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Evening star., 1954-12-05
Life in the Country
Project Work Takes Longer on Farm
Because Of Other Must Tusks
By James Birchfield :

and one end of the barn, and a
fenced runway will lead to the
loading platform and the yard
end of the barn.
With this arrangement I will
be able to sort my cattle in the
barn lot and then shunt them
out to a waiting truck in the
yard.
Somehow, though. all this
seems like going to a lot trouble
to load just one COW.
y II
Our geese are the only ones
enjoying the pond just now. 1t
lacks a lot of being full. but
there is enough water for the
geese to enjoy. .
When they are not out on the
bank eating the new grass that
we seeded this fall, they play in
the water. In the last few days
they have learned to dive, and
have a great time seeing how
long they can stay under water.
!. + ~ \ \
One of the bantams likes to
perch on my shoulder while I
am milking. She flew up the
other night, for a better view, I
suppose. and there she stayed
until ! finished the job and got
up from the milking stool.
! don't mind the cats about at
milking time. but I discourage
chickens. No more of that sort
Of thing in my barn.
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This Week
Gardening
Chores; 5;

Winter rains are putting an
end to most planting and dig
ging chores scheduled for fall;
but there will be days during
the winter or early spring in
which they may be done. so
keep the spade, spading fork,
or long handled shovel handy.
Bulb planting may be done
whenever the soil is workable.
but it is poor policy to plant
them in mud. The Dutch iris
may be safely planted now, but
there is no need to hurry the
job since they can 60 into the
soil as late as February. Even
daffodils may be planted now
although they will flower much
later next spring than normal.
It is too late to set out
perennial plants unless you are
willing to watch over them all
understanding ready to reset
them whenever frost pushes them
out of the soil. In other words,
better wait until spring.
Rose planting can continue as
long as the soil is workable, but
be sure to mound the newly
set plants with soil to protect
the" wood from drying out in
winter winds.
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Protecting the Light sieepers
Protecting the Light sleepey
Winter Care Suggested for Tender Plants;
Screen Off the Winter Sun and Wind

the pages Of history to find out
how the Colonists fed their box
wood for a good example. They
spread stable manure about their
plants in late December or early
January. Early in March all was
removed except the finely broken
particles. Thus the winter rains
carried the fertility Of the
manure into the soil and to the
roots at the beginning Of the
season when new growth would
start.
No further feeding was given
the lockwood during the long
growing season, SO that the new
shoots had ample time to mature
and thus escape any risk Of
injury from early freezes.
BY maturity we mean that the
wood is hardened off in such a
way as to withstand winter in
jury. Soft, tender new growth
will be killed back.
Screen Will Keep Sun Awoy
The second step in the winter
protection of the tender"
shrubs, if any is needed. consists
of protecting them from, winter
sun and wind. The winter sun is
oftentimes warm enough to stir
these light sleepers into growth
Qeaf activity and that makes
them susceptible to freeze injury.
The protection under such cir
cumstances is screen of some
kind to keep the winter sun from
reaching the foliage. A burlap
screen is cheapest and easiest to
erect, although a slat screen
nicely painted green is more
aesthetic. Either one will serve
the purpose.
Winter winds in exposed situa-
tions can sap the foliage Of more
moisture than the roots can
supply. To protect them against
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Garden Club Activities

