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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
SATURDAY. November 8, 1890. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Chrtsman, Ya.-C rops not so good as 
usual on account of drought,. Wheat, half 
crop; corn, two thirds. Hay good, but 
little clover seed. Fruit nearly a failure. 
This valley a beautiful and healthful place 
for a home. First frost October 30 
T. H. s. 
Homer, N. Y.— Apples a larger crop than 
was expected and prices high. Potatoes 
generally one-third or one-fourth rotten; 
many stored waiting for higher prices. 
Hay good crop. Mauy farmers plant 
cabbage for cow feed in fall. Some new 
silos built. w. C. L. 
ELBA, N. Y.—Wheat is turning yellow in 
places, but has made a good growth. Po¬ 
tatoes and corn secured. Ydeld of potatoes 
light. Little corn grown this year, and few 
cattle will be fed this winter. Hogs are 
selling low. Butter and eggs bring good 
prices. Hay not being baled much yet. 
C. F. 
The State Agricultural School of Rhode 
Island will, in future, be open to women. 
The first frost of the season at New Or¬ 
leans occurred October 27. but was a light 
one. It was said to be beneficial to the 
cane crop by checking growth and causing 
maturity. 
The Secretary of Agriculture has notified 
the Department of State that the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture will put in force the 
provisions of the act of Congress approved 
August 30, 1890, for the inspection of salted 
pork and bacon and cattle for export, on 
November 10. 
Director Menke, of the Arkansas Experi¬ 
ment Station informs us that he has intro¬ 
duced the alkaloid virotrin as an insecti¬ 
cide, also a new method of preparing 
pyrethrum, both of which have resulted in 
considerable success when used for cotton 
worms. The details will appear in a bul¬ 
letin shortly to be issued. 
The American Fat Stock Show occurs 
November 13 to 22 inclusive, at the rnter 
State Exposition Building, Chicago. The 
character of the entries indicates a finer 
exhibit than usual. The poultry show will 
be double the size of that of last year. For 
premium lists, etc., address^Secretary of the 
Board of Agriculture, Springfield 111. 
The Central Chamber of Agriculture, 
London, adopted a resolution declaring 
that in view of the prevalence of pleuro¬ 
pneumonia in New Jersey it was impera¬ 
tive that the regulations regarding the im¬ 
portation of cattle should be maintained. 
The resolution also declared that a period 
of six months ought to elapse after a 
country has been declared free from disease 
before its cattle are accepted as without 
disease. 
The ninth annual meeting of the National 
Swine Breeders’ Association will be held in 
the Sherman House, Chicago, at 2 P. M., 
November 18. This is during the second 
week of the Fat Stock Show. The consti¬ 
tution of the association provides that any 
reputable breeder or feeder of swine, or any 
State Swine Breeders’ or Swine Record 
Association may be admitted to member¬ 
ship by the payment of $1. The annual 
dues of members amount to $1 each. Phil. 
M. Springer, Secretary, Springfield, Ill. 
The big packing firms of Chicago have 
purchased 3,600 acres of land at the South¬ 
ern end of Lake Michigan in Lake County, 
Ind., about 25 miles from Chicago, and will 
remove their immense plants there and 
buildup a city which is estimated to in¬ 
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etc. Lower taxes are also expected. This 
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LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, November 8 , 1890 
Beans.— Marrows—New, #S25®*3?0; New Mediums 
choice. $2 40; Pea, *2 40(32 SO ; Red Kidney.S3 90, tv hlte 
Kidney, choice, $2 4(l®*2 50 ; Foreign Mediums ?1 75 3 
$2 25 ; Green Peas. SI 05@*1 10. 
Butter — Creamery.— Els-ln. best 2702'f^c: Stat°and 
Pennsylvania 203 6 '^e ; West»rn b^st. 2S1432~e do 
prime. 23@25e!; do sooi. 29,322•: do poor, 173'9c ; 
Western Imitation Cream°ry. crime 2\n2ic- <10 Bne, 
16318c; do po r. 11® 13c. Dairy. State, be«t, 23®25c; 
do prime, 20®22c; do good 17&l8e- do poo-. 14® 16c ; 
Western, prime, 16@18c : do fair, 12<t.13c ; do poor 10 
®lie : do factory, best, 16*18 ; do prime 13@14c; do 
good, 10 ® 12 }<£c. 
