appoint five expert butter and cheese makers 
to visit factories and agricultural fairs and 
conventions to impart information thereat of 
the best methods of making butter and cheese, 
and abo a bill amending Ihe act relating to 
contagious diseases of animals .The 
West Michigan Fruit Growers’ Society meet 
at Benton Harbor, June 6-8. Indiana¬ 
polis is receiving discouraging crop reports 
from all parts of Indiana. Hay and oats are 
said to be suffering from drought and corn 
from the cut-worm.The peacli trees 
in Arkansas are so heavily laden with fruit 
that much shaking off will have to be 
done in order to preserve the trees. 
Wheat is being taken at three cents per bush¬ 
el from Buffalo to this city. Old canal men 
say they do not remember a time when freights 
were so low. The average rate last year was 
4.6 cents per bushel, the lowest rate being 
four cents.American cattle are worth 
12 to 123^ cents in Liverpool, estimated 
dressed weight, and dressed beef cents. 
. The Executive Committee of the Cen¬ 
tral Traffic Association has decided to reduce 
the freight on live stock from Chicago to 
New York from 85 to 25 cents.The 
thirteenth annual meeting of the American 
Association of Nurserymen will be held in 
Fraternity Hall, Detroit, Mich., commencing 
Wednesday, June 2d, at 10.30 a. m., and con 
tinuing three days.Wayne County, N. 
Y., raises more than three-fourths of the 
world’s supply of peppermint oil, but is feel¬ 
ing the effects of the importation of cheap 
Japaneso oil which has reduced the price one- 
half. Less than half a crop will be raised this 
year. .. .The May price of milk, as fixed by 
the New York Milk Exchange, is 2% cents . 
. Enormous quantities of Russian grain 
are being imported into Germany and fears 
are expressed that unless prompt prohibitory 
legislation takes place, the German markets 
will be swamped by Russian wheat. 
Iowa has just followed the example of Ohio in 
passing severe laws against the Bohemian Oat 
swindlers and rascals of that stripe. An at¬ 
tempt to steal the bill after it had passed the 
Legislature, but before it had been signed by 
the Governor, failed. The Cincinnati 
Brice Current charges that the nature of the 
last crop report of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture was permitted to become known to 
speculators at least one day before it was 
given to the public on May 10, and Editor 
Murray savs that he is justified in saying that 
a higher official than the (statistician of the 
Department of Agriculture has responsibil¬ 
ity in this particular instance of leakage 
or advance information. 
.... Governor Hill has issued a proclamation, 
under the pleuro-pueumonia law, quaran¬ 
tining the Counties of New York, Kings, 
Queens, and Richmond and Westchester be¬ 
low the northerly boundaries of Greenburgh, 
White Plains, and Harrison, and forbidding 
any movement of cattle in, into, or out of that 
district except on a permit of the cattle inspec¬ 
tors .Strawberries in England have 
been costing sixpence apiece, peaches half a 
guinea, and cherries have sold at about their 
weight in gold. .The new Mills 
Tariff Bill leaves the duty on foreign potatoes 
as it has been—15 cents per bushel.Re¬ 
ports from South Deerfield, Mass., indicate 
that twice the usual amount of onions will be 
sown and tobacco will lo.il off about one-half 
its usual acreage.Strange now dis¬ 
ease is killing many Texas cattle. Their 
throats swell, and death by choking soon fol¬ 
lows.Gov. Luce has issued a procla¬ 
mation ordering that from May 21 to Nov. 1 the 
impoftation of all cattle to Michigan from 
south of the 36th parallel of north latitude, 
and that have not been wintered north of said 
jiarallel, is prohibited, except such cattle as 
are in transit across the State, and these shall 
only be unloaded in the State for the purpose 
of feeding and watering, and then only in 
yards branded and lettered for “Feeding Tex¬ 
as Cattle Only.” Other States must soon take 
the same precautions against the introduction 
of Texas fever.The Massachusetts 
Senate, by a vote of 20 to 19, has passed the 
oleo bill, which forbids the coloring of oleo iu 
imitation of butter, and which had already 
passed the House by an overwhelming majori¬ 
ty.The Ohio Agricultural Experiment 
Station under the Hatch Act has been reorgan¬ 
ized as follows: Ch. E. Thorne, Director; Wm. 
