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CROP  AND  MARKET  NOTES. 
The  Red  Astrnchans  have  not  been  an  flue  as  usual 
this  season— very  many  have  been  very  poor  and 
gnarly,  not  worth  sending  to  market. 
The  recent  advance  of  a  quarter  of  a  cent  per 
quart  on  milk  by  the  Milk  Exchange  has  not  yet 
relieved  the  stringency  in  the  market,  nor  Is  it  likely 
to  do  so. 
France  produced  in  1891  of  wine  063,058,0011  gallons, 
an  Increase  of  59,900,000  gallons  over  that  of  the  pre¬ 
vious  year.  The  crop  of  1891  Is  valued  at  about 
$200,000,000. 
The  flrst  good  grapes  of  the  season  made  their  ap¬ 
pearance  last  week  In  the  shape  of  some  tine  Dela¬ 
wares  from  North  Carolina.  Delaware  peaches  are 
now  coming  In,  but  the  crop  Is  very  small,  and  the 
prices  are  high. 
Butter  does  not  weaken— It  rather  hardens  steadily 
but  slowly  In  price.  If  that  fraud,  hog  butter,  could 
be  knocked  out  of  market,  the  demand  for  butter 
would  be  so  greatly  Increased  that  good  prices  would 
steadily  prevail 
At  a  fruit  growers’  convention  in  California,  J.  L. 
Mosher  said  that  “  if  fruit  Is  shipped  before  ripe  and 
over-sulphured  to  produce  whiteness,  it  Is  devoid  of 
its  true  rich  taste  and  flavor,  and  only  requires  pol¬ 
ishing  to  make  buttons.” 
California  Bartletts  are  on  every  fruit  stand  all 
over  the  city,  and  are  selling  very  freely.  They  are 
of  good  size  and  fair  quality— not  so  good  as  our 
Eastern  fruit.  The  Be  Contes  are  still  in  the  mar¬ 
kets,  but  are  about  done. 
Dried  Zante  currants,  which  are  not  currants,  but 
grapes,  are  always  very  gritty  and  dirty.  Patents 
have  been  issued  for  apparatus  which  cleans  them 
thoroughly,  and  one  has  only  to  take  a  look  at  the 
quantity  of  dirt  that  comes  from  a  package,  to  for¬ 
ever  afterward  Incline  to  the  purified  article. 
A  telegram  from  Columbus  on  August  4,  says  the 
State  crop  bulletin  issued  that  day  Is  based  upon 
actual  thrashing  yields,  and  Is  rather  startling,  as  It 
shows  a  much  shorter  crop  than  was  anticipated  in 
the  earlier  bulletins.  It  Indicates  that  Ohio  will 
produce  10,000  bushels  less  this  year  than  last,  or 
only  35,000  bushels.  The  berry  Is  also  Inferior.  Corn 
cannot  make  a  full  average  crop,  and  the  potato  crop 
Is  estimated  at  only  three-quarters  of  an  average 
yield.  The  apple,  peach  and  pear  yield  is  practically 
a  failure  all  over  the  State. 
AGRICULTURAL  NEWS. 
In  Central  New  York  the  hop  growers  have  com 
blned  to  hold  last  year's  crops  at  advanced  prices 
Two-thirds  of  a  full  average  crop  of  corn  and  95 
per  cent  of  a  full  average  of  wheat  Is  predicted  for 
Iowa. 
The  fourth  annual  meeting  of  the  Texas  State 
Grange  Fair  will  meet  at  McGregor,  October  0  to  13 
Inclusive. 
The  52nd  annual  exhibition  of  the  Western  New 
York  Agricultural  Society  takes  place  at  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  September  20  to  30. 
The  Czar  of  Russia  owns  more  land  In  his  own  In¬ 
dividual  right  than  the  area  of  tlie  entire  posses¬ 
sions  of  the  French  Republic. 
A  Montana  exchange  says  that  grain,  both  oats 
and  wheat,  is  late,  but  a  line  harvest  Is  expected,  es¬ 
pecially  of  excellent  winter  wheat. 
Five  sacks  of  new  crop  rough  rice  were  received 
in  New  Orleans  on  August  1  from  Iberia  Parish,  and 
sold  for  $6.50  per  barrel  of  162  pounds. 
