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fiuds each very dry season marked by riugs of extraordinary thinness. 

 He is still tracing back the records of man and nature in the hope of 

 discovering the law above referred to. 



Egyptian cotton. — About nine years ago the Department procured 

 through the United States consul at Alexandria some Egyptian cotton- 

 seed, which was distributed among southern planters. The reports 

 hitherto have been almost invariably unfavorable. The following report 

 from Mr. Savage, of Montgomery, Ala., though late, is worth noting 

 particularly. He says: 



Two years ago I procured about a peck of Egyptian cotton-seed from the Department. I 

 planted it by itself in a sixty-acre cotton-field, and found that it was four or five weeks earlier 

 than the native cotton ; consequently I had a good crop before the worms made their appear- 

 ance. I believe if I had had the whole field in Egyptian cott.on, I would have made from 

 twenty -five to thirty bales instead of six. Last year (1874) I planted five acres of it, and 

 packed and sold two bales before the other was ready to pick. I consider it 25 or 30 per 

 cent, more prolific than either the Boyd or Dickson cotton. 



MARKET-PRICES OF FARM-PRODUCTS. 



April, 1875. 



TheJoUowmg quotations represent, as nearly as 'practicable, the state of the market at the begin' 



ning of the month : 



NEW YORK. 



Flour, superfine State., per barrel. 



extra State do 



Buperfine westem do 



extra choice weHtern . .do 



common to fair southern ex- 



traw, per barrel.. 



good to choice south6rn ex- 

 tras, per barrel 



Wheat, No. 1 spring per bushel. 



No. 2 spring do 



winter, red,we8tern..do 



winter, amber, western, per 



bushel 



winter, white, western, per 



bushel 



Rye per bushel. 



Barley do 



Corn do 



Hay, first quality per ton. 



second quality do 



Beef, mess per barrel. 



extra, mess do 



Pork, mess do.... 



extra prime do 



prime mess do 



I^ard per pound. 



Butter, western do 



State dairy do 



Cheese, State factory do 



western factory do 



Cotton, ordinary to good ordinary, 



per pound 



low middling to good mid- 

 dling, per pound 



Sugar, fair to prime refining, per 



pound 



Tobacco, lugs per pound. 



low leaf to medium leaf, 



per pound 



Wool, American XXX and pick- 

 lock, per pound 



American X and XX, per 



pound 



American combing, per 



pound 



pulled per pound. 



California spring clip do 



California fall clip do 



Value. 



BOSTON. 



Flour, western superfine, per barrel . 

 com. western extras, per bar- 

 rel 



red wheat, good to fancy 



northwestern, per barrel. 



white wheat, good to fancy 



western, per barrel 



southern family, per barrel. 



Corn do . . . 



Oats .' do 



Rye do 



Barley do 



Hay, eastern and northern. per ton 



choice western per ton. 



Beef, mess per barrel. 



Lard, extra mesa do... 



Poik, prime do 



mess do 



Lard per pound. 



Butter, N. Y. and Vermont . .do 



western do 



Cheese, New York and Vt. factory, 



per pound 



western factory, per pound. 

 Sugar, fair to good refining, per 



pound 



Cotton, ordinary to good ordinary, 



per pound 



low middling to good mid- 

 dling, per pound 



Wool, Ohio and Pennsylvania, per 



pound 



Michigan per pound. 



other western do — 



pulled do 



com bing fleece do . . . 



California do — 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Flour, superfine per barrel. 



Prnn., extra to choice, per 



barrel 



western, extra to choice, per 



barrel 



Wheat, white per bushel. 



amber do . . . 



red do 



Rye do ... 



Value. 



