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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-16
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
MONEY 2 TO Q PER CENT, NEW YORK
EXCHANGE $3.50 PREM. SELLING.
Cotton Quiet and steady-Middiing Cot
ton 10 ll.iec-sales Today, $50 Bales
The General Market Is steady-Meats
Are Quiet.
APPEAL OFFICE,
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Corresponding time, lSss... l,0ai,5S u 21,6ll ~
Corresponding time, 1887. ~l'1OS "a 2ss'oSo ~
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.
Buying-New York and Eastern points,
demand, par; Eastern points, sight, lilo
discount; Cincinnati, ST. Louis, Louisville
and Chicago, par; New Orleans, u discount.
seuing-New York and Eastern points,
a. so premium; Cincinnati, St. Louis Louis
willie and Chicago, l-lO premium; New Or
leans, par.
The local cotton market closed quiet and
steady. with sales Of $50 bales, OF which 100
10 exporters and 200 TO spinners. New Or
leans closed firm with futures steady at an
advance of TO points. Liverpool was firm
with prices stincning little; futures were
firm at an advance OF ? 10 points. New
York was advanced Lice, closing firm; with
futures very steady and up 3 to points.
Hubbard, Price n Co. say: "Thc cotton
trade demand appears to have again set In
In Liverpool, and purchases there today
greatly exceed those at any time within the
mast ten DAYS. Asa result of this demand
the future market advanced 3points and
closed firm. New York, on small bust
ness, advanced quickly points from ycsler-
days closing prices, but under realizing
sales lost n portion Of the advance and
closed but quietly steady. The volume OF
business has been Disappointing, as the
strong front shown by the foreign markets,
coupled with inquiries for good grades for
export, aided operators TO believe that n
further advance would be sustained with
ease. The crop adyioes do not improve and
the more distant positions have shown a
greater amount Of strength than those OF
the old crop. The market closes tame on
the old crop and very firm on the new
The Manchester Gra1didH, IN H. CONNER
cial article, says THE market is unchanged
and the tone Is listless. The transactions
yesterday were unusually light for Tuesday.
Prices occasionally were more irregular.
The continued slnckncss is affecting the
position Of producers, whose orders are daily
lesscning. Tho tendency, therefore, Is 10
stop looms or 10 run them on short lime,
and this disposition is increasing. Export
yarn Is quiet There were few transactions
for the continent. Extremely little has been
done for India, China aud japan. Home
Manufacturers are keeping their looms going
by supplies coming forward under previous
contracts. The narrower shrtinw for India
are dull. The wider ore firm and well en-
gagged. There is some business ut full prices
A few orders for iayodio qualities Of So
pound China shiriings have been placcd
Best printers arc too high 20 induce much
business. There is little inquiry Tor the
lower grades, although they are finn"
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BY TELEGRAPH.


,NEN YORK. May Ia Money on call easy n ~
" vt CENT, last loan Of pct cent. Cusci oiiefvd
~ vet cent Prime mercantile tapcr a'kWat
~ .Wuh sterling exchange dull but steady 81
~ iof sixty day bills aud Nd v fnf demand
nc Hlnct market shows ahuut the same amount
Wl butincss tom day 10 day, with tho Interest,"
s,n.'l'n ln lev thhtrs only but today thor wa
htifungrf tuuc than utnal of late and tao1t OF ths
s.uNe lnch nte higher this evening. Orcgof
tanaConuncntnl Wat tilll the afvat feature of th'
u"l' aha'NAi's lhs buying was AZ uuent "a dufinl
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New YorL Dry Goods Market.

