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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01
POTATOES, ONIONS. VEGETABLES.

POTATOES-Stocks are heavy and the market
is lower New River Burbanks, $4,000 ID ctl:
New Potatoes in SKIS, 35@50c; New Early Rose,
in boxes, from the River 40@75c; Oregon Bur
banks, 35@55c u ctl.
ONIONS-New Reds, weak at 35@40c q ctl.
VEGETABLES = Asparagus is in light supply
under arrivals Of 81 SKIS. Summer squash, $50: SC
8 box for Vacaville and 81 5091 10 q box for
Ray. Arrivals were $50 boxes Asparagus, 100
boxes Rhubarb and LAT SKIS Peas. Aspara-
gus, 75c@$l so for ordinary and 81 1892 for
choice; khubarb. 35@5Oc for ordinary and
t5@S5c for choice: Green Peas, 1881 u SIX for
common and &c for Garden; String Beans, 2@3c
for Green, 212@4c for Refugee and Fountain and
2gg312c tor Golden Wax; Marysville Cucumbers,
81 259l so Is box; Dried Okra l5c q ID; Dry Pep
pers, 1212@15c Cabbage, 75c d ctl; Feed Carrots,
30@4Oc; Garlic Ease y 10.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.

CHICAGO ILL, May 3l.-wheat at the opening
for sale at from 7s1a179 for July, against
S03s at Wednesdays close, because OF rain west of
the Missouri River. The winter wheat crop is not
supposed TO have received any benefit from the
rain, but the speculative vigor which has been so
conspicuous was notably relaxed to-day. In a yerv
short time there will be new wheat on the market
and there is still some left in the visible. The peo-
pie who have been down in the country, Indiana
and Illinois, have no idea that any REIMBURSEMENT of
prices is likely, except one recognizes the fact of
amount of damage to the crops OF these States
which nothing so far published concerning them
has begun TO approach.
Northumberland reports received to-day indi-
cate state OF affairs which nothing short ocular
demonstration could convince the Chicago pit
traders Some of them said the failure of the crops
was complete, and those reports were accompanied
by buying orders. great number of long lines
were sold out to-day and toward the close the weak
feellng became so pronounced that even the regu-
larry recognized short sellers INDUCED in their ire
pressible propensity. After the opening at from
and that proved the highest point of the day. It
declined after that to 1884 recovered to 1884 and
close.
July corn, which closed on Wednesday at $3.50.
opened at o3c; sellers and few buyers above
1924. 1t declined in the course Of the day to 53sc
which was the price prevailing a minute or two
from the closing, but It reached to 521ac AT the
opening oats values were from 1c 10 l12c lower
than their closing on Wednesday,. A rally fol-
lowed, but another decline right after it. and
at the close there was crop or 1ltsc to l3sc
July ranged from 291ac to 303sc, and closed ar
293sc. September sold from 291Itsc to 3O14c rest
ing at 2934c.
The provision business moderate in value at
some declines in prices after an opening slump of
from l5c to 1712c in pork. from 21Jac to 7Iyac in
lard and 7l2c in ribs. The subsequent fluctuations
were light and closing prices far from the
start the latest trading showing the following de-
clines for the day: In pork l712c, lard sc to 10c
and ribs 712c.
The board adjourned at noon out of respect TO
the memory Of the late Secretary Gresham.
Livestock.
Cattle-The receipts this week will about
$500 head over last week and will about equal the
receipts of the corresponding week last year. The
arrivals to-day were about 45O0 head, and trade
is again extremely slow, prices failed to show the
slightest improvement. Choice grades were very
scarce, while native beef steers sold at SIS SOC
rs: few sold higher than So so. Texas receipts
numbered 2500 head, and trade was active on
local and shipping account, and most OF the supply
left first hands at an early hour, spectators OBJ
tanning possession of some OF the best lots.
Heavy hogs sold at 81 40614 80: light, 81 goa
so; mixed, 81 25@4 60, and pigs, SIS 50(14 20
Sheep-The receipts continue very liberal, and,
as the demand does not show corresponding in
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HIDES, rALLow, wool AND HOPS.

