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francs per hectoliter. Vineland, in the neighborhood, yields 800 francs 

 |>er acre in wine product, representing a cash value of 10,000 francs per 

 acre invested in the soil. If the phylloxera should compel the destruc- 

 tion of these vines, the value of the land will sink to one-fifth of what it 

 is at present. At M6ze one establishment astonished the visitors by the 

 vast extent of its cooper-shops, and its steam-engines of great power 

 pumping the wine from great cisterns into the casks. This extensive 

 use of machinery has superseded in a large measure the expensive hand- 

 labor formerly employed. In the south of France six hours is counted 

 a day's work. A radical change in the conditions of labor is foreshad- 

 owed in this primitive region. Combinations of workmen have at times 

 elevated the day's wages to 10 francs for six hoars' work. The congress 

 also inspected the process of imitating Spanish wines. 



MARKET-PRICES OF FARM-PRODUCTS. 



Ihe folloiving quotations represent, as nearly as practicdbJe, the state of the market at the 



beginning of the month: 



Articles. 



NEW YOEK. 



Flour, superfine State . . .per bbl 



extra State do. . 



superfine western . . .do. . 

 extra to choice western, 



per barrel 



common to fair sontliern 



extra per bbl 



good to choice southern 



extra per bbl 



Wheat, No. 1 spring . . .per bush 



No. 2 spring do . . 



winter, red, western, 



per bushel , 



winter, amber, western, 



per bushel , 



"winter, white, western, 



per bushel 



Rye per bush 



Barley do . . 



Corn do - . 



Hay, first quality per ton 



second quality do. . 



Beef, mess per bbl 



extra mess do.. 



Pork, mess do. ., 



extra prime do.. 



prime mess do . . 



Lard per lb 



Butter, western do.. 



State dairy do . . 



Cheese, State factory do . . 



western factory do. . 



Cotton, ordinary to good ordi- 

 nary per lb 



low middling to good 



middling per lb 



Stigar, fair to prime, refining, 



per pound 



Tobacco, lugs per lb 



low leaf to medium 



leaf per lb 



Wool, American XXX and pick- 

 lock per lb 



American X and XX, per 



pound 



American, combing, per lb 



pulled do . . 



California spring clip, per 



pound 



California faU clip, .per lb 



Prices. 



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$4 00 to $4 50 



4 80 to 5 65 



4 00 to 4 50 



4 75 to 8 00 



4 90 to 5 85 



5 90 to 8 25 

 1 20 to 1 25 

 1 11 to 1 17 



1 20 to 1 32 



1 20 to 1 32 



llf to 



Articles. 



BOSTON. 



Flour, western superfine. per bbl. 



common extra do . . . 



red wheats, good to fancy 



northwestern ..perbbl- 



white wheats, good to 



fancy western.. per bbl. 



southern family do . . . 



WTieat per bush. 



Corn do. .. 



Oats do . . . 



Eye do . . . 



Barley do... 



Hay, eastern and northern, per 



ton 



choice western per ton . 



Beef, mess per bbl. 



extra mess do . . . 



family do. . . 



Pork, prime do. .. 



mess do. .. 



Lard per lb. 



Butter, New York and Vermont, 



per pound 



western per lb . 



Cheese, New York and Vermont, 



factory per lb . 



western factory do . . . 



Sugar, fair to good refining. do. .. 

 Cotton, ordinary to good ordi- 

 nary .' per lb. 



low middling to good 



middling per lb. 



Wool, Ohio and Pennsylvania, 



per pound 



Michigan per lb. 



other western do . . . 



pulled do. .. 



California do . . . 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Flour, superfine per bbl. 



Pennsylvania, extra to 



choice per bbl. 



western extra to patent, 



per, barrel 



Wheat, white per bush . 



American do.. . 



red do... 



Rye do... 



Prices. 



