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THE B5JRAL NSW-Y9BKER. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, July 6, 1889 
According to a correspondent of Bell’s 
Messenger, no one section of the Paris Expo¬ 
sition possesses greater interest to British 
farmers than the one devoted to the agricul¬ 
ture of the United States. The work of 
grouping the many and varied objects of in¬ 
terest and study in this collection involved 
much patient care and discrimination on the 
part of the American commissioners, and the 
results achieved reflect credit alike on the 
commissioners and thecountry they represent. 
Upon entering the United States court at the 
east end the visitor sees a display of forest 
products from the great lumber regions of 
the States. These are exhibited in various 
stages, from the raw timber to the manufac¬ 
tured product. Associated with this display is 
a model of a tree-planting machine of great 
merit, the machine itself having been proved 
capable of planting as many as 8,000 or 10.000 
trees in a single day. Close at hand is seen a 
valnable series of wall charts, illustrating in 
graphic form the economic features of cereal 
cultivation, agricultural education, railroad 
development, and subjects of allied character. 
A collection of cotton fiber products includes 
a large number of specimens of raw cotton, 
cotton seed, cotton-seed cake and oil, and cot¬ 
ton-oil soap. Adjacent to this exhibit is a 
variety of specimens of flax, jute, and of the 
ramie fiber grown in Texas. Next is a collec¬ 
tion of the wools produced in different parts 
of the Union by the various breeds of sheep at 
present in favor with American farmers. The 
native fruit industry is illustrated by an ex¬ 
hibit comprising raisins, oranges and nuts, 
models of apples, pears, and other cultivated 
fruits, and a series of American wines. At 
the other end of this court the surroundings 
are chiefly corn and honey. The grain ex¬ 
hibit is almost bewildering in the number and 
variety of products. In one case alone there 
are upwards of 250 varieties of seed grains— 
“ corn ” or maize in every conceivable form, 
from all the principal grain-growing regions 
of the Union. An instructive collection of 
prepared food-stulfs includes pearl hominy, 
yellow Indian meal, crushed wheat, rice, and 
rice meal. A remarkably fine exhibit of hops 
is appropriately flanked by a series of bottles 
of American beer. The honey collection in¬ 
cludes honey in every known form, a 
series of bee appliances, and the pack¬ 
ages in general use for shipping and 
marketing the products of the hive. 
The very beautiful display illustrative of the 
economic entomology of the United States, 
prepared by Prof. Riley includes specimens 
not only of useful insects, but of the many in¬ 
sect pests, including Hessian fly, army worm, 
Rocky mountain locusts, and numerous others 
which annually inflict enormous loss upon 
^merican farmers. The specimens are shown 
conjunction with specimens of the plants 
^»ich they attack in order to indicate the na¬ 
ture of the injury, and to suggest remedial or 
p.V'venti ve measures. The exhibit of vegeta- 
LC products includes preserved sweet corn, 
gojwn for table use, tomatoes, peas and other 
vegetables, bottled or canned. Forage plants 
and grasses are presented in a collection of 
great variety and interest, and while the 
grasses include a few forms known in British 
agriculture, most of them are of a character¬ 
istic American type. The silk Industry is not 
overlooked. Illustrations are afforded of the 
various stages of manipulation through 
which the raw material passes, and there are 
shown 64 specimens of cocoons produced in 
the United States, including several spec¬ 
imens of a cross-bred race, raised 
with no outcrossing for 18 years A 
carefully made selection of tobacco products 
from Virginia, Kentucky, Connecticut and 
Maryland serves to show what perfection the 
tobacco industry has attained. A small 
grouD of sugar maples and sorghum plants 
will remiud the continental cultivators of 
sugar-beet that their industry is one that has 
not escaped the competitive instincts of 
American enterprise. A large collection of 
cut meats, lards, hams and canned products 
from Chicago packers and well-known houses 
in the Eastern States bears testimony to the 
efforts that are beiug made to secure for the 
States a world-wide trade in the animal prod¬ 
uce of the prairie and the corn field. A num¬ 
ber of very graphic charts and niap3 indicate 
the growth and development of this industry 
from 1810 to 1884. and give the numbers of 
animals and their values in periods of five and 
10 years. The dairy display is included in 
the animal products exhibit, but is not yet 
complete. The cheese and butter exhibits 
will bo contained in a refrigerator, con¬ 
structed for the purpose. The butter has been 
selected with a view to the development of 
European trade, but it will include a number 
of small packages, such as are used for the 
home trade in the States. In connection with 
the dairy exhibit is an ingenious working 
model of a creamery operated on the cream- 
gathering system as usually practiced by 
American factory butter makers. 