J. Green, Vice-Director and Horticulturist; 
J. C. Hickman, Agriculturist; W 111 . S. Devol, 
Botanist and Bursar; C. M. Weed, Entomolo¬ 
gist; M. Craig, Meteorologist. The Chemist 
undVeierinui rnn have not yet been announced. 
The entire cultivated part of the farm belong¬ 
ing to the Ohio State University has been 
transferred to the control of the station, as 
well as the teams, live stock and implements, 
with a few exceptions. 
. The Texas Fanners’ Alliance is put¬ 
ting up a cotton mill and an implement mill 
at Dallas, and a woolen mill at New Braunfels. 
Several cotion-gins and flouring mills are 
already iu operation,and an Alliance Exchange 
is doing a business running into the hun¬ 
dreds of thousands monthly. 
.In deference to the wishes of exhibitors, 
the dates tor holding the New York State 
Fair have been changed. It will open at Ll- 
mira on Monday, September 17, and close at 
noon on Saturday, September 22,1888. 
According 10 the latest report, the ranges of 
Eastern Montana were very badly depleted of 
cattle by the winter of 1886-87, and conse¬ 
quently there is now a great scarcity of young 
cattle. The stockmen are anxious to replenish 
the ranges, and are figuring to do so, but they 
are greatly embarrassed by the quarantine 
regulations against importations of Texas 
cattle, and the stockmen of Western Montana, 
who have plenty of cattle, object to any re¬ 
laxation of the rules.The Missouri 
State Horticultural Society meets at Oregon, 
Mo., June 5-7. A programme containing 81 
numbers has been prepared. 
.. Crickets are devastating Algeria. Vege¬ 
tation is totally destroyed, and the dead bod¬ 
ies of the insects have poisoned the ground, to 
the imminent danger of creating a pestilence. 
.The total exports of apples from the 
United States and Canada for 1887-8 were 
608.588 barrels, as against 811,410 barrels for 
1886 7. About one-half the shipments were 
made to Liverpool.The rate of freight 
per ton from Chicago to New York, lake and 
canal, is lower now than it has ever been be¬ 
fore—$1 6. 
Consul Man, at Stockholm, calls attention 
to the fact that the Swedish Diet has imposed 
a tariff duty of about three cents per pound 
on smoked bacon and hams and 2% cents per 
pound upon all other pork. He thinks the 
effect of the duty will be to prohibit the im¬ 
portation, which at that port alone has aver¬ 
aged about 3,000 tons per annum. This duty 
was imposed in order to enable Sweden to 
raise all the pork needed at home. 
The Department of State has learned from 
Minister Lewis that Portugal has imposed an 
additional duty of from 25 to 30 per cent, on 
cereals and flour not shipped previous to the 
4th inst. 
Crops & iVUvkcts, 
Saturday, May, 19, 1888. 
Contrary to the experience of the last two 
years at this season, the West and N rthwest, 
and indeed, nearly the whole country have for 
the last two or three weeks been having an ex¬ 
cess of rain, together with cold, very disagree¬ 
able weather. The season therefore is very 
late. Probably oats are the only crop put in 
everywhere. In some parts of the spring 
wheat area frost and wet weather have hith¬ 
erto prevented seeding, especially in Minne- 
rib sides, compared with a week ago, for June 
delivery. 
Condensations from this morning’s Brad- 
street’s: The advance of nine cents in the 
price of wheat since March 1 has checked ex¬ 
ports. If we ship 10,000,000 bushels to July 1 
it is probable that the United States will car¬ 
ry over 37,000,000 bushels, about one-half as 
much as in July last. The United Kingdom 
will require to receive from 28,000,000 to 35,- 
000,000 bushels from abroad from May 12 to 
August 1, and India and Russia have ample 
supplies. Without fresh crop disasters or war 
abroad it is probable that the five cents or six 
cents advance hero over European wheat 
quotations, which is quite disproportionate, 
may not be sustained. At present it is firmly 
held. Wheat advanced lj^c., corn %c., and 
flour 30c. during the week. 
Demand is light and prices are weak in all 
the wool markets. Manufacturers are buy¬ 
ing only as they need material from day to 
day. Several large mills have stopped sort¬ 
ing altogether. Buyers and sellers in Texas 
and California are far apart. Most of the 
spring clip received at San Francisco, San 
Antonio and elsewhere is being stored. A 
number of Ohio dealers have issued a circular 
declaring that “the quality and condition of 
Ohio fleeces have been retrograding during 
the last twenty years,” and notifying all cou- 
cernedthat fraud in packing will be rigorous¬ 
ly prosecuted. An unusual proportion of the 
current imports of wool is going into bond. 
