Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-08-15

hucrlcan anu Australian competition
in the supply of wheat. A careful ac-
count of the wheat-growing industry
in southern Australia places the yield
per acre at less than eight bushels, or
barely one quarter, while land in this
country yields, on the average, about
81 quarters per acre. To complete the
comparison it is necessary to show the
relative cost of growing and marketing
the yield-rents on the outskirts of
civilization being necessarily low, and
the superiority of home growers, with
the 30 shillings per acre paid to the
landlord, is not SO great as the mere
comparison of yield would imply; but
rent apart, there is an obvious super
iority. The report of the East Indian
railway company shows that last year
the reduced price of Indian wheat in
the export markets greatly checked
the grain traffic over that railway. In
short, prices are so low here as to be
no longer copable of further depres-
sion as the effect of foreign supplies
Unless the home crops prove to be i'm
mense, there ought to be recovery.
In digging the well to supply the
railroad tanks at Palouse Junction,
Wyoming territory, the workmen
passed through strata of alkali, clay,
and iinely-broken basalt rock, to a
depth of 1S5 feet, where water of great
purity and limitless quantity was
found. The water in the well is five
feet deep, and steam pump, actively
worked, makes little impression on the
quantity. The most curious thirg
about the we'll is the fact that in Dig
ging the last fifty feet the workmen in
the well had to wear heavy clothing
and wrap their feet and legs in gunny
bags to keep from freezing, while the
men in the open air worked in their
shirt-sleeves. Water left in the bucket
in the we'll over night would freeze.
The water in the well does not freeze,
because it flows too fast The new
well at Eltopia is seventy-five feet
deep, nearly all the distance being
through clay. The first twelve feet
are through solid white alkali.
The last monthly report of the Kan
sas state board of agriculture says:
The promise of a full crop of apples
has been reduced during the past
month at least 25 per cent. High
winds have blown much of the fruit
from the trees, and much more is drop
ping from the effects of insect stings
and other cau.es. 1t is probable that
three-fourths of full crop will be
gathered. The peach area, as stated
in previous reports, is confined to the
south central portion of the state.
Outside of this section the crop is an
entire failure. Cherries are abundant
in all sections, while the pear crop will
be less than onc-half of an average
In the large fruit counties of Jefferson
and Leavenworth a great amount of
damage was done to the apple crop by
a severe wind and hail storm. Black
berries and grapes will yield heavily
in all portions of the state, having now
promise of much better crop than
was grown last year.
The number of live stock and the
quantity of fresh meat landed at Liver
pool during the last week in June from
the United States and Canada amount
ed to 1862 cattle, 6,200 quarters of
beef, and 79l carcasses of mutton,
showing. when compared with the ar
rivals of the preceding week, a de-
crease in the imports of live stock, but
an increase in that of fresh meat. The
conveying steamers were as follows:
The Virginian, with 762 cattle; the
Oranmore, with 430 cattle; the WiScon-
sin, with 2,420 quarters of beef and
500 carcasses of mutton; the City of
Rome, with !, 900 quarters of beef and
2l5 carcasses of mutton; the Oregon,
with 500 quarters of beef; the Ger
manic, with 500 quarters of beef, 10
carcasses of mutton, and the Pavonica,
with $50 quarters of beef.