Show I I I SMALL ACREAGE IN SPRING CORN Chicago Jan 31 Reports H Reports that cultivated cultivated cutI- cutI vate acreage woul would bo be smaller In 1920 owing to of farmers had a n bullish effect toda today on the time corn market The Thc close was firm ic e to c net not higher with May at 1355 1351 to ant anti and Jul July at qt 1323 to 1325 1329 Oats gained to lc In provisions tho outcome ranged from el decline to Ica Ic a advance vance Buying BUting of or corn corn received an evident e stimulus from widespread notice taken of or predictions that lint serious curtailment of acreage this spring might bo looked for fOI In view of rural economic unrest The fire present mea meagerness of supplies at leading terminals a result of or inability It ity of the railroads to move o grain promptly tended also to lift lUt values especially es especially es- es as this was the time last day for January shorts to fill contracts Transactions Transactions Trans Trans- actions In settlement of the time January Januar delivery totaled about bushels bush hush bushels hushel el els and during tho wIndup som something o of a flurry was wn witnessed with last ast prices at tho the highest level of the time sea sea- 2 on son One St St. Louis holder hoher on bushels Oats Oats' Were firmer with corn but owIn owIn owing ow ow- In ing to seaboard reselling lost part hurt of tho the advance nd Provisions ed high higher in cra a averaged or consequence conse conse- quence quenco of upturns In tho rho value of ho hogsand hogs hogsand a aan an and grain and despite big deliveries of lard Cash grain and provisions pro were Corn Corn Corn- Corn No o. o 2 mixed anti and No 3 mixed not quoted No o. o I 1 mixed No 2 yellow not quoted No 3 yellow 1514 Oats Outs Outs-No No 2 white while DOH No Xo 3 white T ii n No e- e No o. o 2 2 1691 5 13 Timothy seed 1150 Clover cr seed recd cc Pork Pork Pork- Pork Nominal Lard Lar 2265 19 C Quotations f for l' l futures were CORN CORN- Open III High h. h Low Close I Januar 1 1491 1191 1501 May ta 13 1351 1351 Jul July July- 13 1321 11 1 13 1321 OATS OATS- May Iu 83 83 8 July 61 is 75 b PORK PORK- January May la l LAHD- LAHD May ny 2333 2360 60 2330 UiO 2355 JUly 2390 2397 2385 2355 2390 RIBS nIBS Ma May 2057 20 2057 j O. O 20 2052 2 July July- 2012 2112 2090 2090 |