HIDES AND SKINS-Active and firm. Heavy
sailed steers, 91a@l0c p ID; medium. s@s19c p
ID; light, 7@71ac; cowhides, 7@sc o ID: sailed
Kip C q 10; sailed Calf. &c; sailed Veal, Sc: dry
hides, usual selection Ice; culls 12c; dry Kip,
d2g13c; Cry Calf, l3@14c; prime Goatskins, 200
Doc each: Kids Be-: DeerskinS, good summer, SOC
g ID; medium. 15@25c; winter. 1O@15;' Sheep
skins shearlings, 1U@20c each short wool. 25@e35c
each Culls of all Kinds about 1ac less.
ra nI1ALL Own. rendered 414@4aa2c: country
WooLGQuotations for the spring clip are as fol-
lows: Humboldt and Mendocino, 11@12c p 10;
Choice Northern, 10@11c . ID: San Joaquin years
STAPLE 6(G7c p 10 do, seven months, 64Sc; Gala
veras and FoothiIl, S@lOc: Nevada 7@9c p H.
H0PS-Good to choice, 4@6c D ID; inferior and
old Hops, 2@3c
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BEANS AND SEEDS.

BEANs-No further variation. Bayos quotable
at 81 25@1 so; Small Whites, So 6O@2 80; Pea,
So 50@2 To- Large Whites, So 5Od2 rs; Pink,
81 30@I 45 Reds 81 25@1 50; Blackeye, So 25@
8 70: Red Kidney, nominal; Limas $4@4 25; But
tiers, 81 1892 for small and 292 70 q ctl for large
SEEDS-Yellow M ustard is auotabe at 81 1892
p ctl; Trieste, 81 50@l rs; Native Brown, 81 259
IS; Flax, 50 256l2 so: Canary, 3@4c p ID: AL
falfa, 7@7$4c; Rape, ls4@214c; Hemp, 4c p ID.
DRIED PEAS-Split Peas, 4(d4s4c; Green Peas,
nomlnal; Niles, nominal; Blackeye, nominal
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PROVISIONS.

CURED MEATS-Not much movement in these
goods now. Bacon is quotable at 9@91ac p ID for
heavy and 10c q ib for light medium, 1O1ac U ID
for light, ll@111sc for extra light and l212@15c
1or sugarcured Eastern Sugar-cured Hams,
l21ac; California Hams, 111ac Mess Beef, $40
80 p Dbl; extra mess do, $8@8 so; family do,
TT 50qlS q Dbl; mess 5 5(9l5 80 D Dbl; Smoked
Beef, 912@10c p ID.
LARD-Eastern tierces, 634@7c o ID for COM
pound and S34 C for pure; pals 912c: California
uerces &c for Compound and SC for pure half bbls,
o14 cr do1ib tins, s1ac ID: DO BIB, sc Y h.
70 ID in 10 IN tins
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

BAGS-Calcutta Grain Bags, 4Ac spot and
41sc for future delivery; Wool Bags, 24@26c.
COAL-Wenington, So; New Wellington, So;
southfied Wellington 81 so; Seattle, $6 90 o ton;
Bryant, So; Coos Bay, SO . ton: Wallsend, 81 SO;
Scotch, So; Byrmbo ST so; Cumberland, SIS SO
In bulk and SIS in sacks; Pennsylvania Anthra-
cite Esq, $12 Welsh Anthracite Egg, SO; Camel,
$s; ROCK Springs Castle Gate and Pleasant Val
ley, - ~; Coke, Sl2 in bulk and Sl4 in sacks.
SUGAR-The Western Sugar Refining Company
quotes, terms net cash. Cube, Crushed, Powdered
and Fine Crushed, all 5s4c: Dry Granuiated, 61sc;
confectionery a. &c; Magnolia A, 45ac; Extra C.
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WORLD
SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

Silver weaker.
Wheat futures declined.
Barley weak.
Oats and Rye quiet.
Corn quoted lower.
Feedstuffs unchanged.
Hay easy.
Beans as before.
Potatoes and Onions lower.
Cheap Butter rather steadIer.
Cheese plentiful and weak.
No change in Eggs.
Poultry steady.
All Berries lower.
Orchard Fruits declined.
No more Orange auctions.
Oranges and Lemons demoraliZed.
Lines held higher.
Prunes quoted OF again.
Provisions very slow.
Hides and Leather firm and active.
Meat market quiet.
Grain Bags firm.
Bank clearings lose SS,O99,O0O.
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FLOUR AND MILLsTUFFs.

