Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1881, Page 12

THE CHICAGU of the mntket Is the absence of offerings of Caittornin barley un ths new orop. Uy th thne bast winter wo had received: soine carloads fran the harvest of 13%, “The re son tor the clause is to ba found in the fact that our brewers do not titel so muell hue portanes to lhtiess of cotor Ih barley as ett to tos and a fraight rate of lo por and eaves ttle to the shipnor on the Tacifie Coast. unless relatively goad prices can bo renlized for thy urticte an ite arrival o ( revolpis of barley like KL bi, Must of this camo fron Aconsityrable portion of it being Phe rest camy from Gree Bays Wha, which hid dt heretofore vontelbat- ed ty ony barluy supply Awe or tires weeks 0 Rr harley has been aferad dg by etiniples toarrhve: Jonty of the artlel: were sald day, Does 17, ab $1.10 por Hut. ley from Princo Edward: Tatund ist ve x cliolee, and bas sold here as high ng $1.20. ‘point of interest to the trade fs the fet that nome of it was shipped from this elty to Kan-. guy City and to Lyons, In, at 3139 por bide: Hivered there, ‘The Jong-thnesuzo story of the West boing suppllod with brealstuls: by the far Enst is repented now, except tat, the present supplies re beer-atalis, A Chivago miltsters have handled nearly 090,000 bi of barley during thy past yeur, he stovks now held by them are belivved to. bo uel larger than twelve months igo, PINCES, ‘ ‘The follwing table shows the monthly range and ‘the average price of No. 3 barley Throughout the year: Lowest, siphest. Averuae, « = wero Cann Nol, a region Within the past tedeak of Canada BLIND 719 nad Gs we a ereettc |) 153 Ircady stated that the trade h {inportanee to the color of bare formerly. Ln this respeat Chicago ‘ers have followed the lead of thelr East. cthren, Ttis now generally conceded slight darkening of color does not de- from the Intrinsic value of sound bare The-normal germinating power ts all thatis required by the maltster; and ho ds now willing to bry ‘sown No.8 barley at a discount of only Wee from “the price of No. 2 ere fornierly the price diTerence was 2c, For the same renson No, 4 now sells rather closely up to the priee oC No. 3. and No. & briugs v relat] vely good pri Chis reform in the drawhie of the “color line” has added largely to the value of the lower grades of barley, Lt. has also token away the pation of the sitlphie mills, whieh n few yearsago did an extensive Dusiiess in bleaching disgelured — barlay, white they certainly dit not Improve its malt- ing properties. * that tl THE cror, ‘The following are strtements of the acre- age of barley in the United States, and esti- mites of yleld in millions of bushels; x drreuge, Ass] 'The yield of Inst vent Is stated to be 43,241,- us bu, of nearly 24-1 bu per nere. BREADSTUIES MOVEMENT. nEQYIPTS, ‘The following were'the recelpts of brend- stuils in this elty during the past three years as reported to the Bunrd of Trade, flour be- ing reduced to {ts equivalent in wheat inthe footings: 4891, 1550, 1579, Flour, bris...00 4 339 BEM AIG8 Wheat, bn SBN OT BY,100,100 Corn, bu URSA ONL Gata, ti 25,007,600 23 10,000,423 FAG.) AtacHO, SL G{se000 43,503 ‘Totals, bu,..110,625,000 y870 108,166,071 ‘The flour mannfactured In the elty Inst year azgregated nbout 225,000 bris, besides that made at Lockport. ri SINEMENTS. ‘Tho corresponding shipments were: 1581, 183! 681, 189), 7D. Tour, bri 3 Tt 3,0W,610 Wheat, bu 4 Shoanee Corn, bu gain Onte, Dw. ie, itye, bu, Pea Thy Barloy, 6 31,000,101 Totals, bu,..110,200,000 WUT AS 385 89,70 + RTOCKS IN STON ‘The following wero the reported stocks of flour and gealu in store list Baturday and at the close of two previous yens: 1 Flour, Url Whont, bu. Corn, bu Outs, bu Totals of grain.10G15 154 HAUT ‘The difference between stacks in store, added to 225,000 brls ground Jn the elty, and 3,000 bris far S to 8 of receipts over shipmants, gives avout 44,000 brs as the city consumptuon of Hourduring the year Tho followlng table exhibits tie number of enrs of grain inspected Into story In this elty during the your: Wheat) Corn, | Gate, | Rye, [Baty cars. | cara, | cara. | cara, | cars, 1,575 1,02) wat) Boat HOU) 23 Soptembor . 101] ZAC} October. Wes} Hated nb Aris) Tt embers | U0 Totate 5. 2410) 1,14 ‘Yotal cure about 441,000, by ennal and fake—107,100 bu wheat, 4,45 428 bu corn, 654,800 bu’ ots, 14225 bur; 440,604 bu barley, OTHER PRODUCE. RECEIPTS, ‘The following were the recalpts of other - articles of produce for the last three years: 4581. 1550, Reeds, tons....eoe. HNO. EES Mrvou-oorn, to! Hutter, tom Hites, tone... Jdquor, bls, Wao), tone... Potatoes, bi eS Os Hay, tons. Luainbor, 3 Shingles, wa, Balt, brig, 5 Lewd, tant ve ROOD 45,000 F200 Jn addttlon to the nbove the following were reported ag received, the tures belng ir some cases Sar Jess thin the fa 189, Poultry, to Vitus. pki... us Choest, lons, at Apples, bri A008) Heans, bn, 18,1 ¢ Hops, tons,... = 1 BHIPMENTS, au Tollowlng were the corresponding ship te = A ‘ ARS 1870, Feeds, tone eK) 18 Hroum-cor + TODD Mutter, to > Bauod Ati feed» ¥a700 000 8 CHO) » ult, Uris Laud, tons, es WHISKY, THE WISKY SARKET has-been active during the greater part of the yens, and less stendy than usual. ‘There was a big production the first six montlis aud an actlye export moventent, owlng tothe Jaree quantities of low-grade grain that wera. sewklox wimarket. ‘ihe later speculation ju grain caused a falllng otf in the movement, tae production belng all the less as there were unusually large. stocks of spirits on hand pant from Idwee priced fanterinl Tis made It dlilentt to advance quotations corre avandinnly with grain, espectally as Europe only took hold sparingly, aud the market atively a losing One during tho Aue tim. ‘The Janomalles of the aitiatlon at Jant forced distiiors into a compact, In Noe vembor thay agreed to run on about one-half capacity, and arranged for a {und frou whieh Ze per gallon shontd be patd on spirits osported, whlel, practically pormttted tom tn be aHagposed of nbroad at so much below Stnee then tho price In the home market, thare nts heen amore netive port moves tnent, wut the marked bers was atistatned ac nnieh higher polut thin previously as come: pared with the dhulutshad: cost of produce Hon dia to the dedine tn the pres of grat. ‘Lhe market has varied much lesa than the anaterinl from which spirits are made; for the reason that the tas, whieh remains the game throughout, makes wp a large part of the cost to the consimer ‘The quotatons of the year were based on, tho following range of figures ug the price of the raw spirit, some Limes eatled “highwines.? Sold up to Lit fn January, fell of to 81.07, reacted to $1.00 in Mavehy was steady at $1.08 from Mure 3 to June [6 and advanced to S110 by the close of the Imter month rose to S6tt tn, July, Sit in