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CROP  AND  MARKET  NOTES. 
Since  January  1, 1892,  up  to  June  1, 15,334.419  pounds 
of  cheese  were  exported  from  the  city  of  New  York. 
A  good  many  eggs  are  going  Into  cold  storage, 
which  tends  to  prevent  further  decline  in  the  prices. 
The  bottom  has  fallen  out  of  the  butter  market 
when  the  highest  quotation  is  17  cents.  There  is  no 
money  In  making  butter  at  such  prices. 
Good,  large  pineapples  are  In  demand,  selling 
readily  at  14  cents,  while  small  ones  are  abundant  at 
prices  ranging  from  five  to  eight  cents  each. 
The  Michigan  Salt  Company  has  reduced  the  price 
of  salt  in  Chicago  to  70  cents  per  barrel.  There  seems 
no  necessity  of  any  one  suffering  for  want  of  salt. 
Strawberries  are  now  of  fine  qualiiy,  large  size  and 
plentiful.  Of  course,  there  are  still  plenty  of  the 
poorer  sorts,  but  those  willing  to  pay  can  get  the 
best. 
Green  peas  have  been  in  excess  of  the  demand,  and 
have  sold  for  $1  per  half  barrel  truck  basket— a 
price  so  low  that  the  growers  must  have  lost  money 
on  them. 
Coster  &  Martin,  grain  speculators  In  Chicago, 
have  failed.  It  is  well.  If  the  whole  pestilent  brood 
went  the  same  way,  there  would  be  no  harm  done 
but  much  good.  They  conserve  no  useful  purpose  in 
this  world. 
Hops,  now  that  they  are  all  out  o/  the  growers' 
hands,  are  doing  well,  prime  grades  selling  freely  at 
27  to  30  cents.  It  Is  rather  funny  that  hops  seldom 
get  above  25  cents  until  the  crop  is  in  the  market  and 
the  producers  have  none  to  sell. 
From  the  first  of  January  to  the  first  of  June  1890, 
there  were  exported  from  the  port  of  New  York  172,561 
barrels  of  corn  meal;  for  the  same  period  In  1891  tne 
number  reached  203,507,  while  for  the  corresponding 
period  this  year  It  was  204,957  barrels. 
At  the  recent  annual  meeting  of  the  New  York 
Produce  Exchange,  the  President  stated  that  they 
had  done  in  the  current  year  a  business  amounting 
to  $410,206,000,  in  goods  actually  handled  and  paid  for, 
an  Increase  of  $60,000,000,  over  the  previous  year. 
On  Thursday,  June  2.  strawberries  eame  into  New 
York  In  enormous  quantities,  fairly  glutting  the  mar¬ 
ket.  Fine  fruit  sold  at  10  cents,  and  other  grades 
from  that  down  to  six.  The  Norfolk  season  ended 
before  that  date,  most  of  the  berries  coming  from 
Delaware  and  Maryland,  with  a  few  from  South  Jer¬ 
sey. 
Norfolk  cabbages  have  been  in  full  supply  and 
have  been  selling  at  from  75  cents  to  $1  per  barrel. 
As  the  barrel  costs  23J^  cents  with  cover,  the  freight 
23  cents,  and  the  commission  is  eight  per  cent, 
it  Is  hard  to  see  where  the  grower’s  profit  comes  in. 
A  barrel  selling  for  a  dollar  will  thus  net  him  about  ^ 
45  cents. 
Cheese  Is  doing  relatively  better  than  butter,  and 
there  seems  a  fairly  good  demand.  If  there  were 
more  full-cream  and  fewer  of  the  light  skims  on  the 
markets,  the  American  public  would  find  out  that 
cheese  was  a  desirable  article  of  food  and  begin  to 
eat  it  more  largely.  Three  times  out  of  four,  when 
the  householder  buys  a  piece  of  cheese,  he  gets  swin¬ 
dled  with  these  half-skims,  the  cheese  is  not  eaten, 
and  he  buys  no  more  for  a  long  time. 
AGRICULTURAL  NEWS. 
The  Ontario  government’s  crop  report  says  fall 
wheat  presents  an  exceptionally  promising  appear¬ 
ance. 
A  Canadian  cheese  factory  li  as  an  order  for  a  cheese 
to  weigh  14,000  pounds,  which  is  to  be  exhibited  at  the 
coming  Columbian  Exposition. 
It  Is  estimated  that  the  rice  crop  of  the  United 
States  will  this  year  reach  8,000,000  bushels,  an  in¬ 
crease  of  about  50  per  cent  over  any  previous  year. 
No  rain  to  speak  of  has  fallen  in  Western  Texas 
since  December,  and  an  area  larger  than  Illinois  Is 
threatened  with  drought.  Where  are  the  rainmakers? 
Fruit  growers  and  farmers  generally  about  Penn 
Yau,  N.  Y.,  are  endeavoring  to  effect  the  organization 
of  a  produce  exchange,  for  the  better  transaction  of 
their  business. 
Eucalyptus  oil  has  come  Into  such  demand  that 
over  20,000  pounds  were  sent  to  England  from  Cali¬ 
fornia  last  year,  the  tree  having  been  planted  In  Im¬ 
mense  quantities  in  that  State. 