NEw YORK. May lathe temporary reduction
made yesterday Ia Mamsutia. New York mills,
Utica. Nunpurril and Mohawk Acme blcachcd
III riiugs from 10 c 30 lU'4c has not affected the
tone Oi the market, the movement being well un.
CCTstuud. gnd nut No yurinn,r with the general
Cuur.c ui business doing for lal. un the btiis Of
last falls prizes the market i very firm. with an
upward tendency ORDER for rcllCnishmcnt are
from the larger buyers tor next season with some
good lies No gcncml trade has developed, but
some buyer, nrc here aud their number viii prob'
ably Increase With an early expansion OF business.
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FIsII-Mackcfcl. half br., No. !. 1850 No. ?,
sS75 No. tS.d. i0lb Nit, No J. lg; No. p si.ea.
ring. half hrls sG1i. White fish. half bns, sth0
100 fkOnlCfS-QuluG PORK, siA2tHi3fG
sugar cured hams, iu'gttu'gc. breakfast hacnu ~
miUisc. clear rib side bacon. sHi'r. shoulders,
t-sn,tr A.. buk tufi, clear sde- % iesi, clear rib
sides " SOC a.. long clear bi.mC' n shoulders, r.
IARll-iu. &C.. half htfrls, u &C. kogH r. a..
chotc kettle. ~ .apc. quiet
iRlSll MEAIs beat headquarters. io5c, fore
quarters, -'falc. city hogs 6e'c country dressed
Dc sfitr Ter Ia
fiGs' FEEr-Brls. s2oO. half bhs $50. kegs,
ei1
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CHICAGO, ILL.,, May l6-Tho Dr0a1r' Joun1l re-
ports. CHttle-iieccptS l3.OU0. shipments, G.dOO
market steady; bccycs, sL2nctLiG steers, si.5OCs
Ais, stockcrs aud feeders. s1j06s L7O COWS, bulls
and mixed, sljOdt3tO. Texas steers, SJOOe1aSl
lOgs-keceipts. si,0OO; shipments, GOOG market
dcnumlzod aud lower mixed. e. 2i6,i 10, heavy.
Sl.utgiO; light sl,aietl 1a skips sajJ@il0.
shccp-kcceipts. 900. shipments, l,ttt market
stronger natives, tLOO6t 100 Western s37O6gi 10.
Texans, slOJesB70 lambs, si5Oe,l2j.
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ST Louis No. May ih-wool-Rccclpis during
the week i63il lbs, against 21l.GJ2 lbs. the pro
Client to the supply. Z he active demand and the
market IA strong. Bright medium, lS0ghc; coarse
hmid. ilei2l; low sandy, Halle. line lght l6ct21c,
tine heavy, l2glec, tub.wgshcd choice, ~, IN
lsflu ~ ,s
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CATTLE Choice b. cNtm, li,4l.c. good, 50
- e. snlawags 90 medium. o., ~ chuice Iced.
cfs W ibsHnd up. H,gic. ictdsfs 10 70 80 iba
W,aH,C
iOGs-Choloc comici. g,sic good. i'.aIi.c'
common. Hi .Hftr
sllEEl'-choioc, 80 medium, s'sgic common,
LAMle, Choice. Sc. common 10 good. per head
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olis-rrimc crude, gsHrs on crude. l,auc
prime summer ycllnf, fatre. 90 summer yellow,
tnutir ChulcU C0okiur summtf yellow, toai1r.
Prime summer white, liatr.
MEAL i'ume. NsUa,iNi1 les than car load.
flagotlpo. on meal. sioul,flad0 les than cat
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GENERAL MARKETS.

No changes Of importance were made In the MGR
chants Exchange quotation lists yesterday, except
In Gigs which were marked n cent lower
Al New orleans there Is n better feeling In the
sugar market and centriiugals are firm. Molases
quiet and largely nominal Rice In moderate de-
mand aad UNCHANGED.
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COTTON MARKET.

The local cotton market opcnci quiet and easy
and closed quiet and sicidy. midillng. 10 HE,
halc'. 10 bales. including -- bales lat evening.
81 which 10 ~ exporters aud so 10 spinner
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS..
Ordinary sgiGc good Ordinary. = biGc low mia.
dllng. 10 titr middiius. l1ii.toc good mlddllng
libilc mldil.ng ihif, nominal. iair. nominal.
dusiy, ssi,c louct
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CHICAGO, lll, May 5.-CicIhngl. siO.i71.oOn
NIw ORLEANS la. May la-Clcanngs. SUI. D.
sG.
~ LOUIS. Mo-, May l5--ClcarIngs s2g99 5Oi.
haihncUs. til2ill
nALTlMoWE. Md. May Is Clcarlng, si.s5s, i6l.
balances. s.,d SEA
NEw YORK, May i3..-ClcahnrS siiO.s5i.65 8.
balance tbsib.2sh
nos oN, Mac. May ii.-Ciciuugs, sltslo 30.
haIaufra. a .fsuttN
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Household NapnIIe-.

