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its of the 'Mcoh. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Department of Agriculture Crop Report for 
August nnd September. The average condition 
of the Corn crop on the 1st of September is put 
at 83, the maximum 109 (In South Carolina), and 
the minimum 37 (in Nebraska). None of the 
largo corn-producing Statos roach an average, 
while several of them shows decline from even 
last year's depressed condition- The Now En¬ 
gland States, as a whole, fall about one-tcntli 
short of an average ; the Middle States will fall 
about as far below average condition. The 
South Atlantic States, as a whole, are slightly 
above average condition. The Gulf Statesproin- 
lse about nine-tenths of an average crop. The 
Inland Southern States will make but throe- 
fourths or a crop. All the States north of the 
Ohio River show a depressed condition. West 
of the Mississippi Hive the crop has met with 
terrible disasters from drouth, chinch bugs and 
grasshoppers. 
The Department reports tile avorago condi¬ 
tion of the Wheat crop as 03, or two per cent, 
less than the average of September, 1873. This 
Increased average, however, amounting to seven 
per cent., raises the prospective yield to nearly 
average upon last year's average. 
The New England crop of Oats Is reported un¬ 
usually good. Minnesota and California return 
a per cent, (d 103. All other Stat es fall below 
average, ranging from 99 in Oregon to 47 in 
Kentucky. 
The average condition of Rye is placed at. 92. 
It is above average in all of the New England 
and Middle States, except Vermont arid Penn¬ 
sylvania. It Is below average In all the South¬ 
ern States, except Maryland, Georgia, Florida, 
Tennessee, West Virginia and Kentucky, in 
Ohio and California It. Is full average, and In all 
the other States bol >w. 
Barley averages 92 of a crop. 
Buckwheat Is below average in all the States. , 
except Vermont, Massachusetts and Connect!- 
out. Jn New England it Is about average, on , 
the whole. In the Middle States It Is about 92. , 
The returns foreshadowed less than half a 
crop of Tobacco. The only States presenting a i 
condition above average arc Connecticut, 107, ; 
and California 103. Wisconsin, Iowa and Oro- 1 
gon are average. Kentucky, representing about . 
two-fifths of t he tobacco-growing Interest, av¬ 
erages 81 -a decline of 11 since the July report. 
Tennessee and Nebraska report an average of 
24 each ; Kansas but 20. 
The average condition of Potatoos as reported , 
for the entire country Is 83. New England re- _ 
ports an average of 103; the average running s 
down to 31 In Nebraska and 20 in Kansas. 
Sweet Potatoes have suffered from drouth, T 
and returns show that the condition of the 1. 
crop is eight to ten per cent, below the aver- A 
The only States reporting the condition of 
Apples above an average arc:-Rhode Island, 
118; Connecticut, 100. and New Jersey, 115. The 
next In order are: Pennsylvania. 99; Califor¬ 
nia, 98 ; Oregon, 97; New York, 90; South Caro- 
I*, Una, 94; Texas, 93; Minnesota, 91. The lowest 
are;—Vermont, 44; Virginia, 50; Mississippi, 
67; Kansas, 05. 
' In Peaches Ohio returns an average condition 
of 119; Michigan, 109; Connecticut, 104 (In 
l- which but few peaches are produced), is the 
ts only other State which does not fall below av- 
,, erago. Delaware, the groat peachlState, Is the 
lowest, Kent County returning 20, and Sussex 
only 10; Maryland, 40; Virginia, 24; North I 
‘ Carolina, 49; Mississippi, 47; Louisiana, 50. 
California returns 99; Nebraska, 97; Pennsyl- 
s va »la and Iowa, 05; Oregon, 94: New Jersey, 
j 92; New York, 80. The remaining States pro- 
B dirclng poaches range between 85 in Illinois 
H and 71 in Alabama and Arkansas. 
, The returns for Grapes make a better show 
than those for apples and peaches. The New 
England and Middle Hiatus are above average, 
except Rhode Island, which Is average; Maine, 
91: Vermont, 80; Massachusetts, 92; and Dcla- 
■ ware, 98. Connecticut returns 119; New Jersey, 
105. The other States making returns above an 
annual average areWest Virginia. 101; Ken¬ 
tucky, 114; Ohio, 108; Indiana, 103: Illinois, 
102; California, 109. The next, highest In or- I 
der are South Carolina, Texas and Missouri, 
99; Michigan, 98; Iowa, 97. Louisiana, 73; Mis¬ 
sissippi, 79; Kansas and Georgia. 82; North 
Carolina, 83; Tennessee, 80 , and Wisconsin, 88; 
those are l lie only States falling below 90. 
