The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-09
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROlI, May S.-Closes LlVerpOOl
was easy on Tuesday, but Plate offer
ings were light The weakness came
chiefly from an abatement OF the con-
tinental demand for cargoes. The gen
eral feeling is that the government re-
port favored lower prices, although
some of the bulls are well satisfied
with II and say all losses will be
promptly recovered!
A little Improvement was SHOWN in
northwestern weather, some showers
and indications OF more moisture.
Moose Jaw and Swift-Current had good
rains and some selling was reported in
Chicago. based on the chance OF better
northwestern crop conditions. The Of
ficial method OF crop reporting vas
changed In the report that came on
Monday and IL was given out from
Washington that the condition OF So
for the winter crop, with the same ra-
ito OF Improvement from now to har-
vest as last year, will give an average
yield Of 1876 bushels per acre. Applied
TO the present acreage this indicates
a crop OF 4Sg,000.000 bu. This is with
in 100000 bushels OF the largest win
ter wheat crop ever harvested in this
country. All the big wheat states.
from which the leading markets draw
their supplies. show increases from I
TO IL million bushels over last year.
During Tuesday, reports came in OF
plentiful rains in the northwest, more
than were shown on the weather map.
Win plenty OF moisture IL Is inquired
1 that the three states Will produce So
| 600 900 bu more wheat than a year ago
and Canada 10000, 900 bu more than
| last years crop.
| Wheat was easy in tone pretty well
through the session on Tuesday The
| close was at "a loss OF &C in cash and
May and 1c In July and Sept
Corn declined !. c and the other deals
were unchanged
Wheat quotations. Cash No red
9OAc; May opened with a loss OF y C at
/ 9lhc, touched sic and advanced TO
81 "a c. closing at so%c; July and Sept
opened at ssc, declined TO ssc and
closed at ssAc; No, / white. 50 n C.
Coarse grain quotations. Corn, cash No.
] 3 54%c: No. yellow. = cars at Sc q. c .
No. yellow, ! car at Sc. closing at
5S%c Oats: Standard, seize No. ;
white, sec Rye: Cash No. and No 2.
81 Beans: Cash and May, s1.s7 bid;
Oct. slS7 bid Cloverseed: Prime spot.
80: sample. 20 bags at ss25, 10 at 50. S
at $3.50; prime aislke. ss.75 sample al
sike, bags at $3.50 Timothyseed :
Prime spot, 20 bags at $3.50
Receipts In the Detroit market on
| Tuesday included l,l35 bbls OF Hour. 3
4 cars OF wheat, 2 OF corn and OF oats
Withdrawals were 400 bbls OF Hour and
| 14,034 bu OF corn. Stocks are 207 500
| bu OF wheat 215.ss0 bu OF corn. 1910
| bu OF oats and 5000 blu OF rye.
Liverpool wheat closed a q lad aud
corn Ld lower.
Wheat receipts Tuesday. Minneap-
| oils, 1873 cars. against l06 year ago;
Duluth, 36 cars. against SO; Winnipeg.
| 227 cars against 1874; Chicago, 1870
cars against "a; Kansas City, 32 cars.
against 80, ST. Louis. $4,000 bu. against
| &c. 900 bu
stocks Of wheat NJ Minneapolis de-
| creased 225 0GO bu for three days
| The European visible supply decreas-
| ed 1916 900 bu last week. against a de-
creas eof 2.92s.OO0 bu last week and
900 bu year ago.
Exports Of wheat and -four Tuesday
| 1O2, 900 bu.
| Primary wheat receipts were 42l .OOC
bu, against $4,000 bu a year ago
| The worlds wheat visible supply de.
creased l., 400, 900 bu last week
| TOLEDO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
TOLEDO. May s--whsat Cash ant
Cash and May. 6thc; July. save: sept.
l54Lc Oats: Cash and May, :4ts c
July. 34hc; Sept, 33sc. Rye and sim
othy not quoted CloYerseed Cash
$3.50; Oct and Dec, t765: March
March, ST67I1 Alsike Prime, 50
Aug. IS Butter. eggs and hay un
changed
CHICAGO GRAIN OPENING.
CHICAGO. May S--Grain opening
May wheat OF &c; July of &c. Ma,
corn OF &c; July unchanged MAJ
oats up nc; July on hc. Provisioni
steady.
Noon: May wheat was of &c; Jul,
OF &C. May corn unchanged: July OF
&c. May oats OF hc; July on &c
Provisions lower.
Close May wheat OF &c; July of
lc. May corn on nc; July OF &c Ma,
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