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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
LATEST 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
especial glut of supplies from nearer 
sources. 
Hay is quiet. 
Squashes plentiful. 
Cabbages are firmer. 
Apples are unchanged. 
Onions aro a little easier. 
Celery is in great abundance. 
Dried fruits maintain good prices. 
Cranberries have advanced slightly. 
Buckwheat is quoted at 58 to 60 cents. 
Cauliflowers are doing better if of fine 
quality. 
Grapes are easy, many lots being in poor 
condition. 
Cucumbers from Florida bring 81.50 to 
83 per crate. 
Hickory nuts are in good demand at 
good prices. 
Southern string beans sell for 81 to $2 
per bushel crate. 
Butter is firm and higher than at the 
time of our last report. 
Cheese is quiet, the dealings being re¬ 
stricted mostly to the home demand. 
A Michigan grower reported a turnip 
three feet in circumference and weighing 
14 pounds. 
Potatoes have been a little dull this 
week owing to a moderate demand and in¬ 
creased supplies. 
Clover seed is reported badly injured in 
many parts of the country by the frequent 
and heavy rains during October. 
Chestnuts have advanced to 85.50 per 
bushel for the best. There are plenty in 
market, however, that can’t be sold for 
half that price. 
Sweet potatoes vary greatly in quality 
and price. Southern and low grades of 
Jerseys are plenty and sell low, but choice 
South Jersey are scarce and sell quickly. 
Reports from Washington County, N Y., 
which is a leading potato growing county 
of the State, say that from a third to one 
half of the crop has been ruined by potato 
rot. The crop was about two-thirds of the 
average. 
Reports from the winter wheat belt are 
favorable. The plant is still growing occa¬ 
sionally here and there in the western por¬ 
tion of the belt. The Hessian fly is reported, 
its ravages so far have been confined almost 
entirely to the early-sown portion of the 
wheat. 
Florida oranges are arriving in mod¬ 
erate quantities and sell readily at good 
prices. If the growers do not repeat the 
mistake they made last year of crowding 
large shipments on the market early in 
the season, they should realize good prices 
for their fruit all through the season. 
Winter wheat millers report the flour 
trade dull. They have stocks of wheat 
sufficient to last them about a month; but 
think that if the demand for flour should 
increase, these stocks of wheat would melt 
away very rapidly, and that there would be 
a sharp and active demand for wheat to 
grind. 
England's wheat crop is reported to be 
a fairly good one, but receipts trom Russia, 
Roumania, South America, Australia and 
New Zealand have falleu off considerably, 
so the price teuds upward. As these coun¬ 
tries are our chief competitors for the Eng¬ 
lish market, this should favor prices here. 
Latest reports from North Dakota say 
that the wheat throughout the Red River 
Valley is thrashing out so much better than 
was expected that it is impossible to secure 
transportation for it. The yield in the 
valley is now estimated at 22,000,000 bush¬ 
els. There are over 300 farmers with indi¬ 
vidual crops reaching 10,000 bushels or more. 
AT New York, for the week ending Sat¬ 
urday tobacco sales were as follows: 
850 cases State Havana, 13 to 19X cents; 
1,000 18S9 Wisconsin Havana, 9 to 12; 200 
1888 Pennsylvania seed leaf, 11 to 13 ; 450 
1889 Pennsylvania Havana, 13 to 30; 450 
1889 Pennsylvania seed leaf, 9 to 13; 500 
1889 Zimmer’s Spanish, 12)a to 16; 250 1889 
Ohio, 7K to 10 ; 200 1889 New England Ha¬ 
vana, 16 to 45; 200 sundries, 6 to 35 ; total, 
4,100 cases. 
California fruits continue to arrive in 
good quantity considering the season. 
There are some pears, but the bulk of the 
receipts consists of grapes, led by Tokays. 
The season’s shipments will reach about 
600 car-loads. With an ample crop next 
year, and expected reductions in cost of 
transportation, it is thought that about 
1,000 car-loads can be sent here on a fairly 
profitable basis, provided that there is no 
Reports from the principal corn crowing 
States west of the Mississippi are to the ef¬ 
fect that in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and 
Missouri the corn is falling way below 
former estimates, and the quality of the 
crop is very inferior. In these States old 
corn is selling at from 45 to 60 cents a 
bushel. New corn, so far, has not been 
offered at all on the market. It is too green 
to shell. There is very little of it to spare, 
and the majority of the farmers must keep 
the largest proportion of their crop for 
feed. 