August SLI in Septomber, and $1.19 in Octubers declined to $1.15 at the close of Octobers solitnt SLU from Nov. 7 to Nov, %, and then aayaneed to Qtt7 by the 20of the month, though Peoria aud Chi elymith were 2e below Us, < Tho wvorage price of the year was S1.t Agalnst SLOG 1 IS8O3 SLOSAG Tn 184 4 iit ASt8: SLUT in sity 70; and SLI3g in 1875. FORWIGN EXPORTS. TUG DIRECT FOREIGN EXPORTS from this elty durlug the year wore about as follows; Flour, trl, Whoat, bi Corn, bu iy B "1 itye, Lard, Canned moata, onsos Pork, boef, and tougues, pkg Tatlow, bris, denthor, Ibs, Gutinout, bela Coru-moal, lrls. Hfdes, Iba... Lard olf, brig... Mlscelluheous, tous, Ngures for buttor nnd cheose sara in tons for the past yen, and In packstes for 13h LIVE Stock. TU NECEIPTS For 1St ats oo Syd From the foregoing figures it will be seer that, while there Is quite 9. marked falling off in the receipts of hugs, we have made a sub- stantial gain {nother deseriptions of live stock; and it Is gratifylnug to bo able to note tint, leaviifig 1880 out of the count, wo have received more of all kihds of stock than for any provlous yer, ‘That Chicago has not held herown Jn the matter of hog recelpts will” occasion no wonder when it is remom- bered that the shortage In tho past season's crop in the territory tributary to this market is estimated at notfar from one million. Tho growth of the enttto trade was at the rate of 13,700 head per month, while the In- erense In the reculpts of sheepis Iara boyond all precedent; thorefuro it is entirely within botnds tosay that our Ilve-stuck trad@ ex- hibits as sturdy a growth as at any period of "Its history, ‘Ihe bullding of naw ratlronds and the making of new connections with ex- isting lines 13 annunily opening up now ter ritory for the products of which Chicago is thu natural outlet, while. the rapid dovelop- ment of tho vast country west of the Mis- sourl, where.stock-ralsing must continue to be the chief industry, gives assurance of a future growth not less vigorous than its past. It 1s pleasant to note that the oflleintis of UNION STOCK-YAUDS & TNANSIT COMPANY arenive to the stendily increasing impor- tande of the trae, and In tho way of supply- Ing needed oflleo roam, the building of additional pens, tho laying of side- tracks or inaking sny {mnprovoments that may conduce to the comfort orthe conyentence of dealers, or that will promote the growth of tho trade, they are ever tothe front, In this way thers have been expended during tho past yearn total of w quarter of a@ mittton of dollars, Che princtpal items in Uils stim of expenses were rallroud “tracks, “$100,000; pens mul sleds, $00,000; addition to Exchange Bullding, $20,000; vinduets for tho transfer of hogs from the yards to the packing-hoisex, $15,000; and for water-works, $12,000, The .oflleers of tio company are N. ‘Thayer, - Presidents J, B. Sherman, Vice-President and General Superlntondent; George . ‘T. Willlnns, Secretary and ‘Treasurer; and ‘Titus Wiliams, Assistant Superlutondent. All considered, the year 18s wen the wost ‘satisfactory of nny since the orection of the “yards in 1865, Ln no former year was the deinind so continuously good. There have buen no pritonged, poriods of dullness in any ranch of the trade, and prices hinve averngzed higher than ever before, not excepting the fntlated — period suecocd- Ing the closo ot the Rebellion, There was no description of stock so villainously poor that buyera for It could not be found nt ts full value, while for choles and extra grades the demand was ut most thes in ex- cess of the supply, Another thing which hus contributed not a littla to the genoral sntisfaction was the improvement in the quality of the receipts. ‘Chis was more tio- {iveabie In cattle than In hogs and sheep, but there was a perceptible change for tho better ail around, Sor this chanze so far nb lonst as cattle nnd sheep are concerned, we ure sally indebted to the Increasing linportance of the export trade, which, as is well known, ealls fora higher odor Of oxcellonce than le required In other ehunnels of the trade, ‘hough showing during the first alx months of the year 8 considerably lighter average welght than for 1590, the hoxa recolved were of n better well adapted to the requirements of the mnt iets were the heavier welghts of the pre- vious season. THE BUSINESS OF EXPORTING LIVE STOCK AND MEATS continue to show a healthy growth, and that in the very, “teeth aud eyed ” of & mush uet- ive opposition from the English agrieultur- Ists and shopiien and a severely unjust dixerhidnation by the British Governmont, What would be the present dimensions: of this trade had) American shippers been given oo. falr showln enn of course only be conjeétured, but the siniplo fuct ig that, despite tho restrictions Jiiposed by the Privy Connell, the number Bent nboard {11 1880 pinounted to 14,81 head, ta ngalist 4,117 head in 1879, when the ent tle were not required to be slaughtered at the portsof landing. ‘Thesecrot of tho contained krowth of the trade iu the face of xo many. obstacies Is that the oxportably tment surpltis fs Ingreaslng Jn the United States, and, 18 Great Britain is the best market for Ut, dt will continus to xo thera in Increasing quantl- tes, restrictions or ono restrictions. ‘The bluvo-pnewmonta question ts begiwuing to nasuine A good dew of finportancy to the West, While there may not be un finuslnent danger of the’ disease spread. tng. veroxs the Allegheny: Mountatns tho prevalence of the slivensay in cure tuln districts at tho Enst fins ‘Its cifeot abroad on all cattle from tho United States, ‘The exporiation of cattle py, grown to such AN extent as to make aur. orale cattle trada avery important factar In the market, and such measures should be taken by the Gov- erent at Washington us will give assure ance to the British consumer that only healthy animals ure exported. ‘Pho past year hus uot bev 4 profituble one to Ameri. can exporters, awing to the’ prevalence of lower prices Jn the English market and the enticed cost of fut cattle on this sity of the Auluntic. However, the business hus n+ Croased Ty the facy of atl obstacles, the ship- ments both of tive and dressed muats trom all parts of the United States and Canada being larger than for any previous year, ‘The exports from New York show a considerable falling off, but Boston and Batthnore buye Jargely inereased thelr bustness, grade than ever before, wand were quite as’ VRIBUN NAL JRDAY DECEMBER 31, 1881—T WIEN ‘Lhe teres: 8 the trade from 1870 to 1880, inclyslve, fs town by the fallowing table: No. lee Ssbs freak cattle, beef. eee PLAGE AURIS oo BURN AO AROMAT BASE 3,009,000 York from Jan, t to ie 24, INST, sinomated to. 40,000 eattley 00,503,000 Ths of trosh bent, %187 sheon, 70deH enreusses mutton, 276 hogs, and 161i lee hogs, the nmeregute value of whieh was About $11,000,000, WESTERN CATTLE, this class ore included all cattle from nit the Missourk ‘Tha rapldly fre’ Ini hinportanee of this trade ts shown by the faet that within the past five years: Ue volume of fhe recelpts ling mord Han quis rape Nothwwithstandliax the tnexanpled severity of Inst winter, whleh resuited Li ane usually severa losses among the herds on the «Western plains, | our 1 celpts from that quarter for the sensor of 1881 largely pxeeeded tho total for any former year. “Not only was there a lage ttt se fh mitinbers, but there was a aretlfy- improvement fn the quality of the atl itty, Although the sprig f tite and bofsterous one the season usa whole proved more than ordinarily favorable, Th opened at least two weeks earlier than, fi 188d, and the cattle from the start showed better flesh, A quite marked Improvement tit the gr ay also apparent, Within the past. fow 8.0 great many blooded bulls have been ntradneed among the Western herds, and fie beneficial effects are to be seen in the Uke dhuinished angularly, Fy the “pulling in From the th of July, Ir o arrived. down to’ tho 10th of November, which was practieally the close of the season, the receipts, reached a grand’ total, in round minbers, of 160,000 heal, whieh fsun inerensa: over 1880 uf more than 25,000 head, ‘Tho first cumalgatient consisted of thirteen londs, which wero divided between shippers and canners at S504.05,° But fow wore re- coived during the first half of duly, ‘Tho first week In July savy the first.severe decling of tha season, ‘The Eastern market had sot yet been established for that cliss of stock, and shippers belug afrald to handte them, the (for that early in the season) heavy re- celpts caused ndecline In the grades ‘that were too goad for the local trade of s0@500, ‘The market speedily reeovored, however, and during the remainder of the season was abmost eontlanously active, wit but trifling etuations. Prices aver- aed from Mie | higher than _ for 1880, the prevalling prices belng $3.10@4.00, Rapla as hing been the growth of this trade the expansion of ‘ TUE CANNING INDUSTRY has more than kept pace with ft, Where three years ago only two ennneries were in operation. five are now actively engaged, and althouzh from the beatunlug of August to the elose of Octuber our recelpts of West- ern sid ‘Texas through cattle ran from 15,000 to 20,000 per week the market (with the ox- eeption above noted) was at ue thine overs stocked to the extent that yatues wero greatly depressed. ‘fo run the fiveestabllsh- nents now engaged here in putting wp eanned meats a daily supply during the busy season of from 3 to 4,000, hend fs re- quired, These Rous Ro 10 almost every country onthe habitable globe and as the In be business fs annually increasing | Western enttle nen may feet reasonably cer- tain oof) on ready — outlet and nt remunorative prices for abl the surplus eattle of the plains for some years to come, Re- cent reports from that country represent the stock as lookhur exceptionully well, and wn tess the remninder of the winter shall prove more thun ordinarily severe the next season's stipply will be of even a better quality than was that for 189. ‘The receipts of Toxas cattle direct are not Included in the esthnate of the recelpts of Western cattle, ‘Tho trade in EASTERN DAIRY CALVES svas far less Important than for the previous yeur, the total arrivals for 1881 not much ex- ceedlig tho receipts for tha three autumn months of 185. ‘That year may be sald to have witnessed the birth of that particular trade. Its infantile days wero charne ut by a remarkably vigorous growth, J'rom nathing i 18791 sud- dunly developed futo a business representing: from 50,000 to 75,000 head. Its decling has been almost as rapld, Al the opening of the past senson the trade rave evidence of con erblo vitality, the recelpts for August ex ing-tl, butthe agitation af the pleur pHeumonin question, the danger from the Introduction of whieh was by many regarded as linminent, developed a sirong opposition to the trafic, and from the beginuing of the season the business was precarious, But it struggled along until early in November, when the Governor's message guye itits cote deqrace. Prices averaged materially higher than for the previous season, the larger part of the supply going at $10.00@11.00 par hund. Some very poor ones sold as low ns 25,00 6.00, and there were some chofce lots which found buyers nt $18.00@20,00. | Vents. have been In Heht snpuly anost of the time, and have, commanded a quite marked nidvance over Inst year’s prices, ‘Vho extreme range of the market was §3,00@8.00 per 100 hs. Good to choice ones aro now worth from $0,007.50, THY RECEIPTS OF CATTLE Wore 1,516,833 hioad, agalngst 1,882,477 head for 1ss0—au increase of IG5 head. Not for any years have cnttte men experieneed so prosperous a season as the ono Just drawin:; tunelose, Although the recelpts ‘shower an averuge Inereass of more tin 1,000 head per month, there was a corresponding tne provement in the demand, and priees have averaged Te por 100 Ths higher than for 1880, Woe hayehad more prime cattle nnd fewer of the sculawag order than over be- tore, and, taion atl in all, the your lis been nn exceptionally satisfactory one to all pare Ues Interested, With posstbly the exception of the consumer, who his been required to pay at least le per pound more for Is roasts and stents, The only really serlous bine drance to the even tenor of the trade oc. curred at the beginning of the year, “All through January and ‘Februnry the ‘cust. ward movement was Iampered by 9 Inck of adequate transportation Incilities, Under the most favorable clroumstances the east orn roads would have bev tested to thely ut. most capacity to move tho live stock Intended for tho seaboard and internediate markets, but tho situation was greatly aggravated by the cald weather and tho’ frequent snow blockades, Excepting a week or so in No- vember no further trouble hag been oxpe- rienced from a lack of curs, and none ts ans Uleipated in the future, ons within tho past yo all of tho ronds leading eastward from Chicazo havo inde largo additions to thelr rolling stock: Tho year oponed at $3,00@5,50 for cominon te ehoica aut at $6,000.50 for xtra. Prices gradual: ly worked downward until the latter part of Fobruary, when $3,00@6,00 was the range of theinnrket, In Mareh a reaction. set in, which continned intl early in April, by witleh time prices lint worked back to. $9.50 @h.50, ‘There was not inuch farther change until August, ‘Chen the market. began to tidvance, | ‘Chore was a steady upward moave- ment until the middle of September, when. extra cattle sold at $0.50@6,00, ‘Tho market fell of 26@500 during October, and then in November ndvanced to $0,50007,00,. In De- comber thera wore sales of Christins-beovos ag hhh as $7,50027, Durlug the first four months of the year the supply of poor to common, cattle “was unusually ght, ant wrices of stockers and butchers’ Ruut were relatively much ibphae than for fat euttle, During the last half of April stockers sold Ot BABEL, Closing quotations, wre $2.74 eto for butchers’ and cannors’ stock and St-3@075 for common to extra shipplug steers, Concerning THY Nog-onoY, the following ure the Intest estimates; 13390, 1,07s,808/ Dee, 4, 131,637| Deo, 3,465, Bue 404.201] Doo, 10,183,507 |Lvco, 1,003,118 Leaving out Ohio, fram which. State we recelya only a limited amber of hom, the Bichigan,, Total, perce + | 15,180,149 deetency fn the crop in tho States tributary to this Market 13 ploved nt. 623,000, ‘Pho re- celpts at Chicago during the past twelve for Iss0—n decrease of 188465, Although short of the total for 1880 It Is-n consolation to know that we have recelved 23,500 In ox. cess of 187), which was the noxt biggest year, ‘Tho year 1851 will be romomberad ts 0 more than ordinarily pratitable ene to ho; growors, In compurizon with 1850, which {wasa year of gould isles BH average atl vintoe of from S125¢¢1.50 per 100 Ibs hasbeen ‘ yealized, Durlag mont of thy year she mare ket was characterized by a | healthy actlyity, and tor the fist ning months the — cottrsa of prices was gradually upward, the market advaneing TOM F440G5.00 on Jan. 1 ly $6.0007,50 at I i , of prices was fully as high as for 1880, Th months ugiregnted 6,470,000, agntnat 705m |. thy clove of Sep fanbes. ‘Thy only consitura ble period af depression was during OetoLor and tho first ten days of November. Pack ers were determined not to bortn tho whiter packing season nt the extravaine priees riling at the close of September, and by tntted netlon they etecededt In breaking town prices fully M@75e wit a space of Aix weeks. From the middle of November to the elose of the year there wasn prelly stony market, priees ranging fram s. 6.40 for Hicht nnd trons $5,600.75 for bea ‘The quality of the hows: rovelved during the sprins yionths was poor, the overage weight. for Mareh belag only S17 Ibs and for April only 22 1bs, For dune, duly, and Avusnst the nyerage Weleht of the hogs reeelved wits fdentleal—viz. te ths, Phe nyerase welgit for the year falls below L880, but the quality of the hogs was nor a whlt hiterlor, The auhnithedt shorkige in the foe ad orn crops, nui the high price of tha latter, Tt wig ax. prone wand give a poor heuirieg auality of hogs for Novainber aud December, but con trary to ganeral expectation our receipts one Draced anite as good v class of stock ns for tho corresponding montis of Ws0. ‘The past month's teeelpts would unquestionably lave been mnuch larger but for the almost hn- imissnbie condition of tha roads in tuany parts of the futerlor, caused by the heavy railing, _ SERED, After a spaco of tive years, during which perlod the sheop trade of this clty had prac- ticnlly male no progyesa, It suddenly resumes: Its forward mareh, and with a vigor thaths at ones surprising nid reassuring, “During 1875 there were recelved at tha Unton Stock- Yords a total of 418fH8 hen. In 878 the nuinber had fallow away to310,420, which was. but slightly Increased for the tivo succeeding: yours, the arrivals for 1880 anointing to only THG,810, oF $3,183 less than 1875, ‘Phe pust year’s recelpts: ut the totul for isso by ‘ore than 160,000, and larger by some 76,000 hend thon for any previous year, ‘The remarkable fe Is necotnted for In part by the high prives. ruling since 1873, conse- quent upon the growth uf the export trade, wud the enhaneed value ot wool antl pelts, but fs chielly to be averlbed to the rapitl sottilue tp of Kansas and Nebraska and the territory further west, where sheep husbandry can by carried on most profitably, Its entiroly safe te say that svarty if not quite nll of the fnerease In our supply has vonie trom the country beyond the Missourl —the bulk of it from Nebraska, Cotorndo, and Wyoming. As to the yiallty of the stip: py the! utot be sald to have beon any nent inthe aggregate. From near pray h ints probably more prime mutton sheep before, but most of of low dexreo— mn the orkghit Mest ‘4 however, Wil work the quailty of our re- ecipts from the Far West, 03 the shipments: tu Unat country of blooded bucks and ewes already carried on quite extensively—is steadily oon tha inerense, nnd within seomparatively short Uine we shall be gath- ering us choles mutton from the plans as 1s now produced in any of the more Eastern States, There is one drawback, and a serl- ous one, under whiel: the Western sheep- ralser Inbors. Wo refer to the Inek of doubla- deck cars on the Western ron nas rine ronts have the and again been imported to supply the deficiency, but (ius far all en- trentles have proved tinavalltug. ‘To ship- pers who wre so farremoyed from the con- suming markets the question of frelzhts Is an all-important one, and the demands for “double deckerg”? willsoon becomeso strong that the railroads will be obliged toimake the concession. Notwlehetanltig an increase In our stipplics of more than 40 per veut, the, market maintained # more than ordinarily steady course, the fluctuations belie nelther frequent nor. violent, while, the pvernse it prices of sheep have not advanced corresponl- ingly with otherdeseriptions of Ilye. stock Js beenuse of tho depreclation In thy valuo of pelts, Of tho 43,523 lend recelved, 219,073 were agaln shipped outnlive, about 3t,000 head going eastward, nnd 35,000 head galng back into the country inte feeders’ and breed: ers’ hands, In addition to shipments on foot constlerable numbers were” stanghtered here nnd sont to the Eastin refrigerator cars, and thenee to the British marker. ‘The export trade both in dive sheep and mittton, is stuaully growing, aint the future of tho trade looks particularly bright beenuse of the rent decrease om the sheep stock of the nited Kingdom, as shown by reeent statls- ties, Only choice, qualities ‘are taken for export. For that cltss there was at all times on demantin excess of the supply, and. high — prices prevatledt throughout the year, tho markt rarely fall- Ing below, £5.00, while at tines tt reached $0,250.50, and for finey qualities $6.75, "The market opened at $ 50 per 100 tbs for pont to choice, ndvanced to $.75@y.09 early in February, where it remained without fut portant Nuetuntions until April, When thore 4 Was an advances to S400G@.25, and a little Inter to $4.75@20.50, ‘hese prives were well sustained during’ May. | ‘The market for shorn sheep opened in May at $8.50@5.25, and that was about the range of prices to the close of Juno, During the latter part of the summer and inthe fall very many poor Western sheap wero received, and there were gales as low ns $2.00@2.50, but fat sheap eoummnded good prives ull tho thie, Clos- Ing quotations ave $3,00@5,25 per 100 