The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-16
OTHER GRAINS

GRAIN GOSSIP-Gossip by private
wire to c. H. f. Smith & Co.. st. Paul,
change and Chicago Board of Trade
Prime says: Winter wheat harvest re-
ports from Eastern Ohio show that very
ilttfe OF the small crop of new wheat has
Deen tnreshed. Farmers seem very re-
auctant to sell the small remnant of the
crop. Millers are taking some wheat at
present prices. Dry weather has Injured
corn materially. Harvest reports from
southern Kansas show that, owing to the
dry weather and abundance of threshing
machines fully 70 to rs per cent of the
wheat is thIeshed. This is one cause of
the larger receipts of wheat during the
last thirty days. Look for this large
movement to let up very soon. Farmers
are generally inclined to be buIlish. and
nave marketed about all in excess of
their storage capacity The dry hot
weather has reduced, and, in some in
stances, almost ruined the corn crop
Lack OF old corn, scarcity of new NAV
prevent the making of much heavy pork,
spring wheat reports from Southea stern
South Dakota indicate that wheat is NOT
turning out as we'll as expected. going
All the way from to Is blu per acre
Farmers are inclined to store their grain
at nome. Spring wheat reports from
Northeastern North Dakota show that
wheat is about half cut, and no thresh
ing done yet. Area Of summer followed
larger than usual Trade in farm ma
chinery has been reduced on account of
the small crop, but no other reduction
In other lines to any great extent In
ITS weekly summary of crop conditions,
Issued today, the weather bureau says:
owing to the extreme conditions of
wheat and dryness and excessive rains
In contain districts the week as a whole
was unIaVorable to agricultural interests
In the districts east of the Rocky nolIn-
tafns, but on the Pacific coats If was
very favorable In some portions of corn
producing states the crop has sustained
serious injury from drought and intense
near the ole
tlnues very promising. In the principal
states of the corn belt the reports In
olcate that the bulk Of crop will be safe
from from frost by from Sept to 10. and at
the latest crop will be matured from one
TO TWO weeks Litter. Heavy rains In
principal wheat states prevented compile
! tl2n OF spring wheat harvest and caused
injury to the oYer-ripe standing grain &c
well as to that in shock and stack. In the
middle Atlantic states, including North
Carolina. Ohio and portions of Kentucirv
TOBACCO mas suffered much from drought
and heat, but in the last mentioned stafe
the general condition of crop is promiso
ing. -"Har;js
NEW YORK. Aug. 15.-Flour-Receipts
l9Pl7 bbls; exports, 9,019 bbls; steady and
moderately active; rye flour strong: corn
meal firm, -x$e steady, barley quiet; bar
ley malt dull. Wheat-Receipts. 173 200
bu; exports, 7,774 bu; spot easy; No. 2
No. l northern Duluth. $3.50 f. o. b.,
afoat; No. hard. Duluth, 857sc E. o. b.,
'afloat; options. September, 7s5sQSO a-Icc,
closed Size, Corn-Receipts. Isl, 800 bu;
exports, 262,963 bu; spot firm; No. 2, 45Ke
I: 0. b., afioat, and 44s4c elevator; op-
tons, September. 45I40l441ac. closed 43%c;
December. 1875 g401zc. closed $3.50. Oats
receipts, l20,40G bu; exports, 10000 blu;
spot firm; No. 2. 26c; No. 8, 251Zc; No Z
white, 2S?34S4c; No. 3 white. 271k@2Sc;
track mixed Western, 26G2712c; track
white. 216133c: options slow but firrner.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 15.-Wheat- Steady,
sd lower; September, 6s I'D; December,
6s I'D. Confirm, unchanged to I'd
higher: October IS 11%d September, SIS
hid: November. IS 11Bd.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Aug. 15.-Flour
steady Wheat-Firm; No l northern.
16a77c; No. northern. 7411@75c. Rye
Higher; No. l, 511ke. Barley-Firm: No.
2. SOC; sample, 35@471zc. Oats-FIigher:
No. white, 25Q25Ac.~