The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-29
LETTER FROM MINNESOTA.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Sept. l9, 1871

AS thls Is the month OF TG9rS, L VIII
give your readers brief account of two,
held in two of the most prominent coun.
ties of the State. Ramsey County fair
was held in St. Paul. 1t may be we'll to
state that county is the smallest, and one OF
the poorest for agricultural purposes in
the State, consequently thedisplay of ami
mails, grain, &C., was very limited, and the
exhibition was very barren, except that
of fruitsand vegetables. Col. D. A. Rob
ertson had on exhibition six varieties OF
apples, and a quantyt of improved yellow
dent corn. There were also apples and
peaches presented by other parties. OF
apples, there were the Muscoroy, Ice,
Kessewick, Goblin, German Bough, Wag-
ner, Large Yellow Siberian, Duchess of
Oldenburg, Plumb Cider, Wine Sap, Hass,
Tolman Sweet, Fall Orange, Romantic,
Hyslop and Transcendent Grab, Russell,
improved American Crab-valuable TOR
preserving-Perry russell, and several va
rieties of Minnesota Seeding. The ear
~ Strawberry and Red Astracan, fine
and fayorite fruit among producers here,
Wire out Of season, and none were on ex-
hibition. Mr. Truman Smith had on ex-
hibition forty varieties of grapes. Prom
iuent among these were the Delaware,
Concord, Rodgers Hybrid No. is, Dracut
Amber, Cravaling, Oporto, Hartford Pro-
life and Gabelle. Domestic wines of
good quality were also on exhibition
Tue show of stock was almost complete
failure, there were but three entries in
this department. The fair closed with
races at the park, and the annual address
at the Hall, by Ex-Governor Marshall.
Hennepin Co. fair, held at Minneapolis,
was great success, and was attended by
thousands of people. There were over
nine hundred entries. The display of -farssa.
and garden products were of the first
character The floral department was
very beautiful, among which was the
most choice collection of verbenas in the
State. In the same department were fine
exhibitions of goods by the merchants
and manufacturers. The main interest of
the fair was the Stock Yard, which con-
tanned some of the finest horses and cat
tie, in the Union. The largest exhibitor
in this department was Col. VIM. S. King,
who has expended eighty thousand dol
lars i'll introducing the best breeds of i'm.
ported cattle, sheep and hogs. The fair
closed with three races, the highest purse
being seventy five dollars several fifty,
and down to twenty. Presuming that
farmers, dealers and others will be inter
ested, send you some of the wholesale
and retail prices of the market of this
City. Roast and beet steak 15@19, NUT
ton 5000, dried beef and venison, 25,
turkeys per. pound 15@18, ducks per-
pair 10000, spring chickens 60@75. Roll
butter 40-jars 80, cheese Minnesota, 20
N. Y. 25, eggs per. doz. %, spring wheat
flour $4.75@5.0O, winter wheat $500
Wheat No. 1, So No. 9. 80. Corn-shelled
-60@88, oats 5000, barley 6o@75, ne.
Wy beans $150@2.00, potatoes $2.00@1.25
very light crop, damaged by bugs that
are now in perfect swarms, entering the
houses)
Apples $3.0o@4.o0 per- bbl-most all
brought from other srates-~cider $13. 90
per. Dbl, baled hay $12@14 pr. ton, wool.
10000. The Ladies' German Fair, to aid
the Sanitary Commission of" Fatherland''
was grand affair, most successful in re.
suits, and one of rejoicing and a good
time generally. Many speeches were
made on the occasion, but the telling one
was by Senator Ramsey. The weather is
very warm and beautiful, no frost. Corn
he s proved good crop, and is now fully
ripe. The rains in August spoiled
thousands ofbushels of wheat in the stack.
some farmers losing their entire crop. It
will be seen by the market quotations
that corn is worth more here than wheat
and has been SO for the last three wears.
The golden fields of southern Wisconsin
and Illinois, with their rich yield of ripe
ears of corn, are richer in return for
their labor, than the Minnesota wheat
growing millionaire, who can hardly find
q market that pays price remuneratiye
for the money and toll invested in grow
ing wheat in this State This and other
causes,--whether true or false-is work
ing political revolution in this State,
under the guise of tariff agitation. Don
nelly-the hero Of the Washburn einbrog-
Ito in Congress-has been discussing the |
5ariff question all summer, he is now on
he war path again,-gone ,ver to the
lemOcratic side of the honso n,,,,ootn -