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Ocean Freight Rates on Grain and Flour Reduced.

A new schedule of grain rates for the North Atlantic service has been announced by the Shipping Board, as the outcome of a joint conference of shipping companies recently held in New York. The old and new rates on wheat and corn per 100 lbs. from North Atlantic ports are as follows:

To—Old
rate.		New
rate.
Cents.Cents.
United Kingdom21 17
Antwerp221⁄2161⁄2
Hamburg221⁄218

Wheat flour, which takes a differential of 55¢ per 100 lbs., will be subject to a corresponding reduction, making the new rates on flour per 100 lbs. as follows: To the United Kingdom, 22¢; to Antwerp, 21¢; and to Hamburg, 23¢.

Bulk of White Clover Seed Already Sold.

Growers in southern Wisconsin had disposed of 80% of their crop of white clover seed by the end of September. The prevailing prices ranging from $30 to $40 per 100 lbs. have been fairly satisfactory to growers. The quality of the seed varies in different localities but probably averages about the same as or slightly inferior to that of last year because more of it is reported mixed with alsike and timothy.

The imports of white clover seed, principally from Germany, have tended to stabilize prices for the short crop of American seed. From July 1 to Sept. 30 there was permitted entry 538,600 lbs. and none for the same period last year.