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MARKETS BY TELBaRAPa.
FINANCIAL.


New YoRx, March 8, noon.-Stocks opened
heavy and weak. Money easy, offered at per
cent. Exchange-long, 81 sea; short, 81 IS.
Government bonds neglected. State bonds dull
but steady.
$500 D. m.-Exchange closed quiet and steady.
Money easy, no loans. closing offered at per
cent. Sub-treasury balances-Coin, Sl63, 400 900:
currency, S7,2i5, 900. Government bonds closed
steady; four per cents IL "a; four and a half
per cent. coupons 1881. State bonds steady
The stock market was fairly active to-day, but
developed reactionary tendency under the
effect of the general expectation of a bad bank
statement. Money, however. is much easier in
all financial centers, and the money received by
the banks during the last few days of this week
must have the effect of making the next weeks
statement OF more favorable complexion. The
surplus reserve was nearly wiped out but the
statement iss undoubtedly made upon rising
averages, and as there has been no stringency
in money, even before the large purchases of
bonds, there is no fear of a squeeze on the part
of holders Of stocks. Railroad earnings con-
tinue TO show the same proportion OF Increase.
As usual, the market is heavily oversold, and
bulls show a disposition to take care Of their
market interests, so that the outlook for a
more active MARKET with advancing prices. Is
encouraging, and there Is a growing feeling on
the street that the long period of stagnation is
nearly over. The reaction from last nights
rise was still felt this NOR ing, and foreigners
were liberal buyers of specialtes, which made
the first price from A6o9s per cent. better than
last nj gbts figures. Further Improvement was
made all over the list, Notwithstanding the fact
that Sugar soon developed weakness again, and
run OF nearly per cent The regular list soon
followed, aud early gains were Ia almost every
case wiped out. final losses, however are
generally Insignificant. There was much in
vestment buying u securities Of Wheeling and
Lake Erie, as there has been since Brown, Ship
ley a Co. took prominent part In It's financial
aifaira. Reading was the most prominent stock
aSplni aud ~ rise - the early trading reached
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FLORIDA.

Manatee River needs fifty room hotel.
Strawberries are selling in Gainesville at
10 cents per quart.
Contested homesteads will be veiy numer-
Gus in the near future.
The Presbyterian church Of DeLand has
called Rev. Il. w. Gelston for another
year.
Frank Higel, Jr., has been appointed
postmaster at Venice, vice ID. o. Curry,
resigned.
H. F. Dutton, Philip Miller and Marcus
Endel, of Gainesville, will constitute the
members Of the board of public works.
There were about 1876 students at the
State Agricultural college at Lake City in
January now there are about sixty-eight
The fine of $500, imposed upon the pilot
boat Agnes Belle Of Fernandina for failing
to show her lights, has been reduced to $40.
A large number of canvas-back ducks are
seen daily in the river now, Just north of
Palatka, and so tame as to be an easy mark
for hunters.
The latest news in reference TO the pro-
posed railroad from some point on the river
near Braidentown to Sarasota is highly
encouraging.
1t is the intention of the Indian River
Steamboat Company to build another
steamer this summer, which W Ill be placed
on the Daytona route.
The large storehouse Of Adams g. Buckets
at Jasper is gradually approaching COM
pletion, and Will be when finished the most
commodious business house IN that town.
Mason Young has decided to build the
marine ways for the Indian River Steam
boat Company at Sand Point, just above
the railway wharf at Titusville, instead of
at Eau Gallie.
Brick laying on the new bank building at
Titusville is about completed. and the
trusses for the roof are in position. The
contractor expects to complete the work by
the first of April
a false alarm of fire scared the guests and
proprietor of the Indian River hotel at
I1tusville, which was occasioned by smoke
bel g blown into one Of the rooms from a
defective chimney
The new officers of the State Teachers
ASSOCIATION are; President, w, V. Yocum
OF bartow; vice president, j. M. Stewart
OF Jackson county; secretary, George
stuart OF Marion county; treasurer Mrs.
Lena Mathes of Tampa.
IL IS understood that the Senate has com
nrmed MIR. McMurray to be postmaster at
jacksonville. No official announcement
has yet been made, but it can be stated
tbat favorable action has been taken, both
by the committee and Senate.
The geological surveying party will make
0alnesyille headquarters for several
mohthA The survey now being made 4,
merely preliminary, preparing the way for
spend several days at Paradise.
81 Augustine Democrats Nov that our
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Vineyard Haven, March 5-Arrived sob -
hssa Wiley. Hall Apalachicola for r $50, -
W DaseY, Hall. Savannah i Aoot
fensacola. March 6-Arrived banks Colpp.t..-
9ierl, Nlemann, Rosario; Otac Nike (Ans1 pn
bados N7Ausl Bar
banks CURL tSw), SIromberg River Tyne. 4 .u.o
NOR, Christensen, Lisbon; Laguna (Fr1 Ro,,.'
nlom, Marseilles; schr Robert A Show. PiilsS,il
~, Minatitlan. ANiSou-
Baltimore. Tawes, Baltimore. Ni'y o.
New York. A-' iansens
=, Sailed from Fort George March 3. schrs Olive.
Booth. Baltimore; Jesse W Starr, New We
New York. March 8-Arrived, steamshins o., :.
OF chicago from Liverpool, La Bratagne from
Arrived out, steamships Adriatlc and Wvo.
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MARITIME MISCELLANY

