, 1873-11-03

crops, and pricos have ruled 80 low TINT In th6ny
casos, after huuking and handling, nothing ans
loft to tho producer, and tho moro corn q man
had tho worse he waa of.
bands last spring, and, boing practical farmer
(or claiming to boy, concluded that wo voro
elected for Hhort corn crop. Believing that II
ne farttlors nold of their corn at low proos and
they were loft with short crop and ito old corn
to fall back on, tho offoet would bo ruinons; not
only to farmers covored With debt, but to busi-
moss OF oil kinds, wrote ard auylsod tho fnrn,s
ers to hold back their eutpltta, aud The INN.
uEE LAS repeatedly reiterated tho same advice.
MY predictions have boon fulfilled, 30 far.
tako much pride III being prophet,-nuy old
farmor who has memory for past experience
could have told tho sanlo. It e7as claimed, nil
through i.assg tho season. that lows would have
n fRos fa crop Than eyer sad Impossible
Horny Milward 4 Co.'s recent circular places
tie shortage in Iowa 1t full onc-third, and IN
1lllnoln =! not over half crop; while tho Du-
reaa ~ Nenorts place the shortage In the country
ozop7
! boltovo. howcyor, that the shortage will DO
creator than Ia estimated. on general prIuciploe,
farmors arc apt to "ory out before thcy arc
anFs n the spring bt II tho fall 1t is usually
place their Yield too high. Already thoy aro
lowering their estimates.
Dobts mhy forco tho farmers to sell: financial
panlcs may keep prices down for timn but tho
INV Of supply aud domatid will ultimately regl-
lato all thla, though fear those who neod tho
advance may not profit by It, they having uold
too Boon.
! will add to "Grand Rapids" Idon't caro flg
for the ecorn'apcculators, whether thoy win or
loso; but I ahould Ike to meot him no1t sum-
mer M n Chicago, and discuss my 'tpropheooB"
with him ovor "squaro meal"
Perhaps 1t will be interesting to eomo to COM
pare the prosont yonr with Bomo former ones.
In 1860, quito fall OF Hnow on the 29d Of o.
to6or, and laid throo days, then warm aud pleas
snt until Nov. 16, whom tho roads wero
blocked with snow, which retired in few days.
and tho weather was warm with rains and deep
mud until tho Goth Of Docomher, when the
ground froxo up.
1n 1868, tflo big FROST Aug. 80, r Think.
Sept. 10, aslight froezo. Oct 23. four inches of
snow. and on tho 3oth, u slight furry Of suow.
warm aud pleasant until the 31st Of December.
For tho benoht Of Michigan corn spocuators,
will add: Corn sold in Chicago at s1.30 Il
think )-somo 2 or 8 cents higher than
wheat At the same time-as tho result OF that
short crop. InoQuo1s.
Tho Hon. J. R. Dodge. of tho Department of
Agriculture, at Washington, writes tho Dyouers'
Journal published at tho Stock Yards In this
city, taking exceptions to tho deductions Of tho
circula Of H. MilHhrd i Co., In regard to the
supply Of hogs Tor this aeaaon. The circular In.
dicates that the agricultural reports show an
increaHo OF 1219 per cent. whereas the reports
themselves show decrease of fully por cent,
As We published q portion OF the circular, we
also publish tho correction.
TIE IRON TRADE,
Statement from 8. ". Hopkins l. Co, OF tho
export Of rails from Great Britain, compiled f1om
official returns published by authority Of the
House OF Commons: