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at Detroiti’

50c PER YEAR (  _

Up To- The. Minute Rev1ew of Crop Conditions in Michigan

, his ﬁngers on the row-

'very county in Mic igan

‘t, s end he is now requesting
e a to the following questions:

5
—~~>What has been the nature and

(Ii—What Weather conditions have

1311" ueXperienced?

d-l-What effect has the same had.-

spring see-ding P
th h--What effect has it had on the
ro‘wing grass?S
' Sth-J—How does the oat acreage com-
pare with last season?
6th~—_What are the prospects for a

“‘3 71th—What can you say of the grass-

amica'ge?

81h—-How does it appear based on

st season.
: 9tl'1—What is the nature of growing
wheat crop?
lOth—How does it compare with’
last season?
’ llth—What is the nature of the soil
for bean planting?
thh—What progress is being made
along this line?
nth—How ill the acreage com—
pare with last 5 ason?
' Nth—Were conditions favorable for
early potatoes?
‘ 15th—What is outlook for crop?
16th——-Howf is the acreage compared
With last Season? .
l7th+~What can you say of the
. ‘e'spects for late potato planting?
‘ th——How will the acreage com-
with last year?

ports of growing conditions or
131 news are requested from any
v. , all. of our readers. If your coun-
has not already been reported this
k Or if in your section of the
ounty conditions are different than
iven below do not hesitate to write
£1.11 “CROP REPORTER ” care of
IGHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING,
.‘ rWEST FORT ST., DETROIT,
swing full. information and writing as
Slainly as possible on one side cf the
239.61: Reports should be mailed on
or before Monday to reach the cur-
rent' week’s issue. Be sure to give
your full nameeand address, including
county.
Reports below are in answer to
quesuons as above:

. WESTERN BARRY: l—The con-
'jdition of the soil has varied from
7 Old and wet to hot and drv. Z—The
cather conditions have been extreme.
her all rain or no rain; verv cold
if very hot. 3—As a result clover
weeding has not done well, oats are
. king ﬁne, wheat has been retarded
growth; clover and timothy are are
3 very short; at present, June 14, we are
" having a very severe drought which
‘is drying up pastures and meadows.
'4——-Grass is short; hay will be a short
.;c p. 5~—-Oat acreage is about the
same as last season. 6—The prospects
an Oat crop are good, provided We
ye rain in :1 few davs; otherwise the
rep will be injured. 7—The grass
creage is larger than last year.
“is arhalf crop as compared with
. eaSOn. 9—Wheat has been frost-
‘ he'straw thinned and short-

1 be less than-snormal. ., .
heat at‘ the”? -'

planting or has been. planted.

. . as last Season.
been favorable for earlv potatoes. but .

' waiting for rain.

-mentioned.

sufﬁCiently to conserVe the moisture
the beans will come up ieadilv: much

‘ : plow1ng has been done durinﬁ7 the last

ten days. This. ground w1 be un-

'-;favorable to germination and growth

of plant 12—Nearlv all ground in—
tended for beans is ﬁtted readv for

Acreage of beans is about the same
l4—Conditions have

if the present drought continues for
two or three weeks the crop will be
shortened.
good with plenty of moisture. With—
out more rain the outlook is bad. 16
——Acr‘eage is a little higher than last
season. l7-———Some late potatoes have
been planted but the majority are
lS—Acreage proba—
bly will ’be equal. at least to last year.
———IRV_ING FRYE.

CLARE: I—First part fine: later
part very dry. 2—D/ry. 3——-Made it
late. 4——Grass very short and thin.
S—Better. 6—G00d‘l’if get rain soon.
7—-About same. 8—Poor. 9—Good.
10——Better. ll—-—’Drv. ‘12—‘uPlanting
lots of beans. l3—M'ore. 14—Don’t
raise many; tOO cold. lS—Favorable.
16—About same. 17—Poor: too drv.
18—About same—HOWARD PEN-
ROSE. , .

EMMETT: l—Conditio‘n of Soil
has been fairly good for putting in
crop except on-lower "land, where it
has been far too wet and the oats will
be very late there, last seeding about
June ll. Z—It has been very cold up
till the past week and has very ma—
terially injured the hay crop. 3—
Spring seeding was mostly done on
time. 4—Very damaging as above
S—A-bout the same. 6——
Not as good as last season. 7———
About the .same as last season. 8———
About half as good (nobmore). 9—-
Quite badly winter-killed, but what is
left is doing well.
cent. ll—Good. lZ—About all plant-
ed. l3-——Ten per cent more. 1
Fairly good. .15—All right yet, but
getting dry. lé—About the same. 17
—-Very good. 18—About 90 per cent
of last year’s acreage. ~GILBERT L.
HICKS

GLADWIN: l—April wet and
cold; May cold and backward. 2——
Cold, backward. 3—Set it back 50
per cent. 4—Damaged the. hay and

'. acreage of last year.

13—.
last fall; went into winter in

15—Outlook for crop is-

‘About normal.

' No hurt by frost early in June.

lO—About 75 per'

pasture 50 per cent. .5——~One/hundred
and ﬁve per cent, or at least up to the
6—H we do not
get rain very soon crop will be short
50 per cent. 7——Fully up to the acre—
age of last year. 8—Very bad condi—
tion compared with last year, 50 per
cent. 9—Not good; too much rain
bad
shape; still up to normal with last
year’s crOps. lO—Just as good, 100
per cent; we have had two years of
poor wheat. ll—In good shape. but
too dry lZ—Fully up with the mark.
13—Up to last year’s acreage, 100 per
cent. l4—Yes lS——Reasonablv good.
16—Qne hundred per cent. 7l——Good
prospect; a number prepare late plant—
ing. l8—One hundred per cent—R.
N._ CAMPBELL.

