Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-16

This is decline of &c from last weeks quotations
In this 'stester' matter farmers cannot realize too
well the fact that much depends upop themselves as
to how their wheat grades. Due care in cleaning 30
often urged upon them, will do much, but attention
also is required when the grain is hauled to market
and the tester used. The writer has seen farmers
get off their wagons and allow the buyer to fill his
tester as he pleaees and announce the result Now,
there is much in filing the little brass kettle and it
can be filed much to the advantage of the buyer,
and it cannot be expected but that men will work for
the interest OF those employing them, and OF course
the producer must be the loser. Before the tester
used the farmer should see that the mouth Of his
sack is not full of light berries and chaf. The hand
should be thrust down into the sack the tester
filed with wheat below the surface if the little
JOKER is to be used at all. The farmers meeting
yesterday (Monday) has fully verified what has from
the FIRST been insisted upon in these columns that
the two-quart kettle is gla ing swindle. And now
to make the fraud the greater, cne-quart kettle is
being introduced. 1t is obvious to all common sense
that under the existing circumstances and peculiar
nature of the CROP the smaller the kettle the greater
the swindle. And yet there is no immediate redress,
and all the farmer do is to retaliate by striking
back by the ballot box.
There has been quite good demand for oats and
corn from all points. especially from the lumber dis
tricts, but the supply has been liberal This with
the large stocks on hand has reduced prices 20 on
the latter and 1c on the former. There has been q
few loads of new corn in the market, which was sold
to private individuals. It looked to be good well.
grown corn, but was somewhat soft. There was not
sufficient in the market, however, to quote.
The barley trade is wholly confined to the local
brewers. All that came into market during the week
was sold, but at low figures, Zoe being the highest
price realized. This latter good full berry but
t1Ecno ,ok1,~. .1.k~ ~
the berry being plump enough for No. q but the
color was decidedly against it for brewing purposes.
Hops little higher. We quote New York new
crop at 10000; Wisconsin 15c; old hops are little
sought after at LOG.
Ground feed meets with reader sale, the demand
from the lumber regions increasing. The supply is
equal to the demand, and prices are not affected.
The butter market is stfening up In all grades,
except grease. Good buffers are becoming very
scarce, and the demands increasing; one commits
which they are unable to I'LL Eggs are also scarce
and high; dealers offer freely for crates of fresh
eggs arriving in good condition.
Mess pork is unsteady, at SOC lower prices than
last weeks quotations; smoked meats also lower
byhc.
Dressed hogs are worth 3Ac, with but slow mar
ket.
Apples have been somewhat forced during the
week by heavy consignments of Indifferent fruit
, but well picked, - choice c apples are worth,
NS2.5o. Cranberries are in good demand in
bulk ut $1.5O@1.6O@l.75 according to quality and
are sold to dealers by the barrel at $1.75@2oo.
The stock market has not improved. The market
has been over supplied with cattle of all grades and
no buyers The only sale during the last was 40
head of good feshed steers at IS 25 besides ono or
two head of butchers cattle at $2.75. There is no
encouragement at the present time for holders to
ship, and there does not appear to be any immediate
prospect Of Improvement.
There is nothing to report in connection with the
jobbing trade, save to say that good, quiet bust
ness prevails in all departments The only changes
and these are only slight; salt fish being higher and
kerosene a shade lower. Opium and quinine are un-
steady the former being &c lower and the latter adj
vanced 25c.
RETAIL VEGETABLES AND PROVISIONS.
SPRING CH1oKEHs-50060c per pair; 15c per h.
dressed.
Ducks Csc; black duck so@s5c; mallards
Wild GEESE 81 .OO01.75 per pair.
PHEsANTs-In fair supply at Soc per pair.
PIGEoNs-$1 Is per doz.; scarce.
EGGs-20025c per doz. (scarce).
circumstance; fresh 2503oc per pound.
F1sH-Pickerel and common fish &c; white fish and
trout &c.
bus; pears 81 so per bus; crabs 75c0S1 per bus
cranberries SC per qt.
GRAPEs-Northern Muscatine 1O@12Ac; Concord
15c; Delaware 2O025c Dracut Amber 15c; Crevealing
15c.
vEaETARLEs-Turnips 15c per bus. beets 4Oc per
bus; carrots 35c per buzz caulifower 12@15c each
potatoes 35040c per bus. herbs &c per bunch !:
cabbage 3O035c per doz.; tomatoes 81 per bus. !;
butter beans 45960c per bus. CELERY 6007Oc per
doz:; lima beans 10c per quart; hubbard squash Use
@$1 per doz.; picking onions $500 per bus; dry
onions SOC per bus; red peppers lOc per doz.:
cayenne peppers loo per doz; sweet potatoes So
per pound.
The following tables are corrected up to date: