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Show CROPS ARE I DAMAGED I South Dakota Suffers -H Heavy Loss- Wheat jH Advancing ;H Chicago, June 20. In a whirl of j ) ' -buyins wheat today leaped up more than two cents a bushel. The excite-' ' H ment was- duo to tho fact that several nBBBBl crop damage reports from South Da-4 flWjwJ koto, were apparently not only con-j 'fvM Armed, but seemed In some respects 4H to have understated actual conditions. j JBjWjwJ Nearly every broker in the wheat J IBBBH crowd Joined in the scramble for tho IBBBH scanty offerings available. So eager' VJPJI was the rush that as much as a cent J to 13-4c djfforence resulted In trades:! mado at tho same instance at jBamol VJPJI sides f the piU jH A recent review -was, that taking; irflBH South Dakota as a whole, the measure IBBBb was badly estimated and a bountiful VIBb1 rainfall from now on could not be ex- 'BjWja pec ted. Southwestern Minnesota was 'Jjfjl also conceded by most conservative j to .ho distressingly dry. jH With no rain reported anywhero WjfjfJ .northwest, the opening ran all -the lfl way from 1-4 to 1 1-Sc higher than last j night, July started at 89 to 90c, a H gain of 1-4 c to ll-4c, androso to VflfflfJ 90 3-Sc. Septomber, which had mado H an upward Jump ot more than two AvAV cents yesterday, repeated tho per- jH formancc this morning and moreover IPflVfll did so from tho top prices previously jPjVj reached. Initial sales for that month JBjvJ were 89 to 00 3-lc, as compared with. AvflVJ 88 5-Sc List evening. "When a breath- yjfja log spell wo& reached, the price was H fluctuating on tho upper side of 90 H cents. BBpB In corn, tho situation was much, tho BBBfl same as In wheat all hands full o fflfj orders to buy, and sellers far too H scarce for comforL Septembor opened; VflYfll l-2(g5-8 to 7-8alc up at 571-2 to H 57 7-Sc, but steadied around 57 3-4c H Oats wero decidedly active and H buoyant. Commissions houses took the bull side, almost in' a body. Sep- H temiber started l-4S-8 to 3-47-8c liBBBi higher at 401-1 tc 40 3-4, anc touched UBBI1 40 7-8C, . riBBfl Provisions wero steady. |