The sun., 1918-08-13
RAPID CHANGES
NOTED IN CANADA
Crop Conditions Show Many
Variations in the Five
Dominion Provinces.

The Canadian cror Il tation has been
almost Kaleidoscope ia year. Begin
ming last fall the Canadian Northwest
made tremendous efforts to accomplish
great deal of fail poushing and sue
cceded. notwithsta nding the labor short
age. Conditions were favorable in the
spring and there was 10 per cent. in
crease In area for wheat sown, making a
record acreage and sown under favora-
| other crops, 80 that the amount Of land
under cultivation In the Canadian North
west was extraor binary. when the con.
ditions as to the labor supply and the
great drain upon the farms by the
war were considered.
Up to the early part OF June the con-
d't,ons were extremely satisfactory .and
there was possibility OF n crop e1ualling
II not exceeding that of 1915. when the
Canadian Northwest tourned out over
400. 200. 900 bushels OF wheat. The June
| developments were distinctly unfavora-
BILE. however--hot and dry-and serious
losses were Incurred in Alberta and
| Saskatchewan, 50 much 80 that esti-
| mates of the possible outturn were
sharply reduced BY July It was not
, thought that the yield could amount to
more than S0oo0.0o0 bushels. About
July 20 there was a sudden development
, OF extreme cold. so much SO that tenn
peratures dropped in places to below
freezing. The wheat and a great deal OF
, the other grain In Alberta and Sass
| katchewan were In bloom and the damage
was very serious. Extensive reports
! received last week from different Sec
| lions of all three of the provinces in
dictated that losses in Alberta varied
| from nothing to rs per cent. and in
Saskatchewan the damage would be al
most as severe. while Manitoba ap-
peared to have escaped Extensive
reports received by the Departments
| OF Agriculture of the three provinces
more recently are more hopeful than the
| early press reports. Luckily there was
ample moisture the latter part OF July
| and SO far in August so that In many
sections there is apparently distinct
| Improvement not only in wheat but in
other crops. to such an extent that
some distinct lifting OF the estimates
may follow. Some OF the extremely
pessimistic returns Indicated an out
turn of barely 10O00O.000 bushels,
compared with 211.OoO,0o0 bushels last
year. Such reports. however. are be-
! lieved TO be unfounded, and more con-
| servative estimates are from 10000. 900
bushels up. some still thinking that with
favorable weather conditions last year s
outturn may be equalled.
CHICAGO, Aug l2--Con developed
strength to-day after something OF a
! downturn at the start. Initial declines
were due to reports of scattered showers,
but opinion gained ground that the
moisture supplied was inadequate and
that higher temperatures might mean
additional crop damage. Lghtness of
receipts tended also to favor the bulls.
opening prices ranged from &C. Off to
lie. advance, with September sissy to
$3.50 and October sl.59h to $3.50, fol-
lowed by substantial gains all around.
Oats, like corn. rallied after a small
break. Big arrivals. however. led to a
fresh sag. The market opened &c. to
Sc. lower. with September 67Ac. 10
6sc. and recovered to Saturdays finish
and then gradually declined.
Subsequently hot weather complaints
from the Southwest, together with as
sertions that much irreparable injury
had been done TO the corn crop in Ne
braska and Missouri caused sharp fur
Their upturns. The close was strong, Sc.
to 3lac. net higher. with September
Sl.62k to Sl.62ss and October 1861.
to sl.63a.
Higher quotations on hogs gave Arm
ness to provisions, Pork was neglected
In the later trading advances in lard
and ribs were upheld by the fact that
the hog market had reached the topmos,
point on record.
wHEAT-Receipts OF wheat at primary
points on Monday were even larger than
| those of week ago. the total for the day
am H.n tn to 4,a96,ooo bushels, against
The visible figures were not completed. but
| from the points reporting IL was eviden n;
that big stock is being built up a, the
| terminal points besides n very large move
| nsnt to the mills Export sales through
seaboard houses are being restricted AZ
present by the fact that permits are not
being issued This is due to large stocks
already ut the ports awaiting tonnage and
II is apparent that the authorities are no,
ports conEested with grain which cannot
be moved prompts. Threshing returns
from the Northwest show very large yields
| and one report from Minnesota said tina,
advices from some sections showed Yields
per acre as high rs forty bushels.
CORN-Reports received in the corr
market from the Southwest were yer,
bullish in regard to the condition of the
crop In some Of the important corn state.
and as result the market developed de
cded strength and closed with net gains
position of the market was doubtless
strong as result OF last weeks selling
and when shorts attempted TO cover they
found very little corn for sale, One re.
port by n leading crop expert gave @ very
pesslm site view OF the outlook In portion,
Of Nebraska and Missouri where Il wa,
said that much o. the corn was damaged
beyond all hope of recovery. There were
ulso some poor reports by several rail-
roads and. altogether, the trade came Il
the conclusion that the rains OF last week
came too late to be OF much value. Re
| cepts were again small at interior points
but the cash demand was SLOW and the dis
| trihution at interior points Is not as rapiC
as II was a short time ago. In the loca
cash market fr~sh shelled No. yellow
was quoted at SlssS and No. yellow a
sl.SSs. cost and freight New York.
closing with net gains of y TO Nc, TIL
local cash market was unsettled; STANDARD
quoted at 79Ic.; No. white. 7ehc,; No
1 white. 79c.: fancy clipped white, s1G
82hc.; ordinary clipped white, 7s97sh Q.
all elevator.
RYE-Markct dull, No. Western
$l.7I cost and freight New York,
BARLEY-Market easy, Feeding. 81,
OLE; mating. $ll59l.25, cos, snC
freight New York.
HAY-Market hrm. No l. tlssal.7o
No. 2, sl.55al.G0. No. 2. sl.4oJl.5p.
CHICAGO PRICES.
SatuI
CORN Open. High. Low Close day