Ibs for pour tu choice, The suibloined tables were compiled from the records Inthe oltice of the Svcrotary of the Unlon Stock-Yards Company, a, ox- copting Dec. 10 and 31, te Nyures are oflivials THE HORSH MARKET, OF this branch of our lve-stoek market Iit- flo has been said heretofore, but tha trade hag now attained a degreo ot fmportance that entitles tt ton respecttul consitaration, ‘Vhore are but two points in the equntry where morg horses ara recelved than at Chi- engo. They ute New York and St. Louis; bat the trade here {s_ growing more rapidly than nt elthor of thase poluts, aul It tloes not require an extravagant stretch of vision to discover that within a very few years Chis ergo Will take the lead In this as fn other de- bartnients of tha fve-stock trade, She has already acquired suficiont reputation as in horso market to attract buyers, not only from oll yarly of tho ited — States, but from = Europo as well. ‘Tho export trade dates baek to 1878, when a sie ment of 3,009 horses was mile from this mntry to flan order from the Ameriern ‘Tram-Raliway Compuny of Londen, Of eh miumber several hundred were tu chased dn this market, and wo have done something th the wiy of exports every year since. ‘The merits of the tough and hardy: aAmeriean horse are recognized In Burave, nul, as they aro cheap by comparison, 1 steadily Ineroashie Buronean demand my be commted on, French company having a contract with tha: French Government 1s now buylng horses extensively tn the West, the nntnals being Intended tor Ue cavalry, servico, ‘Thea number required 4s 5,000, butlels doubtful tint that many of a suitable kind can be obtalned, fhe re celpta at the Union Stock-Yurds for 1st wore 12,814, of which 10.810 were reshipped, ‘The above tleuros dy nok Inetuda tha horses reculved by elty dealers, whleh would prob. ablyawoll the total lo at lenst 16,000. ‘the urrivals embraced overy teserlption of tha equine quadraped, frou the supermmngated old plug that was slow sale nt $59, 1p to the fancy driving horse for which trom: 8500 to $1,200 was obtainable, Of tho former class eotnunentivaly faw were received; Hikewhsa of the Intter, the larger number ponaisting of od servicenbia aniwals, worth from 3125 fo S18. ‘Tho. past yeur’s recelpts were of a bettor chiss than for any former year, and careful extlingtes place thelr average value at $160,00 per head, whleh ts an ad- vance of 30 per cent over 1s30, During the past year there haye been. luparted ta Chi- enga direct some. thirty English draught horses of 9 auporior class, ‘These found buys end nt from S500 to $4,000 eneh, © Our supplies come princinally from Michigan, Indiana, we CENTS. | Cattle. Ulinols, ant dowa, “Sontha, Tioga, Sheep, Horses, voy 2k Lait ag Ni WT 1,003 Suan] fo] Tab sari munata] aorta] fe © “wotal.se,.| 161080] 470017) uRAsH) 18,818 Povwl 85%] noware| Tosa | 5,810] 10.28 LSITIATENTS, Month, Cattle. |. Hoya, | Sheep, January,. february. oe Whentahy tho Western roads are tilda tit the above totals, ‘The returns fur December Wore not tnt SINEMANTA NY WHITERY TOADS, | Alege, | Sheep Annuay Febrau Maret Novenber Devunber, SET CNT MS ol POE THY MONTHLY AVERAGES of hogs roceived fur the. pis) eleht years pa es follows, Decamber, 1831; being “ustl- Muted? ~Tionth, 187-4) 1975) 1856} 1867} 1878) 1 January. duly Austustesses Ry Koptembur. 0} 248 Getober a... Rial) Bike Novembe ROS) Seki December bg) THE ANNUAL RECHIE of cattle, hows, and sheep siued the opening of tho Union Stock-Yards' hye been as fof lows: Years, Hays, | Sheep. 207087) J.has, 40, Sialic I, K. Jackson furulshes tho followlug live- stock stutisties: ‘ Horses.) Gultle, United Kinaidon..| 200100) Fan, 00) y tt Biman i Geen Altstt FULT 10 Inn PRUE ALOR AUS L1G n0N] Sou EXOOXLO PEAS CALCU AURIS LAPACCONC UG Germany as 2,000,000 and Spat 9,000,000 Bouts, 750,000 nsses, and 650,000 mules, DAIRY PRODUCTS. RECENT USTIMATES PLACE TH VALUE” of the butter and cheese, production of the United States at $350,000,000, ‘There are 000,000 cows, from which there is produced 850,000,000 Ibs of cheesa and 1,500,000,000 Ibs of butter annually, The above esthuates do not Include the value of the milk othorwise disposed of, which may be placed tn round numbers tt $500,000,000, ‘The prominence Chicago now octuples as aimarket for dalry products ling been achioved within the last decade. Prior to 1870 Western butter and chivese lind no reputation at home or abroad, Of the former there was auly an inslgniticant surplus, Wille of the Iattor not enough was rodneet to supply. loval wants, In fuet, as nte as 1873 and 1873 no Inconsiderablo part of tha cheesy sold in this market enno from Ohio and Western Now York. But since that thie rapid and continugus progress hing been mace not only in extend ng tha business, but in the quality of the goods turnad out. Chicago tas now attained tt position second onty to New York In ine portanes as nt dstributing point for butter and cheese, and there are some in the trade sinzuine enough to belleve that tho day Is not very remote when our annual receipts of these commeoditiys will exceed thuse of the dastarn metropolls, "Che Introduction in the West of thofactory system in the mantufaet- ure of cheese, and of the ereamury system Jn the production of butter, have been effective agencies Inelevating the.stiundard of: West. ern dairy predate, Lt required bard and persistant, jabor to overcome at the East and 1 Europe the deep-seated prejudice ugalnst Western goods, but it has at. fost been tlssl- pated, and the product of the dulries af W. consin and Thnofs now command the high ost market prices, both In New York and Liverpool, In the mutter of dlroct oxports the business exhibits a surprising growth, itis only within the past threeor four years that that branch of the trate began to doyelon, but it has wrendy assumed Imposing propor thong, the value of our direct shipments for 1881 closely Approximating $675,000, cheese we have recelved during the past year moro than ONE MILLION HOXES, This wag handled by thirteen regular deal: ors, cmploylug a capital of $300,000, Asa whole, the season wis not faverable to 0 Jarge production or to excellence ot atallty, Protracted periods of hot wonther durhi; duly and Argust, and the severe uroutlt which began enrly In August and extended to the latter part of September, lessened the production. and inade it extremely dificult tor dairymen to rustain the geunlity of thety soos, Tn one respect, however, there ts an moprovemont. We refer to the tiseontinu- nee of the use of unti-nat and of lard in the smanitfactire of cheese, The experience of the few who durlig the prevtons season re- sorted to the use of these ndulterants was Dot such na to eheourags thelr continuance, Although the production In the West shows only nv nioterate Inereaso over 0, the sonson wis among tha most