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Condensed Correspondence—Continued. 
of a crop; plums and peaches nearly a full 
crop, peach trees breaking down ; potatoes 
promising well, except early ones, which 
were cut short by drought. Hay crop 
short. B - H - 
Butler County, Nebraska.— We have 
had a cold, wet summer: now the thermom¬ 
eter has struck the nineties. Corn is from 
two to three weeks behind time. Oats and 
wheat gave a good growth of straw, but 
have rusted somewhat, which will affect 
the grain in weight. Flax is very weedy ; 
some not worth cutting. Potato bugs too 
numerous. Those who get a good crop of 
potatoes this year will have to work for 
them. The Rural’s No. 2 are splendid; the 
vines stood as straight as corn until over 
two feet high, which gave a good chance 
for cultivation. Our fruit prospect last 
spring was the best ever seen in Nebraska, 
particularly apples, but the blight struck 
the trees when the apples were about as 
large as peas and most of them dropped 
off. Some varieties were affected more 
than others; Ben Davis and Wealthy have 
almost entirely escaped; Whitney’s No. 20 
and some of the Russian varieties are the 
worst. __ 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Portugal has the largest wheat crop ever 
known. 
The European sugar-beet crop is un¬ 
promising. 
Spain and Turkey are assured of an abun¬ 
dant crop of wheat. 
The steamer Teutonic, which sailed on 
August 26, carried up wards of 1,000 barrels 
of apples to Liverpool. 
France will have to import 82,500,000 
bushels of wheat to meet the normal de¬ 
mand, according to recent estimates. 
The exports of apples for the week ending 
August 22, were: To Glasgow, 484 barrels, 
to Liverpool, 1,266 barrels; total 1,750bar¬ 
rels. 
It is reported that great damage is being 
done in Arkansas to cotton by army worms. 
It is estimated that the damage already 
done is 20 per cent. 
A Minnesota farmer near Madison 
claims to have grown 658>£ bushels of 
wheat on 15^ acres, something over 43 
bushels per acre. It weighed 61 pounds to 
the bushel. 
The Baltimore peach market was glutted 
several times. Some of the Maryland 
farmers were reported to be feeding peaches 
to their stock, they were so cheap. It is 
an unparalleled season for fruit in that 
State. 
Messrs. James Lindsay & Son, Glasgow, 
Edinburgh and Leith, cable that what few 
apples have reached their market have sold 
at high prices. Too high to be a guide to 
shippers, as with larger supplies the mar¬ 
ket will decline. 
Do you know how the up river grape 
crop is this season ? w. A. L. 
The crop, so far as we are able to learn, 
is an average one, or perhaps above the 
average. Of course there is time for rot 
or other unfavorable conditions to reduce 
this apparently favorable prospect. 
Messrs. J. C. Houghton & Co., Liverpool, 
cable that American apples sold in their 
market on the 24th, at from $2 68 to $4.14 
per barrel, according to kind and quality. 
The parcels sold were not in prime condi¬ 
tion, some of the apples having been of too 
soft a kind to stand the voyage. 
The estimated value of Argentine crops 
this season is $60,000,000, of which $30,000,000 
will be available for export. The probable 
yield of wheat will be 900,000 tons, of which 
890,000 tons will be available for export, 
and the yield of maize will be 1,000,000 
tons, of which one-half can be sent abroad. 
The farmers of northwestern Iowa are 
besieged by an army of agents of Eastern 
elevators, commission houses, etc., who 
wish to contract for all thrashed and un¬ 
thrashed crops for September and October 
delivery. Lower prices than those of last 
year are offered on the strength of the gen¬ 
eral bountiful harvest. Some farmers who 
do not read the papers and hence are not 
posted as to the probable shortage in the 
$45“ BUGGIES 
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Sold DIRECT to Consumers. 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES FREE. 
THE FOSTER BUGGY & CART CO. 
We sell as cheap to a Farmer who 
pays cash as we do to a wholesale 
dealer. One Price to All is our motto. 
Wo want to sell one Buggy and 
Harness in every county at once to 
show what bargains we have got. 
Our prices will surprise you. We are 
not in any pool or trust combination. 
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world’s wheat supply, have sold, but many 
are holding for better prices. 
