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Show CHICAGO PRODUCE. ' ' J v CHICAGO. April 13. -Wheat opened active ac-tive and very strong: Killing frosts were reported in Kansas and Missouri, and this increased, the bullish feeling which . existed yesterday. May wheat opened k to 1c hlgheh at 791 to i9c, and declined to T91c. - Corn opened strong with a' moderate demand. The strength of wheat and oats formed' the chief bullish factors. May corn opened IQie higher at 4oJc and sold at 461c, . ....... -. ... The oats market wss strong and-trad- , ing waa very active. . The re porta of damage dam-age from the Southwest were the chief strengthening factors. May oats opened -to c higher at 44c to 44c, and declined -to 44e. - .... - j Provisions were quiet, and' steady. ' Trade was very light. May pork opened 6c higher at $16.20; lard was up 2t at' $8.70; and-ribs were up B7c at $8,621(9 8.65. .. The greater part of the early advance in wheat was lost on realising sales, but the market closed - firm, . with May io higher, at 79ic. Selling of corn by local longs caused a slight reaction -from the early prices, and the market closed steady, with May unchanged to lc higher, at 47I47c. - Caah: Wheat No. 3 red. 7779c; No. 8 red, 7878c; No. I hard, 77791c; No. 3 hard, 70 76c; No. 1 Northern,, 82 85c: No. 2 Northern, 81 84c; No. 3 spring, 76083c. ' m - Corn No, 3, 4444c. ' Oats No. J. 41i4Hc; No. 8. 401c- Close: Wheat May, 79ic July, 81 811c, - Corn May, 471c; July, 471c. -Oats May, 44c; July, 40 JC Pork May and July. $16,171. Lard May, $8.70; July, $8,821. Ribs May, $8.60: July; $8.70. Rye Cash. 6870c. Barley Cash. 6472c ' Flax, clover, and timothy Nothing doing. do-ing. - f , |