The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-18
FLAXSEED AND.
BARLEY MARKET
Winter Killing in Many
States Said to be Worst
Ever Known.

iiaN move quite literally for the
past week with POI cars arriving in
Minneapolis and 40 cars at Duluth
against 20 cars at Minneapolis and
AT Duluth in the corresponding week
last year. Minneapolis shipped 81
Ours. frlces remained rather steady
Tor this fuctuating seed. Much of
interest is taken in the prospect for
seeding the new re owing to the
defective. terminating quality this
season: Good seed is being sought all
around and may be found. In one
way h enticing value of the crop
Will stimulate effort on the part of
farmers. while on the other is the
sacrlflee to procure the right sort of
seed. Results are yet very uncertain,
though about the usual area thought
probable.
The Barley Market.
Minneapolis barley market was slow
Tor the week with light receipts, to
tne amount Of log cars, against $50
cars a Year ago. Shipments were IT'S
cars. High grade barley was wanted
n easy to sell, but low qualities were
still slow to move. This latter was
taken for lack Of hat Of high germ
mating quality. The market was
steady all around and stocks quite we'll
worked off though some had to go to
storage.
Foreign Barley.
Liverpool Corn Trade News-The
new crops in North Africa are not do.
ing we'll. There have been rains late
~, put The qantity was insufficient and
1t also is claimed that in some parts
which suffered most from the earlier
drought. the crops have been damaged
more or less. In Asia Minor, on the
other hand. crop prospects continue
good, and the acreage is in excess of
last years; however. the season is
young yet and the fate of the crop will
depend on the weather experienced
during the spring. Reports of the new
Indian crop continue to be very favor
able. Preparations for seeding the
main feeding crop of Europe, viz, the
South Russian. have just commenced
and latest weather reports have been
fair. whilst the land must have a good
countries the work is in full swing, but
throughout Western Europe continued
rains have htndered nor or less. The
weather in our own country has been
particularly unfavorable. and writing
last week our correspondent in East
Anglia reported that very little Of the
crop had been put in there. Today
the weather in Liverpool is better. but
farther rain fell last night.
Prices of feeding barley in Ger
many have further advanced. Russian
sellers being very stiff. AS might be
expected, h frmer Russian sellers
are. the greater is the inclination of
buyers to cover their wants in other
qualities. and asst week further good
purchases were made of Indian and
Persian. also Morocco barley was
bought. Sales in Persian were made
for April-May. Indian all positions up
to May-June, SO it is fairly certain
that there will be continued ship
ments from these eastern growers. It
Is very certain that the consumptive
requirements of feeding grain in Ger
many keep large and users are still
willing buyers Of barley in spite of
the competition of Gram, etc. The
maize trade appears to be very slow
and the smallness Of exports from
America is a factor to be reckoned
with-it IL certain that the COMPETE
ton Of nearby. maize is not felt in
the German barley trade. whilst Plata
is not being offered before April-May,
which means that this feeding grain
will not begin to arrive before June.
The German demand is keeping up
very we'll and barley sellers are still
getting a big share of the business in
spite Of the higher prices. We said
last week that as the spring advances
conditions are naturally working
more in favor of buyers. but the scar
city Of supplies In Russia is bound to
be a great sustaining factor