The  Pennsylvania  State  Fair  will  be  held  at  Scran¬ 
ton,  Pa.,  September  5-10.  Premium  lists  can  be  ob¬ 
tained  of  Secretary  J.  Schall  Wilhelm,  Harris¬ 
burg,  Pa. 
The  quality  of  the  pears  and  apples  In  our  markets 
Is  showing  a  steady  Improvement,  as  the  fruit  comes 
from  less  remote  points.  Some  fine  pears  are  now 
coming  In. 
The  flrst  bale  of  the  Georgia  cotton  crop  was  re¬ 
ceived  at  Savannah  from  Sumter  County  on  August 
1 .  It  was  classed  as  low  middling  and  sold  at  10  cents 
per  pound. 
Prof.  G.  W.  Atkinson,  of  the  Alabama  Agricultural 
and  Mechanical  College,  has  been  elected  Professor 
of  Botany  at  Cornell  University  In  place  of  Prof. 
Dudly,  resigned. 
Advices  from  Australia  are  to  the  effect  that  the 
wheat  crop  will  be  about  the  same  in  Australia  and 
New  Zealand  this  year  as  last,  with  a  surplus  of 
12,000,000  bushels  for  export. 
The  consumption  of  green  corn  Is  something  enor¬ 
mous.  The  statistics  of  the  trade,  If  they  could  be 
obtained,  would  show  what  a  hold  this  American 
luxury  has  on  popular  taste 
Supporters  of  government  control  of  railroads 
point  out  that  though  In  Germany  the  government 
controls  less  than  half  the  railroads,  yet  the  Income 
for  the  public  treasury  is  over  $25,000,000  a  year. 
According  to  an  official  Hungarian  crop  report, 
dated  Buda-Pest,  August  29,  the  yield  of  wheat  is 
estimated  at  70,000,000  cwt.,  and  of  rye  at  22,000,000  to 
24,000,000  cwt.,  while  barley  and  oats  will  be  under 
the  average. 
The  drought  Is  playing  havoc  with  the  crops  on  the 
island  of  Cape  Breton,  while  In  Nova  Scotia  the  hay 
crop  Is  the  largest  In  Its  history.  In  Cape  Breton  It 
Is  25  per  cent  below  the  average.  Forest  fires  have 
also  done  great  damage. 
The  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Board  of  Health  has  passed 
a  resolution  prohibiting  the  sale  of  milk  In  that  city 
from  cows  to  which  brewers’  grains  are  fed.  About 
1,000,000  bushels  per  year  of  wet  grains  are  produced 
by  the  Rochester  breweries. 
Fewer  complaints  than  usual  are  heard  of  blight 
and  rot  among  potato  growers.  It  is  not  unlikely 
that  the  use  of  fungicides  has  materially  restricted 
the  ravages  from  these  causes,  and  that  In  the  near 
future  we  may  hope  to  get  them  thoroughly  under 
control. 
Okra  is  to  be  had  in  our  local  markets,  but  the  de¬ 
mand  for  It  Is  rather  limited.  It  has  not  received  the 
attention  its  merits  deserve.  In  the  South  It  Is 
widely  used  In  soups,  stews,  and  in  the  preparation 
of  that  dish  known  as  “  Gumbo.”  It  is  also  used  for 
pickles. 
The  question  of  how  much  wheat  Minnesota  and 
the  Dakotas  will  raise  this  year  is  one  of  paramount 
interest  just  now.  Colonel  Rogers  of  the  Market 
Record,  estimates  that  the  three  States  will  raise 
125,000,000  bushels,  and  if  the  weather  holds  good 
until  harvest  time  will  add  10,000,000  to  the  estimate. 
The  Oklahoma  craze  has  broken  out  afresh  among 
the  negroes  In  western  Tennessee,  and  hundreds 
have  emigrated  within  the  past  few  days.  The 
farmers  In  Shelby  and  Tipton  counties  are  unable  to 
secure  laborers  at  any  price  to  harvest  their  crops, 
in  a  number  of  cases  negro  tenants  have  “jumped  ” 
their  own  crops. 
