
' $935].

 

Up To- The - Mlnute ReVIew of Crop Conditions in Michigan

inued from last week)

1 " Sheet’s” Crop Reporter
_ eep his ﬁngers. on the grow-
‘ ﬁn 111. eVery c9’11nty in Michigan
end he is now re nesting

the folloWing ques ions:
at has been the nature and
.of the soil for spring seed-

. hat weather copditions. have

u perie‘nced. .

. Ids—What effect has the same had
.11 spring seeding?
tl1—~_What eﬁeCt has it had on the
'1' wing grass?
th--—-How does the oat acreage com-
.1 e with last season?
6th-—What are the prospects for a
1' 3p? '

h—What can you say of the grass
. ge. ‘
th—How does it appear based on

.111 t season?

th—What is the nature of growing

' eat crop?

" lOth—How does
st season?
Nth—What is the nature of the soil

irsbean planting?

l‘2th-What progress is being made
011g this line?

13th——How will the acreage com-

With last season?
th—Were conditions favorable for
rly potatoes?
5th~—What is outlook for crop?
th—How is the acreage compared
‘ last season?
ﬂaw—What can. you Say of the
poets for. late potato planting?

LiSth—How will the acreage com-

are with last year?
Reports of growing conditions or
pecial news are requested from any
-nd all of our readers. If your coun-
y- has not already been reported this
e‘ek or if in your section of the
ounty conditions are different than
a'ven below do not hesitate to write
"R: “CROP REPORTER,” care of
ICHIGAN BUSINESS F'ARMING,
95 WEST FORT ST, DETROIT,
ﬂying full information and writing as

dainly as possible on one side of the
paper. Reports should be mailed on
91' before Monday to reach the cur-
gent Week’s issue. Be sure to give
your full name and address, including

it compare with

Reports below are in answer to
.’ questions as above:

i JACKSON: l—We had heavy
.i-spring rain and all low ground was
too wet to work; most of the higher
ground has been in good condition for
w spring seeding. 2—Weather condi-
tions have been good since the mid-
dle of May. 3—It made spring seed-
ing. backward on low land. 4—All
g grass and hay have made an excellent
'7 growth. S—The‘oat acreage is not so
large in this section as last year. 6——
The prospect is excellent for a good

amp. 7 and 8—The grass or hay crop ~

will be larger than last year. 9———
. "FiThere is only one piece of wheat in
' my neighborhood and it looks good at
' .the present time. 10—It was a com-
1' plete failure last year. ll—We have
4 2‘ a good soil for beans and it is in good
“ . condition. 12—Most of the beans will

i. 'be planted by the 20th of the present 0_

~tnbnﬂi. Iii—The acreage Will be some-
What, larger than last. year.
ery‘favorable, too wet 15—Mos’t
1yearaise enough for their

. not much in this locality.‘

14—Not ‘

;tatoe planting is good; most farmers
have their ground prepared and some

l8—The acreage will

planting done.
The answers

be larger than last year.

to the questions cover the territory.

in my vicinity The Pink Sheet is all
right—J. ’J.. SMITH.

MECOSTAL 1'-~Conditio_n of soil

, for spring seeding has been good. 2—

We have experienced cold, backward
weather, not much rain. 3—Seeding
100ks good. 4—Grass has been slow

about starting, but is doing well now _

5—Oat acreage is about the same as
last year.
a crop of oats now. 7—-—As to grass
acreage, it appears a little larger than
last year. 8—Taken as a rule, it is
better than last y‘.ear 9—As to na-
ture of growing wheat crop, there is
ll—Soil
and weather-for bean planting is good.
lZ—The progress along this line is
great this year. l3—The acreage will
be greater here than last year. 14—
Weather conditions were most too
cold for early potatoes. lS—Outlook
for crop can hardly be determined yet.
l6—Acreage about the same as last
year. 17—Prospects for late potato
planting is good. 18—As to acreage,
it will be smaller than last year.-——
CHAS. MARSTON.

MECOSTA’: l—Soil in good condi-

tion for seeding. 2——April warm and”

seeding came up good, but May cold
and backward. 3—Sprinxg seeding look—

6-—Prospects look good for-

ing fair. 4——-Most grass ﬁelds are not
as far advanced as last year at this
time. 5—Oat acreage not as large as
last year. 6—I'air prospects for a
crop. 7—~Larger than last year. A
good many farmers have sown small
patches of alfalfa as a trial; some
pieces are looking good, but many are
yellow and sickly because not inocu-
lated. 8~—Not as good as last year.
9.—Wheat crop looking good. 10—
Better than last year. ll—Soil in good
condition for bean planting.
Planting well advanced and more in—
terest taken. l3—Acreage larger than
last year. l4—No. 15——Conditions
fair, but not many planted. 16—Not
so large an acreage; not many planted
for market. l7—Late‘potatoes are the
main crop here and a large acreage
will be planted; planting just begun.
l8—Acreage will be larger than last
year.—FRED A. DAVIS.

CLARE: l—The soil here has been
more dry and -'Colder than usual this
spring. 3—-Early Spring seeding seems

to be holding its own, but the growing '

hay crop does not look very promis—
ing. Unless we get rain and warmer
weather soon, hay will not be half a
crop this year. S—The farmers of
this locality do not raise any oats to
sell. 6—The oat acreage is about the
same as last year, with not near as
good prospects for a crop. 9—What
wheat I havc seen is looking fairly
well compared with last season’s crop
at this time of the year. lO—The

 

 

-> looked for.

fed market.

proﬁtable market.
two chance tons in the ﬁeld.

DON’T SELL YOUR HAY.

The 1913 hay crop is goingto be millions of tons short.
Reports from all sections of Michigan show that the spring
drougth has had its effect, and unless conditions improve mighty
'fast within the next two weeks‘a half crop is all that can be
The quality, too, is going to be off; no hope for
even a fair crop of No. 1 bay. Throughout the middle west the
same conditions exist, and hay is going to be hay before another
year rolls around. Don’t sacriﬁce your hay on the present over-
Bail up the remainder of your 1912 crop, if you ex-
pect to sell it later, put it in a dry place and simply wait for a
Right now a ton of hay in the barn is worth

 

 

Last Moment Market Flashes

 

very latest quotations are:

Oats, Standard
Rye . ..
Beans

‘ Butter .
[Poultry .
Broilers .. ..

 

on the several commodities from the principal market centers. A
detailed statement covering conditions, our predictions and special
advice, will be found with each commodity on the following pages.

THE LAST MINUTE before going to press, we secure quotations

Wheat, No. 1 White (large mills paying) ....... $1. 03?;-
Wheat, No. 2 Red (large mills paying) ......... 1. 04%

Hay (best market today, New York), at ....... 20.00
Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at. .35

The

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12—4

\——Too much rain,

acreage is about one- -half as much
last year. ll—The dry weather
given the formers here an opp
ity to ﬁt their bean ground in
lent shape. lZ—About onenfourti'i'e
the crop has been planted and :1.
ﬁelds are up. I can only learn 0}?
small patch that was killed b
night’ 5 f1'0.st l4—Early potato
just nicely up; the crop will b
18——I believe there will be mOre
potatoes planted here this year
last. —BERT ESTES ,

OSCEOLA: 1—~Not very favov
ble. 2-Cold and wet till May 20,1:
nights and dry. 3 —Backward_.
Much against it. 5——About the’sanzr
6——Poor. 7—Rather small.——Not‘ i
much. 9—1"air. lO——Not as m
acres. ll—Good. lZ—All plan.
now. l3—More. l4—Yes. 15~—-G_Oe.
few planted. 16——About the same. .
—Good. lS—Not so large—S. A. .
LEN. ‘ '

EATON: l—Too wet and cold.
cold. 3—Oats'a'
barley as good; corn, poor stand. ...
——Poor. 5——Sanie. 6—P001‘ , 7
Average 8—7570. 9—Generally poo
lO—About the same. ll—Go od. 1
Not planted yet. l3—Ab0ut the s
l4—Doing well. lS—Good.
About the same. l7—Good.
About the same.—-VV. H. B‘
I)./\GE. I

KENT:. l——-Good. 2———Too c0
dry. 3—— Uncertain. 4—Shortened
one—third 5 —About the same.
Short. 7—.\bout the same. 8—Not
good. 9——Fair. 10——N0t as good
—(}ood. 12 Earlier plowing to h-
moisture. l3-ltully as many. 1
No. 15—1 ncrrzttin l6—About t
samc.V(1y good. 18—-—N0t
many .—S. T. SIC iii. EY.

HURON (Low country, East Side)
l—Good e:'1r11;latcr too dry.
)——\lorc than iisually good. 4—G0
for pasture; poor for hay. S—Incre
of one-fifth. 6——~].7air. 7—Cut .dO.
one—third; fall poor. 8~——Less, than. hal
a stand. 9
10 Acreage
Mostly good;

short one—third.
clay land lumpy. .
Well along; still sowing. 13-.—-Grea 3,
increase where hay failed. 14- andl

“Lack of rain stand will be patchy
—El\NEST RICHARDSON

GRAND TRAVERSE: l—Good
”Cold and backward. 3—Very back
ward. 4—L‘lover and timothy ligq
5 About the same. 6—Fair. '7‘:
About the same. 8—Ab0ut the sam“
all good l()——About the same. 1.
Good. lZ—Wcll along. 13—Less the
last year. l4———Yes. 15——Fair. ,1
About the same. 17—Today. 1‘
About the same—J: F. SAXTON.

BRANCH: l—The soil was
wet for early seeding. Z—An
supply of rain and very high
a late spring. 3—Made seeding
well. 4——Will make it a little »
rains were cold; it started slow
Not as many oats as last year, a "
three- quarters as much. 6—Fair.
A short grass acreage. S—No
good. 9—About fair until June 9
10, when we had very heavy fro
lO—Better, for there didn’t so
winter kill. 11,12,13—Do not
beans around here. l4—Yes.
Were looking good until fro '
them. 16~There were more. ‘ ‘_
17——Prospects are good for a ‘
tatoes.18—There are more, '

 

 

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{Ji- r, . J- :7 .

this memo; affine! .
‘ seems menses: lit

. eﬁect on. thefselling pessie

, hay: inS'te‘ad, we 'a‘r‘efm'ore
’fnpre‘fo‘rced to realize the actual

i‘ ion [centronting/us 'with refer-r
o, the real outcome. We be—
'hat‘every suggestionthat con-
' 1 ns, aregivingrus, shows that the
futurepipessibiiities are of a conserva—
“nature on .the best qualities of
' nd'be’aring very little promise

4,.

‘ market. a’tiproﬁta‘bl , prices,
predicted. No. , 3&—
fed. No. 4~No proﬁtat' full
hour” proposition.
lower but we would take a. chance.

No. ' . l—Good. -‘ substantial ‘ dem‘and and
, No; 2~Marke ,. , ,
arket very quiet; hasevery appearance! or.
prlceS.; If you can hold.pt1_ill

Noise—Bo terkeep in party” .

present: conditions fay/Q so
7 clearinkﬁyp «and bﬁr

Storm on

 

.1

 

-1 The move-

. "wyii' . . .
on the Common qualities.
amen? of hay .so far during the month

‘HAYséNEw vomit naming; < if

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET. .. , , . , ..
- ' ' " New Hay: 'pdlies“?

?

n

time.
ceipts are of a very normal nature,

““ofiljime has not been up to expecta-
‘éftiongvvery likely this is caused bythe
. ’d‘fésalers over the state having looked
i3 forward to this time as one during

f hich a great deal of hay would na-

turally be moved; understanding the

conservative situation, they have in
turnrcurtailed their buying during this
On every outside market, re—

but in face of this, we are forced to
report that there seems to be but very
little real tone and snap to the mar-
ket. The demand is certainly lack—
ing. When getting below No. 1 qual-

ity, or hay very close to it in char— ‘

aeter, the situation is in a very bad
way.