The agricultural implement department is in¬ 
cluded in a separate section. State 
Dairy Commissioner Brown has under con¬ 
sideration what steps are necessary to be 
taken to enforce comp'iauce with the law 
passed at the last session of the New York 
legislature to prevent deception in the sale 
of vinegar.Prof. Snow of the 
Kansas State University, says that a disease 
has made its appeal ance among chinch bugs, 
which is thinufug their ranks rapidly. 
He terms the disea c e white fungus, but many 
entomologists call it chinch bug cholera. 
The disease is very contagious. Prof. Snow 
shut up a number of healthy bugs with a few 
dead ones and they all died in a few days. 
Prof. Snow says any field cau be cleared of the 
bugs by scattering a few dead ones therein. 
The disease is prevalent all over the West. 
Farmers from different parts of Iowa report 
that a strange insect is at work in the corn 
fields. It is a small green bug, which works 
at the root of the corit and destroys its vital¬ 
ity. Tue ground in some fields appears to be 
fairly alive with the pest. .A black beetle balf- 
an-inch long with a snout one-third of its length 
and known to entomologists as the sculptured 
corn curculio, is ravaging the growing corn in 
New Castle county, Del. 
The Connecticut State Agricultural Society 
will hold its 20th exhibition at Meriden park 
and town ball, September 17—20. Very lib¬ 
eral premiums are offered for “ speed,” and 
ordinary ones for agricultural products. W. 
F. Andros, secretary, East Hartford. 
ThelOdh Annual Fair of the Sussex County 
Agricultural Society, will be held at Newton, 
N. J., September 10—13. In the Premium 
List are given the points of excellence of the 
different breeds of cattle, together with the 
scale of points used in judging. The society of¬ 
fers comparatively liberal premiums, but 
those offered for “trials of speed 1 ’ overtop 
them all. Among the latter, however, is a 
new feature, a purse of $100 guaranteed for 
the fa-test-walking farm team, single half- 
mile dash, to be driven to a common farm 
wagon. 
Gov. Hoard has appointed W. C. Thom of 
Beloit, Dairy and Food Commissioner of Wis¬ 
consin. The Buffalo fly is said to have 
made its appearance in New Jersey, two fatal 
cases having occurred in one herd. This is a 
common pest in low, swampy places in the 
South, but so far as we know, has not before 
appeared so far north.The Agricul¬ 
tural Department has sent out an expedition 
through the Southwest to collect specimens of 
wild fruits, grasses and grains of that region. 
.A beef-skinning contest at Spring- 
field, Ill., was won by a Springfield butcher 
in six minutes, 57 seconds.The Ne¬ 
braska State Horticultural Society meets at 
Fremont, July 17—18. An interesting pro¬ 
gramme is promised . Farmers of 
the State of New York held a preliminary 
convention at Rochester, N. Y., on July 3, to 
arrange for a State Convention, the object of 
which is to adopt means to increase taxation 
on personal property, and shift it from the 
land. Knights of Labor were invited to sefid 
delegates with a view to uniting the farmers 
and Knights in an aggressive movement. 
.Oscar O. Gibbs, formerly editor of the 
Farmers’ Review, of Chicago, died at Keno¬ 
sha, Wis., recently of paralysis. Secre¬ 
tary Rusk has made the following appoint¬ 
ments; Thomas Taylor, Massachusetts, Micro- 
scopist, $2,500; George Vasey, Illinois, Botan¬ 
ist, $2,500; H. E. Vandeman, Kansas, 
Pomologist, $2,500. 
Crops & markets. 
Saturday, July 6, 1889. 
HERE AND ELSEWHERE. 
The winter-wheat harvesting line has ad¬ 
vanced as far north as Ohio and Indiana, and 
the crop as a general thing seems to be quite 
satisfactory. Spring wheat is not so promis¬ 
ing, while corn is very backward. There is 
plenty of old corn reported in the West, 
though but lit;io of it seems to be coming into 
market. 
The butter market is weak, with no pros¬ 
pects of higher prices. The receipts at this 
market have been very heavy, and the bulk 
of the stock has gone into cold storage. There 
is little prospect for advanced prices for some 
time to come, unless for the best grades. The 
Utica cheese market showed a decline in 
prices, but the quality of the offerings was 
good. The price ranged from eight to 8% 
cents. At Little Falls the ruling price was 
S% cents, Prices at the other markets in 
Northern New York ranged from 8% to 9>g 
cents. 
The Nsw York hop yards are reported as 
looking fairly well. 
