The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-10

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Vours the wheat countries of the world are
not measuring particularly heavy yields, al
Ihoush the grand total promises to exceed
! z'oo0'COO,CO0. This has been equaled in some
recent years. Furthermore. the fact must
not De lost to sight Of the pEenom email re-
auction In the worlds availabIs re eve.
houndly speaking this is now only two
tiilrus Oh the total of a year ago half of
'iiat OF 30 and third that of 94 the for
| mer big crop year
summarizing returns from it's corTespord d.
| ents in the field, the Liverpool Corn Trade
News says it appears that the area OF album
| dant crops in Russia does not extend nrcb
beyond the southwestern and Western re-
| gfons, and there the cron rpover,e,+
has commenced very late, although all an
thorities seem agreed that heavy Yield, were
obtained in the sections indicated Mating
contradictory has been received relative to
the important shortages in the Eastern gov
ernments
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
The receipts at the Union Stock yards,
South st. Paul. for the week ending Oct. g.
were: Cattle, 9647; calves, 1855; hogs 6,196:
sheep, 30,789. The numbers received the week
previous were: Cattle. 6,210; calves, /. 479;
hogs, G,7O6; sheep IS. 100. These figures show
! an increase in cattle of 3,437; of calves, 906:
decrease in hogs Of $40, and in sheep Of 1881.
The number of cars received was CSC.
The killings of Swift & Co. for the week end
ing Oct were: Cattle, 1877; calves, As;
sheep, Lips; hogs, 5,325.
me past week has not been very good
one, especially in the hog market The de-
cline has been somewhat precipitate and
comfortably severe in some of the figures re-
corded OF course at this season of the year
a good many small spring hogs are coming
forward, which ought to be kept back
til they reach better grade of maturity
But Just as young mans fancy in the spring
turns to love, the fancy of the Northwestern
farmer seems to turn to realization of profit
on everything he has been cultivating between
the periods Of departure of frost in spring
and its return in October He throws pigs
into the market that really entitled to the
privilege of growing to be hogs and pass
ing out OF existence under that denomina-
ton. 1t only lowers the price OF swine gener-
ally to tumble them on the market when the
market is not ready for them. Give them a
little more corn and enable them to put on a
little more fat, and the improvement in price
VIII be a source of satisfaction to the grower.
/ The demand for fat cattle has been good. as
1t always must be at South st. Paul so long "a
the existing packing industries are maintained
there. But the farmers need to have i'm
pressed upon them day in and day out the
necessity Of improving the quality Of their
stock to meet the demand that must inevitably
come from this market The farmers of thu
Northwest ought not to be content to grow
poor stock and throw it off into the pens of
South st. Paul, while they forward the higher
grades to Chicago. The time is coming when
South ST. Paul will be a creditable live stock
market and every Northwestern farmer ought
to take it upon himself to do his utmost to ex-
alt the quality that is offered.
SOUTH ST. PAUL HORSE MARKET.
George W. Wentworth & Co, South St.
Paul horse exchange, report a somewhat lin
tied trade during the past week. The prss-
| ent is somewhat of a waiting period. The
logging camps are a little slow this year In
| calling for supplies of animals. But this
demand is expected little later on. There
| has been a good local demand for horses.
and prices for all classes have been quite
| well maintained. Following are sample sales:
| One pair of extra heavy drafters $3.50 s375
! One pair chunks, $500, seven years old 225
Five general purpose horses. ...... 35)
| One driver, weighing 1,100; six years DID,. 49,
A0H "0SIoIA HOlsSS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5uJ
THE CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.
The following is what the Breeders Ga
zette has to say in regard to the live stock
market in that city for the past week:
The receipts for last week were about the
same as for the preceding sven days, snd
1000 less than year ago. The market re-
manned quite strong on all choice cattle but
the common sorts showed some weakness.
Although Mondays run was somewhat light
er than week ago, the market dropped To-
ward the close about 1Od15c, with a dull d.
mand. Some 1 156 to 1586-lb fancy stock
brought $5.7O05.SO but the bulk of corn
feds went around $5.15G5.4O. The weakness
was also marked Tuesday, when a further
decline of 10c was suffered, although receipts
| were lessened at all markets.
The receipts for the first half CT the week
foot up about 42,125 head, against 1852 for
the same portion of last week and Il $50 fer
the corresponding time last year. The
ruling features of the market were much
the same Saturday as en- previous days
of the week While the comparatively few
lots of strictly choice, we'll matured cattle
were readily taken at steady Tr-ces, the gen
eral run moved off rather slowly at Mondays
loo decline There was good st-c,e. and
feeder trade, few inferior lots selling d5wl
to $3G3. 70, but good, weII-seecte1 steers
sold satisfactorily.
Good Market fer Cur Products.
China has at least 400 600. 600 inhabitants
against Egypt's less than 10 0CO,00O Britain
found the Egyptian fe.lsh tilier of the soil
and has not yet been able to convert him
into aUght else. Nor is It likely that any
notable metamcrphosis lies in the Egyptian
future, for Egypt is a country without coal,
without iron. and with but enc grea, river.
At best it can but resume its old place
the granary of nations. 1t will export
food, fruit and cot.on and will import man
ufactures for all time to come. 1t is far
otherwise in China. It's people are as apt
to learn in mechanics as they are careful
in agriculture. Its soil is ntersected by nu-
INCONSISTENCIES innumerable navig2ble
streams Its contour is peculiarly favorable
to the cheap construction of railways; the
country is full Of iron and coal. Its agricu.-
tural products comprise those of the arctic
temperate and torrid zCnes. Its 400 900 900
people now spend very little more than half
a dollar each on such goods as are neces-
saries of European or American life Strong
as the manufacturing and commercial in
stinct of the people of China is their manu-
features and commerce are but in an in
fantile stage Ten years of free intercourse
with America not to speak of equally free
intercourse with Britain, Germany ard
France, would quadruple the Chinese pur-
chase of machinery wcolen and cotton goods,
farm implements and iron and steel; 81 co.,
0O0,CC0 year is not an extravagant estimate
years of peaceful xploitation.-Chjcago Inter
Ocean.
The Baltimore d Ohio.
Last week saw the completion of big
railroad deal, which is OF far-reaching i'm
portance. The combination Of the Baltimore