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ture. In Louisiana the crop is in high 
condition, though»somewhat late in the 
overflowed districts. In Texas the crop is 
now matured, and is good, except in the 
area that has suffered most from drought. 
Late-planted corn in Arkansas has been 
seriously injured by drought of the last 
three weeks in July. In western and 
southwestern Kentucky the crop has been 
severely scorched, while the rains since the 
23d of July have materially relieved the 
fields of the central and eastern districts. 
In Ohio there is a great difference between 
the northern and southern parts of the 
State. The southern division of the coun- 
ties of Indiana and Illinois have likewise 
received greater damage than the northern. 
Condition is less reduced in Missouri. In 
Kansas the severity of the drought has 
culminated. Iowa and Nebraska are nearly 
in the status of the Ohio Valley,while Min¬ 
nesota makes the highest average of all the 
States. Wisconsin suffers slightly, and 
Michigan still more, from drought. 
There has been a considerable reduction 
m the condition of spring wheat, amount¬ 
ing to fully 11 points. It is less in the 
Dakotas than in the other spring-wheat 
districts. The average of condition is 80 in 
Wisconsin, 80 in Minnesota, 87 in Iowa, 71 
in Nebraska, and 88 in the Dakotas. The 
latter is a decline of seven points, owing to 
hot southern winds, which affected the 
late-sown more than the early. 
The failure of the oat crop on the Atlan¬ 
tic coast was due to the wet spring and 
late planting in the North, and in the 
South to the freezing of winter oats in 
March. 1 he aphis became a destructive 
pest, followed by rust or blight. This in¬ 
sect was also destructive in the West, and 
was ably abetted in certain districts Dy the 
chinch bug. To cap the climax of disaster 
in the Central West, drought appeared in 
the critical period of ripening. 
The preliminary returns of acreage show 
a small increase in the area devoted to 
buckwheat, the principal increment being 
shown in the States of the Atlantic coast 
and in the Ohio Valley, where it has to 
some extent occupied an area originally in¬ 
tended for other crops. Tne first return of 
condition is very low for the entire breadth, 
the general average being only 90.1. Aver¬ 
ages in States of principal production are : 
hew York, 89; Pennsylvania, 92; Michi¬ 
gan, 86; Wisconsin, 95, and Iowa, 86. 
A 8 in the case of other cereals, barley 
shows lowered condition, the present aver¬ 
age being a little more than five points be¬ 
low that of last month. The decline has 
been heaviest in portions of the northwest 
and in Kansas, where the severe drought 
greatly injured the crop. In Wisconsin 
and California, where some 40 per cent, of 
the crop is grown, there is little change 
since July 1. 
The condition of potatoes is always high¬ 
est in the earliest reports, declining as the 
season advances. The July report this year, 
the first of the year, was 91.7, which was 
low as compared with previous years. The 
present return shows greatly impaired con- 
tion resulting from unfavorable meteoro¬ 
logical influences. Drought in the Ohio 
Valley, and in the States west of the Mis¬ 
sissippi River, has been severe over large 
areas, and State averages are very low. In 
some districts alternations of excessive 
rainfall and parching drought have been 
experienced, and the good prospect of a 
month ago is succeeded by depressing re¬ 
turns. The decline in condition in some of 
the States of large production is very 
heavy. Kentucky returns only 50, a fail¬ 
ing off of 37 points during the month of 
July ; Ohio, 56, a loss of 32 points; Illinois, 
39, a loss of 50 points ; Missouri, 53, aLss of 
32 points; Iowa, 75, a loss of 21 points ; 
Kansas, 55, a loss of 26 points, and Nebraska, 
50, a loss of 35 points. The general aver¬ 
age for the whole country is 77.4, which is 
14.3 points lower than in July, and is much 
the lowest August condition ever reported 
by the Department. The only year ap¬ 
proaching it was 1887, when the August re¬ 
turn was 80.8, and the final yield per acre 
only about 57 bushels. 