Cheese.— Fancy, Sept., 944@9tfjc: fancy, August 9 ® 
9^fo; good. fair. 7!4®8e: light skims, 6®7Hc; 
skims, 2<s 2 ; onio, Flat, 7^®9t4c. 
Eggs. — Near bv. fresn. 25@26c ; Canadian. 2214® 
23c.: Southern. 2l®22e: western, best. 23J4'325.’; Ice¬ 
house. 18@22c; Limed, 13^@19c. 
Fruits.—Fresh.—A pples Blush. S3 50®$4 50 : Snow, 
*2 50@*4 50: King. *4 0U®«510; Ballwin, *2 50@*4<W: 
Gre> n. S3 00 ^*5 i U Ben Davis, *3 503*150: common 
t good, *100 00; Lemons, per box. $3 753*5 00; 
Pears, Cooking per bbl , *t 00®*5 00; Bose, per box. 
*3 0O®$5 00; Seeki 1. per keg, *43*5: Anjou, do, *2 25 
®*2 75; Duchess, per bbl., #57t*6 : Cranberries, Cape 
Cod, $6 003*8 50 per bbl. *2 ®82 90 psi i rate; do Jersey 
*2 00 - 1*2 25 per crate; Grapes, Cone r rd, 15@2®c per 
basket. Delaware, 12®S5c per basket. Florida Oranges, 
$2®*4 C0 ,/er box. Quinces, *2 3*7 per bbl. 
Domestic Drikd-AppIps— Evaporated, good to fancy 
13^®15>4 c; poor, i2J^®13c: coarse cut, 8!^®9c; sliced, 
8 ®llc; do old. 3)4®344c: Chopped, 4@4l4c, Coresand 
skins, 4®45^c. Cherries new. 19®32c(; do. old. S@ 10 c. 
Raspberries 28®3lc. Blackberries, 8»9c; Huckle¬ 
berries, new. 1S®20 •; Plums, new. 10@12c: Peaches, 
California peeled. 30333c: do unpeeled. 17®.’0c. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 6i-4:<S7c; Apricots, California, 17®2Cc; 
Plums, Cal., 16®17c. 
Rav. Choice, 70®75e , Timothy, No. 1, 65@70c; do No. 
2. 55®60c shipping, 40d45e. Straw—N o. 1 rye, 75® 
80c.; short rye, 40®50c. oat and wheat 40345c. 
Hops State, ’90 crop, 45®48c; do, prime and choice, 
’ 8 .t, 32<a 31c, do good, 28 .ii.29c do .-ommon, 25®26c; do. 1888, 
good an i prime. 20 22c: do do. common, 17@19c; 
Pacific Coast, 1333 crops, 25332c; do, 1890 crop, 42 343 c. 
Nuts.—P eanuts are weak. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 5<a5Vic, and farmers’ grades at 3 } 4 ® 4 tge ; 
Pecans. Ut3l2c; Chestnuts, *i 50®84 50 per bushel: 
Hickory Nuts, $1 75@*2 25 per bushel. 
Poultby. Dressed—T urgeys. mixed, per lb 11@ 
12c; Fowls, western, choice. 9 3’.lc; do common to, 
good, 8®9c: Ducks spring, good, ll®17 ; Squab; 
white, per dozen, *30J®*3 25 ; do dark, do, *2 00 ; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia. 12@16c.: Western, 3 
®llc ; Fowls, near by. 10@llc. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens-Spring, per lb, 9®llc; 
Fowls near-by, per lb, 9!^®10c. do Western, per lb, 
9®10c; roosters, per lb, 5a6c; Turkeys, per lb, 10® 
12c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 50®65c ; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, *1 25<®#1 50 
Vegetables. — Potatoes — Long Island, per bbl. 