,’ The real liability to the situation
continues to be based on the heavy
percentage of receipts being of very
common quality. This keeps the mar—

l ket in a lifeless condition practically

all the time. We feel that top quali-
ties of hay will continue to ﬁght along
in about the channel we have been
experiencing for the last month. We
do not hardly think that even the top
qualities of hay will show very much
of an advance, although it is very
possible that for a limited time and
at some special time high qualities
of timothy hay will draw a stiff pre-
mium. This is to.be looked for, na-
turally, but it is not to be bande
on as any future possibility, because
it is uncertain as to coming and un-
certain as to when it may come. It

“ appears now that we are going to

hav‘ ,. very common quality of hay
for disposnion next season.

 

HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE
PRICES.

Michigan ............ $10.60
Michigan ............ 10.20
Michigan ........... '. 13.00
Michigan . . . .. ....... 12.80
Michigan ............ 12.40
Zone Michigan ............ 12.80
Zone Michigan ............ 14.45

. >NOTE—The prices quoted are for No.
‘1 Timothy in the different freight zones.
This gives you the price dealers should be
able to pay for this commodity f. o. b.,
their station, under existing market con-
ditions. Handling charge not included.

Zone
Zone

gone
one

Zone

 

 

 

DETROIT—The receipts of hay
on the Detroit market are not at all
suggestive of a congested condition.
The main trouble is the low quality
of receipts arriving. On these grades
of hay, the situation is just as bad as
it has been any time during the old
year, while on strictly high class
cars, it' is possible to draw quotations.
The trade is just a little sluggish.

 

HAY—DETROIT MARKET.
No. 1 Timothy .................... $15.00
No. 2 Timothy .................... 12.50
No. 3 Timothy .................... 9.00
Light mined ..

 

Rye Straw .....
What and Oat Straw ..............

OPITTSBURGH —— While receipts

have fallen off considerably, also bill-

gs in transit, we are obliged to
tatethat the “demand is not_overly
’ This is.unquestionably

y ~ thy" abundance of . poor

lug high shipped- This ”has,

" axeﬁectongthe top

No.
No. .
No. 3 Timothy .' . .

No. 1 Light mixed hay.. .
No. 1 Clover mixed hay....
No. 1 Clover hay . '

Fine Prairie Packing Hay ......
No. 1 Out straw
No. 1 Rye straw

1 Timothy 'hay -. . . -
2 Timothy Thay '

10:00
. 11.00!

....... '.‘....v-

9.00» ‘

 

No. 1 Wheat straw

 

 

CHICAGO—Arrivals of practically
all grades of hay were just a little
light during the pastweek. The de-
mand was somewhatof an active na-

ture; the feeling correspondingly was

a little ﬁrmer; All indications, point
to a comparatively decent market ex-‘
isting for a few days; receivers ﬁg-
ure that quotations should be born
out with actual trades.

 

HAY—CHICAGO MARKET.

Choice Timothy ................... $16.00
No. 1 Timothy .................... 15.00
No. 2 Timothy 13.00
Light Clover Mixed ................ 13.00
No. 2 Mixed hay .
No. 3 Timothy

Clover

Threshed Timothy

Marsh feeding hay ................
Packing

 

 

 

BOSTON—Receipts on the Boston
market show 278 cars of hay, against
416 cars last year. In face of this de-
cided reduction in receipts, we are
forced to state that there is practi—
cally no change 'in the situation over
our report of last week. Top quali—
ties of hay are going at quotations,
whole grades below are very slow and
of a sluggish nature.

 

HAY—BOSTON MARKET.

Large Small
bales.
$20.50 .
20.00
17.00
14.00
15.00
15.00

Hay, clover
13.00

Hay, stock 13.00
Long rye straw ............. 22.00
Tangled rye straw ......... 12.00 12.00
Oat straw 11.00

NOTE—Large bales weigh from 200 to
250 pounds; medium bales from 80 to 150

 

 

pounds.

NEW YORK—The New York
market has been experiencing com-
paratively light receipts during the
past week. This is eXpected to be
based on the anticipation of shippers
for heavy movement during the
month of June. On basis of the con—
servative situation, they have forced
off a result of this kind through very
light buying and light shipping as
well. The result of light receipts is
that the expected slump has not ma—
terialized. Quotations on top quali—
ties are being maintained; low grade
hay going slow.

 

s ﬁguiré that‘shi'ghx"
k l'tle- an

al it

, - ~ « baa: in“. .

*Timothy— ‘
3 '_;‘Choice.

3:133II'f‘ffI'ff-ZIfIIIQI’15,319,.
Light ‘ Clover mixed. . . . ,. .v. 18.00 A
No. 1 Clever mixed . . . . . . r. '_ 17.00
No. 1 Clove .............16.00?
No. 2 Clover ‘mixed . . . . .‘ . . 13.50
, ., Straws-A . a
No. 1 Rye =1... . .
"No. 2 Rye 16.00
No.1 Oat . . . . . . .\ . . . . ”11.50
No. 1 Wheat 11.50 ,
NOTE—Large 'balee. weigh, from 200 to
250 pounds ; medium bales, from 80 to '150.
pounds. , . p . ' , ’ ,, .4

16:00
13.50‘

.. 17.00

cocoa-”Io-

neon-no.-c-.v..--

11.00 '

POTATOES

 

 

 

,, j _ ﬁction. pet-ten, ~41
........"............$}21.001‘«$§b._00rr1 '
' 00 13,30- ; W" '

17.00 " -’ ‘

mom 7

fiburce, the

 

iey'en‘ welsh ., i
elpda'co‘st ‘

 

 

be a genuine» drug‘on;the J ,_ .-
best stbck'sellin’g‘ around-'30 j'o ‘

pergbu's’hel. .

 

There is but very little use for
us to go very much further
_ . along the lines of future possi-
bilities of the old potatoisituation.
The jig is practicaly up as far as the
future market possibilities of the com—
modity is concerned. There is no
foundation on which you can build
any future expectancy and have the
same bear any degree of certainty.

“The-real liability to the futurgpossi-
bilities at the present time isrbas’ed on

the heavy movement of early stock.
western'stuﬁ is being offered at about
55c .f. o. b. This makes it cost on»
basis of a Detroit rate around 68 to
72c delivered.