Dispatches from Lincoln, Nebraska, say 
that the yield of corn is much less than 
was anticipated, the average in that part of 
the State being less than 10 bushels to the 
acre, and further west even less. Farmers 
have nothing to feed with, and vast num¬ 
bers of hogs half fattened are being rushed 
to market and sacrificed at very low prices. 
Corn is selling on the streets for from 50 to 
53 cents per bushel. It is impossible to dis¬ 
guise the fact that in western counties there 
is much destitution. Many homesteads 
are heavily incumbered, and a few have 
been abandoned. Women and children are 
suffering for food, clothing and fuel. 
Hop reports from Mark Lane are to the 
effect that some large growths have been 
taken at average prices of £13 and £13 10s. 
per cwt. (about 865). These were hops of 
fine quality throughout, or they would not 
have made such high, all-round prices. 
Growths of medium quality continue to 
bring planters about £10 10s. (about 852) 
per cwt. average, and selected panels of the 
choicest sorts are still making £15 (about 
$75) as between grower and merchant. The 
market has been very quiet, there being a 
decided falling off in the general demand. 
The stock of hops of all kinds is, however, 
so small that there is hardly any likelihood 
of the present firmness of the trade being 
affected. On this market there is little 
change, the trading being limited, but 
there is little prospect of any decline in 
prices. 
The November cotton returns to the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture make the average 
yield 187 pounds of lint per acre. It is 
about the same as the yield of last year, 
and better than the returns of yield last 
November, which were exceeded by the re¬ 
sults of the final investigation. Some of 
the returns report killing frosts, which did 
not extend to a large area on the southern 
side of the cotton belt. Much will, there¬ 
fore, depend on the weather of November 
and December, not only in perfecting 
growth, but in saving the crop. The qual¬ 
ity of lint has been deteriorated by ex¬ 
cessive rains and injured by discoloration. 
The estimated yields by States are as 
follows: Virginia, 168 pounds; North Car¬ 
olina, 182; South Carolina, 175; Georgia, 
165; Florida, 108; Alabama, 160; Missis¬ 
sippi, 200; Louisiana, 238 ; Texas, 196; Ar¬ 
kansas, 225; Tennessee, 191. 
Poultry has been dull for the last week, 
except for the best grades. The prospect 
is that the Thanksgiving market will be a 
ruinous one unless the weather changes. 
The health officers will probably reap a 
large harvest. Poultry is usually expected 
here for Thanksgiving on Monday morning 
or Tuesday morning at the very latest. It 
is then put in the hands of the retailers, 
who are able to offer it Tuesday and Wed¬ 
nesday to the consumers. The best way of 
shipping dressed poultry is by express. It 
is true that this is an expensive method of 
transportation, but it is better thau to ship 
by freight and have the health authorities 
dump the whole lot in the river, as is often 
done. Fat, nicely dressed poultry, especi¬ 
ally turkeys, arriving in good condition 
will bring good prices. The fowls should 
be kept without food for at least 24 hours 
before killing. This is why many fail. To 
have the crop empty is not enough. If 
shippers could place their noses over some 
of the packages as they are opened here 
and inhale the sour odor given off by 
poultry which appears to be all right,, they 
would not wonder at the low prices re- 
turued. It will pay to save the feathers if 
they are nicely dried and kept iu good con¬ 
dition. Wing and tail feathers of turkeys 
should be kept separate and tied in bundles. 
They are extensively used in making 
brushes, dusters, fans, etc. Dressed poultry 
should be thoroughly cooled, packed in 
dry, bright wheat or rye straw, in sufficient 
quantity to prevent the birds touching, in 
clean boxes or barrels. The character and 
weight of the contents of each package 
should be plainly marked on the outside to¬ 
gether with the name of the shipper, and 
the consignee should be notified of the 
shipment by mail. 
