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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
SATURDAY. September 13, 1890. 
Tjie Dairymen’s. Association of Eastern 
Ontario, Canada, will hold a cheese exhibit 
at Belleville, September 23 to 26. Cash 
prizes aggregating $600 are offered, some 
single prizes being $50. Harford Ashley, 
secretary, Belleville. 
The Rock Island Railway will furnish 
12,000 bushels of seed wheat to Oklahoma 
farmers at net cost without freight on one 
year’s time without interest, taking the in¬ 
dividual uotes of the farmers for the loan. 
The Rock Island has offered also to sell 
seed wheat to any Oklahoma settler for net 
cost without freight charges. The arrange¬ 
ments were made Wednesday, at a meeting 
between the farmers and the attorney for 
the road. 
The Democrats of South Carolina nom¬ 
inated B. R. Tillman for Governor on 
Thursday, he receiving 269 of the 309 ballots 
cast at the convention. 
Market gardeners and others supplying 
New York with produce, are again ex¬ 
ercised over the proposition to compel the 
selling of all produce by weight. A hear¬ 
ing will be given all interested parties Sep¬ 
tember 25. 
The annual as well as an anniversary 
meeting of the N. ,T. State Horticultural 
Society will be held at New Brunswick 
Monday, September 22, at 10 o’clock. Jt 
is to be a one-day meeting, and it is 
earnestly desired that every living person 
present at the organization as well as all 
since identified with the society will be 
present. Contributions of rare or choice 
fruits and flowers are also desired. E. Wil¬ 
liams, Secretary, Montclair. 
Hides have advanced in price from 33 to 
40 per cent, in this city, and leather of all 
kinds has advanced accordingly. The 
farmer must therefore pay more for his 
foot-gear. Will he get more for his beef 
cattle ? The stocks of hides are reduced to 
382,700 in number. They stood at this time 
last year 609,200. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Elk Rapids, Mich.—Winter wheat good- 
about 20 bushels per acre. Spring wheat' 
oats, light. Corn, potatoes, good. Apples 
scarce. Pears, plums, plenty. a. ij c. 
Warsaw, Mo.—Principal crops corn 
wheat, oats, fruit, hay. Total failure never 
known. Drought injured corn- two-thirds 
crop. Oats almost a failure. Wheat good- 
acreage small. Peaches, failure. Apples’ 
fan- crop. Grapes, large crop. Pure bred 
stock receiving more attention, due largely 
to fairs. Mineral resources being developed 
Farming lands $5, $8, $10 per acre. 
Calcasieu Parish, La.—Fruit crop de¬ 
stroyed by spring frost. Field crops good- 
rice, corn, oats, potatoes. Now planting 
cabbage, beaus, potatoes, celery, etc. 
K. R. s. 
So. Livonia, N. Y.—Wheat 28 bushels 
per acre, oats 40. Barley poor; largest crop 
reported, 20 bushels; one of 40 bushels from 
14 acres. Many oats yield but 10 to 20 
bushels per acre. Little corn planted, and 
that poor. Little fruit. P. c; F 
Garnett, Kan.— Corn, half crop Hav 
large crop; good condition. Larger acreage 
of wheat being sown. Peaches, fair croD 
Apples, poor. Flax, good crop, $1.25 per 
bushel. Potatoes, $1. 1 
Franklin County, Vt.—Hay, heavv 
quality good. Wheat, fair. Barley and 
oats, light and poor. Buckwheat promises 
well Corn, fair. Apples, scarce and poor 
Potatoes, two-thirds crop; quality good. 
M. c. 
Bro ad Ford, Pa.—Fine growing weather 
Hay, heavy. Wheat, good. Oats and corn 
one half crop. Potatoes, one-third cron 
Crapes, oue-fourth crop. No other fruit 
Garden truck, poor. B ' 
Bus IIONO, Ivan.—Corn, short crop; some 
fields will give two-thirds of a crop. Some 
counties will have none. Good wheat and 
oat crops, and these with the corn that was 
held over from last year, will put the farmers 
in better condition than they were last 
year when they had a big corn crop. They 
can get more for their corn this year than 
they did last. Grass, fine crop. Some fine 
peaches. Some apples. d. c. 
Mansfield, Ohio.—Farmers are now busy 
plowing for wheat, which the recent rains 
have enabled them to do. Wheat, fair 
yield, good quality, and selling at $1. Oats 
poor, selling at 35 cents. Hay largest crop 
ever known here. Potatoes and corn about 
half crops. e. m. d. 