You can readily appreciate what
old potatoes are facing in the way of
price with this condition existing on
the new crop and at thisearly stage
in the game. We are aware that 0c-

‘ casional. days and on occasmnal mar-

kets the situation on old stock’is
fairly decent, then again we will ex-
perience a decided change of form,
when a shipmentwill not much more
than pay the freight. You have prob-
ably read of cars of nice Burbank
stock selling last week at 16%c in
Chicago.

You will agree with us, we think,
that it is absolutely impossible to
dope out any true possibilities that
we may bank on for the future before
us. We ﬁgure that practically all of
the old‘ crop is out of the farmers’
hands at the present time, that \the
situation from now on is up to the
handler. On basis of the situation
as it appears at the moment, there is
practically no liOpes whatever for the
remainder of the crop that "may be
back. This will depend, however, on
weather conditions and its natural ef-
feet on early stock coming.

 

POTATOES—MICHIGAN ZONE
‘ PRICES. '

No. 2 Michigan.............
No. 4 Michigan..............
No.'5~ Michigan. ......... ....
Zone No. 6 Michigan ...... .42
Zone No. 7 Michigan...... ..... .42

The prices shown are what’potatoes will
not ship or in the different zones; This
will en: lo you to compare with local

Zone
Zone
Zone

 

 

dealer’s price and determine what action
you will take as to, disposition. " ' J

DETROIT~Detroit "hasgbeen. talc;

ing care of receiptsabout as, well/as
‘ .. most 'oiIt-sﬁléimagk - '

during, 1:
, T. the pedal »
the? ‘

POTATOES—FITISBURGI
- MARKE ».1

Bulk from ‘car, per bu. . . ... . . .5 30
Sacked from car, per hit. . .7. 5§ ‘

Wheat speculations. and.: 11 .
possibilitiesefrom 3 -mar -
_ standpoint are largely. can
trated on the progressof the spit .
wheat crop. Conditions in the next
west have developed in. the ~-las~t .
days of such a nature as to 513,
the spring wheat crop into the ma "
light. Weather conditions ~vvillf
watched most carefully; Theslatt
part ofthe week showed a prom
of rain on the weather map and has
on the possibility that “this might;

 

 

 

 

 

VWHEAﬂl‘V—DETROIT. MARKET“:

No. 1 Wheat....". ..... . ...... .. . S .53
ed . ' ' «

No.2R

..,‘.o ...... ' ........ .

Speculative Prices. _ . f-
July delivery 3 , .98 _,
September delivery .......V...‘..'.. .9! all
‘The .prices given for- December and
May delivery represent the future deliveny
prices. This information merely igiv‘el
you the future basis of this .eornmodityai
ﬁgured by those who speculate on future I
prospects. _ ‘ ,, ,

\, W»

................ eel-o

 

 

come general, a strong bear mat-Est,
was the result. " ' .’ , _'
The Board of Trade map on Friday“
showed moisture conditions in'prae
tically’ all wheat, regions, hilt-”the,
blackboard itself showed an advertise
of 1c to lec in wheat in aboutgt fl
minutes’ time. This shOw‘s how're
speculative the Board of Trade ”go
is and how unsubstantial its a”?
foundation. ’ . " '

 

WHEA
No. 2 Re
Speculative Prices.

*July delivery ...
September delivery g

*The price' given for July Hid. M
iver re resent the future Edit???
' his in ormation ‘merely... Eliot yo "
future basis. of this gonna! try in ..
by those who speculate :on future 1).
pacts.“ f 4‘, ‘

 

 


W going ‘ put/is
cﬁnd , unsgatigfac‘.

. e 'sithatiQn.JWe _
a: great.» heat of

caﬁséd , .by'. virtue of
' Possible- to put-”7 out
is. strictlyi’ ,, ,_

21.". '
mu. le,~ actually c-ulniin—

ting,"h15._,.isal,es7-the same“ as you as .

'iroducérs are». "having. trouble in eul-
ninati’l" ‘Hyourl'sxles when going to
ourl‘ilﬂcﬁ‘ market... The same disap-

' “ unsatisﬁactory Condition ,ex-
dug "the, line. Weifeel that

1., . _.
handlers of beans are going _'

.S
to kelep._thais"market up. .We'do not
thinkfrthe.movement isgoing to be

yedough to nausea decline to,

”'0 ss-ar‘y.‘ We would ﬁght along
tin, _, e of,_ expectancy with any top
@uality. of beans. If you have any-
hinged ,a damp nature or question—
dbl ' '11- quality from any other source,
_ would advise disposition.

7 “5.“.

lemnaaaoir MARKET.
._ _ ' - ' ' - 's ........... $2.25
.. ‘ . 2.3.5,

_ :2 hikhiﬁhuh...“ ..... 2.11

_ s" .Michigfan. . . ......... 2.12

, d. 4,, Michigan ....... . ...... 2:14

. .s'hiWe‘ values represent 'what deal-

1‘ >.‘¢bta'iining for‘ beans, f. o. b. ~ our
min unites show“. This is on 3818
Mdépickbd beans.

DATES

 

 

 

 

“There continues to be ‘but lit-
‘rle change experienced from
'aday'to day and-from week to
. en :this'commodity, but you are

,_ “aware. \of the, conservative ﬁght

this‘xommodity is making; nothing of

spuitedmature, but gradually show-

‘ ngth. They «may not make a

"d ﬁnish; likely will not on

tic lintqf the depressed condition of

Eli other coarse Commodities, but

they are going to remain and hold a

, mpg position.

OATS—DETROIT MARKET.

 

 

KCI‘NNATIr—Oats gained a per—
ifgoting during the past week.

market'was generally of a steady

The demand contin‘uedjfair’ly

v. throughout. The latter part of
Week ' experienced light receipts,
cc 11y on better grades, with—the
that", a 1greal stiff ' -tone to
onjwas “the result. ‘

" yrs—.cmcm
13 QJ‘a o n O.-

beans being differed,

. will make just as much ‘from
‘day-on their trades as would be pos-
sible on higher

”z Crearne

‘rth'se _

 

as}, July 2,, eastern sections July ‘74-

. _clo

 

 

 

 

 

..,.

