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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Weekly Cotton Statement

New Orleans, September 16.-Secretary Hesters weekly New Orleans cotton ex- change statement issued before the close of business today shows a decrease in the movement into sight compared with the seven days ending this date last year in round figures 73.00O, a decrease under the same days year before last of 33,000, and an increase over the same time in 1907 of 44,00O.
 The amount brought Into sight the past week has been 2l5,27S bales, against 2SS, ,290 for the seven days ending this dAte last year, 24S,502 year before last and 171,572 same time in 1907; and, for the 16 days of the season it has been 3S1, ,26O, against 52O.64O last year, 453,177 year before last and 321 ,507 same time in 1907.
 The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports 292,- 973, against 3S3.195 last year, 32327O year before last and 1S0,907 same time in 1907 Overland across the Mississippi Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 37l3, against 2526 last year, 97S1 year before last and GOAL same time in 1907; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 22574. against 5O,06O last year, 4S,- 694 year before last and 32,19O same time in 1907; southern mills takings 62,0O0, against s4,s59 last year, T ,432 year before last and 102,969 same time in 1907.
 Foreign exports for tine season have been 13a,s75, against 13S,39O last year.. The total takngs Of American mills, north, south and Canada thus far for the sea son have been 134290, against 11SS2S last year. These include 70,574 by northern spinners, against 33,522.
 Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty nine leading southern interior centers have increased during the week 11377 bales, against an increase during the cor responding period last season of 194 2a2, and are now 1s5,269 less than at this date in 1909.
 Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop, the supply to date is 62s,22 against 772956 for the same period last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Flour md Feedstufrs

Corrected by Tennessee Mill Col Nellie King flour, per barrel, s5.5o. Bolted meal, per 90-lb. sack, s1.s0. No. corn, per bushel, S5c. Pure wheat shorts, s30.
 Pure wheat bran, S2S. Io0-lb. 2. s. hulls. per ton. SIS. Prime c. S. meal. per ton. s29 c. S. feed meal. per ton. s2G No. timothy hay, per ton, s22 Mixed alfalfa and Johnson gras, sl7. Green alfalfa. s23
 Corn chops. per S0-lb. sack, s1.55. Flour in wood. 15c higher. White oats, sec.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Naval Stores

Savannah, September 16.-Sprits tur- pentine firm, 73474c; sales, AS; receipts, S91 shipments, 954; stocks, Is. 6S2
 Resin, firm; sales. 2353; receipts, 2s24; shipments, I'll; stocks, 722S4. Quote: B, s6. .071aG6. 25 c, s6.171a16. .25; D, s6.171h1s 25; E, s6.25; F. s6.25G6 .321a; c. s6.35616. .371s 1; H, s6. 40G6. .45 I. s6. 45@6. 50; K. s6. 50a6. 60; M, SC. 65@6. 75; N, s6.S0Q7 20: window glass, S6. 9Old7 .2O water white, s717. 20
 Charleston, September 16.-Turpentine and rosin unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
 Kansas City Grain

Kansas City September 16.-Wheat, December, 97%@971hc; May, 91ssc. Corn, December. 5OS4@5O%c; May, 541sc. Cash wheat unchanged to 1c higher No. ? hard, 96c@$1011a; No. red, s1. Corn un- changed to 1ac higher to 1@1Hc lower; No. ? mixed, 56c; No white, 571aG5Sc. Oats unchanged; No. 2 white, 35a351ac No. mixed, 32633c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
New York Money

New York, September 16.-Money on
 all, easy; 1A@2 per cent; ruling rate,
 Fh per cent; closing bid and offered at k per cent time loans, firm 60 days, $40 per cent; 90 days, 404A per cent; six
 honths, 41s@4A per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper, 51a@6 per cent; |terling exchange, steady, with actual business in bankers bills at $4 83 .659 |. .S3. .75; eo-day bills at $4.s6.25 for demand; ; |ommercial bills, $4.S31s@4 .S3ss; bar sill
 Ter, 531sc; Mexican dollars, 44c; govern hent bonds, steady; railroad bonds, easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Cotton Seed Oil

New York. September 16-Cotton seed oil was firm and higher on covering of some of the larger shorts, new out side speculative buying, strength of crude markets and bull support. Sales, II, ,6OO barrels. Closing prices were to s points net higher. September, 1928 C @10.29c; October, 9.05@9.06c; Novem- Der, 7.s3@ 7.S4c; December. 7.4S@7oOc; January, 7.46@7.47c; prime crude oil, October, 6.93c; prime summer yellow, 10.25@ 10.40c; prime winter yellow, TO- 35 @12c; prime summer white, 1885 O 12c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17

