The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-10
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

wTe 4 10 g G GoTss smfS Co., by ST pF faH
members of the New York stock ex-
change and Chicago board of
Michigan wheat suffered a loss of 10 per
cent, during April from the war m
weather and lack of rain. The condition
OF the, crop of the state is but g. per
cent of the average years. Fully Is per
cent of the crop will be plowed under.
Meadows and pastures are in fairly go
condition and clover is eXcallent.-New
York reports good nearby demand
for cash wheat with freights to Ant
werp up Id from 112d a week ago
| Gossip has it that the government report
on wheat to be issued on the 10th, which
last month showed rs, will be between 10
&C GoVE 5Fi CROP STATISTICS
Washington, May 9-The following crop
statistics, which supplement the recent
Of agriculture, show that the winter
grain conditions almost everywhere in
Europe are favorable. Russian reports
complain of deficient grain, but the gen
eral condition is represented as satisfsc-
tory. Little, if any, harm seems to have
been done by the severe cold weather in
March in the Western countries, and
reports of spring. cultivation and seed
ing are favorable. Considerably less
than normal crop, approximately three
fourths, is indicated for India as whole,
good outruns. Roumanfa reports 1898
crop: Wheat, So, 456,9 04 bu; rye, 7,62S,6S
maize, 100000. This is a large gain over
1897. Austria 1898 wheat crop. is reported
as 46, 100000 blu. Italy wheat crop for is 8
is officially put at 1885, 900 bu. IN Ar
gentina the area under wheat for 1888 ana
1899. from which the crop was recently
gathered, has been officially estimated at
6, $50, 319 acres, and the aggregate product
is unofficially estimated at 70,0000G0 blu.
The United States minister at Buenos
Ayres reports that the quality of the
wheat crop is fairly good and the yield
extraordinary. The maize crop now
gathering is like wheat, a good one. In
the United Kingdom the increase IN the
wheat crop over that for 1897 was lS,OS8,-
321 blu, a percentage of increase nearly
three times as great In production as IN
area. . -.
GRAIN VISIBLE SUPPLY-NeW York.
May Especial cable: and telegraphic dis
patches to Bradstreets indicate the foi-
lowing change in. available supply last
week: Wheat, United States and Canada,
east of Rockies, decrease, 1,614OO0 bu;
af1oat for and in Europe, increase, S,lVo,
600; total supply, Increase, l,S4o,ooO ou;
Rockies, decrease, 5,530,000 blu. Oats, Unit
ed States and Canada, east of Rockies,
decrease, 1596,000 bu. Among the more
important decreases not given in the Of
fetal visible supply statement are those
of 621, 600 bu at Manitoba storage points,
1885, 900 blu at New Orleans, 125, 600 at Mil
waukee private elevators, and 10000 bu
at Northwestern interior elevators. The
principal increases is that of $4,000 bu
at Joliet. The aggregate stock of wheat
held at PORTLAND, Or.,- ana tacoma dHQ
Seattle, WASH; decreased $4,000 bu last
week.
NEW YORK, May s.-Flour-Receipts,
4.630 bbls; exports, $3.50 bbls; neglected,
but more steadily held. Rye flour mac
tive Wheat-Receipts, 1895 bu; ex-
ports, 80, 116 bu; sales, 2,365, 900 bu futures,
200, 600 bu spot and out ports; spot steady;
No 2 red, S41sc spot, f. o. b., afioat and
79%c elevator; No 2 red, S31sc to arrive,
f. o. b., af1oat; No. l northern, Duluth,
size f. o. b., adoat, to arrive; options
opened firm on the Michigan state re-
port, and, after a midday season of de-
preston, following long sales, recovered
again; shorts were alarmed over a re-
bullish rumors on the government re-
port, and less favorable Southwestern
news The close was steady at A@3sc
net advance; May closed at 1850; July,
763s@771sc closed at Tic; September 1875
076c, closed at 76c; December, 7115@71zc,
closed at 7634c. Corn-Receipts, 210600
bu; exports 1886 bu; spot steady; No.
2, 401s@40ssc afioat, to arrive and spot;
options market opened steady with
wheat and held firm most Of the ses-
sion on favorable Buffalo strike news and
higher: May, 3S14@3Sssc, clio closed at SSFsc;
closed at 3S1hc Oats-Receipts, 231, 900 bu;
spot dull: No. 2, Bic; No. 1. 3O12c; No. 2
white, 35ikc; No. 3 white, 341hc; No. 2,
track, white, 34@341ac; track, white, state,
34I36c; options slow.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 9.-Flour
steady Wheat higher; No. 1 northern, 70
674c; No. 2 northern, INC. Oats lower,
2S1h@30c. Rye lower; No. 1, 60@601ac. Bar
ley steady; No 2, Ale; sample, 3712Q40c.