Show I Heavy Rains Cause Wheat to Ease Off Of I I CHICAGO March arch 2 26 Heavy y Hes Heavy rains Southwest Southwest caused the price of ot wheat today to to- day to ease off as ae the dearth of ends mols mols- ture recently In that direction has been beena a a. serious handicap to growth Besides there were predictions of larger receipts The fact tact that Liverpool quotations were I unchanged notwithstanding the advance here yesterdayS yesterday counted also aleo against the bulls buls Opening prices which ranged from t to c lower with May ay at i 08 to and July at 1 6 to 6 were followed by a slight rally raly and then thena a new downturn Corn weakened under selling from speculators The big stocks here and the wheat decline appeared to furnish the motive After opening to c down the market recovered a little litte but later went lower than before Oats took the same course as other grain Demand was chiefly front from shorts short Advances in the hog market strengthened strengthened strength strength- ened provisions Trade though was light especially In pork |