National Fair Association to be held at Washing¬ 
ton, D. C. October 5-16, promises to be of more 
than usual Interest. A new revised premium list 
Is now ready, and will be furnished upon applica¬ 
tion to Hoot McCeney, Aaslstannsecretary, Wash¬ 
ington. D. C. 
'ihe following, among other subjects, are sug¬ 
gested for t he consideration of Die convention to 
be held In Philadelphia on Sept. 22 to promote the 
sheep and wool Industry: Advancement of ihe 
general Interests of the wool grower; prompt and 
systematic collection and dist ribution by the Agr'l. 
Dep’t, of Information concerning the supply of 
flock products and the demand tor them; relative 
to advantages Of our sheep-breeding States and tho 
breeds best, adapted to them; methods of shearing 
and handling sheep, and or packing and grading 
wool for the market; Increasing the production of 
the mountain lands of tho Atlantic States by the 
systematic extension of sheep husbandry; bene¬ 
fits resulting from the Inti oductlon of pure blood 
Into our native, docks; breeds capable of yielding 
rrom a given acreage the most, profitable returns 
In mutton and wool taken jointly; management 
of sheep in Summer and Winter— of lambs most 
profitably lor market; recent Inventions In wool 
manufacture and their relative Importance; re¬ 
cent discoveries and Inventions In the production 
of dyes and the art of dyeing—their relative Im¬ 
portance ; grades of wool which ihe country must 
produce In order fully to supply the demands ot 
her looms, and now best to produce them. 
Germany produced last year ilO,ono tons of beet 
sugar; Hungary, 385,000 tons; France, 270,000; 
Russia, 225 , 000 , and Belgium, 85,ooo. 
Cheese,—T he market has been unsettled but on 
the whole tending to a little stronger basis, with in¬ 
creasing export demand toward the close. Ship¬ 
ments have been 58,810 boxes. The hulk of the sales 
have been at ll%i««11Xc. for fancy, closing at 12c. 
Quotations arc: State factory.lancy. atl2C.: do. good 
and prime, 10>pauc.: do.fair to gooo,9%<t5lO}<o. -.dc.lFf 
skimmed, 8 mi!*c.; Wisconsin factory, Hite, ll<a 
ll%c.: do. good to prime, lllif 4 i. 10 \'c.: do. fair to good, 
9%'a.lOMc.; Ohio factory. Unc. lU.'-yV'Ul’K'c.; do. good to 
prune, 9%'4tl0%c.: do. Hat, talrto gdnd.SX®) \c.\ do, 
poor to fair 7%a8%c, 
Receipts tor week, 0*1,183 boxes. 
Exports, 67.0(10 do. 
Liverpool cable, 59« fid. 
Steam. Liverpool, Hlafos. 
Inti i£i> Fruits, — Tile oew fruits come in slowly 
the demand 1 b quick and prices are doing better. 
The (rtferings tlm i far aro almost entirely of black¬ 
berries, cherries and raspberries. Apples would re¬ 
ceive considerable attention. Quotations are for 
Apples—Evaporated choice, ring cut. 13so.i evap¬ 
orated, (air to prime, ring cut, lV 0 t i:ic State. 1872. 
tine uut, 6 it 7 c.’, State, 1811* quarters fi*6%c.' We-tern. 
18.8, 3%*tf>5c. Beaches—North Carolina, good to 
prime, n^lle.! Georgia peeled, fair to prime. IKdllfiC: 
Georgia, peeled, poor to (air, iwclllc. I’iums—State 
1879. black lilt*lie. Mlackbcrries—IbSO. prinfe 6K 
7c. Cherrtn*. -Southern. lbSO. 13o, Raspberries— 
1881, prime, 2(1 He, 
Exports for week, 220 bbls. dried apples. 
Eg us.—Receipts for week, 5,915 bbls.; do last week 
0,20*1 do. Light receipts ot fr«9h have run up price’, 
and a favorable feature of tho week's business is 
is the fair cleaning out of stored stock. Good sup¬ 
plies are looked for next week, but the market Is in 
a better shape than before to hold them if they ar¬ 
rive in good order. 
Near 'mints 19c.: State and Pa. ]8S,18%c.; Western 
and Canadian Irtish 17#17 ec.; under grades lika .fi,Ho. 
FEED.—Sales of 10 to CO lbs at S1&@16.60; 89 lbs. at 
$16,1,17; luu at. at $i8.£0»2u.5U; snarps at »21fc22.50. 
Flour.-T he arrivals have been la ger and there 
have been free sellers with prices lower and easy. 
Exports fur the week have been 11,800 bbls. and 09.- 
70U sack*. 