Starkey, N. Y„ Kept. SW.-DwIng the last 
ten days wo have hud most, delightful weather 1 
for all kinds of farm operations. The larger I 1 
part of t he wheat crop, which waa sowed during 
the first half of September, has all come up and < 
Is looking very line. 1 think that the Clawson * 
wheat, was sowed to a greater extent than any 
other kind, as it yielded decidedly the best the l 
last harvest. Corn will, as a general t hing, yield ' 
a fair crop, much better than was some time 
ago anticipated. The ground is becoming quite £ 
iliy and fall feed Is not growing much. Thera < 
Is Iml little stir In farm produce, with the ex- fi 
caption of fruit and potatoes. The latter are o 
now worth 4()c. par bushel, and a good many I l 
Early Rose are going forward to nmrkcl. Good 
red wheat, $1.i5(&l.20 per bushel. At these I w 
prices hut little will be sold, at present at least.. A 
I hear of no market for barley as yet. The h 
prospect is not very good for over $1 per bushel, 
I think, and at that figure It will move very tl 
slow. Clover seed U a very (small crop (caused by tl 
the dry weather), many cutting over four or five „ 
acre.-i to get a load. The straw is said to be well j ; , 
loaded and heads well filled. Fruit Is very t.l 
cheap; fail apples are selling at fl,5D per barrel. j.. 
Grapes are very abundant and cheap, hardly 0 j 
bringing enough to pay the expense of picking t 
and packing, to say nothing about boxes. Pears 
and peaches arc nearly all out of market. But- u 
ter and cheese are at the present time the best f e 
selling articles that a man can have. Butter 
retails at 305k34e. per pound, and cheese at 18c. 
Buckwheat Is very well /Hied and will make a 
fair crop. Stock of all kinds sells very low.— 
U. L. .I. 
of A war of races Is threatened In the coal mines 
d, near WlJkesbarre, and this time it Is to he 
to between the Irishmen and the Welch. It Is the 
r- old question between men who will strike and 
•- won’t lot other men work. 
»t Mr. Bergh won a case In court last week, the 
i, owner ofadng, employed to run a elder mill, 
being found guilty of cruelty to animals and 
n punished with a twenty-five dollar fine, 
n Judge McKean, Iri Utah, advises a Grand 
e Jury to “ look carefully Into the institution of 
- polygamy.” 
e All drinking saloons In Han Francisco where 
x waiter girls were employed, were closed on the 
ii 7th Inst., under a new ordinance, 
i. An nddreM has been Issued by leading colored 
citizens of Louisiana in the interest of union, 
, pence and reconciliation. Kellogg and the 
Custom-house Ring are severely spoken of. 
* The Grand Duke Alexia of Russia has sent 
a valuable present of books to the Mechanics’ 
Association at Lowell, Mass., in memory of his 
visit to that. city. 
Wait-a-bit Is the name of a Kentucky race 
horse. Thus far In his career he did that tiling 
every time- until all bis competitors had passed 
under the wire. 
Attorney General A. F. Judd, of tbo Sand¬ 
wich Islands, Is among the recent arrivals in 
New York. 
Mr. Sawyer, late Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury has taken up his residence in New 
York. 
It has been decided to remove nearlv all the 
bllleers of the Treasury and Post-Office Depart¬ 
ments in Texas. 
The result of the caucuses in the Essox dis¬ 
trict. in Mass., renders Gen. Butler’s renomlna- 
tion certain. 
Mr. llepworth Dixon arrived from England 
on Monday week, and will lecture In the United 
States. 
Ex-Governor C. C. Washburn Is said to bo the 
favorite of the anti-Carpenter Republicans of 
Wisconsin for United States Senator. < 
A Telegram from Augusta, Ga., Oct. 9, says: 
Ho far as heard from, only three counties in < 
Georgia Liberty, Newton, and Glynn—have 
gone Republican. The indications are that the * 
entire delegation from Georgia In the next 
Congress will be Democratic, f 
ft. Is proposed to submit the question of who J 
was elected In Louisiana In 1872 to u Board of 
Arbitrators; the returns uro said to bo in the n 
hands of trustworthy persons In Kentucky. 