KENT: l—Good. Z—Good, except
dry the past week. 3—Good for corn
and beans; bad for clover. 4—Bad;
hay crop is severely affected. 5——
6—Not very good
7—There is not as much hav to be cut
this year. 8—Explained in 7. 9——
Fair; very little raised. 10—About
the same. ll—Excellent. lZ—Nearly
done. l3—Ten per cent more. 13—-
1 __
l6—Normal. l7—Very
about one— quarter
normal—RAY

Not good.
good; crop is
planted. 18—About
C. BURCH.

GRAND TRAVERSE: l—Good. 2
—Cold, backward weather. 3—Froze
considerable. 4—Too cold and back—
ward; shortened crOp. S—About same
6—On account of backward spring it
is too early to tell. 7—Shortage (a
guess). 8~—Short for this time of
year. 9———Not enough raised up in this
section to report 011 ll—Good, very
good. lZ—Failure in crop last year
caused many to drop bean farming.
13—Shortage. l4—No.15——Can not
tell; two nights’ freeze set them back.
16—Almost same. 17——Too early to
tell anything about it. lS—Slight in-
crease.-——FRED JORS.

LUCE: The spring has been cold
and backward. Sowing and planting
has been delayed. Crops are all in
except potatoes and turnips. Grass
has been very slow this swing—-
OTTO SANDERLIN.

MONTCALM: l—Good.
weather has been dry and cold.
No bad effects. 4—Retarded

Z—The
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Last Moment Market Flashes

 

 

very latest quotations are:

Wheat, No.1
Oats, Standard.

Beans...

Poultry.
' .VBr01lers

coo.-

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HE LAST MINUTE before going to press. we secure quotations
T 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

1White (large mills paying).
Wheat, No. 2 Red (large mills paying)”

Rye.
Hay (best market today, N-eiwi York), at. . . . .
Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at.
{Butter .

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growth. 5—100 per cent.
very good. 7—-Ab0ut same
year. 8—About half crop c
with last year. 9———Wheat is fai
year. lO—About 50 per Cent?
than last year. ll—Good. 12—1-75
cent of planting done. 13—Aboiit
same. 14—No: too dry and co
Not very good; 75
16—More this year than last
Good; planting nearly don
About same—A. C BALDWI
GENESEE: l—Very good.

.Very good weather, but rather £119.

3— Got all seeding in in good se‘aSs
4-A little toocold and dry fori'gr
S—About the same or a little m
6——Oats are looking good here; ‘
Hay is not as good as last year..
Wheat looks good around here. 11.
Beans are about all planted; quite
few that are up over ground I sho‘
think got struck by the frost of
and 8th inst. and are ruined, but m i
of them are not up yet. l4—Ea
potatoes, I should think, were h
badly by the frost and are N. G-
DAVID BYRNE.

COLORADO MAN NOW
HAS PETRIFIED APP

By some process that no one he - ‘
consulted has been able to explai
apple has undergone petrifieation
the furnace at the home of
Schrades of Denver, Col-0., who
offered the curiosity to the state
scum.

'1he apple, a russet, weighed abort
five ounces three weeks ago. It Wa
throu 11 into the Schrad‘es furnace, a
now weighs iouitccn ounces.- Its colo
and shape were not affected by the
heat and it appears at a glance to b.“
a pmfr ct apple, except that there is
ll'. )10 where the stem was; but it is so
haul that the point of a knife blade
cannct be (1.11 cm into it.

Sclnades found it in the ashes Wli 1!.

»he cleantd out his furnace.

9HOULD TIGIITEN -.
.SI‘AVE SILO HOO S.

Unless owners of stave silos tig en
the hops as the warm spring weathe
progresses the silos may be partiall
or completely 1uined, is the warn
issued by Prof. C. A. Ocock of thg-
college of agricultme of the Univ
sity of Wisconsin.

Loose hoops not only allow th
staves to warp, thus making the/W3.
no longer air- tight, but the whole
may be weakened to such an ext ;
that a high wind will cause it to
lapse. A stave silo once down
twisted out of shape can scarCely ev
be successfully restored.

GERMAN TESTS WITH . .
SILAGE SHOW L

,green alfalfa put into an unwalle ‘

in July and taken out in Mar
decreased in weight by prac‘tit;
33 1—3 per cent. The outer lay
were more or less moldy and 1
places the silage was '
charred.

Beet leaves and tOps 311,061

by increased palatability, [31'
which always counts for my

 

 


 

 

It seems. 'quite evident that a
decided change has come over

the hay situation. Our position
111eg IS changed, and the man-
now which we should look forward
‘ . 'e future, and in which we should
Ie the balance of this season's

p is actordingly a.1Iected It 'be—

_ . W‘s us at the mOment to study the
"tuation in a most careful manner so
that our lines of defense for the cul-
inatin of the present battle and the