At this season buyers generally report busi¬ 
ness slack, whatever it may be, but now there 
is no need of misrepresentation. 
LATEST MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
Nkw Youk, Saturday, May 19,1888. 
sota. There has been a reduction of acreage 
in Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa; while bar¬ 
ley, oats, flax and corn are all largely in¬ 
creased. Winter wheat has certainly suffered 
a good deal of damage, but according to the 
latest reports, it is nothing like as great as has 
been generally reported. It is true that the 
crops are being plowed under in some counties, 
but those counties make up a very small part 
of the total wheat area; in other places the 
crop has been greatly improved by the recent 
rains and makes a fine showing. 
The Signal Service Weather Report for 
last week says the weather was especially 
favorable for growing crops in the central 
valleys and in the districts on the Atlantic 
coast. Rains, which were much needed in the 
winter wheat regions and in the Eastern por¬ 
tion of the cotton region occurred during the 
week, and reports from those sections indicate 
that the weather had favorably affected ce¬ 
reals, pasturage and fruit. More rain was 
needed in the west portion of the cotton re¬ 
gion, although the crops in that section were 
reported backward. In Minnesota and Dako¬ 
ta the season was apparently fifteen days late; 
the excessive precipitation and unusually low 
temperature for the season had been unfavor¬ 
able to crops, and farm work in that section 
was greatly retarded. 
A telegram from Troy, N. Y., this morning 
says: “Farmers are suffering severely from 
the long-continued cold and wet weather. 
Plowing cannot be advanced, and oats in 
many places are rotting in the ground.” This 
is a sample of a multitude of dispatches re¬ 
ceived in this city within the last two or three 
days. 
According to the N. C. Department of 
Agriculture, the damage to the peach crop by 
frosts late in April has been greatly exagge¬ 
rated. In some sections the crop will be above 
the average. Unseasonable drought has in¬ 
jured the crops, particularly grain and truck, 
to some extent. Cotton in some sections has 
been very slow in germinating. 
Advices received from the Hudson River 
Valley indicate that the average fruit crops 
will be fe athered with the exception of peaches. 
The tobacco counties of Western North Caro¬ 
lina report that more than two-thirds of the 
young plants have been killed by recent frosts. 
The temperature has been as low as 25 degrees 
above zero, and wheat and vegetables have 
been seriously damaged in the mountain re¬ 
gions. 
Western Pennsylvania was visited by a 
heavy black frost Wednesday night, which 
proved disastrous to early fruits and vege¬ 
tables. In some places ice one-eighth to a 
quarter of an inch thick was formed. Farm¬ 
ers living on the lowlands rejiort corn, pota¬ 
toes and tomatoes frozen several inches under 
the ground. 
Dispatches from Winchester, Va., state that 
Thursday frost and ice prevailed upon the 
face of the country, killing vegetation and 
doing much damage. Wheat, it is said, is 
looking well. 
The reports from the fruit-growing counties 
of Kentucky are very encouraging, there 
having been little or no damage to fruit 
by frost. The cut-worm is doing much dam¬ 
age in sections of the State, especially in new¬ 
ly-planted corn fields. 
The latest reports of winter wheat from On¬ 
tario, Canada, are unfavorable. From about 
St. Catherines the injuries are said to be be¬ 
yond reclamation. The accounts from the 
Lake Huron districts are also unfavorable. 
The wheat is so far gone in numerous districts 
as to be beyond recuperation, and is being 
nlowed up and other grain is being sown. 
There are here and there promhJng fields of 
wheat, which are an exception. On ihe whole, 
the prospects are better than they were a year 
ago. Spring seeding is about completed, and 
the recent warm rain and the genial sunshine 
will give the remaining winter wheat and the 
spring wheat a good start. 
The week’s packing m the West has been 
175,000 hogs, against 155,000 the preceding 
week, and 190,000 last year; total to date 
1,585,000, against 1,565,000 a year ago. Prices 
of hogs have averaged slightly lower the past 
week, and at the close are generally five to 10 
cents per 100 pounds lower than a week ago. 