FLoUR-Net cash prices are: Family extras
So 40@3 so D bbl Bakers extras So 3O@3 40;
superfine, 81 1902 so p Dbl.
M1LLsTUFFS-Rye Flour, 31ac q H. Rye Meal
Sc; Graham Flour &c; Oatmeal, 414c; Dat Greats,
sc; Cracked Wheat, 31ac: Buckwheat Flour, 41ac;
p ton. "
CoRNMEAL, ETC.-Table Meal, 3@334c: Feed
Corn, $24@25; Cracked Corn, $24 oO@25 bO =
ton; Hominy, 41a@43lc p ID.
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HAY AND FEEDsTUFFs.
BRAN-S13 5O@14 p ton.
MIMI TNHrC,

BRAN-S13 50@14 2 ton.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. p ton.
FEEDSTUFFS-Ground and rolled Barley,
$l4 50@15; Oilcake Meal at the mill, $25 p ton;
Cottonseed Oilcake, 1924 p ton.
50 5O@7; new Wheat and Dat, $5 6097: new Al
falfa, 81 5O@5 SO. We quote old Hay: Wheat,
$9@11 q ton; Wheat and Oat, $7@10 so; Barley,
$7@S ton; Dat, $SQ10: Alfalfa, SOS so; Clover,
$1gS: Compressed, $7@10; Stock, $6t97 p ton.
STRAW-40M75c Is bale.
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POULTRY AND GAME.

POULTRY-No change. Young stock rules very
firm. Live Turkeys quotable at 12@l3c q ID
for Gobblers; 11@121ac . ID for Hens; Geese. q
pair, S1(9l 20: Goslings, o pair, 81 25@l so:
Ducks, $3 5O94 so for old and $4@G7 for young;
Hens, 81 5o@5 so; BOOSTERS, young, $8@s10 3
dozen; do. old, $4@5 p dozen; Fryers, SO 50g
7 90 r dozen; Brojlers. $5@5 TOR large and 1904
for small; Pigeons, 81 1902 Tor young and old.
nal
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BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.

BUTTER-Cheap Butter is in rather better de-
mand Dealers think the worst is for this sea-
son and are inclined to look for steadier market
shortly.
CREAMERY-Fancy, 12@121ac; seconds, 1l@
1l12c q ID.
DAIRY-Fancy, 1O@11c 2 h: good to choice, go
912c; medium grades, S@S1ac q ID; store Butter,
7G712c q ID.
CHEESE-Fancy mild new, 6@61ac: common
to good, 5g5e 2 h; Young America 5@sc; East
EGGSEAre Steady and in good demand Duclz
Eggs, 13@l5c = doz; store Eggs, 12@121ac; ranch
Eggs, 13@l5c q doz
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Feeding Hogs firm being wanted In the
country. Other sorts are dull and weak. No change
in Beef Mutton. Wholesale rates for dressed
stock from slaughterers follows:
BEEF-First quality, 51A@6c: choice, o12c'
SECOND con quality, 41a@5c: third do, 3S4e < d.
MUTTON-Wethers. 4t@41ac; Ewes 4c q ID.
Handspring, 41a@5c . 10.
PORK-Live Hogs, &c p ID for soft, 4@414c Tor
hard and 4@414c for feeders; dressed do, 6O6H2c.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.
WHEAT IN LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, ENG, May 31.-The spot market
is steady at 5s 101ad@5s 111d Cargoes are easy at
Gus July-August shipment and 2Ss Cd arrived.
FUTURES.
The Produce Exchange cable gives the following
Liverpool quotations for No. 2 Red Winter: May
5s lod; June, 5s Sgd; July, 5s 10d; August, IS
1012d; September, IS I'D.
SECURITIES.
LONDON, ENG, May 31.-Consols, 1864; sill
Yer, 305sd; French Rentes 1927 371ac.
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OMAHA LIVESTOCK MARKET.

OMAHA, NEBR.. May MISUNDERSTANDING
$500; market strong and active; steers, 81 $50
IS; bulk, 81 1898; cows and heifers, 81 500
80; bulk. 81 1908 40; stockers and feeders
So 50Gg4; bulk, So 75M3 So
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BANK CLEARINGS.

NEW YORK, n. Y, May 31.-The following
table, compiled by Bradstreet's, shows the total
clearances at the principal cities and the percentage
of increase or decrease, compared with the cor
responding week last year.
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BANK CLEARINGs.

Local bank clearings in May were $54,61s, 1872,
against $50, 13O,5S0 in May, 1894. For the first
n vS Sa1S o U ,o 5So tHey weIs
OF 1894. Decrease this year, $SO99,69S
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MORNING SESSION.

N.
Board-1O0 Hutchinson s Co, 1919; IS "
Water 100.
Street-15 Edison Light and Power Co. 9612.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board-$1OOO Omnibus Cable Bonds, 1l71a; $50
S V Water $685..
street-2O Bank of California, 2211a; 100 F
Gpslight. 10
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PORTLAND,S BuSINES,

PORTLAND, Or. May 31.-Exchanges, $2O4,-
6S1: balances. $2O,62l.
Wheat-Quiet: " ala Wala, 51@52c p bushel;
Valley, SAC p bushei
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NEW YORK STOCKS.
Bonds, Exchange, Money and Railroad
Shares.

Money on call easy at IL; last loan ~; closed
IL Prime mercantile paper, 21a@31a%. Ster-
ling exchange, strong, with actual business bank
ers' bills at 81 SSss@4 SS12 for demand and
81 s72s@l4 S71a for sixty days. Posted rates.
81 S713@4 SS12 and $4 SO 1a@4 S91a Com
merclal bills, Sd S61294 1854. Silver certificates
671sEl67
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EXCHANGE AND BULLION,
PRODUCE EXCHANGE SALES.

Produce Exchange Call Board sales in MAY
were 244,200 tons wheat and 81 500 tons barley
making total sales thus far this crop year OF $685.
300 tons wheat and 5S5, 200 tons barley.
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PRODUCE MARKET.
WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS.

WHEAT-The sale of the syndicate Wheat al
ready noted in these columns, renders the market
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$l7,938,6l7

Not included in totals because containing other
items than clearings
~*Not included in totals because of no COMPARE
Tor last year.
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALI. SATURDAY, L., 1895.
SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET.

ALEC; Golden C, 414c; D, &C; half barrels FAC
more than barrels, and boxes 1ac more.
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RECEIPTS or PRODUCE.
FAMILY RETAIL MARKET.
FRIDAY, May 81.

Changes this week are few and in the main con
fined TO Fruits and Vegetables, both of which are
in abundant supply and tending toward still lower
prices.
Following is THE CALLS regular weekly retail
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rHeCoIMlrER(IAL

crease, prices are 50@75c per 100 lbs lower than
week ago. Supplies consist more largely of COM
mon 20 fair descriptions than heretofore, and a
| good share of the trading is at low prices.
| Receipus-Cattle, $500; hogs, 1000; sheep,
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FISH-PER POUND.
THE STOCK MARKET.

The only stock to show much fiuctuation yester
day was Bodie, which opened at &c and CLOSED
weak at ACC bid. Con- Cal. & Va. 15c higher
selling up to So SIS, and Ophir was 10c firmer
Other stocks were quiet.
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Cash QUOTATIONS. were follows: Flour-Dull,
but steady; No. Spring Wheat, 755s0Sl3sc: No.
3 Spring Wheat, 77(9S0c; No. . Red, 775s9777sc;
No. Corn, 511s@51$sc; No: Oats 29isc; No
CSC; No Barley, 5112@52c; No. 3, Sic; No A,
pic; No F1axseed, 81 81; Prime Timothy Seed,
SIS; Mess Pork, p bb, $12 621sG112 rs; Lard.
2 100 bs, So 65@6 671a Short Ribs, Sides
Qoosel, So 30@6 80: Dry Sailed Shoulders (boxed),
$53e9512; Short Clear Sides (boxed), $612@66s;
Whisky, disters' finished goods, p GAL 81 26iI,
On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter mar
ket was steady. Creameries, 10@171ac; Eggs,
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REGULAR sEss1oS-lo: 80.

