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THE ILLINOIS F^HJMEH. 



principles it will prove valuable to the 

 great mass of bee keepers. 



"We eschew humbug in all its forms; 

 and do not intend knowingly to per- 

 mit our readers to be swindled by 

 these patent right men. At the same 

 time any person having a valuable 

 genuine patent, will always find in us 

 a fast friend, and one whose pen will 

 ever protect his interest. When we 

 look back upon the history of patent 

 churns, patent bee hives, and patent 

 washing machines, it has been almost 

 one series of swindles perpetrated on 

 the industrial classes, bat the time has 

 oome when a more general diffusion of 

 knowledge will drive these gentry to 

 seek other employment. There is no 

 branch of farming so little understood 



as the management of bees, nor is there 

 one in which every farmer and every 

 owner of a village lot should take a 

 deeper interest. It furnishes one of the 

 greatest luxuries of the table at a com- 

 parative slight cost. We hope to be in- 

 strumental in awaking an interest in 

 this branch of rural economy, by strip- 

 ping it of its mysteries and of the leech- 

 es that have stood in the way of its pro- 

 gress. — Ed. 



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The Grain Trade of Chicago. 



It may be interesting to the readers 

 of the Farmer to be somewhat posted 

 in regard to thejgrain trade of Chicago, 

 and especially at this time, where an im- 

 mense crop is pressing upon the market. 

 We copy the tables from that most valu- 

 able and reliable commercial paper, 

 WelW Commercial Expresa, published 

 at Chicago, at the low price of $1,00 a 

 year. 



Office Commercial Express, ") 

 Wednesday, Aug. 8, 1860. | 



The grain trade of Chicago is beyond 

 all comparison, the most important 

 branch of business carried on in the city, 

 and may be said to lay the foundation 

 nearly if not entirely, for the other and 

 more varied enterprises and interests 

 centering here. In years of general 

 depression, and of diminished crops, the 

 aggregate cf grain receipts has fallen 

 below twenty millions, while in good 

 years, it has ranged twenty-five to thirty 

 millions. With the continued develop- 

 ment of the country, and, more than all, 

 in consequence of the abundant reward 

 with which the present propitious season 

 has crowned the labors of the husband- 

 man, we assume that the aggregate grain 

 receipts for the year commencing Aug. 

 1st, are as follows : 



Taking the deliveries of wheat alone 



at this point by railroads and canal for 

 three successive years from the first of 

 August, wo have the following results: 



Week 1S5T-8 185S-9 1859-60 



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Total. 13,936,848 6,087,896 8,942,561 



The manufacture of flour is so largely 

 increased in two years in the wheat- 

 growing sections, that it must be inclu- 

 ded in reckoning the crop movement. — 

 Beginning with the first of August as 

 above, and we have the following re- 

 sult: 



185T-S 1858-9 1858-60 



Reduce to Wheat 2,272,370 2,207,225 8,556,510 



Add " ...13,985,840 6,089,896 8,942,461 



16,208,810 7,295,121 12,498,971 



Excess over 1868 5,203,860 



Decrease from 1867 8,709,889 



The receipts of Corn from the last 

 crop began to be considerable as soon as 

 it had matured, and continued unusually 

 large all winter, whereas in previous 

 years, receipts have generally been trif- 

 ling until navigation opened in the spring. 

 The receipts of Corn have never been so 

 large all the season through at this point 

 as they have from the last crop, though 

 we had large deliveries for a short time 

 in 1855 and 1856. We commence to 

 reckon the corn movement from Novem- 

 ber Ist because the old crop is then 

 nealy exhausted, and the new crop first 

 begins to reach the market. 



The following are the receipts of corn 

 from November 1st in three years : 



1S57-8 1868-9 1859-60 



Total 4,883,314 3,672,861 12,611,007 



Excess over crop of 185S 9,1.38,146 



Excess over crop of 1857 8,127,193 



The oat crop is believed to be heavy 

 and of excellent quality. Receipts are 

 already running much larger than in any 

 one of several years previous. 



The following are the receipts since 

 August 1, 1857 : 



1857-8 1868-9 1869-60 



Total 2,282,017 682,002 1,588,294 



The total equivalent of receipts of 

 flour and grain from all sources except 

 teams, from the first of January for 

 three years stand thus : 



1868 1869 



Total 22,114,643 19,199,904 



Total decrease 2,914,688 



Aug. 1st. 



