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WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM,
OKEGON,
UNE 20, 1884.
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UARKBT REPORT.
uonr. ritoDut'E makklt.
These quotations arc for Portland.
the following represent wholes,! rate,
f rom producer or first hands
WHKAT Walla VlIa, $1.4C1.47; Val
lev 1.4547ipcr cental.
FLOUIl $o.005.25, tindard; superfine,
$3.7fia4.
BARLEY $1.101 25.
OATS. 4C48c.
ONIONS. 4o.
MIDDLINGS-$2S30; shorts, 2225.
BRAN $1820.
BACON Sides, firm 12133; Hams 13o
17c; Shoulders, 10llc.
LARD Eastern pails, 131.1h; Oregon, iu
tins, 13 14c; in half barrels, 1213c.
CHEESE. Cal., 14c; Oregon, 18c V lb.
HONEY In comb, 18a20c; strained, in 5
gallons, 10Jllo.
APPLES-81.7R2 25 nor box.
ORIED FRUITS. Apples, aun dried quar
rod, 10c; sliced, 14c; machine dried, firm, 15o;
Fears, machine dried, JOo; riums, snn dried,
Ko, and machine dried, ICo.
POULTRY. Chickens, full crown, $o 00
30 00; neese, S3;
KGGS. 22Jo.
POTATOES G0G5c per bush.
BUTTER 1825c.
HOGS. Live weight, 5Jo; ditto fat, GJc;
dressed, 7J8o.
BEEF. 45o on foot.
SHEEP.- Grcss weight, 4c on foot.
VEAL-9tol0o
kmotte Valley, 1618o; Umpqua, 2C23c.
HIDES. Butchers' hides, dry, 14c;
Mtmtry cured, dry, 15c; cuts i otf, green
htdM, salted, 7oj country ditto, 7u;
leenkins, dry, 30o ? lb; d sheep pelts each
Utal.00; dry elk, 20o per lb.
TALLOW QuoUblo at 8o. per lb.
HAY-?1718 for baled.
VvOOL. Eastern Oregon, 167alc; Wil-
HOPS Can bring 1518c.
SEED Timothy, 718o; red olover, 15
16c.
eKNKRJtX VEBCUANDUE.
RICE. China No, 2, 5J ; Sandwich
Islands, 60c
TEAS. Japan, 3640; Black, 407So
tJraan, 6680o.
COFFEE Costa Rica 1210o; Jara, 20
22o.
(SUGARS. Crushed A 1010c; Ho!
den O, 8Jo; in barrels, tic in halves; Dry
riiulted9'.0c.
BYRUP. Five gallons 70o
RAISINS. -California, $2.76 tf. 25W25 ft
CANDLES 1215e.
SOAPS. Good, 7Bo1.75.
OILS. Ordinary brands of coal, 30c; high
(fades, Downe. & Co., 37Jo; Boiled Linaeeq,
BO; dito Raw, 77o; cttlmou oil, 05o; Turpen
tine, 70c; Pure. Lard, 1 30; Castor, $1.29
1.40.
SALT. Stock, bay, $10 V ton; Carmen
Island, $121; Coarse Liverpool, $15; Fine qual
if, $1620; Ashton'a dairy, ditto, $30
remain depressed all the season in a
measure, thoso who have and can hold
their wool may find liettcrprices towards
fall. The O. & C. road is not only
bringing Southern Orogon wool to l'oit
land, but also brings coiMderable from
Northern California.
To-day (Thursday) it is raining. In
fact, there has been more or Ices rain all
the week. Tuesday and Wednesday it
was very warm, and visions of mountain
f istnesfies and ocean breezes swept over
the country. Grain is doing very well,
and grand results arc looked for all over
the land. The cut wonns aro doing
damage to the gardens; but a heavy rain
will stop them.
Markets by Telegraph.
San Francisco, June 18.
Whoat Stcndy but quiet; No. 1 ship
ping, $1.42.1.45;No. 1 white, seller
the vonr, l'M9ilA0k ; buyer the year,
$1.52.
Uarley ISo. 1 Iced, seller the yenr,
82Jc; buyer the year, 01 jo; buyer tho
season, 95c.
