434 



Market prices of farm products — Continued. 



Articles. 



Cheese — Choice factory 



Cotton — Oi'diuary 



Low middliug 



Middliug 



Tobacco — Common to good lugs, (light) . . 



(heavy). 



Medium leaf, (light) 



(lieavy) 



Wool — Quotations nominal for all grades. 



SAN FKANCISCO. 



Flour— State 



Oregon 



Wheat— State 



Oregon 



Corn— White 



Yellow 



Oats 



Hay 



Pork — Mess 



Prime 



Beef— Mess 



Lard — In barrels 



Butter — State 



Oregon 



Overland -^ 



Cheese 



Wool — Native 



California 



Oregon 



THE DEOUGHT IN ENGLAND. 



The Sheffield Independent publishes tlie following record of rain-fall 

 for the current year, as compared with the averages for thirty-four 

 years : 



.January. 

 February 

 March..'. 



April 



May 



Juno 



July 



Auytisu.. 



1870. 



3. 625 

 2. 870 

 2. 710 

 1. 190 

 1.295 

 1. 685 

 1. 175 

 1.475 



16. 025 



Thirty-four 



years' 



average. 



3.218 

 2. 826 

 2. 937 

 2. 809 



2. 662 



3. 451 

 3. 543 

 3.753 



25. 199 



Doficiency. 



0. 227 

 1. 619 

 1. 367 

 1. 766 

 2.368 

 2.278 



9.625 



Twelve years' observation of the relation of the rain-fall to the harvest 

 in Yorkshire confirms the opinion that dry spring months and a good 

 sound yield of grain go hand in hand. The rain-fall of the present year 

 up to August 31 is only three-hundredths of an inch more than in 18G8, 



