The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-24
Heavy Rains Over the Southwest
Harvest Fields Delay the
Work.
Receipts Light and Good Weather
Necessary to Start New
Stuff.
Minneapolis Stocks Decrease $780,
900 Bushels - Some Talk
of Rust.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. June
24,-Four inches of rain in Kansas was
what the bears in wheat had to think about
this morning. The weather map was a
bad one. Heavy precipitation over winter
wheat territory is not desirable at this
time, and continued rainy weather would
make a bull wheat market. TO this date
the work of harvesting is not well enough
along to be interfered with very seriously
and it would be too much to raise the cry
of a wet harvest. While wheat is being
cut at many points the work is not yet
fairly under way in the great wheat coun-
ties of Kansas and altho the official report
showed AZ inches Of rain at Concordia and
the ground is reported soaked and too soft
to go upon with machinery there is still
time for it to dry out and for harvesting
to get under way as early as the average
date. For all this it cannot be gainsaid
that a great downpour of rain when the
country stands on the edge Of the active
work is bad thing. Even moderate rains
from now on would keep the ground in
shape to hinder opera lions. This Is not
serious-for a long look ahead, for the
wheat Is there and will probably come in
all right eventually, but it may be a Sc
rious things for the many who have fig
ured upon great early rush of new wheat
to market. With a forecast for thunder
storms everywhere and showers tonight
and Saturday in Kansas the situation does
not improve any.
The first car Of No. 2 red winter wheat
came into Kansas City late yesterday. Re-
ceipts In ell at that point were $1,000 bu.
against gs had 1000 DDtav no yenr a ag2 s
bu against 1880. The 100 cars
predicted for Duluth turned out Sc cars
which compares with 81 a year ago. Chi
cago had 6 against %, Minneapolis 149
against lis. Local stocks will decrease
about 100000 blu. for the week.
iorp ctr
hall cabled that the Liverpool advance of
7ad was due principally to the fact that
harvest Is beginning in Rumania with the
promise about A, OOO0 900 bu compared with
74,000,0o0 last year, and that rain is great
~ needed in many districts. Argentine is
sending out reports a. little better, but the
work of seeding the new crop is said to be
backward.
Primary receipts 293, 900 blu, against $685.
900; shipments 100000, against $4,000.
Wheat and flour clearances $4,000 bu.
The Modern Miller says: The cutting OF
the winter wheat crop continues to be
tnterfered with by rains but precipitation
has not been general nor heavy and farm
ers are taking advantage of every fair day
to rush the harvest. Settled weather Is
to market at the usual time. Nc
free movement IS probable unit
well into July. The yield is salts.
factory, and quality excellent. Com
plants of damage by rust are becoming
frequent, but as yet, no well defined dam
age is noted. .....
Rust reports are beginning to CONF
from southern Minnesota, but SO far from
scattered localities only.
For the week total wheat and foul
clearances were 1,271, 900 bu.
Much wheat was sold on Shows repor
but it did not seem to have much eff.
feet There is very little wheat on the
market
July closed at e2B @e9c; September a
S0A @Bc; December 1870.