Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-27
FEATURES OF TRADE.
a South Fayette Township Farmers
Views of the Harvests.
WHEAT AND HAYCR0P AT THE BEST
How Dairy Farming Pays Better Than the
Qld-Fime Methods.
WEEKS YORK AT TIE LIBERTY YARDS
WHEAT AND HAYCROP AT THE BEST
WEEKS YORK AT TIE LIBERTY YARDS
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH.
THURSDAY, September 26, 1889.

OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
THURSDAY, September 26, 1889.
Joseph Hickman, thrifty farmer from
the vicinity of Bridgeville, who is serving
his country as juryman in the Criminal
Court this week, gives his views as to the
AGRICULTURAL situation in his section as fol-
lows: SIN more than 20 years experience
do not know that the wheat, oats and hay
crops were ever better in nv neighborhood
] met farmer the other day from the neigh
borhood of Venice who told me his wheat
crop this season would reach 46 bushels to
the acre This of course, is exceptional, but the
average through the southern part of Allie
rheny county and Washington county will not
be far from 20 bushels to the acre. and this will
be almost double last years yield. AS TO the
oats crop, the yield has been 40 to so bushels to
the acre in my section, which is very high
average. We consider so to 60 bushels of oats
to the acre an extra good crop.
Very Little Fruit.
aside from apples we have very little fruit
this summer. The apple crop is fair average
but not up to last year, which was an extra sea-
son. In my neighborhood the farmers of late
years have been turning their attention to
great extent to the milk business. The whole
farming business has been revolutionized in
South Fayette township in my time Sheep and
cattle raising have been found to be unprofta-
BILE in recent years for small farmers. The
farmer who has Is or 20 milk cows has found
ready sale for his product in Pittsburg, and at
the same time can keen his land in good condl-
tion from the manure. There has been OF Iate a
disposition to return to sheep raising In nv
nelphborhood; but the methods OF farmers OF
% years ago would furnish very scant plcklngs
now. One of nv neighDors ships to PlttSburg
markets in the neighborhood of so gallons Of
milk daily The summer price is lOc per gallon
turn his farm products daily into cash. and is
able to keep his farm in trst-class condition"
Liberty Live Stock.
The live stock situation is not materially
changed since our last report, with the excep-
ton of hogs, which advanced 10 to l5c yester-
day. The hog supply has not been equal to
the demand all this week. The same is true of
sheep and lambs. Anything choice in either
line finds ready customers at outside rates.
Nice tidy butcher cattle are also in good de-
mand. As we are passing through an era of
low prices low grade stuff is at a discount.
East Liberty stockmen report that export
cattle coming to this market of late are not as
rute up to standard. Export cattle have sold
better in Chicago than here of late, for the
are better selected stock. Those coming to our
markets are brought down in grade by the
presence of a few inferior cattle In load of
exports There has been this week some i'm
provement in this respect over last week. But
there is large room for further improvement
on the part OF shippers. Following is the
weeks report of
Transactions nt Liberty Yards:
RECEIPTS.