A  telegraph  from  Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  on  July  29  says: 
“Within  the  past  two  days  rainmaker  Melbourne  has 
received  25  telegrams  from  as  many  different  points 
In  western  Nebraska  asking  him  to  relieve  them  of 
the  dry  spell  now  prevailing  in  the  State.  Melbourne 
will  make  some  contracts  at  once.” 
Harrison  W.  Crosby,  who  has  just  died  at  his  home 
at  Jamesburg,  N.  Y.,  at  the  age  of  78  years,  was  stew¬ 
ard  of  Lafayette  College,  Easton,  in  1847.  when  he 
discovered  the  art  of  hermetically  sealing  tomatoes 
In  tin  cans.  He  sent  samples  of  his  goods  to  the 
President  and  Queen  Victoria,  and  thereby  adver¬ 
tised  the  discovery.  He  made  a  competency  from  It. 
That  McGarrahan  land  claim  which  lately  passed 
both  Houses  of  Congress  after  a  30  years'  struggle, 
has  been  vetted  by  the  President.  The  New  Idrla 
Mining  Company,  of  which  Secretary  Elkins  is  one 
of  the  heavy  stockholders,  have  made  millions  out 
of  the  claim  and  are  McGarrahan's  chief  opponents. 
All  Congress  granted  was  the  right  to  have  the  case 
referred  to  the  Court  of  Claims  for  adjudication. 
The  worst  hall  storm  that  ever  occurred  In  that 
section  came  down  upon  Kalamazoo  and  the  sur¬ 
rounding  country  on  August  4,  causing  about  $50,000 
damage  to  the  city  and  the  surrounding  country. 
Some  of  the  hall  stones  measured  three  Inches  In 
length  and  eight  inches  In  circumference.  Every 
greenhouse  and  skylight  In  the  city  was  riddled,  and 
the  corn  and  oats  within  a  radius  of  10  miles  are 
ruined. 
The  Althorpe  Library,  one  of  the  world-renowned 
collections,  has  just  been  sold  In  England  by  Earl 
Spencer,  Ex-Viceroy  of  Ireland,  on  account  of  the 
greatly  diminished  Income  from  his  landed  property 
In  Ireland  and  England.  Lands  that  30  years  ago 
were  worth  £100  per  acre,  are  now  going  begging  at  a 
third  of  that  sum,  and  rents  have  fallen  still  more, 
so  that  many  of  the  British  noblemen  are  woefully 
land-poor. 
At  the  Texas  Horticultural  Society’s  show  at  Dal¬ 
las,  the  other  day,  our  friend  T.  V.  Munson,  of  Deni¬ 
son,  took  two  prizes:  flrst,  for  the  best  collection  of 
grapes  not  named  In  the  list— Ives’s,  Duchess, 
Moore's  Early,  Niagara  and  Diana  ;  and  also  for  the 
best  collection  of  named  grapes— Delaware,  Victoria, 
Champion,  Concord,  Martha,  Lady  Washington,  Em¬ 
pire  State,  Jefferson,  Worden,  Cynthlana,  Herman 
and  Moore’s  Diamond. 
Gov.  Jones  has  been  re-elected  In  Alabama  by  abou  t 
20,000  majority  over  Kolb  the  candidate  of  the  Farm¬ 
ers’  Alliance,  People's  party  and  Republican  com¬ 
bination.  This  victory  is  taken  to  presage  a  con¬ 
tinuance  of  the  “Solid  South”  at  the  next  Presiden¬ 
tial  election,  as  It  Intimates  that  the  old  Democrats 
will  stick  to  their  party,  whatever  outside  political 
affiliations  they  may  have,  or  however  loud  their 
protestations  of  revolt  beforehand. 
State  Grain  Inspector  Clauson  of  Minnesota,  re¬ 
ports  that  in  the  future  the  grain  taken  to  the  ports 
of  Lake  Superior  will  be  inspected  under  the  Minne¬ 
sota  law  instead  of  that  of  Wisconsin.  A  few  days 
ago  I.  L.  Estabrook  appeared  before  the  commission 
on  behalf  of  the  shippers  of  West  Superior  and  re¬ 
quested  that  the  Minnesota  inspection  be  restored, 
on  the  ground  that  the  Wisconsin  Inspection  Is 
unsatisfactory  and  that  they  cannot  operate  under 
it. 