The disposition" of: the Elgin ‘
.frnarkﬂ seems to be to mike a

7D

. g. 'litt-lefiurther «decline in butter'
yalu’es.’ W é‘have demonstrated to you
in‘repr three past issues justwhat’ we

contended the game. was and how..and.

why they were playingit in this mam
ner. This Condition, continuesto be in"

» effect andgwill 'remairi until after. the

month of June. Every cent they'can
reduce theprice of butter. du,ring..thi’s

time adds justthat much to the proﬁt

they will draw out off‘their butter ’ut
in‘istore.‘ Byfregulated‘handling t ey
ay to
' riced stuﬁ, therefOre'
it is a- featureoi) reducing the cost of
this butter for-“storage purposes that
is establishing the real pr'oﬁtipOSsi-
bilities at“ the present time.
: BUrTER—eGhNERAL MARKET
No. 1, per“... ........ ..$ .27
F Fancy ‘ ' y, per 113.. ............ 7.27

. has;

- Eggs continue to hold a com—
parativly ﬁrm position on the
» market. it is unreasonable to

 

 

 

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, expeht and unjust .to hope that at this

time we should experience a change.

i We are ,fast coming to a point when
the Spring run of eggs will be cur—p

~v i. : mm. as...
7‘ “ its-ﬁgmftﬁesh

highest possible standard.

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noo.-..;oo~. o,

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“ mm ‘

We cannot change our regular
line of writing on the poultry
situation, because there is no
real change in‘actual conditions being
experienced. The receipts of poul—
try continue to be belowthe actual
deman, so that importation continues
to be indulged in. As long as im—
portation is necessary, we will see
the market on poultry keep to 1ts
‘ When it
gets to a certain point it becomes
top—heavy, because the trade will back
up, but the limit can be sustained con—
stantly from now on.

 

POULTRY-DETROIT
M RKE

. l Turkeys

. 2 Turkeys

. 1 Spring Chickens.. .
. 2 Spring Chickens...
. 1 Fowls

8:
:g'

‘ .28 .
POULTRY—CHICAGO
MARKET.

. Turkeys

. , Turkeys
Spring Chickens ...........
Spring , Chickens ...........

No. 1 Ducks ..................... .
Notch—A wire from any of our readers
will bring last minute quotations. Use
care in making shipments and be sure the
consignee is ﬁnancially responsrble.

 

 

 

FOSTER’S WEATHER BULLETIN

Copyrighted 1913 Exclusive rights granted to Michigan Business Farming.

Washington, D. C., June 21.—-—Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbances
to cross continent June 16 to 20 and
22 to 26, warm waves 15 to 19 and

21 to 25, cool waves 18 .to 22 and 24
to 28. About normal weather is ex-
pected to prevail during the two
weeks covered by these two disturb-
ances. No important weather event
is in sight for that period and as a
natural consequence less than usual
rain is expected, leaving some sec-
tions with a shortage in moisture.
Relative to the normal tempera—
tures a considerable fall was expected
from June 12 to 27, but this would not
«mean an actual fall, because, as every
one knows, the normal temperatures
rise from about Jan. .15 to about July
15. Some people who‘have no think~
.ing machines misu’nderstood our
chart temperature forecasts for May.
We arencompelled to use the straight,
treble line in the monthly charts to
represent normal temperatures, but
every thoughtful person well knows
that normal temperatures go up about
ten degrees a month from January to
July and down as much from July to
January. When reading our monthly
chants those well known facts should

,not be .forgotten.

‘iNext disturbance will reach Paciﬁc
coast about June 27, cross Paciﬁc
510pe,by.close of 28, great central
valleys '29 to July ‘1, eastern sections
Ju1y2.‘ Warm wave will cross Paciﬁc
slope about June 27, great central
valleys n29, eastern. sections July 1.

‘ ’Cool wave will croSs Paciﬁc slope

vabouttj‘une 30, great central valleys

p This disturbance; covers time so“
to» the great storm , period ; that
(a

res' Willhe rad-

fOI‘Cd; but ~. ,.

. determiner-it's cha'racéV,‘

we have placed July 5 as the center
and most extreme part of this great
storm period. July 3, 4, 5 and 6 W111
be days of greatest stress. But where
will these storms break? If we have
the lows placed correctly one of them
will be on the Atlantic coast July 3
and that storm will be at its greatest
tensity on the Atlantic coast and for
several days it will continue as a
furious storm out on the north At-
lantic. _ ﬂ

Next disturbance will reach Pacmc
coast about July 3, cross Paciﬁc slope
by close of 4, great central valleys 5
to7, eastern sections 8. Warm wave
will cross Paciﬁc slope about July 3,
great central valleys 5, eastern sec—
tions 7. Cool wave will cross Pacmc
slope about July 6, great central val—
1eys 8, eastern sections 10.

This will be a furious storm for ten
days—July 3 to 12—from just before
it strikes our western coasts till it
strikes the Western coasts of Europe.
Human lives, live stock, water craft
and other property will be destroyed
in that great disturbance.

An unusual planetary event will cul—
minate a little before midnight July 3.
We cannot now locate the effects
but expect to read of earthquakes,
tornaddes, hurricanes, electric storms
and other extreme weather events
within 24 hours of the midnight that
falls between July 3 and 4. At that
time the sun, moon, Jupiter, Uranus
and the earth will occupy relative po—
sitions as great magnets that, if re—
.peated with such magnets as are used
to generate electricity in a dynamo
machine, would cause an eruptive
force. . ,

The effect will probably .be seen on
:the U. 5. Weather Bureau maps .re—

~-sulting in a great chair e in athe :bar»

onset-tic readings z-from .nIyZ to July

. w

' 4 .m .5; ‘Métshxthe res-the, . «~

 

. Upf‘fOrrFriday night the , _ _ .
.“cattle , on . this market ~w.e e 5», '
, against 1,031.. There is realy "n'or'chan ,
Whatever to report, over the “situation ‘

as given out to you in our last Week

issue. Top steers in good handy well “I

turned class are selling around $8.00
@$8.25. Top-notch heifers are also
drawing the same ﬁgure. Both steers
and heifers running around 1,000 to
1,200 lbs. going at $7.90@$8.15; those
weighing around 800 to 1,000 lbs. $7.50,
@$8.00; good fat grass steers and.
heifers 800 to 1,000 lbs, $6.75@$7.50;
$e§g5rhts around 500 to 700 lbs., $6.00@
6. .

paratively satisfactory, all trades be-
ing effected with little trouble. We“
think we can conservatively state that”
the market is in a healthy conditicin.

