Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-16
CORN SELLS At EIGHTY CENTS
Highest Price on Any Market for the
No. 3 White.
MAXIMUM FOR SEVERAL YEARS
Growing Corn Is SIN travelling q
RouEh Road, water and weeds
Having Made Its Life
Hard.

Twice In a week the Omaha market prices
for corn have been higher than at any
other primary market in the United States'
Last week corn sold for 4 to / cent above
Chicago. Wednesday the Bewsher com
pany sold a carload Of No. 3 white lot 81
cents, the highest ever paid on the Omaha
market for corn since its organization
and from 3 10 5 cents above Chicago
Wednesday.
There was no cash quotation on No. 3
white from Chicago Wednesday, but NO
2 white was quoted at II cents. At the
same time 50 cents was offered for No.
white in Omaha.
II was actual corn sent to Omaha on
consignment and sold by sample on the
floor of the Grain exchange. 1t is to be
presumed that II the Chicago price on No.
2 was n cents the No. 3 price was around
7s to 76k cents, which does not include
the freight rate. BY adding the freight
charge OF 6A cents per bushel it is seen
that the shipper selling grain on the
Omaha market would nave received almost
10 cents more than on the Chicago market
Two car loads OF new wheat were re-
| ceived on the Omaha market Tuesday
! morning, coming from Thayer county on
the Missouri Pacific. One car graded NO.
? and weighed sixty-one pounds TO the
bushel. The other car graded NO. 3 ana
was sold on the floor by sample Tor 70
cents per hushel. The car lead OK NO .
was carried over to the dealer and not
offered for sale.
New wheat will arrive every day from
now on and the dealers are anticipating a
good business and II the first cars received
are any indication Of the crop, there will
be some high grade wheat on the market,
which will bring some good prices.
Corn on Rough Road.
Growing corn is still travelling a rough
road in Nebraska, according to the crop
and soil report of the Burlington road for
last week. In many places in the low
lands where It was not drowned it is being
choked to death by weeds. On the uplands
II has had a better chance. One strong
redeeming feature of the crop this year
is that it was planted early and
was in fine condition when most of the
crops were planted. In spite Of the adverse
conditions, which confronted the crop It
is estimated that the Lincoln division Will
yield 100 per cent Of an average crop. On
the Wyoming division an 50 per cent cror
is expected and on the McCook division an
81 per cent crop.
Potatoes will make an average crop and
beets are DOING Wen anu sIoulu SOHie
up to the average,
Ten thousand sheep are yet to be shorn
In the vicinity Of Clearmont and the shear
ing is still progressing near sheridan'
lis, Az pounds of wool were received at
Clearmont last week and 1884, $50 pounds were
forwarded. leaving 6O,O27 pounds on hand
The Burlington reports heavy shipments
Of range cattle from Wyoming and the
Northwestern is loading many cars from
Wyoming and from the Black Hills coun-
try. The meadows are still in fine con-
dition although a little rain would not hurt
It Is reported by the Burlington from
Cheyenne that wheat in that section OF
the country will yield from 40 to 80 bushels
per acre. They are cutting wheat on the
Alliance division and the estimated yield
is about twenty bushels to the acre.