Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1880, Page 11

roving a little in October, In sympathy with her Fe But it, Tiled alow nt ythe best. The. new No. 3. was paraded with care by tha Inapectora, and tho reat 3. fine lot of barley, which was bought tupns It came along, and helt aubject to the order of consumers, Our Tnat crop fing been graded chiefty into extra. 9, It fy said to posses better maltlng qualities than any siitee the year 1873. It tins been in excellent demand for shilpm “nasty na well ng by foeal consumers, ‘The yheldl fs believed to have been nearly equal to that of 1878, A smaller nereage was reported to have heen sown fin some parts of the Northwest, ehfefly In tho older sections, but the newly- settled districts partially made aniends for this in acreage, with a good yield. ‘The Washington statistics Indicate 1 deerense of Of per cent In acreage, and 49¢ per cent In yield. ‘The Canadian crop is belleved to be about 8,000,000 but Inrzer than fn 1873, ngainst a de- crease of 2,000,000 bu in the United States, The Canadian” barley was bought rather freely In the East during Jast autumn Cus- tomers in the West have talen Jarge quanti thes of Collfornia “Boy Brewing” tarley, whieh was liberally offered here nt relative! ly Tower figures than was asked for our No, 3, Calffornia barley was never before so low, Tt was Intl down here at bogie per buy the freight across the plains belng but Me per rental, or de per bi, which Is tho lowest figure'ever charged for tho service. It sold nt O5e In Tots of 100 var-fonds three weeks ogo. It is estimated that 225,000 bu of California barley hns arrived here, and more will prob- ably follow. About 300,000 bu of Cannda barley has arrived by lake, at n cost of 80@ 85c per Wi Jaid down here. Tho Southern crop of fall barley was large mid good, and has supplied Cinchinatl so_ freely that little has been wanted from us. ‘The stock of bar- Jey Insight jn the Intter part of the year was larger than usual, and this tended to depress prices; especially us tt was understood that ho quantity yet In the hands of Western farmers is rather large, a good deal having been held back because of the senrelty of room tn the elevators, Quotations were ss- talnext, jhoweyer, by sympathy with other praduee, ‘The trading in samples fn this elty was larger last yenr than usual, olny to the rigid chirneter of the Inspection. ‘The low grades have sold freely to distillers, who have talcen them In preference to rye, on account of the relatively high pres of the latter, Tho greater activity of brewing, with adull barley imurket, suggests that a good deal af corn is now used in making beer, Ibis undoubtedly being employed Jargely In sone places; but qwe are assured nat in Chicago. PRICES. Tho following tablo shows the monthly rangeand the average price of extraNo, dbar- ley during the first seven months of the year; and of No, 3 on the new crop; Lowest. Highest. Avera A056 49 44.08 2 ee ia ee y i q i ‘ TH crop, The following are statements of tho nere- } nggof bariey in the United States, and estt- + mates of yield in millions of bushels: 2 Yield. a aT a ! iF : 38m + 401g 5 Tho yleld of last year is stated to be 40,186, 5 200 Dushels, having value of $23,625,300. BREADSTUFES MOVEMENT. I RECEIPTS. The following were tho recetpts of brend- 4 stuffs In this efty during tho past threo years Hi as reported to tha Bourd of 'Trade, flour be- ing reduced to Its equivalent in wheat in the aT, e012 41,16 Temas i . Flour, bri, . Wheat, bu. 5,100,881 Totals, Int., .107,624,803 131,030,505 4,410,000 The flour manufactured in .the elty Inst year aggregated 24,000 bris, besides 182,000 orig ado at Lockport. AILIPSIENTS, The corresponding shipments wore: Flonr, bris. G10 9,480,905, y Wheat, bn. 17 14,000,160 Lorn, tu BHO O AUN 00 TOL “Tesi o3 aaa” ot " ‘Potals, v . 1aESi,o93 1ia07209 "00,700,070 ee BTOCKS IN STONE, The following were the reported stocks of Bour and graln in store at the close of three years pst: Watts a u 1870, 1878, 1877. Flour, hrls. 87,000: BUTT THUD + Wheat, bi BH,103 550,602 1,400,080 + Corn, bu 1,070 3,045,048 Duta, bt foo ‘4m. tex ltyo, bu, 15 Arte arloy, bu i Toeayg ‘The stock of wheat 1s 7,000,623 bu, Includ- ‘ng 00,025 bu afloat. ‘There 1s also 242,559 bu corn afloat in the harbor. * CITY CONKUMPTION, ‘Tho following are the quantities of grain a withdrawn from elevator for elty consump- tlon during the past two years: = . 1879, Whent, Dileeseseceseree 80,006 818,250 Corn, bu... We0L 170,00: Dats, bu, 2 0,502 i itye,' bu: 40138 872 A Barloy, i B18, , ‘Tho total aq! y In store Inat Saturday was 18,000,500 fr against 0,524,020 bun yeur previous. | ‘The dliference between, theso two sets of figures subtracted from the difference between reported receipts and shipments loaves nbowt 3,075,240 bu for city consumption, ‘The quantity actually con sumed is probably about twlee as much, the difference being made up of grain received from wagons, und taken direetly from track, Tho difference between tha Retnnanl ship- inenta of flour (201,300 bris) added ta tho ue 000 bris manufactured in the city, and mak. nm iillownnes for thn gltared. ae ot Bl In atore 1 he close, gives about. 7 000 brs flour as the elty communption, " GRAIN-INSURCTION, 4 Tho following shows the Inspection of car- & lots of grain info store In this elty by months 4 _ during the year: j *Bonth, | Wheat.| Corn, | Oates.) Itye. | Barley, Jnnuary..| 4,005] 4,058] BIN, BtT] B00 4 Fobruary.| us| 6,161) ty 160) By 7 Mareh.....) 106] 4.077] 1,003) 1TH] Bd ; Fis] ign) 20, ds) it a + OAT’ a auoo] Tats] 1970, Bs 5 x bhOR2} VAT) _ 400) 18 a 45,010) 2,751) 1,208) BH 4d WS) T0901) Tei) 10s] zene i Octoborl.| W217) 187] 2,050) 2,005 5 Noyomber|- 7,177) 852) 2,143] B40) BH December} 7, 8,007) tell add MTotal,'70] 82,114] 124,005) 18,816! 5,58] 8,078 " 2 f Saino 1878.) 60,475) 1iten 19, Bae! ite Bam 1877,] | OG TH] 1 43h] USE Busno 1876.) 42,015! 74,0800 11 Ber! T80L <The total numbor of cars of grain inspeoted this clty in 1870 was 257,877, agalnat 233,738 eotko inaneetion of grulty recelved, by t spection 0! Truly receives he Ditnols & Michigan Canal during | Y past year was ng follows: Whent—1,013 hu No, 3 amber; 150 bu No, 3 red winters 5,000 bu No. 1,100 bu No. 8 whiter; 5,000 bu No. 1h, 3 29,500 bu . Swintor; ® spring; 15,703 bu No. i sprit 2 rejected apring, aud 2,2 ny spriny » Corn—h231,950 bu high 5 bu No, 3; 41,00 bu new hi 800 bu new mixed; 345,000 bu re bu no utude, On 3 657,40 bu No. 3, 121 bu No, 2, and 8,075 bu re- ed pect! at of ie tecelved by lakes 8 » Barley— -18,000 bu No. 3 ae wei UWIIsky, Gas oe THE MARKT FOR WHISKY ‘has ruled active nm! reasonnbly steady dur | ing the year, the price changing much Jess In proportion than that of the grain from which ig was made, The reason ts that the tax Ls “unchanged, and that makes up much the greater part of .the coat to the consumer... the distillers now haye the market in thor’ cy whit » fected. , Ny ted. Ins: 885 ~; dwn hands, selling