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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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advise a breeder, if he desires to produce 
roadsters, to cross on the common mares 
in his district a standard-bred trotting 
horse, as I believe, for this purpose, no ani¬ 
mal will take the place and have the endur¬ 
ance and staying qualities of the standard- 
bred trotter. If the object of breeding is 
to bring up a class of horses for general 
purposes on the farm, I would advise cross¬ 
ing on the common mares of the country a 
pure bred Clydesdale stallion. This cross 
should produce an all-work horse, weigh¬ 
ing about 1,400 to 1,450 pounds at maturity, 
having a good, broad, flat leg, good feet, 
kind disposition, an animal well adapted 
to plowing, drawing loads to town, or trot¬ 
ting back home with the empty wagon. My 
imnressions are that to breed a registered 
Percberon stallion on the common mares 
of the country would produce a grade 
better adapted for farm work than for 
heavy draft work on the pavements in a 
city. Crossing any of the improved draft 
breeds, tiz. : Clydesdales, English Shire, 
Suffolk Punch, Belgian or Percherou stal¬ 
lions, on the common mares of the country, 
will produce an improved class of horses 
for heavy team work. Being myself a 
breeder of Clydesdales. I should naturally 
he inclined to prefer Clydes for such cross¬ 
ing; but at the same time I will be fair 
enough to admit that in certain places and 
for certain purposes some of the others 
enumerated will give good satisfaction. If 
horses are wanted for carriage or roadster 
work, my experience leads me to believe 
that there is nothing produced on earth 
equal, in the many qualifications required, 
to the American trotting horse. If properly 
broken he is always cheerful, fearless, 
and possesses the necessary qualities for 
the work he may be called upon to do. I 
do not believe that there was ever a class of 
horses, cattle, sheep or swine bred that can 
be safely called the best. Each of the im¬ 
proved breeds is, in my judgment, oest in 
certain places. The only thing for breeders 
to keep in mind is to be sure to get the 
right animal in the right place.” 
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AGRICULTURAL. 
SATURDAY, June 14, 1890. 
There is a report of the discovery of a 
plant growing in abundance on the shores 
of the Caspian Sea which is likely to prove 
a powerful rival of jute. 
The stringent measures adopted by the 
Department of Agriculture for the extirpa¬ 
tion of pleuro-pneumonia have resulted, it 
is reported, in eradicating it everywhere 
except in some of the herds in Kings and 
Queens Counties, Long Island. A raid has 
been made upon these herds during the 
week by the government agents, and many 
diseased and exposed cattle were captured 
and killed. Many of the owners forcibly 
resisted the agents. . The condemned cattle 
are appraised by the veterinary inspector, 
and the owners paid by the government. 
During the last four months 1,048 cattle 
have been slaughtered, of which 263 were 
diseased and 783 had been exposed. The 
government paid out $37,564.50, and re¬ 
ceived $16,432.52 as salvage on meat of nou- 
diseased cattle. 
Seventeen-year locusts have appeared in 
several places in New York State, to the 
great surprise of State Entomologist Lint- 
ner, who says they were not due until 1894. 
He says there are six broods of these lo¬ 
custs. and the ones now appearing cannot 
belong to any of them. He is investigating 
them. 
The American Seed Trade Association 
began its ninth annual meeting at Sara¬ 
toga, on Tuesday. Eighteen States and 
the Dominion of Canada were represented. 
The McKinley bill so far as it affects 
garden seeds was discussed. The majority 
of the members seem to favor this bill, 
which is evidently in their interest. 
The commencement exercises at the 
Massachusetts Agricultural College, at 
Amherst, begin to-morrow and coutinue 
four days. 
It is reported that the sale of the Chicago 
Stockyards to an English syndicate will 
be consummated July l. There is also a 
rumor that after the sale local capitalists 
will combine and start another concern. 
Steps have been taken to establish in St. 
Petersburg a society for the insurance of 
crops against climatic mishaps. The Ag¬ 
ricultural Society of the metropolis has 
initiated the movement. 
The Senate passed the bill to prohibit 
monopoly in the transportation of cattle 
to foreign countries; also a resolution re¬ 
questing the President to cause negotia¬ 
tions with British authorities for the abro¬ 
gation or modification of the regulation re¬ 
quiring that American cattle exported to 
Great Britain be slaughtered at the port 
of entry: also, the Senate bill to provide 
for the inspection of live cattle and beef 
products intended for export to foreign 
countries. 