New Orleans, September 16.-Spot cot ton steady, 1sc up. Sales on the spot, 400 bales: to arrive 1900. Low ordinary, 10 1-16c nominal: ordinary, 107sc nominal; good ordinary, 12 5-16c: strict good ordi- nary, 12 11-16c; low middling, 13c; strict low middling 1SAc; middling, 13l2c; strict middling. 13ssc; good middling, 1s%c; strict good middling, 1S 15-16c; mid ding fair, IA 3-16c middling fair to fair, II 9-16c; fair. IA 15-16c nominal. Receipts, a1O. stock 1b.05O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Americans At Shanghai

Shanghai September 16.-The rep resentatives of several chambers of commerce on the Pacific coast who are touring the east in the interests of trade arrived here today. The visitors were cordially received officially and by the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17

200, against 1,2OO last year. Local mer- chants reported no change in their firm offerings from Brazil. The market for spot coffee was steady; Rio, IS 71sd; Santos, As 115sd; mild coffee quiet; Cor doya, 11A@13Ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Taking of American Cotton

New Orleans, September 16.-Secretary Hester gives the taking of American cotton by spinners throughout the world as follows, in round numbers: .
 This week 152,OO0, this year against 1000 last yea1y 114,0O0 year before last.
 Total since September 1, this year S32.- GOO, against 42,00O last year. and 314,000 the year before.
 Of this northern spinners and Canada took 71,000 bales this year. against 34,- 900 last year. and 4s,000 the year before; southern spinners 64000, against 5000 last year anod 72.O00 the year before; and foreign spinners 197,0OO against 29S,OoO last year, and s194,OO0 the year before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
w..L,v Intcr,or cotton Towu.

Albany: Receipts 1904; shipments. 174l; stock, 592.
 Athens Receipts, 145; shipments. s5S; stock, 1S1.
 Atlanta: Nominal; middling, 13Ac; re- ceipts, POS: shipments, 50; stock, 200.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, September 16-Wheat fu- lures higher; September. 97Hc; Decem- Der, s1.0O9s; May sl.O61s. Corn futures lower; December. 521sc; May 55ssc. Oats futures higher; December, 335sc; May, 3elkc Wheat cash, strong; track No. 2 red 971scQ$04; No. hard, 9Sc@s1 05. Corn. cash, steady; track No. ?. 55c; No white, 5Sc. Oats. cash, firm; track, No g. 32a321ac: No. white 35c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
SURETY BONDS
BROS. & co.

York Cotton Ex- Ange, New York Coffee Exchange, Orleans Cotton Exchange, Chicago krd of Trade. Associate Members
 srpool Cotton Assoeiation,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Coffee Market

New York September 16.-Market for coffee futures, opened weak. at a de- cline of 15 to 30 points under heavy real izing and European selling, which was believed to be in the hope of d further re- action. The French cables were lower than due, but the Brazilian markets made a very firm showing, receipts at the Brazilian ports showed little increase over, the recent average and early of ferings were well absorbed by fresh buy CTS and covering of shorts. Prices, in fact, worked tip from the lowest during the middle session, but the selling became very heavy after midday, although there was apparently nothing fresh in the news and the market broke very sharply in the last hour, with the close weak at a net decline of 15 to AT points, near months being relatively steady. Sales. 15S, 25O bags. September October and Novem- Der, S.50c; December, January, February and March, 8 S.55c; April. S.56c; May, S.6Oc; June, s.6lc; July, s.64c; August. S.65c.
 Havre opened a4f higher but lost ground during the day. closing net AQ1af higher. Hamburg closed 14@hp lower. Rio, 50 reis higher at 5sx575; Santos firm, Is 50 reis higher at 5sx150; As 100 reis higher at 5sxeOO Brazilian exchange on London, 1-l6d lower at 1SAd. Receipts at the two Brazilian ports were 9s,0OO bags. against iO5C0O last year. Jundahy receipts, 64,-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Fruits and Produce

