St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-05

any one week. That fact showed how light
~ farmers are selling. and turned prices up
ABOUT l2c when announced. The Straits OF
Mecklnaw were said TO be practically open
inns morning, Indian shipments were 679, 200
Du to Europe last week. against $4,000 Blu
the same week last year.
BEFORE | O'Clock wheat advanced, caused
DIV good demand foFcaSh wheat,and stormy
weather i'll North Dakota.
CASH WHEAT.
Inc wheat receipts for IS hours were PCS
cars. the highest SO far on the crop. A good
many cars OF No. northern were taken to
apply on sales made to arrive some time ago,
leaving only small supply TO be sold from
the sample tables. The demand was active,
and the premium over MAY was advanced.
sales OF No. northern were made from 7112
WIoAc, according to quality. Dry Nos. ,. 3
and rejected sold We'll. There was a slight
Improvement in the better class of no grades,
but the tough lots are still very low.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-The added daily output of the mills
grinding y sterday will probably aggregate
26,9JO bbls. Shipments, 29,460 bbls. Quoted
at S3.95@4.35 for first patents S3.7504 for
and export bakers; 81 .25;0?.40 for low
grades in bags including red dog.
Flour was very slow this morning. The con-
tlnued depression i'll prices OF wheat upset
the late revival OF flour demand. and made
it troublesome to sell any more than the or
binary supplies required for present use.
Bakers and low grades were slow to move at
any fair prices, for there was almost no de-
mand for them. Patents are very cheap, and
are substituted for the lower qualities. Heavy
flour buyers could be brought up to the buy
ing point only by Offering down below the
limit of any profit.
Bran and Shorts-Shipments 743 tons.
Quoted at SlI0lI1 % $40 or bran 500l1 50 for
shorts and Sl2012.50 for middlings. Mill
stuff was in some request at about Sill for
bran and Sl0.59 for shorts, both in bulk. The
inquiry was of the ordinary every day char
acter. that buys for present use, with little of
a speculative feeling in the markets.
Corn-Receipts. $500 bu: shipments. H.,
$50 bu. Quoted at 33I2c for good, dry No. 81;
34l2GL35c for dry No 3 yellow, and SIC for
dry No. 4. Damp corn is quotable at l202c
less than dry, according 10 conditions. Corn
remained fairly steady and business was
slow in samples with holders asking 33@35c
i'll the morning for no grade damp corn, and
24c for mixed NO. 3, and &c for yellow.
Choice yellow was held above 35c. Although
the offerings were not heavy, buyers held
off and bought with caution. The future
markets were pretty fairly held The scalp
ing crowds were said to be afraid to sell corn
on account of the wet weather.
Oats-Receipts 800 bu; shipments. $3.50
bu; quoted at27@127l2c for No. white: 26l20
&c No. 3 white. and 2aGl21c for Nos. . and B..
Oats were firm for samples, with few good
lots offered. Dark mixed were held at 25c
with some white but dirty lots held at the
same. Choice feeding oats by sample were
scarce. The receipts were small and most
OF them were +nfeiior.
Rye-Quoted at nc f. o. b. for No. 2.
Barley-Receipts, 1.4?0 bu; shipments,
100 bu: quiet at 55@43c for No 3.
Flax-Receipts 5000 bu. Flax sales are
based, less freights, on Chicago market. the
sto ok of fax i'll Minneapolis Monday was
557,6Sl bu in public and private storage.
Feed-Millers held at S14.2- @15.50; less than
car lots, S14, 5C@l5 with cornmeal at Sl4@
1915; boiled meal Sl6.50; granulated. SIT.
Hay-Receip;s. 50 tons. Choice wild quoted
at SSllS 50; fair wild, S6.5G@e7; poor wild,
S4Gl550; timothy, nominal, Sll01l so Fancy
Iowa upland would sell at SS.5t@09 %.
CROP NJ oVEMENT.
The following table gives the receipts of
wheat at the four principal spring wheat
markets from the beginning of the crop year,
Aug. l, 1891, to date, and for the same time
q wear ago;