biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.

Wheat values in the United States show an advance
on the week. At New York on Saturday quotations
were as follows: Spring wheat, 28s. Bd.; red winter
on spot, 295. 10d., September nominal, October,
295. 70., November, 30s. 2d., extra State flour,
13s 60. to 14s. 40., maize, 20s. 4d. per 4801 b., f.o.b.
As compared with the rates current in the correspond-
ing day of the previous week, these quotations show
an advance of 4d, on spring wheat, 6d. on spot winter,
7d. on October, and 60. on November; 20. advance
on flour; and 11d, decline on maize. The visible
supply of wheat on Friday stood at 22,300,000 bushels,
showing an incresse of 2,200,000 bushels on the week;
that of maize stood at 5,400,080 bushels, showing an
increase of 300,080 bushels on the week. The export
clearances for Europe have been 141,250 qrs. of
wheat and 31,250 qrs. of maize. A telegram from
Calcutta, dated Friday, states that the rainfall
at Bombay since the beginning of the season
has been 74in. At Calcutta it amounted to 54in.
Drought still continues in Mysore, Bellary, and parts
of the Deccan and Bengal, and the crops have been
severely damaged. In the north-west provinces,
Oude, the Punjaub, Central India, and Burmah pros-
pects are good. Postal acivices from New Zealand
are to the effect that there were on August 16 very
few good barleys or good heavy oats in the colony,
and none beyond the local consumptive demand.
Frosts had been unusually severe, and were taken as
being likely to prove a benefit to the growing wheat
crop rather than otherwise. In Denmark the harvest
has been finished tarlier than usual on account of the
dry and hot weathet. The condition of the grain is
good all round, but the yield is not particularly heavy.
The barleys are rather steady, and though dry they
are not even in colour. Oats are very good and dry.
In France the month has been favourable for autumn
cultivation to the potato crop, and for the harvesting
of the buckwheat crop. Markets remain practically
without change.—Mark-lane Express.