Evening star., 1922-06-14
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Potatoes-White, 100 lbs, 1.25al.5o;
No: 2. scars; new potatoes. barrel;
45Oa5.5o: No; 2, 2;75a35o; sweets 81 and y =
asparagus. doz.. 2.oOa3. 90: No. 2. l;2o
also: beans. 150a2.00; beets. 100.
3.00a5.00; cabbage, crate, 75aS5; car
rots, 100, 4.00a5.00; corn, crate, l.50a
100: cucumbers. basket. local; so;
sSsp'ah's' sSs crate i''0aA1'' Na'e' 0u''
Lettuce-Basket. 6oa1oO: onions.
100 lbs. 2.5oa3.Oo: Bermuda, crate.
crate, 1.5Oa275; radishes. 100. i 5oa
$50; rhubarb, 100, 3.0oai.00: spinach.
bushel, 75al25; squash, basket. 5oa
80; tomatoes, crate, 1.00a3.50.
40: bushei, io6aIT5; blackberries.
quart. l5a20; cantaloupes, crate. 1.25a
?: SO; cherries, quart. 10a20; gooseber-
ries: lb.. 5a6; grapefruit. box, GOA
100: huckleberries, quart, 20a3o (:
oranges. box, 700a10.O0; peaches,
crate, I.o0a2 200; pineapples, crate. $50
a4.50; raspberries. pint. sa12; straw
berries. quart, 10a20; watermelons,
each, 30a65.
Selling Prices mt 1 O'Clock.
Wheat-No. ! red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. 2 red winter. spot.
1.25; No. red winter. garlicky. spot.
10; June. no bid; July, l12A bid.
I14a asked.
No sales.
There was a reduction of % per
barrel on all western -four and so per
barrel on city mills winter -four
Corn-Cob corn, old yellow. quoted
$50 per barrel; contract corn: spot.
So; No. corn. spot. 6712; track corn,
yellow. No. 3 or better, 7O12aI.
No sales.
Oats-White. No. .. 4.ai71. per
bushel: No 3. as per bushel.
no -
export, spot. SO: No. 3. no quotation.
Hay-Receipts. ,3 tons; range Is
1S.00a21.00 for good choice timothy
and mixed hay; market firm: supply
on hand ample for trade.
Straw-No. l tangled rye. 1900; No.
II wheat. 11.50a12.00; No. ] nominal,
II 00a13.00.
spring clears 55oa625: soft winter
straightS, 5.,5a6.25: hard winter
straights, 6.s5a725: lard, steady: mid
die west. 12.J0al2.1O. Other articles,
unchanged.
CHICAGO, June I4-Reports of ex-
cessive heat, both in the southwest
land northwest Kansas. led to specu-
lative buying and to higher prices in
the wheat market today shortly after
the opening. 1t was asserted that
near Salina. Kans., the wheat was
turning white as a result of the high
the northwestern part of Kansas the
thermometer yesterday had registered
81
Opening prices, which ranged from
Z decline to % advance. with July
1875 to 1.10 and September 1.1024
to Ill, were followed by slight de-
clines all around and then by sudden
urturn to well above yesterdays fin
ish.
Corn and oats were firmer with
wheat. After opening 4 shade to 4
as higher. July Sos to 81. the corn
market scored slight general gains.
Oats started i to Ssai2 lower:
July 81 to 3414. and later hardened
on all deliveries.
Higher quotations on hogs gave
some strength TO the provision mar
ket.
Potatoes. receipts. eighty-two cars:
total United States shipments. 957;
old stock slightly stronger: Wiscon-
sin. Michigan. sacked round whites.
1.,ea2.l0 cwt.: new stock slightly
weaker; Alabama. Louisiana. Okla
homa, sacked Bliss triumps. 35Oa3 a.
cwt.; Arkansas sacked Bliss triumphs,
300 cwt.: Alabama Spaulding rose.
800: Irish cobblers. barrel 100; North
Carolina. 5.00a6.00.
Additional gains in wheat prices
were scored later. western Nebraska
reporting temperatures of 1O4 yes
tei Va anu 'iop eNPei - say iis VIII :
ter wheat was at stage susceptible
to serious damage especially from
premature ripening in parts of Kan
sas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Re-
newed attention was also given to
black rust reports from North Da-
kota. The close was strong. 1@ TO
2as net higher. with July 1.12B to
l1254 and September Lips to 1.13.
Pronounced corn strength de-
veloped later, shorts covering freely.
The close was nervous. lsa16s to 2L
net higher with JULY 6oL 10 623s