The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-25
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Wheat Now Affected Principally
by Fear Of Excess Rain
Northwest. .s
The Red River Valley Very Wet
and More Rain Due to
Come Tonight.
Modern Miller Notes Rain Relief
southwest-News Of the
Day.

,,,rneanolis Chamber Of Commerce, May %
ronr,s or the sign of the bull. appeared III
tbe northwestern sky today, Tor the saine se"e n.y..
rain that again soaked the winter wheat AM
killed the drought scare started rear VI e 20
,aist,ra In spring wheat, and the center Oh
strength shifted ncrthward to minneapolis. my
only were there all-ntght rains AT linp'l'
Red river valley points, put mere 10 NV ir
come the prediction being for precipitation IL
nearly every important graln-groWlng state H.
Guiding Minnesota and North Dakota: Inc va.
lev does not need any more. indeed there t'I
sno+s already so soaked as to be OUT OF IL.
TSts docs not necessarily mean anything alarm.
ing The valley raises smaller proportion VI
the total crop every year. and inc hnnelsoii a.,
argument that there is compensation IN al
things finds proof in the hattering conditions OF
Snr+6er vast where the land IS higher ana
! drier and where. in a year OF perfect SOIL III
the valley, drought usually mas some aaf eroS,
effect. Tie northwest could raise sood crop
with the valley entirely full OF 1t. 1t "ouio oe
a nossitility. 1t would be anything but prop
ability however. The excess rains are certalniv
! to be preferred to drought, neither IS II hhel!
conditions In the wet lands are quite SO oau as
the observers think. Nevertheless the ram OF
last night and the promise of more for tonight
, make an unfavorable showing-the first OF the
season. How seriously it will be taken Will ue
pend upon the rainfall tonight.
Cash demand was better, No. going at A1sc
i to &c over and No. at July price to NC over
Reports Of the sale Of wheat at Duluth to go
! east, to millers, had good effect.
For the week the Mlnneapolls SUCKS are estA-
mated to decrease 975, 600 bu. Minneapolis got
only 100 against 226. Duluth had "a against
| g. Chicago against none and Winnipeg 81
! AGAINST 49, The Kansas City figures were 2l,OOO
! bu and 22ooO ST. Louis $4,000 and $4,000
Primary receipts, 266, 900 bu against 800, 900;
! clearances wheat and -four 16S, 900 bu.
-, An Indian cable from Lahore says the wheat
crop of Punjab will be 600 bu In excess
. of the largest crop hitherto recorded. Broomhall
considers this with official estimates already
! published to indicate a total outturn OF India
OF 2sS 600, 900, against 2so, 100000 bu last year
and $4,000 1000 bu in 1904.
Il The AN. report showed the following: Win
! nipeg-Cloudy and COOL AZ above. Grand Forks
Very cloudy; had heavy rain last night:
sprinkling now; cool. Fargo-Cloudy; been rain
ing hard nearly all night; looks like. May.
WITHDRAWING, has been all night; about 40
above Hilsboro-very cloudy; heavy rain all
night; water standing everywhere. Comstock-
Very cloudy and cool; had heavy rain last night.
St. Cloud-Cloudy and calm; light rain during
night; So above.
storms tonight or Saturday; warmer tonight Ne
braska-Showers and thunderstorms. South Da
kota-Showers and thunderstorms; cooler. I'LL
nois and Indiana-Showers and thunderstorms
warmer. Minnesota North Dakota, Montana ant
Upper Michigan-Rain tonight and Saturday
Iowa Missouri, Lower Mlchigan-Showers ant
thunderstorms.
The Modern Miller says: Further deteriora
ton is reported in the winter wheat due t.
dry weather, the lowering In condition being
most marked In the soft winter wheat sections
including Missouri and the states east of th
Mississippi river Rains have afforded relief II
Kansas and Nebraska, and latest advices say tn
plant has been benefited in these states. Rain
are extending into eastern territory, where mois
ture is needed. Prospects in Oklahoma continue
good and weather conditions are favorable ii
Texas. Beneficial rains have fallen In the Pacif
northwest.