Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Chicago March 31 Crop damage re reports reports reports ports from Kansas held the wheat mar market market market ket firm today and ad at the close prices were c to c higher Corn and oats oat were weak Provisions followed course coure of ot grain and closed weak weak Activity and strength in May was the feature of at trading tadIng In wheat wheat That option opton showed greater firmness than the new crop months at all al stages and at the high point was wa lc above yesterdays The months were final figures new crop influenced by fresh reports report conc the condition of at the growing grain Advices gowIng from Kansas were of ot more definite char character character acter actor than heretofore and showed that thata a large larga percentage of the crop cro had been winter killed These reports however had been largely discounted The range on the July delivery delver today was rn c e cand cand and for September c Weakness of corn prompted some selling In the final half of ot the day but the market closed firm with May at 11 July closed at 10 and September at 0 Some firmness was shown at the outset In the corn market owing to the bulge m In wheat cor but before the end of the first half hour prices had started downward The hal market closed weak at almost the bottom with prices c to c lower May sold between wih and and closed at Oats were 6 Inclined to ba bo weak The TheMay Theay TheMay May ay at delivery ranged between 43 c ant and deler The close cose was easy with wih May off Mir Jc c at Provisions closed weak at net losses of 24 2 to 17 Final quotations on the theMay theMay May products were Pork 2580 lard 1382 and ribs 38 The leading futures ranged as a follows WHEAT I Open I High I Low 1 m Close May 1114 July 11 10 11 ios 1108 10 e lo Sept pL 10 10 10 1 CORN CORNI I Open I High High I Low Jw j I Close May 63 3 63 2 61 July uly 16 6 65 6 6 6 65 6 64 61 6 Sept Sept 66 3 Y 66 65 6 65 61 OATS TS I 1 Open I High High I Low Lw I 1 Close May 42 43 43 July uly 43 u 41 41 ii U 4 41 4 41 Sept 13 39 3 1 39 MESS PORK Per bbl I Open L I High I Low I Close May 2580 2502 l 2570 I 2580 July uly 26 2565 27 2572 I 25 2552 2557 Sept 2525 22 2535 2507 2510 LARD LADer Per 10 lbs Ibs lbs J J I Open I High I Low I Close May 1380 1385 1370 13 O 1382 1383 July 1372 1138 1372 I 1357 1181 1362 1 Sept ept Pt 1357 1367 1357 1345 1350 13 SHORT RIBS RISPer Per 10 lbs Iba Iba J I Open t I High HI h I Low Los LoV I Close May 1367 1372 1361 1362 1367 July 47 1347 1327 32 13 1335 Sept Sept 1 1325 1132 I 1327 1320 I Cash quotations quotation were as follows as aa follows Flour easy Easy Rye No 2 SOc S Barley Feed or mixing c fair tall to choice malting Flax Fax Seed No 1 southwestern southwester 2 No 1 northwestern northwester 3 Timothy seed eed 0 Clover Cloer 1250 15 Mess Mesa pork pork per bbl bbl Lard per 10 Ibs lbs 1400 1100 10 Short ribs sides loose oos 3 short clear sided boxed Grain Statistics Total clearances of at wheat and hour flour were equal to 10 bushels Primary Primar receipts were bushels compared with wih 49 4 0 bushels the corresponding day a year ago Estimated d receipts for tomorrow Wheat 20 cars corn 19 cars oats 70 10 cars hogs hog head |