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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1911

Page

17

Country tradeand farming upbeat despite rains in Texas

Brisk country orders prep for Saturday trade as rains lift spirits and crops in San Antonio. Cotton prospects brighten while corn damaged but fodder ample. Banks extend lenient loans aiding farmers. orange and banana markets firm with higher prices. Texas peach crop tight. official tally under 100 carloads this year. orchard heaters cited as potential saver. Wanted country butter for carrot shipment Kansas City Produce Co. South Flores Street.

San Antonio Bexar County Kansas City Produce Co South Flores Street

Market prices for dairy eggs cheese and poultry

Price to shipper tess commission. Price to retailer. Butter per pound 25¢ country butter 12 15c. Eggs fresh country candled 13 16. Cheese fancy cream 18% sc fancy brick 20c American Swiss 24c imported Swiss 810 Limburger 20c Badger State 1 cc. Poultry large choice hens per dozen $6.00 medium hens per dozen $4 4.26 large springs per dozen $3.50 00 medium springs per dozen $2.50 2.75 small springs per dozen 2.00 2.26 guineas per dozen $3.25 8.60 ducks per dozen $6.00 6.50 squabs $1 1.25 turkeys per pound 1c.

Tess Commission Badger State

Chicago Produce Prices and Quotations Report

Chicago July 14 Associated Press reports dairy and dairy products steady with butter at 20 to 24 cents a pound and creameries 24c. Cheese flat with Daisy 13c Twins 12c Young Americas 13 ½c Long Horns 18c. Potatoes steady. Poultry live easy with turkeys 12c, fowls 12 ¼c, springs 18c. Cattle steady with weights 50 to 60 lb at 6? feet? 60 to 85 lb 10 to 12 ½c. 85 to 110 lb 11c.

Associated Press Chicago

Quotations today from New York markets

Associated Press reports mixed egg quotations in New York on July 14 with receipts of 12,135 cases. Fresh gathered eggs are poor at 8 1/2 cents, clean dirties No 111 at 12 cents, and dirties at 3 1/6 cents.

Associated Press New York

Quotations: Butter prices and stock values reported

Quotations list butter creamery at 23 cents, firsts 21 cents, seconds 19 cents with extras 19 cents and packing stock at 17 and a half cents, as reported from Kansas City on July 14 by the Associated Press.

Associated Press Kansas City

New Orleans Rice Market Gains on Clean Honduras Grades

The rice market in New Orleans on clean Honduras grades moved higher, led by strong demand for high grades. Rough Honduras held steady. receipts totaled 2266 sacks clean Honduras and 241 sacks rough Honduras priced around $22.75 and 5 16 3/tecs respectively, with 1040 sacks clean Honduras at the same level.

Associated Press Orleans Honduras Japan

Coffee futures close lower amid thin activity

New York July 14 The coffee futures market closed yesterday with a net decline of 2 to 6 points. Sales reached 33 750 bags. Rio No 7 quoted at 13 1/2 cents, San No 4 mild, Cordova at 14 1/2 to 16 cents nominal.

THE Associated Press New York Cordova

Sugar and Molasses Prices Reported by AP

Raw sugar firm Muscovado 89 test at 3.73 cents per pound. Centrifugal 96 test at 4.238 cents. Molasses sugar 89 test at 3.48 cents. Refined sugar steady.

THE Associated Press Muscovado

Unsettled Weather Forecast for San Antonio Area

July 14 forecast shows unsettled conditions for San Antonio and vicinity with showers tonight and Saturday. East Texas also faces unsettled weather and showers, while the middle Atlantic states deal with a slight low and cloudy conditions.

San Antonio Tex East Texas Middle Atlantic South Atlantic

Hogs Feature Stock Tale at Union Stock Yards

At Union Stock Yards on July 14 the weekend cattle trade was slow and featureless with nine cattle eight calves and 75 hogs listed. Buyers found little to purchase as supplies dwindled and only six bales were sold while cattle topped at 3.50 dollars and calves around 4 to 5 dollars for lights, hogs led with 6.50 dollars for select corn fed animals and common prices near 6.25 dollars. By noon the yards closed.