The following from a Baltimore commis¬ 
sion merchant holds equally true here ex¬ 
cepting that prices may differ: Sixty per 
cent of the peaches coming to Baltimore 
now are trash. If the farmers kept this 
trash at home and sent only the good fruit 
they would find that they would make a 
great deal more money. For the big, yel¬ 
low, mellow peaches we should now be get¬ 
ting $1 40 or $1.50 a box, while really we are 
receiving only 40 cents to-day for the best 
of the fruit, a falling off of about 20 cents 
since yesterday. For medium fruit we are 
getting 15 cents a box, and for trash we re¬ 
ceive 10 cents or thereabouts. Take into 
consideration that the same freight has to 
be paid for a box of trashy fruit as for the 
best and you will see that the seller and 
shipper are left very little profit. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PEICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, August 29, 1891 
Brans.— No change. Trading only In small lots and 
receipts about equal demands. 
Marrows—New, «1 60**2 40; New Mediums choice, 
*2 35; Pea, $2 35 : Red Kidney, *2 75**2 85; White 
Kidney, choice, $2 40**2 45 Foreign Mediums, #2 15* 
$2 20; do Marrow, $i 85**2 40; do Pea, *2 203*2 25; 
Green Peas, *1 10*81 15 California Lima, *2 45**2 50. 
Butter has made another advance In all grades ex¬ 
cept Western dairy and factory. Buyers are well 
supp led, so the market is quiet, but holders are con¬ 
fident and other markets are firm. 
Creaukrt. — fefigln. oast 23 i,23!4c: State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 19*2 1 ) 41 ; Westo-n, best, 2J)4*23o; do prime, 
19@21o; do good, 16*4*18.'; do poor, 15®16c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 16 *i 8 c • do fine, 14 
015o; do poor, 13®-c. Dairy.—S tate, best. 20®2lc; 
do prime, 19*203; do good, 16*1714c: do poor. 14c; 
Western, prime, 15*17c: do fair, 13@l3*4c; do poor, 
12®12!4c; do factory, best, 14J4c; do prime 13*1394o; 
do good, 12 ® 12 ! 4 o. 
Chkksk shows no change and there is but little 
doing as the price Is considered too high by exporters. 
Best factory, colored, 914 *9960 ; best faccory, white, 
9J4@9!4c; good factory, 8®9c; fair factory, 6 * 4 * 7440 ; 
part skims, best 53644c; fair skims, 4®5c: com¬ 
mon skims, 3*4*4>4c; full skims, 2®3c; Ohio flat, 6 
@71ic. 
Eoas are higher and choice stock Is extremely 
scarce. There are large quantities of ice-house eggs 
to be thrown on the market at the earliest oppor¬ 
tunity. 
Near-bv fresh. 18 * 4 *'9c; Canadian, —*—c; South¬ 
ern, 17*17940: Western, best, 18*18)43. 
Fruits.— Apples and all other fruits except peaches 
are dull and prices are generally lower. Peaches are 
now coming Inin Urge quantities, but the demand 
is good am at prevailing prices they are being moved 
rapidly. Large quantities aro coming from Jersey. 
Apples sell welt if choice. Bartlett Pears are in over 
supply. Grapes are dull and weak ; no demand for 
white varieties unless extra nt-e. Plums In large 
supply and lower. Melons are dull and lower. No 
change In dried fruits. 
Apples, per crate, 25 *60?; do per bbl., 50c**l 75. 
Pears, Bartlett, per bbl.. *1 50**2 75; do Clapp’s, per 
bbl., *150**2; do Flemish Beauty, per bbl., H 50* 
*1 75 ; Lemons, box, *3 25@*6 ; Peaches per basket, 15 
@50c ; Plums, Green Gage, per bbl., *3UO®f4 00; do 
Kgg, per bbl., *3 0<)**3 50 ; do Relne Claude, per bbl., 
*3 00**4; Musk-melons, per barrel, 25c®*2 50; Water- 
me ons, per 100, *5 ( 0**16 00. Grapes, Niagara, per 
lb , 2*6c; do, Virginia, Concord, per lb., 2*4c; do, 
Jersey, Moores, 3@5c; do, Up-River, Delaware, per lb., 
8@10c; do, do Champion, 2a3)4C. 
