The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-22
September Does Not Go Up, but
Neither Does It Go Down on
Selling Pressure.
The Weather Forecast Not Very
Good One, Indicating More
Rain to Come.
The Flour Situation Unsatisfac-
tory, but Promising Better
Later On.

MINNEAPOLIS Chamber of Commerce, June p
wheat sold down a cent when the market opened,
but it came back again shortly and was stub
born and uncertain as ever. Liverpool cables
sshowed an easy feeling In that market. This,
: Broomhall said was due to the summary OF the
I northwestern Miller. Evidently 1t brought reas-
surance to the trade after the reports
of rust in spring wheat that had found their way
across The reaction in price from the early dlp
/ was on the weather. Early this morning IL was
Framing at Calgary, Battleford and other eX-
| treme northwest points, and light rain was 1au-
( ing around Moorhead. Rapid City, Neb., also
had some rain. also points further down In the
winter wheat fields, Concordia and Dodge Guy,
Forth Worth also had rain and some precipitation
r was noted in Iowa and parts of Tennessee ana
/ Ohio The forecast none too goou, showers
SbeinS predicted for Minnesota and the Dakotas
hIowa, Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. The crop
Hrepo1ts were a little. more favorable on the
whole The Price Current says: Favorable
week for corn and seasonable progress made
NOats maintaining promise of good yield. Winter
wheat unchanged in general Indications, harvest
sing begun in Ohio valley districts. Spring "neaC
Fmaking coed advancement
Minneapolis received 40 cars against lO9, pu-
s1uth against 80. Chicago against IA. W1nn1-
Epeg had 6-t compared with So. St. Louis 1900
Ebu compared with 5000 and Kansas City 44'V9o
aaganst IL 900.
/ Speaking of the flour situation the Northwes-
stern Miller says: Some solace can be gained
Efrom the present condition of the flour market.
FWith buyers taking as little flour as possible,
keupplies will be abnornally low by Sept 1 and
k>when the wheat crop begins to move millers
Ewill have bare market to start on. This ought
ITO insure keen demand and excellent prices fol
Etwo three months at least
I Primary receipts 251,00O bu against 2l3OOO
hElearances of wheat and flour "a, 900. Minneapo
Ills elevator stocks have decreased by 100000 BIT
EEo fa- this week.
Z Wnonn Mimi, reports to Marfeld as follows
kSThere will be big damage to our spring
RtWheat until after it heads out, which will be a
k1east two weeks. then If the weather is hot will
Hrains will get it, but If the weather shout,
stturn dry, will have large crop the stant
Sds good and the acreage large
l. c. E. Lewis got this from Comstock, N. D.
EtSince writing last evening have learned that OF
ETuesday evening they had very heavy rain fiy
Fcniles north of here, flooding the land again.
Egood many farmers say that they do not expec
ignore than half crop of wheat. West of herr
Flor ten miles they have been damaged by waite
r1nore than have here
The Southwestern Grain and Flour Journal spe
Exial crop bulletin from Wichita, Kan, says tn
numerous reports of wonderful improvement il
s;Tinter wheat conditions and the many gra tut
ytous tips OF crop experts and others viewing
ksthe wheat fields from Pullman windows hay
sSbeen worked to a finish since early this month
1--WE do not quite agree with these reports be
sScause our observation convinces US that Their
Ehas been additional deterioration produced b.
Efhe heated terms of the several days passed
IL rom our 1nforma ton make the following de
ABDUCTION pertaining to winter wheat at the presen
Ettime: Winter wheat condition, Texas, II pc
i4cent; Oklahoma, 70; Missouri, so; Kansas Is
ksNebra ska, SO. We also note some deteriora ito
gin oats and place the same at the followin
Figures: Oats condition, Texas, So per cent: Ok
E1ahoma, IS; Missouri, SO; Kansas, 76; Nebraska
sB7
/, September closed at 1873 @ssc and July a
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