The prospect for apples and peaches is 
poorer tcau a month ago. The intimation 
in previous reports that the condition in 
hew England and along our northern ter- 
ritoiy, reported high in early returns, 
would decline as the season advanced, has 
been correct. The averages in those sec¬ 
tions are now low, and the only district 
promising crops of fair proportions is the 
Pacific Coast, where the good prospect of 
the early season has been maintained. 
Canadian Statistics.— The official year 
book of Canada lor 1889, shows that the 
area of that country, by latest estimates, is 
3,519,000 square miles, making it nearly as 
large in extent of territory as this country 
A large proportion, however, lies in a cold, 
inhospitable climate, not suited lor habita¬ 
tion of civilized man. It is essentially an 
agricultural country, 56 per cent, of those 
engaged in industry being agriculturists, 
ho official statistics of crop production for 
the whole Dominion are collected, but it 
appears that the annual wheat crop is from 
35,000,000 to 40,00u,000 bushels, and of barley 
about 28,000,000 bushels. In 1888 the num¬ 
ber of horses was estimated at 1,099,279 and 
cattle 3,791,908. A large portion of the bar¬ 
ley crop is exported, practically the whole 
shipment coming to the United States. In 
1889 the total export amounted to 9,948,207 
bushels, of which this country took 9,934,- 
501, and the proportions are about the same 
from year to year. 
Indian \V heat Crop. —The government 
of India has just Issued its final report 
upon the wheat crop of 1889—’90. From 
this it appears that the acreage amounted to 
^4,983,100 acres, and the product to 6,303,900 
tons, or 235,345,600 bushels of 60 pounds. 
1 he acreage was smaller than for several 
years, and the crop the smallest reported 
since statistics of production have been reg¬ 
ularly collected. 
Foreign Reports.—T he latest foreign 
advices from Europe indicate some im- 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
E rovement in the wheat crop. There has 
een an unusual season of sunshine in 
Great Britain, since the heavy rains of the 
17th and 18th of July, and a high night 
temperature. The weather has also been 
better in France, though it came too late 
to help the grain that was laid before mid¬ 
summer. There has been much cool and 
rainy weather of late in Germany, inter¬ 
fering with harvesting. The tone of ad¬ 
vices from Vienna is favorable for a fair 
harvest in Austria. A Berlin telegram 
claims from recent information that the 
Russian harvest will be better than has 
been expected hitherto. 
The standard American fruit, apples, 
bids fair to be a miserable failure this year. 
There is said to be but a half crop in the 
noted apple section of Nova Scotia, and a 
still smaller proportion through Canada 
and along the Lakes. In Maine and limited 
sections of Vermont and New Hampshire 
there is a fair yield of apples, it being best 
m Maine. Throughout Southern New Eng¬ 
land, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer¬ 
sey and the interior States generally, the 
promise of winter fruit is worse than ever 
before known. The apple belt of Western 
New York, along lakes Ontario and Erie, 
which in good seasons ships more than one 
million barrels to New York and foreign 
markets, has almost no crop whatever this 
year. Many farmers will not have enough 
for home use. Michigan has a very light 
crop, some localities and some varieties 
yielding fairly well. Two or three counties 
in Pennsylvania report good yields. Quite 
an area in Kansas and Missouri within a 
radius of 100 miles of Kansas City seems to 
have a heavy crop of winter fruit of fine 
quality, but Eastern buyers are already 
securing it at good prices. The prospect is 
that good fruit will bring the hignest prices 
known in years. Summer and fall apples 
are also scarce and bring good prices. A 
report reaches us that §4 have already been 
bid for one lot of apples in Vermont. 
Probably but few apples will be exported 
this year. 
Peaches are practically a failure except 
in California and some few favored locali¬ 
ties. 
Pears, plums and quinces are far below 
an average crop and prices are high. Good 
Bartlett Pears have sold for §10 per barrel 
in this market. 
Grapes appear to be a heavy crop except 
in New Jersey and the Hudson River 
Valley where black rot prevails. Prices will 
be high, however. 
A CROP report issued by the Nova Scotia 
government says that the hay crop, scarcely 
reaching the average in most localities, is 
satisfactory. Wheat is doing well. Barley 
is a successful crop. Oats are suffering 
from the red-leaf blight and attacks of the 
green fly, so that a poor crop is expected. 
Red River advices say tnat wheat will 
not average there more than seven to 10 
bushels to the acre. 
A new feature in the New York market 
is the sale at auction of 20 car-loads oi Mis¬ 
souri water-meions. They were to have 
been sold to-day, but on account of delay, 
the sale was postponed till Monday. They 
will be sold by Mr. Goodseli. Gradually 
the auction system is extending and is ap¬ 
plied to all products with equal satisfac¬ 
tion. 
The supply of domestic beans is so small 
in this market that there is practically no 
trading in them. Foreign brands are the 
ones most dealt in. Orders from the West 
have been received here. 
A report from South Dakota places the 
condition of wheat there at 64. 
One of the leading horticulturists of 
Michigan says tnat the failure oi peaches, 
apples and pears has not been so disastrous 
in 25 years. The people of the fruit belt 
will suffer financially to a serious extent. 
Bkkcham's Pills cure Bilious aud Nervous Ills. 
AGRICULTURAL .NEWS. 
Saturday. August 16, 1390 . 
The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the 
Society for tne Promotion of Agricultural 
Science, will be held at Indianapolis, Ind., 
August 18th and 19th, 1890. An interesting 
programme is presented. Wm. R. Lazenby, 
Secretary, Columbus, Ohio. 
The Grange picnic at Mount Gretna, Pa., 
opens to-day. Large quantities of ma¬ 
chinery have arrived and exhibitors are in 
force from every part of the United States. 
Two thousand tents covering 400,UOO square 
feet of ground have been erected. 
Extensive prairie fires have destroyed 
much timber and pasture south of Rapid 
City, S. D. 
The report comes from Michigan that the 
farmers of Huron County are in actual des¬ 
titution, owing to the total destruction of 
their crops by hail. They have asked aid 
from the public. 
A curious state of affairs exists over a 
large tract of country around Sueibyvilie, 
lnd. An explosion of natural gas occurred 
several days since, and now the soil lor 
miles is impregnated with the gas in such 
volume that by piercing the ground witn a 
stick sufficient may be secured to produce 
quite an illumination. Wells have been 
rendered unfit for use, and great appre¬ 
hension is felt lest there may be injury to 
the growing crops. 
A South Carolina lady who cultivates 
silk worms and sends her cocoons to this 
city it is said has recently discovered that 
the ramie plant is equal to the mulberry 
for feeding purposes. She has demon¬ 
strated that tne cocoons of the worms fed 
exclusively upon the ramie leaves are not 
only larger, but the silk is finer. The ex¬ 
traordinarily warm winter caused the eggs 
to hatch before the foliage usually given 
them to eat was sufficiently advanced to be 
gathered. In this dilemma the lady was at a 
loss what to do until she noticed that the 
ramie leaves were putting forth. Gather¬ 
ing some of them she found the worms took 
to them ravenously. 
THREE HARVEST EXCURSIONS. 
The Burlington Route, C.,B. & Q. R. R., 
will sell on Tuesdays, September 9th and 
23d, and October 14th, Harvest Excursion 
Tickets at Half Hates to points in the 
Farming Regions of the West, Southwest 
and Northwest. Limit 30 days. For circu¬ 
lar giving details concerning tickets, rates, 
time of trains, etc., and for descriptive 
land folder, call on your ticket agent, or 
address P. S. Eustis, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket 
Agent, Chicago, Ill.— Adv. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, August 16, 1890 
Beans— Marrows—New, 82 95@$3 CO; New Mediums 
choice. $2 25; Pea, $2 25 ; Red Kidney, $4@$4 10; White 
Kidney, choice, $2 4U®$2 50 ; Foreign Mediums, 82 00® 
82 10; Green Peas, $1 05@8! 10. 
BcTTKB-New — Elgin, best, 20c; Western, besi 
19@19>^c; do prime, 15®17c; do good, 13®15- do poor 
U® 12; State. Dairy, half-flrklns, tubs, best, 18®1856c: do 
prime, 15® 17; do fine, 13® 14; Welsh tubs, fine, 14®15c- 
do good, ll®18c. Western Imitation Creamery, best, 
12@14; do One, 10®11; Western dairy, line, 10®l2c: 
do fair 9® 956c; do poor, 6@7c; do factory, fresh, best 
ll)56@1156c, 00 prime. 956@l0e; do good. 7®9, do poor, 5 
@656c. 
Cheese.— Fancy White, 756®79*c: fancy colored. 74f@ 
8c.; fair. 5J^®6 HiC ; light skims, 456®556e; skims, 15 *® 
2!4c.; Ohio, Flat, 556®556c. 
EQG8.-Near.by, fresn. 19J-6®20c ; Canadian. 175a® 
1956c.; Southern, 165a®1756c: Western, best, 18® 19c. 
Fruits.—Fresh.— Apples. Der bbl. $1 50®$4 50; Lem 
ons, per box, $150®$! 75; Huckleberries, 7® 14c; Black' 
berries, 14®16c ; Peaches, $2®$3 no per basket; Water¬ 
melons, Florida, 810@*20 per 100 ; Musk-melons, 81 00 
®$4 per bbl. Le Conte Pears,|3 50ia$5 per bbl. Scooter, 
do. $3 50(0.84 50; Sugar, do, 83 60 ® $4; Bartlett, do, $6® 
*10. Southern Grapes, S0@90c. per basket. Plums, 
30®60c. per basket. 
Domestic DRiED-Apples—Evaporated, old, 9@H56e.; 
do choice, new. 18®145sc; prime, ll®12c; sliced, new, 
; do old,3^@3^c; Chopped, 4<$4£gc; Cores and 
skins, l&@2c. Cherries, new, 23<®25c; do, old, 8<&loc 
Raspberries, 28®30c; Blackberries. 6H®7>4c. Peaches, 
Delaware, evaporated, peeled, 20425c, dodo, unpeel¬ 
ed, 7@10c; Georgia, evaporated, peeled, new, 13®20c; 
go do do, uupeeled, 7&9!4c; do do, sundried, 8®lie. 
Huckleberries, new, 8®l0c. Plums, new, 10312c. 
A ^ M ^r^ 10ver * per aoa * 75 ; Snipe do do, 
A * D Straw - -Timothy, best, 75®85c; do good, 
55®boc; do medium, 40c®50; Clover, mixed, 30®4Uc’ 
shipping, 30®40c. Straw— No. 1 rye, 75®80c., short rye 
46®45c, oat and wheat, S0@35c. 
Poultry. Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb 13 ® 
14c; Fowls, western, choice, IS® 14c; do common to, 
good, ll®l2c; Ducks, spring, good, 11® 16; Squao: 
white, per dozen, 8175®$2(J0; do dark, do, *125; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia, 22®25c.: Western, 8® 
2t)c; i owls, near by, 13®l4c. 