Arrived at Tybee yesterday an unknown bo...
Aspinwall, Feb 25-The crew of steamer w.
tNoT), which was totally wrecked on RoncaSost
Bank; VIII leave here per steamer Newnort s
New YORK, or West Indian (Br), for New OrlasnoHr
Baltimore, March 5-Steamer Carl ks
!Nors from New York for Bluefelds. was tou,oS
Into hampton Roads this forenoon with loss -
propeller She was picked IN south - ~ ~ %
teras oy steamer Prins Willem III (DutcbN froT,.
Surinam via ports for New York. =" - 'uI
Bridgeport, Ct, March 4-The inner beacon
placed and will be finished TODAY 'Ns 10
Key West. March 6-Ship Hannibal Or, crs
nth, from Pensacola for Dordrech, grounia5 a,
Elbow Reef night of the 81 inst, at 10 IN S "a
night OF the 9th. Does not leak; agresn,s sIt
made. ~eAS0ulens
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Leading tut Ires ranged as follows:
OJen4nX HlRnesL

LOUISVILLE, March S.-Grain and provisions
unchanged.
ONo1SxArI, March s-Flour barely steady.
Wheat steady; No. red &c. Corn weaker
and lower; No. mixed 3l03l14c. Oats 10 fair
demand; No. mixed 234QD2I19c. Provisions
PORK quiet at $40 p. Lard stronger at s. S2I6
Whisky active and firm at 81 o. Hogs closed
easy; common and light So 5000 05, packing
and butchers SO $500 20.
ST. LOUIS, March Flour quiet and I'M
changed Wheat easier; No ? red, cash 164c;
opuions-May delivery I63sc asked, Jure delivery
I614c bid July delivery 73A0733sc. Corn
quiet aud easy; No 2mixe5, cash 247Sc; options
March delivery CSC asked, May delivery 2556c
bill, July delivery 27Ac asked, September
delivery 2s5sG12s34c bid. Oats dull; No. 2 cash
zoe bid, May delivery 204 920lsc asked. Whisky
at 81 o. Provisions strong at essentially un-
changed figures, with the exception of pork,
which was l0012j6c higher. Lard-prime steam
S. 6216. Dry salt meats-boxed shoulders at
So 8716, longs and ribs S4 9O@5 90, short clear
S5 0505 10. Bacon-boxed shoulders "a B. %,
longs and ribs SIS 50, short clear IS 6215.
BALTIMORE, March S.-Flour dull. Wheat
Southern steady; Fultz 78DSOc; Longberry so
08ic; Western steady; No winter red, on
spot and March delivery S2@S2Ac. Corn
Southern quiet; white SbG40c; yellow 30 case;
Western firm.
New ORLEANS. March Sugar active and
strong; Louisiana open Kettle, strictly prime to
choice 5-l6055sc, fair to good fair SOS 81 @;
centrifugals-off white 5 1Gc, chocs yellow
clarified sos 11-16c, prime yellow clarified $50
DC. mOldSSeS uuCud1ReUj LOUISVILLE open keU-
tie, fermenting 1S130c; Louisiana centrifugals
choice 29c, good prime 23,0<5c. Syrup soc.
NAVAL STORES.
LIVERPOOL, March s, noon.-Spirits turpentine
| 31s Cd.
NEW YoRS March g. noon.-Spirits turpentne
quiet at 42I%043Ac. Rosin quiet but steady
at ST. 1901 20.
500 D. IN Resin steady at 81 1901 Is for
common to good strained. Spirits turpentine
| steady at az &C.
CaiRLzsroN, March s.-Spirits turpentine
quiet at 5Sc. Rosin quiet; good strained at
| 81 Is.
WILMINGroS, March s.-Spirits turpentine
steady at SOC. Rosin firm; strained 81 10, good
strained 81 IS. Tar firm at 81 20. Crnde tur-
pentine firm; hard 81 %, yellow dip 81 20, virgin
81 20
NEW YORK, March s.--Rice fairly active and
| firm.
PETROLEUM.
NEw v1sk. March S-Petroleum market
| opened firm at 943s and moved up to SO on
| light trading Then the market reacted and
closed steady at 80.
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New YORK Market Reviaw.
Reported by G. s. Palmer, 1866 Peade ST., ~