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. 
The September report shows that the in¬ 
jury to the corn crop reported last month 
was intensified by continuance of drought in 
August, until the rains came to its relief, 
but too late for full recovery. The average 
is 70.1, against 73.3 last month. It is the 
lowest average since 1881. 
The returns of condition of winter wheat, 
at the time of harvesting, are less favorable 
than those of the 1st of July. So far as 
thrashing has progressed the results are 
generally disappointing. The July average 
was 76.2, the present average 73.5. The 
g eneral average of spring wheat has also 
een reduced from 83.2 to 79.8. The average 
for wheat of both kinds is 75.5. In 1888 the 
September average for both was 77. It was 
73 in 1881. The yield of spring wheat is 
unusually variable in the Dakotas, ranging 
from high yield to five bushels and less per 
acre. The progress of thrashing will de¬ 
velop the extent of these differences. 
On the coast from New Jersey to Mary¬ 
land, and in North Carolina, Tennessee, 
Kentucky, Arkansas and Missouri, as also 
in northern New England and Florida 
thet-e is improvement in corn since August 
1. In Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana, 
and in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana anti 
lexAs condition is unchanged. A decline 
has occurred in New York, Ohio, Illinois 
and in all the Northwestern States, and in 
some others of less importance. The crop 
is late in the Eastern States, requiring ma¬ 
turing weather throughout September. It 
is also late and variable in development in 
New York and Pennsylvania. The At¬ 
lantic coast States return relatively high 
conditions, impaired locally by the effects 
of midsummer drought and later storms 
In Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and 
Texas drought more or less severe from 
June 20 to the middle of August, reduced 
condition too low for subsequent recovery, 
as the crop was maturing or ripe before 
rains came. The Ohio and the Missouri 
Valleys report protracted drought and low 
condition. While the rains of the last two 
weeks of August have been beneficial 
nearly everywhere, they have not always 
restored losses of the first half of the 
month. In the bottom lands, where growth 
was maintained, the recent rainfall will 
make a good crop, while the drier uplands 
were beyond recovery. The lowest condi¬ 
tion is in Kansas, though some of the 
eastern counties make good returns. The 
Dakotas and Nebraska are little higher 
The crop is late, and will require as much 
time to mature on the latitude of 40 degrees 
as for the earlier varieties grown on the 
Lne of 42 degrees. 
Rye yields less than was expected, as the 
condition as reported is reduced to 85.4. 
The September condition of oats is the 
lowest ever reported, having fallen from 
70.1 in August to 64.4. The rate of yield 
will be the smallest in 20 years. 
1 he condition of barley is not very seri¬ 
ously lowered, from 82.8 to 78.6. 
Buckwheat has fully maintained its 
August condition, the average being 90 5 
against 90.1. 
The figures for potatoes have fallen since 
August 1 from 77.4 to 65.7, the lowest 
average ever reported, that of 1887 being 
67.3. 
Tobacco has improved materially during 
the mouth, the average being 82.4, much 
better than in the August report, but 
lower than the July condition. 
The reported percentage for fattening 
®wine is 97 per cent., and their condition 
93.7. 
Fou a disordered liver try Beecham's Pills. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PEICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, 
New York, Saturday, September 13 , r 8 go 
Brass.—M arrows-New. *2 65@*2 70, New Medium* 
choice. *2 80 ■ l’ea, *2 SO ; Rod Kidney, $3 h >. 9*4 white 
«»£* 
BuTTER-CHSAMKRY.-ElRln, best. ; state and 
Peuiuyivania, lsitfiGc; Western, b-st, 22J6«v 3 c "o 
prime, lSiiiiJlc; do good, 16Sj($iSc; do poor, 1 lut 1 lie 1 
m^$ ern H ImltaU ,n t roam?ry ‘ ‘‘i- me. ltlolTe -do line' 
l<!dHo ; do po r, lib® lie Dairy.—S tate, best, 2 t>o : 
do prime, lb(®:.U 2 : do good lliirflTe ; do poor. 1 ’iu* 15o 
Wejtorn, prime, I3<®14e ; do fair. iu*i2e; do poor 9 w 
"» 58 
Chicesk. Fancy White, 9tje; fancy colored. »'*«ySee- 
o 8 &.SBSi 4 K‘ 
g» 
house, 18J>lS)6c. tee¬ 
ner tub. ittusYnielons.'aoi'riijssbper'bbT*' 
lug. do, S.1U. -*4 00 ; Bartlett, do. $ 6.«*8 ; Flemish 
Beauty, per keg. *2 50(9*1; Seek-1, per bbl. s! , 
Onuibcrries, Cape Cod. *b uo.t*s 50 per bbl. liuo JaH 
pen-rate; Grape*i. up river, 25,945c per busket. Dela 
ware, 5Uj»,Uc per basket. Blums, 45^*1 per basket 
Domestic Driku—A pples—Evaporated, old, lluiiSe • 
do choice. I8S9. 14^l5e; prime, 12(9134,0; sliced 1SS»’ 
I ; do uld.3,4, ( 9344 c; Chopped. 4id4!qL\ Corea and 
skin*, litt le, cherries, new. 29 380 o; do, old S( 9 ioo 
Raspberries. 2sa32o, Blackberries, 7wW»e- Huekm' 
hemes, new, Swduo ; Hums. new. HhS 12c: Peaches 
California peeled, 8)933o; do unpooled. 2*<jiASe. ' 
Game.—E nglish snipe, per do*.. *1 75<a*2; Large yel¬ 
low Lg snipe p r doz.. *2<a>*2 50; Golden plover, prime, 
p >r doz., *1 75<#$2: Grass plover Western prime p r 
doz.. *l«#$i 2); Sand snipe, per doz , 30c ; Dowblr-is. 
