The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-22


during which time the breed r has had to
keep sort of nursery for his young stock,
with little promise of reward when he
comes to sell, and now is his opportunity,
and quite properly he takes advantage of it.
The following are some of the representa-
tive sales of Brown & Dickey:
W.T.. Price.
Two bay mares $50 $2!5
One sOrrel mare ......................1 $50 ITO
One sorrel mare .....................1e5 175
Une roam roar mare So9 a99
Two Day mares ........................Z,o VJ ~
One brown horse .1,5oO 130
One plug ........ Observation-Disclosures. ,5
one gray morse ....................'..i oo0 70
Two sorrel drivers ...................1,S00 135
Ohe gray mare .............. ....l'4oo loo
HORSE SENSE AND HONESTY
There have come many benefits IN addi-
ton to the handsome profits accrung from
the sale of horses in the Chicago market to
foreign buyers. 1t must be confessed that
these acute gentlemen have taught our deal
ers lessons that cannot but prove beneficial
The horses they select must be absolutely
sound, for on the other side of the water
| they have to stand critical veterinary inspec-
ton, and the buyer on this side therefore Is
necessarily we'll qualified both as Judge of
| points and adaptab lily for required purposes
! and as a critical analyst of the various
points constituting soundness. Prior to the
advent of the foreign buyer small blemishes
and even unsounGness were liable to go I'M
noticed, but times have changed and more
attention Is being paid to not only bad con-
format.o on, but also to things that are
called by their proper names. coarse
hock" no longer passes as an excuse for a
SPAWN, Cur strong pesterns' for ringbones,
and, in short, all concerned in the business
of selling and buying horses at the yards have
had an admirable example set them by the
foreign buyers, the result being that clay"
examinations now much more. careful and
practical than heretofore. The Wholesale re-
| lection of unsound horses must eventually
| tend to improve the class of animals offered
for sale by making Improbable the fool sh
practice of breeding unsound mares upon the
farms of the country.-Breeders Gazette.
ST. PAUL PRODUCE.
! The produce market has been fairly active
and characterized by frmness, especially in
| butter, which, while not showing any ten
| dency towards leaps and bounds, has MAIN
tanned very good, substantial Level. The
receipts have not been large. especially those
representing higher grades. The trade has
| been local than general. The demand
| for shipment has not been heavy, and the
| storage accounts have been largely drawn
| upon to meet the demand even for local en-
! sumption. The farmer is just now very
| busy in the harvesting Of his crops, and
| he does not think SO much about butter as
! he will be inclined to think of 1t little
| later on. Eggs have been little off in
price, with a lighter demand. This is not
| hens will get at their fall work, and prob
| ably make a good market and higher quota
| tons.
The fruit trade met with a severe loss
during the past week in the death OF M.
| Robertson, who was the leading source of
! information in this Northwestern country.
| Capt. Robertson represented the firm OF
PRESLEY & Co. His death was unexpected,
and to SO marked degree that the line on
! which he vii no otad To
question of much sober consideration.
The fruit market has been active with
extraordinary low prices, but when 1t comes
| to the matter Of apples for the fall trade
| somebody must pay for all he gets. There is
no doubt that fall apples are going to be
/ scarce. Potatoes are abundant Prices are
low There is no indication whatever that
there will be any particular structure upon
| the supply, and the prices are Likely to re-
main only fairly nominal.
THE CARRIAGE OF APPLES.
Prof. Robertson, commissioner for Can
ada of agriculture and dairying has sent the
following letter to the several steamship
companies sailing from Montreal and Hall
| fax:
Last season a lot of early varieties of
| apples were shipped from Western Ontario
| to Great Britain. About one-half of the
| quantity was forwarded in cold storage and
| the Ieuldluuer were sent as ordinary cargo.
| Those sent in cold storage were reported to
| have arrived all In good condition, and to
| nave been sold at an average price of g
| shillings per barrel Those sent as ordinary
| cargo were reported to have been sold at
| an average price of shillings per barrel
| and 63 per cent were reported to have heen
landed IN wet or SLACK condition. For
| the safe carriage of early varieties of apples
1t seems necessary that they should be car
ried at temperature at or below 40 degrees
| F3hr.
On examining the returns from twenty-nine
cargoes of apples last year l find that the
same varieties of apples were sold at she
same time at prices showing as much as
shillings and pence per barrel of differ
ence between the apples which were landed
! in good condition and the apples which were
| reported as being landed in wet or
slack condition. For the safe carriage of
late fall and winter apples 1t seems desirable
| that they should be so carried that they NAV
| be thoroughly ventilated, so that the heat
produced by the fruit itself will be carried
| OF.
| When apples or other fruits are kept at a.
temperature above 40 degrees Fair, they
! continue to ripen or go towards decay. That
process generates heat The increased tenn
| ripen still faster. For the carriage of ap-
| pies by your line could You arrange to have
the hold or holds for apples thoroughly ven
tilatsd by an air duct. leading to the bottom
| of the hold and by the use Of an electric
! fan or fans to suck the warm air from tia
top?. During any particularly warm weather
|
be used only during the evenings or nights
| when the air was cool. Our department is
calling the attention of growers and shippers
| of apples to the desirabiity of packing the
| fruit in barrels or boxes so constructed as
to permit Of ventilation through each barrel
or box. and packed tight enough to hold each
! fruit firmly in place.-Toronto Mail and
| Empire.
| FRUIT CROP LOSSES AND GAINS.
| An official of the Pacific railroad which
| does the largest business in carrying fresh
| fruits from California to the markets east of
| that state estimates the total shipments for
this year at 1000 car loads. against $500 last
season. The large decrease is expected to be
almost wholly In pears, peaches and apricots.
If there were NO important Offset to such
coast the difference would be keeniy felt In
| the great centers OF population in the Eastern
| and central parts of the country, but such
| changes In one district are nearly always
neutralized to a great extent, in the United
ohe general yield Of fruit in the vast area
| between the Rocky mountains and the Attain
tic will be much better than 1t was last YEAR,
| mept Is very notable.
The Georgia peach crop, for Instance. is
the result Of an Infant Industry" It was
| never large enough to have any commercial
| Importance until within the last few years
but this season the peaches Of Georgia are
expected to sell for not less than $4,000 900
That means an enormous quantity OF fruit
and the quality Is as remarkable as the bulk
of the crop. In many other sections fruit Il
more abundant than II was ii 1897 and the
falling off in California will be felt more By
Rocky houritains
This Is too big country to have general