Oats Dull at $1.40 to $1.70.
Potatoes Market better supplied at
$1.201.30.
Unions yuote wuic.
Grain Bags The demand is better;
prices without change. Ship Raphael
from Hong Kong brought 1,000 bales.
Lard Eastern refined in 3 and 10 lb
tins, 12J121c.
Wool Very little demand; prices
favor buyers as last given.
Eggs California fresh choice steady
at 23e,'lc; Eastern, ii-jdrgzuc.
UEEUnOHM'S FOREIGN UREADSTUFfS RE
TORT.
London, Juno 18.
Kloatintr cargoes Wheat, quiet.
Cargoes on passage and for prompt
shipment Whoat, slow.
.Mark .Lane tjuiet.
No. of ennroes on sale off coast
Wheat, less than five.
English and French country markets
Quiet
Imports into U. K. past week, wheat,
190,000 to 195,000 quartors.
Imports into U. K. past week, flour,
200,000 to 205,000 barrels.
COMMERCIAL.
Portland, Juno 19.
Tho showers of tho past week have
been more or lcs general through the
imtiro North Pacific, and havo dono
much to put crops forward, though fall
grain may in somo instances bo thrown
down in spots. Q3o far as wo havo ob
xorved in riding in tho country, all grain
holds promise very woll, and wo can ex
pect larger crops than havo been known
in this valley for several years. Tho
proiptvt is that, even with low prices,
farmers will bo prosperous, because
tho heavy jield will insure most of thorn
n comfortable independence. So wo
look for good times thiough the Pacific
Northwest. Hops promiso a more than
ortigi yirld. if no blight comes to in
juie, and wo havo no reason to expect
Mich an (iiTiirionce. All things consid
ered, our legion seems to lie iu a fairly
prospeioiH condition.
Considerable appuhenion lm been
felt as to the control of our Orogon
ro.ulsand enterpiises muco .Mr. Villard
bus no longer a managing interest. It
lint hocuHiirmucd that the Union Pacific
would obtain control of tho O. II. &. X.
Co., and bus Uvn reported that tho Cen
tral I'.icifio people worn figuring for such
control ; but elections held last Monday
show tho old boards re-elected o gencr
ally that we can conclude that the N. 1
and O, It. .V. N. Co.'s. will maintain the
same unity of inteivt they havo shown
for years pnt, which is, iicrhiips, a bet
ter state of things for the Hopli hero
than to hae cither of the other oorora
lions obtain control of the main line
down the Columbia river.
The wheat market is doprvA-od, and
gives nothing of intoroM. Quotations
Inwe dropped to noiniiinPtigurcs, us
follow-: Valley wheat, $1,12 percen
tal; KiiKtein, $l!W. There is actually
nothing to Wi said but that thu foivign
,iutirlot is weaker.
Oats are oil"; le.-sactio demand, and
liguu'S Hinging 47(48o for ordinary
IHh1.
Kggs hiv firm at :!021i
Uutler for jjood roll, 202.V,
Wiwl U coming in freely and selling
blowly at 10l7c, with ISo for very
choice. Our Oregon factories' aw pick
ing up thu choice lots for their own use,
Tut Bwarti Murderers.
Joe Drake, tho negro indicted for tho
murder of D. Swartz, near Salem, somo
months ago, was found guilty as charged
in the indictment, on Wednesday. The
jury was out only two hours. Mrs.
Swartz, tho wife of the murdered man,
was also indicted by the grand jury, and
is now on trial for complicity in tho
murdor of her husband. She will prob
ably roceivo tho samo verdict from tho
jury-
Store Bobbed.
Mr. Charles Calvert's millinery stoie
was entered on Wednesday night by
robbers, and goods to tho amount of
several hundred dollars taken. They
woro evidently in tho stoio some time,
and besides wero judges of what they
took, as they stolo only tho most valua
ble. Mr. C. is very unfortunate, and his
misfortunes do not seem to como singly.
Crop Returns.