mentS. CluD omcerS Tor new
term: Mrs. K. Waterman, presi-
dent; Mrs. Eva Temple, vice
president: Mrs. M. De Smith.
secretary; Mrs. P. Blake, treas
urer.
A Christmas workshop will be
held by the Hunting Creek Gar
den Club at Gadsby's Tavern
Friday from 10 am. to 4 pm.
Mrs. Benjamin Killmaster and
Mrs. Robert E. Latham are CO.
chairmen. The making Of
wreaths. candles, ornaments,
gifts will be demonstrated. A
bake booth will have homemade
foods and orders for articles will
be taken. The public is invited.
A small fee will be charged for
shop instruction.
Hilltop Garden Club will meet
Friday with Mrs. Charles Leap
ley, 2106 Thirty-fourth street
Sc, at / pm. After business,
members will exchange gifts at
a Christmas program.
National Capital Dahlia So
ciety will meet Thursday at 8:15
pm. in room 43 Of the National
Museum, Tenth street and Con-
stitution avenue. Colored slides
showing 1856 introductions will
be provided by Roy w. Webb,
Scranton, and Prof. c. M. Brown,
Buffalo.
Cleveland Park Garden Club
members may bring guests to
a demonstration of Christmas
decorations for doors, mantles,
tables. ETC., by Miss Claire Hell
wege Tuesday at 2 pm. at the
Cleveland Park Library.
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The trouble with life in the
country is that jobs are always
getting in each others way.
There is this problem of
building a loading chute, for
example. In the planning stage
it looks easy. Shouldn't take
more than a few hours at most.
But when ! get started I find
the job going into days instead
of hours. At the end OF. the Sec
ond day it isn't more than half
done.
The reason, Of course. is that
there are other jobs about the
place that must be done. The
milking. for instance. And then,
just when ! get going good on
post setting, I must stop and
carry water to the thirsty cows.
Then the chickens must be
fed, or the COW that has just
jumped the fence must be driven
back into the pasture. The re-
suit is that my post setting goes
slowly.
I had most of the posts to
make the chute, but there was
one that had to be cut to order.
For it, I got a cedar out of the
woods. and. of course, that took
time. About half a day.
And so it goes, The posts are
in and the loading platform is
up, and now all that remains
is the cutting Of about 40 poles
to make the fence.
My chute is going to be a
fancy one. When it is finished,
I will be able to load my cattle"
without any danger Of getting
the truck mired down in the
mud.
It will connect with a shed
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this some barrier is needed
which will reduce the loss Of
moisture. This is most important
for newly planted evergreens
whether they are tender or not.
The burlap screen will serve this
purpose fully as well as shielding
the plants from the winter sun.
Function Of Deep Mulch
Any kind Of available material
may be used, such as cornstalks.
pine boughs, snow-fence. etc. In
this connection it is worth not
ing that a deep mulch put on be-
fore the ground freezes will re-
tard frost and permit the roots
to function later into the winter
thus keeping supply Of mois-
ture to the leaves longer than
would be possible If the soil were
not mulched.
In placing screens of one sort
or another it is best to keep
them from touching the foliage
"a six-inch space is recon-
mended. If this sort Of protec-
ton is afforded the tender
evergreens it can be placed be-
fore the ground freezes because
by cutting off the sun it will
hasten the maturity of the
shrub. 1t does not, keep the
shrub warm and in active
growth as does the wrapping in
a. mummy FORM"
Protecting From SnowsIides
Since many Of these ever
green's that fall in this class are
to be found In the foundation
paintings, 1t is well to mention
one other phase of winter pro-
lection, namely. protection from
snow slides from the roof. This
is. a regular hazard in the Wash
ington area, since it seldom is
cold enough for the snow to
stay on the roof.
The easiest way to prevent
injury is to lean a few poles or
boards against the house in such
q way that they will break the
fall Of the snow and protect the
bushes.
Unfortunately this does not
enhance the general appearance
Of the premises, and so most
gardeners build a "teepee" or
Slated box over their choicest
shrubs. Either one will do, but
remember that they should serve
many years.
Treat the wood with a pre-
servative (not creosote) and
build them large enough for the
plants to grow for several years
without coming into contact
with the Stats.
AND for a postscript, If you
have any of the tender new
varieties Of chrysanthemums,
place them in a cold frame. Lift
the roots with a ball of earth
and place them in the frame in
such a way that dirt may be
worked around the roots to
avoid air pockets. Close the
frame as soon as temperatures
fall below freezing. (Watering
is unnecessary as it would stimu-
late growth.) On days when
temperatures run to the warm
side. open the frame. Insulating
and warming the frame is UNI
necessary for most varieties.
The main objective is to store
the roots reasonably dry and
cool.
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On Lote Evergreen Planting

