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CROP  AND  MARKET  NOTES. 
Butter  is  creeping  up  a  little  in  price  and  the  mar¬ 
ket  is  in  a  much  better  condition. 
Old  apples  are  no  longer  in  demand — the  new  ones 
are  nearly  due  and  other  fruits  are  so  abundant. 
The  corn  crop  of  Illinois  will  be  about  20  per  cent 
less  than  last  season,  as  the  wet  weather  at  planting 
time  very  largely  reduced  the  acreage. 
The  bottom  has  fallen  out  of  the  new  potato  mar¬ 
ket-prices  having  dropped  almost  50  per  cent  within 
a  week.  The  best  are  selling  at  less  than  $3  per  barrel. 
We  are  now  having  our  finest  strawberries— those 
which  come  from  near-by  points  In  New  Jersey  and 
from  the  Hudson  River  regions.  They  are  selling  at 
unprofitable  prices. 
The  festive  watermelon  has  made  its  appearance 
In  our  markets.  California  apricots  and  cherries  are 
here  and  we  have  now  our  own  fruits  to  swell  the  list. 
It  is  no  wonder  that  they  sell  cheap. 
A  shipment  of  apricots  from  Arizona  reached  New 
York  during  the  heated  term  last  week,  but  they  had 
succumbed  to  the  weather  and  the  perils  of  trans¬ 
portation— they  were  all  a  mass  of  rotten,  worthless 
fruit. 
It  is  estimated  that  the  value  of  bananas  imported 
into  the  United  States  during  the  year  1891  reached 
the  sum  of  $7,200,000,  and  the  trade  Is  constantly 
growing.  In  this  city  they  are  becoming  a  factor  In 
the  daily  bill  of  fare  of  all  classes. 
Crop  prospects  In  South  Dakota  are  generally  good- 
Frequent  rains  In  the  early  season  delayed  planting 
somewhat,  but  the  favorable  weather  of  late  has 
made  amends  and  crops  of  all  kinds  are  pushing 
Bteadlly  ahead.  A  dispatch  from  Yankton  says  wheat 
will  be  ready  to  cut  by  July  20. 
In  spite  of  previous  favorable  news,  official  reports 
from  St.  Petersburg,  dated  June  15.  say  that  the  Rus¬ 
sian  harvest  prospects  Indicate  that  the  general  out¬ 
look  is  much  worse  than  it  was  in  the  early  summer 
of  1891.  Locusts  have  destroyed  the  crops  in  the 
Caucasus,  where  the  stores  of  grain  saved  the  people 
from  starvation  last  autumn.  It  is  Impossible  to 
hope  much  from  Southern  Russia,  where  the  crops 
have  been  ravaged  by  worms  and  by  the  field  mar¬ 
mot.  The  position  is  made  worse  by  the  fact  that  at 
the  beginning  of  the  late  famine  a  stock  of  grain  was 
in  store,  while  now  there  is  none. 
According  to  the  latest  report  of  the  Weather 
Bureau,  in  New  England  crops  are  booming;  slight 
damage  from  frost  in  centraj  districts  on  the  It  ; 
grass  very  good,  except  light  In  central  and  southern 
New  Hampshire  and  Vermont. 
New  York.— Grass  and  wheat  excellent  ;  spring 
crops  improving;  oats  good,  but  acreage  short ;  to¬ 
bacco  setting  well  along;  corn  and  potato  planting 
pushed;  peaches,  short  crop;  apple  blight  In  scat¬ 
tered  sections. 
New  Jersey.— Winter  and  spring  grains  fine;  corn 
and  truck  much  improved  ;  cultivation  retarded  ; 
pear  midge  and  rosebugs  doing  much  damage  to 
fruit. 
Pennsylvania.— All  crops  In  fair  condition,  except 
corn  and  cherries. 
Maryland. — Corn  and  grass  much  improved;  wheat 
harvest  commenced  on  Eastern  Shore. 
Virginia.— Wheat,  oats  and  barley  nearly  ready  for 
harvest;  peanut  crop  Is  a  bad  stand. 
Missouri.— Showers  needed;  corn  planting  finished 
by  16th;  wheat  and  oats  Improving  rapidly ;  haying 
commenced;  all  fruits  declining. 
Illinois.— Corn  planting  nearing  completion;  some 
up  and  doing  well;  wheat  generally  good;  some  har¬ 
vesting  in  southern  portions. 
Indiana.— Corn  all  planted  in  southern  and  central 
portions,  and  early  planted  growing  rapidly;  wheat 
in  full  head  and  is  maturing  fast;  oats,  grass,  clover 
and  pasturage  fine. 