Indianacoub, Juno 11. The Indiana
Farmor has crop reports from all the
counties of this State. With few excel -tion
the reports state that May was favor
able for wheat, oats and grass, but two
low and wot for early corn planting. Tho
condition of wheat in Indiana is 85,
against 60 the same time lat ycarjllinois,
81 against 57 ;Ohio 82,ngainst 02 last year.
Thoso ficures indicate that tho Indiana
crop will be '1:1,400,000, bushels ; Illinois
:il,200,000; Ohio, 32,000,000. Corn is
more promising than at tho same date
last year. Tho area planted shows a
decreaso of 3 pr cent, in Indiana, 3 in
Illinois, and 4 in Ohio, but theconditior.
more than compensates laxt year's oxeis,
Oats in tho three States show 18 percent
bettor condition than last year, and
liny 15 per cent, better.
Cabbage Worms.
Hot water at 130 degrees, when ap
plied to cabbage plants, will kill the
worms. If it is muling not when it goes
into the watering pot, it will cool a little
boforo it readies tho plants. Sooa'hini:
of outside leaves will do little linrin if
tho heart is undisturlied. Try this plan
ononoortwo plants, if you fear that
you may kill the crop.
THE "BOSS" THRESHER.
Ths "New UMslUion" Beard From.
Sii.vkrmin, Ore., Aug. 1 1, 1883.
We, the undersigned, havo this dav
seen the "Sew Massillon" 33-iueh
Sciwrutor and Uussoll Ten-Horse Self
teering Traction Kngiuo (purchased by
W. G. Daws of T. 11. Wait) run, anil pro
nounce it the hot threshing outfit we
have eer s-eon. It threshed fast, and
can't ln beat r-epuratins and cleaning.
A. Cooi.iix'.h & Co, C. McAi.ns
John Uak, Q. A. Maimihunk-,
RMcClaik, W.I I. Tram,
O. St.mi, Jons Dvws,
11. T. vov Voi.KKN'iu:riE.
1 concur iu the aliovo t-tnteinent.
, W.G, Daw...
Centura's Fluctuations in the nKlln Wool
Market
An hundred years ago English luslrc
wool of fair average quality was,reducing
tho English curroncy to American
equivalents, about 12V cents' per pound.
Wools of tho quality mentioned rose quite
steadly until 1791, whon an average
prico of 17 cents a pound was reached.
In tho noxt year this rose to 20J cents,
but in 1797 tho price hud fallen to 10
shillings 0 pence or about 11 cents per
pound. In tho following yeais tho
marketsiluctuated, until in 1802a stiong
upward movement carried prices up to
26 cents, "which must at that time,''
says tho article from which these figures
aro obtained, "havo seemed a very ex
cessive price." A shrinkage in prices
followed, but the maiket rallied, and
quotations ranged from 21 to 28 j cents
up to the year 1814, when a strong bull
movement carried the figures up to the
extravagant point of 37J cents. The up
ward movement did notlop there, how-
over, for in 1815 the average price
reached 43 cents. The reverse which
followed in 1816 brought cood wools
tumbling from 43 down to 27 cents, a
decline of 10 cents por pound, or about
35 per cent.
"After these fluctuations," snye Home
News, "a period of calm attended the
prices of wool, and from this time up to
1842 the value was but little altered, tho
range being from 24 to 27 cents ; but in
autumn of 1834 another upward bound
was experienced, when wool jumped up
suddenly to 46 shillings per tod f39i
cents per pound, and the raluoromainod
nbove 40 shillings for a considerable
time." In 1843 a great decline was seon,
and in midsummer of that year only 22
cents could be obtained for exccllont
wool. Tho noxt three years prices
jumped a level of 25 to 27j, but they
leu u.ick m iw and I.S4S to 23 cents,
and 1849 brought them to tho remark
ably low limit of 19 cents. The next
year a little of the lost ground was re
covered, 2jJ cents Having been secured,
and in the year following 26 cents was
got, and this rose in 1853 to 32 cents. In
1863, when tho Civil War in the United
States caused so great a demand for wool
prices roso suddenly to 44 cents, and in
1864 the highest point reached in Eng
land during the contury was gained,
56 conts having been paid. From that
that timo there was a decline, year by
year, till 1870, when 31 cents was the
average prico. In 1871 the market
rallied, and 46 was reached, while in
1872 a still further advance took quota
tions to 49J cents.
