1113315136; ham
-_ have Secured one {iffthe ables; writer; ~

 

- “Pi-"nib $116612? 3 ‘ 3 , V .
_'. Telleyour .1 nd 1111 x ' ' ’
they are gomgtoumrgs.-.
tion mid cost them, .
farmers of. Mulligan bbostl
the paSt sixty. days, at
goa‘lvpost is set tar. ahead 0 .aghy a a er .;
reading table or your 11115111655 desk—w h. you‘ca be.
No one has ever accused us of. st lug-:1 .. '
faS well as the next one that. it expeﬂéive to climb outl

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- _) BEADERﬁ’ FORUM'n

W-9 want to give our. reader an-%
portumty to be heard. thi'ﬁ‘ilgh Rollo!
columns of this little”? paper; It 17811“ " -
will make your articles Erie! We can
get quick action Let’s hear: .trom

 

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Editor MIchiganJBusmess Farming
I would suggest that the farmers I‘ook ,
out for the caumsser who is selling 1131193
ﬂre extingulshers Many farmers in
this locﬁllty have paid $22 .50 for ﬁre ,._
. extinguishers that could he purchased
from any catalogue house or; lo‘c'a
.store at about $8. My' suggestion is ‘ _.
that it would be a good idea: to~keep . not be, 985."
clear of thé canvasse‘rs, unless they Of the- Leela
have something that you absolutely .lie'ht puts the .;
know ls an right, both 111 quallty am} $1111.11 idle.

;. teyou
0plmon in the matter." _ .
{larval M

    
  
 
   

Carson (lity, Mich .
~ 8* true that the

Editor Michigan/Bushman Farming advantage or: the fact that i;
.Several farmers of this community} €133 must “have monogram
have been disengaging the advisabthty 11

 

  
  
 
 
 
  
  
 

amend the tax law so as 11.96 .Lj _
the time for the collection of. taxes... ~ .
Luntil Juno 11.31119 farmers feel that’ v

 

 
   
   
   
 
     
 
   

 


 

 

 

 

 

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‘ "on; yo no the 38138621 has stressure to start. with
(instills-1'39 sections March prom

  
  
 

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. ,_ Some {1113 e. and dinner M138,isslppi valleys,
ngeros 8.1911118 1139611210 113119118 1.1111 the upper M13-2
$9911 8, period scarf valléys then-11111199111- for March
- - . rims; 15:119:11 . moisture, is not. good,;whil_e in some
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859311996911 and the sewing and plant:

3?

‘ Much 11318112919111 can be mode if
2 1111 and sowing‘ls done to suit
coming moisture - In case of all?
23211538531111 Mays the early maturing
orepmshould be put in very earlyAand
.. . AA A the Alnte maturing crow.» veryr late.
. - pea bout Breaths in: AprlF and May? ar‘e‘ Orton
my; mum alleys March {91191115811 by; ebundono rhino 1111 June
. sections 3 Us uly. 9.9918 that 1311 in the Apm;

3811831 111111111111 would make good?’
916 8188 a 'rule if sown six Weeks
1,81: 1' so as to get the beneﬁt or the
311799 and July rains; .

2 It is believed @13t no 80111111 spying
'2 wheat, 11012111193119 good owns it 891m
. 11111111 late in. the. 11191188111193 when the

. 1111013118?! 06111111: 111" April 8nd M3y~ an aid
the rains come in June and July.

as"5 w
WERE YOU "IN AT

      

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may!)

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' 1130165 01(1- 133,540}. 2.111112 25“. ‘1 {Continued from Page @118)
.1112 29, omdgtaxgm fofedostedw but Butter {1981 today, E E. Martin said
it Waswgmd one. 9.1193118 medo meet that 4:1.hey had closed but every tub
. lih . 11491111 largely 1311??) 011w?“ ‘ond hall'- recentty bought
.. ‘ . A 2' , 11 5 more for s eculati
2' immature {11341711138011 Who?) the j 90983;, p ye pur
. Essen weather comes in It the ;' Whon asked when his proﬁts had
-,11_1;_,:5____1:d1;y at 11181111138118: s9wing; been, Mr; Month: Was’too modest to
111998113 1181011011211 by u TeatherA 11111. 1111116111; but when $1110 900 was
. 3.21.3. 2 ‘ named, he said they". Aydere more than

    
    
 
  
 
 
 

 
 
  

  
 

would not say .

There are some operators hero Who
bought some of. Magtln‘s butter ssvs'
eralsweeks ago and node held it until

_ now ' ﬁles? have all-loo profit The
_. : .A AaVerago cost 61.11113

WATEEFORE THE AMEXT not over 26112111111 the average soiling

.5 so“ .3HEET» #3053 1'20 mice Was probably 1123;111:11th

' 338219391119 list will - these ﬁgures are p 821981;“ My

footed ﬁnd only: those; Martin would not tell the (1858118 of
“ﬂhg‘éﬂgoadyahee will 1111's sneeulatlons;

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2 11118913 (16168 not advance much. Eac-

. lowélabcltg‘: toms an, my DEBT? ”3 because of

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A’A’Meetings Eeing Held and the 0.39332

“11111511193811 with the prices they: are
"'A,,.,1;e,.ceivingé~ £01: milk

”2',.318teps taken which are liable to leau
,.to a strike.‘

 

‘ tune mogooilo can yditIhLi‘,
n . A

7 [MES ‘
1292,2883 3191.0 northeast; sections where the soil ydhs "i
in? wild wed;r Wet When Irozen. 11.1291 54.8211 the

tombs dry, partioulArly in“- the ;.