The run of good choice fat ows
was comparatively light, price of $6.50

@$6.75 being established; good 'stuﬁ,‘

$5.75@$6.25; common cows, around
$5._00@$5.50. Canners held along in
the $4.00@$4.50 notch. There were a;

few choice heavy bulls that brought

$6.50@$7.00 readily; good fair bologna,
bulls, $6.00@$6.50;
bulls, $5.50@$6.00. There were a few‘
good choice feeding steers ranging
around 800 to 1,000 lbs., snapped up‘
at $7.001b$7.50. A more fair grade,
same weight, $6.50@$7.00; some nice
choice stockers, 500 to 700 lbs., $6.50“
@,l$7.00; a more fair kind, same weight,

$6.00ﬂy$6.25; a nice bunch of stock '
heifers went-at $5.50@$6.00; some nice , .-
large .round medium aged milkers _

sold readily at $60.00 to $75.00; com—
mon sort, $30.00 to $40.00.

The receipts of veal calves up to
Friday night shows 1,128 against 1,405
last week. The market closed strong

few good stock;

The tone to the situation is com-- ,1

a

at quotations, prices best going at";

53100060551050, while others made

$7.00lb$9.50.

 

CATTLE—DETROIT STOCK
YARDS.
Beef steers, good to prime 0.
. .heavy .................... $7.50@$8.25
Be‘ef steers, medium to good.. 7.40@ 7.75
Beef steers. common to fair.. 6.00@ 7.00-
Beef cows, common to selected 5.50@ 6.00
Heifers, selected 6.50@ 7.50
Stock steers ................ 5.50@ 6.25
Feeders ..................... 7.00@ 7.25
Canners and Cutters .......... 4.00@ 4.25
Good to prime veals .......... 5.00@ 9.50
Bulls ........................ 4.50@ 6.50
Dressed veal ................ 8.00@13.00

 

 

Cattle—Chicago.
Extreme prices and bulk of native beef cat-
tle Sold here last week, quotations for carload
lots, with compm‘isous:
Number Extreme

Received. Range.
.)_ . .10,315 $7.25@8.85
10.. 4,374 7.25@8.85
Wed. June 11..12,813 7.40@9.00
Thurs. June 12. 3,942 7.50@8.90
Friday, June 13 7.50@8.75

Sales.
$7.90@8.50
7.80@8.45
8.00@8.65
8.00@8.75
7.85 @8.10

$7.90@8.65
7.65lb8.35
7.50@8.60

Mon. June
lues. June

 

'l‘h i s
\Vcck
Four

wee k
a go
\v cc k s

$7.25@9.00
".10@8.7S
.15@9.00
1013 6.00@9.40
1911 4.75@6.65
mm S.60@8.75
190‘) .... 5.00@7.25
1908 4.85@8.40
1907 .......... ..... 4.Qo@7.00
By comparmg the table
which shows the extreme range
sales and also the bulk of sales

the ﬁve market days of last ~wee

ago

6.90@8.2

with those of the week previous, your,
will note that the bulk of sales show'Sw

about a 20 to 50c advance. The mar~
ket ﬁnished up in good strong shape
the past week. The advance estab-
lished is from 15 to 50c per hundred.

This has demonstrated that all sembr,
lance of bearish sentiment is gone;
The trade was constantly looking. it) "

reaction. They were trying to Score;
a goal along this line—they were disa,
appointed. “Things are changed new
is the expresison of the‘ cattle up
Cattle are in strong hands an 1
trade does not look for overﬂa’ *9
23,000 in next Monday’s run,
{thing has gone higher; good, by.
indifferent sorts all feelingﬁthel

ing :hand. It has been 131

quality light and weight-y kill

7 sho’weddeast price apprenta __

Bulk of 7‘

7.25 @900
5.75@6.35 f-

s.90@7.oo

.y'

 


 

,5 ion "good cattle came ,back
'ek‘and that with a mighty ven-

ce,prices at Buffalo on the open—'

ay of the week showing a 2@40
dvance over last week, toppy
of steers selling from $8.85@

tand the supply of forty loads or ‘

Qt iout‘of the total receipts of 155

, T's Or 3,750 head, hardly meeting the
needs. Swift, Stern, Boston and
mar-buyers were keen competitors
the good weight steers had all
.. placed practically within an hour
ttfer the market opened. The mar-
. as not witnessed such a good

on expensive steers in many

,eks. Heavy and handy weight

' {hering steers sold almostas well,
‘T'of these landing at a quarter ad-

ce as compared with last week,
stay butchers being quotable from
40@$8.60. A load of fairi‘sh kind
yearling only sold at $8.25 and

_, of these were wanted. Female
ﬁrdid not sell quite as strong as
rs generally, though some fancy

,v‘ fat cows that had shown a de—
'of late, came back, these selling

tly a dime to ﬁfteen cents higher,

th some spots as much as a quarter
f‘e last week. Heifers and espe—

. 'lly fancy kinds were strong sale by
"quarter, some toppy kinds on the
ahdy order going along with a few
ers at‘$8.50. Good butchering heif—
ranged generally from $7.75@

,, medium and commoner kinds
,$7.00@$7.50. Stockers and feed-

D'ld strong, selected toppy feeders
aching $7.70, good kinds up to $7.50
@755, with mixed lots $7.25. Bulls
Wie-steadyusale, not as many of the
mppy kinds'inclu'ded this week, how—
‘. Heaviest bull here for months,
bringing $7.50,

ed against during very hot weath-

Fresh cow and Springer trade

but ' steady. At the close good
earance was had. '

 

CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK
‘ YARDS

69d to choice heavy steers $8.35@$8.75
‘edium to fair heavy steers. 8.10@ 8.25

- Andy Weight butchering
" .................. 7.50@ 8.50
g . ................. 7.50@ 8.75
”theifers. inferio rto choice 6.00@ 8.00
i' Edws, medium to choice 4.50@ 7.50
hers and cutters ......... 3.75@ 4.50
-. sf. ..................... 6.00@ 7.75
lockers and feeders ......... 6.00@ 7.75
”chefs and springcrs ...... 35.00@100.00

 

 

Calves—Buffalo.

eceipts of calves at Buffalo Mon—
‘ Market active but

 

.. 'r- to good
‘0‘.“ s and common .........

g: "ht thm

Hogs—Detroit.

