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THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



COMMEECIAL. 



Springfield Market. 



Otnoi o? THE IiiiNois Farmzr, 1 

 ' April 3, 1867. J 



AU kinds of marketing is indemand. 

 FLOUR— £xti» white, $6 60; superfine $6; common $5 60. 

 WHEAT— Sales Red at $1 to 1 60@1 15 fi bu. 

 CORN— Sales at 30@3S cts. %( bn. 

 OATS — Sales at 40 cts. bu. 

 HXDES— Dry flint 16<§>18c cts. f) Si. 

 BAAN— 10 ct8.fi bu. 



S HORTS— 15 cte. f» bn. ' 



CHICKENS— $1 50 ^ doi. 

 TURKEYS— 7 @8 cts. ^ ft. » 

 ONIONS— $3 ^ bu. 

 POTATOES— $1 @1 50 fi bn. 

 APPLES— Green, $1 25@1 60; Dry $2 50(3l$3. 

 BUTTER— 20@25 cts. ^ ft. 

 CHEESE— 12>^@15 cts. ^ ft. 

 EGGS— 10 ©V^i^cte.^doz. 

 HAY— $20 fi ton. 

 CORN MEAI,— 60c.fi bn. 

 HAMS— Smoked 10@12J^c ^ ft. 

 MOLASSES— Plantation 90c. ^ gal. 

 S. H. SYRUP— $1 ^ gal. 

 GOLDEN SYRUP— $1 20@1 25. 

 SUGAR— Brown.l2@Uc %i lb. 

 TALLOW--9@l6c %i lb. 

 BACON SHOULDERS— «®»C. 

 SIDE MEAT— 10c « lb. 

 LARD— 12@15c. 

 BEANS— 2 25®2 50 per bush. 



OOITEE— Rio U@16}^c li ft; Java 8@20c. • 



RICE— 10c. 



CLOVER SEED— $10 per bn; Timothy, $3V<@4. ; 

 CANDLES— Tallow 15; Star 30c per ft. . jfe^.>- 



St. I<oui8 Market. April 1. 



New Orleans dispatch*>B, of the 27 th, quote prime fellow 



at $5 50; 248 bbls extra, on its merits at $6 20. Yesterday 

 1,000 bbls city at $5 76, 30 days. 



Wheat — SalPB to-day 1,260 bags spring in lota at $CI®1 05; 

 small lot mixed at$l i2i^; 143 bags fair red at $1 13; 357 bags 

 good red at $1 17 @1 18; 80 bags white at $1 18; 120 bags 

 prime red at $1 20; 118 bags prime and choice red at $1 22@ 

 1 25 Also including bags, 121 bags prime spring at $1 25, 

 and 480 bags choice white at $1 45. 



Corn — Inactiye, though firmer, and without change. Sales 

 4S3 bags mixed at 46c; 766 bags prime yellow and wliite at 

 48c; 1,285 do do at 49c; 1,500 bags prime old do at 60c; 730 

 bags white in lots at SOc, including gunnies. 



Oats— Firm and higher. Sales 50O bags at 6l@61J^ 400 

 bags at 62c; 1,600 and 1,700 bags at private terms. 



Rye — Steady. Sales 140 bags at 90@9d, in bags, and 60 

 bags without bags. 



Pork — No sale cf mess— ^held at $22 and dull. 



Cut Meat- 4,000 shoulders and 4.000 hams in bulk, at Bur- 

 lington, Iowa, sold at 8 and Q^/^o. 



Bacon — Sides scarce and buoj'ant; joints doll. Sale 40ckB 

 shoulders at 9%; 46 do at 9c; 3 do clear sides at llj^ 4 do at 

 12c and 7 do rib sides at lie. Also, 60 tcs Sanford iSc Crane's 

 celebrated canvassed sugar cured hams at 13c. 



L'ird-31 tcs No. 1 sold at 12}4c. 



Whisky— U. settled. Sales 86 bbls at 25c: 85 bbls at 25>^c, 

 and 90 bbls in lots at 26c — all cash — but 25}^c is about the 

 current rate. 



Salt — Sales 2,200 bags coarse Liverpool at 1 10, and 3,000 

 bags at 1 06. 



Seed — 57 bags clover sold at 6 26; 25 bbls, 32 bags private. 



Fruit— Sales 69 sks dried apples at 2 55; 20 at 2 65, and 33 

 bags peaches at 3 25 fi bush. Apples 30 bbls prime Genitons 

 sold 3 76. 



Hides— Steady at22@22}^c. 



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Chicago Market—Marcli 28tta. 



FLOUR remains about as usual at this season of year, no 

 sale except for home consumption. The amount on hand in 

 store, is something less than 40,000 bbis. Good sping wheat 

 extra, can be had in quantity at $4.75 fi bbl . 



WHEAT— The market is but little chauged, neither dull 

 nor buoyant, though at least two or three cargoes, of spring, 

 might have been sold on 'change at about 90c on board, last of 

 April and Ist of May. One party time to buy some 12,000 

 bushels is new receipts of spring at 84c in store : a couple of 

 cars of spring brought 86e in store. 