Following were the sales in the Pacific Stock
ri
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The following local interpretations discussed
dividends during the past month:
BOARD SALES.

Following were the sales in the San Francisco
StockBoard yesterday:
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The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat NO. = Highest. Lowest.
May ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ..7914c 775sc
July. ..........................S0c 1880
September. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS O1hc 79c
Corn No. 3
MAJ ...--,... ..................blTSc 5l4c
July ...............,.-. .63c o23Sc
september. .D414c 0312C
Mess Pork per Dbl
July plG izH2 SlZ 90
September. .....................$1 S 90 $l2 95
Lard per 100 lbs
July .PO gu 30 10
September Observation-Disclosures 90 So 95
Short Ribs per 100 lbs
September. ........... $6 621s Sc 55
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Asparagus, "a ID

Asparagus, q ID.
Artichokes, Rdoz.
Beets, p doz.
Beans, white, q Ii
Colored, p h.,
Lima, q ID.
Cabbage, EACH.
Caulifiowers, each
Celery, Is bunch.
Cucumbrs, p DE-.
Cress, p dz bunchs
Garlic, p ID. ......
Green Peas, p ID.
Lentils, . ID. 500.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-02-21
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

SHELTER and care are cheaper than
food for animals.
CLOVER hay and corn fodder are the
best feeds for milch cows
TURKEYS of about ten pounds in
weight find the readiest sale.
In feeding cut green bones allow one
pound to every sixteen hens,
FATTENING sheep do best confined in
small pens without the use of yards.
MILK is a great egg food as it is
chemically similar to the white of an
egg, being rich in albumen.
THE shortage of feed has been great
educator, and it is probable that here
after farmers will care for and save
their fodder as they now do their hay.
If butter is long in coming, stir in
three tablespoonfuls of good dairy salt
to every two gallons of cream and
churn at temperature of about sixty
degrees.
THE annual value of eggs and poultry
imported by Great Britain amounts to
$27, 467 900. The supplies come from
countries as remote as Russia, Turkey,
Egypt and Morocco, as well as from
Canada.
AMERICANS consume only about four
and half pounds of cheese per capita,
while the English people consume more
than three times that amount. Cheese
makers should exert themselves to
| stimulate consumption.
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BACK WITH RICH TROPHIES.

Last spring notice was made in these
columns that Mr.. Henry A. Salzer, OF
the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse.
Wis, Americas leading Seed Growers
and Merchants, was in Europe in search
of rare seeds and novelties for the
American farmer and citizen.
Judging from their new catalogue, his
trip was an eminently successful one.
1t is brim full of rare things. Of es'
pecial merit we name the Bismarck
Apple, bearing the second year; the
Giant Flowering Star Phlox, the Ger
man Coffee Berry; and for the farmer
the Victoria Rape, Germanica Vetch
the Lathyrus silvestris, the Giant Spur
ry and Giant Incarnate Clover; SAGA
line, and dozens Of other rare things.
This wide-awake firm is in the van
and their catalogue, which is sent you
for cents postage, would be cheap at
81 per copy.
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rifced as peace offering, the priest
should take 1.-The fat thereof, the whole
rump off hard by the backbone" The
seven thousand sheep of job the fioclls
which David watched on the plains of
Bethlehem, and the sheep which are
found to-day in western Asia in num-
bers from the single lamb reared in
the peasants hut to the great tiocks
which constitute the woolly wealth of
some great sheik or hey, all are typified
by these Persian sheep. They are ad-
mirably adapted to the situation in
which they are found, The peculiar
appendage which marks them from
other ovine races is really provision
against vicissitudes of their climate.
Like the hump of the bison, camel and
zebra, it is a reservoir of fat, which
sustains the life of the animal when
food resources partially fail. In periods
of drought or scarcity of food, the tail,
like the humps referred to- bee ONES alb
sorbed and shrinks away, to fill out
again to full proportions when the
rains have started the pasturage into
abundant growth,-George A. Martin,
in American Apriculturist.
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Pistol Practice in Texas.

! I'VE have fifteen thousand and ten
rnutilated and worn silver dollars in
our vault, said sub-treasury official
I'VE also have over five hundred thou
sand half dollars, quarter and dime
pieces which have become too thin for
fuse. 1t is a curious thing that the mu-
lated dollars which we receive from
Texas are deeply indented. This is a
result of the target practice in Texas
The crack shots down there think that
a silver dollar is the best kind of q
mark. Do we give good dollar for a
mutilated one? That depends upon
the extent of the mutilation. We have
discretionary power in this respect"
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
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SHEEP FROM PERSIA.
Some That Were Imported in 1899 Are
Doing Well In California.

Some That Were Imported In 1892 Are
Doing Well In California.
In the summer of 1892 a flock of thir-
teen sheep which arrived in New York
attracted much attention. They were
3eale, on his return from service as
United States minister plenipotentiary
near the court of the shah. The sheep
were not shaped in accordance with
American ideas of symmetry, nor were
they uniform in color. But the strik'
ing popularity was the tail-so broad
and massive as to appear almost like
continuation of the launches In
color they were of various shades OF
brown and gray, but the prevailing
tone was dark, reddish brown. After
undergoing the necessary legal
quarantine, they were forwarded to
California, where they and their prog
eny are now in the hands of Mr.. c. P.
Bailey, the noted breeder of Angora
goats. The climate of California has
proved highly favorab BILE to them, and the
original flock has more than doubled.
The mutton of these sheep is said to be
very fine in quality and flavor. The
tail is composed almost wholly of fat,
and is esteemed great delicacy, and
is used in cookery as butter is en-
ployed among western people. 1t
often weighs from 20 to 80 pounds
when the animal is in good condition.
The entire live weight of these sheep
is from $50 to $50 pounds for rams, and
1873 to 40 pounds for ewes. The feeces
are light and of little value. The
staple is known in the markets as
Smyrna wool, and is employed chiefly
for making carpets, The rams cross
very successfully on the ewes of
Merino and other American breeds, the
lambs being heavier and of earlier ma
turity than pure-bred Merino. The
counter cross is not as practicable for
structural reasons
The Persian sheep, widely as they
differ from the European and American
breeds, are fairly typical of the ovine
race which has grazed the hills and
valleys of western Asia from the ear
lest historic ages. That the sheep so
frequently referred to in the bible
were of this type is evident, not only
from the testimony Of history, but also
from the sacred writ itself. In:Leviti-
Gus, third chapter ninth verse, it is
commanded that when lamb was sac
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-02-21
Collecting Eggs in Cold Weather,

When an egg is exposed to severe
cold it is quickly injured. The con-
tents expand and the egg cracks open,
which renders it useless except to be
quickly used upon the table, as such
eggs can not be sold. Even if the egg
does not crack. the extreme cold de-
stroys the germ, and if it is used for
incubating purposes it will not hatch.
Then, again, when an egg has been
frozen and then exposed to a higher
temperature until it thaws, it will be
no longer fresh, as decomposition
quickly begins. In winter always coll
lect the eggs often, SO as to avoid trss1'
Ing them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-02-21
GRASS is KINGi

Grass rules. 1t is the most valuable
crop of America, worth more than
either corn or wheat. Luxurious mead
ows are the farmers delight. A posi-
tive way to get them, and the only one
we know, is to sow Salzer's Extra Grass
Mixtures. Many of our farmer readers
prise them and say they get 4 to tons
of magnificent hay per acre from Sal
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fMR. BRowN-"I've gotta cold or something
is,my-, head" Mrs. Brown-"It must be q
cold, dear, I'm sure. Judge.