The total receipts of flour and grain 

 since January 1st, now reach 15,889,471 

 bush, or 9,584,606 bush, greater than at 

 the same time last year, and 2,995,887 

 bush, greater than to the same time in 

 1858. 



The following table shows the differ- 

 ence in receipts of principal articles in 

 the two years from January 1st to the 

 present time : 



1869 1860 



Flour, bbls 228,688 221,000 dec. 7,688 



Wheat, bu 1,629,914 2,627,972 inc. 998,053 



Corn, bu 8,128,711 ll,845,9!i2 do 8,217,211 



Oats, bu 895,268 686,268 do 19a,447 



The shipments were again very large 

 last week, and continue heavy, running 

 in good proportion to the receipts, so 

 that the markets are healthy as well as 

 animated. 



The aggregate receipts of flour and 

 grain last week were only a trifle under 

 a million bushels, and though corn must 

 soon begin to diminish in quantity, 

 flour, wheat and oats, will all show a 

 rapid increase, and carry the aggregate 

 over a million for many weeks if not 

 quite to the close of navigation. There 

 were only three weeks in 1858 when the 

 aggregate receipts exceeded a million, 

 two of which were at the height of the 

 corn season, and the third at the first 

 rush of the new wheat crop. 



TOTAL BKCEIPTS OF FLOUE AND GBAIN. 

 Tor the week ending August 4th, 1860. 



^ » ^S Bo c'n c^M Eat 

 E^ ttr a=i aS- s" » a." 



• v) .5. : .V) 



Lake 800 80 



Canal 6,927 147,216 1,617 1,222 66 



Galena R.R 896 16,794 14,084 2,601 192 .... 



Rock Island B.R. 1,499 96,600 59,850 4,000 2,100 .... 



I. 0. R. R 1,140 1X6,982 7ii,170 12,170 2,813 .... 



C. B. & Q. R. R.. 1,140 86,604 126,286 8,997 467 290 



C. St. P. 4 F.... 1,065 .... 850 1,836 



A. A St. L. R. B. 325 45,442 44,268 2,928 1,850 .... 



Eastern Roads. . . 879 8,810 2,600 



Total 6,426 878,109 465,738 29,504 186 836 



Same week, 1859. 8,486 45,963 81,998 11,940 1,849 1,993 



All grain arriving by railroad is in- 

 spected. A few parties receiving by 

 canal, refusing to pay inspection fees, 

 deeming the inspection unnecessary, sell 

 without inspection, but their boats are 

 *' posted" at the Board of Trade, and 

 the grain cannot be admitted at the prin- 

 cipal elevators. 



The markets for country produce du- 

 ring the past week have generally been 

 active and prices satisfactory. Flour 

 after settling down until the views of 

 buyers were reached became active, and 

 recovered 5al0c almost at once. Wheat 

 meets a good demand, and so far from 

 the break- down in prices which is usu" 

 ally experienced at liberal receipts from 

 a new crop, there has been an actual 

 improvement of 4a5c on both spring and 

 red winter; present prices are not ex- 

 pected to be maintained with the large 

 arrivals of two or three weeks hence, 

 and yet nothing can be more uncertain 

 where so many contingencies may arise. 

 The quality of the crops is excellent be- 

 yond doubt, and if there is a foreign as 

 well as a home demand, good prices 

 will rule. Corn keeps along with 

 most remarkable steadiness, but 

 there is a firmness about the feelinsc 

 in the last few days that indi- 

 cates a slight improvement if receipts 

 fall off. Oats took a sudden tumble as 

 soon as receipts of the new crop began 

 to be large, the decline in one day being 

 4c, but at that reduction the market be- 

 came active. Barley being in small sup- 

 ply, the demand is again more active 

 and prices are 3a5c higher. Rye is be- 

 coming quite plenty and rather dull at a 

 slight decline. A very good enquiry 

 exists for timothv seed, but the market 

 is unsettled. Fruits are active but veg- 

 etables are dull. Beef and tallow dull. 

 Pork products rather quiet but firm 

 and steady. Whitefish still lower and 



