The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-17
Market Gossip.


higher, corn sd higher than yesterdays
London: Wheat steady. options SD up.
Receipts of hogs: Chicago. 81 .oO0 opened
weak TO &C lower; Kansas City, 1900:
Paris: Wheat centimes lower. flour
centimes lower
bulletin says: Corn is generally coming
off well. although heavy rains and cold
able replanting will be necessary. but
much less damage by worms has been
ing foul The wheat that has been left IS
making rapid growth and some fields are
counties considerab1e damage is reported
from chinch bugs. Oats and fax are
Chicago receipts: Wheat 80 cars. graded
2 cars; corn 80 cars. graded so cars; oats
Washington: From special telegraphic
reports received at the weather bureau.
crop conditions during the past week have
been most favorable all over the terri
tory east of the Rockies. Excessive rains
Iowa, Missouri and indiana, l'i but m elsewbere
over the northern portion OF the country
planting is progressing favora bly, about
planted in illinois and Ohio. Most un-
favorable features of the week were
seasonably low temperature on northern
Pacific coast continued absence OF rain
over the greater part Of the Gulf states
and excessive rains which retarded farm
ing opera tions in the Ohio and Mississippi
valleys. Except on northern Pacific coast
temperature conditions for the week have
been decidedly favorable. Frost was fire.
quent in portions of the lake region, up
per Mississippi and upper Missouri VAL
is reported. Spring wheat seeding is not
yet finished in North Dakota and a large
sofa. over the southern portions of the
spring wheat region the crop is making
Dakota reports frost injury to spring
wheat: generally considered only temper
ary, and conducive to luxurlant stooHng-
Oats. have been injured by frost in South
5fates south r carona and Nebraska G BUT
generally the crop is in promising condi-
lion and has made rapid growth during
Chicago: Cash grain business done here
yesterday, 1o.Oo0 bushels Of eats; eats; At the
of Wheat. 2s6 900 bushels Of corn and ioo
600 bushels of oats.
wheat very seriously in in this section,
Farmers are very much DISCOURAGED o.o
cars Minneapolis, 150 cars today, last year
224 cars.
Kansas City receipts; Wheat 81 cars. last
year 80 cars; corn % cars last year So
cars; oats cars. last year 26 cars.
avaiable I for H July deli delivery. ~ The S strength
in The July 1z9 option is Is on II this; e 4
row: Wheat. 81 cars; corn 100 cars: oats.
1S2 cars; hogs; 5000 90 head. ,oa,= oo..,uo-
statistician Snow says reports Of dam
age to wheat from insects is exaggerated.
He gets only three reports from his cor
respondents men @mentiqIn1iing the pests:
I'd higher than yesterdays close.
The country is credited with buying con-
siderable wheat today Barrett sold about
three-fourths of a million bushels early.
minneapolis close: Wheat, May 1O14c,
July 71HGAc September 69d691sc.
Duluth close: Wheat, May 72lac. July
73c, September INC.
Chicago: The buying of wheat today has
been scattering but steady and mostly for
long account. The crowd has been bullish
and stiI long. Offerings have been light
excepting Barrett and BrOsseau's sales
early.
Chicago: Considerable corn coming out.
Looks like Patterns or Frazier's Hne-pos-
sibly both.
st Louis. CLOSE: Wheat. cash 73c. May
75a4c, July 717sc bid. September 7214c; corn,
cash 33c, May 3212c, July 324 q sc. Sept en-
Der S29sc; oats, cash CSC, May. 2S1sc bid.
July 24Ac bid. September 22c bid.
Total clearanceS wheat and flour, 146, 900
bushels; corn, 116,000 bushels.
With a bullsh local crowd and light
offerings of whaet there is not much trou-
BILE in sustaining the market. St. Louis
Topeka cash market, lis p. m.: No. ?
hard wheat. SO test, 6512c.
Kansas City cash market. 30 p. m:
No. hard wheat. 50 test, 6Sd6SI2c; No. 2
mixed corn, S214ci No. 2 mixed oats, ga
2712c az
7212c; puts July corn 331sc. calls 3912c;
curb July wheat, 71a4c bid; curb July corn,