Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Chicago Jan Jan 2 Reports POr of DC damage damagE by b Hessian Heslan files to the crop of wheat In this country inspired considerable le buying by shorts in hi II the Uie wheat market here today toay in n a firm fi close cose final quota quotations tiers showing shong net gains of He c to t c Corn closed steady oats oat easy ea and d pro provisions pro visions firm fr Folk wing a weak opening the wheat whet market ma rhet developed tl considerable strength during the la elop aC half hal of the morning and closed at almost the highest point of the these session se on The was due chiefly to covering covern by shorts sh rt who 10 based their ac actions actions actions on the report of a St Louis trade trad journal which claimed that while reent recent rains had greatly benefited winter wheat the crop had ben been b n injured by the Hes Hessian Hessian sian fly n Aside from Irom this report there was lit little littie tie tle news of sufficient Importance to af affect the th market The easy tone at the start was largely the result of selling brought out by b liberal shipments from Australia Total exports for the tho week from that country aggregated bushels compared with bushels the corresponding a II year ago apo a o After selling between tween and May nosed closed at JIO July ranged between 9 c and end 99 0 and closed at rn weather for the thc corn belt bt was the chief reason for the firmness of the then n VUCU pm m market marlEt The close vas was steady with unchanged to toa a fh e higher g her with M v at a and July at ht Th The oats cats market was weak nearly nearl all I |