cup or the ﬁght to come, Can have . ‘

. :3 very best protection at our dis-
posal.
‘ In our issue of some weeks ago\we
advised you that receivers on prac—
tically all terminal markets were
ﬁguring that the cool and wet condi—
tidns that we were experiencing in
Michigan constituted a forerunner to
a very heavy hay crop with us; on this
basis operations on the present crop
have been» effected somewhat. They
have continued to watch conditions
as the season has advanced and we
ﬁnd today that quite some change has
taken place. They are now where,
instead of having a bumper crop for
harvest, we will be lucky to harvest
70 per cent of a crop as based on last
season.
prised if the present crop strikes an
average of 70 per cent, although it
may. Another thing, the wet and cool
spring seemed to be favorable to a
heavy growth of bottom grass or ﬁne
grass and also to a heavy growth of
weeds, therefore, the condition of the
growing crop is not at all favorable
at the present time. The one condi—
tion would naturally result in a very
common quality of hay, and the sec-
ond condition would show us that we
would have a shortage as well. On
basis of this double asset to the situa—
tion, from the standpoint of price pos-
sible to secure. we have every right
to ﬁght for a better market condition;
for a better market situation than we
are now experiencing. We have had
direct advice from parties who have
made a tiip through the states which
more than conﬁrms the above. We
hear of many ﬁelds of alsike clover
which are blossoming and are almost
ready to harvest that are very short
indeed. One man advised the writer
that they hardly knew how they could
secure the crop. In other places we
,ﬁnd the extreme dry weather we havu
been experiencing has practically
rip ned timothy meadows so that they
ha 6 been cut early. We certainly
have enough advice along the above
lines to warrant our being careful as to
the disposition of the balance of our
old crop at prices in line with what
we-have been experiencing of late.

The above would suggest that it
would be much better to bale up this
old hay, piling it away securely in a
dry, dark place and leaving it there
until the new crop and new condi—
tions are etsablished. The new c011—
ditions certainly cannot be much
worse than the ones We are now ex-
periencing. Everything would indi—
'cate as being in favor of taking a
chance.

 

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 rice dealers should be
_. able to pay for this commodityf . o. 11.,

. their station. under existing market con-
dition'a. Handling charge not included.

, .
/--~

Zone
Zone
Zone
‘ Zone
Zone

 

 

 

DETROITwThere ‘gf'isx' , real
go in tone to't

“Q

.1 J

market. at prontobl e prices. No.
predicted. No. a—Jlark'ot very quiet;
red. No 4—-—No proﬁt at ruling prices.
hour” proposition.
. lower but we would take a chance,

 

are in a very bad way; no deﬁnite sell-
in'g value can be established; sales
have to be forced in the best way
possible.

HAY—DETROIT MARKET.
No. 1 Timothy. ......... ...... ...‘.w$15.00'
No. 2 Timothy” 2 50
No. 3 imothy. . . . a": . ....... . .....
Lightmxed . ..... .........

No. 1 mixed ......... . . '.

No. 2 mixed.

Rye Straw . .
What and Cat Straw..

PITTSBURGH—Receipts of hay
on the Pittsburg market for the past
week have not been at all heavy, yet
they have been sufﬁcient to meet the
market STAOISHRDLU)etaoinAOI

 

 

We will be somewhat sur— \ natural demand. There 15 iust a little

etter tone to the market situation on
No. 1 timothy hay and good No. 2:
in some cases these qualities have ad—
vanced 50c per ton; common qualities
of hay are still very weak.

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

No, 1 Timothy hay ............ ‘ ...$14.50
No.2 Timothy hay '

No. 3 Timothy

No.1 Light mixed hay ............ 12.50
No.1 Clover mixed hay ........... 10. 50
No. l Clover hay 12.00
Fine Prairie Packing Hay .......... 10.00
No. l Oat straw .................. 8.00
No. 1 Rye straw .............. 11.00’
No. 1 Wheat straw ................ 8.00

 

 

 

CHICAGO—Chicago experienced a
good live demand during the past
week for all grades of top timothy
and good No. 2;‘offerings of the same
were very light. The market on these
top qualities comparatively satisfac—
tory; low grade hay hard to make
disposition of.

 

HAY—CHICAGO MARKET.

................. $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 ................

Chaoice Timothy

 

 

 

BOSTON—Receipts for the past
week show 201 cars of hay and 18
cars of straw; 14 cars of bay for ex—
port. The corresponding week last
year shows 361 cars of hay and 11 cars
of straw, with 32 cars of hay billed.
for export. There is but little change
to report in the Boston market. The
trade is spoken of as in a quiet way.
Strictly top qualities might be termed
as ready sellers but anything of a
common nature goes slowly.

 

HAY—BO STO N MARKET.

Small
bales.
$20.50
19.00
16.00

Large
bales.

Hay, choice . .............. $21.50
Hay.
Hay.
Hay, . . .
Hay, clover ............... 14. 00
Hay, clover mixed . . . . . . . . 14. 00
Hay, stock ....... 13.00
Tangled rye straw . . . . . . . . . 12.00
Oat straw 11. 00

NOTE—Large bales wieigh from 200 to
250 pounds; medium bales from 80 {g 150
poundo .

 

 

 

N0. 1~Good substantial demand Illa

No. EJBetter keep in 9011.4; Storm on.

bales,

' line with former reports.

‘ stronger.

resent“ conditions avor I My »
keg clearing “abattoir driest

Mb” every pe 1111113111111 as:
It you cnﬂl. hints on "

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mmytolt

 

a .. - ' ‘ ‘ -.e:.

shoWn a little advance; quotations. in

the New York market has

 

POTATOES—cs exam.
- MARKE
Bulk from car, per lid“
*Sacked from car, per bug-v"
, ‘SnckSﬁh‘tt be even weir
Price quoted includes Cost 0
103/1: ush...‘ ~

 

 

some instances have not been changed 7 ,
but the tone to the market. has cent

tainly shown a decided improvement.
Receipts have

tion affecting the same is about in
We see no
improvement in sight for low grade

,hay on this market but We think that

high grade stuff will still advance.

 

\HAY—NEW YORK MARKET.

New Hay: Large Small
Timothy—— bales, bales,
Choice. per ton. per ton.

$19.00
16.00
13.00 -
16.00 .
15.00
15.00
11.00

Light Clover mixed. . . . . .