Reported by G. s. Palmer, 1866 Reade ST.. NJ Y
New YORK, March 6-The cold weather that
set in the first of the month continues and
snow storm has prevailed to-day. Firm prices
and the destructive frost south will result in a
further advance in price. Asparagus selling at
81 0O@l so for prime; culls, 50015c; green peas,
81 5003 so; cabbage, 5? 5000 90; egg plants,
81 50W6 90; beets. ST. O00l 80, and string beans,
81 51Gl4 90
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PouLrRY-Market very firm; demand fully
supplied.
Eaes-Market steady, stock ample, and mod
crate demand
PEANurs-Fair stock; demand moderate;
prices steady.
In market.
HoNEY-Demand nominal.
SWEET PorAroEs-Noninal; some new COM
fnr
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craftsmanship Chattahoochee for New York,
137 bales upland cotton, 1870 bales sea island cot
ton, III bales dOmestics and va ms 100 obls fish
1865 obs cotton seed oil, 59.4)0 feet lumber 225
bbls rosin. 81 bbs ORANGES, 1911 boxes oranges
$50 bbls vegetables, 1913 crates vegetables, 81
pkgs mdse. u tons pig iron, 70 bales linters, s.
cedar logs, 10 refrigerators strawberries, 140C
slaves
Per bark Charlotte (Sw,, for Pooteeloff Har
Dor, 4Sl b6ls roSin, weighing 1,152755 pounds
Paterson, Downing & Co
Per schr Raymond Maull, for New York
1851 feet p p lumber Stillwell, Milen & Co.
IL Per schr Margaret A May, for Philadelphia
Soo.s'2 feet p lamber-R Reppard.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMASAC-rHfS DAY.
Sun RISES 10
Sun SETS ..............- 5:43
HIGH WATER AT SAVANNAH .9:04A NJ 9:3f p NJ
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Steamship Dessoug, Savage Philadelphia--C
g Anderson.
Bark Charlotte (Sw), Borrman, Pooteeloff
Harbor-HolSt & Co.
Schr Margaret May, Jarvis, Philadelphia
Jos Roberts & Co.
schr Raymond T Maull, Smith, New York
Master
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Per steamship Chattahoochee. for New York.
Miss Rose Phipps, Miss Mary Clarke, J Hobson,
A Shuard, r Motto, A j Preston, Mrs A Richl
mond Mrs Schanley and children, Car.
penter, w Milbank, A l. Pennock. Miss a
Pennock G w saussy, G Snyder Jr, Mr. Bailey
B S EinStein, A w Zeiltow, Tytus, Q Gar
funkel, Cheney. Miss L w Silva, E S Silva
G I Buckley, Albert Look, II j Haynes, J A Hill
L Cortembert, and Storage.
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RECEIPTS


