, 1881-11-03

The PolA1C ERQP.
4 short, Yaoid tn ,rhts Comntrr.r.
rnrn'H supply Lnrgn-iscporss fran
Ne~ i1ork 1ft,,,irt. Nor. ?.
'TIle Department Ut Agriculture reccnH.
ISSUED II report estimating the l,p!ato cfon =,
tito United States this year to be- on|y n1,oss
twu.tl,trts nf tic nyeragr Al,nual Yield. Th.
flews wus ,nweicnmc, df course, IN aims,
every ullt', atnl especially to ioor l,coulr wI,o
llntl III lilo potasU niio uf tic elleatcsl md
N,nat wholesome articles of food. 4 tfo,t
tmtato crop IN tho country rs Il Whole, l,nw.
ever, does mot necessarily tirnh tint tIo s,t.
ply for Nuw York City will l,u equally iin,..
tied. rs tho SECTIONS wlErl, supply New Ynrt
with potatocs may ltnyu gDoh lMtato c,n,
when other Mtrts of tho country suffer fron
sllort ylultl. Moreover. The british pr,,r.
inces proltuce usually largo surplus n,
lmtdtocs, ts,tl rs !: large share of these Coma
to tits city, this source of supply has 10 ln
taken Into account.
While the supply of l,ntnt0cs will untto,ht.
edty be lighter Than llslta1, yct The fact 4,
there bcing Il g0od crop iii snillc Of tl,p ntnrs
incrs, with littlu probability of any cxpoft IN
England, Indicates TINT the price Of tho yppa
tabls will nut rse ,il,lsual1y high Ii, the co,r
INK wttftcr. When potatoes gnt to bu worth
<:::l50 to 81 IL barrel. .roDr peunlc ,tse lcs, ni
tfoln, mid nuro Of !!1,tr, belttls, gntNaal, and
st,cl, provisions. Tho sllUrtlcss Uf tiic a,,nts
crUp. Hwcct-potat0 crop, Mtld bean crop, IoWc
over. will tend to keep tho prlce Of pvta,oe,
i.sit i.i sIock viii scl 1T fro, 81 t" s. ala isttei ~
during must 0f the SEASON..
i liIuili,nr Of tho firm OF Heard 1}fothBu
said wllcn questioned nboat potatocs: "Tha
ncrengu planted lit Now York s3tnte Is
Ersaler t]'an ,ast ysar. but the yie!d as been
stzel. Thurs Is a fair crop alOnF tho Etle
halfway, but 1t Is being largely bought up
for TIC E.stsrM s,, 1nprket;n n Ihe prices pld
taloes to ship 10 flo 'vest.. Tho States ot
Uhfn, Indialn, Illinois, Missouri, kansas
anu Kentucky have only abont oile.lalf ths
ustlal crop. Tho demand from, Southern
S5ts ss have as bee s0 ysG Sf to vary aryywns s'yy VI =
elsewhere. Siis!l1san alld Wisconsin i az !ses
II large q.Iailtity Of potatoes, and Ii
some parts the Yield Is said to be fur. .An
Gently bought 900 carloads IN Western Nev
! York III 0,lU ttny for tho Western market
Another succuiatoron the Eric load secured
1U,oo0 l,usl,cls at u CENTS; Tho Long Island
|
% lin. "t,,ljty. selIIng Ut ss1s and 81 Il isrrs a.
quantities were bought In tho eastern end oi
tle islnN! w specnntors At low prices, la
tic State Of Mime tue acreage planted hi.
raln il1e crep has; grown we'll, end Is II fine
iks; WIKI say ii tors 'S Viii lot not jo '% over p'ss ssi
4 crop of rntntocs :, there. ln Nora
| ,i ,rf,1. la rat1nFftAfs mt ~ ttarpv
| year, ulNl tlls tulcrs 1T smaller size. 4 few
| good Nova Scotia curly rosn have, arrived
By steamer, niM! sold at S37o,, willie wh!ta
lNltatucs brought 23.b0. Gambia, 1 hear, has
iii to pe gooti, Will tho shiplIng demand
West u.lll South, together viii. thu loeal con.
sumption, which Is estimated ut 1000 barrels
n .lny for tl!Is city nlollu.., Thy ina'n check
on tile mnrkct's rising Is TINT England, ltt
nnd. tnstea.l Of driving oil ,ts this ycar. nay
send some Of their surplus tO this country
Their rot1tocs are nut 9s gontt as ours, s1d
M9!ll M Il not Ael aS,l,,gl otherwise i Toq'd
"rhorn Is n grnat'deal OF excitement among
potato buyers on AccOllnt Of tile short crop
aud there Is mlscl. speculation. Speculatos
sllollltl remember, however. TINT thts Is abg
other viii yield vol; also, that wen farm'
close, and consumers ure careful Mot 10
wasl0 unnecessarily, and tho export demand
IS lessenc.l, two.tl'irtls OF Il crop Gun DO mads
to 90 a!most rs far asa full crop when les'
"Ano,ller demand shut Off by Tho present
prices Is that Of the starcll factories, wllca
caunot pay much oyur II to IL eents
busel for potatoes and n!akc ,,; profIs' ,s hhg
about otlc-ninth OF Its weight IN starch Last
yeur uno starch lact0ry used 10000 bNslle!s
Ut Eotnt0us, 10 you sea this Is Il cons!dera1'eg
iteln.. Washington County keeps up llor oM
fesse ts yfnr II by BY s, sSng f. asfssss s{sss f
!nrge, nnt tho quality ae',oraIly good: Ias IN
crop, there, nnd many cars have been SIiipps4! ps4
to Ohio and Baltimore from Granville anu
Sa'sm. AZ Salem tlid buyers are 50 easst 4S.t
thu stock, and so 1t ]lts to bo sold evc%htaa!iY %
bcluw price. leonSsulAor and Clinton comp.
Ties aEsu llnvo good potato crops, asgeelay$
tho latter. which SEEMS to have been la'o5sa .!
doubtless ba loaded at Troy, along tho ean, can!
md lakG Chainplat,', and nlso at honsteeaat seat
rhe eState Of Vernoltlla fur crop probaDll.,
Nalno s probably good sIop ,pst p 70 be@f q
ever, wrotu that rot WIS feared OIL account lLa =!
the wet wcatllrr. In Prince Edwards lslana,
hear, the crop is only fair, and tue po'as9s,. ssf.
arb not rs largU Us usual. The season uaee
as hee wet ad Gold and there otasas. = so's sfs
alIectetl will disense. Il! Nova Scotia r ~ aes
Is probably Il good yield, but IN Now biaas'
wick the crop Is much below TIC aveiass. yer e.
Tho State OF MtchIgan lIas s!iEpl!!s 1as H.
other sNesteri. I, STATE md tic west sene'A''
"'Early rose continues the popular ya!lsH. LEY.
: ami peerless next, though Burbanks besa, Ta.
lings md snowllakcs aro p'antca aisot All ~