A Halt Lake, Utah, dispatch, Oct. 9, saysIn < - 
the Conference of<t,ho Latter Day Halnts to-day, r 
the entire hierarchy were re-elected, and the 
officers of the United Order of Enoch, elected 11 
last spring, were sustained So office. The Apoa- 0 
lie (.annon, who was a delegate to Congress 
J ist session, made a rousing speech In behalf 1 
of Polygamy and the United Order of Enoch ll 
The Conference has lasted four days, but the 
proceedings have been dull and spiritless. ^ 
Brigham has been in attendance, but was too u 
feeble to speak. 
The report of the English accountants in re 
gard to the affairs of the Erie Railway was read 
in the London Stock Exchange. It says that 
the dividends on the preferred stock were 
fairly earned. 
I he English Dialect Society has made Its 
debut by « votumeof “ Reprinted Glossaries •• 
containing north of England words, Yorkshire 
provincialisms, &e. 
Princess Anne Miggislaw Woronieczky, widow 
of the Commander of the Honveds, Is in n hos¬ 
pital at Pesth, and has lately gained a livelihood 
in that, city as a laundress. 
By a recent typhoon at and round Yoko¬ 
hama, seven thousand houses were demolished. 
It has been both asserted and denied that 
the Duke of Northumberland has become a 
Roman Catholic. 
Mr. Herbert Rodwell, Conservative, has been 
ret urned os member for Cambridge in the room 
of Lord John Manners, deceased. 
The Carllst party would seem to be breaking 
up. The defection of several prominent friends 
of the cause Is reported. 
Sadler has declined to row a four-oared 
match with B'giln’s crew In American waters. 
The Emperor William has written Victor 
Emanuel regretting that he cannot visit Romo 
in the autumn, as he had intended. 
Rumor says that the Dowager Queen of Ba¬ 
varia is about to embrace the Roman Catholic 
faith. 
President, MncMabon has received a lettor 
from His Holiness acknowledging the efforts 
of France In his behalf. 
There are now thirty-five Alt-Cathollo con¬ 
gregations In the Jura. 
Parry Cornwall, the universally known En¬ 
glish author, is dead. 
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CANADIAN ITEM8. 
FOREIGN NOTES. 
Center Harbor, N. H., Oct. «.-The crops of 
corn, potatoes and apples are much lighter than 
usual. Hay crop good. Pastures ore failing 
very much; good farmers are feeding milch 
cows or turning them into clover fields. Root, 
crops doing nicely. Crops of plums, pears and 
grapes generally good where cared for. Bum¬ 
mer lias been a healthy one. Weather delight¬ 
ful. Squash vines killed by frost, but no other 
damage done by cold nights.— a. c. r. 
Vineland, «. J., Oct. 5.-Weather oold for 
October. Our grape crop la lighter than usual, 
with prices low. Corn about half a crop. Po¬ 
tatoes look well; still growing; soiling for $1 
per bushel. Corn, $1.10. Meal. $2 per ewt. 
Bran, $1.76. Flour, In bags, $4<c 5. Halt pork, 
lrtc. per pound. Eggs, 28c. per dozen. Butter, 
3JVfi)45c. per pound, Work is dull and a prospect 
of a hard winter for those who depend on 
wages for a living.— a. k. m. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
> -f 16 per cent, during August; , " , T “.night, f 
cent.; Florida, 26 per cent.; Ala- Lieutenant-Governor; the platform frvvt 
(..; Mississippi, 15 percent,; Lou- ft 1 ’ 0 ® 1 . 0 Wmentsand condemns inflation ; tl 
September returns indicate a heavy decline 
in the prospects of the Cotton crop in all the 
States, except Virginia. North Carolina re¬ 
ports a decline of 15 per cent, during August; 
Georgia, 17 per cent,; Florida, 25 percent.; Ala¬ 
bama, 9 per cent,; Mississippi, 15 percent.; Lou¬ 
isiana, 21 per cent.; Texas, 40 per cent,; Arkan¬ 
sas, 40 per cent., and Tennessee 31 per cent. 
The product of Hay, compared with last year, 
is—in Maine, 83 per cent.; Pennsylvania, 95 . 