We.tern per doz., $.150(<s*4 Curlew an 1 Marlin, per 
doz., $150; Bar ridges, State ppr pair. *l 254t*i 50 ; 
do Western p- rpa'r. *1<»*125, Grouse. Wostorn, per 
pair, 50@90c ; Woodcock, per pair, $l( 9 $i 25. 
Hat and Straw. -Timothy, best, 75980c: do good, 
60a)i0o: do medium. 40c®50; Clover, mixed. 30@40e; 
S£L p ,P lng ’ 30 ® 35c - Straw No i rye, 70375c.; short rye, 
S5@40c, oat and wheat, SOSSSc. 
Honey—I n one-pound boxes. White Clover llffll2c; 
Buckwheat, 10 ® 1 lc: Beeswax 22<ft23c. 
Hops.-S tate—Choice—’89, 28.*32c- do, good, 26(327c; 
do common,23<a24c; do 1888. best. 20 » 22c; dodo, prime. 
19 921 c, do do, common, 18(9 lSe: California, New, best. 
24430c; do good to prime, 19@23e. 
Nuts.—P eanuts are str ng. Fancy, hand-picked, 
at 10c ' and farmers’ grades at949kc; Pecans, 
lhttllC. 
,f Po H I ‘ TRT ’ — DRKO skd—T urkey* mixed, per lb 14® 
Lc; Fowls, western, choice. 1241® :3c; do common to, 
good, U@!2c: Ducks, spring, good. 11@15; Squao: 
white, per dozen, *2 25 ( 31*2 50; do dark. do. $2 00; 
Chickens, spring. Philadelphia. 16®19c.; Western, 7® 
14c ; Fowls, near by, 14c. 
Poultry—Live.—C hickens-Spring, per lb, 10312c 
Fowls near by, per lb, 13<al8Hic. do Western, per lb, 
lS®18>-6c; roosters, per lb. 6®7c; Turkeys, per lb. 12 i 
13c ; Ducks, Western, per pair, 50®70c; Geese, West 
ern, per pair, $1 25®*1 50. 
a, V -^ R Z^ BLE8- T Potatoes — Long Island, per bbl. 
$1 1 5(9 $2 15 ; Jersey, per do., $1 50(912 10; West- 
ern New York, do., *1753*2 00, Sweets, do, *17. 
©$2 ia. Onions-Western New York *2 25 , Con 
noctlcut Red,do, $2 50 do White, do, *3009*3 50; Wesc 
ern, $2 75 ( 9*8 (X); Jersey, do. $2 50®$8 ; Cabbage, L. 
Li pet 100, $3 9*4 10; Corn, per 100, 75c.9*l 50; Toma¬ 
toes. per crate, 2.7®3Vc.; Cucumbers, per 1,000, *1 50 9 
S. ‘5c; Squash, per bbl. 75 c< 9$1 00; Turnips, per bbl. 
*13*1 25, Egg Plant, per bbl.. 50c.<9*1 ; Lima Beans, 
per bag, $1 504*1 75, Celery, per doz., 75c »* 1 . 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.-Anticipations of a bullish showing of the 
Government report started the market on the up 
w »‘,d torn, and In addition to this, late Llvorpool 
cables came M®Hd better, which served to Intensify 
the firmness, Predictions of rain In the Northwest 
and comparatively moderate Interior movement, 
coupled with decidedly larger clearances of flour 
. m ,vL* " cal, <>ard had a great deal to do with the 
rise. The Government crop report estimates tho con¬ 
dition of spring at 79.08, as against H. 8.02 last month. 