The Fruit Market.— This city is well sup¬ 
plied with all kinds of fruit both tropical and 
home-grown. Strawberries are on their 
“last legs,” and with the abundance of other 
fruits, go slow at low prices. Raspberries, 
blackberries, huckleberries, currants, goose¬ 
berries, cherries are very plentiful. As usual, 
the best grades sell at good prices, but poor 
fruits are a drug on the market. The presence 
of early yellow Crawford peaches is a novelty 
at this early period. Georgia furnished the 
supply. California will send a similar variety 
shortly. Some California apricots and peach 
plums, SIS boxes and 160 boxes respectively, 
were sold by auctiou Wednesday. TLe apricots 
brought $1.15 to $1.70, and the plums $3.85. 
The price of beans has jumped up on ac¬ 
count of light arrivals. 
Sweet corn has made its appearance. Other 
vegetables are in full supply. 
LATEST MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York, Saturday, July 6 , ISS9. 
NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Cotton.—T he quotations, according to the American 
classification, are as follows: 
New Orleans. 
Uplands. and Quit. Texas 
Ordinary. 8 8-16 8 7-16 . 
8trlct Ordinary. S9* 81* _ 
Good Ordinary. 9 9 -16 9 13-16 . 
8trlct Good Ordinary.. 10 1UU . 
Low Middling.10W 1094 .... 
8trlctLew Middling...11)44 11 . 
Middling .11 15-16 11 8-16 . 
Gootl Middling.11 7-16 11 11-16 . 
Strict Good Middling.. 11 11-16 11 15-16 . 
Middling Fair.12t4 129* . 
Fair. 1292 13 . 
STAINED, 
Good Ordinary.8 1-16 I Low Middling .. 95* 
8triet Good Ord.8 11-16 I Middling.10 7-16 
Wool,.—Sprlug Texas, I7@23c, and Fall do 20325c; 
Fall California, U@l8c, and Spring do 18(3)31; Scoured 
Texas, 52(a«58c; Delaine, 86c; Indiana, 29c; Scoured 
Territory, 55c; Donskol, 24)*c: XX Ohio, 34c; Scoured 
Colorado, 53c; Australian, 38e. 
Poultry— Chickens, spring, per lb, 12@17c. 
Liyr Fowls, near-by. per ft, 10@10!*c; fowls. 
Western, per ft, 10@10J*@—c roosters, per ft. 6 c; tor- 
keys, per ft 9310c; ducks, western.per pair, 70@0.90c; 
geese, western, per pair, $1 15®?1 40. 
poultry.—Dressed— Turkeys, dry picked, good to 
choice, per ft, 10 it 12c: do do, common to fair, 8@9c, 
do, Iced, dry picked, choice, 8 ®—c. Fowls, western, 
do, choice, 11)*®—c; do, nearby, do do, 12@13c;, 
Chicks and Fowls, mixed. 12@i4c; do do do, scalded, 
10®llc. Squabs, white, per do?., 83 00®?S 2.5 do, dark 
do, ?175®?2 00. Chickens Philadelphia, dry picked 
243.23c, do Jersey, do, choice, 18®28c do nearby, do. 
good 183280 ; do Western, do do, I6®22c; do do, iced, 
good to choice 15®18c. Ducks, spring, choice, per lb, 
14318c; do do, good, 11314; do Western, good, 10@14c. 
Geese. Western, good, 8 ® 10c, 
Hops.— State, new, best, 22®23c; do. prime, 20322c; 
do, low grades, 13@16c; do do, 1887, 8 ®9 do do do 
California, common to prime, 14®20e: choice, 2fi@22c 
Hay and Straw.— Choice Timothy,90®?-; do good 
do, 75@80c; do medium, 65®7Uc ; shipping, 60®65c; do, 
Clover, mixed, 50®55c. Straw.—No. 1, rye, 65@70c; 
short do 50@55; oat, 40@—c. 
Beans.— Marrows, new, *2 50®?-: new mediums 
choice,?250®-; pea, ?250@$-; red kidney, $3 00; 
white kidneys, choice,2 60®-•. foreign, mediums, 135 
@1 55; California Lima, $3 60®$-: green peas, 
?145@?l 50. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet. Fancy, hand-picked 
quoted at 8 ®-c, and farmers’ grades at 5®7!*c. 
Pecans, 5@7)*c. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKETS. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes.—Eastern Shore, per bbl, *1.- 
75@S2 00; New, poor to good, 0 75 ? ra?l 50; Old. $1 00@ 
$1 25, Norfolk, New, ?l Id's $2 25, Cabbage—New. per 
100, $1 503*2 50. Cucumbers, per crate, 50c<4$0 75. 
