Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-08
Grain Notes.

The visible supply of rye is now 3.57s, 900 bushels
and Of barley 1901. 900 bushels.
India Wheat shipments last week were 10000 bush
Liverpool warehouse stocks of wheat, public and
private. are SOS 900 bushels. q decrease Of &c, 500
bushels last week.
The English visible supply OF wheat decreased Of
500 bushels last week, against SAG, 900 bushels de-
crease the previous week.
Inc amount Of wheat on ocean passage to Eu-
decreased 10000 bushels.
The agricultural department at Washington will
in farmers hands.
Robert Guthrie. Superior. Neb., was on change
yesterday. He says the growing wheat never looked
cropping condition.
to Tf R.e European as Visible s up do Of wheat. according
and is now IS. $50. 600 bushels, as compared with S..
100000 bushels a year ago.
A Minnesota message. explaining the large re-
ceipts, says: There has been a large amount of
wheat sold to arrive during the last ten DAYS, and
receipts will be very liberal all this week.
The Orange Judd Farmer estimates farm reserves at
mates farm reserves at 13. III, 900, or % per cent of
the crop. The government estimate will be issued
Yesterdays clearances for export at the four At
i.ntic ports were 49, 700 bushels Of corn. q. so7
packages pE OF hour. ssl, lss bushels Of corn. 17s,4 s7
wheat and -four clearances amounted to 1877, 500
bushels. and Of corn. 457. 900 bushels.
The primary market receipts yesterday were 623, 900
bushels Of wheat. against 2ss. 900 bushels a year ago.
Shipments were a0S. 900 bushels: last year, las. 600
bushels. Corn receipts. 1.li7.0oo bushels: q year
ago. $50. 900 bushels. Shipments. 4s6. 600 bushels; last
year, 537. 900 bushels.
Black sea shipments last week we're /. $50. 900 bush
zoos. 600 bushels. The weekly average since March
8, 1897. has been 2.270, 900 bushels and the total
since that date 14s. 2ls. 900 bushels.
Exporters took at New York Saturday 12o. 900
bushels at outports. 1876. 900 bushels of corn and 5000
bushels Of oats at New York and sc. 600 bushels Of
corn and Ito. 900 bushels Of oats at outports.
Kansas City grain stocks with changes last week.
az are IN as hn lSil9ws: CIV whs sss 81 ssS S; 5eS bushels; inc1 r e Sc
bushels. Oats. 10. 300 bushels; decrease. $500 BUSH
els. Rye. 200 bushels; unchanged.
at sssGssSc. closing at ssAassSc: calls. $3.50
Bic, and closed at slc; July wheat sold on the curb
at s9sasose May wheat puts, 81 osal.osN closing
q and closed at 2sAc.
Rich men arc long on corn says James A. Pat
ten. and there is now the sort Of market which
always results from that sort of situation. 1t is
a SLOW. stubborn affair. / can't see that the situa-
to bu ybefore there is any short interest. and not
withstanding all that rich bulls own, there is prob
ably very little really short corn out"
The Liverpool quotation Saturday for No. I North
en wheat cargoes suggested a price equivalent to
about CSC at Chicago. one of the big Chicago ship
asking how much could be sold at that quotation.
The reply was: Quite a number Of carEoes could
be sold to net about SEC at Chicago"
One authority reported last weeks worlds wheat
shipments as 400. 900 bushels. and another as 1884,
900 bushels. The detailed figures given made the
total 6,s56, 600 bushels. as follows: United States.
3,252, 900 bushels; Argentine, 1,640. 900 bushels: Black
sea. $3.50. 900 bushels; India, 100000 bushels. The
worlds shipments Q year ago we're only 2.6S0.0O
bushels.
Australian advices say nothing has ever been
known before In the Southern colonies like the ruin
which the drouth has caused. and this year will long
be woefully memorable both in Victoria and Tas-
mania. From Adelaide and Wellington, New Zea-
land, come further reports Of bush fires. A report
from New Zealand says bush fires did serious dam
age.
The Chicago Herald: without borrowing a
dollar from bank at Chicago. New York or anywhere
else in this country said G. B. French, who is rep
resentative Of the big bulls in their wheat operations,
.'the Letters could pay for all the wheat they own or
are likely to get on their contracts. No one contro-
verts this claim, and the enormous wealth Of the bull
leaders has become the chief consideration with wheat
people the world over"
During February nfty-two grain laden vessels
cleared from New Orleans for foreign ports. They
carried LII, 74s bushels Of wheat. OF which 659. $50
bushels went to United Kingdom points and All, 1888
bushels to the Continent. The corn ciearanees
amounted to 3.54s.o0O bushels. of which l.41l,252
were for the United Kingdom and 2,lS5.73 bushels
for the Continent; III, AIS bushels of oats and 81, 40
bushels Of rye went to the Continent. Tho largest
cargo Of wheat cleared was LII. 500 bushels for Fall
mouth, and Of corn Isl. 900 bushels for Cork. The
wheat clearances Of LII. 74o bushels compare with
only 81. ss3 bushels exported in February, 1887: the
corn clearances, 3,5iS, 900 bushels, compared with
/. as, 5S4 bushels shipped in February last year.
Changes in the visible supply OF grain in the
United States and Canada, as reported by the Chi
q hoard of trade.