"Eu”! 9991:1088 1200111111311 1.3121111111111011 5'" feed them skimmed milk and make

log 2in' March should be for ‘wet 1711981511-

THE :KILLING"? 5

that but-A {just how Amuch‘ 111619 119
111,19 bﬁjfter was *

if I}; the: 1898 11.111.11.19. prices for 1‘

~ 1118 meaty 1391506: 131981411 goods the‘ soles

and gleanihﬁuooos- -. ~i.

    

" ‘2 ,. than 111 wn; " 7‘1 some suggest, this
the 211111.13 mtlk' 111981217110 112111111311

supply foo Detroit may be found :1:

2 ,-‘}Athe ﬁreworks that Were set of: attorney-1,,
' .5. the adeption (if the resolution ; ‘
.1 “You are the ﬁnest bunch of hit“
_ 7421111811 I- have seen together,”, Shouts
' "RV. S. Lumley, of Woodstock. AA“onu

Ages/«ens wHo sUPPL‘v cchAeo 2‘3ij t° be independent farm“

,5 w T l _ When you? re really the hired «men id
2,. LJ HQTJL‘TKDETRAREQZEN TAO the milk trust. You say give Chicago»

., what- inwants and l’et- it pay for. it
when the facts are that Chicago is
get-ting what it wants and you one
paying for it
' “You are working for Gail Beiden,
the milk trust owner“ and You giVe
, him your time for nothing. Reorgan- A,
129 the Boston Tea, Party. 2 Gail Boti-__
'den taxes you as much as he pleases: '
and you don’t dare to say booh:

“Talking about fadd'sts. Do you'A'j:
’Jmow Dr. Evans sees ugs' in every
thing? He can’t live 'without bugs heap
.cause he’s a hugologist. He caf'af-f“
f01d to specialize on bugs You can’t A
So dont let anybody tell you your 3.12
business. ' '

“Dr Young told us that our cows
breed scarlet fever; lIe didn’ 1: tell us
though, that Chicago sent scarlet
fever out to us. He challenged 118,21.
year ago by sayingﬁh‘cago was able.
to take care of herself. If lhis‘is
so let her do it and not come out in
our country.-

“The idea of any one asking you to
strain good pure milk through a solu—
tion of 'carbolic acid, slyccrinc, and
stewed bug's instead of a nico clean
ragr and then ask you to sell it to
babies! Men who pasteurize good
milk and smell it are fools and are fol:
ﬂowing the doctrines of fools. Let me
tell you. if hill 55 is repealed God help
the cow.” 5
FOR SALE Thoroughbred s. g. W.’L'egA

110111 Cockerels, $1.110 t05$2.00
each. Satisfaction guaranteéd. C. H. TRIPP,
Shepherd. Mic.h -M.__
WANTED FOR SEED

ens, .1 quantity _ 1.,

of Baxlcy. B. C. LAWRENCE, Rosebush
\llCh

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iz'agio‘n Strengthened—“Set our
Own Figures" is the Slogan.

:, The farmers in the vicinity of Do-
631'. $3159 116} the only ones who are

5 The- other day
3,3 big, meeting of the milk producers
“cit Illinois wais héld in Chicago and

Denouncing the milk
,trust and- charging the several Boards
at Health" With working in the intel-
_,e,§ts- of the, large dealers, the m'lk '
Producers, of Illinois decided that they
' Mould ask for. a raise of seven-eighths
101' a cent per watt an the wholesale
price of milk for the ceming summer
«The, meeting was .a lively one and
among other thingS, the chairman
said: ‘ ‘
"' .“I urge you toresist the encroach-
ment of outsiders. Stand together.
Set your owuprice and if the retaiIA
ers_, raise theirs insist ’on one-half
of thejprice they receive a quart. If
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butter from your cream. You are in
a position to rule. See that you do.
Don’t let anyone tell you what you
'should get for your milk You should
receive not less than six cents per
quart 111211 the year around As to the.
Board of Health and other faddists,
we dOn’t need them fer our con
science—«we have consciences of 0111
own." '

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~ stancesr-a bumper crop, mild wealth. . ,.
91": very Cheap 11%)" and conservatiVe---_"

feats; all of these are censidered as a
,li'ability based on possibility to ad‘
,‘vance.
break and continue for some little
time and shipments continue to be
on their pres-eat basis a decline wOuld
. naturally be the result, therefore, to
distributors of corn We would sug-

gest. watching the situation most:

'-. carefully. The present standard of

- levels can be maintained and possibly
. an advance brought into effect if the
disposition is properly regulated.

 

CORN—DETROIT MARKET.
.2 white......‘ ..........

3 white ..................
. 4 white .......... ‘ ........

2 yellow ............... . .

3 ye.low ................. .52
. 4 yellow ........... _. ..... 50%
. 2 mixed ................. .5031;
.3mixed ........... -.
. 4 mixed ..................

/

CORN—CINCINNATI MARKET.

