The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-16


side-mske sure that il is clean; place layer
or tier of apples, fair, smooth aud blight, as
closely as possible, stems downward, on the
lower head: then III up, basket iuil AT
time, throwing out small, wormy, guarly and
windfaIl apples, and shaking the barrel well
after each deposit until II Is full, Two lncnes
abOve the rim place the head squarely on the
apples, ana wi b screw or lever press force II
into place, and nail securely. Turn over bar
lead. or stencil. Bear In mind that TO ship
safely. fruit must he packed tight, TO prevent
rafting and bruising. The practice
VI very 'D bad policy lie that is, hsving
the face of all caoice, large, Handsome
iruIt, while the MIDDLE is made
or windfalls- Nothing will sell a package OF
fruit SO readily as for the seller II os aole 10
be honestly p,cked, and that the face is fair
indication OF the contents" and IT adds 10 the
reputa ion OF grower, commission dealer, and
The New York Bulletin says: For a number
of years the produce dealeIsoi our city have
been troubl greatly by the trregularity In
effort 10 remedy the evil so far as this state
and its apple crop is concerned. The prlnc-
pa. aim is TO get rid OF what is known among
the trade as the "pony barrel" a p ckage OF
very uncertain capaci y. except that IL Is sure
to run much smaller than justice TO
the consumer demands. Under the Law
ture, the making or using of barrel Tor the
sale OF apples ounces, or potatoes OF less than
a fine, and some aid can be obtained through
this tact 10 further the object in view. Even
the one hundred-Quart barrel, however, deal
ers assert TO be a fraud, legaliZed for certain
U.S. S, merely because custom mad brought IL in
ge eral use, and they propose using their
efforts 10 induce fruib growers 10 adopt the
dour barrel at l quarts, dry measure. AS "a
means 20 this end tue idea is 10 base al price
on a 1000 uart barrel as a standard, TO maze
reduction OF &c for the lLO quart barrel, ano
still frrtheT.di scriminaIion againss the pony"
q
ter under The act. 1t is to be hoped fruit an
potato growers will assist IN bringing the hon
est sized barrel into use.
COFFEE, SUGAR AND TEA STATISTICS.
The stock of coffee in first hands in the City
Of New York aggregated on the lst inst, ac-
cording 10 the mon hly report of the Impor-
ters' and GroceIs' Board of Trade, 2i6, 20 pkgs,
being II, 81 packages more than on tire LIST Of
the preceding month. The stock of Brazil
Kinds shows an increase of l7,4C0 bags, and st.
Domingo 800 bags, while OF Aaracaibo there
are 400 bags more than a month go. Java, Oh
the other hand, is $50 pkgs less, ami theie is
a further shrinkage of 400 bags In other
kinds, leaving a net increase as above stated.
The imports for the month were les HS pigs,
of whico s., ~ b3gs were from Brazil, 1880
from MaracaibO aud Laguayra, and the re-
mainder chiefly from other West India POI Is,
there bsing no Java received. The c)nsump
tiob appears from thes- figures TO have been
alb tut 400 bags, which is fair late for this
The sugar report furnished by the Board
shows considerable decrease In the stock Of
raw sugars at this port during he past month
The imports amounted 10 g. Jos $40 pounds
from ali countries, VIII lie the Withdrawals for
consumption were 10 ,227, 404 pounds, leaving
dehcit OF 81, go 900 pounds. The stock at the
close therefore. was 1852 a ,553 pounds, against
1882 ,l46 pounds July /. o. our imports Jor
the month, 36,UU 900 pounds, or more than
per cent, came from the two ports, Havana
and Matauzas. The exports OF REIN d sugar
show an iSc of nearly per csnt. over
June, and about equal the average for the first
six mon MS The tai for the month was 3,sE,-
$50 p1unos to AL countries, of which 1885, SS
pounds were to Canada, and the remainder TO
other foreign countries. Since January !, we
nave exported H,7S2,72' pounds, Of which o.
ls2, Sg3 were to Canada, against total of AZ,
so S9j pounds for the whole OF 1875, and POS.
s94 10 Canada. This gives an increase during
seven months of nearly 30 0,oO pounds over
the whole of last years exports 10 canada, ard
with five months yet before rs
We may look for very heavy
1875. The stock of foreign mOlasses on the LIST
inst. was 1876 hhds. all grades. The imports
for the moath we're 6S3,Ss3 gallons, and the
Ions, which, with 'e-exporis o. 1864 gallons,
leaves reduction OF 100000 gallons in the
sock.
Tue month OF July begins the new trade
year in teas. tt 2 stock OF all grades and sorts
the LIST inst. was Is ln. 595 lbs, VIII CHI is 1885,
eco lbs. less thaa on July l. The settlements
ceipts but IS ,l3l lbs. The heaviest imports
were o. Japan, amounting 10 s22,95l lbs, while
OF all blacks there were 67O,s27. Ol the two
desc iptions the IMPORTS are chiefly new crop.
AS compared wi h the stock on Aus ust l. 1875.
there is an excess of 2,7Uu.0OJ lbs in The total
Green's show 10000 lbs increase, aud Japans
$500 lbs, while backs are nearly J,2P,gO0
less than a year ago.-New York Grocer.
prices. The receipts of
WOOL
continue liberal, with prices about
as they have been for several
weeks past The New York market
on Saturday last was reported as follows by the
Commercial Bulletin;
The change for the better which set in on
this market with the turn OF the month seems
10 be very well Il taineds and The leading
dealers here are talking in a comparatively
cheerful tone. We do not discover, however.
any great disposition to 20 Oh al tangent and
accept the Improvement a precursor OF
heavy business and liberal ad iitioa 10 cost,
and the attempts made to give matters this
complexion are genera ly deprecated.
Especially is this the case in view of the
fact that therecent advance has so stimulated
the views of manv interior holders as to result
In the asking OF rates which cannot be paid
checking any disposition eoterlained by m an
ufacturers to operate somewhat beyond
known wants. The purchases OF material are
based u oon possible returns through the sale
goOds, and the latter fail to develop
Sufficie Mt buoyancy to take any risk on
high pliced wool. Our supplies are fair In guam
lily and rather improving on assortment,
tn ough Ihe heavy drain recently made has in
some cases retarded the filling up on fleeces as
the receipts at this point have not been very
free this season. Fine spring California irmer,
IS the stock commences TO run down In quail
ity. Texas grades have met with a little spec
uiative demand and are his her, especially on
Eastern, most of which is in, and the rea-
lively low cost induces dealers and MAJ ufac-
iurers to handle ii with a greater amount OF
freedom During the week now closing the
business has hen less active than for the
preceding one, but sti / fOOts up fair, vii n the
largest movement in Texas stock, of which
some $4,000 pounds have changed hands
Fleeces are sti at the close and some dealers
think q XXX would bring 50c, thou "a this is
higher tn an any sales we have heard of. The
transactions reported -mbrace $500 pounds
X and Xxx It B @SSc; 1850 pounds do, so bags
No. pulled, 50 do extra do, on private ter Ds;
2.C0O pounds fine domestic rolls at 47c; l5u 20
mounds Texas l562lc. l3U.O0O pour d. l7@29c: