Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-06

Beerbohm reports wheat dam
aged p per cent by rain.
Beerbohm stimate this weeks worlds
shipments of wheat, 100000 bushels.
\ Northwestern elevator man declares
that the spring wheat crop is one month
late.
Colonel Simonds yesterday had a sample
of spring wheat from Harper county, Kas.,
which shows smut on every berry and has
a very strong odor.
A Baltimore special says: One hundred
and fifty thousand bushels of spring wheat
were worked in Chicago yesterday by an
export house to come here.
Crop Expert Inglis declares that Kansas
will show no better than last year (29,0OO,O00
bushels of wheat, and that Oklahoma will
have 100000 bushels of wheat.
The Kansas corn area last year was 1900
000 acres. In 1895 it was S.400. 900 acres. 1t
will not fall short of 100000 acres this year
and possibly may run close to 100000
acres.
Showers were reported in Kansas Friday
and Friday night as follows: Concordia.
.0S of an inch; Dodge City, rs: Hays City,
10; Mcpherson. 90; Usage City, 10; To-
rontO, IA; Wichita, "a.
The four Atlantic ports cleared for ex-
port yesterday 2.S45 bushels of wheat, 2i.4S2
packages of -four, 24O,l5I bushels of corn
and $685. bushels of oats. Total wheat and
flour clearances amount to 12S,O0O bushels.
California is now harvesting and thresh-
ing, new wheat having already arrived at
Stockton. The harvest promises larger
than imagined. Reports are particularly
favorable from the southern end Of the val
ley.
The Kansas wheat acreage. according to
the April state report. is 2,JOO,OOO acres. \
condition of 50 in Kansas means a yield
of Is bushels to the acre, SO that the pres
ent prospect is for 100000 bushels of
wheat in Kansas.
Argentine shipments the past week are as
follows: Wheat, none, against 64,UO bush
els the previous week and 224,OUO bushels
last year. Corn shipments, $4,000 bushels,
against 264. 900 bushels last week and $4,000
bushels a year ago.
Exports OF Indian corn amount to 1885,
0Oo bushels the past week, compared with
2.1S5.000 bushels last week. 1.623.O0O bushels
in the week a year ago 1.1i9.OO bushels W
years ago, $4,000 bushels three years ago
and $500 bushels in the like week of 1893.
The primary market receipts yesterday
were $4,000 bushels Of wheat, against 49,
3S9,OOO bushels; last year, $4,000 bushels
Corn receipts Were $1,000 bushels; a year
ago; $4,000 bushels. Shipments, Sl'OW
bushels; last year, $4,000 bushels.
The exports of wheat and flour from both
coasts Of the United States and Canada
in the fOrty-eight- weeks since. July /
amount to 1855 900 bushels. against H.
$4,000 bushels in the corresponding time a
year ago, 135, $4,000 bushels two years ago.
and 15S, 461 goo bushels three years ago.
Exports of wheat flour included as
wheat) from both coasts of the United
States and Montreal the past week amount
to 2,620,0N bushels, compared with 2,OSl,Q0
week a year ago, 2.991, 600 bushels two years
ago. 2.742.OO0 bushels three years ago, and
5.6lO.UO buShelS IN the correspondents week
OF 1881.
Washington. June "a decided decrease
in the amount of wheat exported from the
Argentine Republic is reported 10 the state
department by United States Minister Blu
chanan at BuenOs Ayres for the first three
quarters of this year as compared with
the same period last year, the figures be-
ing Sc. 79S tons and 261. 019 tons, respectively.
In some provinces the government has
been Obliged to distribute wheat for seed.
Il am bullish on wheat still, although 1
am in and out of the market occasionally
in an effort to reduce the price of my
wheat" says John Cudahy. Speaking of
provisions. he says: There Is a fairly
good demand for meats and stocks are
not increasing much. Supplies of lard are
large. but the production is being largely
reduced. about five pounds to each hog,
compared 10 what was taken out a few
months ago.
A special to The Journal from Independ-
ence, Kas.. yesterday, says: Wheat har-
vest in Montgomery county, was com.
here. finished cutting a field of his wheat
to-day, and Tom MCGEE, in the Nerdigri5
valley. southeast of here, was busy cut
ting his wheat. If nothing comes in the
next few DAYS to injure the wheat, the yield
will be one of the largest ever produced in
Montgomery county. Harvest will be IN
full blast next week"
A letter from Blue Springs. Neb.. to T.
A. Wright says: Our present prospect
for corn crop is not good. although ii is
early yet. The farmers are mostly plant
ing corn over, and some for the third time.
There seem TO be numerous difficulties.
Cutworms and other worms nave in some
cases taken entire fields as fast as il comes
up and there has been so much cold wealth
er that corn does not grow much. Wheat
looks fairly well; oats very good. Trade
here is light. as farmers are busy replant-
ing their corn"
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