Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-06

81. Louis reported a car OF new wheat
from Charleston. Mo,
The Indiana state crop report made the
condition OF wheat a, Instead Of o.. a
May.
Minneapolis received 20 cars OF whea;
and Duluth - cars Yesterday. y year age
Minneapolis received Us cars and Duluth
III cars,
The four Atlantic ports cleared for ex-
port yesterday etg52 bushels of wheat,
corn and ls3,i27 bushels of oats. Tho AT
hye days amount to 2ll7,ro bushels.
heaEy rains fell in Central Kansas
and i,6s inches at Mcpherson. These are
Special reporting stations recently selected
shown by the fact that the three regular
kansas stations on the weather map
S no. Wifhl!a ana Dodge Sitynrep9rt
out iowa and Minnesota. The weather
continues unsettled. The temperature on
cordiH.
A reror, from Fort Worth, Tex, yester-
day says: The Panhandle wheat crop Is
being harvested, The area Of wheat in
that section l. placed At 5000 acres; and
els to the acre, making a crop of 10000
bushels. Tn estimate Of cotton for the
same section Is placed at 900 acres. The
crop is ~ excellent condition, but is need
ms rain badly.
1t is said hot winds prevailed in Rice
county, has., nearly all day. Thursday.
and corn and other crops suffered mate.
rally. Towards evening. however, II
grew cooler. and after supper a light and
refreshing rain fell, doing much to check
the bad effects OF the wind. The weather
now is some cooler with prospects for
more rain.
The Modern Miller of to-day will say:
Thcre Is n decline in the condition of the
Mlnttr wheat crop to report this week.
Convincing reports OF additional damage TO
ne crop come, from Michigan. Tennessee.
Indiana and Ohio. The Oklahoma harvest
Is not yielding as well as anticipated, The
best Information from that section now
warrants the expectation OF a crop amount
ing to 3.u1I,uD bushels or upwards In Texas,
about 10000 bushels In Oklahoma. and
about 35.O,J,sJ bushels in Kansas Mis-
quality. Harvest H. now as far north as
Central Illinois. The flour trade shows
considerable Improvement owing to the re-
strictei output of mills and u better do
nestle and foreign demand.
The San Francisco Commercial News of
May y says: The oldest lnhabltant has
never. passed through Il season more IA
Norable for grain development than the
present, For some time progress was slow
on account OF cold weather, which hung
on with singular teuacity. and caused
some fear that the grain would not head
splendid footing, however, and the warm
weather Of the past three days was just
thus advance a prospect that has not Been
surpassed In years, From any quarter
whore there was any reason to anticipate
a good result, reports have shown steady
Improvement, making l,rrA.cnp tons, the
commercial News estimate, appear a very
reasonable expectation at this writing. A
hot nprthrr when the wheat H. in tn.
dough might shrink the kernel somewhat,
and later when tn" wheat Is ripe might
cause II TO shell out, but II tho season
m1lntnlLs It's record, these, contingencies
may not have to be rrcHoncd with, \
curloat Of now Sonora wheat, the first Of
the season, was purchased at Bakersfield
at something more than 500 per GENITAL,
kimherliu0, in the same vicinity, made the
tirst shipment.
W. W. Cowcn. In his letter 20 the trade,
Yesterday said; The Erowlug belief In
vHllc OF wheat, as expressed yesterday,
hrok" into an epidemic nj the opening,
ihcre being mae, trading until q .f.c adj
vance, was recorded, 1t being third day
81 advance, some longs realized. and.
though trading was heavy, market failed
y remain much beyond opening figure
Tor some tine althpuEh public cables We're
quoted one penny up Tor the day. and In
ported yesterday. but Modern Miller.
which came at 1880. estimated combined
crop OF Kansas, Oklahoma aud Texas us
100000, giving Kansas aI.vy,U.l or only
I,.,fn1rp NOR than official Of last year.
INlnS, OF Toledo, estimated that outside of
Kansas. the winter wheat Yield would Do
about "a" same as Hast year. M~luupapolts
reported foreign aCCrptancgs of fan Hour
oN'Ivg, ana thor" was some demand here
for all kinds OF wheat with CousLIarabla
mess us yesterday cousummatod. Wheat
looks healthy at this price; news seems TO
warrant ", ana We think speculation Will
daNy Increase, and q steady hardening and
LlN1hclnE lrice Will be the result. We
think I worth owning Mt the price. and
would he ready To huy on uny nrigk lr.ut-