The planting Of evergreens at
this season Of the year involves
considerable risk and the gar
dener might better defer this
activity until next March unless
he is prepared to protect the
shrub or tree from sun and
wind. Keep it deeply mulched
so that the roots will function
late into the winter and water
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NUNS Lifted to Sondy Ridge

Chrysanthemums that are
lifted from the border and
planted on top of a sandy soil
ridge in some out-of- -the-way
place are more likely to survive
the Washington winter than if
left in the perennial border.
They need a well-drained situa-
tion where the soil seldom freezes
to a depth of more than an inch
or two. It isn't the cold that
kills but the lack of complete
dormancy in q wet soggy soil.
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Alta Vista Garden Club will
meet Wednesday at 8:15 pm. at
Gustin's Gardens on Old George
town road. Hostesses: Mrs.
Howard Langley and Mrs. Pres
ton Frink.
Evening star., 1954-12-05

whenever necessary so that the
leaves or needles will not be lost
because of lack Of sufficient
moisture. Planting at this sea-
son is occasionally successful,
but the chances Of having a
scraggly looking plant are too
great to be worth the risk. .
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those plants
W h ic h are
most at home
in the South
but of uncer-
tain hardness
in the Wash
ington area
Even the fig
tree is usually
incl uded In
this annual
guessing con-
test. But, sup
pose the de-
cision is to
nrntect2 Then
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Core Of the AmoryIIis

Amaryllis bulbs can be started
into growth If they have had q
considerable dormant period.
Bulbs purchased in the market
are usually ready for starting,
while those that were brought
indoors in September and Oc-
tober while still green are not
likely to be ready for starting
into growth before the first of
the year. One good watering is
all that, should be given a dor
mant bulb, but at the first sign
OF a bud pushing through the
scales, water freely and keep
the pot in a warm sunny win
dow.
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PerennioIs and MuIchinq

Don't put a mulch on the
perennial bed until the ground
is frozen-such mulches are in-
tended to keep the ground
frozen. To put them on before
is to provide a nice winter home
for the mice as well as to keep
the plants too warm for a COM
Portable winter rest.
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BosoI Rot Experiments

The 1854 Lilly Yearbook"
contains an article on the use
OF sphagnum moss as a protec-
ton against basal rot of lilies.
We have been using sphagnum
moss for several years to start
seeds and cuttings, but this ex-
pertinent by Percy H. Wright of
Sutherland, Saskatchewan, Can
ada, makes it even more i'm
portant to the home gardener,
especially when planting those
species or varieties of bulbs which
are particularly susceptible to
basal rot.
Evening star., 1954-12-05
BY w. H. Younqmon

To protect or not to protect is
the usual question of the gar
dener having a newly planted
camellia. boxwaod, nandina, etc,
Evening star., 1954-12-05