No. 3 white ..................
No. 4 white

No.
No. .."
No. 4. mixed ........ L ........ .52

I‘Icoﬁ’N—mr'rseuae MARKET.
0.

 

 

 

 

 

The ‘i11 the market tIade
seemed disposed to hang back
on the advanced condition that
naturally seems the situation war-
rants Vie would naturally expect
that the large outlet for stored. ap—
I.ples would put 11p as strenuous a ﬁght
as Iiossible in mainta ning their posi-
tion. it has been quite impossible,
during the past week, to advance ‘quo-
tations or draw longer prices. The
one great trouble is that we have
stmers of apples who are disposed to
make a shorm‘ price for their hold-
ings than is (ontended by the general
1'1111 as warranted lliom the incep—
tion of the season it. has taken a
man with some nerve to hold any
great quantity oi apples this year, es-
pecially so on basis 01 some estab-
lished advanced prices It is not the
121120 siorers of apples today who are
losing faith in their holdings at the
present pri(e; instead, it is the small
storer, the individual having from
one to five cars, holding them at a
price which shows a reasonable
profit in some instances a handsome
one. These are the people who are
supplying the trade today at the
price in effect. 11: is right, 11p to
such as these and storers of apples
in general, as to the future possi-
bility of same.
improved or all possibilities of a bet-
terment of conditions lost t, if a (e:
tain standard is not maintained by
those in power.

 

.I APPLES—GENERAL MARKET.
1111111 V, 1111' barrel ........ 2.00 to3. 50
Ordinary, per bnrrclf... 1.00 to J. 50

 

 

 

Should the progent weather, _ I '
for stock to mpg-1571,11; e

The situation can be _

 

 

As advised in our last week’s

x. ONIONS
issue, the storers of‘ onions are
the ones who are actually de-

stroying every vestige of possibility
that the commodity had originally
maintained. A. most peculiar condi~
tion has existed this year. During
the earlier'stages of the game. ,when
the

situation looked most critical,I

dition Was The time When ‘-

ally maintained any basis they had a
mind to mentiOn.»

situation, these fellows who are con-
sidered manipulators or the game.—

showed a Weak: kneed position and

, ariittle bot-‘1. ~
storing to the situation would’- have”
meant everything to it, a time When“.

1- the storers of onions could have actu---‘I

Instead of doing?
this, or one solitary thing. to help the ‘

 

1‘ “Egg bi '

6 Weather .co‘ndiﬂo'.
gdodl ﬁrm and Spirited tb

situation. lib £2)”qu '- t

ist——simply unavoidable Yodf rm must
appreciate, however, _
graduatly racing . ' ‘
the prion of g

commenced as a result, 'to drop their. ,I- “the situation ffom 'Week: to

holdings on the market at any old
price possible to obtain These fels
lows put them‘selves on reCord in

slashing and cutting prices in order .

to obtain the order. The hopes we

have been entertaining to exiSt at
the present time have been blasted.

through this source. This shows that

you can’t look fer your agents to help _

the outside Situation—ﬂail they are try-

ing to do‘ is to ﬁnd out what that out;

side situation is going to be then re-
duce the price "at home to the con
sumer so that they. will net a proﬁt
on said basis.
onions this year had been in the pro-

ducers’ hands it would have been pos- 1

sible to advance the present situation
at least 30 per cent.

 

ONIONS.

Detroit.

bellow Globe, sucked, per cwIt. .3 .60
Red Globe. lacked, per th. .....

Yellow Globe, .bulk, per cwt. .40
Red Globe. bulk, per cwt .......

Cincinnati.

Yetlow Globe, sacked, per cwt. .
Red Globe, lacked, per cwt ...... ,
Yellow Globe. hulk, per cwt. .
Red- Globe, bulk, per: cwt. ..... 1. .

Plttsburg.

h-llow Globe, smoked, per ewt.
Red Globe, sacked, per ewt.
Yellow Globe. bulk, per cwt.

Red Globe, bulk, per cwt.... . . . _

.GABBAGE'

 

 

 

W' 11 deb-31151 entirely an weather

unions éXlBting‘ The rise and '1

would not suggest making a. rule ‘bf‘; -.
shipping eggs from now on because. ”buyer .

of the natural tendency for i115 mar. 1..

ket to show a decline from an above
reasons; not only this butdihe flow
of Southern stock Will— very Sean start

' and Will ham a. marked effect on It

result or the; egg situation; . ,

 

If every bushel of

EGGS—«SEN‘EﬂAL MARKET
Large mesh” 1 ' '

17...“... '

.21

1:0In‘tohl

 

Medium fresh . . . .I . .

 

 

 

X POULTRY

 

 

safe in stating , that

‘V
—T .
I .
Slght' for us; in other words,

We feel

most outside markets are opening up
an avenue of escape for us, but even
yet we don’t feel it at all conserva-
tive for Michigan grovvers to consider
shipping unl-eSS it is possible to have
a. deﬁnite understanding before ship<
ment goes forward. The situation is
still very1n1uch of a catch-as—catch-
can game.
means, you can at once detel 111 me the
chance one would be taking.

 

CABBAGE -—. PITTSBURGH

Danish. per tou 'oii track.’ ..... $9.00
Dome-tie, per ton, track. .No market

51 1311111111

 

 

 

there is just a little hope in

Appreciating what this!

