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prices fair. Cumherland : Sweet corn, our principal crop, has averaged 

 $70 per acre. 



iSTEW York. — Otsego : Our staple crop is hops ; yield moderate but 

 of extra quality, aud nearly all marketed at 35 to 40 cents per pound. 

 This will probably stimulate the cultivation next year aud produce a 

 large acreage. 



Pennsylvania. — Philadelphia : Eye grown mostly for the straw, 

 which sells at 85 cents per cental. 



Maryland. — Frederick: Pork 19 per cental — a very profitable 

 return. 



South Carolina. — Beaufort : Short staple-cotton, 14 cents per 

 pouud ; sea-islaud, 33 ceuts ; rice $1.50 per bushel. 



Tennessee.— Jiciliinn ; Farmers refuse to sell their wheat on account 

 of low prices. 



Texas. — Burnet : Very little corn sold as yet ; farmers are holding 

 on for higher prices, though the demand is yet small. 



Arkansas. — Frayildin : All crops maturing late in the summer were 

 shortened by drought, but the prices range very low, owing to scarcity of 

 money. 



Kentucky. — Hardin : Hogs, 7^ cents per pound ; cattle, 3i cents per 

 pound; horses and mules, no market. Jessamine : Hogs, 6i to 7 cents 

 per pound ; nearly all sold. Henry : Hogs all sold at an average of 7 

 cents per pouud, a very remunerative price. 



Indiana. — Gibson : Pork 5i to 7 cents per pound. Floyd : Hogs, 7 

 cents per pound. Marshall : Hogs, 6 to o| cents per hundred, gross ; 

 cattle plenty at 2^ to 3 cents. 



Illinois. — Putnam : Good beef-cattle, 4 to 4J cents per pound ; fat 

 hogs, $0.80 to $7.25 per cental ; hogs nearly all sold. Sangamon : Very 

 few hogs shipped to Chicago ; spring field-packers paying very good 

 prices. Cattle are too cheap to pay for the corn they eat. Washing- 

 ton : Red wheat, weight 60 pounds per bushel, brings 85 cents, with a 

 deduction of 5 cents for every pound short of 60. 



Wisconsin. — Richland : Hogs have brought 5 cents gross, live weight, 

 which is very remunerative ; beef-cattle mostly sold at very low rates. 

 Crawford : Hog-crop one-half short ; prices from 5^ to 6 cents per 

 pound, gross ; beef-cattle from 2 to 2^ cents, gross. 



Iowa. — Belaumre : Prices of wheat lower than for ten years ; corn 

 and oats command fair prices. 



Missouri. — Putnam : Hogs selling at 6 cents per pound, live weight. 

 Marion : Hogs 7 cents on the hoof. Platte : Hogs 6 cents, gross. Cald- 

 well : Horses and stock-cattle bring very low prices ; fat cattle and hogs 

 very good ones. 



Kansas. — Douglas : Pork selling from 5 to 7 cents, gross. CheroTcee : 

 Wheat is very low — 65 to 80 cents per bushel. It is most profitable to 

 keep a car-load for shipment, as it will then bring from 5 to 7 cents 

 more. 



Southern ^ew Mexico and its Characteristics. — Bona Ana. — 

 Southern Xew Mexico, including the valley of the Eio Grande in this 

 county, presents advantages greater than any other Territory. 



Climate and geographical features. — The climate is unsurpassed in 

 salubrity for man and domestic animals. The snows of winter never cover 

 the summer-grown grasses from the stock. All the fruits are produced 

 which can be grown where the thermometer averages 80° F. during five 

 months in the year. The ground is not frozen to hinder the plow forty- 

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