The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08
Extracts from .he Mark Lane Express 81
Nav Is, 1875

The past week has been one OF almoS. un-
VARYING sunshine but alth ugh the weather
has been clear and bright, the prevalence OF
cold east.rlv winds has Tor tie most part,
counte,acted the influence, If the sun, ana de-
rriyed the coul tlv Il is cheering influence
The continued lownvss of the temperature has
prevented vegetation from acquiring the
strength necessary to perfect development. So
that the general aspect Of things Is but little
advanced since last week This backwardness
prevails alike in field and garden, and the ten
der buds have been sadly nipped and frozen
bv the hitherto ANYTHING but h'lIuy breath OF
Snrinv The autum-suw wheat plant bang
now tolarablv strong has btcn able to Withstand
th4 influence Of the cold better than the Young
crops Of Barley and oats, which APPEAR siekly.
and are piniug Tor little genial warmth ami
soft rain Everything apleals BACKWARD Ior
the time of wear except the pasture land which
aided as il has beeu by the late abundant nois-
ture gives promise Of heavy grass crop.
Repor,s from the country arr Unanimous IN
the statement that il Is on the ntasy SOILS tLat
III. growing cereals present al unsatisiaeior.
apptar.ace, the light land having dried quick
or. and - allowed the seed !" be sown Under
more favorable circumstance III Essex the
yield Of wheat Will probably ~ cohsloefaots
under the average, n thousands OF acres nave
b N sowu with Barley and other crops, the
state OF the land rendeIii 1t Impossible to
backward is not in itself any cause for alaru..
and rs We have now reached the middle OF
Nav .h, chances OF disastrous troStS are every
day becoming more remote. Inc elect OF the
cold winds has been TO harden the surface OF
the ground and retard the growth OF plants III
those parts more immsdiat.lS suo!ee'su 10 Ak
n,cspheric influence; but at the same time, the
sun has afforded sufficient warmth to enable
Tie root 10 strike deeply and ind the requisite
moisture TO nurture vegetation we nave but
little change TO chronicle in the state oil the
locaItraie. The improvement IN the weataer,
And the re-openinG Of navigation In several
important ports hitherto closed pS lo', nave
,,.ns,d a return OF inactivity, which We should
consider likely to be Of long duration, were !.
not for the shor.ness Of stocks on the Contin-
emit and the unfavorahle, reports Is 10 appear
ancs III the Young wheat crop IN France
some canoes of coast, and also OF hngiish
wheat have again been taken Tor ConunsnsA
account. but the export demand naS pseu
mainly confined 10 these, and France, Holland,
And IS,,rium have been buying direct from
New York. Odrssa, and other shipping pofS
The supplies Of foreign wheat have lately oeen
iuconsiderabls but with the opening OF 81
Petersburg We may look forward TO An increase
in this respect, although there considefaoae
quantity has been bought for Herman account
and it is probable that the earlier shipments
will be mainly for that destination. AAse has
b-.en freely taken for summer shipments, and
the very moderate price of this article Is nzsur-
ally temptation to buyers.
fAe sales Of EnSlsh wheat noted last week
were 45, aSl qrs. at AS ID against u $50 qrs a
sd in the previous year
The Iondon averages were ass led on SIS
The imporss into the kingdom for the week
ending Nav 9Th were sSA, ssa cvt wheat and
s6,3ii cwt Flour.
EsvnAsrrx-uPox-ryus. Since The 9Th he