Corrected by Douglas B-os Apples-Fancy red A A5095. Oranges, California, s4.75. Pineapples, s2.7
 Lemons-Fancy, s6.5oQ7. Limes-Imported, per 100, 75cGsi. Irish Potatoes-New stock. per busheL s0c@H.
 Cabbage-Virginia, 11zc. Onions-Red Globe, 215c ID. Navy Beans-Choice Michigan, per bu.. s3.25.
 Lima Beans-Per lb. 6c. Peas Virginia blaeh,sye. per bu., 8. 50. Spanish onions, per crate. l.B. Celery-Fancy, per crate, S.75; per dozen. 75c.
 Watermelons-Each. 15G25c. Cantaioupes-S2Q2.5o 50 per crate. Sweet Potatoes-Per barrel, g 756s. Pears-Bartlett, per crate. ss.5o: cook. ing. per bhl., s2.6o.
 Peaches--California, per crate, SIPS. Plums-California, per crate. s2. Grapes-California s2.7 crate; Concord, her basket, 20c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Poultry and EEgs

fCorrected by Garrett G Hine) Hens-Medium, 4oQS0c: live, per lh. 146I15c smalIs 10d12lhc; per h.. 22ls@25c. Ducks, 25930c; guineas. BOG; roosters, 3oc. Ergs-Fresh candled. 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Metal Market

New York, September 16.-Standard
 |opper dull. Spot, September, October
 November and December, $12.05@12.15
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Cotton Receipts

New York, September 16.-The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September l:
 Galveston, 216.903: New Orleans. 546O; Mobile, 3O97: Savannah, 56.S26; Charleston, 30S2; Wilmington, 2739; Norfolk, 134S; Bal timore, 25s; New York, 200; Boston, 4o2; San Francisco, HOO; Brunswick 1000; Port Townsend, 200; Jacksonville, 2oo0; total, 2e3 535 bales. a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
Interior Movement

Houston: Steady; middlng, 131ac; net receipts, 1S,312; gross receipts. 1S,3l2; ship ments, 1e,593; sales, 4469; stock, 8,275.
 Augusta: Firm, middling, 13 1-16c; net receipts. 1o7O: gross receipts 1079; ship ments. 64s: sales, 116O stock, 4161. A
 Memphis: Steady; middling. 1S 5-1ec, net receipts 12 gross receipts. S6; ship ments, 146; sales. 25; stock, 4534
 St. Louis Quiet; middling, 13ssc; net receipts, 5; gross receipts, g. shipments, 5; sales, 22; stock, 5o7. A
 Cincinnati: Stock, 6126 s~
 Iouisville Firm; middling. 1S5sc; net receipts, 20; gross receipts, 20; shipments, 20; sales, 5.
 Little Rock: Quiet; middling, 12sc.
 Total today-Net receipts, 19,419; gross receipts. 1e,sO2: shipments, 17.416; sales. 56s1 stock, 55,s07.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17
New York Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Movement

Galveston: Steady; middling. 13ssc, net receipts. g, ,S70 gross receipts, 2S.S70; sales. 3107; stock, 54049; exports to France, 1S,- 531 to continent. 21,ss9; coastwse, 5O5i.
 New Orleans: Steady middling, 131sc; net receipts, 970; gross receipts, 97O; sales, 20d0; stock, 15,O5o
 Mobile: Firm: middllng, 13 1-16c; net receipts 1855: gross receipts, 1S5; sales, 250: stock, 3759: exports coastwise. 354.
 Savannah: Steady; middling, 13 5-16c; net receipts. 7497; gross receipts 749l; sales, 4743; stock, 27,173; exports to conti- nent, 3465; coastwise, S26l.
 Charleston: Quiet middling, 1Sl4c; net receipts, TAB; gross receipts, 143; stock, 2775; exports coastwise, 150.
 Wilmington Quiet; middling, 1SAc; net receipts 65S; gross receipts, 65S; sales, 3S: stock, 2759.
 Norfolk: Steady; middling, 13Ac; net receipts, 219; gross receipts, 2ls; sales, 7. stock. 1041; exports coastwise. 6S.
 Baltimore: Nominal; middling. 14c; net receipts, 179; gross receipts 179; stock G91; exports to continent, 3755.
 New York: Quiet; middling, 13.90c; gross receipts. 15l5; sales, 742 stock, So,- S15; exports coastwise 742
 Boston: Quiet; middling, 13.soc; gross receipts, 2137; stock, 1745.
 Philadelphia: Quiet; middllng, 1+15c; gross receipts, 5S; stock, SIS.
 Brunswick: Net receipts, 1000; gross receints 1000: stock, 2O3s. H
 Jacksonville: Net receipts, %; gross receipts, 25; exports coastwise 25. A
 Total today at all ports-Net receipts 34,S46; exports to France, 1s.5S1; to con- tinent. 2e2oe stock, 191, All.
 Consolidated at all ports-Net receipts. 1S9 s29; exports to Great Britain. 55,6s9; to France, 19,O5s; to continent 63,s2s; to Japan, 400.
 Total since September 1 at all ports Net receipts, 2s3 535 exports to Great Britain, s61S7 to France, 33,44S; to conti- nent, 114,46l; to Japan. 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-17