 

 

D You will remember our having
for the butter market, having shown
its decline three weeks ago. We ad-
vised you at that time that there was
no substantial reasOn whatever for
the change as shown.
~st1ated that naturally the market. was
very high and that very likely; from
the large handlers’ standpoint ap~
peared e". ther top-heavy or suggestive
of the situation working a danger.
therefore we experienced a cut The
present situation proves that there
was no warrantable excuse for any

change having been made, that the,
butter situation, regardless of Dries .-,
We are" today

warranted the same

advised you that there was no
substantial basis of reasoning.

We dem‘oni

to the poultry situation at the
present time This keenneSs
is manifest from all angles and covers
the entire scope of trade. On, the De—
ti‘oit market, it. wenlid be practically.

I D Exceptionally ~keen is. the tone

impossible to take hate of 11111311113...
Impor~ '

mand; with 10cm shipments.
tations from animal; states hays "had
to be indulged in. All of_ this Bug
Igests‘ that the future to the situation

1. e of romise and balsedmeS 'I',
iq on p the weather man to ceme along With
his good snappy
.. market life, "off the bat” sales being

substantially It {will be impossible,
evem‘ in face of earload shipments
from outs de states to change the sit-
nation from that of a healthy and
pessibly’ that of a spirited natune Icon-
tinuing to exist. .

POU LTRY—DETROITI MARKET. ..

N . 1 Turkeys ......... 1.18 to .10
> N31 2 Turkeys .14 to I165.
No. 1 Spring Chickens. .1410? .16 ,
‘ No.2 Spring Chickens. ,.10 to .12
No.1 Fowls ........... .14 to .16
No. 2 Fowls ........... . . I.12
No. 1 Gee-e ............ .- .14.
No. 1 Ducks. . .I ......... . ..18I

POULTRY —-CH|CAIGO MARKET.

No.1 Turkeys .............. .17
No. 2 Turkey: ............... .14
No. 1 Spring Ghickens ....... .14
No. 2 Sprint: Chickens ......... .10
No.1 Fowls ................. 14»
No‘. 2 Fowl: .10
No. 1 Geese ..... 1 . . . .' ......... .13.
' No. 1 Duck. ................. .14
Note.—--A wine from any of our
reader. will bring last minute quo-
'tations. Use care in making ship— _
meats and be sure the consignee is
ﬁnancially responsibler

LIYE STOCK

,1 Chicago—Cattlb.

Monday started out ‘With a ve'rY
mode1 ate run, which hardly measured
up with the de,mand the keenness
of which was most pronounced on
the better qualities, WhiCh brought

5a

 

 

 

 

around 10 cents advance over week

previous The close proximity of
Lent had much to do with the de-

mand but the main trouble seems .to I

lie\in the fact that retail and on

' the hoof prices are out or harmony'

Sellers showed a tendency from the

very start to hold ﬁrm because of 1
light receipt-s generally,
'Ibaﬂied by_\' Eastern houses
1 Western sonnections, thereby being
unable to. force x'an advance.» -»

but were

having

The
week started out WithI the supply fair;

waste it carries with it
"*mand

; 1' Yearling:

'. _ Stock steer-,5 -s 4.

1.4125
MI. ali‘c'lﬁ01t'3ieliI-is "‘98 t9
‘ WI r e a 3.01 ,
Bolas” 7.1,; . 400‘

 

Mme heavy. 4 .‘ 1.38
of}! ‘ate‘ei-b. .1; ‘ ‘ '

. u': . 6.26 Ito 7|“ I“

:Be’ef um. comm-on to. "
Iéleete‘li ............ . 4.40 to 7.1331
En miter-I; good to ‘
'Ithoipe' .
Gunner. and cutters . 2.53:0 4.25
Good to prime veal! . 0'.30tolI'1.00
Bulk: ..... asst» moo

 

 

 

Dctrmt—Cattle.
Erery one was a partner to the

Vweather man and together stepped

geod and lively at the. yards this Week.
The opening of the yards on Thurs»
day Was, marked with very

ceipts and a mast snappy mat 12%ng
isting all along the line. With the

I_ pone to the s’itudtibn naturally healthy,

the time was most opportune for
injection of real

the result

An undercurrent of lower prices on
practically all grades is still in e171-
deuce. This condition is most pro-
nounced. in the better and heavier.
grades. the reason being L—that the
tr‘ade simply wQuld not a stand the
prices on this heavy fat- beef with the
The de—
is constant and increasing
along the lines of light best of aver-
.age cond1tior’1,on which there' is a
good brisk demand at all markets
Canners and common run cbws sold
5 to 10 cents under last Week with

. the trade a little draggy. The trade.
on bulls was active with no trouble

to draw last week’s prices, With
some sales being made at an ad-
Nance There 'was . a pronounced
scarcity of 'good and ev 11 common
milch cows in the ru‘nnn mgr—ﬁle de-
mand being very keen for good classy
stuff with but very few head to take

_care of it with. ICommon grade cows

sold out, mainly because of the snaps

py condition on good stuff and light
'1 receipts existing on all grades—With

any kind of a run, the poor, to com-
mon stuff would have been very drag-
gy and hard to place at anything like
satisfactory prices. '. .