FRUGT- steady Ouurcs- Mcs,lns. slane ~
pcf box California 500 ut bux. Lemons. sLultf
~ pcr box. iAnauts. tl.usti,U ppf bunch. Dalgs.
iei~. lirs, iseiilr pcf luuud
Aiplk-as iUieti.'n Itf bH. Dried apples 20 a.
Per ~ from store. nrri peaches Gee ~ irum store.
NkGti Onions e.. ptf IT, cabbage,
New Orleans Cuite. e. tisi itn garlic, ins Ter iuo
NuTs-Coroanuts, ti.u.,tu0 pcf 100. Peanuts,
Virginia, setsc. Irnncfav. isfmcrf stock bs,lc.
rnasici. iesIi,u higher sholicd rel ID. white. e..
Spanish. luc fceuns, Texas old. 5etl.c. Arkansas
SEES. Italian hCtnutA intf.1'.G
hutlEii-nuuCrnc. itaisg creamery, ottanC.
dain, Ices -. cuuntry butter. iN.ti.e
lutAtulN-tifm. tL.itti % Icr hfl snrks aa'
CO.. u bu. Utah, sotsrc Ter bu. sweet, t1v1eit
Per hfl
CiDEg-osaft. $50 Yer bal. aud stso per hal
hfl.
VINEGAR pct rnl. i'ttiac.
IUGs=sicady, boKCs ~ vases. Ice
POULTRY -thlCkCus. young. Nun.t1t0 mixed
tlHfsilt. hcuN tAaHAo, Futtc, tLloHiui
durks q uostlf0
iKi-n flrii= Buffalo. ia.r tcf o.. cat tc pei
| ~. tame perch. tfuut etc. s.ftv Icr ~
hAi,lNs-London lHycr. slVu California, q y
/ Ttf boa.
FICkLEs-nfl. 600 halfttls, sLOj.
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Notice 10 Contractors and Builders.

SEALED PROPOSALS Will ny RECEIVED ny
- ~ D. NcComb, sccriafy w the Amateur Ath.
iriie UuiidlnF 10 Memphis. Tenn, until o' CLOCK
n M on The VII DAY on ltNE iSq, als1, By ~.
Lr,,olo A Hufnhan, arrhitects ~ DEARBORN street
CHICAGO IN, until o'clock pm on the 5Tlt DAY
OTJtlNE. issl, fot labor apd material required in
ths emotion aud completion 81 The clubhouse, 50x
la I'M sisc and four stories In hight inf the Anna.
teur Athietie Association, 20 De- orcc In the rity
III Memphis and state Of Icuucuce, IN accuriance
with plans md spc0incations on Ole Al each OF the
nioye named plscca bids will be rccolyei on auy
one on morr branches Of The work, o. upon The
wholc building complete. All bids shall be item.
igrd and made out on blank forms furnished hy
ihr architects 10 Intending hiddcr, aud such bids
shall te piared In sealed envelopes aud signed by
the bidder and addressed either 20 the sccrciay Of
The nulidlnF Company OF the architects aud In.
dorusd "propoaaf iof lsiaiing what bfnnch or
hrnchcs OF the whole work thetcin includcd) the
Amateur Athletic Clubhousc, Memphis, Tenn"
suocus.ini bidders will BE- inquired 10 rive bond.
with two or more survtlca 10 ~ approved by the
unIiding Committee whom entering into contraCt
with Inc Association. equal In amount 10 ~ pcr
cent oi the amount 81 said contract copy III mis-
notice must be attached Co each bid uibmittcd
me fieht 4 hereby reserved 10 rplcci any OF All
bids or accept any one OF more bids 90 sald build
ing OF works ~ . AsNVhb SECRETARY.
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EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
DAILY COTTON sTATrurNr.

lm1oris-N SC p NAT AIR ,CO&
bN' J. W. N, 3 steamer o Wagons 8. total.
"a bales.
Elpors-N a c 50 la y. aA c. o&sw.
TO- total. g6s balcl
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OH md rnrncniinc.