New Orleans Cotton Futures.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
Report to the State by County Horti- cultural Commissioner ". E. WiLsie on History and Present Prospects of Horticulture in Imperial Valley, Presented January, 1910.

the overflow of the Colorado River causing great Encouragement among the people, the weeds received very little attention and seed was scatter ed from one farm to another and from one field to another and to the public highways, along the canal banks and few farmers made any effort to keep them down.
 HORTICULTURAL COMMISSION
 Imperial County was organized in August, 1907. The break in the Colo rado River having been permanent ly closed in February of that year, confidence was being restored and the acreage of trees and vines had been considerably increased that spring.
 Soon after the organization of the County, the Board of Supervisors ap- pointed a Horticultural Commission. The first work of the Board was to see that the County was protected from insect pests and diseases that were prevailing in other parts of the country.
 Quarantine was placed on stock from infected districts. An ordinance was drawn and passed prohibiting the introduction of trees, vines, scions, boxes, ladders, etc. without inspec- tion also made it unlawful to i'm port vines, citrus trees, sciops. buds, etc, from north of the north line of San Bernardino, Kern and San Luis Obispo counties to prevent the intro duction of White Fly oF Phylloxera from that section; also from Florida or Louisiana.
 The Board found, on examination. that oranges and lemons were being
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

lutely demand a guarantee with ev- cry pound of seed shipped into the County.
 PARASITES
 Since January first, four colonies oL parasites for the cabbage or alfalfa worm have been received and liber. ated in cabbage patches and alfalfa fields, and a consignment of para sited pupa to be liberated when para sites are matched and developed,
 ALFALFA LEAF WEEvIL
 During the latter part of the year information was brought from Utah that an insect called the alfalfa leaf weevil was doing a considerable amount of damage to alfalfa in that state. I immediately took steps tc investigate the report and stopped shipments of alfalfa seed from com ing into the county from the state of Utah.
 Prof. F. G. Titus, of Logan, Utah has this to say about the weeviL Al a date not many years hence, the al falfa leaf weevil will be one of the worst pests in the United States.
 "The weevil was brought iron Southern Europe, where, for man! years, it has been a serious pest. w cannot possibly eliminate it. The bes we can do is to check it. We have estimated that in Salt Lake county this year, it has done three hundred thousand dollars damage.
 The modern means of transporta' tion, including trains and steamships
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

will add to it's distribution to all parts of the country, as from three to five weeks during the summer that 1t has wings and can fly, It is now confined to Salt Lake county and a part of an adjoining county"
 IMPERIAL COUNTY BUGS (NATIVE)
 Imperial County, being a region by itself and different in many ways from the mountain and coast valleys, it seems possible that the insect life found here may be different from that found in other regions of the State, and that we may have here insects
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

and stop the introduction An order has been made that all grain and seed brought into the county shall pass through the hands of one of the Board, or an inspector and if found to con tain noxious weed seed, it shall bo shipped out of the county.
 We have in mind the testing of ali seed so far as we deem necessary for germinating power as means of education to the farmers, looking to- ward the time when they can abso-
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