»cCeipts of hogs on this market up
”Friday night shows 6,162 against
7.]. There was some_rea1 tone to
hog market in all departments
eek. As quotations Show, there

'n advance of around 25c per
‘ed in real evidence. Everything
napped up readily at this ad—
market price. Of'course, we

tepthat there was almost 1,000 “

‘receipts this Week than last,
e53d0 not .think'this is entire?
ible for the.advance esta -
‘We ébeiieve thexItOne to the
vis' eons ~.v '
‘1 cans

ve‘ly, better and - '

 

—. 'Chica‘g‘t}
ed: ' 'iﬁﬂéﬁyy' :22... .1513! . t
acing “if at in -
‘ . and Selected. . g d seeded
and ..' Ship ms." .himﬁns.
I. 19S@2551b.} ZSS@ 0031b. 135.@1951bs
June 6 . ”138.85%870,$8.20@$_’.‘6‘5,$8.45@8.67§»
June 7 ...-8.35 8.70 "8.20'@8.65 x8.45@8.7.0
gune 9 8.30@8,.7O 8.15@8.65 8.40’@'8.70
une 10 .. .,5@8.77i',8.25@8.‘72§ -8.47@8.80
June 11 . 0@8.90 8.32}@8.80 8.55@.8.90
June 12 . 2 8.95 8.35@8.85 8.57§@8;90
June 13 . 9.00 8.40@8.90 8.62£@9.00

7.57% 7.'15@7.60 '7.10@7.42§
6.30 5.80@6.27§ 5.‘8S@6.30
9.50 9.10@9.42§~ 9.20@9.50
8.10 7.55@8.l7i 7.15@7.92§

The squeal of the “bristler”. had a

,real meaning in Chicago this week.

Friday, the 13th, was not a Iona day
for the $9.00 hog. For the ﬁrst time”
smce April 26th this year‘ have hogs
touched this level. Two loads ‘ of

fancy lights and one bunch of 247.

lb. butchers brought that price read-
ily. The market was of a brisk na-
ture, starting off by small killers and
speculators. Later in the game pack-
ers responded to the early strength,
closmg the trade up in a good honor—
able fashion. Prices rule downward
from $9.00; the next drop was to the
$8.97 notch. This is where the bulk
of ‘the toppy grades Were landing.
Quite a plenty of heavy sort fell in
the $8.90 range. Quite satisfactory
was trading all around during this
last week’s period. The market would
be considered of an energetic nature.

 

HOGS—CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.

Mixed packing ............. $8.4
Medium and butchers ........ 8.
Poor to good heavy packing..
Lightweights .

 

 

 

Hogs—Buffalo.

Run for ﬁrst day of week at Buffalo
100 double decks, or
Western markets were weaker, while
trade here was generally steady. Best
grades mostly $9.15 ﬂat, few light
mixed $9.20,vbest yorkers $9.15@$9.25
and lights and pigs $9.25, roughs, $7.90
@$8.00, stags, $6.50@$7.25.

 

HOGS—BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Extreme heavies, 280 up ...... $9.10@$9.15
Heavies, 240 to 280 .......... 9.10@ 9.15
Mediums, 220 to 240 ......... 9.10@ 9.15
Mediums. 190 t0 220 ......... 9.10@ 9.15
Mixed. 180 to 220 ............ 9.10@ 9.15
Yonkers, 150 to 170 .......... 9.20@ 9.25

do 120 to 150 .......... 9.25@ 9.25
Pigs, 120 downs ............. 9.20@ 9.25
State hogs .................. 8.90@ 9.25
Roughs . ................... 8.90@ 8.00
Stags . .................... 6.50@ 7.25

 

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Detroit.

The receipts of sheep and lambs for
the week up to Friday night shows
2,616 against 2,323 last. There is but
very little real change to the market
situation, theseiling strength having
made practically no change whatever.
The market on sheep and lambs in
every direction is just a little slug-
gish, somewhat depressed.

TOp lambs were selling at $7.25@
$7.50; fair lambs, $5.50@$6.00; light
to common stuff, $4.00@$5.25; aver-
age stock quality sheep, $4.00@$5.00!
culls and commons, 2.50@3.00.

 

SHEEP—DETROIT STOCK
YARDS

Lambs, good to choice ....... $7.00@ 7.25
Lambs, fair to good ......... 5.50@ 6.50~
Mixed sheep 4.50 5.25
Cull sheep .................. 2.00 3.00

 

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Chicago.

Sh Lambs

Top. Top. Bulk.

Last week .$6.10 8.0

Previous wk 5.85 7.50
.4,wks_. ago 6.25 8.701»
1912 5.00 ‘ 8.35
, I , 4.4 . 6.75

8.65.
00

. ,. .d" rme"r'hb‘a‘luc' . s ' .
(”S1335 foreargiadlotg- of g V‘ . .5 topﬁy

16,000 head."

is practically, no life to" it. Buyers?
want . the thin stuff; f0r;.-,fee,ding“;»' but
it is‘ not available argdrwill not'bjewuntil,

‘ the middle of Jul-1y or, "e'arlyu‘in Anguptg

1“. the lamb. divisionwe fcotild-écéh-~ ,
serv‘auvely State"'thai prides run" coma.

paratively steady. The quality. pfﬁ-the

western fed lambs arriving" this week
was hardly up to the..staridard.of-'.
levels set by, th.e.-*prev-ious runs," the '

majority of the Chest goingjaround,

$7.75. ‘This week practicaly put, the
ﬁnis on the best wethers. They have
been cleaned up prettywell' and every-‘-
body 'is apparently 'satiSﬁed. ’P'ackl
ers are consideredon easy street Be:
cause of havin 'received excessive
supplies from t e th0 River coun-

try this last week. This enablesjhern ,.

to “bear” prices if they choose.”

