New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-21
OUTLOOK FOR THE FARMERS.

LONG ISLAND GARDENERS PROSPEROUS
ALL THE EARLY CROPS SUCCFSsFUI~GOOD PRICES
GENERALLY REALILED-TALKs WITH THE FAR
MEEs.
After the ordinary traffic OF the day has ceased
and tnc downtown streets have become almost 81
lent a peculiar rumble of Wheels may be hearu, uli-
like tnat of trucks ana carriages. ms Is cAuseu
hy the wagons of farmers and market garicners,
coming mostly from Long Island. Huudrcds o1
them eros, Fulton Ferry ia "a single night Iucy
begin to cross early IN the evening ana keep coming
utll the early hour, Oi morning. lhc boxes - the
wagons are deep and wider at the top Than at the
bottom. ana are mounted mgh on springs
tins places their cOnteuis out 81 thc f1ach
Oh sncaN thieves, especially a. lhe loau
is always cOVclcd WITH Il piece OF canvas. Inc
great T number of the wagons 20 10 the UahScNoort
street MARKET, ~ open srac" reserved cs3cclly Io
the farmers but "A great many also congiegitc III
the streets about Warrington Market, WheI' lh'
ar. urrtutted to stand uuul aynIeak. some oi tie
farmers sleep Tor few hours on their wagons on
dnor-fe,a ar an hotels. while Others get together
and lalk about prices ana crops. The !. spccuil-
tors or produce merchants hlyng 81 ores or stands
IN the vicinity are abroad before mduight often,
going among the wagons ana eAgiglht the uucH
IN vance 10 bc delivered al thef stores carry IN
the morning. Farmers who nave not SOFA To the
speculatOrs" Try 10 clO,r out their stocks To tine
ero,cls VINO begin 10 come 20 market ~ ) OF - H.
4 iEIs,t,NE reporter VINO was talking with the
farmers abOu the crops the other evening asked
one whether lac preferred 10 stand III the dow n
town streets instead OF at the GanscYOort street
Market " haven't been up there ~ year. Wa
the reply, though my horses nave once. IL
tedious and rough drive up there, AMI thrn That
market can't be dcpcnOcd on. Somc limos lta very
good ana then 1t isn't worth cent Prices are
much stcauicr downtown"
" Are the farmers dong well as they used to
do :" was asked.
I'VE nave never got such good prices a, when the
war was gong On, a man can make a cool NV
iug il he OWNS farm, bit II he mas TO re us iahd
he has to scratch pretty nNcly. Land can be hrod
at I. , TO 10 acre. II Is worth from SlJO 10
1900 an at r., or ven ) 600 IN such localities as
BAY klugc. q, COuIsc, there are more men IN Tie
tf.,.s,, Icl
the best and lOrrscc Wnat crops VIII Or most pruht-
bic ocat the others But Us hlri 20 calculate the
profit OF crop uHlI You scI INC money III SouI
From talks with a number of the farmers the re-
porter got the impression that they were having
very prosperous season. ms was III part indicated
by their cOntcntcd appearance ana their dlS-
Inclination to tax sch about Their crops.
When drOuth or army worms or potato bugs or
other evils are laying ne crops waste, tie farmers
are very wiling pour their sOrrOWs III the pupc
ear llIhc many people, thcy would rather tax OF
their Il than OF their good fortune The cold
weather early ia the season lnauc me crops echcr-
ally iltc later tnau usual, but once started they
had plen.y OF ran, and alier "hlie tne warm
weather Necessary 10 mature them vel. All Jac
carly crop. uIl wei, according u The farmers.
kariV cabbage has headed hncly, ana has Decu
selling at from 80 10 80 "a hundred. Peas and
beans were not planted largely enough 10 supply
Inc demand, and have been selling IAtciN At inc
hgh price OF - 90 a bag. POtaiO,s have grown
Wen. bui III some localities are gruD-eaten, making
them rough on the outside. Inc potato Dag
has appeared usual, ana AS uouai has
nreu klued oil by paris green. Inc
crop has been selling at from - 10 - per barrel
LucumDcTs Dects, turnIps ahG cauilOWcis have al
made gOJu growth. tomatoes are just beginning
10 rIp,n, and wil be an cNcelcnt crop Ino
farmers say that the luXurant appearance OF the
cOrncIus, Wnl-h people admire aiOnG the railroads
To the teaches, /, ucccNlng. The Silks, tney -ly,
have grown az the expense q the eais, which are
un ulcutltul enough To SUIT men no sell them by
count. Inc nrst Long Island com Is now being
pcNcd. Egg-pLluts are just coming IN niarhct, DuL
a, vet 10 not show well some otncr crops.
lncy sell ut - 10 lO "a barrel Onions sell al p %
to % % barrel
Inc airy, no, weather of the past few weeks has
made The lafmcIb anxious ABOUT the success OF The
late Vegetables. The shower OF August Z, IL Was
SAID ana little more thaH lay tine
dust ana III some parts OF Long Island
uld not do % much as that Al - now the
have been set out nave 10 be watcrcd 10 keep them
from dying. some tanners are waiting Tor Wet
weather before setng ulc plants. Inc >cod iOr late
tuiuIps has been sUWn ana owing to the tcW SHOW
eI, has spIOutcd. ne celery pants have nOt yet
been set Inc Farmers SAY tnat tue highway men
WHO III IOImer Yeas lay IN wait Tor LhCln ana
robbed them OF the prOCccus oil tuclr slic5 have
entirely disappeared. lie farmers now 20 such
numOcro, IOinlns almost continuous caravan,
that the TASK OF IobDiug them would not De- easy
The ram 81 Wednesday iast II Is reared, 100
la 10 do InuCn good to me lal crops. Ia many
| Icgl0ns the corn VIII be snort. Henry iianu. OF
iaIp, says thaS forty acres OI cora ne Hl not
rcaiIzc iOrty Ousncls 81 shcled corn. Tho stai >
| are good, but thcic aie 4c& ears. Buckwncal " al
be poor crop. VIII turuiPs and .atc caDD ~.
! POTATOES are 5lciulng an average crop OWING TO
the uTOuth the crop Of cuculnbcGs Will not b. as
heavy eNpcc.cd. FIokeis ale scarce, ana the
IrONers are alIaId that the crop Wl no1 90 ADc4cd
| ia tilAe.
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