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Show CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago, March 26. Complaints that Kansas had received only a few light showers and that the western. i third of the state was In decided need ; of moisture, gave the wheat' market today an upturn. BrokerB for a leading lead-ing speculator were prominent In the buying. Sales were scattering. The market opened l-8c down to a like , 1 amount up and then gradually ad- j 1 vanced. Many dealers in corn leaned to a belief that tho edge was off the de- 1 mand for tho present at least. Over- ; night sales from hero was srall. ' ; Prices started unchanged to l-8a lower, reacted a little and then sag- ; ; ged all around. i; Oats seemed disposed to hold about steady. The bulls contended that the cereal was relatively cheaper than other grain. Weakness at the yards carried pre visions lower. First sales ranged from 5c off to an advance of 2 l-2c, but later there was a general decline. de-cline. Severe cold northwest tended to i: avert any important setback in wheat. i The close was steady at the same as last night to l4c higher. Covering by shorts led to a transient tran-sient corn rally. The close, however, howev-er, was-Tvak, at 1-4 38 to 5-8c net i decline. ' ' |