The remaining New England and Middle States 
range Bom 110 in Now Hampshire and Vermont 
to 131 In New York and New Jersey; Virginia, 
105; North Carolina, 102. The other South At¬ 
lantic and the Gulf States range from 98 in 
South Carolina to 07 in Louisiana,- Arkansas, 
C2; Tennessee. 70; West Virginia, C7; Ken¬ 
tucky, 54. 1 tbo Northwest .States the ex¬ 
tremes are: —Ohio, 72, and Minnesota, 99; Mis¬ 
souri, 91; Kansas, 85; Nebraska, 87; California 
122 Oregon, 100. 
Among the distinguished lay delegates to tbo 
1 rotestant Episcopal Trionnial Convention 
which assembled in New York lust week, were 
Secretary Fish, Chief Justice Waite, Lyman 
I remain, Professor Cnppee of Pennsylvania; 
Judge Pierrepout, Judge Campbell, of Louis¬ 
iana; Montgomery Blair, Cortlandt Parker, 
Gon. Kershaw of South Carolina ; and Gen. 
Auger of Texas, 
I ho Massachusetts Republican Convention 
nominated the Hon. Thomas Talbot for Gov¬ 
ernor and the Hon. Horatio G, Knight for 
Southern outrages are denounced, and Presi¬ 
dent. Grant is thanked for his interference in 
Louisiana. 
Miss Emma Crunch, the new soprano brought 
out by Theodore Thomas at Buffalo, is a daugh¬ 
ter of Edward P. Craneh of Cincinnati, grand¬ 
daughter of the lute Chief Justice Crunch, of 
Washington, and niece of Bishop Wood of 
Philadelphia. 
J'ho arrest of two Italians in New Yorlc city 
charged with committing murder eighteen 
months ago In Sicily is a forcible Illustration of 
the difficulty of escaping justice in modern 
days. Flight is almost useless when the whole 
civilized world becomes the pursuer of the 
fugitive. 
A SPECIAL dispatch to the London Post suys 
, anarchy reigns in Twrklstan. Tho Turcomans 
! ore plundering the tribes friendly to Russia, and 
, her armed intervention Is inevitable. 
The Hirer Nile is falling, and the alarm eon- 
sequent on its unusual rise has subsided. The 
reports as to the extent of tbo overflow have 
been greatly exaggerated. 
The Insurrection in tho Argentine States Is 
evidently formidable, and bad the immediate 
effect of producing in London a panic in South 
American stocks. 
The Sptmer 'sclic Zdtuny of Berlin says that 
the budget of the German Minister of War for 
1875 will call for 110,0(10,000 thalers. 
The hands employed in the several machine 
shops, sewing machine factories, Ac., in To¬ 
ronto, Ontario, are being discharged in conse¬ 
quence of the dullness of trade. 
Advices from Buenos Ayres report that Henor 
Avellanedu intends publishing a manifesto re¬ 
linquishing the Presidency, and that Senor 
Quintana will probably bo appointed Provision¬ 
al President pending a now election. 
A Hong Kong,China, dispatch of Oct. 8, says: 
"The loss occasioned by the late typhoon nere 
is estimated at $5,500,000. The shore for miles 
around Is strewn with the wrecks of vessels that 
were destroyed by tho typhoon. 
They have found at Herculaneum the bust of 
a woman in solid silver, weighing 58 pounds. 
The municipality of Nimes, France, has re¬ 
solved to erect a statue of M. Guizot in one of 
the gardens of the Now Museum. 
A Yeddo dispatch says the Japanese Govern¬ 
ment authorizes an official denial of the re¬ 
ported declaration of war between China and 
Japan. 
Tho Miners of tho West Riding, Yorkshire, 
having refused to consent to a reduction of 
twenty per cent In their wages, have been 
locked out to the number of 0,000. 
The East Parish Church of Aberdeen, the 
finest edifice of its kind In the north of Scot¬ 
land, has been dest royed by fire. 
Ten thousand Chinese troops at last advices 
were m route to Formosa. 
Carllsts in Biscay demand the restoration of 
peace. j i 
The Emperor of Austria has honored the 
Arctic explorers with flattering recognitions , 
of their courage and perseverance. 
The Reciprocity Treaty is a leading topic In 
the canvass in tho counties adjacent to the • 
lakes or the Canadian frontier. 
f The following are mainly from the Toronto 
Globe: 
: The Newfoundland Legislature has been dis- 
i solved. 