Dried.— Evaporated apples, fancy, —*—c: prime 
to choice, 9310c; good, 8 9c; sun-dried sliced. — 
*—c; cores and skins, l*l*4c; chops, 2J4*3c; cher¬ 
ries, new, 10c ; raspberries, I6@17c ; blackberries, 3*4 
*lc: Callfo nla peaches, unpeeled, 9@10c; apricots, 
9011c. 
Hay shows little change. New hay 13 about fire to 
ten cents under our quotations. 
Choice, *1®*-, nmjeaf, No. 1, 85*9i)c ; do No. 
2 70*753: shipping, 6')*— 3 ; Clover Mixed, 60 J65c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye, 65®70o.: short rye, 50 *60 oat, 50o. 
Hops are quiet and little trading as yet, Few of the 
new crop arrives. 
State, ISSOcrop prime and choice, I6*4@18c; do do, 
low and good, 14®16c: Pacific Coast, 1889 crop, best, 
18; do, fair aud good, 15*17. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are steady ; new fancy hand picked 
quoted at 4J4*4J4c, farmers’ grades at 2 4*3940 for 
prime. Pecans—Straight lots of ungraded are quoted 
at 9@llc. 
Poultry.— Live is a trifle lower under heavier re 
ceipts, but Is unlikely to go much lower. Dressed 
poultry is higher, but the most demand for some 
weeks to come'Is likely to be for live poultry, espe¬ 
cially fowls and chickens. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens— Spring, per lb., 14c* 
16c; Fowl*, near-by, per lb 14*14143, do Western, per 
lb, 14*14*4c; roosters, old, per lb, 846c; Turkeys, per lb, 
12®12!4o; Ducks, Western, per pair, 55®75c; Geese, 
Western, per pair, *1 25*81 50 
Poultry.—Drbsskp—T urcers, mixed, per lb. 12* 
13c; Fowls, western, choice, 14*14*4*3; do oommon to 
good, 10013c, nearby, 14*4*-c Ducks, good, 8*17; 
SquaD: white, per dozen, *2 50**2 75; do dark, do, 
$1 50; Chickens, 15*24c. 
Vkobtablks.—P otatoes are dull and lower under 
heavy receipts. Stock must be fine to bring outside 
quotations. Onions are lower under a light demand. 
Corn lower. Tomatoes steady for a good article. 
Most other vegetables are In ample supply an 1 dull. 
The large supply of fruit at such moderate prices 
makes trade dull In vegetables as people eat more 
fruit and less vegetables. 
Potatoes -L. I., per nbl. *1 50*31 75 do Jersey, nor 
do., *1**140 do. Sweets 75c *!25. Onions White, 
per bbl, *3<0'*125; do Jersey Yellow, $!09**-; 
do Connect! ut Red, *125 *tt 50: do Orange County 
Red, 75c a*l 24 ; do State Yellow, *2 00 4*-. Cabbage, 
per 100, $2 50a*3 00; Squash, per bbl., 60c@*l 00 ; 
Turnips, Russia, per bbl., !0*75c, Egg Plant, 
per bbl., 75c**'. 00; Cauliflower, per 100, —*—; Lima 
Beans, per bag, S0c»9100; Cucumbers, per 1,000, 
*1 09**1 25. Tomatoes, per crate, 15 ®45c Beets, per 
100 bunches, *-**—. Corn, per 100, S5c@*l 00. 
Milk and Cseam.— The daily averago receipts dur¬ 
ing the past week have been 17,805 cans of milk, 211 
cans of condensod milk and 542 cans of cream. The 
average price for the surplus was *1 25 per can of 40 
quarts. 
Wool.— Prices on both dom-stlo and foreign goods 
hold very steady. In Ohio they are asking 3 n c, but 
not much doing, according to recent advices. XX 
fleece, 3HJ4*31c ; spring Texas, 17325c , fall do 16 2'c; 
scoured fine spring do, eight months, 62®64c . medium 
scoured do, 50 *53; Georgia, 2644*27. 