CORN — The market is unchanged — firmer if anything. A 

 cargo sold at 50c on board last half July, payable on delivery, 

 and a few carloads went at 38c in store. 



OATS — Some sales at 36c to store— 40c to retail trade. 



PORE— A lot of 500 bbls mess and another of J20 bbls wld 

 at $22,50 fibW. ^^ . 



SEEDS — There is comparatively little in the market. CSo- 

 ver has advanced in Cincinnati to $7.75@$8, and is worth 

 nearly within a dollar of tdis in the Chicago market, Timothy 

 $2,75@2,87. 



HIDES remain firm. Some green sold et9@9J^c; and dry 

 flint at 19@20c, though these are extreme rates. 



BEEF CATTLE are in good demand; 12 head Sold ji^ $4,62 

 par 100 lbs gross, to go to Canada. Ibey ' Averaged aear 13, 

 000 lbs. 



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NEW YORK MARKET— MARCH 8Q. 



New York. March 30, 1 P. M.— Flour dull, prices drooping; 

 sales 6,000 bbls 5 65@5 75 for superfine State; 6 80@6 50 ex- 

 tra do; 5 C5@5 90 superfline w stern; 6@6 40 for extra do. 

 Market closing dull, tendency downwards, sales 860 bbls Can- 

 adian 7@7'40. Wheat market heavy, sales small, pAccelaat 

 1 41@1 45 for red southern and western, 1 68 white Cana- 

 dian. Rye heavy, sale of Jersey 84@86. Oats unchanged. 

 Fork, prime, better sales, 600 bbls 23 90 for mea^ 19 60 for 

 prime. Beef unchanged. Hogs quiet at 9^@10. Cut meats 

 and bacon steady, Lard firm, sales 300 bbls 14^^14^. 

 Whisky, sales 250 bbls ^6}^® 27. Stock active and tendency 

 up , money in brisk demand at 5c on ctdl; S'erling exchange 

 83^ per cent premium; Va sixes 92; Mo sixes 84; N Y C bonds 

 102; Erie 2d bonds 95^; Mo 3d bonds 92; Erie convertible 

 79^ Hudson first 97 1-2; C & RI106J6 I 0138. 



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Chicago Money Market—March '35. 



Since the issue of our circular of the 17th instaht, money 

 has been in increased demand, and bankers have n^t been 

 able to supply the demands of their customers, and many 

 parties arenow seeking discounts who are not usually on the 

 market as borrowers. 



The lumber dealers are generally very close, owing to the 

 large stocks held by them, and the great difficulty in making 

 ' sales and collections. 



Grain operators are quiet froin the uncertainty that exists 

 as to the rates that are to rule during the coming season, and 

 prefer to wait rather than enter into engagements at pre- 

 sent. They are not, therefore, in the market seeking to bor- 

 row. Merchants are now making preparations to meet their 

 paper, which Asually becomes due about the first of April 

 and May, but as sales have fallen very short lately, many of 

 them require some assistance from their bankers to carry 

 them over their heavy payments. 



Currency is very scarce with most of the bankers, aad t)tere 

 s but little sorting. 



PHILADBLPHIA WOOL MARKET— MARCH 21. 



Holders are very firm in their views, but with a reduced 

 stock in the hands of the dealers, and a limited demand ttom 

 manufacturers, the market has ruled very quiet this week, 

 and only about 65.000 fts pulled and fleece have been taken 

 in lots at folly former quotations. 



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BALTIMORE WOOL MARKET— MARCH 21. 

 l%e receipts of Wool this week reached in all to about 6,000 

 fts. Demand good, but prices have a slightly drooping ten- 

 dency. As soon as the new tariff comes into ^ect, prices 

 will of course decline. We however quote as before, viz:— 

 Unwashed 26@28 cents ; tub washed 35@39c; pulled 28@36c; 

 Fleece, conmion 83@35 cents; quarter blood 35@38c; half do, 

 36@40c; three quarters do 40@45c; full do 45@50c, and Saxon 

 60@56c. 



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Chicago Cattle Market— March 24. 



The range of price is $4@$5 gross; 30 head of heavy ones 

 sold Saturday at $6 to a Milwaulde buyer ; and 40 head, av- 

 eraging 1280 fts to a city butcher, at $5. 



Hogs of very heavy lots, or those weighing 250 fts and over, 

 would bring $6 50 gross, and ordinary Hogs are selling at 

 $6 25. It would be a very common article to run so low 

 as $6. 



Sheep are also in good demand at $5 gross. It would be a 

 very poor lot to sell so low as $4. 



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NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET— MARCH 25. 



The market for Beeves is dull, with a decline of J^c, chiefly 

 on the lower grades; receipts 290 head ; quotations are 8^ 

 to 9>^c for inferior, 11 to 11}^ for best quality, 12 to 13c for 

 premium Cattle. 



There was a tailing off in the supply of Sheep and Lambs, 

 but no improvement in prices, the market closing dull. Re- 

 ceipts 4,100 carcasses. 



In S\vine there is only a moderate supply, and priees are 

 unchanged. Receipts 3000 head. Quotations are 7^ to 8c. 



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