Evening journal., 1902-08-07
MARKET OVERLOOKING
WITH FARM PRODUCTS
Growers Report a Most Successful
Season Many Jersey Farmers
Here


the local market If the products con-
tinue to come in such large quanti-
ties. Already It Is full and better
stocked than il has been for long
time Farmers report better growth
and fuller crops than they ever en-
joyed before
While everything is so plentiful,
however, nothing seems to be selling at
low rates. On the contrary, the pro
ducts are bringing good prices. Will
liam Clay, a thrifty farmer of Christi
ana hundred, said yesterday:
"All my crops and truck patches are
doing we'll, and growing better than
ever saw them before. | do not raise
such a great variety of goods, but II
make out very well. ] raise mostly
corn. and have an excellent crop this
season. It is bringing a fair price fif-
teen cents a dozen. l cannot recall the
time when the market was so full of
products. There have been years when
there would be an overflow in some one
line, but this season everything is
plentiful"
New Jersey farmers continue to
throw large quantities Of fruits and
vegetables into the local market They
do not seem to care what price they
get for them, and are perfectly satis-
fed as long as they dispose of their
wares. This kind of selling hurts the
Delaware farmers. who have not been
so prosperous, and who have to ask a
larger price for their goods in order
to make any profit at all.
James II. Little. of Mill Creek hun
ored. during a conversation on farm
ing and the crops, said yesterday: I'VE
have a great market this year. OF
course the unfavorable conditions of
the weather during the early spring
spoiled hay, and also the late crop OF
wheat. but did not affect anything
else. lust now corn and peaches are
the only things on the market. That
is, we sell more of these two articles
than any other product. l grow ap-
pies and pears, and my apple trees are
loaded down with the fruit The pear
trees also are covered and give prom
ise OF a big crop. All the farmers are
now hoping the weather will continue
i, favorable, and not spoil anything. AL
products are bringing good prices, bui
there may be a change If the jersey
truckers continue to put their goods
on the local market. Every day they
/ come over in large numbers, and every
/, one of them has a boat loaded witt
I fruits and vegetables. Tomatoes are
coming in in large quantities, and are
\ cheap. These New Jersey truckers dc
not care what they get for their goods
/ and. of course. we have to arrange olu
! prices according to theirs"
s Grams and Grasses
Corn is in fine condition in all dis
ftsfg laurs re.f
7 change for the better since the rains
Farmers are speaking with assurance
j Of large crop, but it is yet too early
for positive statements, although fO
i the section at large the prospects coult
7 not be brighter than at present. TIT
4 fields were quite clean until recently
r the rains having put the soil in fin'
d growth of grass and weeds, and SOM
! late corn may be slightly injured if al
! lowed to get foul. The early fields ar,
G generally in silk and tassel, and th
. forward crop is beginning to shov
T well-hlled ears. The reports for tn
@ current week indicate that the last o
the wheat crop has been saved. Thresh
ing continues. and the yields are mucl
as heretofore reported-gOod for tn
amount of straw, but below averag
considering the acreage. Fall plowinl
\ for the coming wheat crop has mad
J considerable advance during the week
the rains having put the soil in finl
condition. Barley is now all cut anl
shocked Buckwheat has made gool
growth during the week, and looks wei
in all districts.
Timothy harvest is nearly finished
The cloudy and showery weather ha
interfered somewhat with the work
but practically all that has been Gu
, has been nicely cured. without loss
The yields in the west have been bet
ter than expected, about three-fourthi
of full crop having been made il
many places. Pastures are now fresl
and green. and of good growth
throughout the section. In some of thi
upper counties the prospects Of a crOl
b of clover for seed is becoming brighter
Some crimson clover is still being sown
] and the earlier part of the crop is nov
/ well up Much millet and Hungarian
grass are also being put in to helpmak,
r up the shortage in the ordinary IA,
b crop.
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