The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-03
GRAIN AND BREADSTUFFs.

Two carloads of oats were shipped to-day to
Shreveport which embraced nearly all the bus
mess transactions in grain in this city. The re-
celpts were larger, both of corn and oats. than
usual, which vera taken readily by dealers. The
orders being received here for grain IRE beyond
the ability of dealers to ill ut the moment but
our operators are making extraordinary exer-
tons, ana they viii no doubt accommodate the
requirements of their respondents Prices
are very firm and all tn. grain offered is eagerly
taken. Our quotations are reliable.
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
WHEAT-95@l 10, as per grade Nicaragua,
Csc on street
Cousin ear, new, 7Sc; old. SIC; shelled, slOO
0ATs-ln bulk, 50(15Sc.
RYR-Scarce. We quote per bushel,S0
BARLEY-Scarce. Good demand, 60 a CSC.
BRAN|We quote at mills, 81 2O@l 25; i'll store
sacks, 81 40 to 81 So
FLouR-we quote City Mills as follows: xxx
81 To- xxx, g. 10; extra 81 Is.
Imported: NIX, per cwt 81 so; xxx, So TO-
xxx s. 40; choice family, So 60 fancy, So so.
Corn meal per bushel, 81 10
Graham flour, per hundred. 81 20.
The future market in wheat in Chicago today
shows falling oil of about one cent For May
IL opened nj % ii and closed vt ~ 1t cent
and II quarter below yesterday. For June de.
livery IL sold on iirstc call ut 10 is and the last
sales were ut l ~ les cent under the day bo-
fore. Corn shows n slight advance. For May
1t sold in the morning at Is and in the evening
nj Il 81, an eighth Of Il cent above yesterday.
For June 1t sold Mt 3li on first call and closed
at a, hve.eishths above the Cay before.
Report says that winter wheat in Kentucky
and Tennessee is heading finely. There is a
large increase In acreage of both wheat and
corn.
Its estimated that there are million bushels
OF corn in De kalb county, Ill, and If present
prices won't draw II out nothing will.
Farmers are busy blowing on the western aud
middle portion Of Powder river valley, Oregon,
and the crops will be larger this year chan ever
| before.
Reports from every county in the state of
| south Carolina, but ono, show the total acreage
of wheat this year To be > $40 against l66,57j
last year; u gain Of 70 psr cent
Corn mas been largely planted in Kansas and
Missouri, aud plOwiug for corn has fairly COM
menced IN Iowa and Illinois. Some progress
has also been made in Nebraska. The corn
belt taken as u whole, Is In good shape.
The 1t Louis Republican says: An interest
Ing event ON Change yesterday was the sale by
auction OF lot of new whcat-the earliest per
haps, ever received in this msrkei-and at Il
price never before equalled, $3.50 per bushel
| The last wheat crop In Australia which has
| recently been harvested, turns out failure. and
IAN Francisco is now shipping large and I'M
noriant cargocs by sail for that destination, fol
| the first time since iS6s SO importunate is tn,
demand for wheat from that section that tn,
mail steamers for sydney took out NO or 800 tom
fwheat and flour.
The Chicago Times says the oat crop is nov
in. IL Is said to be arrc IN acreage and abou
Yen days IN advance of 1881. In Iowa
| Wisconsin, Nebraska and Minnesota, oats
have very largely. taken the place of spring
wheat In the south the oat crop, when III tina
portion OF our country Is so largely depended
upon for feed, gives promise now of being botl
abundant In yield and fine In quality.
| During the nine months ending March 3lst
America exported brradstuils to the value o
"a 9a7S7. During the corresponding period o
| lat year, the amount was III, 7Ol, Ss7.