Show Longs Took Advantage of Early Boom in Grain RAIN KNOCKS OUT ADVANCE Raino in Kansas and Nebraska Remove Re-move the PropUnder Wheat Selling Sell-ing Became General and Somewhat Heavy and Pricss Declined Trade I in SmallGmin was Fairly Active Corn Was nflucncd by Wheat Sagging Of on Bearish Hews Oats Wero Dull and Provisions Down Chicago March 10At the start In the wheat pit there was a goodly array of bullish arguments cables were firm both Liverpool and Paris steady contInued dry weather was reported In the winter wheat belt crops were light and commission houses had good buying orders Coarso grains were Improved and aided In the upturn Under these Influences May opened c to Vic up at 78VC to TTic and advanced to TSVic On the advance numerous nu-merous longs who had bought early last week sold for profits Prices steadied for some time around iSo but when reports arrived of showers In some localities ot Kansas and Nebraska the prop under wheat gave way selling became general l and somewhat heavy and prices declined There was much speculation as to what the Government report of grains In farmers farm-ers hands would state There were bearish bear-ish preliminary estimates that the reserves re-serves would bo from ISOOMOCO bushels to 200CCOCOO bushels Trade was fairly active ac-tive May closed weak c lower at Tic Corn was Influenced chiefly by wheat ruling firm at tine outset ana sagging on on bearish news though not lo such tin extent as wheat May closed weak Wl c lower at 61Yc Oats were dull with prices Inclined lo sag In sympathy with other grains May closed easy M > c lower at I1 ½ cAn c-An excess of 120CO hogs over the estimated esti-mated run brok < j tine hog market and Influenced In-fluenced liberal selling In the provision pit May pork closed 5o lower lard 2h fee down and ribs 2C lower x RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 May TSVi 78U 77 77 July 7S 7S Tit 77J ½ Sent 78 7S 764 G Corn No 2 May 62 ½ 62 61 GlVt July 62Vi 62 6I = 6W Sept fXIVi G4 59j5 59i Oats No 2 Mav mi IIM 4ii 11 1 116 July SSbfI 3574 35A 35 ½ Sept 30 30B 20t C0 Mess pork per barrel May 1517 1527 1515 1527 July 1533 1542 1530 1542 Lard per 100 pounds May 033 937 932 037 July 050 950 945 950 Sept 9C2 962 9CO 960 Short ribs per 100 pounds May SG5 S 37 822 837 ½ July 817 850 S42 850 Sept 857 SGO SSO S50 CAS FT QUOTATIONS Cash quotations were as follows Flour stead No 3 spring wheat 75 I6 ½ C No 2 red 4ist4c No 2 oats i44iIc No 2 white 45Lfiii4 No 3 whIte MvOloc No 2 rye 58c fair to choice malting barley GOiG4c No 1 flax seed 51 163 No 1 Northwestern 5171 nlcss pork per barrel 5650 lord per 100 tti > iY 5l5 l6fDf515 r ± tv < pounds short ribs sides loose 5922iJ7925 dry salted shoulders boxed 5S1JJ830 short clear aides boxed 5S55gS65 whisky basis of high wines S130 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Rents Ship Flour barrels JOOO 13000 Wheat bushels z 45000 51000 Corn bushels 101000 29 OM Oats bushels 112000 129000 Rye bushels jOOO 6CXV Barley bushols 2G000 5CWO On tine produce exchange today the but ter market wag steady creameries 18c dairies 18fj22c cheese steady 10illc eggs weak fresh li ½ c Visible Grain Supply Now York March 10The visible supply sup-ply 6f grain Saturday March Slh is complied com-plied by tine Now York produce exchange Is ns follows Wheat 53155000 bushels decrease MS 000 bushels Corn 1010SCOO bushels decrease 21S 000 bushels Oats 1014000 bushels decrease 232 000 bushels Rye 2121000 bushels decrease 72 000 bushels Barley 1SS5CCO bushels decrease 153 000 bushels r Government Crop Report Washington March 10Tile Agrlcultur nl department this afternoon Issued tho following crop report Until the publication publi-cation of tho census figures of acreage based on a farmtofarm canvass admit making of necessary adjustments In tine acreage figures of this department no quantitative cstlnvilo of the amount of grain remaining In the hands of farmers on Miirch 1st will bo made by the sla tlstlclan Reports recolvod from Ito departments de-partments correspondents however Indicate In-dicate that about 23 per cent of last years crop Is still In farmers hands as compared com-pared with 2L5 per cent 12SirjOfA bushola of tine crop of IfOO on hand March 1 1901 and 20 per cent 15S700KO bushels of the crop of 1S99 on hand March 1 1900 line corn In farmers hands Is cstl maled al about 29 per cent of last years crop against M9 per cent 77t > 2000 > of the crop of 1900 on hand March 1 1P01 Of oats there Is reported to be about 30 per cent of last years crop still In farmers hands aa compared with 532 per cent 292SOOCOO bushels of the crop of IKO on hnnd March 1 1911 While as stated ahovo no definite quanlltatlvp estimates of grain produclloa In 1901 will bft made publlo at present the reports rccclvd by tine department make it manifest that the wheat crop of that year was one of the largest ever grown that tIne corn crop was the smallest with one exception In twenty years and that tine oat crop was also much below the aerage Thla conspicuous departure from tho ordinary rehitho production of tho throe principal grains appears lo have been followed by the use of wheat for fodder for animals moro extensive geographically geo-graphically if not In actual volume than has ever before occurred Coast Grain Pan Francisco March 10 Wheat quiet May h12c December 109aC New York Sugar Market Now York March 30SugarRaw unsettled un-settled Mir refining 2jc centrifugal so test 3o molassea sugar 2c refined dull 1 Butter and Eggs New York March 10 Butter ReceiptS Re-ceiptS COCO packages steady Stale dairy 2iVi26c creamery M727c June creamery lMt2lc factor 15p21c Eggs nccolpls llCOO packages firm State nnd Pennsylvania 17c Western un candled lc Elgin Butter Market Elgin March 10 Buller maTkct firm at 20c Offerings 1450 pounds wllh no bids Sales of tho week were 590600 pounds |