Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-28

The Mark Lane EGpress IN its review
of British grain trade for the past week says:
A week of warm and sunny weather although
interrupted by intervals of incessant ram
Sunday and Sunday night, has done wonders
in maturing cereals. But the previous
damage cannot be obtained. An examination
of the wheat ears proves the plant has been
starved, not only by the ears which are short
and meagre, but many of them are barren at
the base and top. Neither wheat nor barley
will be ready to cut much before the end of
the month. Of barley there will probably be
better crop If fine weather continues, as de-
spite the gloomy anticipations it promises by
no means badly in some of the southern coun-
ties. Scotch advices of the condition of cereals
are on the whole favorable, but the lateness
of the season causes much anxiety. The smart
advance of wheat a month ago seems to have
quite expended its force, as enormous ship
ments from America and heavy arrivals have
quite upset the London trade during the past
week. The fine weather also, no doubt, had
marked effect in depressing prices. 1t was
manifestly impossible to make Roadway
against American shipments and values con-
sequently declined a shilling per quarter for
red, and fully two shillings for white on the
ortnight. The demand as usual at this sea-
of the year has been of merely a retail
nature. Feeding stuffs, however, have been
active, especially ma ze which sold freely and
rapidly at the advancing prices consequent
upon moderate supplies both in Liverpool
and in London, and the deplorable condition
of English p.tatoes, for which maize will have
to be used as o substitute. New mixed Ameri-
can maize has risen two shillings per quarter
ON the fortnight with very little offering.
Round corn has riZen almost equally. Barley,
oats, beans and peas have been in good request
| in London and the provinces at sixpenee to a
shilling per quarter advance on the fortnight.
At port of call during the week trade was quiet
for wheat off coast at a decline of about a
| shilling per quarter, with a fair demand at re-
auctions Arrivals were. moderate at the be-
7 ginning of the week. Maize advanced three
to six pence per quarter but since then it has
been quieter, and the improvement has been
lost. Buyers have been reluctant to operate
in forward wheat In consequence of large
shipments. advised by cable from America
| and the little business done has been at de
cline of sixpense per quarter. Maize for ship
meut shared the quiet feeling quoted for ar
rival cargoes. Barley improved sixpence pei
quarter. Sales of English wheat last week
were 1884 quarters at 49s 3D. per quarter
against, 262s4 quarters at AS I'd per quarter
for the same week last year. Imports into
the United Kingdom for the week ending
August 9th, 1,l91, 3.5 hundred weights of wheat
and 1S1, 179 hundred weights of -four. With {
continuance of fine weather in France there i.
reason to believe the total crop of wheat viii
exceed that of last year and afford farmers q
fair return. At Mark Lane Monday the sup
ply of English wheat was small and sales were
slow at about late rates. Foreign arrivals
were excessive and declined a shilling pc
quarter with fair demand at the reduction
| On the whole good deal of steadiness wa
observable as it was reported Sundays rail-
had seriously laid the crops in some districts