The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-23
GRAIN AND BREADsTUFFs.

THE receipts of grain by wagon to-day although
light were fully up to the requirements OF local
trade One car of corn from Kansas was re-
ceived and a small shipment of oats was made
to the west, which embraced about all the trans
actions for the day, save those OF local nature.
Prices are unchanged and firm at our quotations.
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
WHEAT-al GOAL Is. as per grade: Nicaragua
81 90 to Is on street: ! 40 from store.
CoRN-In ear, S0@S5 shelled corn, 81 90.
OATs-In bulk, 4S@50c.
BARLEY-scarce. Good demand, 20 a 75c.
FIoUR-We quote City Mills as follows: xxx.
80 90; xxx, So G5 extra "a 20. =, -,
xxx SO 70 choice family, 81 95 fancy, 81 49,,
A few years ago British India only raised 20. :
90 900 bushels of wheat Her crop OF wheat
Hast wear amounted to 300, 000, 900 bushels.
The san Francisco Post says that there Is a
much larger reserve of grain than is generally
| admitted. 1t thinks the yield on the Pacihc
| coast will be the largest yet harvested IN that
section. The Portland (oregon) Journal of Com
/ merce estimates there still remains IN Eastern
Oregon between II, 600 and 1900 tons oil wheat
between 200 and 5000 tons VIII come forward
the balance being controlled by mills. In the
Willamette valley there remains between 2AWO
4 and "a 600 tons OF this about 1900 tons viii
come forward for shipment the balance being
| controlled by mills, making total OF between
| 10 900 aEd eco tons for shipment
Hon. Joseph Nimmo, IT,, chief q. the bureau
of statistics, furnishes the following reports OF
| the exports of bTeadstuiis during the month OF
| February 1852 md for the past EIGHT months.
as compared with the corresponding period last
year: ,,,.,,s,
Feb, 20 Feb d Febry'y to Feb2S
| Artic;es 10 1882 1881. 1852.
Flour -. 5000 s,s5S47i 55i,4D $500, 4s2
" bu.' sisIss 72Om69s 7.Gsols2 Io7C79, s57
| Corn, bu.2 4iS266 57,p46,sn 4,l2s3a3 5S9746s9
\ Oats, bu.. 26l65 iioi73 1927 aS 90
Rye, 6u 6GOii sO2O9s 1883 l,5s7,57s
DS a''.%n. 1855 l7252o $500 sss,57S
Cnimeal ,eoo, 14,o 94S sssla7
| According 70 the New York Post some dealers
who have taken great pains TO inform themselves
about the supplies OF grain In farmers hands IN
| the west. express the belief thai there is much
hSnd vet than at the same tine last year, and
| that taking this, together with the surplus Of
i wheat carried over last year from the crop 81
! $50 the shortage in the supply was not more
than 6O 600 90 bushels less than at this time in
! 1850 As far a. can be judged by the stocks OF
corn IN cribs at the railway sta ions IN the corn
producing tegion o. i ~, ana s0 s ioM ,
pared with last wear, but this also may be some.
/ what qualified by greater amounts IN farmers
hands. Corn j. understood 20 De eornerea ~. N
I be shipped from this country 70 deliver on that
option there Il does not Affect the market IN this
An Interesting statement q the exports Of
| broadstuiIs f1r the last eight months
has been complied BY the bureau Of
statistics. IL serves {, indifute the extent
] III lie decline in the movement the effects 81
which have been unc0mfortnbly felt On many
1 avenues Of trade for some time past during
! the frsf fhrec-quhrters Of The fiscal year. the
] shirflsuts from the various Iniied states purts
were fnlued A. SIS Zli.G7A against tls2 81 -
fgr the same period Of the prCti0us year, loss
amounting ~ ffs. II. aia and equivalent - p
1 rlr cent The rate 81 decrease at the different
fifes was 81 follows. Boston p Per cent fhlln-
del-hia al Ter cent; Baltimore A. per cent; New
Orleans 90 per rent. and New 1urE. II ref
/ cent. The rHcihc movement o. the ml1i npliee-
able feature the shipments frum san irnufisco
being valued nf - tsl.isiL against fli. sic
en- 1ssi Che corresponding figures i0T willamette
were SOC ~ and 81 ~. ~ rEsItc1Felg.
I On Chicago whraf fur April delivery Opened
81 Al IS closing &c same price, one cent above
rfsfnrdar For Nay d opened 81 q - IL and
I finzsi I'd s1-cl Cfrn Tor April delivery opened
af 81 s. and cl1sed af - a cent and an eigtth
ai.ore the dav before. fol Nay cum sold m ne
rn1rnine 81 q "a and ne last s1iea we're made
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