The  Billowing  full  State  Independent  ticket  to  be 
supported  by  the  People’s  party  and  a  large  propor¬ 
tion  of  the  farmers,  has  just  been  nominated  In  Ne¬ 
braska:  For  Governor,  Gen.  C.  H.  Van  Wyck;  Lieu¬ 
tenant-Governor,  C.  D.  Schrader;  Secretary  of  State, 
J.  M.  Easterling;  State  Treasurer,  J.  K.  Wolfe;  Audi¬ 
tor,  Logan  McReynolds;  Attorney  General,  Mr.  Vos- 
trickler;  State  Superintentent,  Gen.  H.  H.  lllatt; 
Commissioner  of  Public  Lands,  A.  T.  Grunett.  Gen. 
Van  Wyck  made  a  speech  opposing  legislation  In 
favor  of  railroad  corporations.  The  ticket  Is  con¬ 
sidered  strong. 
Representative  Hatch,  from  the  Committee  on 
Agriculture,  has  just  submitted  to  the  House  a  re¬ 
port  prepared  by  the  Committee  on  the  effect  of  the 
present  tariff  laws  upon  agriculture,  which  will  doubt¬ 
less  sound  the  keynote  in  the  Democratic  National 
campaign.  The  report  says  that  careful  comparison 
shows  there  has  been  a  steady  decline  in  the  prices 
of  farm  property  and  products  under  the  several 
tariffs  in  force  since  the  war,  while  for  a  correspond¬ 
ing  period,  and  under  the  same  laws,  other  interests 
have  been  more  precious  and  remunerative.  A 
majority  of  the  Committee  Is,  of  course,  Democratic. 
By  invitation  of  G.  H.  &  J.  H.  Hale,  there  will 
be  a  fall  meeting  of  the  Connecticut  State  Pomologl- 
cal  Society,  State  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Pomona 
Department  of  the  Granges  of  Connecticut,  at  the 
Elm  Fruit  Farm,  South  Glastonbury,  Thursday, 
August  11 ;  field  and  orchard  Inspection,  10  to  12,  and 
lunch  from  12  to  1,  leaving  the  whole  afternoon  for 
the  discussion  of  practical  horticultural  subjects. 
An  exhibit  of  horticultural  implements  and  appli¬ 
ances  Is  requested.  All  Interested  in  horticulture 
are  Invited  to  attend,  but  those  whose  only  taste  lies 
In  eating  choice  fruit  are  notified  that  peaches  will 
not  be  ripe  at  the  time  of  this  meeting.  Electric  cars 
from  the  north  side  of  the  post  office  at  Hartford 
leave  for  Glastonbury  every  three-quarters  of  an 
hour  from  6:30  A.  m.,  and  land  passengers  at  the  end 
of  the  line  one-half  mile  from  the  farm;  but  It  Is 
hoped  that  the  company  will  put  on  carriages  and 
land  visitors  directly  at  the  farm.  Those  along  the 
line  of  the  Valley  and  Air  Line  railroads  and  west  of 
New  Haven,  coming  via  Middletown  and  Rocky  Hill, 
will  be  met  at  the  ferry  at  10  a.  m.  and  taken  to  “  the 
lower  orchards,”  and  thence  directly  to  the  main 
farm. 
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Its  capacity  ample  for  domestic  use,  up  to  two 
bushels  of  fresh  fruit  per  day.  Price  of  the  Drier 
alone,  $7.  Special  price  to  our  subscribers  only 
$5 ;  or,  better  still,  together  with  a  three  years’ 
subscription,  $7.  This  will  pay  your  own  sub¬ 
scription  for  three  years  from  the  date  of  expira¬ 
tion  of  time  already  paid  for.  New  subscriptions 
may  he  substituted  if  preferred.  Shipped  by 
freight  at  purchaser’s  expense  ;  cost  50  cents  to 
about  $1 ,  according  to  distance. 
THE  BUBAL  PUBLISHING  CO.,  Times  Building,  New  York. 