CLEVELAND. o., May i5.-PetTolcum-o ulet 5
W., ilO'. NC.
WILMINGTON. y. C.. May l5.-spirits Turpen
tiuo-tirm. sc.
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uemphi. Carriage Works

Nos 81 AND 81 MADISON srRTEr.
Repairing and Building Fine Vehicles.
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INsunr your life In the Connecticut Mu.
tual. 4. N. Galbrca,h, agent, 10 Madison
street
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MrNruis Steam Carpet Cleaning and
Rcnovaiing Works, go Bcalc street. Tclc-
phone G}B.
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spos opened hrm aud closed steady. mlddilng.
u i'icc tales, ooi bales Quotations vc,e % cot.
low ordinary. 4 Sioc. good ordinary oniea.
low middllnT. io,sc midduns iii.ier. good
nld1linr u piec middling iair ~ w. iilf i!l ~
fuiuios opened sicidy aud closed yvfy steady.
AZ follows Nay. i0Gi0ioCa. June, i00isinu.
Jolly iasisio51 August in5GsloW September.
l02Wi02i. octolcr, ppiapgE November psla
30 december. nQiaap1 January, pgosiooO Tcb
ruay iOo0aio.0S Mach. i0iisioi6. salss "a,
~ lalpr
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Miscellaneous.


WHISKY STRAIGHT Kentucky bourbon. 81 i0s,
co Robertson and Lincoln tuuutlfN urm at 81 N
~ 90 Eastern fra ElWtfhUu. ur. uuilng 90 Hfr
und make. common WHISKY, turasl ~ uprurlius
~ ptoli Nothing under 70 per cent quoted
ulN "tluoal..o iuf domestic tA1ioiAl1 tuf I'm
ported
fDC hu. orrhIrl. $50 hu. timothy. sistHffu 1 hu.
German milic, stHv boz iungauiu 5lossc bu.
NAGhiNh=1.tltc.
Ttts=gin
snOT pfop. SIS buck. N.n
I. AnH,is .llC
TALON eliar
tNuff-GarWus 500 RalphL sio2S Rail
runi. ~ tE Gail a ANH ftu1
tuM pkH-kcss, $40, halt kcEs, tl5N quartet
kuna eliza
WOOL nur1 ruaso WOOL uuwhshci iias2lc
clear gtCasc Nuul, ua -. bury, washed. .ptgs.
tub washed. aaf sr
HipE-anB flint So g. Nr 80. 9 g. dr. nltcd
tsiiC frvu stligd. Nu T. &C so. D aC. gwen. "a
g. dcyukins, Asl ~ ihccislins ty.tiluO moan
iuhl.
COAL Oil,-rrImc white Wholesale lots. ~ &C pe
rUiAcco-Commop s,snc. other grades, d
WSH.
uEEswANa Nc
NAILS iron. 200 ficri fi0
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gTw ontgASs.

The spot market opened quiet aud closed hrm
middlinr. 100. SALES. 1850 bales Quotations
are NJ iollows Ordinary, " good Ordinary, Nc.
low middling. 10 Hoe mlddling io)sc good mid.
ding liilc.
futuru opened steady and ciosed steady. ~ iol
lows Nay. iosieio.a. June 10 s5aio.A iuly
io.be9io.G August iotiei0t2 september, apia
va October, 1e9easl. November. o51aahl. De
ccmbcr, e3l39t, January. aCl9po1. fohnap
p0'0a59 March, 0i5917A ssisa 1000 balea
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GrOcertcs.

