The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-04-12

ing ENLIGHTENMENT of Colonel Stevenson
| from that position, the HERALD reporter
| takes the opportunity of returning thanks
to that gentleman for his uniform kindness
and urbanity and for many COurtesies eX-
tended. Colonel Stevenson has labored
zealously in assisting to bring the
Exchange to its former prominent position,
, and he is as proud of its success as any
other gentleman in the city. His head
quarters will hereafter be in the old Mer-
chants Exchange room. The new secre-
tary, Mr.. Kelly, is gentleman in every
way qualified 10 fill the position, and will
no doubt make an efficient ard pleasant
officer. Mr.. NJ. d. Darlington was elected
treasurer His bond was fixed at 800 600.
exchange to-day: Cotton firm; for mid
ding, o. Wheat, $l.0i@SlUG Corn
in shuck, f0@62 average Texas corn in
bulk, 65667. Oats. sacked 60M63. Rye
ominal 90. Barley nominal, 10. Millet
seed, G)@G5: German, SIPS. Hay, Sl2.5
GRAIN AND .BREADsTUFFs.
There Was Very lutte grain received in
ty tod ~ by wagon. Good arrivals of
both corn and oat' have been provided for
from Kansas and Missouri. Prices here
are very firm.
ro-DAYs QUOTATIONS..
"hKAT-Choica, 100, medium, 9Sc.; low grade,
Sc Etcafsgue rs 10 SOc.
2YE-Firm Al 20 TO TO-
BARLEY 60 tn 63c.
| 0ATs--50 "a SIC for spring; S. to COO for fall
'h9iee red rust proof 62@65c; in sacks, cents
CosN-Gn shuck, 55c to COO; shelled and sacked,
| SOC to CSC.
BuAs-we quote at mills, 90; in store, sacks.
20
FLOUR We quote City Mills as follows; xxx
24O: xxx, 8265; extra s2.75; Magnolia, s2.75.
Fancy s. 49@$ 45 choice hSe 50 29@a 2S xxx
Corn meal per bushel. So.
FHED--Chopped corn, per 100 lbs. ~ 25 crush.
Cd corn and cob per 100 lbs, 81 %: crushed corn
aud barley per 100 lbs, So co. corn bran, per 10t
NILLET sEED-65 German millet S1.25.
| CoTToN SEED-Firm at 13Hc. per bushel.
HAY-DarA, s69S' bright $40. From stores-
rec on board car, $40 to IL; dark. 81 to 8.
! An exchange says: The Minneapolis
millers are probably passing through one
of the most depressing and unsatisfactory
periods that have fallen to their lot. The
mill-owners are unreserved in declaring the
flour market very sick, even worse than
last week, and are shutting down. Other
mills are to be shut down. Notwithstand-
| ing the adverse conditions that at present
| reset the trade, the millers look for reac-
| ton before many weeks pass, and are hus-
banding their wheat, that they may make
! the most of the opportunity when it comes.
| MI D. Il. JOuuSOu, VI CIldul IDdlSl, IL
| linois, writer upon agricultural topics,
takes dark view of the corn outlook for
1883. He says: And as for the corn crop,
| what an enormous eXaggeration there was
in the reports from national and official
| sources, where the aggregate was put down
at more than 1,600 600 900 bushels. That
! this was from 40 to so per cent. above the
truth is row pretty clearly demonstrated
| by the fact that, west of the state of Ohio
and north of the Ohio river, corn
of the crop of 1882 is wholly unfit
for seed, and its condition from the
opening of the market for the new crop in
December to the present time has been so
bad not one ear in five has graded as No. 2,
while the great bulk has gone as rejected
or was not graded at all. Meantime the re-
celpts have been very large in consequence
OF the corn in the cribs will pack, run to-
gether, and rot when warm weather comes,
and there is of course large stocks In cities
AID comparatively very small ones at rail-
road stations and in first HANDS. In spite
of the very favorable condition of the soil
in the great corn-produclng regions, the
crop for 1888 is almost SUI @ to be short
one Oh account of an inevitable poor stand,
a condition of the inevitable always occur
ring where sound seed is not to be had near
home cheaply, and risk and expense will
have to be incurred in obtaining il.
Though few msy profit by a change in
seed and the corn crop be benefited in the
long run by the introduction OF new va
rieties, ii is almost certain in the nature
Of things, there will be an enormous per-
centage of failures, both on account of bad
and unsuitable seed-failures OF so extern
sive character as 10 reduce the yield far
below the average"