> Hon. Mr. Malhiot has been returned to the 
, Quebec Legislature. 
Fort Frederick, Kingston, is tho site chosen 
for the Militia College. 
Typhoid fever Is n very prevalent In Montreal. 
A vein of iron ore, represented to be remark¬ 
ably rich, has been (ll■'covered near Arnprior. 
The question of soiling the London Fair 
Grounds Is to be decided by an appeal to tho 
ratepayers. 
Tho contract for the new City Hall at Ottawa 
has been sigued, and work is to commence at 
once. 
A fire at Hall’s steam saw-mills, not far from 
Hamilton, destroyed about a million feet of 
lumber In addition to tho mills. 
Too free postal system went into operation In 
Montreal Thursday week, and worked satisfac¬ 
torily. 
A manufacturing company at Newcastle, 
Ontario, has received orders from Germany for 
$10,000 worth of agricultural Implements. 
The display and the attendance on Friday at 
the autumn show of the Agricultural Society of 
the North Hiding of Bruce, held at Port Elgin, 
were both good. 
Tho fall show of the Darlington Agricultural 
Society held at BowmanvlUo, equaled, if it did 
not surpass, any previous exhibition. 
The Western Fair at London closed on Friday 
week, the President delivering bis address in 
the afternoon. The total receipt* were $15,000. 
Salt has been struck on Mr. Kidd’s property 
near Souforth at a depth or 1,0(5 feet. The 
brine will have to ho carried four miles. 
Tho Agricultural Exhibition of the Province 
of Nova Scot ia was formally opened by Lieut.- 
Governor Archibald. In every department, the 
horticultural excepted, the show is unpreoe- 
dently good. 
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WHAT SOCIETIES ARE DOING. 
Illinois Ktute Hoard or AgrleullLro,—Officers 
elect for 1874-5: Pres- D. B. Gilham of Ma¬ 
coupin Co.; Member* of the Hoard: First Dis¬ 
trict., Lewis Ellsworth; 2d, H. D. Emery; 3d, 
Jonathan Perlam ; 4th, Jumea Herrington ; 5th, 
('. H.ltosensticil'; 0th, Samuel l)v in ; 7th, W. 
J. Neeley : Stll.Eiuery C’obb; 9th, A.J. Dunlap; 
Treasurer at the January mooting. 
cretary and 
Illinois Wool Grower*’ A*»’n— Tho officers 
elect for the ensuing year are ns follows : Pres. 
—Hon. A. M. (iAf.LAND, Springfield. Ffce- 
Pm'ti— First District, Daniel Kelly, Wheaton ; 
2d, H. D. Emery, Chicago; 3d. C. C. Parks, 
Waukegan ; 4th. Samuel Allen, Hvcnmore ; 5tb, 
J. L. Moore. Polo; 0th, L. G. Fish, Franklin 
Grove: itb, E. E. Gorham, New Lenox; 8th, 
Horace Baines, Onarga: 0th, John Turnbull, 
Elmira ; 10th, Graham Lee. Hamlet; 11th, John 
George, Perry; 12th, Frank Fassett, Spring- 
field ; i3th. H. 11, McFadden, Atlanta; 14th, 
George Elliott, Harristown; 15th, William 
Stewardson, Shelby vilJe: loth, 0. D. Nichols, 
Carlyle; 17th, It, 5l. Bell, Brighton; the 18th 
and 19th Districts are not filled. SeCu—V. P. 
Richmond, Paddock's Grove. Trcas.-R. M. 
Bell, Brighton. 
Maryland Horticultural Koc.—The following 
are the officers elect for the ensuing year: 
Prc«.—E zra Whitman-. Vice-Pres'ts Haiti more 
City—William T. Walters. William il. Perot 
and George S-Brown ; State at Large Charles 
U. Snow. John W. Garrett, Edward Wilkins 
and A. Bowie Davis. Tmis.-H. W. I,. Rosin. 
Cor. Nee--J din Feast. lice. Sec.— T. O. Dorsey. 
Ex. Cunt.— Henry Taylor. Andrew L. Black, 
John K. Feast, J. Mowton Saunders, August 
Horn, W. D. Breckinridge, J.ihu D, Uukiord, 
it. J. Holliday and Jas. Pentlaud. 