Articles of incorporation of the Western 
Union Beef Company, with a capital of 
$15,000,000, were filed with the Secretary of 
State of Colorado, recently. The company 
is a consolidation of all the principal stock 
interests of Colorado, Wyoming, New Mex¬ 
ico, and Texas, among which are the North 
America Cattle Company, and Frontier 
Land and Cattle Company, of Wyoming; 
the Brush Land and Cattle Company, of 
Colorado; the Nueces Land and Cattle 
Company, the Fort Stockton Live Stock 
and Land Company, the San Antonio 
Ranch Company, of Texas; and the Phoenix 
Farm and Ranch Company, of New Mex¬ 
ico. The principal office will be in Denver, 
with a branch in New York. 
Beeciiam’s Pills cure SickHeadache. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, June 14 , 1890 
Brans.— Marrows— New, fi :s7@82 40; New Mediums 
choice, $1 900*19">; Pea, $1 90®|2UO; Red Kidney, $4 '0; 
White Kidney, choice,$2 350*2 40. Foreign Mediums. 
81 500*1 65; California Lima, $2 600*8 70- Dalian. 81 65 
@81*5. Green Peas. 95c.0*l 05 Scorch Pease, $1.10. 
Buttkb—N ew—Elgin. best, 1414015c; Western, best 
1314014c; do prime, 12®l3c: do Rood, 10011- do poor, 
6010; State. Dairy, half-flrklns. tutis. best, 14@15c; do 
prime. 12018; do tine, 10.011: Welsh tubs, fine, 12013c; 
do goad, 10®He. Western Imitation Creamery, best, 
1101124: do nno, 8010: Western dairy, One, 10O—c; 
tin fair 8h9c:do poor. R®?c: do factory, fresh, best. 
9010c, do prime. 809c; do good, 7®8; do poor, 5 
0626c. 
New Cheese.— Fancy White. 82409: fancy colored, 
82409; fair, hosH; light skims, 70124; skims, 303. 
Eoos.—Near by fresn, 1324c; Canadian. 132491324c.; 
Southern, 123401226c: Western, best. 124£913c. 
Fruits.—Fresh.— Apples. tier bbl. 83 25(387 00; Lem¬ 
ons. per box. $2 50(08150; Strawberries.3318c. Goose¬ 
berries, per quart, 90lue. Cherries, Virginia, 5®l8c. 
Domestic DiuED-Apples— Evaporated, old, 709c.; 
do choice, new. 1101126c; prime, 1 O 01 o 2 *c: sliced, new, 
424 @ 624 C : do old. 3)6® 3%c; Chopped, 4@42£c, Cores and 
skins, 144(02c. Cherries new. 8012c; do, old. 8010c. 
Raspberries, new 25®30c; Blackberries, 3260426c. 
Peaches, Delaware.evaporated,peeled, 15022c; dodo, 
unpeeled, 70Hic; Georg la. evaporated, peeled, new, 13 
(015c : do do do. unpeeled.7®9t*c; do do, sundrled, 80 
11c. Huckleberries, new. 8010c. Plums, new, 506c. 
Game.— Plover, per doz, 31 00081 75 ; Snipe do do, 
$1 00082 (JO. 
Hay anu Straw. -Timothy, best, 65090c; do good, 
650750: do medium. 5OC06O; Clover, mixed. 45055c; 
shipping, 850400. Straw—N o. 1 rye, 90c.0$1 00; short 
rye. 45055c; oat and wheat, 30040c. 
Hosky—Iu one-pound boxes. White Clover 11012c; 
Buckwheat, 1U011C: Beeswax 22023c. 
Hors.-State. New, 20@21c; do, good, 18319c; do 
common,14015c; do 1888. oest, ll®12c; dodo prime,100 
Uc, dodo, common, 708c; California. New, best, 190 
2le; do good to prime, 16018c do Old, best, 11012c; 
do common and fair, 709c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet. Fancy, hand-picked,quoted 
82408-lsic, ami farmers’ grades at 12408 c, Pecans, 9010c 
Poultry. Dressed —luricey ■>, mixed, per lb. 90 
16c; Fowls, western, choice, 9<tl0c; do common to, 
good, 8090: Ducks, spring, good, 16018; Squab; 
white, per dozen, $2 50082 75, do dark, do. $1 f u.«,81 75: 
Chickens, spring, 17028c: Fowls, near by. 1001026c ; 
Capons, 16022c: Slips, 16018c. Broilers, heavy, 25032c; 
do. light, 35037c. 