elected w. A. Minor, assistant
administrative manager, For
eign Agricultural Service, De-
partment of Agriculture, presi-
dent for 1855. Other officers
include George w. Spangler,
third vice president; Mrs. Ar
thur c. Barrett, Jack N. Pals
ley, Frederick w. Lang and
Frank B. Nelson directors for
three years.
Officials of the society yester-
day took part in the planting
of so bushes of Golden Master
piece roses in the temporary
garden site at the west end of
che old Polo Grounds. All plant
ings in this two to three-acre
plot will some day be shifted
to the 27-acre plot set aside
already for the new National
Rose Garden overlooking the
Potomac River. Just now the
area is filled with temporary
buildings of the Government,
which officials have promised
repeatedly will be removed.
The new bushes will bloom in
May. Rose paintings may be
done successfully here at almost
any season provided proper pre-
cautions are taken.
The District has been lacking
q recognized and official rose
garden since the preliminary
svuges of the erection of the
new highway bridge. The
nlvst spectacular work along this
line has been carried out at the
Arlington Memorial Rose Gar
den and at the Shoreham Hotel
gardens.
Woodbridge Garden Club will
meet tomorrow at 8 pm. in
McKendree Church educational
building. A Commute color
film, Flower Arrangements of
Colonial williamsburg" some
hints on Christmas decor, four
: minute talks on my Most
Interesting Gardening Expert
ence of 1884" and election of
officers will constitute the pro-
gram.
Calvert Manor Garden Club of
Accockeek, Md, will meet with
Mrs. w. L. Petrie tomorrow at
7:45 pm. for making Christmas
decorations, also Christmas
party. Co-hostess will be Mrs.
John Reece.
The Christmas Greens Exhi-
, bition sponsored by the National
Capital Garden Club League is
being held Thursday through
December IL at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art. A new feature
will be a workshop conducted
continuously under the chair
manship of Mrs. Claude A. Cook
of the Kenwood club.
Crestwood Garden Club will
hold a Christmas decorations
workshop all day tomorrow in
the home of DR.. and Mrs. Louis
J Goffredi. 1909 Shepherd street
NV. Mrs. Floyd Smith will
demonstrate wreat h making,
swags, other ideas. For attend
ance Go am. or p.m), fees,
materials-to- bring information,
call Mrs. Thomas Leonard (IU.
2-279N.
NeighbOrhoOd Garden Club Of
Gaithersburg and Washington
Grove will hold it's annual Christ
. mas tea December Is for guests
of the Ashury Methodist Home
for the Aged at Gaithersburg
Mrs. Lewis Redd is chairman.
Club officers: President, Mrs. H.
Clark Helms; vice presidents,
Mrs. William Ward and Mrs.
Clarence Becraft; recording Sec
retary, Mrs. Cover Armstrong;
corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Merle Jacobs; treasurer, Mrs.
Thomas Bailey.
Alta Vista Garden Club will
meet Wednesday at 8:15 pm. at
Gustin's Gardens on Old George
town road. Hostesses: Mrs.
Howard Langley and Mrs. Pres
ton Frink.
Bradbury Heights Garden Club
will meet Thursday at 8 pm. at
the home Of Mrs. Joseph Hollett,
president, 1855 Forty fourth
place Sc. Mrs. Charles Neil will
demonstrate flower arrange
e EN Your shadeI|
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Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. July 81 fR9. The Assoc
modify prices declined this week for the
second consecutive week.
The index stood ct 17099. down from
Moving lower were food. industriais
and grains and cotton. HIGHER were
livestock. textiles and non-ferr0ug
metals. 80.
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Peoples Drug Stores
! Nets 81 Il 4 Share
For First Halt

Peoples Drug Stores. Inc, had
net income Of $517,75s or s1.2l5
. share In the flrst six months
OF this year. compared with
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Mutual Funds

NEW YORK July 81 LF1--Nationa
Association Securities Dealers, Inc:
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Railroad Bonds cad
n Corporate Deals
Governments Steady
By Arthur NIerims
Assosiaied psess Fincneicl sVyjter

NEW YORK, July 3l.The
corporate bond market prolonged
its bullish phase this week with
railroads III the lead. Indus
trials and utilities were also
firm but gains among the car
riefs were more impressive.
Over-the.ccunter trading 81
Government bonds was meager
as investors awaited terms Or
the Governments partial re-
financing of the national debt.
They came before no0n on FRI
day. surprised nobody, ana did
not change the steady course 0f
Treasury bond prices.
German dollar bonds found
support Id . generally quiet for
eign section as the Senate en-
couraged President Eisenhower
to grant full sovereignty to West
Germany.
Florida East Coast IS were the
most heavily traded obligations
In the corporate list, jumping &
spectacular 1871 points this week.
to close at l25. Both the At
lantic Coast Line Railway and
the Du Pont estate have been
trying to gain control Of the
bankrupt road.
The Interstate Commerce
Commission announced new
reorganization plan for the bank
rupt Missouri Pacific Railroad
on Friday. accounting for the
increased activity in liens Of the
road earlier in the week. Mopaci
IS climbed AZ points at 1927.
The Treasury's offer to holders
of $7.5 billion of certificates ma
turing August Is and September
- Of their choice Of q new one
year Ia per cent certificate or.
q six-year three month "a per
cent bond was ANTICIPATED on
Wall Street. Government bond,
prices held steady.
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Chicuoo livestock