No. 1 C over mixed... .
No.. 1 Clover .............. 15.00'
No. 2 Clover mixed ........ 11.00

Straw——

No.1 Rye

No.2 Rye

No.1 Oat
No.1 Wheat 11.50

NOTE—Large bales weigh from 200 to

11.00

pounds. ~

 

 

POTATOES

We are in hopes that practical-

ly every bushel of old potatoes

. is out of the producers hands.
There is absolutely no ray of bone for
the future. The market horizon
throws no bright light on this com-v
modity, the battle is practically over.
The new potato situation has so de-
veloped and so quickly as to force the
old potato hopes almost entirely out
of a reasonable anticipation. We do
not think there are any prospects for
an advance over the situation now
confronting us. We think the odds
are too many'against us. Of course.
on their present level, it might be

 

 

 

.possible for some little ﬂukey modiﬁ-

cation to be in evidence and show a
slight change, but we do not think it
can be of but little account to the
real situation. All outside markets
are most indeﬁnite and very low.
Early potatoes are being retailed in
many terminal» markets at $1.00 per
bushel. With ‘the charges against
them up to this point, you will readily
appreciate what the ﬁrst cost must be.
We would advise cleaning up What-
ever odd bushels you still may have
on hand as best you can, giving your
further attentiOns to the new potato
crop.

DETROIT—The Detroit market is
of a very indeﬁnite nature, simply im-
possible to tell what a car of potatoes
can be sold for until you get your cus—
tomer on the ground. The early 00-
tato situation reﬂects very heavily on
the possibilities of old potato sales.
This market has reports of early po-
tatoes going still lower,‘ so that old
potatoes get weaker‘ instead of

-

.\>

 

POTATOES—DETROIT MAR— ‘

been plenty heavyx
enough on low grades and the situaw

250 pounds; medium bales from 80 to 150 '

along in a non-interested _

,a hand to mouth manner?" ‘

week. The best stock is being
out and. any cars of very eQ
quality are mighty hard to to
any, price; two more weeks a
deal will be practically Qver. ‘

 

POTATOES—PITTSBURG"
MA RK K.ET

Bulk Earn car, per bu...

Sacked from cur, per bu. ..':"s 130

 

 

WHEAT

 

 

 

Weather forecasts continue

be the real foundation for fut
possibilities of this c‘onimofdit '

First one week we will hear of- c n

ditions 1n every direction being burn gt"

up with dry weather and the situat

as a result, assuming a very bullirsh

nature. The next week we hea ’

a heavy rainfall, practically Cl'eu

bursts, all over the northwesi w

 

No.1 Wheat
No.2 Red

Speculative Prices.
July delivery
September delivery

I"The prices given for December on "

May delivery represent the future delimit!”

This information merely gi ii

you the future basis of this commodity as

ﬁgured by those who speculate on future
prospects.

 

 

“a result that the beans show up. The i

seem to have their ﬁghts well arra 221:1
so that when one is on the ﬁeld. t
other is off. They seem to ha“ "
arrangement whereby ﬁrst one: 1'
ceives the laurels. then the other; .th
are very courteous to each other
this respect. We appreciate, of eouis -
that weather conditions have much
do with the modifying of the crop

 

WHEAT—CHICAGO MARKET“ ‘
No.2 Red ................... '...51. 05 ‘7
Speculative Prices. ‘

*July delivery
September delivery

*The price given for July and May do;
livery represent the future delivery prices...
This information merely gives you the?
..future basis of this commodity as ﬁgure ,.
by tthose who speculate on future proo-
Dec 8. .. .73?

1‘. . 1x

 

 

 

be secured, but we also appr
that a great how- to— do is made

this line for no other reason ,t 311m;

create a day to day speculative m
ment.

as promising today as it has bee
long time With all of the,

 


somewhat wireless

. SQdHCE lines‘iin

" ll “have an effect:

, {rat IL We believe that.

r '4 undercurrent has done.
4 reaction to be i

'1‘hjei. quality of , beans going forward
aghdLZQQ' pgrcehthf-Khe beans yet to
no fGtWﬁTd‘ “ . .
:tnciQf-tfptgfhl. Vakingnvnature. , we do

not-asupp‘ose‘fthat :2, per Cent of the

beans‘yeti‘to market can be put into

a strictly choice'handpicked grade: 50.
user-,centiofthe remainder of the 'crop'

necdsgwashing, drying, scouring and
the A-general finishing. up Of» picking
machinesandby *hand before they can
the put'iin a merchantable condition.
Beansthathave to go through this
process to; make them merchantable
. ‘WIlI never" come anywhere near» even
‘a clogs jcounterfei-t‘. fOr choice hand—

' ' '. ‘Ij',.belieVe you'will4 agree with
‘that.."\a‘:[forcing‘ of this kind of
iionto the trade continuously has

my to slow; it up; in other

_ could createa much greater

44 _ ,if our “stock was of higher
"Iber. .Thej-trade wants better stuff:

' hey" could ‘get better stuff, they
’isellgmored it, but the trade is
eds—on this low grade stOck and it
almost a physical impossibility to

4 ate; an outlet. The main trouble
th mewill‘scontinue' to experience is
if: factof "being forced to market
“t‘ock just as fast as possible in
dr’to save it. This does not allow
regulator being placed on the
itib’n; but instead forces amon-
t-ﬂowofthis Stuff to the outside.

he "rallowing‘ it to cleanup so that
(the, tone’t’o' the situation would natur—
iiyxbe improved. We Would not feel
t all nervous over holdihg some high
553 beans; beans that were of good
dry‘and safe to hold, but on

9.; else, the advice to make dis—f

4 4tiéiriiseems theibest ,to give out
thalime- “ . — '

