The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-08
GRAIN AMI PROVISIONS.


DETROIT. Dee Close: \ recent
~ issued report on the worlds wheat
crop. shows general conditions TO be
favorable. Farmers in France and Ger
many are selling wheat more freely.
England and France complain OF Dad
weather for their wheat crops, bul
Liverpool was easy Yesterday, giving
very bad. The weakness In the Tor
eign market comes chiefly from the
Improvement in Argentina.
The government crop report came
out al noon on Wednesday, and showed
the acreage and condition OF wheat ana
rye The wheat condition was expect
ed 10 be 81 To So, and the acreage apout
%. 100000 Last year the condition
was 80 S and acreage 33,4s3,OOO bu, OF
which 4439 900 acres were abandoned.
! Tie lowest condition in ten Years Was
SD in 1904. and il was Sl.i in 1899 !;
the lowest IN 20 years. chicago puIIS
were buying on Tuesday. expecting
builish government report, ana a ma
sorfty We're inclined to be bullish,
Some sales OF cash wheat in Chicago
Tuesday were reported. but there was
some question about IL. Bears also
government report would not mean
much, az practical grain men Know
that what now appears like poor
start. may be entirely overcome by
moisture in TN cform Of rain or snow.
The government report made the
condition or winter wheat $50 and
acreage 34.1S1. 600 bu. condition M
So is figured 10 mean I21a bushels TO
the acre At first the report had no
effect and the market later declined
closing at a loss for the day OF y
The large acreage was considered the
most bearish feature
Wheat quotations-Cash No. . red
and December. 80 q G.; May opened
without change at sl.00l., declined to
s100is advanced TO 1908 and closed
at s10oh; july opened at 96lsc. lost
&c advanced to 96iac. and declined
10 96c: No / white. 95hc
Coarse grain quotations: Corn--Cash
No. ?. &c: No. . yellow. SEC No 3 yell
low. Soc: new No. white. l car at
47l@c; new No. 4 white. l car at &c:
new No. yellow. cars at soc; sam
oats~standard. car at 3ec No 3
Rye-Cash No. /. sac: No 2. s3lsc.
Beans-Cash. S20s; December, s2.05.
CIoverseed--Prime spot. so bags at
I 50; December. 50. March, S9.O5, sam
pie. IL bags AZ $3.50, ~ al So ~ at
, 81 40. 20 az Ss;9o. ~ az ST. ~ a.
Timothy seed--Prime spot. $40.
Receipts in the petroit market on
! Wednesday. included 400 bbls OF iour.
! cars Of wheat. - of corn, or oats.
ana l Of rye. Withdrawals were 400
I bhis OF flour Stocks are 319l1i bu OF
/ whf al. 2O6.S ia of corn. 1874 hu Of
! oats and 1869 bu OF rye.
sLiverpool wheat closed X a. I'd low
Receipts ~ wheat Wednesday: nu-
luth IO7 cars. against IL a year ago,
MINNEAPOLIS 2g5 cars. against 1875. st.
Louis 34.00 0bu. against $4,000 bu;
Kansas City. 50 cars. against IL: VIM
nipeg, 22S ears. against 201.
Primary wheat receipts were 6ll,oOO
hui against 55S 900 bu a year ago
Exports Of wheat and -four Wednes-
day $4,000 hu
TOLEDO. o.. Dee 7-Wheat-Casn
anu Dec, 96i.c; May, Si.00i4; July,
96c. Corn-Cash. 9isc, Dec. iSc; May.
soc: July, isc Oats-Cash and Dec,
351c: May, 3Ii9c; July, 3dlsc. Rye
No 2 S3c: No . zoe. tloverseed--
cash. Dee and March. S9.12; April,
$3.50 Alsike--Prime ana Doc, 50 10.
'fimothy---Prime and Dec, - 30 But
ter, eggs and hay, unchanged
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. Dee. 1.-Openins Dec.
wheat opened unchanged May Off sc.
Dee corn lost isc. May &c lower Dee.
oats off &C. May up &c. PROVISIONS
steady 20 fractiOually higher
Noon-Dec. and May wheat dropped
sc during the morning Dec. corn
gained sc. May OF sc. Dee oats un-
changed May of &c.
/ in today's trading lee. corn was of
| May iac lower. Provisions were steady
to fractionaily higher.