The November returns to me I)-pert¬ 
inent of Agriculture of rates of yield per 
acre make the average for corn 19 9 bush¬ 
els; potatoes 57.5 bushels; buckwheat, 
14.5 bushels; hay, 1.20 ton; tobacco, 718 
pounds. The corn crop makes the smallest 
yield reported, excepting only that of 1881, 
which was 18 6 bushels. That of 1887 was 
20.1 bushels. It is 83 per cent of the aver¬ 
age of the last 10 years, a period which in¬ 
cluded four unusually poor years and only 
73 per cent of last year’s crop. The indica¬ 
tions of recent returns have been so uni¬ 
form that the estimate for permanent 
record will not be likely to change this 
figure unless by a slight fraction. The de¬ 
cline of the last decade is not due to im¬ 
pairment of fertility, but to unfavorable 
meteorological influences. The highest 
rates are in New England as usual ; New 
York averages 25.3; Pennsylvania, 27.5; 
Ohio, 20.7; Michigan, 26 7; Indiana, 
24 3; Illinois, 25; Iowa, 26; Missouri, 
25.8; Kansas. 11.3; Nebraska, 20.3. The 
principal decline is in the corn sur¬ 
plus States. The average rate of yield of 
potatoes is 57.5 bushels. The condition of 
the crop in October was lower than in any 
reported previous crop, except in 1887, being 
61.7, against 61.5, when the rate of yield 
was 56 9 bushels per acre. It imports 
scarcity and warrants high prices. The 
low rates of yield of principal States are 
as follows: New York, 62 bushels ; Penn¬ 
sylvania, 68; Michigan, 58; Ohio, 46; In¬ 
diana, 37; Illinois, 30; Iowa, 48; Missouri, 
39; Kansas, 98; Nebraska, 27; Minnesota, 
68: Maine reports 95; New Hampshire, 90 
and Vermont, 95. The yields of the hay 
crop are large, as a rule, throughout the 
country. The cane sugar crop will be a 
large one, and sugar beets have done well 
west of the Missouri, indicating a probably 
rapid development of the sugar industry. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Hog cholera is reported in several coun¬ 
ties in Ohio. 
Another cotton-picking machine has been 
invented by a Chicago man. 
It may interest our friends to know that 
the price of nails will probably be increased 
shortly. 
A. B. Farquhar, of York, Pa., has recently 
filled an order for 25,000 plows for the Argen¬ 
tine Republic. 
There is danger of a grain blockade in 
the Red River Valley, the supply of cars 
being totally inadequate to move the crop, 
Twenty thousand Kansas farmers held a 
jollification at a small town near Wichita 
over the capture of so many Congressmen 
and State officers at the late election. 
Indiana farmers’ institutes will be held 
at Mitchell, Lawrence County, November 
21-22; Nashville, Browu County, November 
25-26; Brownston, Jackson County, Nov¬ 
ember 28-29. 
The American Institute Fair which has 
been open since early in October, closes on 
November 29. It has been largely attended 
throughout and maintains its old time rep¬ 
utation as an instructive and popular exhi¬ 
bition. 
The J. I. Case Thrashing Machine Co.’s 
works at Racine, Wis., cover more than 40 
acres of ground, and comprise 15 buildings 
with a floor surface of 1,000,000 square feet. 
Upwards of 1,000 men are regularly em¬ 
ployed at the works. 
Emperor William recently opened the 
debate at the session of the Prussian Coun¬ 
cil of Agriculture at Berlin. He advocated 
the need of affording increased protection 
for the lives and health of laborers by the 
employment of agricultural machines. 
New York State institutes will be held 
at Cedarville, Herkimer County, Novem¬ 
ber 20-21; Mayfield, Fulton County, No¬ 
vember 24-25, after which there will be a 
cessation until December 1, when they will 
be resumed at Granville, AV ashington 
County. 
A report comes from Natchez, Miss., that 
a party of New York and Boston capital¬ 
ists have bought, through a local agency, 
144,000 acres of laud iu Concordia Parish. 
The lands are along the Bayou Cocoda, 
are finely timbered, and will be lined and 
made into a cotton plantation on a large 
scale. 
The Secretary of Agriculture in his annual 
report to the President expresses a hopeful 
view of agricultural affairs. The possibil¬ 
ity of serving the corn growers throughout 
the country by extending the market for 
Indian corn in foreign countries has en¬ 
gaged the Secretary’s attention, with the 
result that he has appointed a special 
agent abroad, having special qualifications 
for this duty, to investigate and report 
upon the possibilities of promoting the 
consumption of Indian corn in European 
countries. 
