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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
3
Yesterday's market moved 41 loads, down 19 from the day prior. Corn sold at 62c, 61c, and 60c per bushel across multiple loads. oats brought 34c. Straw and hay sold at various ton prices, while hens and spring chicks dropped to 10.4c per unit.
Wheat prices fell on weaker export demand with a Dec close around 1.2154 and May near 1.234. Corn rose modestly while oats held mostly steady. Hog prices fell squeezing provisions, and beef and lard shipments remained strong amid large west slaughterings.
Wheat and corn prices across Chicago Kansas City St Louis Minneapolis Peoria New York Omaha and Liverpool on December 22 show No. 2 hard and red wheat trading around 1.12 to 1.26 dollars, No. 2 yellow corn near 66 to 69 cents, and oats mostly 38 to 44 cents per bushel, with varied bids for cash and futures.
Heavy trading on December 22 featured war class shares and mercantile marine issues leading gains. American Smelting rose 1.44 points to its highest price since 2008, with Anaconda and several metals firms up modestly. United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel moved on trade optimism, GM equity influenced by control changes, total sales reached 537000 shares.
Toledo Ohio December price list shows Clover Prime cash and December $12.10, February $12.45, March $12.25. Alsike Prime cash and December $10.35, February $10.45, March $10.65. Timothy Prime cash and December $3.80, February $3.85, March $3.90.
Hogs receipts in Chicago 66 000 weak with mixed and heavy prices around 6 dollars. cattle receipts 12 000 firm with native beef steers near 9 to 10 dollars and cows 2 85 to 8 40. sheep 12 000 steady with lambs 6 75 to 11 60. St Louis hogs 20 100. cattle 20 500. sheep 20 000 with varied but firm to higher values. Kansas City hogs 14 000 steady. cattle 2 500 steady. sheep 5 000 steady with lambs around 8 24 to 9 75. Omaha cattle 2 800 steady. hogs 18 000 lower. sheep 6 700 steady with lambs about 4 25 to 9 85. East St Louis hogs 19 500 market 10 cents higher. cattle 2 700 strong. sheep 1 500 steady.
Local market list shows prices for wheat at 1.10 per unit, flour at 6.40, corn 0.62, oats 0.30 and 3i, wheat straw 5.00 to 6.50, baled prairie hay 10.00 to 14.00, oats straw 6.00 to 6.50, shredded fodder 8.00, loose hay 9.00 to 14.00, Alsike clover seed 9.00 to 16.00, new clover hay 7.00 to 8.00, crab grass 7.50, clover hullings 10.00, baled straw 6.00 to 6.50, clover seed 7.50 to 9.00. Mill prices list high patent 6.40, straight patent 6.20, hard wheat 6.40, bran 23.00 per ton, shipstuff 31.00 per ton, corn meal 2.00 per 100 lbs, retail wheat 1.15, chop corn 1.65, graham 4.00 per cwt.
Chicago market notes show butter and eggs with mixed prices and unsettled receipts, including 23/73377 creamery butter and 1,560 cases of egg receipts. Other centers like New York and Kansas City report varied butter and egg values, while cherry poultry and cheese prices appear in multiple lines alongside government bond listings.
Wool pelts priced at 60 cents for 150 dollars, yearlings at 25 and 50 cents, lambs at 25 and 7 1/2 cents. Grading notes specify wool amount and quality. other figures list 18 3 1/2 cents.
Southern and eastern buyers attend the sale with promise of a strong week if horses arrive. France will pause buying until after the holidays, Italians remain active until December 28. Mules attract many buyers with fair disposal of good stock and a healthy market for better grades.
In St Louis on December 22 hay offerings of medium and common grades moved slowly on an easy market while high grades remained scarce but fair in demand. Prices shown include Clover No. 2 at 13.50, Timothy No. 3 at 10 and 11.50, No. 2 at 12.14, No. 1 at 16 1750, Clover No. 1 at 16, Alfalfa No. 2 at 13 and No. 1 at 17.50. Straw was scarce but quiet, and wheat traded around 6.50.
M A R Kelly of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture urges farmers to keep country roads in good condition to shed water. He advises against plowing or grading late in the season and promotes dragging along land to maintain ditches and smooth surfaces so snow can blow or melt and runoff.
The report lists choice hogs weighing 200 to 600 pounds at 6.20 to 6.40, 160 to 200 pounds at 5.90 to 6.30, 140 to 150 pounds at 5.85 to 6.10, 90 to 110 pounds at 4.80 to 5.05, and rough heavy hogs at 5.55 to 6.05.
Choice hogs at 200 to 250 pounds average 6.05 to 6.20 per unit. Hogs 160 to 175 pounds average 5,956.20. Hogs 140 to 160 pounds range 5.80 to 6.05. Rough heavy hogs priced 5.35 to 6.05. Pigs 90 to 125 pounds quoted 5.65 to 5.85.
Choice light hogs bring 5.30 to 6.05 per unit rough sows and stags 5.70 to 5.85 fat steers 5.06 to 6.00 fat heifers 5.30 to 6.00 cows 3.00 to 4.00 veal calves 6.00 to 5.00 bulls 3.06 to 4.00 spring lambs 6.00 to 7.00 sheep 3.00 to 4.00.
Market list from Bolles and Rogers shows prices for various hides and animal products. Includes No 1 cured hides at lic 14c for No 2 cured hides 14c, No 1 green hides 13c, No 2 green hides 12c, calf prices and kip prices, horse classes with values from 3.00 to 4.00, glue and pony at 109 7 150, and tallow and grease rates.
Chicago price notes show rye and barley values with nominal bids and ranges. Barley quotes cite 61 to 69 cents, while rye trades cite 86 to 91 cents per bushel in this market snapshot.
Miss Anna M. Day former Massachusetts General Hospital nurse will wed Dr. Percival B. Desmond of the English Red Cross on Christmas day in Stoke on Trent England. The couple met in war hospitals in France where Miss Day nursed Desmond after he was wounded.
An old style advertisement touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound as a inexpensive solution to fade gray hair. It claims natural color, lustre, and scalp benefits, available at drug stores for about 50 cents, with step by step application and fading gray in a few uses.
The Mercantile paper stands at 3 3/4 per cent. Time loans at 214 3 per cent. Call money fluctuates from 2 per cent high to 134 per cent low. Closing rate at 144 per cent.
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