Hog products, or “provisions,” have been mov¬ 
ing upwards. The week closes with prices at 
Chicago advanced 2% cents on pork, 27j4 cents 
per 100 pounds on lard, and five cents on short 
NKW YORK MARKETS. 
Cotton.— The quotations, according to the American 
classification, arc us follows: 
New Orleans. 
Uplands. and Gulf. Texas. 
Ordinary. 776 796 . 
Strict Ordinary. 796 7% . 
Good Ordinary.8 11-10 8 18-10 . 
Strict Good Ordinary.. 9 8-16 9 5-16 . 
Low Middling. 9 9-16 9 11 10 . 
Strict Low Middling... 9 13-16 9 15-16 . 
Middling.10 10bj . 
Good Middling.11)76 1096 . 
Strict Good Middling..IU 9-10 10 11-16 . 
Middling 8 air.10 15-16 11 1-16 . 
Fair.11 9-16 11 11-16 . 
STAINED, 
Good Ordinary.7 8-16 I Low Middling . 8 18-18 
Strict Good Ord.7% I Middling.996 
Beans.— Marrows, 2 75®2 80,medium,choice $2 50; pea 
$2 81X42 85; red kidneys, SI 90®1 95; white kidneys 
choice, $2 81X42 35; foreign, mediums, $1 65(42 10; do 
small, $2 20; California Limu, $2 80®2 85; green peas, 
new, $1 75. 
Hay and Straw.—H ay—Choice Timothy per 100 lb, 
95c®$l: good do 80® 90c; medium,70@75c; shipping, 65® 
70c; Clover, mixed 65(«.75c Straw.—No. 1 rye 95c®$l; 
short do, 05®75e; oat, 40® 50c. 
Poultry.—Live,—F owls, Jersey, State, and Penn, 
per It, 1331376c; Towls, Western, per lb,-@!8c roost¬ 
ers, old, per lb, 7}6@8c; turkeys per lb UXitlSc, 
ducks, western pei pair, 65®90o; geese, western, 
per pair, 90c®l 25; chickens; spring, per lb, 27®S5c. 
Poultry.-Dressed,—T urkeys, per n>, 8@i2c; Fowls, 
Philadelphia, 11(4l2e; do western, 9®1176c: squabs, 
white, per doz. $2 75(48; do dark, per doz, $-®2U0; 
chickens, Philadelphia spring, 40c; do Baltimore do, 
80®3fic; ducks, 8®i276c. 
Game.— English snipe, per doz, $1 50 to 1 75; golden 
plover, $1 25® l 50; grass do, $1®1 25. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKETS, 
Nuts.—P eanuts aro steady. Fancy hand picked 
quoted at 49s®476c and farmers’ grades at 3®376c. 
Fruits. —Fresh.— Apples.—Baldwins $3 00(<#4 00; do 
Inferior, per bbl $1 75w 2 00; do Russet, per bbl, *2 25® 
8 25 strawberries, Norfolk, per quart 10w51e; do 
Charleston, per quart, 20®30c; do Maryland, per quart, 
12®20c; do North Carolina per quart 8®14c. 
Fruits Dried -Apples.—Evaporated,Choice to fancy 
776® 876o; do common to prime, evuporated 676®776c; 
do sliced, new, 576®7c; do chopped, 2j4®296c; uo cores 
and skins,—®lc; Cherries - pitted, I7®21c; Raspber 
rles— evaporated, new, 26<a27c. do Huu-drlod. 24® 
25c; Blackberries, 8c, Huckleberries new, 9®10e, 
Peaches, sun-dried, peeled, 16®20c; ldurns State, 10® 
He. 
Vkiiktables.—T he quotations are for; Potatoes.— 
State Burbank, per bbl, S2®2 25; State Rose, $2 00®,2 25; 
Scotch, Magnum, per sack, $1 75®2 00; Maine Hebron, 
bbl, $1 75®2 10; English magnum per suck *1 60®1 90; 
Bermuda, best, $8®8 50, Florida, per bbl, #7 50 to 8; 
Onions, Bermuda, per crate, $1 50(3 1 75, do New Or¬ 
leans per bbl. .8: Cabbages, per crate, *1 25®8, Beets, 
per crate, 1 50®$2 00; string beans, per crate,$150 to 
$2 50. tomatoes, per crate $ 1 50® 2 SO; do per box, 65® 
75e asparagus,per doz bunches, $1 25®250; Pease green, 
per crate, $1 50 to 1 75, Squash, per crate, $1 00 to 1 25; 
cucumbers per crate $1 U0®2 50. 