The water crossed the Internation- al line and entered the Imperial Val ley on June 15, 1901.
 During that summer and fall, a few crops of sorghum and millet and a few watermelons and cantaloupes were raised.
 In the winter of 1901-2 the first bar ley and wheat were sowed. The crop was cut for hay and and went from one to three tons per acre.
 A number of hundred acres were seeded to alfalfa It was a failure
 During the summer of 1902, large acreage was sown to sorghum and Kaffir corn, Milo maize and Egyptian corn and millet.
 A little cotton was raised during the summer and pronounced by gov ernment experts to be excellent.
 The winter of 19O2-S, a crop of bar ley and wheat was raised by flooding the fields that had crops the pre- vious year, and many thousand acres were newly sown. The wheat was a good crop but the following spring all was struck by rust and no wheat has been sown since
 Large acreages were again seeded to alfalfa and all did well, marking the beginning of the dairy business in the valley.
 STOCK
 In the fall of 1902, the first stock cattle and the first hogs for fatten- ing were shipped into the valley. The first dairy COWS came in during that winter and the first creamery was .fo, Sheep came in during the Starteus year 1905.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
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grown. It will be planted to barley this winter and we hope to kill it next summer.
 The Johnson grass problem seemed very serious, but we found that 1t comes in other seed rather than the water, relieving us of our worst fear, but making it imperative that we plant only pure seed.
 Johnson grass, being one of the jointed root plants, can be killed only by close and constant cultivation, which makes it very serious pest, for the farmer is so liable to let it go some time during the season and undo all he has accomplished up to that time.
 Having worked with Johnson grass i for two years and seeing how hard it is to get the farmer to attend to it, the Board has adopted the follow ing plan: Having decided it will take eighteen months to get rid of the seed stock roots and be able to kall it, we place thirty-six cards in the hands of the farmer who has Johnson grass, and authorize him to cut the Johnson grass twice month on stat ed days, and send one of these cards into the office the same day, stating that it was cut on that day. The Of- flee will enter this in a book kept ha c,io and return it to him as a receipt that he has done his duty to date. If he fails to send in the card, man is sent out at his expense; if he re- ports affirmatively when he has not cut it, the Commissioner then exter- inmates it at the farmers expense. This system will be used for other weeds as well.
 During the Johnson grass investi- gations of the summer of 1909, the Board was impressed with the rapid increase of other weeds, and in July the following weeds were placed on the noxious list: dodder, wild sun flower, cookie burr and wild aspara- gus.
 In September the county was di- vided into six Horticultural Districts and a Weed Inspector appointed in each district, whose duty it was to see that the weeds in his district were cleaned up and burned The Board of Supervisors were asked, as matter of policy, to clean the weeds in the County Highways, which they agreed to do. The water companies
 were notified to clean their rights of
 way, as were the railroad companies.
 All took hold of the work and did the
 best they could for the short time they
 had this fall and will easily pick up . the work as the weeds begin to grow e in the spring.
 ! INSECT PESTS The insects found doing damage in f the county are the aphis, alfalfa and
 cabbage worm, leaf hopper, thripps, S cut worm, squash bug, date scale and a rose scale.
 8 During some seasons, the melon o aphis, (Gossypi) have done consider n able damage Last season an at h tempt was made to ship in quan-
 tity of the common lady bugs, but
 1t was found to be too late and only e a small quantity was shipped. Lady
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

acre; cottonwood, 1-2 acres; chestnut, 3; gum, 1O5 acres; grape fruit. SS9
 GRAND TOTAL 1908 49,916 fruit and nut trees. 5,615 ornamental and shade
 1O9 1-2 acres eucalyptus (includ-
 ing all individual trees).
 100 acres peanuts. 155 acres asparagus.
 acres tomatoes.
 9332 berry vines.
 2O74 acres grapes.
 225S cotton plants.
 NURSERY 16S,425 trees.
 611,700 gum, ornamental and shade
 trees.
 The horticultural statistics for the next year are as follows
 NURSERY 1909
 Orange, 257OOO; grapes, 127,2OO date palm, 19625; eucalyptus, 9S,55O; pomegranate, 75; lemons, 50; wal nut, 300; fig, 275; elm, 2,OOO; fan leaf palm. $500; pepper, 57OO; ash, 500; peach, 10000.
 TREES AND VINES 1909. Orange, 171S5; lemons, 1,S49; ap- ricots, 29,962; peach, 2,73O; pear, S749; cherry, IA; figs, 3662 pomelo, 59 apple, LILA; olive, 1894; plum, 949 prune, 391; quince, POI; pomegranate, 54S; persimmon, 10; kumquot, 2; juju, i; guava, 16; tangerine, IA; nectar inc 67; crab apple, IT. banana, IS; grapes, 2,212 acres; blackberries, 9914; dewberries, 3O02; strawberries, 3; 935; 40; raspberry, 20; aspar- agus, 167 1-2 acres; walnuts, 75; al monds, 1,242; oceans, ?; cactus, 1855; cotton 736 acres; rubber trees, 4; date palms, 6975; fan leaf palm, 3,64S; ash, 6,977; ornamental and shade, 56,415; IT; locust, 1,239; grape fruit, 425; chestnut, 3; loquot, ,; cot 5 1-2 acres; Burbank's phe- nominal berry, 2; eucalyptus 300 acres
 GRAND TOTAL, 1909 84,16S fruit and nut trees. 6S,4859 ornamental and shade trees, 300 acres eucalyptus Cncludtng in-
 cluding individual trees),
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
Trees, Plants, Weeds and Bugs

that may prove injurious that in other locations do not, and vice versa. It seemed best that that we know as soon as possible what insects we had. With that end in view, the Board of Horticulture asked an appropriation from the Supervisors of $100.OO to offer in prizes for the best collection of Imperial county insects collected be-
 fore December 1st, 1910. The Su-
 pervisors did not see fit to grant the request, so the Board of Horticulture