Poultry—Live.—C hickens—Spring, per lb. 14018c; 
Fowls near-by,per lb.100—- 0 , 00 W estern.per lb. 924 
@10c; roosters, per lb, 5240 — 0 : Turkeys, per lb, S<# 
10c, Ducks, Western, per pair, 6O0$() 75; Geese,West¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 0U@*1 25. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes—Maine per bbl. *1 75082(10; 
New Brunswick. $ 75/>$2: State do. 15cutil 50 do New 
Orleans, 25; Charleston do. $2 50082 75. Western, 
do, 75c.«t$l 50; Bermuda, do. $1 500*3 00, Florida, do, 
$2 OOmJSOO; Scotch Magnum, per 168-lb. sack, 75c. 
<0$1 50, Sweets do. $2 5U<®$4 00. Cabbage, per loo, 
*10 000815 00 . Turnips, per bbl, $1 5008115; Onions— 
Bermuda, ptr crate, *2 00; Havana, do do, $1 750*2 25, 
Tomatoes, per crate, $1 50083 00 . Beets per erate, 
SI 000*1 50; Asparagus, per dozen, *0 500*115; Egg 
Plant, per bbl., *3 000*0 00; Peas, per crate. SI 000 
$1 25; String Beans, per erate, $0 250*1 00; Cabbages, 
Norfolk, per bbl.. *l<a*2 25. do Charleston, *2 (. 0 , 0*2 25; 
Cucumbers, per erate, $0 500*1 50; Squash, per bbl. 
25C.01. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT. Cables were dull and rather easier, and 
the weather reports from the West were generally 
favorable. Clearances showed a slight Increase, and 
arrivals at all pulnts were ouly r moderate. ”Brai- 
street ” reports a decrease for the week of 8 0 000 
bushels In available stocks east of the Rockies, but 
that did not affect the market. Sales—Ungraded 
Winter Red at 37096c.: No. 2 Red, f. o. o., 95.9526c.; 
No. 1 Hard spring afloat, si: No. 1 Northern Spring, 
9»2(i■ SWfcc alloat; No 2 Bed quoted 9394 c. store. #32* 
0959 * 0 . afloat; No. 2 June, y 32 v 09 i 2 »c.; <10 July, 9-940 
94Jj.e.; do August, 92->4 9424c.; do September, 9;4 4 aide.; 
do December. 949f.0954 4 e.; do May. 93 ) 40999 * 0 . nVE.— 
Again tower and in moderate demand Sales -Western 
56240 .. delivered for export; Western, iu boatloads, 
quoted at 562ac.. Canada, 'i5e.; State. 58c. CORN.— 
Also weakened, as influenced by the break In wheat. 
Receipts continued Ductal, and that, too. had a de¬ 
pressing Influence. The spot market suffered a loss 
oi 2 » 0 -b,e. and olo-ed with freer offerings Demand 
fiom exporters was more active at the de line. 
“ Bradstreet ” reported a decrease of 1.765,(Kid bushels 
last week in available stocks east of the Rockies. 
Sales Ungraded Mixed and White, 894404224 c.; 
Si earner Mixed, 4104 24<--. afloat; No. 2 Mixed, 
41 * 40 ., store and elevator, 412sw42c. afloat; No. 2 June 
4 •},; do July, 41 7 - 160419*0 ; do August, 422*0429*0 ; 
do September. 429p«43e. CATS—sympathized with 
wneat and corn, closing with a general decline all 
around. The spot market broke fully 24e. on full 
reeel ts ami very moderate demands. Sales—No. 3 
Mixed, 34 c. elevator; No. 3 White, 339 * 0340 . elevator , 
No. 2 Mixed, 3424'« 3484 c. elevator, 35 Si® 354* c. delivered; 
No. 2 While, 342403 e> 4 C. el-valor,352*ig36$i c.delivered; 
clipped No. 2 White. 37e. delivered; No 1 White, 87c. 