prof- Itable that. Western dairymen have ever oxperienced, prices-excepting a brief pecieat At tho beginning of sitmmor—ruling high thronghout the your, ‘They opened tn January at Ie@ieke for full ercamy, fron whtoh point they steadily advanced until the latter parol February, when they stoud at Belte, Karly In May the market: began to ae dt run dewn protty rapldly wth 8 Oe was reached early dn dune, ‘Phen thore Waa nt stendy market intl! the second weal Jn duly, when there was a drop to Hy@stze, which werv the lowest priees of the year for fall crenm goods, About that thie there Bprang np an qctive export demand, onder whieh the niarket rapidty recovered to Ug@ Oe, ‘Chore was notinuch further change tnt toward the ont of Aust; then the market advanced to WUN@tU<e, nd in Sep tomber to IYs@isige. “Wiese high prices drove exporters outof tho market, and the Ingt threa mouths of the year saw a slumalsh trade, with prices ruling wenk aud tmsvttled, The weather throughout October wd the first halt of © November was’ remarkably tavorable for dairying purposes, and an unusually large fall product of checse wns tho result. In consequence of tho too firm views of holders Souparallvely. Nitto of the fall make has gonu hito cons sumption, and as tha stacks now on hand not only in this country but in Burope are oxcuptionnlly large, the outlook Is sot spe- clally oncournylng to holders, THE RECKIUTS OF NUTTER show a falling offas compared with 1880 of avout 700 tong, ‘The deorease Is accountad for by tho wnusual severity of last winter, the litoness of the gpring, and the dry, hot weather which proyailed throughout Au. sustand September, Prices have averaged intel higher than for 1890, ° During the tirst auartor they ranged from S0@sHo for com- mon to choles grides, Durvlag Mureh there was ndleciing to isso, and In April to b@ Ste, the inst weok in April seeing oa decline of fully Be, the result uf a bad break at the Kast, “Vales continued tw. shrink until about the 10th of dune. the market nt thot ting stand at 18@ve, fice were tha lowest Pices of tha year, Bluse tho midilic of June the murket was gradual. Wy swore Uywart, | tt hyd Tuaohed Wow no atoxs of July, on Sept 1 20Gio, on Out, 1 s03ase, and on’ Nove 1 Hicessa. “Lhe market has sluce advanced to doqiads for the hest dalry, and to 40@i6 for Sunny creamery, -'Thy valuo of the real urtl- cle was nuguestionnbly sumowhat enhanced by the restrictions Imposed upon thu manne tueture and silo of gleomurgarinn, sulne, autl Invd-butter; but, desulle the, State and wuntelpal legisintion und the active apposls ton of thy butter dealers, Jarzo quantities of the apuriots article continue to be produced and consumed, and, ge long as the violators of the Jaw governiiu ite sale are not uialest- ad, the ¢ tay bo expected te thrive, fn consequence of the continued upathy of those whose duty It is to see that the law ts enforced, the bustnvas his taken a frei start recently, Sut probably the amanutyct- Ure of havd-batidr and sulne ts now carried on quite ag extouslyely as before the enact. tow of laws tegulattaz the sale. ‘Tho vend: Ing of Chix apirions butter is not only work- Jang y serious {ulury to the duiry interest of the ‘country da the deinornilztion of the home trade, but ly aul destroy lng the exe port trade, (he crowll uf which during the 'Y-WOUR PAGES. past ten yeara hasbeen rapid and contininanss Nhat (he oxporis for Isst ghould show a falls Inzall of more than one-half na compared with the provions year ty solely nseribable to the bad odor tnt wiiel Amorican butter has fallen of late bevanse of the flooding of tho. murkets of the country with the counterfeit article ‘Tho tnerease dn exports of dairy radticls from 1870 to 1880, Ineliisive, is show y the following tables Butter, tha, Chicene, tbr, SBoiiann’ ged ee 1sil INGO RIS. MOT 1st A 2DA 085 qsat BUONO 157. 6 MOUTLOTT 1% ILON ES 18 PT OTE 20§ Ini 105.000 1s IER 48 it ‘hy vain of the butter nut chougo oxpirt- ed for 1880 Was, for the former, $6,090,087, Bal ey tho Intter $19,171,720, or a. total ot SHEDS. TIT! STOCK OF TIMOTITY seed early in tho year was very heavy, and the market develope very tinsatisfactorlly to somo firms who had bought In advance in the bullef that In doing so they were making nxood Investincnt, The demand, however, ‘Was not suflicient to consume the stock, and conseqnontly several partics wore loft with a large quantity of seed on hand, for which they had toe aeceptinuell lower prices than they pad, and thus a considerable stock was carried over, ‘Choe simmer prognostieations of the probable crop varied greatly, and 0 Jargo umount of trading for future dolivery Was the consequence, ‘Phis was profitable to those who bought carly ug the crop proved to be smaller than the average predietion pinced 16 at, and prices rapldly advanced, Tho sow crop, whieh began to come in about the Mth of August, opened wp fulely, and sneeulative trading was considerably larger than usual proved = somuwhat detrimental to the business, After Oct. 1 trade was very unsatlafactory, very little buying for ensis bathe reported, anast of the trading belug for dellvery in the huter months of the year or danuary. Local stocks here and at thu Enst are not as largo ns they Wer ONG YORK AO. ‘ Durlng the month of November consider able annoyance was experienced In the set- tlement of contracts for that month, and many arbitrations were called for, Much of the seed tendered in settlement was so neat the established grade, and yet ao far froin the iden of thy recelver on that point, that the general result wns generat issutlstne- tion. ‘These contracts were, however, svt thed up to the satisfaction of all eoncefied, The average price of thuothy seed for the your was 22.50%, the highest monthly avor- tge $2.70, and the lowest 22.187, CLOVER 8 Tho year opened with only a modoratesup- ply, and with a quullly matuty unsatistic. tory lo the Home und export tide. A good deal of the seed held here was purchased at hich figures, and those who were unable to entry thole investments were subjected to considerably strain, and many to actual loss, Those, however, who could hold up their end of tho deal realized a, handsome profit by-reserving thelr sales until Inter in the. year, Exports during the year were sboutequalto those of ordinary seasons, bul were considerably more than the your previous, as during 1880 shipnients abroad wera Inprofitadly, owing to thy extraordina- ry denned and eousequent blah prices here, ‘Thy new cro sutlered -husgely from dry weather early in theseason, and thls hportant fuet was taken advantage of on the market, prives rapidly appreelating until Sg40 was paid for yoarling seed. When the new crop nally eatin on the market pricos declined SL.00'or more from tls figure, and have sinco fluctuated conslilerably. ‘Towards tha end of the