Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-30
Grnin NOfea.

Thcman SAYS the corn area this year is
S.0OO,0O acres, the largest on record, and
100000 acres larger than last year
A Beerbohm cable says: Worlds wheat
shipments smaller this week than last; eX-
pecJ fair decrease in the amount atioat.
The primary market receipts yesterday
were 81. 600 bushels OF wheat. Last year
was a holiday. Shipments were $4,000
bushels. Corn receipts were $4,000 bushels.
Shipments. $4,000 bushels.
Argentine wheat shipments the past
week were $1,000 bushels, and Of corn 2hi.-
600 bushels. Argentine wheat shipments
for eighteen weeks aggregate l,Iii,uVJ
bushels. against 1~4.6o6,O0O bushels for the
same period last year.
Exports of Indian corn amount TO 2.1S5.-
9$3 bushels the past week, against 3.190.OO0
bushels last week, l.720.VO bushels in the
week a year ago, 100000 two years ago.,
$1,000 bushels three years ago and as con-
tIasted with L090.O00 bushels in the like
week Of 1895.
The exports of wheat and flour from
both coasts of the United States and Can
ada in the fOrty-Seven weeks since July l
amount to 135. 921 go bushels, against ll3.-
$4,000 bushels in the corresponding time
a year ago. 1872, 5000 bushels two years
ago, and 155. 1900 bushels three years
ago.
The Pierson Milling Company. of Law
renee, has received a letter from London
quoting prices on spring wheat -four aCtu-
uGlly sold there. which are so low that
hard wheat flour would have to sell at IS
cents. Kansas city, to enable Southwest
ern millers to compete with the flour from
the Northwest.
The four Atlantic ports cleared for ex-
port yesterday 196.05S bushels of wheat, %
as packages of flour. 326. O4S bushels of corn
and 1896 bushels of oats. In addition
New Orleans cleared $50 barrels of -four;
Newport News cleared 1854 barrels Of
flour and 12l.Si9 bushels of corn. Total
wheat and -four clearanCes amount to
3lS 600 bushels and corn 447,Sg7 bushels.
Exports Of wheat Hour included as
wEeat) from both coasts of the United
States and Montreal the past week
amount to POSI-, 326 bushels, compared with
2.655.0 200 bushels last week, 2.04. 600 bushels
in the week a year ago 2i26.UO bushels
i'm the week two years ago, 24ol,VD bushels
three years ago. and as compared with
3,252.OO bushels i'm the like week of 1893.
A letter from Independence, Kas., to n
wholesale merchant here says: The wheat
is the best the writer has seen in years,
and about two weeks Of fair weather will
bring the harvest. The crop will run %
to 50 bushels to the acre. Corn, while not
as far advanced as il usually is at the time
of the year. is looking well and the fields
are very clean. All listed corn is behind
the drilled
Shortly before the opening of navigation
there were 100000 bushels of oats in store
I'm Chicago. The amount last Monday was
about 5000 600 bushels. The stock of con-
tract was around 100000 bushels in April.
and was down to $4,000 bushels last week,
and will not be much over 1.2J0.OOO bushels
next Monday. This decrease is in spite Of
the bicycle Juror, the disappearance of the
SAIttl hAA 4bAFfs anu " AAlAHArAAAAlAA5 Il hhN
receipts.
The Corn Belt the official organ OF the
Burlington railroad. in its crop ummary
says: Six hundred correspondents in Iowa,
Nebraska. Missouri and Kansas report
corn planting finished. although one TO
three weeks later than last year. The con-
ditiOn is good. The area will show ma
terial increase from 10 to II per cent. Win
ter wheat condition is not satisfactory. The
spring wheat outlook in Nebraska, Iowa
and Northern Kansas Is much better than
a year ago. Nebraska and Iowa are OK
pected to raise 100000 bushels more spring
wheot than last year. The sensational part
Of the report relates TO oats. II reports
area 10 to 80 per cent less. and m
that Nebraska and Iowa will raise 100000
bushels less oats than last year.
car lot receipts of grain at Kansas CITY:
Wheat.C Corn. Oats. Rye. Flax. Hay.
Past week .l3l loN5 100 1858 1928 3257
: w ygs1 a aE0.1! g 81 81 ~ y , p % %
Car lot receipts of wheat:
K.C. chi. ST. MpIs. DIth. Tot.
Past week ~ loS5 % = - .Iy9
: T T6,r a 5so. !; g g ii$5 IS ss
Car lot receipts of corn:
Past week .......-.-...lu>5 ffi3 So G5N2
Prev. week .......-..... aHH lZ2 40 &Gb
= weeks ago .....-...... al 1905 6fN 2i5
\ year ago .........--.. PA G>>t l56 32N4
Car lot receipts Of oats:
K.c. chi. stL. Tot.
Past week .............. lD EfIi 80 "i40
Prev. week ............. 3 16>5 227 1856
. weeks ago ...-..--.-.- IL $40 2N l2N0
A year ago ............. q pos 159 1853