 

EaEANS—‘DETROIT MARKET.
_ White, hand-picked basis ........... $2.15
.Red, Kidney" ............... 2.15

. MICﬁIGAN ZONE PRICES.

one No. 2 Michigan. .............. 2.00
font; No; 3 i higan ............... 2.02
ichigan ........... '. . . . 2.05
what deal-
0. b. your

‘4 one No. 4‘-
,IThei- above values represent
era are obtainin’gfor. bean's, f.

station, in zones shown. This is on basis
426! handpicked beans. 4

 

 

 

 

 

'We are 'not ableto show any"

‘rnatérial change" in the oat .:sit-

nation; This. commoditv .‘has ,
and 7

, lish'ed “its own, defense
ght-'abo‘ij1t its—own .results‘ from

111 C

. iorrrsec‘incmmrr maxi};

"-No. -3 Mixed ..4.’;...'.'... .........

offia very disappointing ‘

 

_ ms. were ‘_ . 4 Lisnialjles‘fI in 4‘
4.: «4Th1’s‘factigalong with a '
tar . absorption, paved the war

I05 increasedvalues;

 

‘, . """"t"f"'« ........
.No{ a white .-_. . . .. .......
Nos, 4' [white .... . . ._' ........
No. 2 Mixed.

3241/2 ‘
.-4z% :
.42

 

 

 

d '.771:91TTS’sjoaonéaec-eibt,orpats on ,
the Pittsburghﬁmark'et have.fallen' off

noticeably the last week. The result

has , been" that quotations have ad~

’ ‘vanced' in ‘ sympathy , thereiﬂith. 4. The

tone to the marketlis very much im-
proved at this writing. 4 '

 

OATSg—PITTSBU

\

4G MARKET.

No: 3‘Mixed. ......... ....v

* am

There is but very little change
D to report in the butter situation

over that whichwe have been
giving out in our recent~issues; as
formally advised, you will not see any
material change until after the month
of June and the forerunner of July,

 

 

 

 

 

_ Fancy- Dairy, per 1b ..... . ........

ea th ' ﬁrst - ’

his game «In: e -
17 ., Lem willgzzhave been
Wot 4d ,ouI-.aﬁd,th:ei' result ready to -

July, and Augustare month‘s
, ' _ ‘"}a decrease- in the ﬂow
Qf__milk"is‘ looked for. and, based on

the storage”feature-"having been prac-

tically/closed,.We have every right to
believe . that, manipulators of butter

‘ a

,will allow at to workalong up, to its
supply and

demand standard.

 

Creamery No. 1, per lb ...........

BUTTER—GENERAL MARsKgg‘
:27 '

 

". “EGGS”

We’"are a little sﬁrprised that
eggs do not show a little more
selling strength on the market

 

 

 

 

than we are able to give out in our

this week’s quotations. We are sur—

prised also that the ﬂow of current

receipts keeps up to its present stand-
ard. We looked for a much lighter
run than we. are experiencing.
course, it_makes no particular dif-
ference as to the month as long as
we get the eggs, but the latter part of
June usually shows us a decrease in
egg supply. We accordingly ﬁgure
after the 15th of June that eggs will
show a little advance for fresh re—
ceipts. It is not possible to advance
them materially. because ifvthis is
done, a certain percentage of storage
stock will be pulled out.

The tone to the situation is healthv
and depends entirely upon receipts,
If we continue to have our present
heavy run, we could not naturally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"‘FOSTER’S WEATHER BULLETIN

Copyrighted 1913 Exclusive rights granted to Michigan Business Farming.

Washington, .D. .C., June 28.—-Last

bulletin gave forecasts of disturbances *

to cross continent June 29 to July 2
and.July .4 to 8; warm waves June 28
to July 1 and July 3 to 7; cool waves
June 30 to July 4 and July 6 to 10.
These two disturbances will cover one
the year but we can not'now point
of the most severe storm periods of
out the locations where these danger-
ous Storms will strike. We have made

good progress in our efforts to work

out a method oflocating all weather
events but we are not quit efar enough
along to risk a forecast of locations.
This is our last warning of this dan-
gerOUS storm period and all we can
do is to advise all to be on the alert
from July 2 to 12. ,

We are expecting a low, or storm
center, to cross the continent, from
the Paciﬁc to the Atlantic, from Julv
4 to 8 and another from June 28 to
July~2, and every one should watch
the location‘ of these storm centers.
The dangerous parts of the storms will
all the time be from one to ﬁve hun—
dred miles southeast of the center of
the lows.

If the hurricane, as is expected.
organizes eastward of the Windward
islands near July 4 then all who‘are
interested in such storms on the_.Car—
ribean seat and Gulf of Mexico will
need to watch that hurricane for ten
days as it will‘require that long be—
fore it leaves Our coasts. In case the

hurricane organizes then, our middle

“northwest shouldexpect an unusual-

ly low... temperature cool wave, possi-
bly gorng to,the frost. line in the ex—
treme northwest. f '

'L‘Should ternadoes occur with this

4 disturbance they~may be expected in
Vibe, Mississippi ‘vallexsbetween 40 and

5 2‘“ nor-tn ’Jatitudﬁs. Tornadoes

11y, come

from . the“ sgnthwasr rand

' I 1.11?

Excessively heavy rains, cloud—bursts
and hail indicate tornado forces. If
we ..had control of these storms, we
would have them strike some sandy
desert.

The last disturbance of this great
storm period will reach Pacific coast
about July 9, cross Paciﬁc slope by
crdse of 10, great central valleys 11
to 13, eastern sections 14. Warm
wave will cross Paciﬁc slepe about
July 9, great central valleys ll, east~
ern sections 13. Cool wave will cross
Paciﬁc slope about July 12. great cen—
tral valleys 14, eastern sections 16.