Union Stock Yards

Cattlemen Gather as Grayson County Faces Feed Shortage

E L Whitsett of Campbellton and S S Robinson of Stockdale among cattlemen visiting San Antonio venues. M Schwartz of Schulenburg reports a good cotton crop with continued dryness. Taylor Farmers Institute to elect delegates for state congress at College Station. Grayson County faces severe hay and forage shortages with hay at 17 dollars a ton and corn around 85 to 90 cents per bushel. Local cattlemen discuss stock peas as a late hay alternative. James P Petty of Martindale, known in cattle circles, registers at the Maverick for stock shipments.

M. Schwartz Schulenburg Bexar Taylor Farmers’ Institute State Farmers’ Congress College Station J. H. Russell Lawton Grayson County North Texas Denison Cattle Commission Oklahoma James P. Petty Martindale The Maverick Mr. Petty

Competitive Packers Boost Steer Values In Fort Worth

Fort Worth Texas July 14 receipts show 3000 cattle 1300 hogs with no sheep. Cattle demand fair to strong with steady to higher prices as beef cattle sold better than prior days. Calves steady though activity slow. hogs faced price cuts from Wednesday and outside buyers secured some lots at 3.50 to 4.50. Bulls and cows steady with small consignments. overall mix indicates firming on handy weight killing steers and prime fed steers reaching 5.70 in limited volume.

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex Cresson

Chicago Market Receipts Mixed as Cattle Hogs and Sheep Dip

Chicago reports include cattle receipts around 1500 with dull demand and assorted price ranges from beef to calves. hog receipts near 13,000 with prices about ten cents lower across light to heavy categories. sheep receipts near 14,000 with prices down 10 to 15 cents and varied by class and origin.

St Louis Livestock Market Summary July 14

Receipts total 8 thousands with cattle 500 including 100 Texans and sheep 3 500. Market remains steady with Native beef steers 4 50 to 6 75, cows and heifers 3 to 6 50, Texas steers 3 25 to 6, calves and hogs 4 60 to 6 75. Lambs 4 00 to 7 10, native muttons 3 25 to 4 25.

Associated Press ST. Louis Reese Texas Oklahoma

Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Market Report

Kansas City July 14 cattle receipts total 1000 including 800 southern cattle with markets steady. Native steers 4.80 to 6.75, southern steers 3.40 to 5.00, southern cows and heifers 2.50 to 4.00, native cows and heifers 3.25 to 6.50, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 6.86, bulls 2.75 to 4.50, calves 4.00 to 6.50, western steers 4.50 to 6.00, western cows 2.50 to 2.00. Hogs receipts not specified, market 10 cents lower, bulk sales 6.20 to 6.40, heavy not completed.

Associated Press Chicago Texas Kansas City

Opening Stock Market Mixed as Fertilizers Lead Gains

New York July 14 Slight advances led most stocks with Canadian Pacific Virginia-Carolina Chemical and American Cotton Oil rising while Union Pacific preferred gained one point. Fertilizer stocks led with sharp advances on short covering and crop prospects. Trading remained on a small scale with a firm tone. markets closed essentially steady.

New York American Smelting Erie Northern Pacific Union Pacific Canadian Pacific Virginia-Carolina Chemical American Cotton Oil Virginia Iron London Interborough Texas Amalgamated Copper Amer, Car and Foundry Amer Anacends, Mining Co Atchison Exdiv Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake and Ohio Chi N. W Ecene Mil St. P Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Tirle Ssece Sevces Hoabane Nor Illinois Central Interborough-Met Lewisville Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Tex National Biscuit New York Central Norfolk and Western Pacific Mail Pennsylvania Pullman Palace Car Rock Island Co Ec.ce Southern Pacific Southern Railway United States Steel Wabash Western Union Lehigh Valley Sanwnee Texas Company

Local Market Prices Run Quick Through Chickens and Creamery Goods

In St. Louis on July 14 the day’s market notes show chickens at 1 cent, springs at 14 to 16 cents, turkeys around 14 to 16 cents, creamery items steady with 20 Eyes at 9 to 12 cents. Prices appear tentative with mild fluctuations.