the rectified goods, instead THE CINCAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JANUARY _1, _1880-SIXTEEN PAG of the rw highwines, 08 they did up ton little mora than two years ago. The export movement fa Inrgely on the Inerense, ut. tho distillers of this city have exported something Ike 5 per cent less, tho home market having absorbed a great deal more than heretofore, and taken about all produced tn the Intter part of the year, Itisgxpected that our ex- port trade will be mich Isrger this year, under the new arrangement whereby the bonds will be given by tho transportation companies, enabling our distillers to slip rect to te Old World, The beet crop of Europe is small, and the production there must be mitch diminished, ‘The quotations of the year wera based on the following figures ns the prices of the raw spirits $1.00 during first linlf of January, then S1.0f to May 14; sold at $1.01 May 23; sold nt $1.03 on the 26th, ranged nt $1.04 dur- Ing the greater part of June; sold at $1.05@ 1,05 from June 2? to Aug. 2, when It fell to 81.04. Rosa to $1.10 by Oct. 4, deciined to 81,07 Nov. 6, and then improved to S119 on Dee, 0; soldat S111 on tho 20th, and settled back to $1,101 week ago. ‘The nverane prico of the yenr was $1.05.8, niralngt $1,054¢ in 1878s $1.07 {1 1877; $1.03 In 1870; and S136 In 18TH, During the past vont tho inarket. has generally been le above Cincinnatl, above the price in Peoria, FOREIGN EXPORTS. THE DINLCT FOREIGN EXPORTS from this elty from Jan, 1 to Dee, 27, 1879, aud for the whole of 1878, were ns follows: IRR, Flour, brt ies ‘Whent, bu Corn, Bu. Ontac bu Turley, bu. Rye, int Lied, p' and Ie Reeds, Hops, Ibs,.....5 Furs, lbs... Leather, 1b t-monl 1007 4,400,550 602,018 OTHER PRODUCE. RECEIPTS, Tho followlng were the receipts of other articles of produce for tho last three years: ‘1878. 18; Beeds, tons.....+0. one) = 00,085 Tiroom-corn, tons. BAS BO 2A,005 Pubrid AT SRAOL THO 1,749,001 10,837 ay mba, mf paiecld hingica, m. dik Bult, bri 1,708 ‘Lend, tot 18,874 13,018, BILIV MENTS. The following were tho corresponding shipments: Becds, tons,... Tiroom-corn, to ‘Hutter, tons. Hides, tons, Liquors, bri: Wool, tons.. Potatoes, bu, Conl, tons, Tiny, tons. Luinber, 1870. It, brs Lend, tons. oe saenee ff In addition to the above the following wero reported ns ‘received, the figures belng in some cases far less than the facts: 1870, 1878. 847,708 4,401,004 1she3 at 147,043 1,050,085, Big 70,919 LIVE Stock. * FROM ITS INCIPIENCY, ONWARD, the lives-tock trade of Chicago has main- tained a steady and rapid growth, and tho past year has fully sustained tho reputation previously acqutred. ~The special adaptation of Chicago as tho great central point in the West for a live-stock market, commensurate with Its annunlly-incroasing necessitles, has Jong been recognized, and the gigantic opera- tlons of the past year have still further strengthened the conviction that it possesses advantages vastly superior to any other live- stock market In tho world, Standing sit pes fn direct railway connection with all the stock-growing sections of tho West, the fut- ure of the trade may bo expected to show an expansion corresponding to the growth and development of the Western country. ‘That tho Union Stock-Yard management {a alive to tho rapidly-growing demands of the trade is evidenced by the extent of the additions and {mprovements that are annually made. In that respect the changes during the past year lave been on a more extended scalc than ever before, involving as‘ they have a total outlay of some $200,000. This large sum was chiefly expended In the erection of an addition to the Exclinngo Building, a gen- oral overhauling of tho offices occupied by the buyers and sellors of stock, the erection ofan elaborate ente-way nt the entrance to the yards, the bu@ding of a water tower, and the ‘construction of open and covered pens, antl alde-tracks, Several now hiny barns and corn cribs have also been constructed. ‘Tho which take the place of tose former, ‘destroyed by fire, aro of brick and {ron, and are tire proof. ‘The sys- |. tem of railroad tracks and switches around the yards, connecting them with the various roads contering here, aro far more -extensive. than js generally sup- poset ‘and to keep them In repatr involyes a large aunual expense to the Union Steck- Yard Company, If other avidences of the growing importance of our live-stock tralo Were wanting, thoy aro furnished by the largely Increased volume of business necom- shed by the Union -Stock-Yird National “Bank, and by tho telegraph Ines, ‘Tho husi- ness of the former has inereasod fully 100 per cent alnce 187%, while the latter has more than quadrupled within that perlod, The receipts of Ive stock for the yent make a ONAND TOTAL OF 8,000,107 HEAD, which ig an increase over the arrivals for any previous year of 257,040 head. All kinds of stock showed nn Inerense over 1878, the difference beth 100,270 hogs, 182,604 enttle, 14,000 sheep, and 1,058 horses, ‘The trade for 1870 was not only the lurgest and most in- portant Chicago lias over hud, but the murket during most of the year was freer from finetuations than we have over known It. To drovers, however, tho year cannot fairly be called 8 prosperous one,.for the day when there was “big money” In tho business hag imased, A- store are now engaged in lt where there was: one ten years igo, and the competition ia nt all tlines so sharp that the drover {8 pretty certain to pay for Ils pure chase all that Itta worth, and often he finds that it casts him more In the country than be enn realize for tbat the point of destination, In the line of EXPORTS, t The season’a business fas not met the ex- pectations of the most sanguine, ‘That it has hot was wholly duo to the ndyerse action of the British Government relative to the im- Hortattan, of live stock from tho United tates, At tho close of 1878 the outlouk was inmost. promising, but early in 1879 the Privy Counell resolved to put the United Btates Ih the schedule of infected countries, Vor that course there waa ho warrant beyond the fact that in the Innnediate viclulty of Now York isolated eases of Plenro-iiontonts had been reported, ‘To schedule the whole country from the Gulf to the Canndian border be- cause disease had bean detected In falnuto district Wasa moateweoning woaure but, de- spite the demonstrated fact that nocont vasa existed west of New York, the sh Government has persistently refused to modify its restrictions, and the Ilve-stock ex- port trade has thorafore been carried on une der serious dificuttios, That He has inaterial- ly Increased in the obstacles is conclusive proof that the trade 1s firmly es- tablished, and that, with all restrictions ro- ere vedusttgo" “Eh eoiuiaintsof ati portan: re complaints of ship- pers and the neceasities of ‘die British nation ous i dullness that have marked tho trade in for- mer years and the Iarge nccumulations of de~ preciated goods which so demoralized tho