Philadelphia, Pa.—Potatoes.—White Potatoes- 
Scotch Magnums per 168 ft n ack,$2 (J0®2 10; do Regents 
$L 70® 1 80; do Champions $1 60® 170;Pennsylvama and 
New York Early Rose, choice, White per bush, 
68®72c; do fair to good, 60®65c; do do Burbanks and 
White Stars, choice, 78#t>0c; dodo fair to good, 
73 to 75c; Hebrous. choice. t8®72e do ralr to good, 60 to 
65c: mammoth pearl choice 75®80c. do fair to good 70 
to 78c. Florida now potatoes, prime per bbl, $?®8 5U; 
do new potutoes, culls, per bbl, $3 to 4. 
PROVISION MARKETS. 
New York.—Provisions.—Pork.— Mess, quoted at 
$14 00 to 14 50 one year old; New mess, 15(315 25, 
short clear, $16®18, Extra Prime mess, $13: prime 
do, $15®15 90, family mess, $15 50(316 (XI. Bkkk—O lty 
Extra India diess. *11 50®13 00; Extra 
Mess, In barrels, $?<37 50; Packet, $7 50®7 75: Plate, 
*7 25®7 50. Family Mess, $8 50(39. Out Meats.— Pickled 
bellies 12 lb 7®c and 25 boxes beef tongues at 11c per 
lb; pickled bellies 12 lb average at 796c loose and 776c 
In boxes: pickled Hams, ll‘4«,n76c pickled Shoulders 
796c; Smoked shoulders at 876c; do Hams 12 to 1276c. 
Dressed Hogs.—Olty heavy to light, ?4s to 796c; pi h s, 
794c. Lard. Western steam spot quoted 8.75c, Oily 
steam, 8.25c; Continent 9.MJC; refined quoted at 8.40e; 
So American May, 8.73*8-74c, June, 8.60 to 8.70c. July. 
8.07 to 8.69c; August, 8.70 to 8.71c; September 8.72 to 
8.73c; October, at 8.72c. 
Philadelphia, Pa.— Provisions.—Bkek.— City fam¬ 
ily, per bbl, $8 50(39; do packets, $7 50®8; Smoked beef, 
12®l3c; Beef hams, $16 U0®17 50. Pork.— Mess, $16® 
do prime mess, new, $14 50:do, do, family, $16® 
10 50. Hams—smoked,1176® 13c, do S.P. cured In tes,1076 
®llJ6c; sides, clear ribbed In salt,876®9c; do smoked 
976®10c; shouluers In dry salt, fully cured, 676e; 
do smoked, 776c; shoulders, plckie cured,—®776c; do 
smoked, 8*4®9e; bellies In pickle. 876®9c; do break¬ 
fast bacon, 10c. Lard.— Firm. City Retlned, $8 75 
®9 25; do, Steam, $8.6276; butcher’s loose $8 25. 
Chicago.—Mess Pobk.— $14 25. Lard.— Per 100 lbs, 
$8 45. Short Rib slde.H (loose), $7 55; dry salted shoul¬ 
ders, boxed, $6 00®6 25; short clear sides,boxed $8 00 
@8 05. 
DAIRY AND EGG MARKETS. 
New York.— Butter— Creumery.—Elgin extra, 
26®-c; State, best, 2576®26c; Western, best 
25 to-c; do prime, 24 to 2476c; do good, 23 to 2376c: 
do poor, 22®22T6C, State dairy -Half-firkins, tubs, best 
25®-e; do do prime, 24®24T6c; do, do, tine, 
23®23T6c; Welsh tubs, Hue, 24c; do good, 28®2376c; 
Western—Imitation creamery, best, —®23c; do, line, 
21®22c; Western dairy, line. — <822c: do, fair, 
20®21c; do do poor, —®19c; do, factory, best, — 
®22c; do do good, 20®21c do, poor, 17®19e. 
CHEESE.—New factory full cream, white, 976c; do 
do colored. 876c; do fair and good, 8 to 876c do skims, 
light, 6 to 8c; do skims 3 to 5c. 