Previous remarks will aDDlv to this
disturbance till about the time it
crosses meridian 90 on July 12. After
that the storm forces are expected to
weaken and be less dangerous. The
five days centering on that disturb—
ance are expected to average the high—
est temperatures of the summer.

‘The week centering on July 16 will
probably be the week of least danger
from storms, but the month of lulv
will probably make a record of ex-
tremes for radical weather events.
Some very heavy rains are expected
and some unusually severe droughts
but these are so mixed up that. we
can not locate them.

Our advice to producers is not to
sell oats nor cotton. Corn and wheat
are guesses, but if we had them in
possession we would keep them. The
spring wheat crop will
prices of wheat.

The next dangerous storm period
will cover July 20 to 30. It is not
reckoned as great compared with the
most dangerous storms of the year
but no risks should be taken during

' those eleven days. .

Many thanks to generous friends of
my Weather work who pressed my

4'iiame for Consideration for appoint—
ment as chief of the United States,
*Weather Bureau.

For ample reasons
ﬁnd the. Sacretaty of A '
r. . 4,

- a

determine .

,, $7

. 4 . Eda—Gnunmn
Large. fresh '
Medium. fresh

a.‘

The Detroit market experience

one or .two days on which re

ceipts were plenty heavy enoug‘
to take care of the local demand, b
generally speaking, the poultry Situa
tion is of very ﬁrm tone, not, enough
coming from the state to take ca
of local consumption; not as man
cars have been imported as a few
weeks back. The weather is gettin
warm so that a curtailment of con
sumption is being experienced; fruits
etc., are taking the place of mean“
along many lines at this time. _ How
ever, the poultry situation is ﬁrm. W
will see broilers go a little lower untt
they strike a normal level. Just wh'
they will be this season is- hard
dope out at the moment, but we thi‘
around 24c. .' ‘

‘1
Gentile-I4 ..... .

....’.-...£.skrsa .,

 

 

 

 

POULTRY—DETROIT
MARKET.
No. 1 Turkeys
No. 2 Turkeys
No. 1 Spring Chickens”;
No. 2 Spring Chickens...
No.
No.
No.
No.
Broilers .
POULTRY—CHICAG
MARKET.
No. l Turkeys
No. 2 Turkeys
No. 1 Spring Chickens ...........
No. 2 Spring Chickens ...........
No.
No.
No. .
No. .15
'Note—A wire from any of our readers
Will bring last minute quotations. Use
care_1n making shipments and be'sure the
consrgnee is ﬁnancially responsible.

LIVE STOCK

Cattle—Detroit.

The receipts of cattle on the De-
troit market up to Friday night shows.
1,868 against 1,387 last week. ‘Even V
on basis of this increase of. around."
500 head, the market got along in-
fairlytgood shape, practically every-
thing in all claSses of dry-fed and ‘
grass-fed steers and heifers going‘at
close to last week’s quotations. Quite
satisfactory was trading all around, "
with the tone to the situation show-1
ing real ﬁrm. 3

Choice dry-fed steers and heifers
were going at $8.00 to $8.50; a good ,
well turned sort weighing around 800 ,
to 1,000 lbs, $7.75 to $8.00; best grass.
fed stuff, 800 to 1,000 lbs., $7.25 to.
$7.75; in weights around 500 to 7H’
lbs, $5.75 to $7.00. There was a fair—.
ly good quota of choice fat cows ..
which were going at $6.25 to $6.50: a":
more common kind $5.50 to $6.51);
grade below $5.00 to $5.25. 'Mo‘st
everything in the canner departme
landed around $3.50 to $4.25: ch 1
heavy bulls found ready sale at $6.43-
to $7.00; a good bologna sort $6.25

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_ $6.50; stock bulls $5.00 to $6.00. Th

was a fairly good run of choice fe'
mg steers in weights around 800
1.000 lbs., which went readilv‘ at>$7g4
to $7.25; fair feeding steers. the sa‘
weights, $6.75 to $7.00; choice» stu"
ers weighing 500 to 700 lbs..;
bringing $6.25 to $6.90; fair st,
same weight, $6.00 to $6.50; good; "
heifers $5.00 to $5.75; ,large‘f ,
$60.00 to $75.00; a morecomrnj
$35.00 to $50.00. : -

The receipts. of veal c 2
week show 1274 againS
The market runs along

satisfactory. too being,

ith 1 the-j range . frog! t

 


 

 

prices and. bulk of native beef cat- I

ere 11131 .week, quotations for carload

Extreme Bulk of
Rang Sales
' .18 276 $7. 40@98. 20 8. 10@8. 75
,_ e 17. 4,097 7.508@. . .
1141: 18. .20,640 7.50@9. 15
June 19. 8,017 7.35@8.9S
2 .. 1,749 7.2 2.5@870‘
72 25@9.20
7.25@9.00
7. 15@8. 90 @.
6..20@950 7.2.5@910

ewhat gloomy condition over-
.he cattle situation in Chicago
at week It is understood that
ther existing over a consider-
rtion of Illinois, Missouri and
ts, of Iowa contributes to this
.iquidation of immature steers
pasture, as well as rising corn
brought steer trade this week
"state of gloom. This was in
contrast to the situation that
" last week and the week pre-
011 Monday the market got a
‘11 start at higher prices but very
ky the same broke and continued
Ireaking nature to the ﬁnish.
‘ rates for the week were down
to“40c from Monday; the bulk of
n fair and good steers showing

of 25 to 40c.
is Week’s run was 53,000 against
ISO-last week and 52,865 a year ago.
savs City and St. ’Louis had very

ers declare that this stuff. still
ngs its relative value, since it is
‘ sing out much poorer than well-
n tioned steers. It is very much
Lghe weather; if the same con-

