Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-09-03
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Engli.h dealers Ia American apple. are
ou the lookout fur the present years
crop. Agynts have scourr,l over the aI'-
plc producing sections ~ New England
and New Nork With the view to learn
the extent ~ the crop aud the outlook
for the shipping trade. Letter. frum
seCtinus ~ New lork, state that agents
for Euglish houses arr huying large
quantities on the trccs Tor the Liverpool
trade. II !. nov pretty ccftain that The
crop Ia Tie shipping states i not large
aud that the surplus above the needs of
home con.umption will amount to no
more than The foreign market viii D.
glad a. securv a irpriccs. The foreign
trade 81 last YEAR took l.tDO,01 barrels
uf American fruit, a quantity which
plalulX shows that the market can handle
large quantities ~ our fruit, When " cln
D. iaid down there at low rates, and that
II can D. depended upou any year fur q
trade that Nill take care II quite a stock
81 oar fruit. fhi. same -scilon ~ fruit
growing country which supplied The I'm
uieu.c trade of last year. according io the
l,r.t estimate. that eau b. brought to
tsar, Ia. not over one-half the crop ~
fruit ou the trcc. al the present time that
they horr lat wear. ami II I. altogether
probable that Wheu the Nouny, knotty
aud s,ahby. which are unusually plenii-
tai tai. wear. are thrown out Of the
count. the crop will not reach half ~
lat year Out II this, probable les uan
halt a crop. the home consumption takcs
ii. supply a.. Il did Last year frum the
whole. lhis cannot possibly leave any
extremely large stock for the foreign
market. aud certainly no more than the
trade will want al fairly good pricc-.
Ne believe this !. entirely safe ground tu
assume. and with the probability la our
favor that thc relations Of supply aud de-
mand will in fact prove even better than
this forecast.
The outlook. then. i that the fruit We
have thi. year will sell for better prices
than year ago, aud probably for enough
10 leave the grower margin Of profit.
Ilut let no Que draw the conclusion that
extreme prices will be realized. The DAY
for that has gone by under any cOndi-
tiOns OF supply that may De- encountered.
There are many conditions contributing
10 establish this fact, which We do not
nov propose to discuss. True there are
shipment. of fancy kinds, sorted io select
fruit and put up ln extra order, that &C.
casionally sell for extreme prices, hut
they compose bat q small fraction Of the
crop aud in no sense represent the gen
cral market. In the foreign trade any
way there must be a Wide margin be-
tween selling prices at point of con-
sumption aud purchasers prices here.
Growers then, should see "a Il that all the
crop OF merchantablc apples l. this year
carefully attended Ia aud properly
handled. for they will all be wanted aud
will paw well for the labor and care In
Nolyed.-Malne Farmer.
There are stlll some steers left II the
price Of beef l. low, aud something must
IT, done with them. There l. no sale for
them Ia their present half grown and half
fattsned condition. Only one course l.
left aud that l. to M them tor sale. The
sooner the owner sets about this, the less
loss will come from their feeding. They
should De- taken from pasture while still
growing. and before starved to stand
still, aud put az once on Ia a course of
feed that will drive them 90 maturity aud
market a. soon as possible. There l. no
outlook for any advance Ia price ON ac-
count Of sea sOn, for the market Il entire
F In under the control of the Chicago sup
ply, 40 they may a. we'll 90 90 market as
soon a. ready. The better they are fed
/ aud handled aud the quicker the finish
/ ing l. put ON, the less IL will cost. IL
NAV not ''pay~ Ia feed them, but batter
I take this course than to carry them along
half fed only t0 ind the situation the
same A. now. 1he lower the price the
better the feeding should be.-farmer.
/ G.E. Morrow, Of the University Of
/ Illinois. says that the experiences of the
past two years have caused much un-
I certainty Ia the minds Of farmers az to
cattle feeding. The unprecedented re-
celpts al Chicago and other great markets
keep down prices, except for best quail
I ties. AZ Chicago over 1000 were re-
csived Ia Que week, 90, 900 IN three weeks
, and almost 10000 Ia the month Of sep
tember. At rates now prevailing there
l. more profit In FEEDING hogs than cat
tle.-Maine Farmer.