 

CATTLE—«DETROIT s'roIcIK
‘ ¥A398.I1I,‘II

Bee! steel-I. good Ito 111-11”
”“08. y ._. m 5- , -..
Beet steel-n. medium Ito i
800d 'l‘...I,..,,..I
“nee! Iteerlj ”Mon to, »'
“it 4 0.1910

It'd.) “HI

. #élgctt‘ . gur .’{..-';......’5.50’t_9-;21-
’ Halters; neglected. ._ ». ., 1. ‘

fr".
.sim....5'"..

Weéilers "14.1 . . .

 

 

 

 

5.25“ “I;

.3 .1:

37.5019 775 II
who 1,25;


 

8-1
.swithin Sine

commission _ .

' ﬁt as. y
ike marketable shape. The

no media the opinion that ,

the. trade on good

W l he downivatrd and '

"._ cheapest meat and goes

11¢ {sane as early...
os WWW brides and on ‘

tub ealthy. present and

 

o"; 7.90

hr? ....E-‘f‘....s.ootoa.ar
' 1 7.11010 3.00

f Stags , . . ‘. . . . . .One~third on.

 

 

.:.

Hogs—Buffalo ‘

Hog prices are looking upward’and.
predicting stronger— .

the
levels. ...

talent is
The tak is the, 9c has for‘
April and higher next summer Pork
is popular.‘ Workmen ﬁnd it the
farther.
Cholera has cut in on the supply,
mm; and Illino1s being heavy suf-
ferers. There: are more bu‘lls than
bears in the hog trade Supply here

3.pr- an .betWeen higher—- , Monday was light—~60 cars or 9,000

priced and; better _weig ht steers and
butskemng steers, Will be narrower.
-sT-he east is hoWling at higlf priced

* beef and another raise by retailers ~‘
Satdrday, will have a tendency: to '

curtail consumption Lent is on and

{this is contriheung to a lighter de~ ‘
menu ”but Short runs produce higher ~ sold packers weights Monday at $8@‘

prices killers beiiig forced to buy
for mediate needs

Monday calf run 700' head. Steady

1' market With last week’s close

 

CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS. ‘ "

Good to choice heiuy.
Steers . ........... .'-‘ .S 8.00 to
Maths: 5-.- can Inca-r51 ~.'
ate-era .
Handy weight, _.butch-
" cring 8, corn. . .11; ..
Fat; heifers, interior to
choice .’
Fat cowa
' Home; .
Gin-11ers and cutters.
Bulls. 4.5011) 6.75
Stockers and feeders. 4. 75 to 6. 75
‘Mﬁchers and Springer-'8 35.00 to 85.00
Chivas; choice _to extra $11. 50 to 12.50
‘Fﬁir to good ........... 10.00 to 11.00
Cull and common ...... - 9.00? o 9.50
Light thin ............ 0.50 to 8.50
‘ VF'ed calves ........... '. 14.0010 0.00

(5.50 to

' 7.25.
6.50.
4900

n-u‘.-1 .......

. 4.75 to
medium to ‘

3:25 to

 

 

. spending Monday a year ago.

 

Chicago-fHo'g‘s. _

The hog market Opened up with a
gQOd keen demand in evidence from
every known angle. Sales started!
right off the reel at 10 to 15 cents
advance, with every one clamoring
to get a crack at the offerings. The
:shipping element started early to
make purchases for Eastern houses,
their requirements being of the light
butcher variety._ Speculators Were

right on the job with a determination ,

not to let all the good stuif get away
from them. The res It being that
hogs Wehe put up 0 the highest
point sinCe November. As'the week

advanced there was a sense of irreg- .

ularhty prevalent, a disposition being

manifest on the part of the packers ,

. to lay back from the prices they
‘ really helped to make on the earlier
run Hogs selling as a result at a
varied range of prices and of a
catchy nature. As the week closes
the packers are. soon on the ﬁeld of
action with an expression? of real de-
' termination again manifest. The re-
sglt being that hogs closed strong
and materially higher. with every

evidence of a good healthy condition .-

existing” an along the line.

 

$7.70 to $7. 851 .

7.8519 7.60
7.50 to 780

 

head, "‘30 care less than for the pre-
cedihg Monday and for the c0rre-,
Chi-
Vcag'o .Was loWel, but eastern and local
packer demand enabled sellers to
raise prices here being 15@25c Iow-
er over last week’s close. Chicago

8.10. Buffalo getting $8 65 for sev-
eral decks of packers grades. mixed
$8. 70@8. 75, s0me yorkers going to
packers at. $8.80. Light grades es-
pecially pigs, selling best,._ several
orders not being fully ﬁlledl.

 

Hoes—BUFFALO S‘roCK YARos

280 " .
' .$ 8.50 t0'
«9.05 to

8.65 to

8.65 to

8.05 to

8.75 to

8.75 to

8.75 to

8.50 to

7.70 to

Extreme
“D .'
Havana’s, 240 to 280. . . .'
Mediums, 220 to 240“. ..

Mediums, 100 to 220
Mixed 180 to 2"0 ......
'Yorkers. 1. '10' to 170
Do, light, 130 to 150
Plus, 120 dqun ........
. HeuVy ends ......... ’. .
, nought; . ’

hem ics’f.
, 8.05
8.10
8.75
8.75
..

44:130-1-
USIGGQS

:1

.3325???

 

 

 

Chicago—Sheep' and Lambs.

