Profitable Farming de¬ 
pends as much on sell¬ 
ing as on producing. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER’S 
A crop which is well 
grown is only half 
way to market. 
MARKET, CROP AND NEWS SPECIAL. 
THE OUTLOOK. 
Financial—T he money market in this 
city continues close. The banks decline to 
accommodate any one except their regular 
customers. Time loans are practically un¬ 
obtainable, although high rates are offered. 
Many capitalists are taking advantage of 
the depression in stocks to invest in those 
securities, and much capital has been with¬ 
drawn from the regular channels of trade. 
This stringency is having its effect upon 
business houses doing business upon small 
margins, and not a day passes but one or 
more failures are recorded for larger or 
smaller amounts. Rumors are in the air 
about the stability of old institutions and 
every body seems suspicious and afraid to 
invest. This condition of affairs has a de¬ 
pressing effect upon all commodities, and 
prices are lower and sales slower in conse¬ 
quence. It is not likely that there will be 
any great panic, but time is required for 
confidence to return and business to resume 
its normal condition. 
Grain. —The winter wheat has gone into 
the winter in good condition in nearly 
every quarter except Illinois, to which ref¬ 
erence is made in another column. The 
markets have been greatly depressed owing 
to the financial troubles. The wheat mar¬ 
ket, according to statistical returns, should 
be much stronger. The Journal of Com¬ 
merce says that it has been generally al¬ 
lowed that the wheat available for ship¬ 
ment this year would not exceed 75,000,000 
bushels from both coasts, of which 40,000,- 
000 bushels are allowed for California, 
Oregon and Washington, and the re¬ 
maining 35,000,000 bushels for the At¬ 
lantic seaboard, leaving a minimum re¬ 
serve of about 30,000,000 bushels to carry 
over to next crop and for use in the East 
until winter wheat gets forward, in the 
Northwest to supply their milling wants 
until spring wheat is harvested in Septem¬ 
ber, and against casualty to growing crop. 
The reserves carried over for the past 10 
years are estimated to have varied from 
30,000,000 to 160,000,000 bushels, with an 
average of about 70,000,000, so that the 
reserve to be carried over to next 
crop will be about the minimum with¬ 
in the period. According to the official re¬ 
turns of tne Produce Exchange, we have al¬ 
ready shipped from the Atlantic seaboard 
from June 30 to November 29 for this crop 
year 26,500.000 bushels of wheat and flour as 
wheat, an average of 1,205,000 bushels per 
week for the 22 weeks past, which would 
leave a very small quantity available for 
the remaining 20 weeks of this crop year, 
should the official crop report confirm the 
last statement of about 402 000,000 bushels. 
The official return will be for measured 
bushels ; the crop of 1883 lost 24,000,000 
bushels and that of 18S9, 20,000,000 bushels 
from the measured to the subsequent offi¬ 
cial report of bushels of 60 pounds each, and 
we must reckon on a loss of at least 15,000,- 
000 bushels on this crop. The stock of 
wheat in Liverpool on December 1, was 
3,187,000 bushels—a decrease for the month 
of November of 7,538 000 bushels, and the 
wheat on passage for the week ending No- 
vember29, decreased 1,680,000 bushels. Other 
grains are depressed in price, but the tide 
mutt turn in financial matters aud with 
returning confidence a brisk market and 
increased prices seem inevitable in view of 
the small stocks on hand. 
The winners of the first and second 
prizes offered by the American Agricultur¬ 
ist for the largest yields of potatoes the 
past season are both Western men. The 
first prize went to William J. Sturgis, of 
Johnson County, Wy., for a yield of 974 
bushels and 43 pounds on one acre without 
fertilizeis or manures of any kind. It was 
virgin soil, however, rich in potash and 
copiously irrigated with water rich in 
saline matter. The second largest yield 
from one acre was obtained by R. A. Chis¬ 
holm in Southern Colorado, who grew 847 
bushels. This was fertilized with 1,000 
pounds of the Mapes Potato Manure. This 
acre adjoined the acre which received the 
sixth prize for 491 bushels in 1S89, and 
which was fertilized with stable manure. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
A fat cow slaughtered near Palmer, 
Miss , was found to have tuberculosis. 
The headquarters of the Kansas Farmers’ 
Alliance has been removed to Topeka. 
A veterinarian at Stillwater, N. Y., was 
kicked to death by a horse he was treating. 
Maine factories nearly equaled the sweet- 
corn pack of last year, which was 5,000,000 
cases. 
A Massachusetts farmer is reported to 
have sold a 45 gallon cask of cider for 
$17.50. Better drink vinegar. 
The number of hides received in Boston 
this year from the River Platte and Rio 
Grande regions will reach 1,000,000. 
The collection of bones for exportation to 
Calcutta forms a regular occupation for the 
Hindoos in central and western Bengal. 
The Burlington County, N. J., Board of 
Agriculture will hold a farmers’ institute 
at Mount Holly on December 12 and 13. 
A company of capitalists has bought 
10,000 acres of land near Colorado, Texas, 
and will put it all in wheat as soon as 
possible. 
The “ Big Four ” beef and pork packers 
at Chicago do an annual business of $200,- 
000,000. The influence exerted by this com¬ 
bine is enormous. 
The N. Y. State Trotting-Horse Breeders’ 
Association, met at Rochester, Tuesday, 
and elected officers. J. W. Day is president, 
and M. E. Gervis, secretary. 
A farm at Pithole, Pa., which was sold 
during the oil excitement for $1,500,000, was 
sold recently at a tax sale for $100. Talk 
about depreciation in farm property ! 
The executors of the estate of the late 
August Belmont will sell his entire stock 
of horses, beginning December 27. Ex¬ 
perts estimate the probable receipts at 
$ 1 , 000 , 000 . 
The River Shannon in Ireland has over¬ 
flowed its banks and hundreds of acres are 
submerged and the crops destroyed. Large 
numbers of cattle have perished and many 
families are homeless. 
The Bellamy Colony in Tulare County, 
Cal., which took “LookingBackward” for 
its text-book, has about fizzled out. Many 
who invested their money in it call it a 
fraud. It had about 600 members. 
North Dakota seems good for something 
besides wheat. Two years ago a farmer 
theie engaged in sheep raising with $600 
capital. He reports sales of wool, $700 ; 
shccji, $300, and 400 sheep on hand for which 
he has refused $3.50 each. 
The Alliance warehouse at Newman, 
Ga., was burned Monday night. Loss, 
$50,000; insurance about half that. Be¬ 
tween 1,100 and 1,200 bales of cotton were 
burned, the larger part belonging to farm¬ 
ers and being uninsured. 
A company of California vineyardists are 
reported to be investigating some parts of 
Mexico with a view to removing their in¬ 
dustry to that country. The superior 
adaptability of Mexican soil; the cheapness 
of labor and favorable climitic influences 
are the reasons. 
The Chicago health officers have un¬ 
earthed an establishment in which horse¬ 
flesh is pickled. The owner claimed it was 
prepared for food for hogs, but as much 
care was used in dressing and handling it 
and some of it was found cooked on his 
own table this looks improbable.' 
The English Government on Thursday 
introduced into the House of Commons a 
supplementary estimate of £5,000 for the 
purpose of inquiring into the situation in 
the western part of Ireland arising from 
the failure of the potato crop and for mak¬ 
ing preparations for relieving the distress 
among the inhabitants. 
Representative Hensbrough, of North 
Dakota, on Thursday, introduced in the 
House a joint resolution appropriating 
$500,000 to be expended by direction of the 
Secretary of Agriculture in the purchase 
and distribution of seed wheat for the bene¬ 
fit of those residents of the State of North 
Dakota who lost their crop by reason of 
the drought of 1890. 
A chicken thief was shot and killed near 
Kinderhook, N. Y., the other day. 
A certificate of death filed at the office of 
the Kansas City Board of Health gave 
glanders as the cause of death. 
A new packing house six stories high is 
to be built on the site of the one burned 
several months ago at the stock yards, 
Chicago, 
Cables from Berlin say that the Bundes- 
rath has rescinded the prohibitions on the 
importation of cattle from Austria-Hun¬ 
gary, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. 
Reports from Prince Edwards Inland say 
that nearly 50 vessels are frozen in at dif¬ 
ferent ports. The inconvenience and loss 
to farmers and produce shippers will be 
, considerable. 
The Hungarian Government announces 
its intention to tax the production of mead, 
a drink largely used by the poorer classes, 
who cannot afford wine, and much grum¬ 
bling has resulted. 
The wholesale and retail dealers cannot 
agree as to the regulations respecting the 
proposed ordinance governing the selling 
of vegetables by weight in this city, and 
the matter still hangs fire. 
Two rival corn-huskers at Avoca, Iowa, 
on Wednesday, husked and cribbed 140 
bushels of corn each in 10 hours. The 
prize, $100, and the championship was 
awarded to one because his corn was 
husked cleaner than that of the other. 
President Polk of the National Farmers’ 
Alliance, was reflected for another year. 
Master Workman Powderly addressed the 
meeting at Ocala Saturday and evening. 
The whole tenor of his argument was union 
of the farmer and workingman and the 
organization of a third party. 
Many Cape Cod cranberries have been re¬ 
packed, by unscrupulous dealers in this 
city, from barrtls into crates holding sev¬ 
eral quarts less than the regular size, and 
sold to unsuspecting purchasers. By sell¬ 
ing at a little less than the regular price, 
large quantities were disposed of. 
The Niagara County, N. Y., Farmers’ 
Club condemned the State-road scheme of 
Gov. Hill, and any legislation tending in 
that direction as unnecessary and involv¬ 
ing too much expense and taxation. A 
committee of one from each town was ap¬ 
pointed to consider the matter and report 
what legislation was needed. The club 
favored town control of the roads and asks 
concerted action by farmers’ organizations 
throughout the State. 
The commission appointed by Gov. 
Thayer, of Nebraska, to devise means for 
relieving the suffering due to the short¬ 
age of crops at Nebraska, has submitted 
a report showing an almost total failure 
of crops in 13 counties and that 10,000 
families are in need of assistance. The 
governor discourages appeal to outside 
State*, lest it injure the credit of the State, 
but promises relief when the legislature 
meets. The committee says the destitu¬ 
tion is greater than that caused by the 
Johnstown flood or the Chicago fire. 