CHICAGO. July 81 sdHosHog prices
EorksS h ss blinds gses Sn ,ssdy gel 3
10 % s Is cents a o. s1.s Ss ~s'tn's ~s's
Sssf steers u soiS AM, ss:sd t,s /: sssss
s s D' cos: s saae S'sf Sat5n rs sfs
very active demand developine iats
veasTs xsss stPons g - hishef
fUSbA} .--Saiable hogs 200, tetal
sss sr szS Ssss . ssS 5.F5 Sss aas
a'Is nsy.a ~ Ss shssss s Sss
Sr s ciese oss iSs toR sI Satshe 4
sS 9s 49, iS 's SsSss 0sss " sod e sS7S
saia6is sattie. zoo iestimatedd): total
nDd BRINE 800 ss and heaSs
ana below. steady q. SO higher mostly
sttssdy hs l,; $50 lbs down snd light
higher; cows, Tool 30 higher with
cam san,neEs and ( cutters. very active late;
200 higher; stockers and feeders, mostly
1901 .i5Ss l6. FED steers, 1900 50. 81:
RsTs steers esa Ss1s snSis ss i ae D saes
$3.50 up; good to low choice steers,
I9. 00-23. 90; several loads commercial
to low. good 775-1. 00O-lb. weights.
I7.0O- 1880 low commercial. i ,0S5-ib.
horned grassers, 1900; high choice and
prime. 90O-1 i 0O-lb. l1eifers and mixed
sstrsIaPs besls sS sysr .oos paa g
high choice heifers with the majority
Weighing $50 lbs. down. 1S.00-22.75;
load 625-lb. BrahMa heifers, 1873: load
S25-lb.s utility to low commercial grass
heifers. 1900: late sales utility and
commercial cows. l0.60-13.6Q: few good
Re dcoWs up to is, 90; late sales, Gamers
and cutters. S.50-i0.75: bulk, 300
10 80. most utility and commercial bulls,
~ ;s9.o OIL 20 prssetisal ,top I45o; but
and medium-weight beef bulls. 1856
400, mostly 11.b0 up late; late sales,
good and choice realers, 16.00-18.O0
Gull to commercial, largely N. O0-14.OO;
few. light ctills down TO 800: good anr
choice heavy steer calves, yearfings.
stockers and feeding steers, 1925 19. 30:
medium to low good Grades, IA .00- 16 90:
odd lots common and medium stockers.
10. 0O@ n. 90
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other store income rose to $413,-
!. 57s from s4o5,3lO. Total store
:. income was $40. 1886, 204 VS..
: $26, 755. ASS.
Operating expenses were re-
duced to s25, 294.s i6 from $25.-
395.2l9. Net profit before provi-
{ sion for income taxes totaled
sl.o7s. 66s, VS.. $1.3s7,s7l. income
taxes were estimated at $560,s05
VS.. $685.. 6s3.
After payment Of cash divi-
dends amounting to $429 900,
same as q year earlier. earned
surplus on June 80 totaled Sill
136,22l. VS.. $10,629. 675 on the
same 1853 date.
The consolidated balance sheet
on June 80 showed current assets
! Of $13, 1872 VS.. $13.335.377 q
year earlier. Current liabilities
. stood at $685., o12 VS.. $4.l52,984
The ratio Of current assets to
current liabilities on June 80 was
3.34 to vs.. 3.21 to ] on June
last year.
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BituminOus Production In the
week ended July ~ totaled u
s025. 900 tons compared with ~
zoe, 900 in the previous week and
9,172.000 in the like week q year
ago. National Coal Association.
Motor Vehicle Output last
week totaled 104.T30 cars and
1885 trucks compared with
los, 400 and 1887 in the preyi-
Gus week and 1S1.S79 and 26,112
In the like week q year ago.
Wards Automotive Reports.
Average Market Price for
listed bond issues on June so
was $100.71 compared with 500
at the end of May and was the
highest since April when the
average was $101.-New York
Stock Exchange.
American Gas d Electric Co.
In 10 months ended June so
earned $30,333. 900 or $2.36 e
share vs.. $50. 228,000 or $2.54
In 1868.
Commonwealth Edison Co. In
8 months ended June 80 earned
$23. 036.573 or $3.50 share VS..
$21, 022.484 or $1.36 in 1858
period.
New Jersey Bell Telephone In
3 months ended June 80 earned
$5,0l9,842 or $1.79 q share VS..
$4.34o,935 or $1.67 in 1858 per-
Tod. 1,
New York ShipbuiIding Corp.
in 6 months ended June 80
earned $2,245, 026.
Gamewell Co. In year ended
May 81 earned $780,, 324 or.
$4.21 a share VS.. 1929, 281 or.
1888 in 1853.
Other earnings included:
For 9 Months Ended June 30.s
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7 obucco Markets