Enas.-State and Pennsylvania, fresh —®1496c: 
soufhrrns, per doz. lS®1376c; western fresh 1476®1496c; 
Ducks, 16® 18c; Goose. 22® 25. 
Philadelphia, Pa.- Butter.— Pennsylvania cream¬ 
ery, extra. 27®—c; western do do. —®26c; II C. and N. 
Y. creamery extra, 25@26c; western factory, 20®23e; 
packing butier, 15®17c. Eggs—Firm. Penn, firsts. 14c; 
western firsts. 14c Cheese—Dull, fair demand. N. Y. 
full cream, 976® 1076c; Ohio fiats, choice, 996®10c; do 
fair to prime, 9@976c. 
Chicago, III —Butter.—C reamery, 19®24c, dairy, 
1776@22c. Eogs.—F irm at 13®13T6c. per doz. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
New York.—Wheat.— No. 2 red 9976c; $1 Iu eleva¬ 
tor; $1 d®] 0176 delivered; 9996c f. o. b.; No. 2 red 
May, 9896 to *1 0176, do June 9796®9s^c: do for 
July, 9796®9976c; do for August, 9696®9976c do for 
September 9696 @ 9876c; do for October, 9796®99GC; do 
for December, 9976®$1 0176c; do May, 1889 $10396 
®$1 0496- Corn. Ungraded Mixed. 6576®«776c No. 3 
6576c elevator; 67c delivered; steamer, 6596®66c ele¬ 
vator- 67J6 to li?76e delivered; No. 2. sic: No. 2 May. Hie; 
do June, 6576®65J6c: do tor July. 6576 to 66c; do for 
August. 6576® 6596c; do for September. 6576 to 6576c: do 
forOctober, 66c. Oats.— No. 3 S9c; do white, 43@4876c; 
No. 2 3976®40c: do white 44 to4 4 76c. No. 1 white nomi¬ 
nal; Mixed Western 89®41c; white do 12 to 46o: No. 
2 May, 3976c; do Juno 3396® 3976c: do July 3996®3996c; 
No 2 white May 4376 to 4396c; (loJune4Sc; do July 
at 43c. 
Philadelphia, Pa.—W heat.— No. 2 Red, for May, 
93®99c : do for Juno, 9776® 9876c; do for July 9696® 
9776c; do August 9576 to 97c. Rye.— No. 2 Pennsylva¬ 
nia. 77c. Corn— No 4 yellow In grain depot 6176c; No. 
3 mixed In grain depot 65c. Steamer offered at 65c No 
2 Yellow In grain depot and 20th st. elevator 6b76c: No. 
2 mixed for Mxy 66 to 67c do Juno 66 to 67e. do July 
66®6676c. do for August 66®67e. Oats.- Ungraded 
white, 4 2 76®44c; No. 3 white quoted at 4276c; No. 2 
white 4376c; No. 1 white short storage, 4376c; regular, 
4376® 44c. 
Chicago, Ills.—No, 2 spring wheat at 89 ® 89 T 6 c; No 
No. 2 red at 94®9476c, No. 2 corn, 59c. No. 2 oats, 
8496c; No. 2 Rye, 65c; No. 2 Barley, 75c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
New York, Saturday, May 19, 1838. 
Beeves.— Chicago Steers, 1372 lb at $5 25: do 1369 lb 
at $5 15; do 1 00 lb at $5 1276; do 1298 n>. at $5 10; do 1182 
lb, at $4 55: do 1243 lb at $4 80, Pennsylvania stablo- 
fed do 1521 lb at $5 15 do 1160 lb at $4 90; do 1200 11) 
at $4 80; do 1202 lb at $4 7 276; Cows uml Bulls 960® 
16521b at $3 23®4 25; Chicago steers 1320 tb at $5 21); do 
1803 lb at *5 10: do 1183 lb, at $4 90: do 1332 11) at 
$4 90; Pennsylvania Bulls 1360 lb ut $4 25; do 1310 lb at 
$3 90; do 1188 lb at *8 85: Pennsylvania Dry Cows, 
1075 lb at *3 65; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 
steers. 1119 lb at $4 10 do 1091 lb at $4 70: do 1172 lb at 
$4 85; do 1190 lb at $4 85, do 1378 lb at $5 05; bull, 1770 lb 
at $4; do 22701b at $1 65; Chicago steers 1842 lb at $5 25; 
do 1164 lb at $4 85; dodo 1122 In at $480; do 11M lb, at 
$4 75. stags 1225 lb at *4 50: Ch'cago steers, 1857 !b at 
*5 0776. do 1212 lb at $1 90; do 1172 lb at *4 hi): Slop-fed 
Pennsylvania bulls 1425® 1735 lb average at $3 75® 4 35 
per 100 lb. 