1, , On the other hand anything
umsg' green pastures will put a
Ion shipments and a tendency

* Last Monday experienced the
st market since April, at which
top of $9.20 was made. This
c below the high spot a year
-.A .big quota of choice yearling
avy steers sold early this week
to $8. 80; a few prime yearlings
9:00. The mid- week top was
$9.15. Killers have had a lot
e'lof plain kind down to $7.75

n prices and oversupply of stuff
at trade. Numerous poor light

 

, ,. TTLE—cHICAGo STOCK
. YARDS

eers, good to prime
. y ................... $8 .75@ 9. 00-
iteers, medium to good. 7. 90@ 8 50
7 eers, common to fair. . 7. 00@ 7. 90
. COWS.c common to selected 5. 00@ 7.50
fers, good to choice. . 6.00@ 8.40
s and cutters ......... 3.60@ 4.85

o prime veals ......... 5.00 10.35
............. 5.25 7.25

‘11.

 

Cattle—Buffalo.
alo Monday’s run of cattle was
, est of the summer 210 loads
0 head. About ﬁftv cars of
st,eers kinds wanted by east-
ers and these sold at steady
ith last week. too steers bring-
-‘$8.90@9.00, included in these
2: someMichigan steers that
avy and branded. Steers
11g around and less than twelve
ml and handier kinds ruled gen—
' dime to ﬁfteen lower, top
‘ steers selling from $8. 30@
108115 of yearlings brought
t cows and heifers generallv
5@50c under last _,week

about steady prices, but the gr y ..
. grades were mostly 25@35c under first

week. Supply .of twenty loads of
fresh cows and springers
large for the day’s needs and buyers
succeeded in buyingsthes’e $5.00 per
head generally lower, straight top

loads bringing from $63. 00@65.00 per ,

head, with individual milchers and
springers that were fancy, bringing
more money.- Good weight steers were

. cleaned up by nine o’clock, but some

of the common grassy stuff was slow
in ﬁnding outlet. At the close, how-

ever, a practical clearance was had.

‘1».

 

CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Good to choice heavy steers $8. 35@$8. 75
Medium to fair heavy steers. 8.10@ 8.25
Handy weight butchering

’ steers ........ . ......... 7. 50@ 8 50
Yearlings . ‘ 7. 50@ 8. 75
Fat heifers, inferio rto choice 6. 00@ 8. 00
Fat cows. medium to choice 4. 50@ 7 50
Canners and cutters ......... 3. 75@ 4. 50
Bulls- .............. - ....... 600@ 775
Stockers and feeders......./.. 6. 00@ 7. 75
Milchers and springers ...... 35. 00@100. 00

 

 

 

’ Calves—Buffalo.

Receipts for the Opening day of the
week were 1,600 head. Demand for
all kinds was liberal and a good active
trade was had right from the start
prices ruling full steady, compared
with last week’s close. Best veals
sold at $10.25 and $10.50, bulk $10.50,
fair grades ranged from $9.50 to $10,
culls went from $9.00 down and grass—
ers5 showed a spread of from $5.00 to
$6. 0.

 

Calf Quotations.

Calves, choice to extra ..... $10. 25@$10. 50
Fair to good

Culls and common .........

Light thin

Fed Calves

 

 

Hogs—Detroit.

The receipts of hogs for the week“

show 6,989 against 6,265 last week.
The run was of a fairly satisfactory
nature, with bidding freely indulged
in and the tone to the situation all—
around quite satisfactory. The result
of the week’s trading, however, cen—
ters around about 10 to 15¢ under last
week’s close.

 

HOGS—DETRO IT MARKET.

,Fair to choice butchers ...... $8. 70 _
Lightweights . .
Boars, according to weight.

Pigs . .
Stags ...................... One-7third off

 

 

Hogs—Chicago.
Chicago daily lrange of hog values, top ﬁg-
ures for carload lots.
Mixed

Packing
Medium

Heavy Light
Packing Packing
and Selected and Selected
and Butcheis, Shipping, Ship pping,
l95@2551b. 255@4001b 135@l95 lb.

..88. 50@8 95 $8 35@8 90 $8 65@9 00
.. 8.40((i8.90 8.25@8.85 8.55@8.95
. 8.30@8.75 8.15@8. 70 8.45@8.75

.0@8. 62% 8 0 (178.57} 8. 35@8. 62%

June 14
June
June
June
June
June
June 31 8. 50@8 80

.2
1912 . . .;$7.25@7.65
5

 

1911 . 8 6.10@6.60
1910 .
1909 .
1908 .
*37 head, averaging 197 lbs. , sold at $8. 82%.
A report from Chicago dated June
16th shows that 1,500 hogs were IOSt
on account of heat conditions. This
represents a monetary loss of around
$30,.000 The direct cause of this is
attributed to overcrowding cars. The
report goes on to show that dead
hogs in hundreds were strewn along
unloading chutes at the stock yards.

Excessive heat in transit smothering

the animals; was the cause; outed
' tit ‘b ' h"

W35. 1:00. '

age sales esta

Salés were largely 151; lower t
Saturday, although the top ,
about 20c. Pigs were 10c higher than
a week ago. The estimated average

weight of hogs this week 239 lbs., or-

9 lbs. lighter than last week;- 3 lbs.

heavier than the same week laSt year,.

and 5 lbs. heavier than the corre~
Spending week two years ago. " "

 

HOGS—CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.‘

Mixed packing. . . . ......... $8. 40
Medium and butchers ........ .07
Poor to good heavy packing 8.25
Lightweights . .55
Selected 260-300 lb. packers”

Pigs and throw-outs. . . . . . . . .