Poultry— Live.—C hickens—Spring, per lb, 1256®14c; 
? ( 2' vl ?„ near ‘ by> P er lb - l^aiSo. do Western, per lb, 
125s@18e; roosters, per lb, 6®7c ; Turkeys, per ib, 11 ® 
13c, Ducks, Western, per pair, 50®65c ; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 25®$1 5U. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.- The most important factor was nnfavor 
able crop reports from the Northwest. Advices from 
North Dakota were to the effect that there was a 
premature ripening of the ero,, and some scarcity ol 
fancy stock In several sections. Auotner dispatch 
declared that the south Dakota State Board rnaue the 
conultlon 6-4, considerably less than the Government 
estimates. Iu addition to this, the cables were sirom: 
and higtier with unsettled weatner in the United 
Kingdom, which baa a stimulating effect. Another 
element of strength was the free seaboard clearance s 
"Bradstieet” reports a decrease of 2u,l)Oo bushels for 
the week iu available stock east of the Rockies 
Sales—No. 1 Hard, *1 16 >* atloat, Uugraded spring' 
*i 02 store; Ungraded Winter Red, 9bj*o®$i utt ;No 2 
Red, $1 06>4 afloat; do In elevator, quoted si on*® 
810496; No 2 August, $i 04®«1 ; do September 
81O458y.gl 0856. do October, $1 049*®$) 06; doNovein 
ber. «; 0 j5i®*. 06 Js ; do December, «1 uti®8l O75o • do 
January, 8i 0 <®sl 03*4 ; do May,81 10®*1 nj*- ttV E— 
\\ holly nominal. \\ estern. in boat loads, quoted at 
63®64c.; Canada, 64®65c.; Stale, 64®65c. BARLEY 
Mali—I n tair request, sales (recently) 40,l00 uushels 
country-made. Canada, private terms, quoted so® 
85c. CoRN. - There were further reports of ram in 
the belt, and the market continued ou tne downward 
lurn. Cables were devoid of spirit, and the eltar- 
ances snowed a decided failing off, botQ of wnicn ad 
ded to tne heaviness. "Bra.street ” reports a de¬ 
crease of 506,uOO Dushels In stocks east of tne Rockies 
but this was ignored, sales Ungraded Mixed aud’ 
W hite, 55®56*,e.; No. 2 Mixed, 55®oS5ie. iu elevator 
5ik®3654C. afloat; No. 2 White. 56y 4 delivered, steamer 
Mixed, quoted, 555»®5356c. afloat; No. 2 August, 55c : 
do September, o45g®55‘Hc.; uo October, d.) 4 k aobWe • 
do December, 555s®56c. OATS.-Ou the spot ruled 
generally steady, aud prices showed no material 
change. Trading w as more active ou local account 
sales—No. 3 Mixed, 45c. elevator; No. 3 While. -iTc. iu 
elevator, No. 2 Mixed, Ice. elevator, 47®47*-,c. de¬ 
livered; No. 2 White, 48c. elevator; 49c. delivered- 
No i W hite, 5Jc elevator, Ungraded Mixed Western.’ 
44®4ic.; W mte do,45®o5e., mainly 50®54c.; No. 2 August 
do September, 425t®42-> 4 c.; uo October 
4254®42$&C. * 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES The light supply of cattle met with a 
brisk demand at a still furiher advance of 15c over 
Monday’s prices, and ihe yards were cleared earl» 
No Texans offered. Common to choice native steers 
sold at ®4 15®>5 juper loulbs , and live picked bullocks 
averaging l,b44 lbs. brought $5 45. The best lot of 
cat lie in the market averaged 1.451 lbs. Buds sold at 
$; I0®.2 lu. dry cow s at 41 3 i )®$2 25 ; auu three State 
Oxen at *3 9o. Dressed beef ruled arm. choice native 
steers sold jeadiiy at The propheev ot warmer 
weather and the dissolution of the striae presage tne 
possibility of lower prices. 
MILCH COW'S —Receipts 123 head, about half of 
which were consigned to Long Island and country 
dealers. The market ruled Arm at $49®$o0 per head 
tor ordinary to choice milkers. 
CALVES.—Demand active, but at lower prices for 
Grassers, Buttermilks and w esterns. while good veals 
held their own. crossers and Buttermilks sold at 55a 
®3Sic. per lb ; Westerns at *3 25®*4 4o per 100 lbs 
V cals at «3®$1 5o (few- cnoice at $; 75), ted and mixed 
do at *4®$5. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Sheep were In moderate 
supply and steady ; Lambs arrived freely anti fell off 
5*0. per lb., closing uull. Ordinary to prime sheep 
sold at 4®5>ac. per ib., few selected at o*®bc., and 
culls at 3c. Lambs sold by the straight car-load at 6® 
79sc., but a number ot small lots brought ijic., aud a 
few selected states and Jerseys, Sc. Tne dead market 
opened fairly steady, but dressed lambs weakened 
and declined tully 5*c. per lb. 
HOGS.—Weak at $4 25®$4 65 per 100 lbs. 
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