The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
Canadian Live Stock Trade.

Writing from Montreal, a correspon
dent of the Meat Traders Journal,
London, said: The export live stock
season for 1897 is fast approaching, and
shippers have already commenced oper-
ating in the country, considerable STALL
fed cattle having been purchased during
the past two weeks for May shipment
at cents, AZ cents and AZ cents per
| pound live weight. The supply of this
class of stock is estimated to be fully
ten per cent larger this season than
last, which is due principally to the fact
that feed of all kinds has ruled remark
| ably low in price all winter, conse-
| 1uently the farmers through the west
ern part of Canada have been we'll able
! 70 feed larger amount of stock. The
| recent active demand from American
| buyers for Canadian feeders and stock
ers has strengthened the market here
considerably, and it would not be any
surprise to the trade if still higher
prices than those quoted would have to
be paid for choice cattle later on in the
season. The supply of distillery stock
| is fully 5000 head short of last season,
making only about $500 head fed in
| Canada, and none of these have changed
hands up to the present, but some feed
ers have already commenced shipping
| them by way of Portland. There have
| been no actual engagements of ocean
freight, but some booking is reported,
and the rate to Liverpool will likely
omen at 45s.. without insurance.
| American Vines in Australia.
The minister of agriculture OF
this colony, conjointly with the
minister of agriculture of New
South Wales, is importing from
France some $4,000 cuttings of
''the American phylloxera-resisting
grape vines for distribution amongst
| vignerons. There appears now to be
| considerable local demand for the cut
tings, and Mr.. Taverner has decided to
allow private importation, but under
strict regulations yet to be framed. He
Indicates the lines on which the regn~
lations will be framed. The vines must
be accompanied by an expert certificate
that they are exactly as represented,
and on arriving here will be taken
charge of by the agricultural depart
ment. They will then be planted in
quarantine, the period of the quaran-
tine to be decided by the departmental
experts. Mr.. Taverner has had large
number of applications for the cuttings,
especially from Bendigo and Ruther-
glen, and foresees that the department.
al importation will be unequal to the
demand Australasian.
Wet Springs and Dry Summers
The talk about conserving the moisture
that we have heard for the last three
years sounds out of place now. There
is a superabundance of moisture. But
we must remember that q wet spring
is some times followed by dry sum-
mer, and that dry weather after wet
spring is often more disastrous than
dry weather after a dry spring. The
reason is that the roots spread out
close to the surface in wet spring,
and run down deep in a dry, spring, so
the shallow-rOoted plants of a wet
snring suffer grievously during a dry
smell. But it will do no good to spend
one-third of our time in signing for
rain. and another third in signing for
II to clear off. We must take the
weather as it comes and suit our ac-
lions to the weather we have. Some
there are that may perhaps get rich
this summer in sitting in rocking
chair and letting their cribs full of ten
cent corn advance in price.-Ex.
Sugar Beets in California; sta
tistics of the Chino Beet Sugar fac
; tory of California show that there was
1000 acres of beets grown for that
factory last year. This produced a
total of $4,000 tons of beets and gave
} an average of 2,286 pounds of crude
sugar per acre, or a total Of about
900 tons for the season. From this j,
, is estimated that the net profit Of the
!, factory was about $24O,0OO. The aver.
i age return per acre to growers Of beet,
was $s3.75.