Calves.— Veals, 141 lb average, at 676c per lb; do 136 
lb at 6c: veals 122 lb at 574 c per lb; fed calves 132 lb at 
4c; veals 119 lb at 476c: do 183 lb ut 576c; do 136 lb at 
do 141 lb at 6c; veals 120 lb at 496c; do 133 lb at 596c. 
sheep and Lambs.— Clipped Ohio sheep 83 lb aver¬ 
age at 676 per lb; Mary land spring lambs 5876 lb at 9c; 
Kentucky Spring Lambs 5776 lb at 996c per lb; do 5276 
lb at 976c; Clipped State Yearlings, 55 lb at 674c; 
Clipped Kentucky owes 02 lb at 576c; do 114 lb at 6c; 
Kentucky Sheep 8876 lb at *5 70 per 100 lb: Ohio do 
8876 Jb at $6 50. Kentucky spring lambs 56 lb at 996c per 
lb; clipped Ohio sheep S676 lb at 676c; do 82 lb ati>76c; 
do 951b at 696c; Kentucky oo (ewes) 92 ft at 516c: Ken 
tucky lambs 59 lb at 9c do, 5676 lb at 996 do 54 lb at 10c, 
clipped Ohio culls 53 tb at 476c; Clipped Ohio Sheep 
71 lb at 574c; Virginia owes 92 lb at 574c: Virginia 
spring lambs 5076 lb at 876c late yesterday: Virginia 
lambs 5376 lb at 9J4e clipped Ohio sheep 8676 lb aver¬ 
age at $6 25: do 81 lb at $5 30, Stale ewes 98 lb at 574 c. 
Hogs.—N one for sale alive. Nominally firm at 5-96® 
per lb. 
Chicago.—Cattle.- Market strong for light, heavy 
steady. Steers. $4 CO®5 00;; Cows. *1 80®3 OO; Stock¬ 
ers und feeders, $2 50® 4 00; Texas cal tie $1 50 to 4. 
Hogs.— Market uctlvc. Mixed $5 40@5 70; Heavy, $5 55 
®5 80. Light, $6 40®5 65; skips, ?8 75®5 10. Sheep.— 
Market steady. Wooled, $4 5t®6 40; shorn $3 00 to 86; 
Texans, woollcd, $4 50®5 70; shorn $2 75®5 10: Lambs, 
$5 ?5®7 00. 
Communications Received sor the Whkk Ending 
May 19, 1888. 
J. M. Young, thanks—W. H. H.—C. E. A.—A. M.—P, 
M. S. E. T. L. B , thanks.—V. L.-E. L.-J. D„ thanks. 
G. McB.-E F. Y.-E. L.-J. B.-J. M. Y —C. E. A —W. 
L.—T. H. J.—A. E. G., thanks—M. Harmon, thank 
you.—D. B. W., seeds received.—N. H , thanks.—V. L. 
-J. W. II. J W. K B. & T.-W. A. Co.-H. L. C.-F. 
L. K.-G H.-A. M f’g. Co.-E. J. L.-E. L. B.-D. D. B. 
-J. 8. W.-N. A -A. M.-J. A. K.-G. B. G -F. O. C.— 
H. H. L—C. C II,-TI A. L.-M. M.-J. A. G.- P. M. A. 
—J. P. R., thanks.—N. A. W., thanks.—H. S.—A. E. M. 
B -A L. J.-H. 8.-H. W.-E. L. V.-C. 8.-E. L.T.-M. 
H.-T. R. W—J. W.-H. J—P. F. J—W, F. W.—J. W. 
—T, K. P.-B. T. A.-W. G. MeC.—F\ P. C.-E. T'—K. F. 
K.-O. E. F.—A. E. G.- J. W- 8.—J. T.-S. McD.-N. A. 
W., thanks.-T. V. M.-R. H. W.-G. 8.- F. B, F.-A, B. 
F.—Anne G., thanks. 
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