Squash, per bbl. 75c@$l 50. Tomatoes, per crate, 50c@ 
?1 50. Onions -New Orleans, per bbl, 83 0OaS3 25; East 
Shore, do, $2 25®?2 50. Beans, string. Der erate40®75c. 
Asparagus per doz, ?5c@?l 50. Corn per 100, 50c®?l 00. 
Onions, Egyptian, per bag. ? 8 2o@$3 50. 
Fruits.—Fresh.— Peaches, per crate. $0 50@*3 50; 
do. per box. 75c®?l 25. Cherries, per lb, 4®14c; Huck¬ 
leberries, per qt, 9®12c Gooseberries, per qt. 4<x5e. 
Plums, per qt, 10®13c. Apples-Southern,per bbl,SI 50c 
®$ 2 fo. Strawberries-Western N. Y., 5wllc. Rasp¬ 
berries, per pt, 2@8c. Watermelons, per 100, ?1'2 (.0® 
$25 00. Currants, per lb, 4®5c. Blackberries, per qt, 
4@12c. 
Domestic Dried.— Apples, evaporated, new, choice 
to fancy, 5)4@6c; do new, common to prime, 3**®5)*c; 
sliced, new, 3@ 394c;quarters, 2 «j® 3 ) 4 c: chopped, 1)43 
l)*c; cores and skins, 1®—c. Cherries, new, I0@l4c. 
Raspberries, new, I7@l9c. Blackberries, 4®4)4c. 
Huckleberries, 10®lie. Peaches—Delaware, evapo¬ 
rated. peeled, 10@14c; do do, unpeeled. 5®6c; North 
Carolina sun-dried, peeled, 6 )*® 8 c. plums, 5®5)*c. 
PROVISION MARKETS 
New Y ORK.—PROVI8IOR8.—pore.—N ew mess,13 25®13 
50, short clear, $14 00316 00. Extra Prime mess. $12 50@ 
?— prlmedo, $12®$12 25andfamlly mess, $1275 ®1S25. 
Beef— India'leas in tierces, $1231250 Extra Mess, in 
barrels. ?6 753700 Packet, ?9 50®?10 00 per bbl, and 
?12@?12 50 In tierces; Plate. $7 5033 00; Family at $11 
—®$14. Hams— $13 50@?14 00, Winter packing. Cut 
Meats.— Quoted 12 lb average.Bellies. 6)*®—c; Plekled 
Hams, 1194c: pickled Shoulders. S>*@65*<5 ; Smoked 
shoulders 6)*c: do Hams. I2)*312)*c. Dressed Hogs.— 
City, heavy to llght.6®69*c. Pigs. 694c. Lard. -City 
steam, $6 35; June, $—•: July, $6 94, August, $7 03; 
September, $7 11; October. ?7 17; South America, 7.6c. 
Boston.—Provisions firm and steadv. New Mess, 
Pork, $13 75®? 14 00; Old Mess Pork, $13 00®?13 25; Ex¬ 
tra Prime, new, ? 1 S 00®?13 25. Lard, $8 50®?9 50. 
Philadelphia. Pa.— provisions.— Potatoes lower; 
Early Rose. 27®S0c per bush.: Burbanks and White 
Stars 28®S2c ; Hebron, choice. 35®40; New Potatoes. 
Florida, per bbl , $1 75®$2 50. Provisions were 
steady. Beef.— City family, per bbl. ?9UO@?9 50; do, 
packets,$8@8 50; smoked beef,i0®l0!*c; beef hams.SU 
Pork.—M ess. $14 00®?-; do Prime Mess, new, S13 
50: do. family, $15 i>J®15 50; Hams, smoked, per lb, 
U)*®lSc: do, S. P., cured In tierces, 9>*@llc: do 
do. In salt. 10c: sides, clear ribbed, smoked. —®Sc; 
shoulders. In dry salt and fully cured, 6V4@644c do, do, 
smoked, 7c; Shoulders, pickle cured, 7®7)4c; do do 
smoked, 8®8)*c; bellies, In pickle, 8®3>*c ; do 
breakfast bacon, 9)*®10c. Lard.— Steady; Cltv re¬ 
fined, 8c ; do steam, 7@7)4c; butchers’ loose, 6)*®7. 
Chicago.—Mess Pork.—$11 85®U 90 Lard.—$ 6 62®— 
per 100 lbs; Short Rib sides (loose), $5 95; dry salted 
shoulders, boxed, ?5 37; short clear sides, boxed, 
$6 25® $6 37. 
DAIRY AND EGG MARKETS. 