 

SHEEP—CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS ,

Lambs, choice to extra. ..... $6.75@$7.00
Lambs, fair to good .......... 6.50 6.75 ’
Lambs, cull to common....l.. 4.00 5.00
Yearlings, choice ............ 5.75 6.00
Yearlings, cull to fair ...... ..'"4.00 5.00
Wethers, choice ............. 5:00 5.50
Common to prime ..... ' ...... 4.00 4.50
Cull sheep ......... . ....... 3.50 4.50
Bucks . ... ............ , ..... 3.00 5.00.
Basis being “Sham.”

 

. Sheep and Lambs—Buffalo.

Thirty cars or 6,000 head for Men'-
day market. Trade on lambswas
fairly active but lower by from 25@
50 cents from last Week’s close. Best
spring lambs soldat $8.75 and $9.00
and the cull to fair grades ranged
frpm $6.00 to $8.50. Top for year-ling
lambs was‘$7.60, with cOmparatively
few selling above $7.50; no strictly
dry-fed ones being here," nothing in
this line going below $5.00. Very
slow trade on sheep, ewes selling a
full quarter lower than last Saturday.
Top for .wethers was $600, but the
majority of the desirable kinds con-
tained more or less ewes and the bulk
sold from $5.50 to $5.85. Ewes, un-
less prime and handy, could not be
placed much above $5.00 and the out-
side quotation for heavy ewes was »
$4.50, some of the latter kinds going
as low as $4.00. Cull sheep $4.00
down. ‘

 

SHEEP—BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Spring lambs, choice ......... $8.75@$9.00
‘Spring lambs, cull to fair ..... 6.00@ 8.50
Yearling lambs, good to choice 7.25@ 7.60
Yearling lambs, cull to fair... 5.00@ 7.00
Wethers . .................. 5.85@ 6.00
Mixed sheep ............... 5.50@ 5.75
Ewes ., ..................... 4.00@ 5.25
Cull sheep .................. 2.00@ 4.00
Bucks . ................ 3.00@ 4.25

 

 

 

COAL.

A great many thousand miners are
now on strike in the West Virginia
coal ﬁelds and ‘if this situation con-
tinues it wil shut off a large supply of
coal. It is almost impossible to get
smokeless coal at the present time
for July shipment and mines are not

any

 

' ,s has , ,
$3-30@$4-25ﬁ“but outside er teenagers, .-

The”. car Situation, is

‘ every day and” if " the} pres
__"of business continues—tithe

.slar'ge' amOunt of-iman-ufaetu
"nets to "’Inarket as We'llas
V-pro'elu‘ce, . which “must be "3k

during theisea‘son.. 7
The ,,demand ”for anthraéi
increasing and a, great many
(eastern operators ar’ei notébgoki
de‘rs" for Western Shipments. .

we ﬁnd agreat many farmgsht
now. booked (their ordetsfor ,‘thA ._ '
supply and those that are" acti
accordanCe with the- sugge‘stio
fered inzthe .“Pink Sheet’ﬂare go ~
get results, that will ,save them' '00"
siderable mOneyibnﬁheir coal; »

, FLoUR ANDFEED.»
The sale on ﬂour and feed a

been very active during the past"

prices remaining the same ‘onv’ﬁ‘ r
with very little change on the feed
prices. However,—where large orders,
are booked, there has been Some va
riation in prices made—«on smaller or
ders the prices run on basis of last

'. ,we'ek’s quotations. ,

WHYiNOT? “ .,.; "

That “road bee” proved a success,
and in one day 8,000 men, 4,000 tea‘ms‘,
750 autos and 2,500 women (who fur-.1 - .
Lnished food for the men) constructev'
267 -miles of good roads, fromIBa‘y‘
City through Alpena to Mﬂackina'
City. In a few places ‘ﬁnishi
touches ,are to be put on, but‘it is.
practically completed. _,

' Why not organize a “bee’ for a
good, road‘from Detroit to St. Clair? '
' It would not' only pay St. Clair and
Marine City and Mt. Clemens, but ’
every soul living. upon its line or Withe’f.
in two or more miles thereof. ' ,

A god automobile road from Detroit.
to St. Clair would be worth thousands ,
of dollars to St. Clair alone. Why not
make it? '

Detroit is to have a new 18—story‘
hotel having '800 rooms. It is to be,
built ’On the old Gov. Bagdey ’honier‘
stead site and to cost $3,000,000Q Av
Californian is to ﬁnance the scheme,
and no local money asked for. Great-
is Detroit—St. Clair Republican. -. . "

A WARNING TO , '
SHIPPERS OF HOGS...

At this season of the year, shippers
should be careful not to load too
heavily as this increases the likeli-
hood of hogs dying enroute. The.
ﬁrst warm days of spring are harder _
on hogs than hotter weather will be-“ia
later in the summer. It is advisablefk-zﬁ
also to see that old bedding, manure," .,
etc:, are cleaned out before loading?"
A few inches of sand or Cinders is~
the best bedding at this time of _the ‘
year. A little attention to these pomts
will save heavy loss as dead hogs
run into money pretty fast atpresent *
prices. _ , . .' . :

Shippers should also inalst on lib-i“
eral wate 'ng of hogswhile enrouteg
——Pittsbuf’g Livestock Journal. ’

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, 95 WEST FORT'S‘I‘, -~” '
DETROIT, MICH. ' - v 1,
Dear Sirsz—In enclose ﬁfty cents. (50c) (or within ..... . '.;‘day§.; '
I will send you 5°C), for which start the-“pmk-sheet” coming for-911e,
year, ,beginning with the next issue. " . ' , I ~ 1 .~
To

.p. o. -

eq ..... 0".oaocantLOcoo-O‘Do-uqe000.300.000.03'A'0lp
I \~.'> ' . ‘ .

 

