The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-29
Spring Farm Work Now the Fea-
ture Of Greatest Interest
to All.
Seeding Will Begin on Monday
Next in Some Advanced
Places. -
Oklahoma Reports Winter Wheat
Six 20 Seven Inches High
and Jointing.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. March %.
The little sunshine this morning started every
talking about spring work and has its effect
upon wheat. Rising temperatures appeared on
the wea Their map and for the weather to come
Minnesota down for fair and warmer in the
forecast and warmer weather was also predicted
for Iowa. Nebraska and the Dakotas. Two
travelling men for Minneapolis line elevator COM
panies reports saying that seeding will
begin in the Dakotas next week Their obser-
va tions covered western North Dakota and
! sandy portion of South Dakota. In the Red
: River valley and on low land generally the work
will not begin soon, altho very favorable
start is promised for the entire northwest. The
bulls will have to face this sort of thing from
now 1t is to be expected that all ordinarily
favorable conditions, good seeding weather or
early completion of the work, will be eXagger-
ated by the bears. When the wheat begins to
! SO into the ground the harvest will already be
in sight to some In a speculative way this
will have Its effect. Someone In Chicago has
figured 1t out that with 100000 bu long May
wheat held there all the holders will have to do
is to stand pat. Only No. l northern and No.
and not over 1000, 900 bu contract wheat could
!, be put in Chicago for May delivery. This is
barking back to the old talk of a possible
squeeze in Chicago. 1t. may, be all right, but
from the northwest point Of view it would ap-
pear that anyone who tries to corner May in
Chicago will get more wheat than he take
care Of. A change in the crop promise might
make some bull manipulation possible, but at
present it would appear to be suicidal
The Northwestern Miller says: 'Whie there
snap to trade last week, on the whole
Minneapolis mills seem to have sold In
creased quantity of -four. 1t exceptional
where a mill did not sell it's output But buy buy
a fight usually to get business, especially at
full quotations. Buyers appear to be not vet
satisfied to values being at low point, and
the most Of them are taking -four only in lin
orders earlier placed were reported to be COM
ing in more freely, some mills felt the lack of
them. few good-sized orders for patent were
reported booked during the week, occasional mills
reporting such business"
Local elevator stocks Increased by $4,000 bu
for FIVE days. Minneapolis received 293 cars.
against 25S. Chicago A. against %, and Duluth
70, against 2. Other comparisons were 1928 and
,9S for Winnipeg, 1000 bu and $4,000 for Kan
gas City and 600 and As, 900 for st. Louis.
Primary receipts 432. 900 bu, against $4,000.
Clearances. 232, 900 bu.
Cash demand good with outside
mills in the market and No. l northern moving
at 1c May.
Rains fell in Texas Kentucky and other minor
winter wheat states, and the situation generally
Is much changed and very favorable. The
Price Current says Continued suspension or
delay in agricultural affairs from weather con-
ditons present heavy SHOWS largely absorbed
by ground being benehcially favorable. situation
of wheat crop maintained"
The Market Record presents the following
summary: The receipts of wheat at Mime
apois and Duluth from the last crop are Ill,
ceding crop. OF these receipts a little above
1900. 900 from states outside Of Minnesota
and the Dakotas from the last crop and little
more than 9. 600. OUU bu from outside states the
preceding year for the period. After max
ing these allowances the excess of receipts OF
grain of Minnesota and the Dakotas production
at these two terminals Is about % 900 bu
from the 1905 crop than from the crop OF
1904. BY adding to the % 900. 600 excess 1000
900 bu more now in country elevators than last
year and 5000. 600 bu more in farmers hands
than last year shown by the government re-
. ports the last crop must have been S5, 900. DOC
bu larger than that of 1904 The crop of 1901
15S, 900. 900 bu; by adding the difference
50. 100000 bu-to the crop of 1904, it would
make the northwest crop of 1905 amount tC
1893, GOO, 600. The estimate of the department OF
agriculture in December 1872, 100, 759 bu. The
only variation likely to be shown in the enc
from these figures may be In the estimate OF
the amount now in farmers hands. The Market
Record estimate 1872, $50, 900 bu for the crol
: of 1905
A late Kansas City message from Bodman t.
J. c. Verhoef. says everything in the way O
crop reports very favorable, wheat in Okla
homa six to seven inches high and jointing I
nothing happens they will have an early harves
in Oklahoma and Southern Kansas.