Spain  has  removed  the  embargo  on  American  hog 
products.  These  have  now  free  admittance  Into 
every  country  in  the  world  under  merely  sanitary 
restrictions,  except  Greece,  Turkey  and  Roumania. 
The  first  pan  for  the  condensed  milk  factory  at 
Newport,  Me.,  has  been  put  in  practice.  It  cost  $3,000 
and  is  expected  to  hold  the  milk  of  2,000  cows.  They 
will  start  soon  with  about  50  bands,  employed  in  or 
about  the  factory. 
Advices  from  the  great  Indiana  peach-growing  dis¬ 
tricts  on  the  Knobbs  and  Ohio  River’s  bluffs,  say  that 
one-half  of  the  peach  buds  and  pips  have  dropped 
off,  and  something  less  than  a  half  crop  this  season 
can  be  counted  upon. 
The  tobacco  crop  of  Kentucky  for  1891  amounted  to 
183,038,432  pounds,  valued,  at  nine  cents  per  pound,  at 
$16,473,458.  This  is  a  large  Increase  over  the  crop  of 
the  previous  year  and  a  similar  increase  Is  noted  in 
the  wheat  and  corn  crops. 
A  woman  at  Sparta,  Wls..  raised  last  year  nearly 
200  bushels  of  strawberries  on  an  acre  and  a  half, 
and  1,300  bushels  of  blackberries  on  six  acres.  The 
strawberries  sold  for  $836.50,  and  the  blackberries  for 
FITZWATER  PEAR  COMPANY,  Limited, 
Agency  Department,  P.  O.  Box  1126,  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y. 
$3,542.26,  making  an  income  of  $4,378.76  from  seven 
and  one-half  acres. 
The  American  Minister  to  Persia  has  secured  16 
valuable  sheep  of  the  Astrakhan  breed,  and  shipped 
them  to  the  Agricultural  Department  here.  They  will 
be  bred  until  the  flock  Is  large  enough  to  divide,  when 
the  nucleus  of  several  flocks  will  be  sent  to  various 
parts  of  the  country. 
The  French  Ministry  of  War  has  been  engaged  for 
more  than  a  year  In  making  experiments  in  the  prep¬ 
aration  of  meat.  The  experiments  have  resulted  in 
the  discovery  that  frozen  meat  can  be  kept  for  eight 
months  without  any  change  in  its  appearance  or 
powers  of  nourishment. 
Gov.  Flower  has  signed  the  bill  authortizing  the 
Adirondack  Park  Commissioners  to  exchange  or  sell 
parcels  of  the  State  land  on  the  outskirts  of  the 
wilderness  for  parcels  in  the  center.  It  carries  with 
it  no  appropriation,  but  Is  simply  for  the  purpose  of 
allowing  the  State  to  consolidate  Its  holdings.  The 
State  now  owns  about  960.000  acres  of  this  vast  tract. 
Much  valuable  territory  In  the  West  has  been 
located  by  settlers  through  the  means  of  scrip  issued 
to  Indians  in  payment  for  their  lands,  and  afterward 
assigned  to  other  parties.  Secretary  Noble,  of  the 
Interior  Department,  now  holds  that  such  assign¬ 
ments  of  scrip  are  Invalid,  and  the  ownership  of  sec¬ 
tions  of  the  public  lands  located  by  means  of  assigned 
scrip  is  consequently  open  to  question. 
The  bill  endowing  the  Rhode  Island  agricultural 
school  at  Kingston  as  the  Rhode  Island  College  of 
Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts  has  passed  both 
houses  of  the  Rhode  Island  Legislature  and  it  Is  con¬ 
fidently  believed  the  money  appropriated  by  the 
General  Government  under  the  Morril  Bill.  1890,  In 
connection  with  the  Hatch  Act  of  1887  will  go  to  the 
above  named  college.  The  Grange  assisted  by  the 
citizens  of  Rhode  Island  has  labored  diligently  to 
accomplish  this,  and  all  feel  well  satisfied  with  re¬ 
sults  obtained. 
Northumberland  County,  Pa.,  arbitrators  have 
made  10  awards  of  damages  sustained  byf armers  own¬ 
ing  land  along  Shamokin  Creek  from  the  washing  of 
coal  dirt  over  their  land  by  spring  and  other  freshets 
until  the  land  has  become  a  barren  waste.  The  awards 
are  against  the  Philadelphia  and  Reading  Coal  and 
Iron  Company,  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company 
and  others,  and  if  sustained  by  the  higher  courts  will 
mean  the  loss  of  millions  of  dollars  to  the  coal  mining 
companies,  as  many  other  suits  will  follow.  Why 
shouldn’t  farm  lands  that  have  been  overlaid  with 
culm  be  paid  for? 