New Y ork.—Butter— Ne w—State andPenn.best.17 ® 
17)*. Elgin. best.lS®—: Western.best 17®—; doprlme, 
I5(a;i6; dogood, l4<#Ufs:do poor. 12® 13. State, Dairy 
lialf-flrklns, tubs, best. 17®-c; do do prime. 16®—; 
do do fine. 14 !*'<l 15; Welsh tubs, fine, 15!*al6; dodo, 
good. 14@14)*; firkins, best. — ®—c; do prime, —®—c; 
do fine,—®—e. Western imitation Creamery, best, 
14!*® 15; do fine, 12®13; Western dairy, fine, 13^14; do 
fair, ll@l2c; do poor. 9310c; do factory, fresh, best. 
12!*® 13, doprlme, 11J*®12; do good,10® 11; do poor, 8 
@9c. 
Cheese.—S tate factory, fancy, S94c : do do nne, 
—3-c; do do, prime. S@8)*c; dodo, fair to good. 
7)4®794c: Ohio, flat, prime. 7)4® 8 c ; do good, —@—c; 
do. good. —®—; Skims, light, 5)*®7e; do medium, 
2 ®S; do full, l® 2 c. 
Eggs,—N ear-by, fresh, 14)*@15®-c; Canadian, 14c; 
Southern, 13311c; Western, best, 18)4@lS94c. Duck, 
14® 16c; Goose, 2t)**'®25c. 
Philadelphi a.—butter firm. Pennsylvania cream¬ 
ery extra, at 16®17c: Pennsylvania Prints, extra. 2Cc; 
B. C. and N. Y. creamery, extra. 17c; Western factory 
14® 15c; packing butter, 11312c. Eggs.—Were dull; 
Pennsylvania firsts 15®16c; Western firsts. 14® 15c; 
Cheese dull-steady; demand fair; New York full 
cream, at 9®9>*c; Ohio flats choice, 3**e; do, fair to 
prime, 7!*® Sc. 
Chicago, Ill.— Butter.— On the Produce Exchange 
Co-daythe butter market was generally firm; Elgin 
creamery. 15!*®16)*c. choice Western. 15®l5)*e. choice 
dairy. 12®13>*c; common to fair, 3®10c. Eggs firm at 
12 ® 12 J*c. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—Sales —Ungraded Winter Red at S5V4 
@8794; No. 2 Red afloat, 879*3871*0; do. In store, 
S uoted safic, and do f. o. b. S69*@889*c, according io 
elivery: No. 2 July. 8594®S69*c; do August, 85)4'a857*c. 
do September, S5iq "=859*c ; do October, 8r*43S67*c . do 
December, 8i)*@3S7*c. Ryk— Dull and somewhat 
nominal. Western quoted at 50!*®51J4c: State, 52® 
5S0tc Corn-C ontinued free buy tug by shippers 
serves as a strengthlug feature to the cash market. 
Ungrade 1 Mixed at42i481*c: No. 2 Mixed. 42>*e ele¬ 
vator. 43 35S!*c afloat, to arrive and spot; 42!*@4.:94c. 
c f. and l.; No. 2 Julv, 42M<a42 5-16c ; do August, 42)* 
(<ii594c ; do September. 43)*@4S)*c ; do October. 41943 
45J*e. Oats.- Sales—No 8, 28e. do White, S2)*c; No. 2. 
289*32894c; do White, 3394c ; No. 1 White, S8c; Mixed 
Western, 27@30c; White do, 33@S9c ; No. 2 July, 2994c, 
do August, 28 1 t-16@2S9te; do September, '.S9*e; do Oc¬ 
tober, 2894 c; do May, 82 c; do While, July, nomiual. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
New York, Saturday, July 6,1889. 
BEEVES.—No trading. Feeling steady. Dressed 
Beef slow and dragging at 594@694c per lb. with a few 
choice sides selling at 7c. 
CALVES—Fair to prime Veals sold mainly at 4@4)*c 
(few choice at 5c). Dressed Calves slow. Country 
dressed Veals sold at 5@7c (few 7J*c), and city dressed 
at 6®8c; dressed Buttermilks at S)*@4)*c. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Sheep In fair demand and 
steady, and prime Lambs firm and wanted Sales 
were at 39435)40 per lb for poor to good Sheep, and 
6)*®796 for Lambs, with Choice sold as hl^n as 7)*c. 
Dressed Mutton quiet at 8®10c, and cressed Lambs ln 
fair demand at 9® 12c. 
HOGS.—No sales on live weight. Nominally weak 
at ?4 50@@$4 9o per 100 lbs. 
Communications Received for the Week Ending 
July 6 , 1889. 
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