GRAIN MARKETS 
WHEAT —Bradstreet’s estimated a decrease of 937.- 
000 bushels east of the Rockies, while on the Pacific 
Coast there was an Increase of 800,000 bushels. The 
spot market ruled lower and unsettled, sympathizing 
with options. Sales—Ungraded Winter Red $1 06* 
*1 13; No. 2 Red. afloat, *1 11563*1 1996. as to delivery ; 
do f. o b„ *1 I2l4'<t$l 1396. as to delivery ; do In store 
quoted, $1 1044**l lli No. 1 NorthernSprlng, nominal, 
*1 1714 afloat; No. 2 August, *1 101-6**1 1196; do Sep¬ 
tember, *1 1094**1 1194 i do October, $1 ll^®*! 1296; 
do November, *1 13**11394; do December, $t 1314® 
*1 1476; do January, *1 1514**1 1614; do May, *1 18* 
*1 1996. RYE—Suffered a further decline on freer 
offerings, while demand was moderate. Sales.— o. 
2 Western, c. f. and 1., $102**102)4. CORN.-Tho 
receipts were liberal, and Bradstrest’s estimates an 
Increase of 365,000 bushels for the week east of the 
Rockies. Sales.-Ungraded Mixed and Whlto, 75* 
78)4c; No 2 mixed, 77c elevator; 78c afloat; Yellow, 
77c elevator ; No. 2 White, 75s elevator; No 2 August, 
7494*76c; do September, 7044*71140; do October, 6744® 
6914c ; do November. 66!4*67c; do December, 6144® 
62c; do May, 5614@57)4c. OATS.—Weakened with corn 
and on llboral arrivals at Chicago. Bradstrect’s 
estimated an increase of 116,COO bushels for the week 
In Available stock east of the Rockies. The spot 
market ruled lower, but closed with more steadiness. 
There was a moderate export Inquiry. The local 
trade bought to a fair extent. Sales—No. 3 mixed, 35 
*S5e elevator ; No. 3 white, 41c elevator ; No. 2 mixed, 
37147137940 ; No. 2 white, 42*43c elevator ; No. 1 White, 
46c elevator; No. 2 Chicago, 3314c elevator; ungraded 
mixed Western, 35*33J4c; white do, 4i@41)c; No. 2 
August, 3716 - 8796c; do September, 3714*37940 ; d.o 
October, 8714*37940. 
LIVE 8TOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—The limited supply made a brisk market, 
and the yards were cleared early at an advance over 
Monday’s prices. Exporters bought a number of car¬ 
loads. Texans sold at *3 50**4 ; ordinary to Drlnie 
native steers at *4 Mfi $5 90 : oxen and stags, at *3 50 
@84 70; cows and heifers, at *2 50@*4 : bulls at *2* 
*2 25, and one extra fat bull went to an exporter at 
84 75. City dressed beef firmly held at 5!4**c for 
Texas and Colorado sides and 616@9c for native do. 
Latest cable advices from London and Liverpool 
quote American steers firmer at 5*594d, or 10@lll4c, 
estimated dead weight: and Glasgow and 'Bristol 
markets are reported up to 6@614d, on a light supply. 
MILCH COWS.—Market steady for common and 
firm for good cows. Sales were at the range of $25® 
$50 per head. 
CALVES.—Demand active, with veals staady and 
grassers and buttermilks, 14c to ! 4 c higher. Grassers 
sold atJHc; buttermilk calves at 294 ®3 4 c; fed calves 
at 4*5!4c, and poor to choice veals at 514 * 80 , 4 head 
brloging 8J4e. Dressed calves firm at 4J43> 6!4c for 
dressed grassers and buttermilks ; 7 @ 10 l 4 c for coun¬ 
try dressed veals; 9 * 11)40 for city dresed, and choice 
and extra selected sold as high as 12 @ 12 J 4 c. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Poor to good sheep sold at 
*3 50 6-85 15; a bunch of selected at *5 50; common to 
choice lambs at 85**7 12)4: and 27 head at *7 25. 
Dressed mutton quiet at 8 ®9c: dressed lambs firmer 
with sales at 9@10)4c, and even up to 11c for choUe 
carcasses. 
HOGS.—Market easier, with reported sales at 85 50* 
*6 for State and Pennsylvania hogs. 
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