*2 65®*3 00 : Jersey, per do., *1 75-®*2 50 ; West¬ 
ern New York, do., *1 75®*2 75 ; Sweets, do, *150 
@S2 75. Onions - Western New York *2 40@$2 50. Con¬ 
necticut Red, *2 50.3*2 75 do White. *3 503*4 50; do 
yellow. *2 65®*2 75; Western, *2 25®*2 50; Jersey. *2 25 
<®*2 75 ; Cabbage, L. I., per 100, $> 25®*5 00: Squash, 
p •' bbl. 75c®*l 25; Turnips, per bbl. 85 -i 90c. Egg 
Plant, per bbl.. *2 50®*4 00 ; Cauliflower, per bbl., *.® 
*!, Celery, per doz., 25c®75c. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT—Cables were tame. The imports Into the 
United Ki gdom during the past week were large - 
245.UOO qrs wheat and 142.000 bbls flour. Arrivals at all 
points were quite liberal, and ttsls. too. helped the 
d wnward tendency. Bradstreet reported au iu 
c-ease of 3 000,000 bushels for the week In available 
stocks cast of the Rockies, which was auother ele¬ 
ment of weakness. Sales-Ungra ted Winter Red at 
*10)®*i 07St: No. 2 Re-, *' 0;4s afloat, do in store, , 
*1 06 5*1 07 ; No. 1 Hard Spring Nominal, *1 1346 ; No. 
2 November, *1 0546; do December, $1 06 3- 6 ( 3*1 07Ri; 
do Jamiary, SI 08®*1 0S*«; do May. $1 10 7-16 S' 11 . 
RYK.—Q let and unchanged in price. Western in 
boatloads, quoted at 7Ua74e Canada, 71®72e to arrive; 
State, *5 v®!7o. HARLEY. - Had afalr demand. Sales- 
Western. 78 (n9->'; No. Milwaukee quoted 803330 ; 
Uug aded Canada, 9oe(5* uu; No. 2 do, 9iic ; extra 
No 2 do, 9Va.9 c No. 1 Canada, 9se®»l CORN.—Also 
weakened. Arrl als at the West were somrwhat 
largrr, and there was an Increase in tie amount 011 
passage, both of which had a depressing influence. 
Sales—Ungraded Mixed and White, s94t®6 >4c; No. 2 
Mixed, 5944 aSUc store and elevator, til)*,. 6 c afloat. 
No. 2 November, 5»94(®.69?6c ; do December, 60*@6u^c; 
do January, 6uva 6044c; do May. 614s 36144 c. OATS.- 
Followed wheat and corn, though the full receipts 
had a weakening effect. Spot lots were rather easier, 
with a moderate stir to the trading. Sales—No. 3 
mixed, 48!*e elevator; No. 3 white,5Hyr elevator; No. 2 
mixed, 49>$®49}4e elevator; 50M' - afloat; No. 2 white, 
53 i53J4c; No. 1 White, 55c: No. 2 Chicago. 5 >J4c, Un¬ 
graded mixed Western, 47@s2e; do white, 50358c.: No. 
2 November, tidic; do December, M.’e; do May, 5144® 
52V)jc; No. 2 White November, 53c; do December, 53!*c ; 
do January, 54e. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—The bulk of the sales were at *3 4*4 50 per 
100 pounds for interior to good native ste rs with a 
few pi luie bulloeks sold at high figures. A ear-load 
of mixed stock sold at *2 65. Private cable advices 
received bv shippers of live cattle report a generally- 
dtill market at lower 1 rie- s, with American steers 
selling at 5Jdd54<C, estimated dressed weight, si king 
the offal. 
MILCH COWS.—Recelnts for two days 168 head, 
largely consigned direct to dialers. Market quoted 
dull at *2oi®$ 15 per head. 
CALVE*.—Steady for grassers aul veals with a 
moderate inquiry, but Westerns were extremely dull 
and price- weak- Grassers sold at S2 20a*2 !>>, West¬ 
erns at *2 50 3S3 75: common to prime veals at *5®$7, 
selected at *7 25 <i*7 50. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Prime sheep were firm, with 
Other grail-s steady; good lambs about held their 
own, but t e general market was weak, and the pros¬ 
pects are not flattering Very common to choice 
sheep sold at $3 75-r *5 7o per 100 pounds, common to 
extra laubs at 65 6216®*?; culls at <5(3*5 25. A car- 
load of extra prime lambs were soul at the top figure 
obtained, viz., 7c per pound. They were fe • by H G. 
Phelps, of Otsego County. N. Y , who evidently takes 
pride m ralsitig good stock. They were all Ewes and 
Wether-, and the whole "8 were droppe 1 by 125 Ewes. 
Thev were as tine, fa’ and plump a lot of lambs as the 
New York market has seen for many a month. 
HOGS —.Market dully, with sales of Western at $3 90 
@*4 Hi, and a buueh of State hogs sold at *1 25. 
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