At the California State Fruit Growers' 
Convention a committee of five was ap¬ 
pointed to confer with a similar committee 
from the Florida Fruit Union, in reference 
to an alliance or cooperation between the 
two organizations. A special committee 
reported in favor of some action by the 
fruit growers of the State to protect East¬ 
ern dealers and consumers against fraud 
and imposition by unprincipled parties 
selling inferior fruit under California 
labels. 
• 
The Cherokee Strip Live Stock Associa¬ 
tion are reported to have offered $10,000,000 
in cash for 6,500,000 acres of land compris¬ 
ing the Cherokee Strip. They say they 
want it and will have it if money can buy 
it. The association that is interested in 
this deal cousists of 14 members, many of 
whom had ranches on the Strip for years 
under leases granted by the Indians. This 
year they have been driven out by the Pre¬ 
sident’s proclamation. The land, they say, 
is unfit for agricultural purposes, while 
for grazing it cannot be surpassed. 
A water famine is reported from Central 
Illinois. 
An Atchison man gave a deed to a quar¬ 
ter section of land in Western Kansas for a 
pair of shoes. 
The American Harvester Company has 
perfected its organization and opened its 
general offices in Chicago. Cyrus H. 
McCormick is president, and E. H. Butler, 
secretary. 
The American Fiber Association of New 
York began work at Huntsville, Alabama, 
last week on the foundations for a building 
for a paper pulp mill. The Iplant is to cost 
$80,000. Pulp will be made from cotton¬ 
seed hulls, large quantities of which are 
furnished by the Huntsville Cotton Seed 
Oil Mill. 
The Milk Producers’ Union has fixed the 
price of milk to be sold at 3X cents per 
quart, while the Milk. Exchange has fixed 
the price it will pay at three cents. Isaac 
C. White, a member of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee of the Producers, keeps 100 cows at 
his farm in Dutchess County. He sajs: 
“ I get bran from Milwaukee to feed my 
cows. Bran that cost me $14 a ton last 
June costs me $22.65 a ton now. It is the 
same withhomiuy, corn meal and all other 
feed, dearer because of the short crop of 
wheat and corn. The effect of this higher 
cost of feed and low price of milk has been 
to cut off the supply tremendously. It is 
my opinion that the dealers in the 
city will be forced to give the Union 
price, for the milk is not in the 
country to be had at three cents a quart. 
It will not be a crisis or a conflict between 
farmers and dealers, but a matter of con¬ 
servative adjustment. It may take some 
dealers a month or two to come around, 
but they will do it in the end. Of course, 
the Union price will not affect contracts 
already made at creameries. But these 
will be renewed on better terms for the 
farmer.” It is estimated that nearly 2,000 
cans a day less milk reaches the city now 
than was the case in midsummer. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Jo Daviess Co., III.—Corn mostly gath¬ 
ered; about 75 per cent of an average crop ; 
selling at 50 cents. Swine plague has 
swept many farms of nearly every hog. 
Cattle plenty and cheap. Finest fall I ever 
remember; ground hardly frozen. Rural 
potatoes did well, considering the season, 
which caused failure of the potato cr«p 
generally. The wheat and rye crosses look 
well. Fall grain not much sown. Farmers’ 
Alliances multiply. w. s. s. 
Americus, Ga. —Three heavy frosts in 
beginning of November; beautiful weather 
since. Tender vegetation starting up again. 
Cotton, corn, sugar cane, sweet potatoes 
and all crops all that could be desired. 
Lack of help delayed gathering of cotton 
until rains damaged much of it; this will 
sell low. The other crops will, however, 
keep the “wolf from the door.” An easy 
country to get a living in; gradually filling 
up with new-comers; those from the North 
go mostly into fruits. h. w. s. 
Washington Countt, Ind.— Dry sum¬ 
mer; light crops. We follow mixed farm- 
i«g. Wheat surest money crop, but corn 
and hogs together are worth most. Little 
change in rotation of crops. Farmers using 
better machinery, self binders, hay slings 
and carriers, sulky cultivators, etc. Sheep 
most profitable stock for the money in¬ 
vested. Horses, mules and sheep bring fair 
prices; other stock low. Wheat, 85 cents; 
corn, 50 cents and a light crop. Hogs, $3 
to $3.50 per 100 pounds. e. w. 
York Countt, Pa.-F all work almost 
completed. Fine weather last two weeks. 
Winter gram looks well on an average. 
Some early-sowed is too rank ; may rot un¬ 
der heavy snow. The last wheat crop is 
mostly thrashed ; generally a medium crop, 
nice and plump and flours well; sells at 94 
cents. Corn poor crop with few exceptions. 
What there is is good and solid as we had a 
late fall; sells at 50 cents. Oats very 
poor in grain and straw; very little of 
either; sell at 48 cents. Potatoes poor 
crop. The acreage and yield small; sell for 60 
cents. Hay big crop; aftermath in many 
places also very heavy. Much not prop- 
