The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-31
Wheat jumps up a little.

! ITO noon nothing had occurred In the Septem-
Der option to give a hint as to conditions.
Tomorrow will be delivery day, but early ind1ca-
ready to tawe their wheat for there no
heavy liquidation. Neither were the shorts
scared into covering. They have all the month
| Of September in which to make delivery and
apparently feel assured Of plenty Of wheat to
make good with. The market in a dead
sdock waiting for the September option to do
something Meanwhile the local situation re-
manned very strong Cash wheat was In good
demand at 31aG4c over for No. northern, re-
kpedpts here only 72 cars against 1858 and
Eabere was another decrease in local stocks that
makes 1t look like shrinkage Of 1925 600
EEbushe1s in the weekly report tomorrow linen
Bromhan sent cable making the Russian sit
famine. The market hardened and fair gains
were made in prices in all options, but there
ruled the pit. Watson appeared as a seller
sep BANDED took
the remainder scattered. The pit was
mixed over this. The bulls were pleased that
the market stood so we'll against the selling and
It looked favorable to them. but the bears
thought that 1t meant that wheat would be
sold freely on any further advance and they
hestated to buy in short stuff, believing that
lower prices will come.
Threshing returns better and were an
offset to the light showngs of yesterday and
Wednesday. The Thomas H. May farm near
Larimore got e72 bushels Isl from thirty acres an
acres or about 20 bushels per acre. and Psi
bushels from six acres Or about Al y bushels
per This was remarkably good. Wfnni-
peg wired Lewis that fifteen reports in there
this morning showed yields of 20 to rs bushels
per acre. Whalon's returns were not so IA
vorable and they showed that there some
very bad places in the crop. Three cash grain
firms had mail advices Of disappointing returns.
On the whole, however, the showing was highly
favorable. Piper had Winnipeg wire saying
that in districts where wheat supposed to
be slrunken by hot winds threshing Is bring
Ing out % to 80 bushels to the acre. The
Fargo Forum had. the following:
full blast. The yield there in the first Of
the harvest runs from IS to 20 bushels to the
acre N. G.. Larimore, after watching the
threshing machines in the vicinity of Larimore
predicts an average In that locality of from
- to Is bushels. George Hancock in
from Bottineau and reports threshing Just
ure that the two weeks of extreme hot weather
damaged the wheat yield in that section 20
threshing In Walsh county is general The
wheat yield in that imemdiate vicinity is from
10 to IS bushels but he says that this is on the
nas Of ths ez ana 5 he THINKS the
average yield in the county Of ID bushels.
State Auditor H. L. Holmes reports little
threshing done in the immediate, vicinity Of
bushels to the acre, but the average crop will
fall below this, and another piece nearby
yielded IL bushels. Mr.. Holmes estimates the
average yield of the valley at not to exceed
Is bushels.
About thirty cars wheat were received
here, but some came in late and not
the sample tables up to To that time
there IT cars shown Of which graded
No. 1 northern. 8 No. northern, No. and
rejected. In Winnipeg there Is cars
new wheat grading 1 car No hard, No.
northern No. 2 northern and rejected.
Receipts at other markets with last years
comparisons were, Duluth ID and IS, Chicago
70 and 81, Winnipeg SO and %, St. Louis 49,
900 bushels and 100000, Kansas City 2o5,OOo
and 267 900.
Argentine shipments for the week were
Lo4s,ooo bushels against 1,2oS, 900 and 1870,
COO.
Primary receipts $4,000 bushels against 1862,
1000 Clearances PIT 900 bushels
The Modern Miller says: The holdings at
,l41tude Of winter wheat farmers Is lrzaly main
tanned. There signs yet of an in
creased movement to market. Many interior
millers look for free deliveries by farmers dur
ing September"
The weather forecast: Minnesota-Far to-
night and warmer; Saturday partly cloudy and
showers in west North Dakota-Showers west,
far east tonight; showers and cooler tomorrow.
South Dakota and Nebrasks---Showers: warmer.
Kansas-showers tonight; partly cloudy Satur-
day. Iowa-showers tonight or Saturday
warmer. Missouri--Showers tonight and Satur-
day. Illinois and Indiana--Showers tonight or
Saturday. Lower Michigan-Fair tonight;
Saturday partly cloudy; warmer east