summer, or mither during the Intter part of September afd the first of Oc tober, frequent and heavy rains occurred which caught a good share of the, crops in the Western States tiuprgtcett, aud vory serous damage resulted, “Thohomedemant ag yet lias been mainly from die Suuth, and this hag ton constterabls extent been sup piled with yeurling sued at the ime when the market advanced to S640, A demand from the Enst is counted pet early fn tho yenr, and this, with the continued exports to Europe, ts culoutated upon to give a falr trade in the early months of the yea Chicago enrriad over from Inst year20,000 buy “of clover seed, nnd stocks elsowhwre in tho vowntry ou the tst of January list were estl- mated nb 40,000 bu. Phe stock of claver at eae In the elty iy probably from 15,000 to. 20,000 bu. It has come to bu te custom for farmors to alternate cloverand wintor wheat, the former to be plowed in In the fall as 0 fertilizer for the winter erop, ‘The averaxo price of clover seed for the year was Se the, highest monthly nvor- age belie 86,13 In Suptomber, and the lowest $1.10 In May, FLAXSEED, Trade in this seed Jast year was much larger thon that of any previous one, and the business is growlng nore rapidly thin that ofany otherseed. | Emly in the year low prices ruled, from the fact that many puople hud bowht largely, ven srashurs in the West who had been seized with a speculatlye. turn of wihud reserved thelr stout, Instead of converting it into oil, for the twofold pure pose of enhancing the price of off and at the snine thne forelng a decline In tho price of seed, In the erly spring the price of tlax- seo had fallen to SLt0, an atnost wiprece- dented figure for Unt senson of the y The new crop whieh came in early by So} ber opened at high fgar The Enstern ind fur crushing wes good, and the wnber of Western mills has largely ine cronsed durhig the ¥ ‘Thee P, upto the Ist of October promised finely, and such was the general outlook, oven after the hatve ing. ‘The October rains, however, changed the taco of things very minteriully. The crop in UWinois wis oa tine one. Northern lowa, Minnesota, and Wh congin had an average, and Southern Jown nud Mlasourk about two-thirds as nue as Just year. The raing, general throughout the Wost, enuie Just as harvestiag operations weru, iraderews ln, and tn most localities tn tho West considerable damage resulted from og the Jong-continied dampness, ‘The actial mnount of injury has not aven now been definitly apeertafned, Many interested tn the trade, however, Who estliuinte that the acreage for the year wus from 30 to 40 por cont harger than 1880, Ineling to the bellet that the damnuge from the fall ring was not su heavy but that the tnerensed noroagzo would still eave an average crop when com pared with former years, ‘The exports carly In the year amounted to about 500,00) bu, wl the shipments be- Ing made from thio part of Now York. ‘The Linportation of forel gt sodd tid been Nght. Stocks in thisclty ut tho preaont thie are very lurge, most ofthe private warehouses belng full. In fact, the new year will com- menes witha much larger stock of flaxsecd on hand here than was held twelve months RED, ‘The average price of Maxsced for the year was $1,20%, the highest monthly averige bulug Sloss in November, and the lowest $1.43 fu Muy, ‘The year closed on a thot ating market, recelpts belng very heavy. Tho stock of tlaxsecd In the city Deo, 2% way about 680,000 bu, or 159,000 bu outside of thatin the hands of crushera, OTHE BREEDS. , Tlungarian opened fhe year with hopes on the purt of the trule of high prices, but fulled to meet the general oxwetation, Trade ‘on the whole was devoli of spucinl Interest, and prices fluctuated within a Hilted range. Common millet wlso proved tHisappotuttniey, Dut for an opposit reason, ag it unexpectedly advanced very urgely early tu November, ‘The trate is as yet tndecldud whether @ core nor oxtsted js thot particular seed at that thne or not, 6 any rate, for somo ting after the little.“ bulge” millet was a rug on the market, and sold at very low prices. Gor- man midlet, ndvineed) very sharply in the spring, During the fall months a speeul: tlyve movement set In, and the price was a vanced Iaracly, ‘The niovemont wns, hows over, in the face of 0 good vrop, and collapsed eatly in the month of December, BNOOM-cORN, _ TRADE IN DULOOS-CORN during the pust year las boen very satisfac- tory, having Snerensed -largoly over any former year, ‘Tne total sates renched about 9,000 tons, which at an average of §180,U0 por tan would glyo the ngeregute ug $1,170,000 cash value seprogented by the trade, * At the commencement of tho broom-corn, yeor, Sept, i, the stock of old. material on hand $n this city Was some 750 tong, belng about onethird of the sual quantity re- malntog on hand at the tine of the arrival of the. new stock, Seldom in tho history of the trde In thls city has the new carn come upon the market wilh so little of the ola to contend with, ‘The markets iy the Eastern eltiuy were all, or nearly all, bure of old atk, ‘Tho new crop was badly injured, thet by. dryuth aud again by the chlucl-bus, Missourl Uo erop was almost a total fatture, the aforesutd bie having consumed or inens micitated mnoatof the growth of that Stat pufore his appetite was sated, In Kansus Inrgely-lucrensed nerenge was pinnte bramm-ecorn, but much of It was devour rendered unmerchantable by the bist roferrait to. UIA Ti Nevrasisa tha aereaga we eonditoralily Inoxcess of that of 1850, but tha early olinell-bug and the lato rain titerfered seriously with the crop's frulfion, and loys than anavorayo ylold was the result, When the now erop began to conto forward the Eastern manufacturers and speculators were nbrond, and gathored in atl tht wag offered in very brlef ing, ‘Thlszsudden demand, and reports from the country tint the new crop was short, caused a very de ehled ndvanes tn the staple, and priees to. ward the elose of the year sharply ndvancut, ‘Thy stoek on hand at the close of the year is about 2,700 tons, whieh ts 35 per cent less than that hold at the same period in 1380, wooLn,. A NOOMLESS YEA 60 far ag the wool trade Is concerned Is just drawing ton elose, leaving the general con, ditton of the tustnesa fy about the same eon servallve state as marked It for tho grenter portof the year 1880, ‘This was 0 uinrked contrast to the lilstery mado by this partion. Jor interest the year Immedtately preceding, when sharp and = frequent fluetnations brought many into the trade as speculators, and promincnt among them the Jeading mantfacturers of the country, whieh re sulted, as is well known, ln considerable loss to the [utter antl conseiyitent convessions on the part of sullers. During the yenr 1881 the average specu Jntar had a comparatively poor fieht ot oper: ations, Prices ruled steudy, and the