The  Superintendent  of  Census  has  Issued  the  fol¬ 
lowing  statistics  of  cereal  production  In  Missouri  for 
the  census  year  ending  May  31, 1890:  Wheat  1,947,365 
acres,  30,113,991  bushels;  corn  6,066,225  acres,  197,133,- 
132  bushels;  oats  1,677,068  acres,  39,814,257  bushels; 
rye  24,258  acres,  308,807  bushels:  barley  1,504  acres, 
34,863  bushels;  buckwheat  2,819  acres,  29,435  bushels. 
The  total  area  devoted  to  cereals  was  9,722,239  acres 
as  compared  with  8,689,551  acres  at  the  Tenth  Census. 
There  was  a  slight  decrease  in  the  acreage  in  barley 
rye,  wheat  and  buckwheat,  ana  an  Increase  of  708,595 
acres  and  480,960  acres  in  oats  and  corn,  respectively. 
The  average  yield  per  acre  was  barley  23.18.  buck¬ 
wheat  10,44,  corn  32.48,  oats  23.74,  rye  12.73  and  wheat 
15.46. 
Landlord  abuses  in  Scotland.— No  less  than 
433,000  acres  have  been  added  to  the  deer  forests  and 
sporting  grounds  of  Scotland  since  1883,  and  the 
grand  total  now  reaches  2,661,533  acres.  The  Duke 
of  Sutherland  alone  owns  212,658  acres;  Lord  Lovat 
has  107,620  acres;  the  Duke  of  Richmond  and  Gor¬ 
don  and  the  Marquis  of  Breadalbane  have  each 
over  82,000  acres,  and  there  are  several  other  great 
proprietors  whose  holdings  range  from  10,000  up  to 
80,000  acres.  Agriculture  offers  smaller  returns  there 
than  game  and  the  timber  that  can  be  grown  on 
wild  land.  Parliament,  however,  proposes  to  put  a 
check  on  the  consequent  depopulation  of  such  vast 
areas,  In  compliance  with  the  demands  of  organized 
labor.  Probably  It  will  put  extra  taxes  on  lands  set 
apart  as  game  preserves. 
( Continued  on  next  page.) 
One  of  the  Nicest  and  best  Tonics  and  anti-acids 
for  dyspeptics  is  Dr.  D.  Jayne's  Tonic  Vermifuge.— 
When  used  in  conjunction  with  the  Sanative  Pills,  It 
rarely  fails  to  be  effective;  while  its  moderate  price 
brings  it  within  the  reach  of  every  one.  Sold  by  all 
Druggists.— A  dv. 
DON’T  HAVE  SOUR  MILK. 
A  PERFECT  COOLER  USE  the 
A  PERFECT  GEM. 
Patented  Jan.  26,  1892. 
CHAMPION 
MILK  COOLER 
and  you  Need  Not. 
It  is  for  the  use  of 
the  farmer  imme- 
diatelv  after  milk¬ 
ing,  and  removes  all 
the  animal  heat  and 
odors  at  once. 
We  Guarantee  that 
milk  will  keep  from 
24  to  36  hours  longer 
by  Its  use. 
Easily  cleaned. 
Never  gets  out  of 
order.  Prices  ac¬ 
cording  to  size  of 
dairy,  #7  to  8$  10. 
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We  want  an  agent 
in  every  town,  and 
will  allow  a  liberal 
commission. 
Address 
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STAR  MILK 
AND 
CREAM  COOLER 
Made  of  Brass  and  Copper, 
without  end-plates.  Free  and 
open  corrugations.  No  cor¬ 
ners  to  clean.  Cools  within 
two  degrees  of  water  used. 
Best  Cooler  on  the  market. 
Send  for  circular. 
EVANS  &  HEELINGS, 
HADDONFIELD,  N.  J. 
OUR  HAY  CARRIERS 
are  the  best  suited  for  all  kinds  of  buildings.  Use 
any  Fork  or  Slings.  Sell  direct. 
FOWLER  &  FARRINGTON. 
Taughannock  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Unterbrink’s  Hay  Sling. 
Unlocks  underneath  the  bundle.  Warranted  for 
1,500  pounds.  Can  be  used  on  any  style  of  carrier. 
Price,  $8  per  pair;  cash  with  order. 
Full  instructions  with  every  sling.  Address 
UNTERBRINK  &  BRO.,  Ottawa,  O. 
Agents  Wanted. 
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the  stomach,  liver  or  oowels  to  ner-f 
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SCARLET  or  CRIMSON  GLOVER 
A  BOON  TO  AGRICULTURE. 
We  have  the  variety  that  is  tested  and  acclimated. 
We  offer  pedigree  seed,  crop  of  ’92  inspected  and 
guaranteed  in  sealed  bags.  For  the  Scarlet  Clover 
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growers—  The  Delaware  Fruit  Exchange, 
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A  good  opportunity  to  secure  a  nice  business.  For 
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I  acres,  50  acres  timber. 
Brick  house,  9  rooms;  new  bank  barn.  Farm  well 
watered,  fenced  and  located.  A  bargain.  Price, 
$11,000.  J.  H.  BR1STOR,  Martinsburg,  West  Va. 
igents 
Wanted 
ELI  SWEARS! 
And  many  farmers  swear,  too, 
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EATTY 
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FREE.  Dan’I  fT  Beatty,  Wash’n,  N.  J. 