Sales—Ungraded Winter Red, 949*1 03W (mainly n-w 
arrive. 9«* »067*c.); No. 2 Red, *101 elevator; No. 
2 Red afloat, Oljg No. 1 Hard Spring, quoted *1 17- 
2 September, |l 0 >* »* 1 Ul« ; do Oetobor, *1 01* 
w?.. November, *1 o^ aSl 04 ; do December. 
• 1 089* i*l 03* ; do January, *1 06 do February *1 07; 
“ urc ! * l “ • do April. *10856, do May, *1 i »9 
*1 09?i RYK.—Quoted hi. t.er, but only small lots are 
changing hands; nales-Jer»ey, 71c. Western, In boat¬ 
loads, quoted 67 ®63*c.: State, 6«97Ic. CORN—Ruled 
somewhat unsettled, and the chanxes were partly In 
sympathy with wheat. Clearances were moderate 
an* the receipts here showed u marked falling otr, 
both of which helped the advance. On the spot there 
was a rise of with restricted offerings In view 
of the small arrivals. Export demand was quite 
?. r 8 . J, ne trt)Ternnnent re t>ort estimated tho condi¬ 
tion at 70.01, as against 83.01 last month. Sales-Un- 
^ nn<1 Whl,t '. 54 *i<c5'.H<..; No 2 nilxed 
•«*954Q,c. elevator. 54 i* 55 Mc. afloat; steamer, mixed 
qnot'.d 54(9619c; No. 7, September. 53 HioMVc; do 
October, 53 45 Sl<c : do November. r -3* 53(00 : do Do- 
cemoer, 53 45416c ; do May. 5»t* A5mc. OATS. -Were 
likewise affected by the flrmness In wheat and c -ru 
The Government report estimated the condltl >n at 
64.04. against <0.01 last month. Sales—No. 3 white, 
4<)i*e elevator; No. 2 mixed, 4 .( 9415 * 0 . elevator; No. 2 
42c. elevator; No. 1 White 45c elevator; Ungraded 
mixed W cstern, 39(943c; do white, 4K<t52e • No 2 Sep 
tember, 4H«942 c; do October, 4016'94H6 c : do Novem- 
December, 4156c; do May. 425*'943*e; No. 
u n hlte September, 42c ; do October, 4244214c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEV E3.—Most of the offerings were common to 
fair native steers, and no really prime to choice cattle 
were In the yards. There was no life to the trade. 
Brices were not quotably lower. Common to good 
native steer* sold at *3 40<t*4 10 per lw lbs.; a car-load 
of rango-s at *4 10 bulla at *1 10-912 65 ; oxen at *3 40 
C94 : a car load of cows and steers mixed at -3 20 
Latest private cable advices from London and Llver- 
poul Indicate a slight decline In prices, with refrlger 
ated beef selling at 856c. or scant 7*6c. per pound, 
andAmerlcan steers at 10® 1154 c., estimated dressed 
COW3 —Receipts 126 head, mainly conBlgn- 
* ’ direct to Long Island and other suburban dealers. 
”ld a°t *80each‘ #1W * W 50 p6r head ’ wlth two 
CALVES.-Market Arm and U to Wc. higher for 
grassers and Westerns, and v^-als, ^®4c higher 
*® ld at *2.W«#3 per 1 (* lbs.: Westerns at 
*4 2v9*4 65: veals at *5<®»8; fed and mixed bunches 
of calves at *3 50 9*5. 
SHEEB AND LAMBS.—The supply of sheep was 
moderate and prlcas good, and prime lambs held uo. 
but common and medium lambs weakened and fell 
off. common to prime sheep sold at ( 4 . 9*5 so per 00 
lbs, and a small bunch of selected wethers at *5 75 • 
inferior to choice lambs at *5.9*7; culls at * 450 ’ 
Dressed mutton dull at 7® 9 c for Western dressed' 
sold aM>®l 7 e. ° r CUy drerted - Clt >’ dressed lambs 
1, 11 1 t(, d. but feeling Arm for good 
hogs. Reported sales were at the range of *4 25 «t* 5 . 
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