THE GENi:SEE FAR^TER. 



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have for years wished to see a good exhibition of 

 heat of the United States and Canada. It seems 

 ;e that we have never had such an exhibition. In 



• Canada there is always a fine exhibition of wheat 

 Provincial Fair, called out by a prize of £20 offered 

 Canada company for the best twenty bushels of 



; but this exhibition is confined to the Prcvince. 



we want is a grand collection of wheat from all 

 ns of the United States and Canada. Such an ex- 

 m can not fail to be productive of great benefit. 



have at length succeeded in raising, by subscrip- 

 he sum of money required for the premiums, 

 ig is now wanting but the co-operation of the 



growers of the United States and Canada. We 

 3e disappointed if they do not make the best dis- 

 f wheat that has ever been seen in any country. 



expense of forwarding the wheat will be slight. 



who secure the prizes will be amply repaid for 



;rouble; and those who do not will undoubtedly 



irchasers for their wheat at good prices for seed. 



^ements will be made wherebj' those so disposed 



fer their wheat for sale at auction. The Fair, as 



e seen from a notice in another column, will be 



eptember 8th, 9th and 10th— just at the season when 



s will be looking for their seed wheat ; and such 



portunity to secure good wheat from different sec- 



if the country will not*be neglected by any intelli- 



irmer. 



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5S FROM THE Patent OFFiCE.^By the new Postage 

 which went into operation July 1st, the weight of 

 ;es of seeds, cuttings, roots, scions, Ac, that could 

 iked and sent by the Commissioner of Agriculture 

 nited to 12 ounces. This law prevented the Com- 

 ner from sending out wheat and other heavy seeds, 

 J are glad to learn by a letter from Mr. Isaac Nkw- 

 he Commissioner of Agriculture, that the Post- 



• General has decided to amend the law so as to 

 32 ounces instead of 12 to be franked and sent 

 il. The Commissioner of Agriculture and his as- 

 s are showing commendable zeal in introducing 

 eeds and plants, and we congratulate the farmers 

 irticulturists of the countrv on this chanjje of the 



OOD CoTTiNG Machinr.— We do not often " puff" 

 les, but when we know of a good thing it gives ns 

 re to recommend it. The "Eureka Feed Cutter," 

 actured by David Haxnes, of Hiirrisburg, Pa., is 

 St cutting machine we' are acquainted with. We 

 ised it for several months. When we first got it, 

 ;ed our man how he liked it, and whether it was as 

 is the old one. "Oh, my I yes, sir," hfi replied; 

 the best I ever see." 



The Wool Market.— There is little doina in wooj. 

 The ideas of farmers and wool-dealers are still far apart, 

 though farmers are oflering to sell at much lower prices 

 than they were led to expect. An extensive dealer in thig 

 city informs us that he has just received a letter from hi» 

 agent in Canandaigua, N. Y., saying that fiirraers are of- 

 fering their best clips at 60 cents. He asks if he shall 

 purchase. The answer was " No." 



Ttie same gentleman says the average price of wool in 

 this city for the past twenty-five years has been about 40 

 cents. Adding the present premium on gold (25 per 

 cent.) to this price, and we have 50 cents as the average 

 price of wool. 



In 1842 or 1843 he bought wool at an average price of 

 less than 23 cents per pound, and in six months after was 

 not able to sell so as to realize a profit. 



The high price of wool during the past winter induced 

 dealers to send out large orders to foreign countries. 

 These orders can not be recalled, ^he result is that far 

 more wool will be imported than present prices and the 

 demands of the market will warrant. Those sending 

 the orders will lose largely, and the importation of so 

 much wool at a loss will have a tendency to reduce the 

 price of wools below their real value. 



Unless farmers can hold on to their wool, wo do not see 

 but that they will suffer materially from the mad specula- 

 tions of the past winter. The prospects now are that 

 wool will not bring what it is really worth. We have 

 heard of some lots sold in this city to-day (July 20) for 

 45 cents per pound. The United States Fconomist, which 

 is considered good authority on wool matters, in its issue 

 of June 27th said : 



" The past week has been an exceedingly active one in 

 the wool trade, and prices of all descriptions are de- 

 cidedly higher. Fine fleece that could have been bought 

 last week at 70 cents, is now firmly held at SO cents, and 

 tJie ntflch are greatly redvced. The number of manufac- 

 turers in the market during the week has exceeded any- 

 thing in numbets for six weeks past, and most all are 

 here with intentions to buy." 



The next week (July 4) the same paper reported the 

 market " still excited, though not quite so animated as last 

 week, still a large business has been done, and mainly at 

 a higher range of prices." "Growers," it said, "have 

 held on to their wool with a tenacity that is remarkable. 

 They remember the price which wool reached in the last 

 week of February, when gold, was 172, and this vision ot 

 $1.00 haunts them still." "There will," it continues, 

 "undoubtedly be a large increase in the consumption of 

 wool this season, but we do not think that any possible 

 event can bring wool to $1.00 while gold remains at its 

 present premium." Since then Vicksburg and Port 

 Hudson have (alien, and the rebels have been driven out 

 of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Gold has fallen to 125, 

 and wool has fallen in the same proportion. 



The sume paper of July 11 (the last number we have 

 received) says . 



" The fact is, wool ha.s now a competitor in the market. 

 A large amount of cotton wiiich was latelv under rebel 

 dominion, is now to be loosed for Ncniiirni markets. 

 This niters considerably the phase of the wool question. 

 Wool-growers have missed the most favorable op])ortn- 

 nity for selling." 



This is precisely what we told our friends a few weeks 



ago. " Well," said a farmer in reply, " if we only take 