Latest prices are $.i.3O«>4.0O. for inferior to very 
choice superfine Stale anil Western; $S 90 ji.AJ (or 
poor to good extra State and Western, odd lots and 
tines; fi.l5«t4.35 for very good to choice do.: Inferior 
to good mint wbHJi.4 uilra:,. *4.fiVii6.36; good 
to choice do. at $5,:Lf<«5.Si; (very choice to fan¬ 
cy do.held at higher figures,) red and amber winter 
wheal inferior to choice trade and family at 
ft4.uia6.70; round .hoop Ohio. fi.lSrit i.itt; and trade 
and family brands ot do. at ti.ro@ft.ftl; st. Loom at 
$4.00a5.45 for Inferior to good extra; *6.y;>tt6.8i for 
good to choice (very choice to fancy brands held 
higher): Minnesota duar, Inferior to fancy at 
*4ia0.26; Minnesota "straight." poor to (ancy. at 
*5 76iij7.6ll, ana patent inferior to very fancy at 45.76 
@8.50; unsound stock at from $ 2 . 26 , 1 , 1 85: city mill 
extra at S5.50#5.65 ror good to very choice for the 
West Indies ; do. for Enguiid, ti.tiUa4.4u for poor to 
choice spring wheat, and $4.6(M5.UJ for winter wheat 
product: do. trade and family extras, 15.50416.75: do. 
lor (South America, t6.00a5.90; No. 2 at $2.25(43.00 for 
poor to choice. 
Receipts for week, flour, bbla. 137,166: corn meal, 
do. 8,20*1; wheat, bush. 1.371.670; corn. do. 1.514 ICO oats 
do, 224.910; rye, do. 14,200, malt, do. 55.100, beans, do.. 
2,135; rice, pkga. 400. 
Exports for week, flour 89,600 obis.; corn meal, 
3,,(XI bbls.: wheat, 2,115,250 bush.; corn, 1,297.675 bush.; 
oats, 1,660 bush.; beaus. 975 bush.; peas, 660 hush.: 
rice 545 pugs. 
Fresh Faun's.- Export apples, '2.S5Q bbls. This 
is un unusual quantity of lender Summer stock to 
tend abroad, but the market has been ho low that 
shippers could hardly miss coming out whole if any 
Of me shippings stood tn« vognx«’at least decently. 
A good many cheap sorts remain, but showy varie¬ 
ties give the market a better price-tone, especially for 
retail use. 
Sweet bongh, $l@l.SG; Orange and Nyack pippins. 
7Su.w$i: Alexander utui Cnx*uekie. $1.260,1.50. ill or.. 
Maidens bluch, Ufavetutlen uod slrawUcrrv. $i«a 
1.25. Demand running liigli for color,d stock. 
Peaches bring only fair prices, extra N. Tflc.uu 
$1.75; pour, bfxaOOu.; Del., extra Crawfoid, ISJc.ia 1.12; 
stump*, extra, 55fa9Ue. Bartlett pears ore variable In 
quality at this season and the rauge tor bids is wide; 
aorne selected of even hardness have sold at f&gfl. 
i8tock lots quoted: Bartlett*, choice. 16 . 5 ( 1 *;; oilier, 
$ 006 . 60,1 Buff and Fugur Tci|i,$l.Ri.g 2 ; sour Bell. $2,36 
@2.50: SOulucru liartletts have no steady sail*, crate, 
$1(1*1.15: cooklngiH;u.r«, »l.7<*<tt per bbl.; California 
Cows AND CALVES.—There is no variation from 
the usual dullness of August here, and prices range 
*25*355. with no drove lots touching $50 and upwards. 
A cheap Fall for cows Is ooarert.its receipts are like¬ 
ly to bo heavy owing to moderate wintering crops. 
V kal Calves.—S upplies have boon moderate and 
extra selected milk fed have made 7c ; wholesale lota 
at yards and West Washington market; quoted: 
Live calves. N.J. and Bucks Co., choice. it®63fc., 
State Tair to choice. 5%*a%0<!.; poor, IvaSo;, Mt. Holly, 
350 16. down; buttermilk, 2;f(«!2%.i-.; gruss 2c. 
Sheep and La m its.—Receipt* for w*e It, 29,917 bead; 
do. lust week 27,78'ido. There 1ms been a fair de¬ 
mand for sheep and a quiet movement for lambs; 
fair t.o prime she«p 3%(gb%c.; extra wethers 5%c.; 
lambs ranged M.25t36o0. 