elevator; Ungraded Mixed Western, 3224436c.: White 
do, 34 a 40c.; No. 2 J line, 83^aS4c.; do July, S3 >.4 a 33 2 ^ 0 .: 
do August, 32032240. do September, 31081 ) 40 .; No. 2 
Whlte Juue, 3424 ,*3»J*c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—The market opened weak with a down¬ 
ward tendency. Kentucky " stlllers ” sold at $1 400 
$4 35; Pennsylvania (to at *4 4u«»S4 90; poorest, to 
ties 1 corn and meal-fed steers at s 1045 (one steer at 
*5 10); oxen and stags at *3 250 84 23; bulls at *3 U5.« 
*3M(, tUi bid lug 2 cars of slop fed at *3 20® $.1 60 ; dry 
cows ai *2 300*2 90. Pri\ r ute cable advices quote re¬ 
frigerated beef 2*e. loivor and selling at 3J*d. or scant 
7%e., and American steers easier at 1()@llMc., dead 
weight. 
MILCH COWS—Receipts, 177 head. Most of the 
arrivals went direct to Long Island dealers. The 
market Is steady'for good stock. The offerings were 
mainly common to fair grades at $21 to $45 each. 
CALVES.—Dealers report a healthy active market 
at strong prices, with sales of Buttermilk Calves at 
32601c ; mixed lots at 40426c,; common to choice 
Veals at 1940526c ; and a very few picked Harlems 
retailed at 6c. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Common stock was not 
wanted, even at low figures, nut good sheep sold 
fairly weil at previous prices, and prime lambs were 
also In demand, although as compared with Monday 
the lamb market was a fraction lower. Poorest to 
best sheep told at I0f?j'c. per lb .cull lambs at 52406c ; 
ordinary to prime at 6 %<a 8c., winter-fed do at 594 c. 
HOGS.—Quotations are $3 85® $1 le. 
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CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
The statistical returns for June to the 
Department of Agriculture show an in¬ 
crease of acreage in cotton in nearly every 
State. The fair price prevailing, with low 
prices for other products, stimulates the 
extension for planting. The overflow in 
Arkansas and Louisiana delayed planting 
in those States and prevented increase 
which would otherwise have been made. 
There are locations where re-planting to 
perfect stands iujured by cold nights is still 
continued, and will be in extreme cases to 
June 15 In more southern latitudes the 
plants are beginning to bloom. While the 
entire breadth, as a rule, is late, the plants 
are healthy and growing rapidly. The re¬ 
turns also include preliminary estimates of 
the area of wheat both spring and winter, 
and its condition. While several States 
increased the area of winter wheat last 
autumn, the heavy reduction by plowing 
and planting in other crops, to replace the 
winter-killed wheat iu Illinois, in Indiana, 
and to a limited extent in two or three 
other States has reduced the acreage in 
every wheat-growing State of any promi¬ 
nence except Kansas and Oregon. The 
percentages represent the actual area now 
growing, in comparison with the acreage 
harvested last year, and include all that 
was seeded last fall except what had been 
replaced by other crops. The general aver¬ 
age is 91.2, a reduction of 8.8 per 
cent. of last year’s winter wheat 
area. An increase in acreages of spring 
wheat is reported, except in Wisconsin and 
Dakota. The general percentage is 103.8. 
Taking winter and spring wheat together, 
the percentage of last year’s breadth is 
95.4, showing a net loss of nearly 1,750,000 
acres. The estimated area of 1889 was 38,- 
123,859 acres. Condition of growing winter 
wheat has declined from 80 to 78.1 since 
May 1. The average of entire spring wheat 
breadth is 91.2. The reported area of oats 
is 98.7; condition, 89.8. The area of barley 
is 98.1; condition, 86.4. The area of rye is 
98.5; condition, 92.3. The area of clover is 
100.7; condition, 95.1. 
The June report of the South Carolina 
State Department of Agriculture, com¬ 
piled from 240 reports of special corres¬ 
pondents, shows that with few exceptions 
perfect stands of cotton exist throughout 
the State. The plant is healthy, vigorous, 
and well advanced, blossoms having been 
reported in the lower counties several days 
ago. The average condition is 103, against 
78 last year. The increase in acreage is 
four per cent. An excellent stand of corn 
is reported and the crop is clean and grow¬ 
ing finely. The average condition is S9 for 
bottom lands and 97 for uplands, against 
81 last year; 26 per cent, of the crop is 
planted on bottom lands. The wheat 
harvest, just completed, shows a very short 
crop, the yield being 65 per cent, of an aver¬ 
age crop, against 68 last year. The peach 
crop will be almost an entire failure in 
many sections, and the indications are that 
the crop for the entire State will not exceed 
25 per cent, of an average yield. Apples 
and pears are promising. There is a large 
decrease in farm supplies purchased this 
season, the average decrease for the State 
being 19 per cent. 