UPPER MARLBORO, July 81 IN
fuSDAy. - Most grades OF Southern
Maryland tobacco sold at unchanged to
higher prices on the auction market this
week.
Federal state Market News Service.
The general average for the sales was
the lowest Of the season. This was due
to the large proportion Of inferior to.
bacco offered. Volume was lighter than
the previous week, according to the
Sales for July 26 to July 80 amounted
to 2, 619.2S6 pounds and returned $5O.24
per hundred. The iayerage was SO cents
unde rthe week before. The volume
showed decrease Of around 7S5 200
pounds. Growers were hampered In
getting the tobacco ready to sell by the
hot dry weather. Season sales totaled
1881, S6S net pounds for S54.21.
Around 10 per cent of the auction
sale went to the Maryland Tobacco Coz
Operative under the Government loan
program. Slightly over TN per cent
has gone under loan for the season.
Net receipts Of the Baltimore hogshead
market for the season were reported rs
about 3,460,000 pounds. This in line
with the auction total amounts to
aronnd 36.331 900 pounds.
only fye more auctions are scheduled
for the 1853 crop. The four Southern
Maryland markets are closing for season
on August 8.
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New York cotton

NEW YORK, July 81 B.-c Continued
81 dought conditions In the cotton belt
forced sottcn futures prices little
Active futures contracts traded on
the New York Cotton Exchange showed
net gains RANGING from 70 TO eb cents
: - bale: At their best Ct the g nsek, az
posted sosss new iife-of -confract hishs.
~ While the. dry spell in major, .growine
areas was the most potent puliisn tac-
tor. some BUYING was ATTRIBUTED % con-
East where two. Chinese Communist air
l-ecraft were shot down AFTER an attsck
on United States rescue plsne. The
Domestic e aa FOREIGN sG p9ee aRs nom
! Selling was Attributed to- continued
:, isiation, and e tSs possibility 81 nsxi.-
vas va Da also s snphssissa that TIE current
crop has sim sustained no major
Traders cooked an s, ear e. washington on
80 Friday announced O. mid-July parity
!. price Of 5000 cents q pound, up 0.l2
g 81 cent from the January price Of
Ses e. o Sslss P sas: q.
Iass on sdains ine sessson 0s
ssints ei Ths voSS HfGYn Compare Win
90 cents q year ago. and would be the
5, hishest loan rate on record.
Exports f. 5ths \, week Il. ended snIsS, 5p ny
s.s & Mr service suresg st 1900 bsiss
s down sharply from the previous week =
z total OF 100000 bales and slightly nn-
der year-aso shipments or $4,000.
EXPORTS for the ssssoS s ths9Hs d b sls
rs. 3.o3I 600 bales st the same time
Is last yeer.
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New York Bunk Stocks

NEW york, July 81 R.-National
Association Of Securities Dealers. Inc: