Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-22
Grain Notes.

To-day being a legal holiday. the boards of trade
stand adjourned everywhere.
The Australian wheat crop is reported to be %, 6S2,-
900 bushels. or less than last years short crop.
Broomhall's worlds wheat shipment figures were
$4,000 bushels. and American shipments. 1907. coo
bushels.
There were sales OF California wheat cargoes Oh
coast London last Friday at sss Cd. equal to 81. 1871
per bushel.
Increased 2.2s2.o 900 bushels last week and corn in
creased LOO. 900 bushels.
Imports Of wheat to the United Kingdom for thres
days were 10000 bushels. o (which 1865. 600 bushels
were from Atlantic ports.
A Minneapolis message says: Millers are drawing
heavily from wheat in store and we will have .
large decrease this week.
A New York message yesterday said: Six loads of
wheat were marked here to-day for South Africa and
twenty-five loads of corn here and at outports.
The primary market receipts yesterday were Az. 900
bushels Of wheat. holiday a year ago: Shipments
were eSe.09 bushels. Corn receipts. 's7. 900 bushels:
shipments. g.. 600 bushels.
The temperature Yesterday mernins in Kansas was
to g above. Considerable snow fell in Illinois last
night. Much warmer weather is predicted.
Kansas City grain stocks; with changes last week.
900 bushels. Corn. 652. 400 bushels. increase Els. 800
bushels. Oats. $500 bushels. increase 800 bushels.
Rye. 15.00O bushels, decrease $500 bushels.
A BroomhaII cable says: The weather in England
is wintry, with forecasts OF a continuance. Our
Russian advices state interior stocks of wheat are
light. oats exhausted, rye relatively large. Inland
freights are falling. French native supplies mesger.
Worlds shipments of wheat to Europe last week
were, I,I64 900 bushelS, 1ncluolnS 5-9SZ,OVU Dusneb
| from the United States and Canada, 1.2sS,0O0 bushels
from Argentine and 2.544. 900 bushels from Black sea
ports. The total shipments the preceding week were
7.0Ss. 900 bushels: a year ago. 3,96s.OO bushels.
| Chicago grain stocks in store and afoat are as
| follows: Wheat. in store. 1876 bushels: anoat, 1.5s1.-
900 bushels. Corn. ls.07 900 bushels: anoat. $4,000
bushels. Oats. 1871, 900 bushels: anoat, go. 600 BUSH
els. Rye. 7s6. 900 bushels; afoat. ISL 900 bushels. Bar
ley. 645. 600 bushels: anoat. 90. 900 bushels.
Puts on Chicago May wheat, good Wednesday.
sold yesterday at sL01GSlO4. closing at Sl.0eG;
calls s1.i2. May wheat sold on the curb at
Il q e Mo NJ ssnnfg ~ llsA IL cal " Illp
| G3lI4c: puts on July wheat sold at s0AdsOIc.
| and closed at s0Gso2c: calls s5isas6Ac. closing
at s5ssc. July wheat sold on the curb at seis9
senc, closing at 92hc.
| Yesterdays clearances for export at the four Allan
tic ports were 81. O2s bushels OF wheat. 10.9s2 pack
ages Of -four. ass, 900 bushels Of corn, 1874 900 bushels
| OF oats and JAG. 900 bushels OF rye. In addition New
| port News cleared 81, 1875 barrels OF -four and 3l2,o00
bushels of corn. New Orleans cleared 5000 bushels
| OF wheat and IS, 657 bushels OF corn. Total wheat and
-four clearances amount to 417.TI9 bushels and corn
| 83S. 657 bushels.
Orders for 10000 bushels additional Letter wheat
were turned into the Armour elevator at Chicago Sat
urday, the Wabash getting 1t. 1t raised the total Of
the wheat ordered out to 200. 900 bushels. OF this
total about SOC, 900 bushels had been loaded up to Sat
urday night. The orders SO far have been distributed
as follows: Lake Shore. 140.0 600 bushels; Wabash,
$50 900 bushels: Nickel Plate. 600. 600 bushels; Michi-
gan Central, l00. 900 bushels: Grand Trunk. 500. 900
bushels. The wheat loaded out, 500, 900 bushels. will,
of course, drop out OF the Chicago stock, and will be
out OF the visible supply until it turns up st the sea-
board.