Ohio. — Wheat  a  rank  growth  and  lodging;  oats 
clover  and  Timothy  in  fair  condition;  corn  good 
growth,  but  weedy;  potatoes  rotting  In  places;  bar¬ 
ley  harvest  progressing;  tobacco  being  set  and  grow¬ 
ing  well;  fruit  falling  off. 
Michigan. — Considerable  corn  land  not  yet  plowed; 
ground  too  wet;  wheat  headed  and  looking  fine; 
meadows  and  pastures  very  heavy. 
Wisconsin. — Marked  improvement  In  all  crops; 
corn  and  potato  planting  will  be  finished  this  week. 
Minnesota.— All  small  grains  are  growing  finely; 
corn  continues  backward,  but  doing  well  in  south¬ 
eastern  counties,  where  the  cultivators  will  soon  be 
at  work. 
Iowa.— Corn  planting  generally  completed  and  cul¬ 
tivating  begun,  with  fair  stand. 
North  Dakota.— Rapid  progress  in  growth  of  ail 
grains. 
Nebraska— Warm,  dry  and  favorable  for  corn; 
ground  baked,  and  showers  would  be  beneficial. 
Kansas.— Conditions  favorable  to  all  crops;  corn 
growing  rapidly;  wheat  headed  out;  oats  heading; 
fruits  much  improved;  wheat  harvest  begun. 
Washington— Grain  doing  fairly  well;  good  crop  of 
berries,  but  other  fruits  poor  yield. 
Oregon.— Crops  not  so  good  as  last  year;  rain  needed 
on  wheat  east  of  Cascades:  berry  and  hay  crops  un¬ 
usually  heavy;  hop  lice  developing  rapidly. 
California.— Cool  weather  retarded  rapid  ripening 
of  grain  and  fruits,  but  has  benefited  late  crops;  hay 
harvesting  about  ended;  good  yield;  wheat  harvest 
In  full  blast. 
AGRICULTURAL  NEWS. 
It  is  stated  that  15,000,000  acres  of  Virginia  land  are 
lying  idle. 
In  Great  Britain  there  are  18,000  landlords  and 
34,000,000  tenants. 
Last  year’s  vintage  in  Chill  reached  about  40,000,000 
bushels  of  grapes. 
The  Russian  Government  has  decided  to  permit  the 
general  exportation  of  oats,  barley  and  wheat. 
A  milking  machine,  said  to  milk  30  cows  in  an  hour, 
has  arrived  at  the  Chicago  Custom  House  from  Scot¬ 
land. 
Grand  Circuit  Trotting  purses  for  this  season  ag¬ 
gregate  $221,000,  a  larger  amount  than  In  any  pre¬ 
ceding  year. 
There  are  over  400  fertilizer  factories  In  the  United 
States,  and  they  turn  out  annually  more  than  $20,000,- 
000  worth  of  fertilizers. 
Freshly  gathered  statistics  show  that  California's 
gold  output  amounts  to  $15,000,000  yearly,  while  her 
fruit  yield  nets  her  $50,000,000. 
The  nursery  or  floral  Interests  in  the  United  States 
now  reach  a  value  of  nearly  $42,000,000  and  claim  an 
area  of  more  than  170.000  acres. 
Some  extraordinary  cock-and-bull  stories  are  “  go¬ 
ing  the  rounds”  concerning  the  performances  of  Sig¬ 
nal’s  Lilly  Flagg,  that  Alabama  Jersey  phenomenal 
cow.  For  instance,  the  Cincinnati  Times  of  June  16, 
says  she  yielded  0,450  pounds  of  butter  in  one  year^ 
less  four  days! 
The  latest  conservative  estimates  place  the  losses 
due  to  the  great  Western  floods  at  $50,000,000  between 
Kansas  City  and  the  Gulf.  This  excludes  the  heavy 
losses  at  Omaha,  St.  Joseph.  Des  Moines,  Sioux  City 
and  the  intermediate  country  as  well  as  those  along 
the  upper  Missouri. 
The  importation  of  frozen  meat  into  England  is 
slowly  increasing,  about  20  per  cent  of  the  consump¬ 
tion  now  coming  in  that  shape.  About  one-third  of 
the  amount  thus  imported  comes  from  La  Plata, 
South  America,  and  the  remainder  mainly  from  New 
Zealand  and  Australia. 
FarmlDgham  Centre,  Mass.,  has  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  complete  carnation  growing  establishments 
in  the  vicinity  of  Boston.  It  is  owned  by  Mr.  Wm. 
Nicholson.  The  plant  consists  of  four  green-houses, 
two  of  which  are  100x20  each.  He  has  in  addition  one 
house  for  cucumber  growing  100x15  feet,  and  another 
of  the  same  size  for  violets. 
The  Australian  thoroughbred  Maxim,  which  would 
have  been  imported  into  this  country  but  for  fear  of 
excessive  taxation,  recently  won  the  Doncaster  han¬ 
dicap  at  Sydney,  one  mile,  in  1:41$£,  carrying  144 
pounds.  This  is  the  best  performance  on  record  at 
this  distance  and  weight. 
It  is  stated  that  over  200,000  tons  of  raw  beet  sugar, 
for  which  there  are  no  purchasers,  are  stored  in 
German  manufacturing  districts.  The  American 
Sugar  Trust  is  purposely  keeping  away  from  the 
market  to  force  down  the  price,  hoping  to  buy  the 
German  stock  cheaply  in  the  end. 
Leonidas  L.  Polk,  President  of  the  Farmers’  Alli¬ 
ance  at  Washington  D.  C.,  died  on  Saturday,  June  11. 
His  death  causes  general  regret.  He  would  probably 
have  been  nominated  its  Pesldential  candidate  by  the 
People’s  party  at  its  approaching  convention  at 
Omaha.  Vice-President  H.  L.  Loucks  will  take  his 
place  until  the  regular  election  of  officers  of  the  order 
in  November. 
At  its  convention  at  Montgomery,  Ala.,  the  other 
day,  the  Democratic  party  of  the  State  split  and  set 
up  two  State  tickets,  one  headed  by  the  present  Gov¬ 
ernor,  T.  C.  Jones,  and  the  other  by  R.  F.  Kolb,  leader 
of  the  Farmers’  Alliance.  The  platform  of  the 
“regulars”  is,  of  course,  straight  Democratic;  that 
of  the  “  bolters”  thoroughly  Farmers’  Alliance.  The 
fight  began  at  the  last  elections,  two  years  ago,  and 
there’s  little  chance  of  a  compromise. 
A  Family  Affair 
Health  for  the  Baby, 
i  Pleasure  for  the  Parents, 
!  New  Life  for  the  Old  Folks. 
Hires 
THE  GREAT 
TEMPERANCE  DRINK 
'is  a  family  affair— a  requisite 
of  the  home.  A  25  cent 
package  makes  5  gallons  of 
a  delicious,  strengthening, 
effervescent  beverage. 
i  Don’t  be  deceived  if  a  dealer,  for 
Hhe  sake  of  larger  profit,  tells  you 
some  other  kind  is  “  just  aa  good  ” 
— ’tis  false.  No  imitation  is  as  good 
as  the  genuine  Hires’. 
DON’T  HAVE  SOUR  MILK. 
A  PERFECT  COOLER  use  the 
A  PERFECT  CEM. 
Patented  Jan.  26,  1892. 
CHAMPION 
MILK  COOLER 
and  you  Need  Not 
Itis  for  the  use  of 
the  farmer  imme¬ 
diately  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  #10. 
Send  for  our  de¬ 
scriptive  Pamphlet. 
We  want  an  agent 
in  every  town,  and 
will  allow  a  liberal 
commission. 
Address 
Champion  31ilk  Cooler  Co.,  Cortland,  N.  Y. 
At  the  request  of  Secretary  Rusk,  the  United  States 
Minister  to  Persia  purchased  13  fat-tailed  sheep  In 
that  country,  and  16  arrived  here  the  other  day,  three 
lambs  having  been  dropped  during  the  voyage.  When 
shorn,  the  sheep  are  rather  small  and  thin;  but  In 
full  fleece  they  appear  as  large  as  Cotswolds, 
owing  to  their  enormous  long,  silken,  but  tightly- 
curled  fleeces  from  which  astrakhan  Is  made.  Their 
tails  weigh  about  16  pounds  each.  They  are  to  be 
taken  for  propagation  to  California,  where  the  cli¬ 
mate  is  expected  to  be  as  suitable  to  them  as  to 
ostriches. 