The Chicago and Kansas City packers 
have decided to advance the price of all 
tinned meats and lard one-fourth cent per 
pound on account of the increased duties 
on tin. As the new rate does not go into 
effect for some months the fallacy of this 
argument is evident, but it furnishes an 
excuse. 
In the recent election, a judge was elected 
in Kansas who has no technical knowl¬ 
edge of law, has never practiced nor been 
admitted to the bar. He has always been 
a farmer and it remains to be seen whether 
this is good timber from which to make 
judges. It certainly is better than some 
that is used in the East. The Alliance is 
sending him to a law school for a short 
term. 
The horse show at Madison Square Gar¬ 
den closed on Saturday night. The great 
feature of the closing exhibition was the 
high jumping contest which is simply a 
barbarous exhibition fraught with danger 
to both horse and rider. Roseberry was 
not iu good condition and Ontario, who 
managed to get over the bar at seven feet 
one inch, was ruled out because he struck 
his knee on the bar. The condition was 
that a horse must make at least seven feet 
one inch to receive a prize. Considerably 
more than 100,000 people attended the show 
during the week. 
Two weeks ago we alluded to a report 
that the Mexican Government had placed 
an import duty upon cattle from the United 
States. The Secretary of Agriculture is 
now in receipt of a communication from 
the Department of State inclosing a tele¬ 
gram from the United States Consul Gen¬ 
eral at Nuevo Laredo, in reply to one sent 
from the State Department instructing 
him to make inquiries on the subject, in 
which that official states that no such 
duty has to his knowledge been imposed 
by the Mexican Government, but that that 
government is now preparing a tariff bill, 
none of the details of which have so far 
been made public. 
A new route for dressed meat shipment 
to which we referred some months since 
has been inaugurated. The British steam¬ 
ship Moorish Prince has arrived at Louisi¬ 
ana Ice Works, New Orleans, where she 
will load for London with fresh meat, 
hides, tallow, etc. The compartments 
under three hatches are fitted with refrig¬ 
erating apparatus for the carrying of fresh 
meat and the others will be used to stow 
hides, tallow, etc. Three other vessels have 
been fitted up with refrigerators, and will 
follow the Moorish Prince, plying regularly 
between New Orleans and London, and 
carrying beef slaughtered at Fort Worth, 
Texas, for the English market. 
There was a seizure of 160 bales of wool at 
Philadelphia, on Saturday, the first of its 
kind under the McKinley Bill. The mate¬ 
rial is valued at 810,000 and was entered as 
cattle hair, which is upon the free-list. It 
is said that there was but a thin layer of 
hair on the outside of the.bales, the interior 
being wool. The provisions of the Customs 
Adminstration Bill are very strict in regard 
to violations of the law. Section nine of 
that act declares that if any person shall 
make an entry of merchandise by means 
of a false or a fraudulent invoice the goods 
shall be forfeited and the offender shall 
upon conviction be liable to a fine not ex¬ 
ceeding 85,000 or imprisonment for a term 
not exceeding two years, or both in the 
discretion of the Court. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Garnett, Kan.—A large crop of wheat 
sown owlug to the favorable weather audit 
is looking well. Feeders offering 40 cents 
per bushel for new corn. Apples bring 60 
to 75 cents per bushel. Late potatoesa fair 
crop; worth 81 per bushel. Farmers pay¬ 
ing 81 to 81 25 per day for help. s. E. 
Des Moines, Iowa.— Corn never so poor 
except in a few seasons when caught by early 
frosts; from 10 to 20 bushels of poor quality 
is the yield. Late potatoes yield from 25 to 
100, and a few 150 bushels per acre ; better 
than was expected, but the acreage was 
smaller than usual. Corn sells for 40 to 
50 cents for new, and 60 to 75 ceuts for old. 
Potatoes iu good demand at 75 cents per 
bushel. Vegetables scarce, excellent tur¬ 
nips and cabbage. Cabbage 50 to 75 ceuts 
per dozen; turnips hard to sell at 20 cents 
per bushel. Farmers selling all the stock 
possible to save feeding. Little fall plow 
ing being done. Apples scarce and high, 
aud of poor quality. L trge surplus of 
poultry. s - 