NEW YORK, May l5-Coliee-optlons opened
dull, unchanged 10 points up; closed dull 5@l0
points down; ales, 100 bags, including May,
SIC 45@lG5j; june sl655; July, $500 Au-
gust, $3.50 September, sl6.95@l70G December,
sl7lO; February. SlL25@lLSj. Spot Rio steady;
fair oaTgocs, lSitc
sugar-Raw. unsettled quiet fair refining. s. l6c
sales, 800 hogsheads, English Island, So test 5c
cargo contriugals 96' test, c. and f. SCI 600 bags
concrete brought BIC; refined, lower quiet; T.,
5aT4c extra, 5JsTjSc; white extra G. b1ies1 l3-l6c
yellow. GJS@1c of A, 7Jz@sc; mould A, SIC;
standard A, sc; confectonefs', 1855; cut loaf,
9c crushed, &c powdered, gc graduated, SIC;
cubes, SIC.
Molnsses Foreign, steady; New Orleans, quiet.
Rico-stc0dy, fair demand.
NEW ORLEANS, La, May l5.--Conee steady;
RIO cargoes, common 10 prime. lG%@lgXc. Rice
steady aud firm; ordinary TO prime 3T@Jc.
Bran quiet, 75@S0c.
Cotton seed products nominally unchanged.
Sugar firm; open kettle strictly prime q 9iGc:
prime, &C; good fair, &C; lair, Gl., good com
mon, CSC centrifugal on white. l3ld0gsci prime
yellow clarified re seconds, G1sCgG l3-l6c.
Molasses-Open kettle, nominal, centrifugal
strong prime TO good prime. 22925c; fair 10 good
fair, 2O@2lc; common TO good common, l6@l7c;
inferior ltc.
CINCINNATI, o.. May i5.-whlsky-Firm;
sales, 80 barrels finished goods on basis sl.02
Buttcr-Dull and unchanged.
Sugnr-Actiyc.
lpug-pull lie
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CHICAGO. H., May ib-0n the Produce Ex-
change, today, the butter market was weak fancy
creamery, ljWlGc, choice 10 fine l2lSWlic; hno
llis6Gtgc.
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DAILY PORT AND INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
Tone. Rec. Price. Stock.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.

Receipts In port this day 1889 .............. lsg2
Receipts IN port this dry, 1888 .............. S4A
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-13

To do the best under tue circumstances
is well; but it is also important to provide
as favorable conditions for success as
possible. Much farming may be said 10
be almost predestined 70 failure through
poverty of soil, lack of uuderdraiusge,
lnadequacy of capital and distance from
market. Much as farmers who have begun
uuwisely may modify these unfayorabIe
conditions, .ae fact remains that IL is bet
ter TO begil right. II may cost more
money at first 10 buy the best Jbtaiuable
farm butir Is cheaper in the end than to
buy poor land and make it over into
good. It is this philosophy which for
generations has depopuIated New Eng
land and the Middle States e -ettle 90
new and fertile soil of the great west.
There were Disadvantages which the
western settler had 20 labor under that
were not generally understood until
learned by dear experience. Much OF
the west was nnhealthfui. The stores of
vegetable matter in the soil that largely
made its fertility rose In miasma as soon
as the soil was broken up, and caused
fever and ague and other more dangerous
diseases.
Al the present time Eastern farm 70
perty is again coming into better tc-
maud. Something about the choice 5,
farms will therefore be seasonable.
Available fertility, or what can easily be
made available, il necessarily the first a.
IQaisite. Il Is by the product Of The farm
over and above cost Of production that
the farmer must live, pay his farming
expenses, and make mis- profits II the
farm barely pay- the cost of working,
the land Is really worth nothing, The
hard work tnat the farmer does In culti-
waiting it would generally give him liv-
ing, even il he dad not have the farm.
. Yet thousands of farmers are content 10
. live year afler year, their laad and cir
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-13
m FaILh nf 10 RranmIn.
The Nineteenth Century.