SwtNE.—Receipts for the week, 19 037 bead ; do last 
week. 23.17(5 do.-fair to prime live Western, $5.30® 
5 65 1* 100: a f«w state $5.50 do.; city dressed heavy to 
pigs 6%@7j*c. 
TERMS FOR 1880 
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Any one sending a club of eight is entitled to or,e 
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Agents will be supplied with oanvasslng outfit on 
application. 
Entered at the Post-office at New York City, N. Y. 
as second-class mail matter. 
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Call on or write to li. II. AI.LEN & CO., New 
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Address 189 & 191 Water St. 
STRAWBERRIES largest and 
** l <*et productive Alt Vernon Seedling and 
Kirkwood, each yielded in i 860 at the rate of 10,000 
quarts per acre, and averaged fit market 19c. tier quart, 
40 acres Strawberries and Raspberries. Hieiler’s 
Hybrid Blight-proof Pt-ur. " Forty years’ Exce¬ 
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refer to those using them. Send for descriptive cwcular. 
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8. \V. Corner 5th JL Uuce HR, Cincinnati,Ok 
Write to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkhah, No. *233 Wes¬ 
tern Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pamphlets relailve 
to the curative properties of her Vegetable Com¬ 
pound In all female complaints. For sale by all 
druggists. 
$5.StK®6.6Q; Hein# Claude, l*.5n®5; egg, $i»ab.5U; green 
Gnge, $4 6110.6; Lombard, *3f,ii.p4; bun; Gage 
MW; purple* egg, $5„t5.50; Bullet, $ 2,«.2 50, Grapes m 
good demand Dclowures. cases, 5*1 Bis, ; up-riv. 
er, bulk. IMUo.; Ountmrds, casus, 50 lbs.. $2«in; Con¬ 
cords, in bulk, 3®4e.; Hui tford, 8uW%o.: casus, t 2 f( , 
2.50. Wiiurtleberrlcs. 75c. ** % bush. Nutmeg mel¬ 
ons. Hackensack, $i(rsl.75; Keyport, 35c.*a>fl. Water 
melons, extra, fisrtftj per lotis other. $6,5)12. H t- 
house grapes, Uluck Hamburgh, 25et60c. t* tt.; Sweet 
Water, 2(l'i*30c. FoiunUB lower, dull and weak; hand- 
picked Va.. 6n'5J<c.; extra prime, 4%c.t good to prime. 
3Xfe;4c.; commou, 3»*)S.%c.; shelled. 5ii*,C<c. 
Cohn Meal.—S alee at $3.20<fl«S.?5 lor Brandywine 
and $2.5u.ip2.V5 for Western. 
Grain. -Wheat has been active at variable prices, 
closing firm. Exports for the week have been 2,100,- 
100 bush. 
Latest prices are lor No. 1 whitual$l 07*«;®I.O8; do., 
August, at fl.OIJi'lSLUS'^; do., September, at H.Oii® 
1.U7M ; do., October; nt $i.07M ; do. ateatnor grade, at 
Nu.2\vmirut tl.lb. ungraded while at $1.(11 
tal.Ubj*': No. 1 rtwl at ftl UXaUok ; No. : red at Ji.UTv'ia 
1.06: do. Augu-t. at $l.UiJi«1.08: do., Se.ptemher, at 
$l.b7S*«ll.03; do. October, at l.08M(il.h!l; do. steamer 
grade at »i.u6*: No. 3 red at $l.U»4t.U5-4 ; do., steamer 
grade, at $1,01 Y : No 4 led. at $1 01; angradud red at 
KAc.wfl.dS: mixed winter at $1.05;^l.(u\ ; No.BChi- 
engo and Milwaukee spring at tt.Oha l.Uli. Rye is hi 
deiuaud, qii’ited at 85c: lor No. 2 Western, Coru Is 
active and fair; shipments for the week, 1,200,000 
bush.; latest puces are lor Now York No. 2, at, ;><:?(, .u 
60KC.: do., August, at 50S<^5bKc.; do., Supteinoer. at 
alJsuiol.aa.i do. for October, at ,i2\®WSic,; ungraded 
mixed Western at !,0i»60 t.c.; No. 2 white at 55o. hid. 
Dais are strong and active; sales of No. 1 white at 
4no.; New York No. 2 white St i.VglVc.- No. 3 white st 
4la43e.: N«* Y rkNo .2 at 4li«$lic.: do., August, at 
36c. bid and 67.se. asked; do., September, at 3 j\c. bid 
und 36c. asked; do.. October, at Lhc. bid and 86s<:. 
asked; No. 3 at lff®38d.; ungraded White Western, 
4iJ(t#48sc.: uugraded mixed Western at (!8<3i4te.: white 
(Rate at I6tt47u.; No. 2 Chicago at 41c. 