The first week in June gave the North¬ 
west its first seasonable, growing weather 
of the season. With the high degree of 
temperature there has been in some sections 
of the country an increased development of 
insect life. This has particularly affected 
oats. The result has been that in some areas 
of Illinois the plant has been almost totally 
destroyed. The wheat louse, as it is called, 
has also made its appearance, but so far has 
not done any damage of a material charac¬ 
ter to wheat. Commencing in the far 
Northwest, in the spring wheat areas of 
Minnesota and Dakota, where there has 
been until a very recent date a decided lack 
of moisture, this situation now seems to be 
changed, and all the rams which for the 
time being are needed have fallen and the 
crop is making rapid growth. 
The stand oi corn is not as even or regu¬ 
lar as at this time last year. This is owiug 
to the cold, backward, unfavorable weather 
which has prevailed, which has caused an 
uneven sprouting of the seed. There has 
been but little weather favorable for work¬ 
ing the corn. So far as oats are concerned 
there does not seem to be any uniformity 
with regard to condition or growth. In 
the extreme South, Texas, Kentucky and 
Tennessee, the crop is very poor, hardly 
worth the cutting, and as we work north 
the general condition is from fair to good. 
Last year at this time the prospect all over 
the country for oats could not have been 
improved. 
The wheat crop seems to be going from 
bad to worse, but the results at the thrash¬ 
ing machine will be necessary to determine 
anything like an accurate estimate of the 
yield. The harvest has begun south of the 
Ohio River. The first new wheat reached 
Baltimore Wednesday. It was a lot of 
about 100 bushels of the Fultz variety, and 
was shipped from Urbana. Middlesex 
County, Virginia. It sold at $1.25 ; condi¬ 
tion and quality were very fair, consider¬ 
ing the section from which it was shipped. 
The first wheat last year was received 
June 19 and sold at $1.50. 
Some of the statisticians of the grain 
trade think they can figure close to the 
actual turnout of wheat this year, and 
after accepting the government report 
which would be near the yield for winter, 
proceed thus early to make calculations 
on the spring wheat yield, which, of course, 
through the considerable period to come 
will be susceptible of many changes. The 
winter wheat crop from the government 
report would appear to be 260,000,000 
bushels. For the spring wheat crop a per¬ 
centage was given by the department from 
which some dealers, taking the average of 
a yield of 12 bushels to the acre, bring out 
an estimate of the crop of 157,478,000 
bushels. This would give a total crop of 
417,478,000 bushels. 
Canadian crop reports are encouraging. 
The outlook in Ontario is generally a 
bright one, but much depends upon the 
weather during the next few weeks. Win¬ 
ter wheat suffered severely for want of 
snow and excess of rain, and in some 
places will not average much over half a 
crop. Spring wheat looks very well, par¬ 
ticularly on high laDd. Roots of all kinds 
are in fine shape. Corn is backward, and 
the acreage of barley below the average. 
Fruit bids fair to be a good crop, though it 
has suffered from the recent storms. Hay 
will be a magnificent crop in quantity, 
though a little poor in quality. In Quebec 
everything is backward. Manitoba takes 
a cheerful view of things and expects an 
immense wheat crop. 
The wool clip of Michigan is unusually 
backward about coming to market. Prices 
generally are lower than last year, for 
many buyers lost money last year by the 
decline in prices, and they are cautious 
about buying this year except at apparent¬ 
ly safe prices. Washed wool has sold for 
24 to 30 cents per pound, and unwashed for 
14 to 24 cents. 
At an auction sale of yearlings at Morris 
Park, 29 head were disposed of for $32,275, 
an average of $1,112.93. The higest price 
received was $4,100 and the lowest $325. At 
the Westchester race track on Tuesday 25 
yearlings were sold for $33,400, an average of 
$1,336. The highest price obtained was 
$4,000 and the lowest $400. In the city a 
large number of family and business 
horses were sold at prices ranging from $75 
to $535. 
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