$8. 70
.7

,8 so

a 77

8.95
, 9.15

 

 

 

' 1
Hogs—Buffalo. .

All marketing points showed a‘
rather heavy run of hogs Monday and
prices Were lower, decline. at Buffalo,
on the best grades, amounting to
about a dime, pigs, for which ‘there
was a liberal demand, selling steady.
One of the big local packers paid
$9.05 for a load or two of good mixed
hogs, quality of which was a little bet-
ter than the ordinary but the great
bulk of the offerings that carried
weight sold on a basis of $9.00 Good
weight yorkers landed in the same
notch as the better weight grades
top for these being $9.05 with the
bulk moving at $9.00 and lights and
pigs sold mostly at $9.10. Roughs
5725 generally and Stags $6.50 to

HOGS—BUFFALO STOCK~
YARDS.

Extreme heavies, 280 up ...... $8. 95@89. 00
Heavies, 240 to 280 ........ 8. 95@ 9.00
Mediums, 220 to 240 ......... 9.10@ 9.15
Mediums, 190 to 220. ..... 8.95@ 9.00
Mixed. 180 to 220 .......... 9.00@ 9.05
Yonkers, 150 to 170 .......... 9. 20@ 9.25

do 120 to 150 ......... 9.25@ 925
Pigs, 120 downs ............. 9. 20@ 9. 25
Heavy ends ................ 8. 75@ 9. 00
Roughs . ................... 7.75@ 7.80
Stags . ..................... 6.00@ 7.25

 

 

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Detroit.

There 15 but little real change in the 0

sheep and lamb department over our
report as given out in last week’s
issue. The tOp set at that time was
around $7.25, while an occasional
bunch brought $7. 50 this week. We
do not feel, however, that there is any
particular change in the real situation.
The receipts for the week show 2,372
against 2,616 last. The very top for
best spring lambs was $7.50 to $8.;00
a more fair sort $5.00 to $650; light
and common lambs $4.50 to $500.
Yearlings hung right around $5.50 to
$6.50, with fair to good sheep going
at $3 75 to $4.25; culls $2. 25 to $3.00.

 

SHEEP—DETROIT STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs, good to choice ....... $7. 50@$8. 00
Lambs, fair to good ......... 4. 50@ 6 50
Mixed sheep 3. 75 4.25
Cull sheep ....... . .......... 2.00 3. 00
Yearlings . .................. 5. 50@ 6 50

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Chicago.

Top prices and the range for bulk of sales
of sheep and lambs:

 

111‘ (1 buyers to ire

a; .
‘ control of“ the situation, With

3.139918. fdrced to‘ make 'conc
against their wills. . The indi
Qt backers brought about th
of affairs. The general 9',"
good but many offerings we
weighty for most7buyers
competition was lacking entir 1y
fat grades. Packers liad thing
own way an were list ess
during most ses ions. The inquiry: '
feeding stock "was somewhat limit ,
sales looked weak. The break in price
will prdbably. check the suppiy amd
next Week mOSt traders ant1c1pate
‘ smaller receipts. ‘

Fresh declines folloWed- each othr
every day 111 the spring lamb divisio,
closing prices were the lowest of
week. Some sales showed $1.75 to
$2.00 decline from the high spot of
last week. Sellers continued to make
efforts to check ’the raid on prices but
not until Friday did they stop the
doWnyvard trend of values. City butch-
ers did sOme purchasing but eastern
shippers did nothing. Sellers were.
compelled to.go to local packers with
bulk of their offerings. They usually
met a cold reception. Packers had
several thousand head of springers di- ,
rect each day from Louisville at which
point the run was the heaviest of the
season. Western aged arrivals t0pped
at $7.50, the ﬁrst half of the week,
later $6.75 would stop prime stuff at
the ﬁnish, very little selling higher
than $6.50. Natives topped at $7. 25,
with some prime Ones going at $6751
to $7.00 Feeders paid $5.00 to 5.40Q
for some slim ﬁnished wethers. ~

 

SHEEP—CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs, choice to extra... ..... $7. 00@$7. 25.
Lambs, fair to good ......... 6.50 7.00
Lambs. cull to common ...... 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 “Shorn.” ,

 

Sheep and Lambs—Buffalo.

Twenty—ﬁve cars of fresh‘and seven
loads of hoeldovers—6.400 head all
told, comprised Monday’s receipts.
The trade at all marketing points the
past week has been demoralized and
today, under a very light demandt’con-
ditions were even worse, lambs‘show-
ing a further decline of from twenty-
ﬁve to ﬁfty cents frOm last week’s
close, while all kinds of sheep, were
dull and weak. Best springers sold
today at $7.00 and $7.25, with cull to
fair kinds ranging from $5.00 to $6.75
and the top for yearlings was $6.25.

 

SHEEP—BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Spring lambs, choice .1 ....... $7. 00@$7. 25'
Spring lambs, cull to fair ..... 5. 00@ 6. 75
Yearling lambs, choice ...... 5..
Yearling lambs, cull to fair.

Wethers . ....... ............

gixed. sheep . .. '

Cull sheep 2.00
Bucks . 2.50

 

 

 

MICHIGANBUSINESS FARMING, 95 WEST FoRT ST.,
DETROIT, MICH. ‘

_ Dear Sirs:—-In enclose ﬁfty cents (50c) (or within . . . . . . . . . . .
. I will send you 5°C), for which start the “pink-sheet” coming for one
year, beginning with the next issue. ,

To

days .

 

