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Show CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago, Nov. 9. Wheat prices sagged today under moderate selling if from professional speculators. On the whole, the trade seemed to be in a waiting attitude. Advices re- reived from Argentine stated that frost damage would not exceed 5 per j cent and ihere were reports showing f that domestic receipts were not 1 falling oft as rapidly as the bulls ,t had profited After opening 1-4 -Sc P: off to l-4c higher, the market suf- I fered a general decline f" Corn business halted, pending the p. issuance of the government reporr j 1 this afternoon. Attention turned more to the expected liberal size of ill" yield than to gossip that farm reserves would proe to be light. Opening rlr.s, which ranged from ' l-8c off to l-8c up, were followed by a setback all around. Sympathy with weakness of other cereals governed oats Dealers did not appear to be line h disturbed by reports of Argen-tine Argen-tine damage Packers' selling made the provision I market easj No. urgent demand was in evidence Later a temporary w-heat rally took J place owing to liberal export sales and to i In- visible supply Increase tun ing out smaller than had been looked for The close was unsettled S-801-2C to l-2'ft'5-Sc net lower. Assertions that the country was selling new corn more freely led to a further depression In prices. The close was nervous at 5-8c to 7-Sc net decline |