The  Pecos  Valley,  of  New  Mexico,  is  attracting  the 
attention  of  home  seekers  in  all  parts  of  the  United 
States.  Immigration  is  pouring  in  there  steadily  and 
the  indications  are  that  the  greatest  tide  of  travel 
ever  centered  In  any  country,  of  equal  extent,  will 
flow  Into  that  valley  next  fall.  Over  300  new  farms 
have  been  opened  up  there  within  the  past  six 
months,  and  the  owners  of  them  are  so  well 
pleased  with  their  investments  that  they  are 
writing  to  all  their  friends  to  come  and  join 
them.  This  should  satisfy  any  man  that  Pecos 
Valley  is  all  that  is  claimed  for  it.  Land  values 
will  of  course,  advance  rapidly  when  the  great 
tide  of  immigration  sets  in.  Full  information  may 
be  had  by  addressing  G.  O.  Shields,  Eddy,  New 
Mexico. — Adv. 
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. 
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H  ADDON  Ft  ELD,  N.  J. 
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and  ail  diseases  caused  by  failure  of 
.  the  stomach,  liver  or  Dowels  to  per 
I  form  their  proper  functions.  Persons  given  to  over 
•  eating  are  benefited  by  taking  one  after  each  meal 
I  Price,  82 ;  sample,  15c.  At  Druggists,  or  sent  by  mall 
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Wanted 
ELI  SWEARS! 
And  many  farmers  swear,  too, 
that  if  looking  for  a  Hay  Carrier, 
Hay  Fork,  or  Hay  Sling,  that 
downs  them  all,  here  they  are. 
Catalogue  free.  Address 
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OUR  HAY  CARRIERS 
are  the  best  suited  for  all  kinds  of  buildings, 
any  Fork  or  Slings.  Sell  direct. 
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Use 
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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 
Bulletin,  No.  16,  of  the  Delaware  Agricultural  Ex¬ 
periment  Station,  circulars,  prices,  &c.,  address  the 
growers—  The  Delaware  Fruit  Exchange, 
SAM’L  H.  DERBY,  Sec’y,  Woodside,  Delaware. 
BEATTY 
Pianos  $175,  Organs  $49.  Want  Ag’ts.  Cat’lg 
FREE.  Dan’l  FT  Beatty,  Wash’n,  N.  J. 
THE  IDEAL  CHAIR. 
The  attempt  to  drive  a  horse  36  miles  In  three  hours 
at  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  on  a  wager  of  $1,000,  was  stopped 
by  the  Connecticut  Humane  Society. 
The  Jacksonville  Times-Union  says  there  are  over 
50  applications  on  file  for  the  position  of  president  of 
the  Florida  Agricultural  College  at  Lake  City. 
J.  P.  Pomeroy,  the  Atchison  (Kansas)  millionaire,  Is 
reported  to  have  concluded  a  sale  of  800  quarter  sec¬ 
tions  of  land  In  Graham  County,  Kan.,  to  Russian 
Jews  at  $10  per  acre. 
Six  horses  have  records  of  trotting  20  miles  inside 
of  one  hour,  They  are  :  Captain  McGowan,  58:25  : 
Controller,  58:57  ;  John  Stewart,  59:23  ;  Mattie  How¬ 
ard,  59:30!-£;  Trustee,  59:30)6,  and  Lady  Fulton,  59:55. 
The  Importation  of  neat  cattle  and  hides  from 
Morocco  has  been  prohibited  by  order  of  the  Secre¬ 
tary  of  the  Treasury,  because  of  the  prevalence  of 
eplzoota,  or  foot  disease,  among  the  cattle  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Tanglers. 
Whitelaw  Reid,  Republican  candidate  for  Vice- 
President,  owns  Ophlr  Farm  in  Westchester  County, 
N.  Y.,  which  contains  about  725  acres  and  has  on  It  a 
costly  graystone  mansion,  worth  over  $150,000,  while 
the  furniture,  etc.,  cost  as  much  more. 
Phylloxera  has  appeared  in  vineyards  In  the  prov¬ 
inces  of  Almeria,  Barcelona,  Cordova,  Gerona,  Jaen, 
Dugo,  Malaga,  Orense,  Salamanca,  Seville,  Tarra¬ 
gona,  Zamora  and  on  the  Balearic  Islands,  Spain. 
An  area  comprising  675,000  acres  is  affected 
What  is  home  or  life  without  ideal  comfort  ?  A  chair  that  is  entirely  automatic 
and  self-adjusting,  while  taking  any  position  from  upright  to  horizontal,  is  indeed 
an  ideal  chair.  It  folds  up  for 
shipping  or  storage.  No  rattling 
or  loose  joints.  For  Camp,  Veranda, 
Study,  Lawn  or  Sickroom.  Frame 
and  stand  all  steel.  No  warping  in 
wet  weather.  Will  last  a  lifetime. 
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