Per Central Railroad, March SAT- bales cot
ton. 8 bdls hides, bdls leather. bdls paper. All
pkgs tobacco, go lbs lard 1,1O5 bbls rosn' "a
ibbls spirits turpentne 81, 800 lbs bacon 300 bbs
lime bbl fruit. 1900 bushels oats 8 bbls syrup.
lob bales hay. Is bbls whisky, hf bbls whisIy'
goo bales domestics, 100 bales yarn 1855 bbls -four
l,G32 bushels corn, 43 cars lumber. cars slaves,
223 bushels rice, ID boxes hardware, IS boxed
WOODWARD, 25 bales twine, o. cases liauor, IA
bbls vegetables. IS bDls tallow. IL pcs mcly, 595
pkgs mdse, 23S empty bbls, car cotton seed, so
bbls cotton seed oil. car curbing. car stone.
gears brick, II bales plai1s, 81 pkgs furniture,
10 bbls grits, 40 tons pig iron.
Per Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
March Sis bales cotton, 1925 bbls rosin 81
bblS spirits turpsntine, bales hides 81 cars
lumber, q bbls -four Ga sacks -four 1856 sacks
beans) 10 bbls whisky, 20 sacks rice IS bbls rice
bbls syrup. cases hats, 2 cars bananas, cars
posts, cases cigars. 80 pl;gs paper, 5 cases dry
goods, cars wood, e bols grease, so pkgs mdse,
$500 boxes oranges, "a bbls oranges
Per Charleston and Savannah Railway, March
S-634 bbs rice, cars wood, cars guano, car
bbs', cars pyrites, 80 sacks -four, bales bur,
laps. pair shafts. 4 wagons, IA sets wheels. 20
boxes tobacco, 40 caddies tobacco. l case cot,
ton shirts, kegs bolts, boxes glass bottles, 8
cases pants, II cases Jerry crates, 20 bdls bog
material.
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COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKETS
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS,

OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS,
SAVANNAH, GA, March g. 4P. NJ
CorToN-The market was quiet. but very firm
at the advance. There was fair inquiry, but
the bulk Of the offering stock is held at higher
than quotations, and the business in consequence
was small The total sales for the day were
90 bales. On Change at the opening call. at
10 q m, the market was reported quiet and
unchanged, with sales Of 70 bales. At the
second call. at p. m, 1t was quiet at an ad-
vance Of 1-l6c in middling and 1sc for low mid
ding. the sales being 1913 bales. At the third
and last call. at p. m, it closed quiet and
unchanged, with further sales OF q bales. The
following are the Official closing spot quotations
Of the Cotton Exchange:
MlQQuuk ltlf..+...s ssssss. .s....ssshoinlnal
boOd mildlnB ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lOA
mldling. go. ........s.s. ........lU ll-lO
Low ihllihnR .-.+s.ss +...ssss.s.s..sslu
Npol ordinary .s...t s.ssss tsss.s...... va
Sea Islands-The market was quiet and
barely steady 40 quotations. There was Hight
Inquiry, and only nominal business doing on
the basis VI the inside quotations.;
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NOTICE I'd MARINEpr

branch Of the United States Hydrograrr,.
office has been established in the Custom TansS'
at Savannah. Notice to mariners, oil )t c5arts'
and all nautical Information will b. fnrnisba,
masters Of vessels free of charge. Captains az
requested to call at the office. '"S "'S
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CLEARED YESTERDAY.

Bark Glengarvy Br) Henry, to load for Eu.
ope-Jas T Ste wart & Son.
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lDO4 II DHERMAN.
In charge Hydographic StatiSn

New York Bay-Electric Buoys Relipbtas
The electric light buoys Nos l AMI g. in tbs
Lower Bay OF New York, has been reIjghtad,
No 3 viii be yelighted as soon as practibles
BY order OF the Lighthouse Board.
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ARRIVED UP FRoMQUARANTINE VI
ARRIVED AT TYBEE YESTERDAY.

