The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-14
Rain Over the Holiday Strengthen
Grains Good Forecast
Breaks Them.
Foreign Markets Closed Modern
Miller Bearish on the Win
ter Wheat.
Local Stocks Probably Close to
Top Mark for the
Season.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, April IA
The bulls in corn and oats stood in for the
greater benefit from the weather of yesterday
and today, but wheat was affected as we'll, and
altho the market did not squirt up as some ex-
pected it would after the rains 1t acted very
strong. Thirty inches Of snow near Bowdle
S. D.. was of the first reports In, and 1t
at once suggested general snow and started
talk of delay to farm work and late seeding
When full reports were received they showed
general storm the entire grain country
yesterday, and more rains this morning in Min
nesota Wisconsin and Iowa. The storm was
moving eastward and when the later morning
forecast posted Minnesota was down for
fair weather tomorrow except In the northeast
ern part, and fair weather and warmer to-
night was the prediction for the Dakotas, Ne
braska and Kansas. This took the edge on
the market all around, for with good clear
weather following the rains, the crop already
seeded northwest and the growing winter wheat
southwest, ought to come along In good shape.
while farm work in localities not yet seeded will
not probably be delayed long enough to set
back the average of the work materially. The
northwest report at IL am read as follows:
Fergus Falls. cloudy, cooler: snow and sleet
about all night. st. Cloud. rained and showed
all night now light rain and high north wind;
now IS above. Hillsboro. clear. light north
west wind; "a above; cool. Mayville, clear,
fine snow and rain oil day yesterday. Com
stock, cloudy and cold, SO above: rained and
showed TIL 10 pm. yesterday. Grand FORKS
rained until 3 pm. yesterday, now clear with
light east wind fine Fargo, rained and showed
nearly all day: very cloudy this morning.
Minneapolis stocks increased 1873 Blu for
the official week, which brings the total IN to-
days report up to $3.50, 900 bu, but for two
days since making up the figures there is de-
crease, estimated at 100000 bu, and 1t may be
that the official figures of today will mark top
for the accumulation. At any rate, there is
less likelihood of further material gains from
Eow on, and stocks In Minneapolis are probably
touching around the top notch today. Receipts
here 357 against 1874. but today 3
wei movement.
had cars for two days against 60 and Duluth s
single-day comparison SO against 8. Winni-
peg received 135 against 80, St. Louis received
"a 900 bu against 80 900 and Kansas City 81, 900
against $4,000. Primary receipts. $4,000 bu
against 300, 900. Clearances $4,000 bu.
The Modern Miller says: weather cond1-
lions have been favorable for winter wheat in
the principal producing states. Advices since
Apri. show the prospects to be excellent and
the average condition much better than the April
report Of the government Indicated With sea-
sonable weather from the report of May
i should show higher average condition than
that of April L.
Broomhall estimates worlds wheat shipments
is expected to take 5000. 900. Actual shipments
last week were 1882, 900 blu and year ago
were $3.50. 900.
There were no cables. the foreign mar
kets being closed.
W. s. Sunderland. Omaha. writes: 81 had
our Lincoln office telephone the state entomolo.
gist. who said that while last year we had all
kinds of specimens and reports of fly there Is
not single complaint so far this year, and
nothing in the newspapers except that they say
the largest crop raised in Nebraska"