The record-union., 1899-09-18

prices must rule much lower. In many
sections of the North and East grow
ers are asking from $1.75 to 81 pei
barrel on the tree, and in consequence
fewer orchards have been bought up
than in previous years. Some of the
largest operators have recalled their
buyers, and say they will buy their
supply as needed in the open market
rather than buy orchards at the pre-
vailing high prices, which will be al
most certain to result in a loss. I'm
less growers soon come to a lower hg-
ure the probability is that more fruit
will be handled on commission this sea-
son than for some years. Very few
merchants are willing to pay more than
81 for prime fruit and we hear of some
fine orchards in New York that
have been secured at that fig-
ure, yet the unusual condl-
tion of the market last year is
still fresh in the memory of growers,
and their ideas are far above what the
present conditions warrant. AS to the
crop, Novia Scotia and Canada have a
large yield of fine fruit, and will to q
large extent supply Europe From this
side of the line New York will supply
most of the export trade, though New
England Virginia and Pennsylvania
will send some fruit abroad. Later re-
ports indicate that the Western crop
is larger than at first supposed, but
very little of it will do for export, and
the fancy trade will come East for its
supply. All sections have a large yield
of the ordinary varieties which Will
come to market in large quantities, ana
as they keep fairly we'll until Christ
mas, prices must necessarily rule low
until they are out of the market. The
prospect of a large supply of other fruit
will prevent any such high prices as
were realized last year California
promises a crop of oranges double that
of last year. and it is not probable that
there will be another February freeze
next year to keep out the competition
of Florida small fruits and vegetables
To sum up, we should say that the
present season is one for the apple
buyer to exercise great caution, for at
present prices we can see no profit ex-
cept for the grower
PIGS AND MONEY.
Rural Californian: 1t has been aptly
said, for big money, breed horses; for
sure money, breed cattle; for quick
money, breed hogs Let us illustrate:
A Berkshire brood SOW should farrow
two litters of pigs a. year of seven pigs
each. These fourteen pigs should weigh
at ten months 800 pounds each or, say,
in round figures, a total of 1000 pounds
Deducting % per cent, we have a net
sand pounds of pork at cents a pound
Cess than the market price, is 500.
CLOVER SEED.
Rural Californian: At the Alabama
Experiment Station two plats were
sowed with inocculated clover seed, and
two were sown with seed not inoc-
culated. The average yield of the in
oculated plats was 14,039 pounds of
green forage per acre, and of the un-
inoculated plats 2,293 pounds per acre;
six times as great upon the plats where
the seed was inoculated. The seed
was inoculated by moistening it with
water to which two teaspoonfuls of
similar experiment was tried with the
clover nitrogen had been added. A
seed of the hairy vetch, the seed in
one case DelHS ulppeQ IutO WdlSI III
which had been stirred earth from
spot where vetch had been previously
grown. The plants from the inoculated
seed yielded at the rate of 2,545 pounds
of cured hay per acre. while the unin-
oeulated would yield at the rate of only
232 pounds. The inoculated plants had
large clusters of tubercles in the roots,
while the others had none.
SCIENCE IN BREEDING.
Coleman's World: Indiscriminate
crossing is the bane of stock breeding.
1t has taken centuries of careful, scien-
tific work by the wisest breeders to
produce the racer and the ideal draft
horse. Any ignoramus can undo this
work in a single season. Do not breed
draft mares to light horses with the
idea of improving the type. Such
practice is a waste of time and money.
Always aim to produce constitutional