Associated Press ST. Louis Utter

Market Quotes and Lamb Prices Reported by Raisers

Market receipts list sheep and mutton prices with figures for yearlings and ewes. Numbers show prices around 6.50 to 6.85 for packs and related bids, with mutton rates near 3.60 for receipts of about 2000 head and other weights noted.

Cotton Market Opens Steady After Early Decline

New York opened with a 3.7 point drop on disappointing cables and rain in the western belt. By midmorning prices rallied to gains of 6 to 10 points, then eased but remained about steady near last night's close. Spot middling uplands quoted at 14.25 dollars.

New York Texas Southwest Cen Belt

Cotton futures open steady on New York market

New York cotton futures opened steady on July 14 with January at 12.67 68 cents, March 12.72 bid with 12.81 82, July 14 0 cents bid, August 13.71 72, October 12.71 72, December 12.68 70. Futures closed steady.

THE Associated Press New York Eee Mar Eree Eter T. Eter

New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Bears Trim Profits

New Orleans July cotton opened with a 2.7 point decline on poor cables and wet weather. Bearish sentiment persisted, but shorts covered as rains and boll weevil concerns grew. By noon active months traded 3 to 4 points above yesterday’s close, with August and new crop 8 to 9 points higher later.

Associated Press New Orleans Mississippi Valley

Paris Green Shortage Roils Texas Cotton Growers

Entomologist Scholl of the Texas Department of Agriculture warns a national Paris green shortage could cost Texas cotton raisers millions this year as the cotton leaf worm devastates south Texas crops. Northern dealers say orders cannot be filled before month’s end, forcing farmers to seek substitute sprays being developed.

Associated Press Austin Tex Texas Scholl State Department of Agriculture South Mr. Scholl

Cotton Prices Rally on Growing Texas Crop Hopes

Reports from Houston show 97 new bales today reaching 260 to date, with gins soon running full and picking widespread. Texas agriculture notes crop conditions above last year and rain needed in Carolina, Georgia, and Stamford wires hint bumper yields if rain arrives. Bullish rumors cite cut worm damage and Paris green shortages as supporting factors amid a wet forecast.

South Texas Mississippi Valley

Weather Outlook: Unsettled Showers Across West Texas

Forecast shows unsettled showers tonight into Saturday across West Texas and extending into Oklahoma and East Texas. Occasional rainbands may reduce visibility with scattered showers lasting through the weekend.

West Texas Oklahoma East Texas

Cotton Statistics Highlight Regional Stock Figures

Cotton data from Houston Texas and Memphis Tennessee show yesterday stock at 25 rules, with 214,518 stock this day compared to 213,375 a year ago. The deficit for the season stands at 29,334 units.

Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans market

New Orleans reports cotton futures opening steady with July at 14.45 52, August 13.54 656, September 12.76, October 12.61 62, December 12.60 61, January 12.656 66, and March 12.75 77.

Associated Press New Orleans

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Trading Activity July 14

Close cotton spot in fair demand with prices up 3 points. American middling fair at 8.30 and other grades listed. Total sales 8000 bales, including 7400 American. receipts 3000, no American. Futures opened quiet and closed steady with multiple forward months quoted.

Liverpool

Cotton seed market report from Memphis closes firm

Prime basis oil trades around 5.07 cents, meal at 25.75 dollars, linters 34 percent at 4360 in Memphis for the day.

THE Associated Press Memphis Tenn

New York Cotton Seed Oil Quotations Typed

July and August futures shown with limited figures and open rates, listing 0.5, 6.04 and 6.15 for certain months, reflecting market chatter in New York trading on July 14.

Leading Spot Markets Summary

Liverpool steady amid middling sales. New York quiet with 14.2 at New Orleans and a 14 percent figure. Houston steady and Galveston quiet with about 600 noted.

Liverpool New York New Orleans Houston Galveston

Cotton Market Steady In Memphis Trade

Memphis July 14 spot cotton remains steady at midling 14 1/2 cents as quotes hold on the daily market report.

Spot cotton steady as middling 14 3 4 cents

Houston July 14 Spot cotton closed steady at middling 14 3 4 cents in quiet market. Revised quotations show little change with futures steady and demand muted as growers monitor weather and crop conditions.

New Orleans Spot Cotton Steady As Sales Rise

Spot cotton in New Orleans on July 14 closed steady with 270 to arrive 300. Ordinary by 12 1/2 cents, good ordinary 13 7/16, low middling 14 1/2, strict low middling 14 1/2, middling 14, strict middling 14 7/8, middling fit 15 1/16, strict good middling 15 13/16, fair 16 1/2 cents. Receipts 148, stock 36,138.

Associated Press New Orleans

Metal market steady in St. Louis with gains

The metal market in St. Louis on July 14 held steady across all departments and recovered yesterday's losses. Lead rose 2.5 points to $4.40 and spelling advanced on sales to $5.80, signaling renewed strength in metals trading.

Associated Press ST. Louis

Cotton market report from New York on July 14

Spot cotton in New York on July 14 remains quiet with Middling uplands at 25 cents, middling gulf at 14.50, and sales totaling 6001 bales.

THE Associated Press New York

Wheat futures tumble as harvest moves surge in July market

Chicago July wheat falls over three cents as record harvest movement floods the market. Prices ease with July at 864 cents and September opening down before recovering, while corn strengthens on cash demand. Oats soften as grain sales pick up and pork futures edge lower on market action.

Chicago Stec

Daily Movement of Grain at Chicago

Chicago July 14 Receipts and shipments today were as follows. The item lists are unreadable in this fragment. No clear figures or entities can be identified from the surviving text.

Chicago

Wheat and corn receipts reported for Chicago market

The Associated Press reports on July 14 that Chicago market receipts totaled 496 cars of wheat including 455 contract grade, 118 cars of corn with 35 contract grade, and 91 cars of oats. Wheat receipts at Chicago, Minneapolis and Duluth for today were 66 cars, versus 314 last week and 208 on the same day a year ago.

Associated Press Chicago Chi Minneapolis Duluth

Chicago cash grain prices drift through July quotations

Chicago cash grain prices as of July show No 2 red wheat 84 to 86 cents with slight shifts, No 2 hard near $1.02 to $1.06, No 1 northern around $1.02, corn No 2 at 86 to 87 cents, No 2 white and No 2 yellow around 67 cents, oats No 2 at about 48 to 49 cents.

Associated Presb Chicago

Grain prices in Kansas City market report

Wheat fell 2 38c to 81 1 2 82c for No 2 hard and No 2 red. Corn held steady around 68 1 203 per bushel. White oats unchanged near 50c for No 2 white and 47 1 2 48c for No 2 mixed.

Associated Press Kansas City

Wheat and corn futures mixed on St. Louis board

In St Louis July wheat fell while corn rose with No 2 track red at 88 8-4, No 2 hard at 86 90. Oats declined with No 2 track 47c and No 2 white 49 1-2 to 50 1-2c. July wheat 83 7-8, Sept 41 2, Dec 88 7-8. Sept corn 67, Dec 64 3-4. Oats Sept 46 7-8, Dec 49 1-4.

Associated Press ST. Louis

New York Mercantile Market Report July 14

Close prime mercantile paper at 4 percent. Brokers' exchange steady with bankers' bills around 4.8460 for 60 day bills and 4.8625 for demand. Commercial bills at 4.84. Bar silver at 52 cents per ounce. Government and railroad bond markets steady. Money on call steady at 2 percent, closing bids and offers unchanged.

THE Associated Press New York Broking Exchange

Auto tire incident on Van Street reported today

An automobile tire located on Van Street near 12:30 PM today. No further details available about the vehicle or owner. Police and bystanders noted the tire in the roadway.

van St Fins ‘Auto Co

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