Bark Assunta Marchese QtaD, Marchese, to
load for Characterization G Co.
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Maryland-Ll vessel off Fenwick,s TsI,

Maryland vessel off Fenwiclr's rs,,us
Shoal TO be Repaced-Notice is hereby 800
that repairs having been completed The Fan
wick's lslard Shoal Light Vessel, No ~, will an
March /, 1880, or as soon thereafter as practL
In l01e fathOns of water, about PA miles EJ%as
of her former position. The characteristicS ~
the vessel, and Of her lights and fog signal ~
described in the Lighthouse and Buoy lists, viii
remain unchanged. We"
the geographical position Of the light vessa,
as taken from the charts of the United Ststss
Coast and Geodstic Survey, is as follows. Tss
n, 1895 90; Ion W, "a 80 (44). Magnetic bar.
ings and distances of prominent objects are on
proximately as follows: Cape Henlopen Iight.
house, NNW, NV, 2S55 nautical miles. Fan.
wick's Island Shoal Whistling buoy. INV, 4Il
nautical miles. Fenwick's Island Lighthouse
WEN, 97S nautical miles. On the same dat5
the black bell buoy, marking the position of M
light vessel while OF her station, viii be discon
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FREIGHTS.


LuMBER-C oastwise-There has been q num-
Der OF arrivals during the past week and the
loading berths continue full. Rates may be
quoted within the range of So 00O7 90 from
this port to Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York and sound ports, with 25050c
additional If loaded at near by Georgia
ports. Timber b0c0S1 90 higher than lumber
rates. To the West Indies and Windward,
nominal; TO Rosario. $50 00@sl 90; to Buenos
Ayres or Montevideo, S1S 90; TO Rio Janeiro,
$1,000; to Spanish and Mediterranean ports,
$1400614 81; to United Kingdom for orders,
nominal at for timber. R5 los standard; lumber,
85 lbs Steam--To New York, 81 90; to Phia-
delphia, 81 90; to Boston, So 90; to Balt-
more. Sc SO.
NAVAL SroREs-very firm. Foreign-Cork.
etc., for orders, spot vessels, rosin, IS, and
Is 3D.; to arrive, IS 3D. and IS Cd; spirits,
Adriatic, rosin, IS Cd; Genoa. IS cd;
South America, rosin, 81 10 per barrel of $50
pounds. Coastwise-Steam-To Boston. 10c per
loo lbs on rosin, SOC on spirits; to New York,
rosn, 71tc per 100 MS; spirits, SOC; to Philadsl
phia, rosin, 7lSc per 100 tbs spirits, S0c to Bal
tim re, rosin, 30c; spirits, zoe. Coastwise
ouiet
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THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY MARCH O. 189OTwEIvE PAGES

nearly per cent, and it never again got as
low as the opening, and is one of the few stocks
showing a hUal gain. The stock has passed
into other hands. and its market interests are
receiving better care The market steadily
yielded after the first squirt. and finally closed
quiet and heavy generally at close to the lowest
prices reached. Sales of listed stocks reached
1891 as shares, Of which so, as we're Reading,
and unlisted stocks figured for only 1880
shares. One strong point in the market was
Chesapeake and Ohio first. The following were
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SUNDAY, Marcn y, l69t
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

