The Detroit times., 1911-01-02
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROIT. Dee. 3l.-Close: Saturday
was very quiet in the grain markets
and prices did not suffer much. LiV-
erpool had no market. but the tone was
easy. and 1t is believed prices VIII %,
/ lower when the market again opens,
| The wheat bulls and their followers
We're successful in putting prices NJ
\ this week, which the bears believed
| they could not do. but they We're heav y
sellers on the bulge. Many OF the bull
| crowd sold out entirely and appeared
/ glad 10 he rid of their holdings. The
! short interest was reduced on the up
| turn. Holders expect help from severe
weather over the winter wheat belt
and general impression prevails thar
! there Will Toe greater activity early in
! the new year Lichsterns, brokers In
/ Chicago. were heavy sellers on the up
turn Conservative dealers are in
| clined to favor some firmness in wheat
although few look for much OF an ad-
vance unless crop conditions become
sensational. Foreigners did lot of
selling at the seaboard. dropping the
wheat they bought on Thursday.
Wheat was dali all day, gained 10
but lost 1t and closed unchanged The
coarse grains We're steady and clover
seed advanced Toe. q "a 4.
Wheat quotations: Cash and Dc No.
2 red, csc. May opened without change
To $1,000. July opened at 9sc. touched
30 i.c. and declined to s6c, No. white.
CSC.
Coarse grain quotations: Corn-Casn
~
yellow. cars at 46c; sample. car
at 45c. / at 44l2c. Oats-Standard =
ears at "a isc. No. ) white. 34c. Rye
Cash No. !. s512c asked: No. >, Si1ac
asked. Beans-Cash and Jan, S2.O5;
Marcn, s2lo Cloverseed-Prime spot.
$40: March, ss.15. sample. 10 bags at
$50. - at ss2S. 60 at s7.75. 10 at
silse, 1910; sample alsike. II bags a,
$s.25. - at s7.75. Timothy seed-Prime
! spot. $3.50 nominal
! Receipts in the Detroit market sat
/ urday included 3,7S2 bbls OF Hour.
cars OF wheat. 20 OF corn. OF oats and
| > Of rye. Withdrawals were $500 bbls
I of flour. stocks are 491 6I1 bu Of
wheat. 253,+2l bu OF corn. 1912 bu
/ OF oats. 1865 bu OF barley and 1880
/ bu OF rye.
Stocks of wheat in Minneapolis In
creased $4,000 bu on Saturday
saturdays wheat receipts. Kansas
! City. 50 cars: st. Louis. $4,000 bu; Win
nipeg. 63 cars, Duluth. so ears: Mime
apolis. l49 cars.
! Primary wheat receipts on Saturday
| 500 900 bu.
Exports of wheat and -four were
equal to 10000 bu.
Market Statistics for 1910.
Receipts OF Hour for 1910 We're 251-
| 537 bbls. compared with 229.5o7 5bls in
1903 and 2l3.30O bbls in 1908. snip
with 267151 bbls and $4,000 bbls.
Receipts OF wheat We're 209l,3l4 bu,
| against 2.652,y32 bu the year before
and 2lS3393 bu two years ago and
shipments Were S7.6l5 bu. against 49,
/ SCI bu and 1861 blu.
| Corn receipts were 3.076009 blu. COM
pared with 2.659,692 bu the year before
and 2.643,053 bu two years ago Ship
ments of corn were l,S35,ii7 bu.
against i90,736 bu and 1,2l5. 7os bu.
| Receipts OF oats We're 2967.jS on.
| against 2.591.3S9 bu In 1909 and 1913
| 40l bu In 1908. Shipments were 23l,5l9
bu. compared with 59s.sl4 bu In l9e3
! and 1921 bu In 1908
Barley receipts were 400, 1873 bu, com
! pared with 55s.336 bu the year before
and 472,072 bu two years ago. Ship
ments were 2.23S bu. against 3,952 bu
and 9,32S bu year ago and two years
ago
Rye receipts were 267.43s bu. against
! 26S.141 bu in 1909 and 1865 bu In
! 1908 Shipments were 2i0.s39 bu. com
| pared with ls1,e9s bu and 211, AS bu a
| year ago and two years ago.
! Detroit mills made $4,000 bbls of
! flour in 1910. compared with s00.500 bu
bbls in 1909 and 756. 400 bbls in 1908.