The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02
GRAIN AND ISREADS1 UEFS.

THE receipts of grain to-day were con-
fined to a few loads of oats, which sold Tor
sixty cents. A carload OF wheat was billed
for the mills at Terrell. With this exception
there were no transactions worthy OF note.
Prices are firm and corn sells readily from
wagons at ninety cents.
our farmers would probably do well to
dispose of their surplus grain now, as the
winter is drawing to n close, when the de-
mand for grain of all kinds Will greatly
diminish. 1t is also good time to market
millet seed, us there is a demand for seed
ing purposes which will soon be supplied.
We quote to-day:
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
WHEAT-Sl 00G11 %. as per grade; Nicaragua
81 90 to Is on street: 40 from store
CoRN--In ear, SjG90 shelled corn, 81 co.
OATs-In bulk, 55@5Sc.
RYE-Scarce. We quote per bushel 70M65.
BARLEY-Scarce. Good demand, ~ zoe.
BRAN-We quote at mills, 81 2O@1 %; in store,
FLoUR--We quote City Mills as follows; xxx.
imported: Xxx, per ewt sS 30; MY, w 20;
CoRNMEAL-Per bushel, 81 10.
In Chicago Fe bruary wheat opened at
1.3O, and on second call declined half cent,
but q reaction occurred and it closed at
1.30s, an eighth of a cent above yesterday:
For March the market opened at l.33i, and
closed at decline of one cent, 1.32t Corn
for February opened at 60f, and closed at
COZ, an eighth OF n cent over the day before
For March it opened at 6l5, and closed at
the same figures.
THE exports of wheat from the United
States during the year 1880 were about five
times as great as the exports OF wheat from
Russia Tor the same year. According TO
the Russian government returns, the eX-
ports of wheat from that country during
The year 1889 were 30, $50, S02 bushels. Ac-
cording to the returns of the government OF
the United States, the exports OF wheat
from the nited States in the same year
were 49, So ,3Gj bushels. The figures Tor
both countries show the exports tor wheat
only, flour not being included. Taking
flour into the account, the difference in
favor of the United States is still greater,
since the export of the latter, in
Guiding flour, was about 10000, coo bushels
in 1880, while that of Russia, including
-four, was only about 32,3U0,OOO bushels, or
less than one-fltth OF the export from the
United States.
In 1878 Russia exported 99,452,000 bush
els, or more than any other year for the
past ten years. This amount includes flour
reduced to bushels, and is less than the eX-
ports Of wheat alone, flour not included,
from the United States for either OF the
yeas 1879, 1850, or 1851. In 1873 the Rus
sian exports of wheat were few million
bushels greater than those of the United
States; but in every year since those of the
United States have been very much greater
than those of Russia.
The acreage sown in wheat in the Austria
liam colonies in 1SS0Sl was 3,37G,92S, yield
ing 81 ,j6S ,92S bushels, while in lS79'SO the
acreage was but 2,143,4 3i, which yielded
3G,3i69j3 bushels, showing marked in
crease in the acreage this year, and an
equally marked decrease in yield, as COM
pared with last year.
Wild ducks are making sad havoc with
young grain in Colusa county, California.
On one farm they have nipped the blades
from all the who:t sprouted on one thous-
and acres.
ST. Louis mills produced 1, 7l7,620 barrels
OF flour last year, against 2,077,625 in 1880,
and Pip $40 in 1879.