, 1881-12-31

6l1EDSs
THE sroCK or TIMOTHY
seed carly I'll tho year WIS vGry heRvy, md
the market aoyeloputl vGry iinsatlsfnctarlty
10 SUNNI firms who hal bnuRht In advance III
tho bnlinf TINT III tloEng 50 they wcrH making
II good Investment. The ttennnt, however,
WIS not sufficient to consume tho stock. utltf
consequently sevcrMl parties wore loft will.
Il large uuaMtily of seed OIL l.nnsl, for which
they tlatl to acccpt intel! lowcr prices tslai
they ln.!d, nEtl tk,ns Il considerable stock was
carried over. Tho summer representations
Of thu probablN crop varletl grcntly, uiltl II
larro amount of trading fnr future da'tycry
was the consequence. Thls was profitable to
TO Go H.hnller thAn tlio nveraKc prediction
placed 1t ut, aliu prices rApluly advanced.
The nnw crop, wi'lcl, hega1t to col.lu IN about
tilu alll Of august, opalle!l .'p inlrly, nltl
ss sa si T"s p!SssG sfstE
detrimental to tic business, After
Oct. | trade was very Unsatisfactory,
very, little buying for cusn being reported,
Iniur months "f thg, ysar, pr January. tocal
stueks here and ut thu East are not Us large
ns t1,ey wcre ol,o year ne,,.
Darlng tho mouth Of November consider
tjonent q contracts for tl,at 1l,u!tl, ,a1tt!
lnasly arhttra.tons .wuro called for. Much of
tile sey,l rendered III settlement ws,s 50 t,pnr
tie established grade, and yut 40 fnr fru'n
te sn Of ts rsslyer @ o. t9t E.it tat
tl0n. These cohtracts were. ,luwever. sut-
tIu.l ,,r to the satisfaction OF alt concUfnca.
The averlge hr!co ot tilnotl,y seed for the
ycar WINS s.AYHa, thu highest monthly aver
nga es.7u, nnd tho l0wcst $2s.fSi14.
CLOVER SEED.
Tho year onened with Only ainodorate sup-
ply, Nnn with uiLultty mainly tilaAt1stAc-
tnry 10 the slOt,e nnl export trlde. A gtnl
deAl nf tito see,! held lselu was purchased ut
high figures, nI,.l those w'lu were nNabiu. to
curry tllptr Investments werU subjected to
considerable strain, mud nlany to actual loss.
Thnse, l,,weyer, who could ll0l.t up
their end ot thu ,leal realized 4 handsome
profit by reservlnE their saloS until lntor III
about equal To- tl,ose Of ordinary scassns,
bhl were considerably lu0fe thnl thu yuAr
previous, ns during lss0 shipments abruatl
were llllt,rO!nbt0, Uwing III thu eNtru0Hiinn-
ry s an Sonssaast nr,.a,l E pIsss f1a hsrs irx
Weatilcrearlyl theseasO1l, mud tl,s Important
fNct WIS tnken advantage Of uil tho nlarket,
prizes rnptlly apprcc!attng until SQ.40 was
hal!t for yearl!ig seed: Wllei, ll,o ilew crnp
Sl.N or iitro frtiin tiIls iisur!S, and l,aye
entl Of the summer, or rItl!er during tl'e
wl1EgM cauglIt 4 good sliare Of the crops III
the Western States unprotected, md worry
serlous tlalnaRe vsntle.l. Tlvl,omu ttelnalltt
~ .yet llas been ,nninly from! tlle, Suuth, and
,s ,fsd s ,t 10 Hri sS,,e.c1 st y ESlst t @ PeSn Su
The market advanced tu $i4D. A. tumalltl
froin tic EnSt IL counted upon early IT. ttle
yehr. and tlis, with tho continued exports to
lo'o trnlo' u smgn'na ,,. mpoH p ~, 10 Esyo 1a'f
Chicago eNrfialt uyer fruIn lust yenr:,D 900 bI
of S!ovnr scst!, n!l st1cks elsewhere, tn thp
ooMlIy ~ IL iiG Ms ~ ot nMuIy tast WGin sstI
Mteta y, r. 'J ~, nt w I nIsE fr " eTSf n a.
h ~ 'e cy y p'Gppmw t., H. ,H ht c,,stss oo f6 70
tihtnrS t ~ teTatV ~ I ~ Wso6 tsi t Meas,
NY i, fotncf r. % DO pinWea III III tic la'l III
% vr.n IN nv int, ~ tI;,.ar eoo,, far +,o
yrs wos assSH s is ts II sest est Say sSa tr ;s
sSg y. hfi's u @ ~ Ill oov'etaoer' a'a te lowest
SA'lo III Aay. .....t
FLAXsEEn.
Trade IN this seed Inst. year was mitch
business IL growing iiltYo rapidly thun that
OF my 0ller sectl. En,ly ii, il,e yvur Low
prices ruled, from the taet t,lNt llaliy puop)e
Lud bought larHuly, Eyon ernsiurs IL thu
tar, @ II m,I I rsssrvcd sew ter stocis Tastaad nf
converting IL into oil, f0r ti,u t,yUfold p,lr-
pos0 0t enhancing tile nrite Gf oil and ut tltu
snMne time forcing n decling In tic pricu Of
&HGt. Ill tltU curly EptlFtf yllp fItlE4 OF llttH-
seed had fnlun 10 SLID, III almost ,il.prne.-
tfentcu llg,ru for ll,nt se,tyUll Of thu yeur.
Tic new crop wl,icil cnllit, III curly III Sup
tr1lber opened ut it'll, ,lE,1res TllU EASTERN
tieiu,,ntl fur crushing w,.s good, mia tlu
crU,ssuti during tl,o year. 'rl,o crop ito tl,o
lst Of UctoGur prOutlsrIl iinuiy, md si,cil wis
tho general outlook, oven altar tho hurycst-
iiE. 'rhu Octobnr ruins, lu.wuyur changed
tllo tNee Of 1hanEa very materially.
IMn ctop III lllanola WIS Y, iine
o,le. Noftlinf'a iowa. MslnGsott!t alia WIZ
cDsisln lisltl ~ ayetAht. Mlut 59ntliern low'.
nlltl Missouri r. aDont two.shlrts " mttSii ~
inst yenr. Iie ruins, Eellernl throughout
tl!u Wast eni'ic 3llst ~ Eiafsustins otefntlo''s
WefH progressing. nl,tl ~ lnnst locnlltaea III
ti!p west c0,lst!era9!e t!a'taso rcs!lltetl lroli
+ tllo !n,ie'eotltsllalttt u0,lipness. Inv actnal
lisnotsiit VI injury laiis ny oven now neelt
!eiiiltly apcertsille'1. Mnny Interested ~
tllp TRUE, however, VINO estlllstlIo thnt tlio
aereaEg f0r tilu ye9rr sro wI!s & fruM ny 70 ~ Vyr
Gent Mrger @ t.lnn !eeo ciIho ,n1 @ ~ sha PALLET
~ hcnvX X, n!t ~ taat iiie iIicrei.se aoroaEe
Wolff stitt teayo IN aSefasee ctop wilele COLL
pnred With former years.
Illv eXnaMrts n M curly " the yehr amounted to