The market on sheep and lambs
was of a most satisfactOIy nature
all through the trading Everything

‘ being snapped up at
prices and in some cases at an ad-
vance. The earlier runs were able
to draw a premium over what is
understood as general conditions. A
little caution began to creep into the
trade after the earlier runs, but there
was nothing in the results that war-
ranted it. All pens were cleaned up
readily—all grades going strong at
the ﬁnish—every one feeling most
secure in the immediate future.
While it seemed impossible to bring
many sales up to $9 00, still the trad+
in-g was so close and of- such a gen—
’erally substantial nature that every
one was well pleased with the week’ s"
results The week closed with the

run of stuff being well up to the .

average and everything being snap?
ped up quickly Good yearling weth-
am going at $5.75 to $6 00 Some-
fet ewes going [up to $5 60 While the
average went at around $5. 35—401)
lambs went at $8 80

 

SHEEP — CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs, good to choice. $7. 50 to $0 00
d0. fair to good. 8.80
do, cull to common. 7.50
Yearling wethers,
choice .

cull to fair. . . . . ...

Wéthers, choice ........

Mixed sheep ........ '. . ..,V,3‘.25tb 3

. Ewen, choice himly _ " -‘ “a __ .

. . . .‘2... $5010” ‘

.' 5.7725510

... 5.75:0
.0010 . .
55019 ~‘

11

do, chalet: heavy

 

 

 

. \Detrolt-u—shegp and Tami); V
. Had the percentage of quality been
eup do, the demand forlehis class of

last Week’s ..

5 reads: rs.

~=be .. 1
is “week. -A
the

' feeling of sé'e'ureness in the future
of {his department ' On account of

" the cemmoh run of both sheep and!

lambs, . a. tendency to call for a sort-
ing was in eVlden'cVe. Top lambs
"drew an adva‘nce of 25 to 50 cents
over last week, with trading
brisk—common to good lambs and
Sheep sold out readily with the sit-
uation- steady at the close

 

SHEEP _— DETRle STOCK
‘YARos.

Lambs, good to choice. $8.2” 1 to $8.75

8. 20 to 8.50
7.00 to 7.50
4.50 to 6.00
2.50 to 3.50

do, fair to good -
Yeaﬂing lambs, choice.
\Mixed sheep
_VCull cheep .......... '. . . .

I.

 

Sheep and Lambs—Buffalo.

Recent runs of sheep and lambs
light. Advices from Michigan, which
supplies this market heavily, are that
there is nething like the number on
feed this year as last piices have
been very high, choice lambs sell-
ing up to $9.50.
complained thatrthey have suffered
loss of around $l@2 per head kill-
ing at these prices. Supply Monday
fair, 75 dOuble decks or 15, 000 head,
increase of 4,000 over week ago.
.Lamb prices about steady with last
week’s close, best selling $9.25@
9.50 culls, Which were taken mostly
by local packers, bringing from $8.25
down. Yearling not quite as strong
as last week, best here $8.50@8.60,
.as against $8.” 15 top. Saturday, sheep
active and ﬁrm, best w’ethers bring-

ing $6.40@0.50, load of choice—most-

ly two-year-olds——$6.75, mixed sheep
$6@6.25,Vewes $5.50@6, cull sheep
$4.75 down. Feeding lambs have
been high in the west and some

Michigan feeders stayed out this
year. Some feared Democrats would

DIaCe wool on the free list and this

scared 01f some feeders. indications

are that runs here will not be exces—

- sive and. that good, strong prices will
prevail, at times, under light re;
ceip‘ts, very high levels.

”vi—II—

 

SHEEP -— BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs. good to l'ill)i('|*.$ ll... ” 5U;
Do. t'uir togood ..... S. 35 to
Do; cull und conunun 7.0010
I)", skips ............ 5.50 to

Yl-nl'l'g; wvthcrs. choir-0 8.0040
Do, cull to fair ..... 1. 5.00i0
Do, owes, choir-c. . . . ($.50 to

\Vo-tlu rs. choiu- ........ 0.10 to

Hi“ 1| slit 1 p ....... s 6.0010

Ewe .~ 1- hibil o hilllll) “f. 5.75 10
I)", ("llﬂil 0111:” p . . .. 5,325 to

(“nil slum-IL ............ 2.5010

.~.nmst notep
"mines becaifse they were net some
general 3
usual attention- There Was a,
call appeal from all the little dealers

very' .age Was staring the

Eastern killers have ‘

 

 

Bucks , 3.00 in

 

Owing to the tomb of cold 11 cathel
the Ietail dealers lune been busiel
taking care of the orders than they
have been before in some time, but
the demand has not reached back
to the wholesaler or producer, Early
1n the season it was an inevitable
conclusion there was going to bc a
heavy coal shortage, which would
-have been true Was it not for the
mild weather during most of the win—
ter. months of this season thus far.
All of the operating mines got busx
early in the season and used eveiy
couceivable means to inuease then
output. As the season advamed it
was leally the tonnage miller than
the quality that~~was demanded. We

"11.-{Trail the mm on s.

the preparation of the coal
5911'

for coal~¥COal We must have soreene
or not screened. Why? Because the
consumers . each and every on
waited untilVVthe very last .minute'Vb
fore deciding to ﬁll their coal bins.
The consequence was a coal short-J
. in the fac
Suffering intensely with a coal feVe 4
they made an effort to ﬁll their coal.
bin right away, and sent on their or.
ders for a 'whole winter’s supply
right off the bat. Nothing (icing; you;
must be satisﬁed with a few hundred
pounds.and when that is gone but
a little more. The weather man j
helped you out this time and ﬁnally
boiled down the situation to its pres~ ’
on: stage The mines over- -prVodvuced
the demand which accounts for’
prices not advancing in'response to
the present cold weather. V .
The anthracite situationis a little.
easier and most dealers are cleaning "
up their coal bins so they ‘wlll be

1 prepared to ﬁll them on basis of the

season’s open prices
Soft Coal. F. O. B. 1.
Kind of Coal, . ~ Mines."
Hocking lump ................. $1.70 '
Cambridge lump 1.70]
Cambridge 5.1 lump”... ........ 1.40
West Virginia Splint lump ...... 1.75
\Vhite Ash block ............... 1.75 .
Kentucky 4-inch lump .......... 2.207
Keﬂtucky 4x2—incl1 egg...~ ..... 2.10
Harrisburg 0-inch lump ........ 2.10
Pocahontas lump and eg 275
Pocahontas mi run .......... 1.75
Michigan Domestic 4—inch 1111111). 2.90
.-\11tl1rucite- nut 4.50
Note: Quotations on anthracite
coal are based on gross tons.

FLOUR AND FEED.

wheat market being ﬁrmer it
will naturally lead us _to believe
prices on ﬂour and feed will be af-
fected accordingly. The large mills
are trying to stimulate the trade by
continuing to offer their products on
basis oi? the old prices. Just the.
minute the markets in general aare
relieved of their present stagnation
prices cannot help but advance from
'13 to 30 cents per barrel on ﬂour.
and $1.00 to $2.00 per ton on feed
stuffs.

118W

’1‘ h 9.

Price
per bb‘l. .
sacks.$ 5.30
4.65
Per'ton.
meal ............. $23.30 '

Kind.
“Blond"
Spring

ﬂour, 1,4;
patent

paper

Coarse
Cracked
(‘llop l'ecd
(‘oarsc mlddlings
ll‘iue middlings

lrau (standard)

The above.prlces are f. 0, 1). De- ‘
trolt, Mich. '

(‘01'11
(TOl'Il

MICHIGAN EGG SHIPPERS MEET.

()n ’l‘huisduy and Friday of last
week the Midligan E‘g & Poultry
Skippers Association held their an-
nual meeting at the (hiswold House.
'l‘l1?s meeting was held just prior to '
the IllllOllal convention, which is Vin’
session in St Louis this Week. A
Icpoit says ‘ ‘The Michigan shippers ,
2110 taking 111018 interest each year in 0‘
these meetings and ale coming closer“
together 011 matters of mutual inter¥
esi." B. l., Howes, of Detroit is presié- 1 7
dent, and J. E. \Vugner, of Mason: 5136"“
rotary. ‘

Specxal Representative in the Buffalo Market.

The Buffalo market receives eighty- -five per cent of the livestock shipped ‘ 7'

from Michigan.

The necessity of having a special

market who is in touch with all conditions has for some time been apparent;
and the “pink sheet" has grown to a size where we aFe able to render thlS‘
service to our readers. We have secured the services of a special representative

in the Buffalo livestock market and we shall in the future not only givg» 3f
.1 regular report from this market, but We are ready to glVe any informa‘m:
filial: may be desired with reference to conditions in that market direct to 9.0T“:
This service to our readers will be free.
’ ‘- pours: must be paid by the. person sending them.

The. cost of messages of

-cattle, sheep or bags to sell, remember the 'cos; of a speclal Wire to the “plokV
sheet"’can many: times be saved on the price of a single animal. -

 

representative on thatff .

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for Remainder of Queen. Cold
Weather Helped the Trade
List Week. "

V. I POULTRY.

The poultry,- butter and egg market .
_ responded very quickly to the change '

   
    

       
    

in weather conditions aild last week’s; '1!

maikets closed with a. splendid de-a

mand and stock well cleaned up. At

.this writing the weather is again"

 
   
   
   

moderating and a slight reaction may}; ; '

be expected if conditions continue.
However the demand is going to ex-
ceed the supply, in 0111 opinion; and
good prices are very likely to prevail;

\V e are going to make the rounds this .'

week of the different markets .afber
Satur"day s clean- -up as it will give our
Ieaders a good idea Of; the situation
throughout the country "

Light receipts in poultry during the
entire week’ advanced prices in NeW
York market.
the ber'inning of Lent was in evidence

but the offerings were modeiata and

 

piices weie maintained and in most
instances showed a

surplus and were Selling up to 170
per pound. Medium chickens sold at
171/1c; current receipts of fresh tur-
keys 111111, with prices ranging from
23c to 21c; ducks scarce an met with
ready sale of .300; geese in light sup
ply and bringing 17c 10 18c. Jn live
poultry, conditions were more satis-
factory on Saturday than for several
weeks past Receiveis held ﬁrmly
for higher prices and some business
was reported at 160 on i'owls and from
110. to 14c 011 chickens

poultry trade on the Chicago mar.-
ket “as 111 good shape, although there
was little or no life as the demand
just about. equalled the supply Prices
advanced 1c pei pound on Friday
annty 1:11 ducks and geese were
scarce and bringing a piemium Clos-

111g quotations were: Live ‘fowls,
141/20; spiing eis 18c geese, 101/20;
tuikevs .150; ducks, 17c; cocks, 130.

The Buffalo maiket was bare of
fresh dress<d chickens all the Week,
and buyers were taking 91' erything as
fast as it a11'.ived particularly fancy
fowls. Receipts of live poultry were

light and not enough offering to go

aliound. no turkeys arriVing, and but.
iew ducks and geese. Closingr prices:
Turkeys 21200? 220 towls, 15@17c:
chickens, 11101180; ducks. 17@20c;

' geese, 1561‘ch

  

  
  

Boston 1epoi'ts receipts of poultry

lighter Maiket ﬁrm and prices un—
changed. Ducks and geese in light
supply. Pittsbmgh leports poultly

market steady
a ready sale

heavy and geese and ducks in good
demand Cincin'nati Ieports offeiings
generally remaining small with de—
mand active and ﬁrm tone prevailing.
The supply was easily absorbed; bet-
tel prices' Philadelphia: Fowls ﬁrm.
with demand readily absorbing the
limited offerings St Louis: Receipts
of all kinds of poultiy—light, and offer—
ings not equal to local requirements

and good stocks ﬁnd

shippers being unable to fill orders.”

Kansas City: Poultry market was

 

market-paper. is “dirt-
cheap" at a penny a_ copy-u-

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. outside phints;'

The usual dullness at.

little advance.
F 111(‘V heavy fowls were not in any.

Rece' pts have not been

1 and Baltimore each report good tie-'1

YiES, we know, that this .:

But every Farmer who gets} . . bps
’ . . ' army-.11. 'get duotatiqmmﬁdhth
. --an'd harpays for it' because; _
. he likes it!

 
       
    
    
 
 
  
 

  
  

Receipts of f5
per continue light and. insuiﬁcient
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.hnan‘d was active and the supply kept
cleaned up, holders having no 11'6th
to reach 101) quotations: A s ‘
port 110111 the Chicago ma; -
“The butter_1narketis in much better
condition than for many Weeks; The
old accumulations are cleaned up and
there is lit-tie of“ the much complained
of. poor butter left Local trade is
good on all grades,' but especially? 011'
the ﬁnest lne Redeipts are much
lighter than last year and the supp! y
of fancy butter. is so small that there
is brisk competition for it

feeding. 911031310an
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7 171113 14111311118 are ﬁghhn '

on the'xg'ronnd that it 13 named:
01031113 £an Suspend, fan-W .
Quotatfoiis for fl esh creamery extras '

35c; extra ﬁrsts, 33@340;. ﬁrsts, 30@j‘.;

320; seConds, 27_@290. NQ oyei'xsnp 1y delayed.

of good butter in the Buffalo 11131 'et __ 3111111111126 121 stock,
and prices tending higher. Creamery .

“on .“ba'd mark
grades in the Cincinnati market re~'

main in good. demand with offerings:
moderate and the market ruling— ﬁrm
and higher Baltimore reports moder- . 1 1..
a e receipts of choice to fancy grades, An Effort Being ~Made tab lagngon :1
of table butter, with a fair. demand ' griefss tawﬁe $91M?” 1..
and market ﬁrm. Pittsburgh reported ' ; -7 For T s 111-pose. 1

503ml” 0f gOOd gardens and pr ces IQWa’s representatives in Beam

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rulin higher than in other cities: 1 .. .’ 1
whileg‘ St Louis {sported fair demand ggaiEhgfsihfo “Ewiwﬁiriggmrﬁiﬁg / 1
with scarcely enough offerings to meet . in an' fem)” to- seem Eli ﬁpmpﬁ f
the quuirernents. 1.121011 of $30.0 000 for the mmaﬁacture f 1
-' and distribution of dictum. fer the; ,_ y
' EGGS' " treatment or hog cholera; by thedbq ‘
The cold snap retarded the move- ire-,1}; of animal industry, Department .
ment of fresh eggs and the Chicago of Agriculture, and to ensure the dif-
‘market reports a shortage of more partmenLto send its experts 111-1911.11;
than 7000 cases Consumptive‘ de- ters of hog 91mm“ infraction 0' )
-mand is larger; despite higher pri es 'minister the serum. j’I-his custom\ .. .
and dealers report inquiry from he nh'ag. been followed to a Very- limited . I 1
outside as Well as ldcal demand. The 1-
Boston market is the only one that «1
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western eggs of good quality met with:
piompt sales at prices ranging around
30@32c. In the. Cincinnati market.
there continues a good demand; for;
the better grade of eggs, and while
the offerings are rather light the mar:
ket 'ShOWS ' ﬁrmness.» Pniee' ._-
around 22@230.' Buffalo, Pitt

  
   
       
       
 
  
  

  
 
 

  

by 11131111119111: 91"- “
at industry @1118 of th

  
       
 

mand, prices ranging 11311111 220 to 260. .

In each' instance it Will be nd'ted‘ V.
that the cold weather had a direct
bearing upon the market as 1!; ﬁreventf.

  
  
  
 

 
   
 

  
      
   

  
 

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