market during the previous season wero at are tending rluinliy to overcome n strict en- forcement of the most objectionable features of the act of 187%, and the season of 1380 promises to seo a darger prowl {nour cattle exports than hing been witnessed sinee 187 when the trde had its — birth. no thine present, The bitter experiences of the Importation — of — American live- | the summer and autumn of 1878, wlien tons stock to England wero wholly pro- | upon tons of cheese were stored in the “coolers, where it was held for a rise,—but hiblted, our fresh meat would stlif find i i ultimately sold for barely enough to pay way there in large quantities, and, vi from any standpoint, the American trade, as regards both the don 7 commission and storage fecs,—have been eign inarkets, never hag n more encouraging | avoided, ‘Tho stuf was kept moving, outlook than at the present thine. and, although during considerable During the year Just closed our receipts of CATTLE reached 1,215,073 hen, n Inver number by 118,937 than ever before received, tho. total part of tho season prices were exceedingly low, the market was at no tine depressed by exceasive stocks. The CHMESE TRADE for 1876 having been, 1,004,745. For the in- rena w a prined sally’ indebted to tho | shows a healthy growth in all directions, but States beyond the Niisfourl Tiver,, Kan- | the most marked inerease {s In the matter of sas, Nebraska, and Colorado furnishing | direct exports, which for the past year wero many more cattle than In any previous i; Not only was, there o marked nerensn in the volume of our receipts, but the quality flap showed a gratifying linprove- nent. From the beginning of Jantary down fo midsummer: the percentage of amaturec fully 30@40 per cent larger than for 1878. For that trade the best and the poorest quall- tles are taken, The latter go principally to the manufacturing districts, while the former come in competition with the product of the and well-fatted enttls was larger than In any former year, and the same was true, to a greater or less extent, of the entire season's hest English dairies, ‘The demand from the South hag been mueh larger than ever before, pret trade with the far Wes supply. ot will | that while jour tee | Ane ae einer Metin and Tidiana ts niso celts exhibit an eof 13201, tho shih | Noted, ‘The West eat prodtes butter and ments are barely 10,000 lnrger than for, 1873, The illserepaney fs readily neeounted for by the Incrense in the requirements of the local trade, ‘Tho growth fn population of the elly and suburbs annually ealls for a considera. bly inerensed meat snpply, but the most of the Increase in the elty’s’ consumption is due to the rapid expansion of the CANNED-MEAT TRADE: From an Insignificant beginning the canning of meats has grown during the past five cheese much cheaper than the Enst, and it ean be but a few years: before Chicago will take rank as the most Important market Jn the country for the produets of the dairy. "The quality of the cheese need In the West the post year can 5 y bo said to show an iinprovenent over that for 1878, ‘The season for the most part was favorable, both to a Jarger pentineltou and to excellence in quality ‘hut our factorymen have done more fakiniming’? than ever before, which has years Into. a most inyportant business, reatly lowered the average quality, ‘They Two hundred thousand cattle were pure found that there was a demand for skimmed ehased during, 1870 by ong firm here | cheese nt prices closely approsimating tho fn that branch of trade, Preserved meat ex- ports from the United States haye become so arge that they already stand ninth on the list in order of magnitude of valua of ship- ments of agricultural products, the ships ments for 1978 exceedl ne $0,000,000, OF these priee of full cream goods, and they were not slow to lear that it was more profitable to turnin certain percentage of the cream into butter. ‘The demand for skin cheese comes principally from the South, where it fs pre- ferred. on account of its bes "keeping? toothsome products England, Scotland, and nalities, Prices have averaged lower Gormany are the largest consumers, though | than Inst season, and during the summer shipments are new annde to alinost every | iponths averaged Jower than for any country Inthe Oll World, For, this trade the lower grades of entitle are. taken; and thus fs furnished an outlet at fair prices for a large amount of stock that otherwise would be practically ungalable, PHICES were the highest in January, cholce to tra grades. then conummanding $5.00 Early in February they duclined to St. 6.00, and further alone to $4.50@5.00, "Che decling In the upper grates during the latter part of that month was due to a severe break in the Liverpool and London markets, whieh resulied in heavy losses to exporters, and enused thelr temporary withdrawal from the market. During Mareh there was a parthal recovery, and prices were well sustained un- previous season wi thin the past twenty years, They opened in January at 7@sive for good to beat grades, advanced In March to 714@ Bsc, where the market remained until the middle of April. From that tine until the Hlosey of August there was a steady shrinkage in values until the market stood atd@iige, With the bexinning of September prices took n turn in the other direction, During the Inst half of Aunt, and all through the month of September, very ttle raln fell on datry distriets of the West or of the East, and, as it became evident that the autumn make would fall far short of an average, there sprang up a brisk speculative demand, under which priecs rapidly advanced, Within the space of five days—from Sept. $ to 1—prices 3 tit May; when they ensed aff. In June there | advanced 3c per ty, and during that month wasn further deeline, that imonth closing at | there was an appreciation of 5@5/{c, The $4254.85 for cholee to extra niliine niurket continted to move upward un- ‘The year closed at S47 5, During | til the middie of November, when 11 tho fast half of: Marcel re was an | @i8e were the quotations for good tmunsually netive demand for stockers, and | to best rades. From that date on to the prices. for that class reached a hitgh noint— | end of ha yenr prices showerl but slight va- rintion, though higher priees are Jookel for before spring. Comparatively few people have any falr idea of the importance and viz.t $3,00@4,00, September furnished the noorest averaze quality, and the average price ‘or that month was tho lowest of the year, Deing about $2.00, The largest recetnts were economic value of the dairy interest. Inthe for July—122,903—nnd the smallest for March United States there are upward of 3,000 — 80,200, ‘Lhe receipts of BUTTER AND CHE! FACTORIES. The total production of cheese in the United States 1s about $50,000,000 pounds annually, woGs were 9,448,995,—nn Incrense over 1878 of 109,- | 5! , a9, Li comparison with any year. previous | 140,000,000 pounds belng anual exported, to 1878, there is an increase of 2,111,183 Jan- | and over 200,000,000 consumed at home. Tho tary saw. the heaviest reecipts, the total | production of butter ts reported to be LOD renehing 993,889. ‘Tht [s the largest unmber | 000,000 pounds, about 000 pounds of ever received In one month, ‘Tho smallest | which Is exported, The total valuy of butter receipts were for August, when they fetl off | and cheese prodttced is $35,000,000, or 850,- to Sti. Pho y opened on very low 000,000 more than tho entire wheat crap of rrices,—viz.: $3,60@2.00, but the market soon | the country. ‘The value of butter and cheese. began to nivance, and at the close of oxported during the past year was $37,000,000, January stood at $3,50@3.85, During ILLINOIS 1.48 800,000 cows, February there was “a further appre | which In 1878 proditced 34,000,009 gallons of ciation, prices reaching S3.75@440. | milk, welghing 9,062,100,000 pounds, It is In March prices turned in the other direction, and continued to. work downward until $3,30@5,00 was reached in May. ‘The market recovered a Itile in June, but in August it dropped off to $3,00@3.50, From the begin- ning of September till the 5th of December the course of prices was gradually upward, The ilghest figures were reached Nee, 6, the uotations for that day being $4.50@4.85 for liht-welghts, and $4.65@¢5.20 for” heavy. Within the following tivo Weeks the market, declined W@7ie por 100 tbs, A partof this decline was Terined, the year closing nt $4.90@4.55 for Nant and §4.25@4.95 for heavy rides, The ndvancetduring October nnd November grow outof tho fear that, the hog crop would prove short, while tho “break? in December was due to tho strike, estimated that 0 capital of $121,000,000 Is em- ployed In the datry business of this State, BUTTER. From the latter part of May until the be- flunis of September prices ruled pretty jow,—lower_ than for many years,—the eholcest grades selling at from 15@t7e, while a good article could be bought at 8@10c, All through the spring and suinmer the serson wns favorable to a large proditetion, and the receipts at this polit were Inrgely In excess: of any former year; but at the low, prices a ready outlet was found, and the beginning of fall found smalier necumulations here than usual at that season. Tho severe drought, beginning in August and extending through September and a part of October, resulted in : f aereatly dhuinished production, and in Sep- wilh at he” ee ee tee abe rH tember prices began to aivanee. ‘The up ward movement continued until the mid- dle of November, when the best crenm- oy. ules: colt at S7@sse. ace it ing the last three weeks of the year was al- | November there was, i, reaction, | tte mast atustandatiti,. Tho recel fy forthe week | market dropping back 4@5e, but subsequently ending with Dee, 27 aarOhiten! to only 28,233, | there was 0 par Ant recovery, the year closing hut sich was tho demoralized condition of | 8t80@35e for creamery and at2@2e for Food tho packing business that even that sinall | to choles dairy.eThat the dairy products of Iunber of hogs exceeded the demand, With: | tho West has reached a high state of excel in the pust few days there has been a partial the dictation of tho “ Butchers’ Union" as to whoin they should umploy, In conse- quenes of the Inbor troubles, tho trade dur- 4.%3 for prime, and has advanced contlnunns- ly, being greatly excited In October ami the carly part of November, when parties, who had mada heavy sues ahead here and fn the foreign markets had_ to fill thelr contracts, During the hight of the flurry In October prices jumper 82,00 per bu, the Mihest price paid for prime being 20.2%, and for choles $0.76, Tater In November prices broke off $1,00@1.25 per bu, the pressure to buy belng over, aud the bulge had eniled in fqunnniities of clover-seed that are not ordinarily expeet- ed to leave the farms tithe spring season opens. ml portion of the Jute receipts, .owever, have been poor grades, ane tholee exportable seed has ruled quite steady: since the November decline. ‘The average price of prime clover was $4.10, The season closes with a fair stuck of clover In, the leact- Ing markets, and probably plenty of tt back In the Interior, Dealers enlediate on 2 good spring trade to use up the stock, and the shipments fo Europe continue falr, though British or- ders have fallen off because that market Is stocked with Atmerleat 1 that was sent. over on consignment, Great [Britain will doubtless talée a good portion of our surplus if her farmers are not too poor to buy It, “Lhe wits of the Continent are supposed to be mostly supplied, though Germany may Te- quire some more American seed, and a short. tue fn the French crop is Intely reported which may check the flow of seed from that country to England, and fores her to send. more orders over here, Most of the seed exe poret has been sent ont on through bills of jading from this city allow freights, FLAX BEED, Two important changes occurred in the flax market Jast year,—shipping the seed in bulk by Inke, and handling the new crop on a pttre, or a5 percent basis, It, is estinatedt that nearly 600,000 bu were sené Enst on sail vessels, and from Buffalo by canal ta. New York, |The immediate cause of this depart- tre was the removal of the canal tolls, which inade it possible to ship by the water route eheaper than by any other way. Consider- able oppasition to this way of shipping flax seert wag Inade at first by parties, who thought the slippery nature of the seed would make ita dangerous cargo for a vessel, but the first trial proved their fears groundless, and portunity to carry plenty of this freight future. Shipping flax In bulk by water Ine creased the recelpts here, and brought the Enstern buyers to this market, who, In sen- sons past, hinve liad the-seed sent through from the Interior by rail. “Phe receipts from Missourl River points, were generally In hulk, but those from this State and vicinity were chicily in bags, because some of the roads were not able to furnish the cars, ‘The new. crop was the largest ever raised. in the West, heing about 5,750,000 bu,—an‘in- erease of about 40 per cent over that of 1878. ‘The seed moved early, but arrived ina very dirty condition, which led to the establish- mentof thes pereent rule for buying, and this was soon displaced by a rule to purchase on the basis of pure seed. ‘The ilnx averaged about 8@10 per cent dirt per bu, and it is pro- posed to. puta penalty of 1@2 per cent on dirt next year, If the’ farmers do not take more enre to secure the seed ina clean con- dition. The bad condition of tho crop, how- ever, was due much. to the fact that the weather was orable for the growth of weeds, which choked the flay, and, ripentn, atthe same time, their seeds were mixed with it, In spite of this the crop was fairly profitable to producers, 'The stock of old seed was exhausted be- fore the new harvest, the demand for sowing Ans taki a large partof ft. In January crushing tax sold at $1.20, and in Mareh at $1.80, and there wos ]ittle variation in prices through the summer tb the time for the new crop. The recelpts of new flax were yery heavy, from the first, the weather belng fine for threshing ‘and marketing the seed, and prices, whieh ppened nt $1.26@1,27 on the & per cent basis, fell in September to $1.15, and for pure to St.20@1.21, Eastern ernshers bought very freely In the West, but the heavy receipts tn the cau part of the crop year made them think the crop had heen greatly underestimated, and they ceased buying for a short thne, which led to the break noted above, The market soon recoy- ored, and advanced steadily in tho Inte fall to Sit in November, the advance belng largely in spiny pathy with linseed all, ‘The price fell off in Deceinber to $1.47@1.49 for pure seed, the advanced frelghts shutting off the East- ern demand, thus giving Western buyers the right of way. It is estimated that fully 85 Teh cent of the crop hasbeen marketed. But ittle foreign seed was imported Enst, the do- mestic crop being almost stflicient to supply the country. Tho average price of the year was §1,30 for crushing flax. OTHER SEEDS, Both Mungarian and inillet ent 0 rathor small figure Inst yenr, ‘The demand was sinall tn the spring, though there was re Ilttle flurry In May, when the seed was wanted In sections where carll s had failed, and prices ran up to $1 25 per bats the pre- vious range being 65@ The offerings were stunll. There wis considerable Inquiry for Gerinan millet forsowhig purposes. ‘The receipts of new mijlet and Hungarian have been sinall, and both erops uro supposed to be light, German millet, which is pre- ferred to ather kinds beenuse it possesses more nutritious qualities, has been lured used-in Kansas for feeding cattle, hence | has been saved for the seed, The receipts thoso grasses Indleate a fine quality of seed, Teneo is abundantly attested by the fact that restuuption of packing operations, but tho atthe dairy fairs recently heli the West has year cl fosud on dull and unsettled inarket, | carried off most, of the prizes for superiority Tho receipts of. in the quality of both butter and cheese, ‘The sales of cheese fu this market during 1879 reached about 500,000 boxes. SEEDS. AN ACTIVE, HEALTHY TRADE in timothy sced {3 reported at prices that av- erage nearly 40 per cent highor than {1 1878. The past year opencd witha large stock of timothy in store, the bulk of which was owned by speculators and Enstern dealers. Tho latter moved thelr stock Enst tn tho spring, and tho restof tho seed came out ‘ SHEEP were 995,119, against 310,420 for 1878, an In- crease of 14,609. Prices havo ruled ‘higher than for the previous year, espeelally for the better qualities, for whlch {hore was, durlog: most of the yenr, 6 Boot demand on Eustern and export account. ‘The appreciation I values was mnainly duo to the higher price of wool and polts, “The market glosed firm at 5. 15.00, TIE MONTITLY AVERAGES of hogs recelved for tho past six years were as follows, December, 187, being estimated: Monti. 1872] 1874] 1875) 1870] 1877] slowly, and was all taken by the domestic : pace beet eer eed trade. ‘The consumptlye demand for old seed Fie was heavy, and a speculative movementsct in when tho reports came that the growing erop lind been greatly damaged by thedry weather, The now crop proved to be ono of tho threo smallest produced In tho past nine years. Tho previous crop haying been an unfavorable one, tho farmers reduced tho acrenge, and many of them made hay of the grass instead of letting 1¢ go to seed. ‘The quality of the new timothy Is poorer than ey Fes 23H THE ANNUAT. NE of cattle, hogs, and sheep since the opening | usual. The drought hurt it, and the farmers ef pas ‘Union Stock-Yarda have been as fuk gave tholr tlmo to crops that promised to pay. better, Tho new seed came forward curly, and sold promptly on arrlyal, Tho demand for full-sowing has been unusually heavy, especially from the East and Olio, and from ‘Total. Catlle, i ‘Hoga, [Be ne 60 i| fxe1.2.511200,420 tsme,004) e231, 200, 420) $277,050 1,000,050] 180,889. tH, 824 1,700,782 270,875 some parts of tho South that never ordered obs cere Boge iy ere heed 0% seed before, ‘The year ends with only n faire! SLOW a asa RT nzass aei0,1x | stock hore, moderate supplies Enst, and prob- 84,090.24 A21114,216,000 | ably very Hitle rematns in first hands, It Is Hird ae Eerie considered doubtful If there be enowgh tlmo- AB FRU IESE 1 . " PO, AGL AU, 100-418,018 KestnoL | thy In this country to supply the spring trade, 1,000,795 {eit ona ean as and many aro predicting highur prices for Ht M25, 0070 SLO SHO Bs what Js left, Thore were no exportations of thnothy, Prices have advanced with few drawbacks throughout the year. Prime opened in Jan- nary nt $1.00, reached $1.70 in June, and de- clined to $1.43 in the first half of August, Prine now timothy started at $1.52, and ad- vanced with hardly a break, selling at $2.05 December, and dvetined after the TTD A TSH TRE 2 Tho following tables, compiled from the Focards tn the oftiee of fit Unlon Stock Yard & ‘Transit Companys show tho re- celpts and shipments of live-stock for tha year 1870, ‘The shipuients for the last day of the year are estimated: + early tn cecil — Lille. |_Hoge._|'Sheen | Horeca | 1OUli of tho month in consequence of a life at ecelt moan) hag | esd market, closing ot $2. Tho average Fobrun 40220] 1,171 | Price of prime seed is 81.07, Ol] 2,057 CLOVER SEED, i eed WHO] Tho leading featura in clover was, the va enormons export movyemont, which was full Trae two and ono alt times as large ng in 187d, ect ‘The foreign: demand was good throughout the season, barring sshort interval in sum mer, The Europeans found out in 1878 that Tine = Chicago was the place to buy clover, und they L fu, Ti! 3,470) sent thal ondors, [gro hs Benton aul reacties senrcely any solleltation from the Garden Herat Erie 10473 | City. i Jargv part of the gran in exports, 4] "qudez0). odo]. 