The faith Of the enlightened Brahmin
is on q very different level from that of
the common people. If you ask concern
ing mis- own belief he will tell you that
he believes IN one God; according to his
particular school he believes that God is
everything, or that He unites with mat
ter to become everything. All proceed
from Him aud all effort should be direot-
ed to reabsoIp ion into Him. Good acts
tend to this result by the gradual purih-
cation IN successive incarnations of
Karma, or the residuum of unconquered
passions and uuexpiated sins after death.
Bad acts debase men more and more.
"What happens to devil worhippers aud
other slch out.cast racesf' asked a FREUD
of mine. THE, go to he'll" was the
prompt reply. Observing my look of as
constituent at the sweeping condemua
tion, the Brahmin with whom we were
talking took it 20 indicate a doubt Of the
accommodation, and fastened to add
"Oh, We have twenty, thirty, plenty of
hells." SILVA, Ntshuu, and the other
gods and gOddesses are regarded as en-
bodiments of the various divine astri.
butes or incarnatious 70 reveal the divine
will and to deliver men from evil. Many
Bcahmins would acknowledge Christ in
some such way as this. As one said to
me, II DO not know His history as well as
know my own sacred books, but if what
is told OF Him Is true | believe that he
must have been a saint if not Divine
incarnation" Another thought that
each race had its own revelation. 1--WE,
he aid, "have Krishna, you have Christ
You say that your Christ was crucified-
our Krishna was shot" Il may be said
that such men as these are not far from
Christianity. On the contrary, the Vice
Chancellor of the Calcutta University
rptly com pared a contest with them 70
the encounter Of Cuur de Lion and Sal
adm in the "Tailsmau.' The sharp sword
of the crusader is unsvailinR to sever q
silkeu cushion which adapts itself tc
every stroke. You ask Why, IL their own
faith is so elevated, they leave the masses
to idol worship. Ignorant people and
females you are told, "cauuot st once
comprehend the universal presence. We
teach them first that God is in the i'm
sge--so He or He is everywhere
and from that we 20 on 70 explain that
He pervaies the universe" II is doubtful
/ If TIE ignorant people and females
ever get beyond the first stage. One
Hindu sscetc, with an extraordinary
love Of quotation and devotion TO Thorn
as a Kempis, cited not only Roman
Catholo arguments, but also TyudalPt
Theory of Atoms in defense of ido
worship, de demonstrated thereby that
nothing, not even the leg of table, wa.
Interchangeable; that, therefore, the Divine
etiluence animated all things, and thai
the perfectly enlightened mind could see
and worship the OmnIpresent as well il
that piece of wood as IN any other obi
visible or invisible.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-13

cumstances rather going back than i'm
proving, and they meanwhile dong no
more than earning g support for them
selves and families. To improve such
land and make it more productive ought
10 be the fret thought of farmers in this
position. But il Is better still if possible
20 buy good land at first.
The best farms, especially IN tbs older
states, are not often offered for sale.
When a far u is TO be sold 1t IL more apt
than not to be the result Of a system of
mismauaxement that has already greatly
deprecated its value. Occasionally the
best land may be sold chesply through
other causes, but, as a rule, owners of the
best farms are not obliged TO sell, and if
they do so are apt to name pretty steep
prices. Yet even at these the land may
be really cheaper than that said, only be-
cause it is so unproductive that the own
er can no longer make living from 1t.
A distinction should, We think, be made
between land naturally fertile and that
which was originally poor and thin. The
former is apt 70 be rather out of condI-
ton than really poor, while the latter may
be as thoroughly exhausted as II appears.
Heavy soils are less easily run down to
poverty than are those of light or sandy
character. When drained end manfred
they rapidly recuperate, and may be
made as good as new. worn out sandy
soil has to be made over from the foun-
datiou. # needs the application of veg
etable matter to hold what mineral plant
food may be put in it. The sandy soil is
easier to work, aud quickly responds TO
any fertilizer given it, but these adyan-
tages are more than Offset by Its lack of
permanence.
If farm is heavy soil and nndrgiue
it is pres unsbly much richer than its
crop yield will show. The effect of
cropping a heavy soil few years with
out manuring is 20 exhaust its vegetable
mat. En- The moisture that with plenty
o. minus sas just enough for good
crops, at once becomes too mush. The
soil runs into paste when WEI, and har-
deus into brick like elods when dry. /:
seems nard to the owner that the soil
thus locks from him fertility that be can
not get, but it is real kindness. II Is
natures protest against a waFteful sys-
ten. All that is oeeded to unlock these
clods IL undertaking. Freezing and
thawing, sun and rain, will dc
the rest, helped by fall blowing and good
summer cultivation. Doubtless many
farms can be purchased when a cOmpar-
atively small outlay will make them
much more valuable than they are al
present.
The caution most needed to intended
purchasers of land is not TO buy toe
much. It Is costly work bringing poor
soil up to the standard of profitable pro
ductiOp. Therefore a considerable part
Of the capital on poor farm should bt
held ia reserve. It is tie best security
for enabling the owner to pursue policy
that will prove his farm instead of still
further exhausting il.