, 1874-01-05

I
400 bu No. spring at e1.2lH; 1900 bu Do At
| bu do at s1.1915; 5000 bu do at S1:l9H 2.B0o
| 1u do At at.19; 1880 bu do at 9l.1s59; l2,900
% i 500 9u 3 do at SliS
t bu do at el.134; 400 bu No. spr'us at Sll514i
| 1000 bu do at S1.1514 $500 bu do st $l.l5 :
800 bn do at S1.14224; 1000 bu 90 At Sl;1417 ;
! 500 bu rejected spring at Slut 1,MW bu bY
sample at l.23 delivered: Iotal' la:ooo nu- L.,
| higher though our receipts we're again more lib
| erAl than the recent average, and Liverpool was
reported With downward tendency. There was
scarcely any demand for cash corn. and but few
lots changed hands. High mixed was at d very
slight premium. The demand for options was
rather light. but offerings were comparatively
few; hence small aggregate OF trading. The
bad weather WAS generally regarded IS tAreate1-
ing to reduce the volume OF supplies, and tho
prospect OF receiving much corn at present Is
rather dubious, as soc PET bu is the ruling price on
track in Southern Illinois; hence they cannot
afford to send it here to sell at SIC. Seller Feb
ruary sold at 55c. declined to 54s4c, and advanced
tc 5511Sc, closing at 55GD55Hc: Seller the month,
@54c Seller May sold At 6oH@6U54c, closing
With the outside bid. New No. 9 sold ut Soc.
Rejected closed at SIC for old. and ACC for new.
Cash gales were reported OF 1,200 bu high
mixed At $3.50; 5000 bu No. Eat Ste; 5000 lu
do a. 533ic i4,33o bu do at $500 14.Uo0 bu co
at 531 NC; 2 l0U bu now At Soc 41o bu rejected at
52o 2. 800 bu do ut IL }9c; 1.200 ba new do ct
46c 4, 800 bu do q. 45c /; 1900 bu do at 43c.
Total, st, 400 hu.
Oats we.e quiet and shade easier, but verv
stealy. The1e WAS a moderl.e demand, but
buyers wanted lower prices, az the recelpLs were
l2:ser while holders Mele not Inclined to reduce
quotations, in view OF q reported tlrtner feei1rg
in New Y.rS. Seller the month, or Cash No. 2,
sold at S39S @s319c, and seller February at 9o1s
@9o1Gc, both closing steady. Nothing was doing
il May; it was nominal q. 43tIc. Cash rales
were reported OF 15 100 bu No. z at 33Lc; Z, 400
bu do at 335t4c; GOO tu No. white at 33s9c;
1900 bu rejected AZ Sac; 600 b, by sample at
43:. freq on cars; GOO Lu do ~ 41I1c, delivered.
Total, $500 bu.
Rye was Qutet. aud Lic lower, owing to slight
increase in tho receipts; cloanS a. I6]4c Tor
No. 2. Cash sales we're 400 bu No. 2 a. TIC;
aid 5000 bu do at 1890. Rejected Was nominal
Barley Was less active, and Irregular. No. 9
was MISUNDERSTANDING. There wcro run,ors
tas S1.45 was bid Tor 10000 bu, but the only
sac reported WAS at 81 ~. which WAS 1c lover.
NO. was in good sh.ppins damaad, mud adyanc-
ed SC. opeui''; at Ii tyr 20 storage lots, anu
fssns eesl was n also a: nsl c1,s fia ca as 1es
Cash sales wero reported Of 40 bu No. 2 at
Sl.42; 1870 bu No. J fresh at 5l.l8; 5000 bu
do at SLIT; soD bu do ut 5l.19; 4o3 bn do at
31.l5; 400 bu do regular at Sl.14 1000 bu re-
jectei at s1.u3; 400 tu do at $l.o!4: 2,soo bn
sample at 3l.25; 400 bu do at 51.n0; 1900 bu do
at sl.l5; 49o bu do a. S1.l0, on track; 500 bu
do at SI.0o delivered. Total $4,000 bu.
EUROPEAN MARKETS..
Tho following dispatches wero received on
Change to-day: :
JAS 3-Loxoos-Carsoes of coast. Wheat, up.
ward tendency. Coru steady. d3oa cars Us No. 2
spring waest of coast, els. L1vERrooL-Wneat
quet. Corn. downward tcnicn~y, 37- ol. Socks Of
bre4lstuHs in Loudon-Faour, oaoo30 to 25oo3o brls:
whcst 10000 to 0oo qrs; corn, under 50 oa3 1rs
17oooo brs wheat. 1871 to 10000 qEs corn, oooao
63.0Uu grf.
L1vER1 oo1. Jan. 3-1l:3o a. nn.-Flour, 2sae3s Gd
Winter wneA 1as l@l.s 81: spring. IL 3I1a1 10 !;
waite. 13s 7d@lJs LID; Club 14sGlIs II. Corn, 37s
8I. Pork, 61s Lard, 4cs 6I
LATER p. u.-Psrk, 653. Rest unchanged.
LArEn3 p. m.-Gra!n in stare-WneAt, 1G7, ,003
qrs; corn, $1,000 qrs aour, 5000 brls and a',os
sacks.
CROPS OF 1878.
Tile St. Louis Democrat of the LIST inst. gives
the followin. official statement OF the produc-
ton OF coru aud wheat il tue Mississippi Valley.
compiled by MIR. Dodge, the statisti:ian OF eae
National Agricultural! Bureau: