Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-10
Grain Notes.

Private cables reported heavy rains in
Argentine, interfering with harvest.
A Minneapolis message says: Two firms
sold $1,000 barrels of flour Wednesday, a
small part of ii for export.
A cargo of $50, 600 bushels Of wheat was
ordered shipped to Chicago from Buffalo
Yesterday morning to go on December con-
tracts. a.
A Chicago message says: A party here
had an offer of twenty-five cars of No. 2
red wheat from Kentucky for immediate
shipment yesterday.
Showers, turning to snow, and followed
by colder weather are predicted for Kan
sas, and threatening weather for all states.
Mr.. Dalrymple, the big Northwest wheat
raiser, says that on his farm. as well as on
the Grandin, they have only enough wheat
left for seed.
The flour output last week at Minneap-
oils, Superior. Duluth, Milwaukee and st.
Louis was SO. 155 barrels, against Az, 40
barrels the previous week, and 476, go bar
rels a year ago.
A late New York message yesterday re-
ported Il loads OF wheat. 5 loads OF corn
business was checked by the advance. The
export sales were made early.
Yesterdays Cincinnati Price Current
says: The snow was beneficial over a con-
siderable portion, but not all of the WIN
ter wheat area. The low temperature was
not harmful. and the promise is not low
cred. Interior offerings are likely to lessen
soon.
The primary market receipts yesterday
were 999. 600 bushels Of wheat, against $4,000
bushels a year ago; were 517.Ooo
ceipts. 5lS.0OO bushels: a year ago. $4,000
bushels: shipments. $4,000 bushels; last
! year. 49, 600 bushels.
Notwithstanding a strong effort has been
made of late to draw wheat to market, the
receipts here at Kansas City for the first
nine days in December were only 1,0I6 cars.
against LIB cars the first nine days in
! November, a loss of 6I cars, an average of
serenty-seven cars per day.
The Michigan crop report for December
says: The condition of wheat December l
was So per cent of an average The con-
dition Is 3 per cent poorer than 1t was one
year ago. The fields are spotted. Corre-
spondents report the existence Of hog chol-
era in fifty-one places in the state.
Yesterdays clearances for export at the
four Atlantic ports Were $4,000 bushels of
wheat. 52.OOO packages of -four, 10000 bush
els of corn and 49,, 900 bushels of oats. In
addition New Orleans cleared 1900 bushels
of wheat 2S7 barrels Of flour and 10000
bushels Of corn: Galveston cleared 64,OO0
bushels of wheat. Total wheat and flour
clearances amount to $4,000 bushels, and
corn. 3D. 900 bushels.
The larger increases in wheat stocks last
week. reported by, Bradstreet's. and not
clude 2O0. 900 bushels in Northwest interior
elevators. 132. 90 bushels at New Orleans.
I24:oeO bushels in Chicago private elevators.
S., 600 bushels at Cleveland and 10000 bush
els at Rochester. The larger decreases in
clude a falling off of about 100000 bushels
in Manitoba and at Fort William and
Keewatin. Ontario: 1000 bushels at Gal.
weston. 5000 bushels in Milwaukee private
elevators and 1900 bushels at Port Huron.
Bartlett. Frazier & Co., of Chicago, wired
II. {. Reed yesterday: The tone of the grair
markets continues strong and speculation
is on the increase In all speculative mar
kets, and the start here to-day will doubt
less spread to Europe. There has undoubt.
edly been buying by Armour. both of Jan,
uary and May wheat. The advance in De
cember has been due to attempts to cover
short wheat. and does not meet with tn,
approval of heavy holders who appeared n.
sellers early. 1t is now generally known
that arrangements have been made to shil
East, all rail. the wheat which will be de
livered on December contracts. This will
leave Chicago without a stock of contrac
wheat, and while this condition holds W,
advise buying May on all soft spots.