Hay and straw.—T here is a very good call for 
supplies utid prices quite firm although the receipts 
increase. 
Shipping lory quoted at 8 iX6>.'h'.: medium to prime 
do., 0OC.@$I; Balt hay at 63<ii)7Ue.: clover do, at 7U*«i60c. 
Straw at hbiaUhe. for long rye; 55(S66c. for short rye; 
and 55<oftiUc. for oat. 
Exports of hay for week, 1.475 bales. 
nous.—Export demand has been fair, and the 
shipments for the week have boon 1.20J bales. The 
Increased business has been brought about by low¬ 
er prices. Quotations are for 
„ , , Cents per lb. 
Now Yorks, choice.26 (*27 
New Yorks, fair to medium.24 (fl.26 
Yearlings. 7 ®I4 
Olds, all growths. 4 pd 8 
Pacific Coast, uew.23 1*25 
Pacific Coast, olds (nominal!. 6 <a> 8 
Uso Hop Blt.bera once and you wiU use no other 
medicine. Test It. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS 
New York. Saturday. Aug 21,1880. 
Beans and Peas.— q’he market for beans is strong 
not so much on account of the volume of sains as 
ot the good control of stocks, Black beans are 
without u bid. Green peas are seeking a market 
from the West at $1.65. Mome holders still ask fl.iu 
for pi itue. 
Marrow beans.prime. $1.67H@l.70. other, $1.56®l 65; 
medium, prime $ 1,45a 1.47* ; other, $i.3oial.48,S ; p6B, 
$1.60a 1 70: whiteklduey,$i.iu®i.M): red kitluey, prune, 
$4.55; fair lo good, $1,10,tj}1.3G; Lima. Cal., $5. 
BUTTER.—There is only enough Ideal trade t.o 
regulate prices and extreme rates are not nutnod for 
round odiumerolal parcels. Recniptu aro lignt, not 
that there Is not a good quantity made and making 
but farmers have laid too much stress upon the 
strong figures o( a several weeks ago. and they have 
inude a brief mistake lo holding for a rise. Tlte 
New Yor« market is tuuning differently from oiner 
Summers. One feature of disadvantage is a large 
loss of Eastern demand. The early low price* sent 
a good many cash New Bugluud buyers Into the 
dairy sections, and many Invoice.* which used to 
otLetnui! .Summer days by a commission urmoderute 
profit, are now snipped tight through tu populous 
points eastward. Exp-rtera are taxing a fair share 
of lliu Western arid some of the stored stock; and 
to soma extent cnese tiansaoUdn* nave Htiffened 
quotations lor good useful uminr grades. A notable 
S oint of the season |e the absence or very common 
utter, nothing is poor enough to go below H*tc, 
For exira selections of .S.ate .the nmraet is bolter, 
but there is oo prospective advance, (or lines Of State 
or Western. 
Creamery, finest, :2ktt27o.; good to prime, 23 
24,Sc. tair to good, , J-uCil^c.: sweet crcaiu, fair 
to prime, 23ai?0c.; Htato firkins, 21<it24cc,; palls and 
half tubs, beat, 24 0,26(1.; fair to prlrue, 21i»23k.o.; 
poor, 17i»19c.; WelBli; tubs, extra, 22uti23e,; other, 
I8jt2uc. VVi stem munition ere nnery, dairy, 
frcoti, 2(kf»21c : fair lo prime, l7,s*<^l2d*.•.; poor to lair 
Jo- l7Hc.. lactnry host i'J:a20c.; fair to good 16iS17c.; 
poor. J4 n (g.l5Na. c* 
K-ce pis for week, 29.50U j>kgs.; exports for week 
15,.0 j pkgs. 
COTTON—Rules stronger and more active. Latest 
prices*ro tor August. ll.88o*lll,»Uc,; September, n.33 
iu.ll.3tc.; Ootouer. ld.83;,g 10.84c.; November. 10.70a* 
10 71c.; December, 10.7l^lU.72u.; January, 10.83 , ^lO.84c.; 
Februury. tO.9tHstJ0.P5e.: March, U.llUiaU.U, 
Qaotauuns ror spotjanttou are based on American 
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Btrlot low middling. llki 11X i Ilk 
Middling. ll!W a fcH.6 \\% 
Good middling... 12>» 12N> 12^, 
Strict good middling. 12K 126i 112% 
Middling Fair.... 13 t 13% 13% 
Fair. 13& 13 X 13 X 
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Good ordinary.. 8% I Low middling..] 9X 
Btrict good ordinary. fU I Middling.. 10% 
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