demand, though not urgent at any partleular pertod, was comparatively good throughout. Regn Jar dealers linve, usa rule, transacted busts ness on very amwall margius, a teeessary re sult of the law-priees which have prevailed, ‘Tho demand, moro especially during the last aix months of the year, wascontined largely fo the coarser wools, and in this description wags included mua dead wool or that taken from the pelts of fallen animals, ‘The receipts from Colorado were about the sane in quantity ns those of 1880, although early spring reports from that. reglon pre dicted a considerable: falling off In the woul supply, ‘The Western clip generally was an average one, and growers, as 9 rile, hetd thelr wool in expectation of an advance which did not come, At the close of tho rane thera was a considerable stock fn the hands of growers, consisting Inrgely of tho better grades of wool. Thore ts very Hite ‘Texas woot received Jn this qliy, most of it golng Enst to the New York and Boston iuarkels. FOREIGN IMPORTATIONS {n 1881 wore much, heavior than during the precoding yoar. Leading dealers hore, ho: over, claim that this fact has hid little i fluenee in governing the prices of Western wools, ng these Jatter aro uot only in con stintly inorenslng demand from manufae turers In the Wast, but have, aga rule, 9 special value on the market, and sell strictly on thelr merits. The recuipts of palls were considerably larger than those of last year, the quantity of pulled wool handled fn this eity belnj from 1,500,000 to 1,750,000 Ibs... There is bul one firnt hore who are engaged In the bus ness of scourlng wools, and this firm, with many addittonal faelfities hdopted uring the yonr, has more business than It can wel attend to. During tho months of January, February, and March the inarket was very dull an pricos declined 83@ic per Ib, After the Ist of April a steady trade continued, with on ad. Vanco during the remainder of the year of 1@2¢ per Ib, ‘The wool handled by tho half- dozen prominent houses of this elty aggre gated about 10,000,000 Ibs during the year S8i, ‘The wool pulled In this city during the year aygrogated nearty 2,000,000 Ibs, ‘The nyerngo price of wool during tha year just closed was 27y0 per lb, which would give n cash value ‘Of $2,750,000 to the trade. ‘The following table shows the price of the rides per lb at various parlods durtug tho years Wan. ; May | July ) Oct. we rd in 13, Fina Northwast,| Dts, Lis Bow ey ae teens 22] IT@LI SOMA) mapas eagas Fine Northwest, Withee ces oon v4 | ROIS | ABI A DIG | SDT | SOT Courga — Northe| , Tavemedin Pesta ed era Elno inedin sks Bogs | G50 | 20GB | 2A fio wat : ligedes 3912/1230! 81@00|37@40!97@40 mg Hieeco eves aos] Be nearer Good _nicdii 5G | 840-40, GAY] ACA LAY. AKAM sTOcK ~ ofthis indespensublo article. was held by dealers a yearingo, At that tine, and dur Ing the month of Jantary, thaothy hay was held at $15,00@16,00, with prairie hay at $8,00 @10.00, Late in the month of April, owlng to the ditticulty experienced in’ shipping to market, priecs advanced sharply, Umothy selllug at Si5.W@18,00, and priirie ut $12,000, 15,00, During the month of “May tho two rides of timothy ranged from $14.00 to 17,00, prairie selling at $10,00@14.00, Dur- Ing the months of Juno and July, and the Tnrger part of August timothy hay ranged from $t1.00 to $15.50, prairie from $7.0 to $19,600. In the lattor purt of August recelpts fell off constderably, and prices during the months of September, Oetuber, and Novem- her, bounded up; the extreme Yimit on timo: thy belng $18.60 per ton, While prairie sold us high as $16.00 and as low us $15.00 within the perlod named, : fhe New crop was an average ono ns to pels but, though the farmers made much ay while the sun shone, their work was rently interfered with, and rendored of lit tle avail by the Inte rains, which caught manyof the farmers napping, despite tle daily proznosticntions of the man atthe meteorological helm, THE ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE by those Inte ralns Is put at 23 por cent. For agveral weeks during the months of August and September, though well-cured thnothy and prairie hay were selling at high fixures, a large portlon of the receipts was made up of musty stoel, which sold at al most H prices the purchaser was tnelined to pay. Tho October rains, in furnivhing 8 inuieh better than usual fall feeding, contrld- uted lurgely toward making up the deticlenc) guused by the floods in mowing-tine, Plontl ful rains at the South also aided the Southern fodder crap, whieh vame later than ugtal, and fossenud the demand for baled hy frow that region, ” The bulot the trade for the year now elasing wis about the same as thatof tho Sear 1880, although the pralits word consi: orubly less from the fact that such of the tock recolved here was contracted tor in nd: vance nt high prices, and tn the frequent dn. fluctuations of the market some of ih was necoasurily sold ata loss, HOPS. THE NOP TRADE OF 1881 has been exceptional for fta stonitiness and atubility, ‘The prices ruilug at our last re view were maintained with little varlation— At about 223s for markutable goods unill the tntoming of the new crop in September ‘The crop of 1880 proved Iargor than bad been ostimated, but tho demand from England proved sufllelont ty consume all our surplus, whieh was ubout 43,000 bales of 180 tbs euch. Our own consumption was Increasod about 10 per cent, and amounted to about 144,00) bales In the United States, thus showing the crop to have beon nearly 100,000 bates, ‘Tho crop uf 1851, hyryested In August and September, was exe Honalhy Onis In guntity but deficlunt In quantity to the cstlinated ex tent of Qta lS por vent from Inst year’s ylold, Adprehenslons of this shortage be ene widesprend before the crop was har vested, and agents of Eastern houses swarmed though the West, the object of Eastern dealurs belng to forestall those of this elty and secure fie bull af the crop for pULpusts: pt ypectitut on Vhile these Bast Fai men did nat si th eatehing the Chicago hop dealors napping, sulin Kar stock of Lops than usual was secured for the Eusterp giarkot ‘This distribution tended Yo peiluce quotations sua the two list inonths atthe year. ‘The all the hop ylold waa outlined priiclpall, east of the Misshiolppl diver; and bige dovetnd. tu the cultivate: igso vinds Was Jurgely increased, espe fu Wiseonstn, tha droath and the annually recurrlng guage frau vermin that prey non the how-vine tended to redijes the yleld fu tho proportion abave {as oY CULE in the Wostern Strtes bs zew louked npan by promlocnt deniers tei it cetrogridliigs cot: dition, aud aniuwaven ze Ko tue da to assess that iewill be vituutiy abaniioned ty the event of another perlad of depression i prices, ‘Lhe conmimption of hops has kept pace with the growls In populutfen und wa