Market declines for corn and wheat in heavy trade
Heavy selling by leading firms pushed corn prices down with a net decline of 4 to 3 cents. Argentine corn shipments of nearly 1,000,000 bushels were reported for arrival in the United States, while cash demand failed to follow the recent bulge. Wheat weakened in sympathy, with July futures leading the downturn as the market remained soft.
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Chicago
New York
Omaha
Cables
Wheat and Cotton Trade Patterns in New York and New Orleans
Wheat futures rallied after buying earlier losses as bears in oats pressed prices while hog futures saw moderate drops. New Orleans cotton opened higher on Census Bureau yield news, with gains fading later as profit taking and steady demand emerged. Liverpool cotton opened lower before mild declines persisted.
New York Cotton Opens Higher With Market Rally
The New York cotton market opened March 20 with gains of 15 points on March and 5 to 9 points on later positions. Old crop months rose 16 to 22 points briefly before easing 4 to 5 points as stop orders remained uncovin. The census report on ginning proved a factor in early trading.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Census Bureau
Ce Pte Ete Eees
New York
Liverpool
Fertilizer Profits for Georgia Farmers Detailed
Georgia farmers spend about 1.2 million tons of commercial fertilizers annually, worth 25 to 30 million dollars, and estimates say this raises cotton and corn values by about 100 million. For each dollar spent, farmers gain 3.60 dollars in crops, a net profit of 2.60. Railroads are moving heavy fertilizer shipments within sixty days to meet planting season before May 15. News on fertilizers remains of wide interest to farmers and business people amid a potash shortage at Savannah and Charleston centers.
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Georgia
Savannah
Charleston
Atlanta
New Orleans Cotton Explains Fertilizer Price Link
The Constitution re prints a note linking sea storms to fertilizer costs. Delays of 4000 and 4500 ton cargoes of potash aboard the Charles Signe and Locksley at the Azores push mulch and kainit prices up. Georgia sees no rise yet due to on hand stocks but warns of possible future increases as shortages bite.
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Alabama
Georgia
Charles Signe
Charleston
Locksley
Savannah
Azores
Atlanta Weather Cleared For Saturday After Cold Wave
Special Weather Report notes rain moved northeast to the mid Atlantic, ending in Atlanta where rain ends and fair weather Saturday returns. Cloudy cotton belt conditions shift to clearing as a strong cold wave spreads from the northwest with Atlanta at 32 degrees and other cities lower. Co F von Herrmann signs off.
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Middle Atlantic
Georgia
Atlanta
Cotton Belt
Knoxville
Asheville
Pittsburgh
Nashville
St. Louis
Duluth
Co. F. von Herrmann
1913 cotton crop among largest in the South's history
Washington reports the 1913 U S cotton crop as highly valuable and among the largest. It totals about 7.39 billion pounds of lint and linters, with value estimated around 1 billion dollars, amid official revisions and state-by-state production figures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Census
United States
Census Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Bureau Census
William J. Harris
Sea Island
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
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