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Show MOT SENT LOWER By CROP PROSPECT . i Domestic Yield Promises to Be Larger Than the Government Gov-ernment Forecast. CHICAGO. June 30. Excellent field conditions brought about something of a decline here today in the value of wheat, notwithstanding an advance In Quotations at Liverpool. The close was nervous at the same as yesterday's finish to YiS'o lower, with July at $1.01 and September at $1.04 Wl.04:U. Corn showed a setback of c to ic net, oats closed c down to a shade advance and provisions at a rise of a shade to 50c. Bears in wheat were well pleased regarding re-garding harvest' progress In the winter crop region and were also gratified by the favorable conditions for plant growth In the spring crop belt. In this connection, connec-tion, much emphasis was placed on unofficial un-official estimates that the total domestic yield this season would be 35,000,000 bushels bush-els more than was predicted last month. Nevertheless, the market during the first half of the session seemed, on the whole, to lean to the hull side. Predictions of lighter world shipments formed one of the elements which tended for a while to handicap the bears, and so, too, did continued reports of a shortage of supplies sup-plies m France. Gossip was current that two large European Eu-ropean governments were inquiring for new wheat from the United States. But it was not until after breaks of lc or more from top prices of the day bad taken place here that any Important export ex-port sales appeared to have been consummated. con-summated. Then the market had a fair recovery from the low figures of the session, ses-sion, Influenced partly by an official report re-port that the yield was likely to be 17,-000,000 17,-000,000 bushels short, as compared with last year. Warmer weather had a bearish effect on the corn markot. In addition, signs pointed to increased receipts. Oats sagged with corn. Crop advices continued good. Higher prices on hogs carried provisions upgrade. The advance in lard, however, was nearly offset by assertions that first of the month deliveries of lard tomorrow would be the heaviest ever known. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat July J1.01H $1.62 $1.0 $1.01 September 1.05Vt 1-OaVa 1 .04 1.04 Corn July 73',; ,75H .74 .7:" September 73i)g .73Tb ,72Ti .73Va Oats-July Oats-July ; 3S"i ,?.t '.3Ri,j, .?,fii-i September 3S5i .33i .3S .3S1 Pork-July Pork-July 25.52 23. fif 23.52 25,Rft September 24.72 24.50 24.60 24.72 Lard July 12.22 13.22 13.17 ' 13.17 September 13.40 13.45 13.35 13.35 Ribs-July Ribs-July 13.75 13.75 13.67 13.70 September . .. .' 13.87 13. P0 13. SO 13.82 . CASH QUOTATIONS. TVhent, No. 2 red. No. 3 rel and No. 2 hard, nominal ; No. .1 liard, C'9-O'i'..OOii. Com. No. 2 vcllaw, 77-i'76'li.c; No. 4 yellow Oals. No. 3 vhitP. 3Syfj.1pr; (standard, 40c. He. No. 2. nominal; No, 3. 9Sc. Parley, tiJTO. Timotliy. SS.75. Clover, tl.r-ff 13 ON. Pnrl;. S2J.5n2j.fiO. Lnvd, S13.20 Ribs, $13. 4014. 00. |