Steamship VIM Crane. Billups. Baltimore-W
E Guerard, Agt.
Schr City of Jacksonville Grove Baltimore,
with guano to G r Agt; vessel to Master.
Schr Ida Lawrence, Young, Baltimore, with
merchandise to order; vessel to JOS 4 Roberts
& Co.
Schr Aaron Reppard, Steelman, Philadelphia,
with merchandise to order; vessel to Master
way landing--W T Gibson, Manager.
ARRIVED UP FROM QUARANTINE YESTER-
DAY.
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NAVAL SToREs-The market for spirits tur-
pentine was quiet, but holders were firm at un-
changed prices. The sales during the day were
only 20 casks at 39c for regulars At the Board
of Trade on the opening call the market was re-
ported firm at SOC for regulars At the last
call it closed firm at SOC for regulars. Resin
Inc market was very nrm and held higher
stock Offering. The sales for the day were
about /, 1875 barrels. At the Board of Trade on
the first call the market was reported firm,
with sales of SO barrels, at the following quota
tions: a, B. G, D and K 81 IN, F 81 2}15, g
81 2716, II 5! 3715, 81 CO., K 81 80, NJ SO 50, N
81 GO, window glass. 81 IN, water white 81 90.
ing revised quotations: A, B, c, D and 81 90,
f 81 IS, G 81 3d. II 81 10, l 81 65. Other grades
were unchanged.
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An Artillery Company to be organ
lied at AEacon-Death at Albany of
Former Savannahian - The Phos-
phate Fever in Florida on the In
crease-A Case Of Manslaughter at
TitusviIle.
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Hill Farms in Maine.

In going down the long, steep decline
of the cross-road after leaving Bolton
Hill we met a three-horse team coming
up with load of green wood so small
that good sized horse would have been
ashamed to have hauled it on any or
binary road, and it was all those three
horses (and they were good ones) could
possibly wag under. As we passed, | said
to the teamster, sits all the wood is
worth, isn't it?" " Yes" says he, " and
more too, and if a man lives on this road
it is all | want to know about him." |
laughed to myself, l couldn't help it,
and after getting further on and seeing
those abandoned farms, it set me to
thinking, and the more | thought of ii
the more foolish it seemed for any one
to run amuck against the inevitable
for the inevitable tendency of the time
is to produce everything at the lea'
possible cost, get it to market in Il. y
best possible condition and in the quick
est possible time, and those things
can't be done on old, WORKOUT, rocky
farms and over billy, horrible roads.
Such farms and such roads answered
their purpose, when time was of no ac-
count and mans wants were few and
simple. Peace to their ashes.-Mdine
Farmer.
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see any necessity for the expenditure of
public money in the encouragement or
fostering of anything bearing an agri-
cultural flavor. 2. The farmers are be-
ginning to step forward and make their
influence felt in defence of their rights.
Somerset is farming county, and the
promptness with which its representa-
tives of the farm met and disposed of
this insult thrust in their faces shows
that organized intelligence among them
is making its influence felt for the pub
lie welfare. May their good work con-
tinue."
"THERE is no use a-talking," farm
ers need and must have working
knowledge of the elements of agri-
cultural chemistry, before they can use
chemical fertilizers economically and
with any assurance of profit. The
Massachusetts Agricultural College Ex-
pertinent Station has arrived at the fol-
lowing conclusions: "Q The results
of our experiments bring out in strik-
ing manner the fact that soils vary
widely in their requirements. They
therefore confirm the position taken in
my circular letter that results obtained
in one locality may be inapplicable in
another, and appear to establish the
wisdom of the policy of soil tests. (2)
1t is evident that only when the farmer
knows what his soil requires can he pro-
duce the best economical results. 1t is
folly TO continue the indiscriminate and
blind use of fertilizers. (3) The best
method of ascertaining what is needed
in any given case to produce particu-
lar crop is to put the question to the soil
itself; and this method, though requir-
ing care at all points and caution in
forming conclusions, is not in reality
difficult. Such experiments should
abundantly repay the investigator in
the practical money value of the re-
suits"
MINING commercial fertilizers on
the farm is cheaply and easily done.
According to our experiment station,
fertilizer equaling the average of those
sold in Vermont can be made by mix
ing the following constituents;
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THE truth is, in this matter of fertil-
izers farmers pay entirely too much
for the value they get in them. Part
of this is the fault of the way they buy;
another part is in their lack of informa-
ton in regard to the nature of these
manures. They need both more bust
ness sense and more scientific informa-
ton. Both of these it behooves every
young farmer to attain if he wants to
be successful in farming as it must be
done in the years that are coming.