11058 | Lowover, was duo to heavy consignments to ide) WES ‘ England in anticipation of a ble demand 710,780} ‘ 20,587] 29 | there, the Beltlsh crop boing a total failure, ua] S507] _ 088 | ‘Lhe now erop Is belleyed to have been the IKK) ETAT] 1,04v | Inrgest over raised in tho West. ‘Tho high Wafer) Nea aes prices Tuling in 1876 and ?77 served to sth Those) FS) 9 | Tato production, and the new flea are Just ia eu) 73 | old enough to yield abundantly, ‘The quality Titan) iol 6a of the crop is ‘fine, and the color above an ists] oss] 7a | a¥erage tie pleasant weather enabling the ober, enti] “Te'00s| 9,07} 473 | farmers to secure Tt In unusually good con- Novomber.,, 42033, 1neuta} = 7148} 480 | dition, ‘Tho new seed came ta the market. -Decombor* a8) _s9\e0] T1607] 480 | three to four weeks uhoad of tle, and was asi aml tor,ata rw) eager! taken, ie spring trade having ab 6 1 20°} sorbed mout o aued, and the reported Lzeaiooo] 1sa771_ 8.078 | shortage fn the new crop abroad and Est Sghipmonta for Deo. U1 estimated, ; DAIRY PRODUCTS, IN SOME RESPECTS ‘ the season of 1870 was tho most satisfactory’ that our dealers in buttor and cheeso havo ever experlenced, ‘Tho quantity handled did not much exceed the total for 1878, but thera «atinulated speculation to an unusual extent. “The domestis demand has been larger also, but without the foreign movement the mar- kets would soun have been swamped with seed. “From January to August the market was not ubjeotai (0 ylolent fluctuations, prime eben ab rae sia January, falling to a5t8 in April, —the lowe: co 0! COT) —AM ei vanolig steadily afterwards to €1.00'at the Twas an absence of those protracted periods of | closo of July. New -gead oponed ab 8420@ ‘The closing prices for Hungarian mand com- ion milleé are 70@7i5c, and for German se per bu, BROOM-CORN. AT THE NEGINNING of 187) this market was dull and low, but tho denlers had secured thelr stock at cheap prices and were able to retail it at a profit. Broom-corn solid ut $20,00@45,00 per ton {1 winter, and ndyanced to $40,00@00.00 In the spring, with the bulk of the Western stock in the hands of loeal dealers, ‘Tho ndvance oc- curred right in the face of the planting sen- son, butuany of the farmers were 50 dls- couraged the previous year that they gave up broom-corn for other products, At tho beginning of the new-crop year about 2,700 tans were on hand here, with trade dull; but the holders did not openly allow the market to break, though it was weal, nnd new brush arrived slowly, the farmers belng loth to part with 1¢ too soon, When Eastern buyers camo West thoy found Httle new brgom-corn here, with the old stock held above their ideas; .conseguently, many of them went to the country to deal directly with the farmers, Probably they pur- chased more broom-corn inthe interlor than ever before, and the competition that resulted from: tho Eastern and Western buyers com- ing In contact with cach other permitted the producers to reallze better prices than they might otherwise have done, and than thoy did In tho previous year. Later In_ the: fall the erop crine forward rapldly, and It Js esti- mated that little remains In the {nterlor, —senreely any in Kansas. ‘The receipts wero larger than in 1878, being over 7,000 tons, and the shipments about 5,000 tons, Leas corn than usual was sold on commission. ‘THE NUW CORN IAS SOLD freely In this market, Priccs started at §60,00@100,00 pur ton, and closed nt $30,00@ 160,00, During Noyember tho demand was heavy, the largo tern manufacturers be- Ing In tho market aftor suppites, which they wanted to get home before the navigation goagon closed and the days of dear frelghts were upon them, The year ends with a moderate stock of broom-corn “here, and the quantity in the country is sald to be smaller than in any year since 1860, ‘Pho stock nt other polrits Is belleved to ha Hight, nud inanufacturers are rapidly using up thelr supplies. ‘Trade tho past month hus been wnusiiall urge, and Hina advanced about two weeks age 15,000 ton, An extraordinary home and foreign demand for brooms iy reported, the exports exceeding anything heretofore known, and extending w all parts of the world, ‘ ‘the reduction in aereage was chiefly In Kansas and Nebraska, while 1Mnols probably produced an uveragecrop, though thencreage was smaller In some of tha Tendin of tho State. Ohlo and New York had mod- erate crops, It is estiinated that. crop 0! the entire country did not exceed 10,000 tons, ‘The quailty of the new broom-corn fs yory goat, though finecolored hurl cannot be culled abundant. ——- woon, ‘TH COURSE OF THE WOOL MARKET Inst your was favoruble to all partics con- corned in it, From Jan, 1 to Murch trade was oxtrentely dull, the markets were heavily stocked, prices fell to nearly tho first cost of the wool, and holders last money, Fleccu wools, that had been bought of the growers In tho summer previous at about 300, were “slaughtered” at 23@90c, But in March dualuess began to rovive, Manufacturers bought largely, and in May, much to the sur- prise aud delight ef overybody, except those the lake marine will doubtless haye an OF: ny dlstricts ° who had sold out at the bottom, the supplies at tho prinelpal points of sale were nearly aml in many eases quite soktaut. Thus,when tho new ellp year opened, thore was little old wool to be had, and, as consimers were clain- orous for: material, the market for new wool openod ina whirl of exeltement. The great call was for medium grades, Unwashed me- dium wool opened at 18@2e por m, and ad- vanced quickly to2K@27e3 the farmers,though free sellers nt tho outset, getting a partial benefit from the rise, After the top figures were reached the course of affairs was very even till the last of July, when manufactur- ers being temporarily filled up retired, and prices declined about 10 por cent tinder big necumulations of wool here and Enst. About the middle of August trade took a fresh start, as suddenly ax before, but destined ta November, with the singla exception of a slight declins In Aigust, In ‘December. * green hides declined %@1e tinder Iicrensing: stpplies both West and Enst,. with tannerg of tho year, te for green-cured hides ir March, prices rose 334 per ‘cent, the highest being 105{@11tc, . The immediate enuss of the activity and rise in prices was the rovival of the leather industry. The tanners mpldly, parted with thelr enormons accninulations of leather, and were obliged to replace stock largely with domestic hides, ns tho rendier’ available funplles of forelgn skins wera light, and the imports small for some time, After June the lveal receipts were taken at advancing prices ns fast as they wera tre eclved, which gave tho market the appear. ance of belng tesa plentifally supplied than usual, although the quantity ot be amore permanent this time, the gene Ides o kh 7 revival in business, expecially in woolen | much F aateD ian ieoracney ‘somes pats, forcing manufacturers Into the mar- | ‘The fall recelpts wero reduced somewhat et, and prices advanced briskly without 2 break to the end of the sear, ‘Phere hns been aregular sermnble for domestle wools, and the prospect of ashortage In the tome sup- ply soon sent Eastern buyers to the foreign miurkets, Prices advanced in England under a rather lively demand from this country for certain grades, which checked free fmporta- tions, Stocks in Eastern markets are sald to be lower than for years. Fine wools were nlmost the Inst to leave the farms, Buyers ignored them In thelr rush after mediim grades, but, after the Int. ter had passed out of first hands, fine grades were taken, and sheep-ralsers probably renl- {zed more for them than for thelr earlier sales, TNE LOCAL DEALERS have handled snore wool than fn the previous pare It hns passed through thelr hands rap- diy, and the winter stock is much Mehter than usual. Some grades were nearly ex- hausted in December, and dealers pureligsed wool in Boston to supply the defleleney. ‘The Western manufacturers will require what ‘Is here. ‘Tho Western consumption is Increa froin what they probably would have been the warm weather which opernted to chee! the killing of creatures in the ‘country dis- triets, One of the most ; XOTANLE FEATURES OF THE TRADE has been the inere in the receipts of dry hides, which Is estimated to bo fully 50 per eent over 1878 or any one of the four years: riortolt, This elassof stock came ns sual in free quantities from the Indian resorva- tous; and the Territories even as fr away ns Mew Mexico, and alse: Texus, were free con tributors, Dry hides were also received from the Southorn market (New Orleans), and firms In the out-of-the-way towns like St. Louls and Cinefnnat!, finding thelr hide trade. on the highroad to Chicago, moved or estab shed houses here, ‘The secret of Uils suc- den development of trade in Sonthorn dry stock was that the loral tanners had to sup- ply bie Western deinand for cheap grades of leather, é Enstern partles bought freely In the West, and the local and other Westerii tanners wero, Jnrge consumers, some of those located here ing. Anntially. having materially f “dl their manufact- fhe quallty of tho wool clip of 1879 was pring capacity. Heavy hides were exported Hea sth rom this point early Inthe year, but the re- gxecllent, and fts condition better tian usiial. | vivalaf the hone demand soon killed the at Inst that they cannot take too much care in ridding thelr sheep of burs. shearing thom, and in sorting and packing the wool for market. ‘The quantity, of wool: furnished "by the Northwestern States 1s belleved to have been ahout the same as in the preceding year, while there has been on increase in the ellp of the Territories, and a larae quantity of fils gar ‘Western Wool was consigned to focal houses, foreign ment, and the exports onthe whole were inslenificant. Tho hnports East exceeded those of the previous year. Tho supplies of hides furnished by the city butch- ers were larger tian heretofore, There is no doubt but that Chicago is the first domestic hide market in the sountr 'The average price of hides was 88,49, against $7.00 in 1878. SALT. THE BALT MAUKET has advanced stentily during the yenr, and PRICES. The following table gives the couree of the market for the cllp of 1870: Fane 10 a. 1, cetaigl the season has heen very satisfactory to the © Medium, unwadhod. 4 ov a) trade. Low prices prevalled enrly, but tha Fine, lanwaaher poet market changed in July, and now seems ta ee, washer nah cre Fine fleece, washed. 3h O RCO be ina very flourishing condition, ‘The ship Coarse, washed... BIBT BUI ments of the two years were not widely dit ferent, to Increase belng in favor of 1879, while the receipts show a considerable gain for the past season. Reducing the bulk and foreign salt to barrels, about 1,400,000 bris were received here. ‘The receipts by water were 759,575 bri, and 15,137 tons domestic, 10,255 tons Canndinn, and 93,483 sacks other foreign salt. By ralt, about 50,857 tons, chicily domestic, and 88,035 sacks foreign. After July 15 prices adyaneced25@90 por cont under a very active demahd for all gtndes, Prevlous to thenbovedateaboutthe . usual quantity had been sold, aud extensive contracts were made In summer with pack- ers. Allgrades of solar salt advanced In price, the demand from the country at large having been much heavier than in former years, and dealers have found it difficult to get the salt to deliver on the contracts they made with packers. Aside from the inerense in sales in tha old territory Incident to the revival of buslness, both Michigan and New York have hnd larg er fields to ‘supply. The sudden advance, especlally insular salt, was largely duo ta this fact, In consequences of wet weathor the Turk's Island supply fell short. and the seaboard States, thus deprived of the forelzn, had to make good the deficiency with the do- mestie article, This created a bly Eastern demand for Onondaga salt. Another vactutin was made In the West by the low stage of water in tho Olio River, , which made it necessary. for Saginaw and New York to supply by ral a large extent of territory ranning southwest, which usually, gets its salt by way of the river. IN NOTH NEW Yori AND MICIIIGAN the production was increased, but the con- sumption gained in about, the saint propor- thon, More salt was manufactured in Miche gan than in any former year, The lispec- tion returns to Dee. 1 give the product of 187) ns follows: Fine salt, 1,007,407 brig; solar, 18,020; pa 8°, 13,0815 second quality, » 29,027. Total, 2,000,005 brly,. or 10,410,200 bu. Tho Onondaga Salt Works produced 7,275,~ 003 bu to Nov. 19, and the total yield of the year Is estimated st 9,000,000 bu, Fine salt sold from January to July nb Oper bri, then rose to 81,15, fu September 5, In October to $1.0, In November to S140, and nt tha close of December to $145. Contracts for bulk salt were made with pack~ ers in tho summer at $0,25@7,50 per ton, and the present, price ts $3,00@10.00. Dairy sale advanded about 30 percent, and was in good demand throughout the season. ‘The stock of fine salt Is supposed to be suflicient to entry the trade to the opening of navigation, but all grades of solar aro scarce, both here and at producing poluts: Tho receipts of Liverpool fine salt and , ground alum have been Jurger ‘than in any. previous season, the demand belng principally rom the packers who cure meats expressly for the English market, Ground alum sold a6 Me@S1L25 per sack, and Liverpool fine In, Drown bags at SL23@L55, Cunadian salt sold wt $5.00@3.50 por ton afloat. POTATOES. POTATOES WENE DEAR é atthe beginning and cheap at the end of the year, The high prices early were duo to tha falluro of the crop of 1878, which was total in the seaboard States; and asa result there was a very active shipping demand for West- ern potatoes as soon as tho weather was mild enough to forward them with safety, It Is estimated {int nearly 600,000 bu were recelved? here in April and May, a large proportion for shipment East. ‘This stock was contrib: uted chletly by Iowa and Minnesota, the crop not being au ayerago one in the other States. Such large receipts surprised tho dealers,, who i sed the country did not contain: man ae hat the Sovone cold had zen. The total sates of domestte wool In Boston for thirty-two weeks (May 23 to Dee, 24) were Pa pounds in 1870, and 44,840,000 pounds nt 1878, TAY WAS NOT VERY REMUNERATIVE carly in the year. Thecrop of 1873 was 4 Neavy one, and, beyend supplying home wants, there was no outlet for It Inst win- ter, The East did not need ft, but in May a Southern trade sprung up, the crop falling there, and continued throughout the sum- mer, using up the surplus and giving sellers nfair profit on the Inst part of the crop. Large orders came herein the spring from South Atlantic const, and Inter the {inland cities south of us bought freely. The home spring trade was fair. ‘The new crop, bestdes Deing short In the South, was a partial failure in tho West, In consequence of the dry spell, Northern Indiann, Ohio, and Ilinels pro- duced a fair crop, the rains falling just in thne to save It. This crop was secured in fine condition, ‘The Northern farmers cut more prairie than in recent years, tho dry wenther being favorable for Its growth on the Tow hinds, and the farmers sectired all they could, owing to the small’yield of timothy. THE NEW SEASON opened on Sept. 1 with an active Southern demand for timothy, and n few weeks later large quantities were sent to the int Hi gions of the North. ‘The lumbermen de! raved trying tl very Ite in the fall, when they rushed Mito tha market all at once, and bit prices up $3,00'per_ ton inside of two days In thelr hurry to get hay Yor the vessels. Ay soon as this pressure was over the inarket receded $1.00@1L50 per ton, and has varled little since; though larger receipts have heen the rule, But orders have arrived rather freely, especially from Southorn points, and acoud business In this direction 1s Sxpecled all the winter. Prairio hay has iy, id= vanced under an unusually lively: 1 from distillers, who hava turned to ne it in Be nce to the dearer timothy, here 1s ttle prospect of un Enstern trade, as the crop of the Atlantic States fs good, and there is no inducement to ship at the present rates of freight. Tho new hay has been handled thus far ata good profit to producer and pressman. Old No, 1 timoth $7.75, and advance Te. Sit y sold in Febranry ot gradually to $1150 In August. Now No. thy opened at about, $11.00@011,50, and rose t AKQIH00 In Noe vember, then deelined to $13.50 and closed nt $14.00, New upland sold at $8,50@11.50, losing at $10.0@11.00, ‘The avernge price of No.1 thuothy fn 187 was $10.57, and In 1873 shout $3.05, OU; pland averaged $5.40, against $7.95 In 2 73, 4 The Washington Agrieultural Bureau makes the hay crop of 180 In tho United States 35,643, tons, agalnst 39,008,200 tons in 1878, ‘The value of the crop of 1670 is placed at $325,851,280, HOPs. TIE SALES OF HOPS ‘ sera about 18,000 bates, making this city nex to New York as a nmrket, The year has been & profitable one to growers and dealers, Tho rovlval of business Inerensed the consump- tlon of heer, which led to larger purchases on domestic account, and tho failure of the En- glish crops created a lively export movement, In tho first part of tho year prices were low, owlng tothe presence of alargesurplusof two old crops wich had been carrled along with only alight home demand. ‘The outlook for this ol] stoek brightened when {t becamo evident that thero was a large decrenso in the hop nereage in Wisconsin and on the Pacitic Coast, and the stock was much reduced when tha tine arrived for the new crop to make Its appearanes. With the opening of the new avason a lively export trade started, and from Sopt. 1 to Dee, 87 nboutsy,421 bales have been c : shipped neross the Atlantic from New York, | [WUC ager Hee ieee rai al ‘feld: . aminst 123,740 between the samo dates fn tho fir four., months, __bo- 1878, ‘Pho exports were principally to En- | ing qo@ise on ‘the _ ist. of ig gland, which seemed to prefer Ainertean to | tien run up to 80@S1.15 in June. \New Sout! a any other foreign growl hop, About 3,000 | orn stock came forward: quite freely, after bales, mostly Wisconsing, were exported dl- | $iqy ts and sold hore at $4.50@5.95 per bri. Teet from here, ny 16, and sold Ni vas m Tho market advanced yery rapidly, rising | #1 fie sunmer inontha the farmiany idliverods : free quantities of early rosa at ir but and ‘UTeetually bares out all. ral L-colqpeti- thon till Tate in the fall ponte 4 sup! ese vis out, thelr erop of pei r i Se fee boll Ii itt. “rho fall market’ hast ; been s poor one for shippers, Prices havo: run along evenly, but at too lows range tor ylold much of a profit, and the crop of 1870 is 80 heavy that there hus been % NO BHIPING DEMAND . : of importance from any sectlon of “tha country, For about ten days in November. the local recelpts wero heavy, and the sity Frode: then tod od an nue A (0) dared + venther that y fc to» to oe Necopinug “aualities of the bulb, » from 14}ge per Ib for old to 480 for new sam- ples within three months, now hops opening at Bsc, ‘ THE HIGHEST FIGURE wag 00 for a few fancy lots, Tho mar ket broke n fow cents enrly in December, ow- ing to the falling off in. exports, which alarin- ed apeaulators, who had dipped in rather froely, but deniers soem to think the market will soon recover, a3 England fs supposed to need more American hops, he heme browors aro not all fully stocked, A few German hops were finported, and some of hei them came here, ‘The vergage under hop cultivation in this teat the keyplayg fn na TE eet tatton. SO Slues, the jmoventent has in very Paeltle Coast and In the Northwest.. Hons paid | Het, the recelpis belay ust inte cnough te go poorly foro year or two back that firmera | keep up the local supplies, Tht qual iy of + the potatoes is excellent, and thcy have been seeured in good condition, except In a faw localities where the frost overtook them bo- fore thoy were dug. Fron Eastern ports a gout ininy bushels of “ Murphics" were ex- ported tu Ireland, and forelgn orders were Tucelved here, but they could not be execut- ed, owing to tho rise in rall-frelghts, Di the fall peachblows have sold at Jetthelr gurdens run out; hence a reduced ylold per nere, except where the yards were hot neglected, Some diminution {n acres: is reported for New York State, but tho yield thera was large enough to give 9 surplus for Europe. The quality of the crop was excel- Jont, The Wisconsin hops were superb, and ‘wero even preferred to the Kastern by many brewers. ‘Che advance In prices made moncy tho fariners, compensating them for two | eutly Tove at 85450 per Lit . in years, iH the only tl hing area now Is The report of the Bepartinent of oul. that’ they will pitch” in and oyerproduce ‘ur gives on Increase of 00,000 acres planted, + agaln, and large guln in the yleld, the averagy = ing greater tlinn since 1875, ‘The falling off HIDES. is Tn the States beyond the Misalaslppl the ‘ States east aud north of the Obfg River ; THE MDE-DEALERS REPORT showing a Inrge Increase per acre, and the rc South w full average, ‘Che season was favor , ble for the potato, except west of the Mis- ; abl pp, Ahora aes weather injured it. The avery satisfactory season's bhginess. In the first four months of the year thery was a very steady trade, but prices were rather weak, tho offerings being plenty, and tanners were | 49) par ine Unltd Ee ar eg? carrylng complete andlargestocks of leather, | yield pur acre, 0 bY, es and ptirchased hides only as they needed —— sn them, Late in April busincas began to bright- POULTRY AND GAME. --,- enup, but took no decided turn till June, ‘when {¢ burst out brilllantly, and nftor. that prices advanced continuously to the end of ALANGE QUANTITY OF POULTHY: | has been handled ata rather low rango of prices, Last winter aud spring poultry, a buylng moderately,’ From tho’ lowest price Visit greon cured. * q ee acy