The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS.

Our stocks show a decrease of $50. 600
bu for four days. Receipts. 104 cars.
against lO2 a year ago, Duluth against
10. Chicago 3S against Il, Kansas City "a
and St. Louis 10000 bu. Clearances of
wheat and flour. 101, 900 blu. Primary re-
ceipts. $4,000 bu. against 10000 bu n
year ago; shipments, $4,000 bu, against
Liverpool wheat closed unchanged. as
did Berlin and Antwerp, Budapest was up
lc and Paris wheat 20 centimes higher;
flour 10 centimes higher.
Van DuSen Harrington Cos crop report
says: Wheat seeding is practically COM
pleted in southern Minnesota and South
Dakota. In North Dakota about IS per
cent of the wheat ground south of The
Northern Pacific line has been seeded and
about 80 To 80 per cent has been COM
pleted in the northern counties of North
Dakota and in the northwest territories
and about % per cent in Manitoba
The weather has been very favorable for
seeding. though the ground has frozen
every night and the seeders could not run
more than half or three-quaTters of the
day. South Dakota was covered with
snow about week ago. which melted rap
IDLY and the early sown wheat is now
showing green. North Dakota and Min
nesota have had no rain and the winds
ana freezing nights have made the ground
unusually dry. Notwithstanding the agl-
tatlon made by the experimental stations
the railroads, the wheat buyers and the
best farmers, it is apparent that In that
country which was most injured by rust
last year northeast South Dakota south
ern North Dakota and central Minnesota)
mere are many farmers who have used
SEED wheat weighing from 45 to so lbs.
While this quality of wheat might not be
seriously lacking in terminating power.
II will require favorable conditions from
the time 1t is put in the ground
The increase in wheat acreage in these
three states and also Manitoba and the
Northwest Territories, will apparently be
10 or 10 per cent. In South Dakota.
where seeding Is completed, the estimated
cent.
Chicago Cash Business-The cash wheat
markets here developed less anima ton
tuesday. The big elevator men were not
as anxious buyers. Armour. Bartlett
Fra Frazier, Peavey and Rosenbaum Bros, are
wheat. $4,000 blu being inspected out of
the private elevators Monday of which
$4,000 blu was No. l northern, and there
were AZ cars OF contract in. the regular
receipts No. red was May price in
store; No. red sold at s1.05 to s112k
T. o. b.; No. hard brought $115k, and
No hard sl.00 to s1.041a: No. northern
sold at Sill and No. spring at slOS
Sales to mills were 90. 900 blu.
At Kansas City. Mo, No . hard sold
ut $l.O2 to S1.0S f: o. b. in that market
me demand was small and supplies large.
WIN miilers buying a few cars. At st.
Louis No. red advanced 1c and sold at
I:lo. The seaboard sold 10000 bu corn
" ca liSi- J. ne map SHOWS 1rOStS in CEN
tral and northern Illinois and throughout
the Ohio valley killing in Indiana and
Virginia. There was heavy rain at Fort
Worth, Tex, and light rains in Oklahoma
and a trace at Wichita, Kan. Tempera-
lures are generally higher, except in the
Canadian northwest, where they are sta
tonary. Generally clear in the north
west, west and Ohio valley; partly cloudy
IN the southwest. In the extreme north
ana northwest 1t is generally clear, &c to
81 above. The northwest is generally
clear, "A to 4? above. The west and
southwest partly cloudy
Forecast: Illinois-Fair. except showers
IN south portion Thursday and extreme
south portion tonight. Indiana-Fair to-
night and probably Thursday. Missouri,
MinneSota-lncreasing cloudiness tonight
with showers Thursday. Lower Michigan,
Upper Michigan-Partly cloudy tonight
and thursday. South Dakota. Nebraska,
KanSas-Showers tonight and Thursday
North Dakota-PTobably rain tonight and
Thursday
Closing Cash Grain Prices
No. I hard. s112%; No. northern.
To95s joy; No. 2 northern. s1.03% a
dd;4%; no no. 3 wheat; s3% @96bc; No. /
corn, 43%c; No 8 oats, 27Hc: No. Z
white oats, 2S!9c; barley, 37943c: rye,
16A @71%c; No. l fax on spot. 81 4OIE
NO. i fax TO arrive, $I.40L; No. / flax
April option, s1.40i4.
Puts and Calls
Minneapolis May wheat puts. 81 .0s:
calls, SLOTS; curb. s1.O6&; July wheat
puts, $l.02; calls. $1.O3A curb. sI1O26s:
M N w: May wheat puts. $1.111k; calls.
SS1sc; May corn puts, 47M47Isc: calls
471ac. 0'''''''