The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-16
al LI ', !. POOL. February l5.-Fu,ures
GRAIN AND BREADsTrrrs

DURING the prevalence of had ,o.,.
receipts of grain by wagon mnst C ~ I
sequence be light, and althongb ~
very little offered on the streets ~ y ~
there seems to be no disposition Ia MN nv
prices. Our quotations are unchsnsaa4
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS. e'N
WHEAT-S1 COOL 25. as per grade W..
81 90 TO 10 on street. 40 from store wang
CoRN-ln ear S5@90; shelled corn sm
OATs-In bulk, 52@55c.
RYE-Scarce, We quote per bushe, roo.
BARLEY-Scarce. Good demand AZ ~
BRAN1We quote at mills, 81 2OSl sS Ss,.
sacks, 81 40. :" @sa
fLouR-we quote City Mills as follows, ",
s. 10; xxx, 81 65; extra "a 10. "'' ~
Imported: Xxx, per cwt, s. 25 ky a,
| XXXX 50 So choice family, a O5 fancy y
CoRNMEAL-Per bushel, 81 TO- "a
Flour was formerly made by a,,.
grinding wheat at one operation Il n
finest possible flour, and then senan,., Y
sleeves the flour from the bran, npcs,,;.
grinding IN much OF the bran MIN ~
and discoloring it, while much Of iS NJ
best material was separated with M NJ
and lost. The later common n.I.
is to grind very coarsely the wheat ,sr.,
times, using strong blasts of 4, \
tween each grinding to separate tbe NJ
from the granulated interior portion n
at last crush it to the floor, relieved Il h
the bran. The new electric metbd \
sists in passing the middlinss under nv
ing hard-rubber cylinders, electrifs
contact with sheepskin. The particle
bran fly up to meet the rubber, from nj
they are turned off in a side cbap,
the purified middlings, freed from M
passing through the rollers to become \
flour.
Crop reports gathered by the CHI
Times from every portion of the norbg1
show that winter wheat is in excellent
dition and that the area of spring NJ,
will be increased. Farmers in soubI
Illinois ard Indiana are buying com
, their own consumption and the boz a
has been quite thoroughly marketed ID
nesota still has on hand twenty Mill !
bushels of wheat, and expects to ns
crop one-fourth larger than last year.
The acreage sown in wheat last al
Michigan is greater than in any piNH
year, and the crop never went into viii
condition with better promise.
The recent rains in California have nr
rally improved the agricultural pnEi
which is now essentially good
In France the weather has been END
tionally mild, and farmers cOmpland
growth of weeds. In Germany, under
tluence of the mild weather, the via
plant has made an unusually large goT
which leads some to fear that there will
liability to damage from frost,
The amount Of surplus wheat grown
year in eastern Oregon and WashlngDl
placed at 3,736,000 bushels The acreasi
1889 will be nearly double that Of Isl
! it is estimated that there will be SUI
of s, 600, 900 bushels the coming season
Wheat is reported to have been sh
overland from California to 81. Lou
, Sl3 per ton. The cost in San Faneisq
, Sl.70 per GENITAL, and laid DOWN. St.
: the cost is $l.4l per bn. III
The grain crops in England, accoNl
the latest information, promise well
, The decline in the prices OF wheal
) tinues in Chicago. To-day the marketg
at S1.2lI for March, but on the last ca.
/ for $l.1S1, two cents and a quarter
Yesterday. Corn is also declining !
5 same month sales were made IN Inc
5 ing at 563, but the last quotations !,
! 542, decline since the day before GU
/ and q half, IL