From 1872 tho general course of tho
wool market has been downward. This
was chocked in 1879 nnd 1880, when
prices rose from 23 j to 32 conts, but in
lballtho value of tine-grown English wool
was about22centHperpound;and from
this low figure 1883 brought a still
further decline to 19 cents per pound,
the lowest point on record sinco 1819.
Home Xews says tho decline of last year
was, "with the exception of the single.
depre.--ion of 1819, which lasted only for
one year, tho most remarkable doclino in
values which has been experienced in
tho present century. From the highest
point of (10 shillings per tod in 1804 to
that of 22 shillings at the nresont mo-
ineut, thero is represented a startling
declino, and tho inherence in tho value
of the clip of English wool atthcse vary
ing figuics, is something enormous. It
may lie interesting to point out that, tak
ing the wool prodiuo of England at 15,
400,000 pounds ik)' annum, the valuo of
ilwi ..w..l..nn I.. tl. ........ IttfM ....... i.ir?
Hi Ul'UM.l. IU bill? JUUA lUm WOO l,a
554.106. whereas tho feame nuantitv at
the present moment would represent a
value of 6,101,427 that i, taking the
mean average of wool in 1864 63 shillings
10 pence por tod about 51J cents por
pound, and at the present moment at
22 shillings 2 it pence jier tod, or about
22 por pound. The difference in value
betweon tho produco of those two years
is thus no las than 12,459,730 a sum
which indicates how onoimnus has been
the shrinkage in the value of this jiortiou
of agricultural produco in the eour.-o of
ninteen years."
Hero is in brief the record of a century
of fluctuations in prices of wool which
100 years ngo siood at a figure 10 cents
per pound below that of last year, In
the century the prico has reached a point
4 1 cents above that of the beginning of
the century. J
OHAi. H. DOBD A CO.
Front, First and Vine Sts., PORTLAND, OREGON,
iMroRTERs or
HARDWARE, mOU AND STEEL
FARM MACHINERY.
We arc tole nscnte lor tlic following Celebrated Imj lement :
BUCKEYE RSOWER AMD REAPER.
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Theie machine! are too oU known to nccJ comment. Thiuvmd of farmers here hate used them, and
all epeak of them vsitli praUc. Thcjr are In ery nay tho ne jlna ultra of rianejtliig Machine". We are
aiao sole Agent! oi me
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Which la acknowledged to be the boit 1
family. The con'truttlon uf tho Api 1c
not be cloePTcd, and Its autoniattc u nrl
ouirhlv tested In our own haricst fe!ti,anu many immiioneBiirai " -..v.
Jl?.i75rw a,i i.nijiT Hin cstr in llio worhl. We are also Sole AgenU for
Canton Pitt Threshers, Monitor Upright Farm Engines, Ha nes'.Cenuine Headers.
Schuttler Farm Wagons, John Deere Moline Plows, Haish Barbed Wire
Moliue Buggy Co.'s Mountain Wagons, Buggies and Driving Cat
mule, the Pithteit droit and the most durame iq ine ws
lv U the imt simple and tho lnoat certain In Its opperatlon j It can-
place, It at the huul of all IUnesting Maohlnc ll hu .tan ttor-
Hall'a Safes.
California. Powder.
Cart.
ISend for Special Circulars and Price tlet.
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OFFER FOR THE
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THE FOLLOWIKG FIRST CLASS
kMlMPLEMENTSa,HlJJCHINEs"
The t'urltnled nuDalii Pills, The only complete
Thresher; which cxcel'e all others.
Tbe Ilrl'ornilck Harteafini; Machines and
Twine rtlnder, Improed for ISS4, and the
most successful TWINE BINDER In the market.
MeCormlrk'a Xe Iron Slower,
McCarmlck' Daisy 8ln(le Reaper,
Champion enib!ncil Jlentr and Keaper,
Keif Bake.
The Champion Unlit Mower,
The Champion e Uall Jfclnt Jloiter, Front
Cut.
The Crown Moll cr, Kxamtne the CP.OWW before
j ou decide what Mower to buy.
Tbe Bafralo Pitt's Farm Knclnr, Traction
and Plain Both wood and straw burner. The
best farm engine In the market.
Portable and Slalloaary KHtlara, From U to
45 Horse Tower.
Hodge's Oregon Header, With our own special
Improiements. The eailest to handle and the
n ot perfect Header manufactured.
The Bain Wagon, With Iron or Steel skein and
acknowledgid to be the best wagon on earth.
The Tiger SnlLy Bake. With wood or steel
wheels.
The Thomas Sulky Bake,
The Bradley Sulky Bake,
The Bradley Mower, Sumethlcg new See it be
fore bujing.
Manslleld rorlable Saw Mills,
Spring Wagon nnd Boggles,
Kuuber and Leather Belling,
Flour Mill Machinery,
rorlable Platform and nay or Slock ftralta
ronerand Hand nay Presses
Together with Complete Assort incut of Agricultural lui
plemeuts of Every Variety.
Wu are the Tionecrs in this line of business and our prices are the lowest when
quality is considered. Wo invite inspection of our goods before making purchases.
Correspondence solicited. Catalogues and Price-Lists sent on application.
KNAPP, BURRELL & CO.
PORTLAND,
OREGON
Farm For Sale!
Ia'lAa ACBsW "OOD FARM L.OD TEN
IfUUmlIrs wist of OaU.ui.l, I 0114U4 county,
Oregon. Prico $8 per acre. Will improved; good
Barns, House and Orchard. CUU on or addiou:
WILLIAM fATTEIUON.
apr23m Oakland, Douglas Co., Or,i
E. O. SMITH,
Klsi'wlieiv will lio found tho inker
tiscment of tho llii-hop .v'oott (irain-
mar School of l'ortlnnd. TUU institu
tion of learning is fast Ucouiint; VY
ular place for boy. The school is eon-
iluc toil under strictly religious priueiploo.
lie lllll linu fit.. .tiill.l.nf... tt nil lli.v
induotloubtRrowneiblotobuyatthct-o BchokreauU ha uroven WmU equal
llrun. Wiilo the wool market may J to tho placo. Sciul ior entnloguo. etc.
mi
W royal nsat
FOR SALE!
IMPROVKD FARUS I.V
UXX AXIr LAXE COUMIES !
.., Iu the brirt of
The Finest Farming district !
West of the Rocky UouiiUins.
For particulars address or call on
A. WHEELER,
apricin! Sliedd, IJnn County, Orcein,
L OFFICE: No. 167 First Street, between Mor.
"IttiSriMn an. Vstnhlll, Portland, Orero
Banner Apiary Supplies.
Pl'n5v?,5D iFPl!" BEEa.-FULL COL
4 1. iN ln. Wl hhe super famished I. d. 11.
817.50; In crate, ,10; hhe complete, with f.d.n.,7.M
In flat, S).M; snickers. ?1, Wax wantid or taken la ex.
change for I.dn. Bright fd.n.,C0c psr pound; dark.
.": per pound. Untstl Italian Queen, fc.ra. Terteti
i..., ro ocieci tea en. . Bees bj tho pound.!!.
ny ail orders.
ijurens sent hy mall prepaid. tJ-Jlonn nii;.t aocom
iMny mi orders. Bend fost cftl.e . rder on ! rtland or
Oregon Cltj, or Registered letter to Milaulie Safe
irrli-al guaranteed PiIm list free.
aplS Adcreas: J.D.KCSK, Jf lln aukie. Ore.-on.
Oak Lawn Stock Farm.
R. W. Carey, Snlem, Ogn.
la'p-rtcr and Urto.'cr cl ,
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This ponder never tart. A marval of parity,
tUvrigtn and ho!ioinenav More econocukail than
the ordisary Vtmla, and cejutot bo sold la cosopeUiion
l'h the Biultitude of lesrieex. short velzht. alum or
phoaouaU iMvdee. Hcil onr ( " puu. KOTAL
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Spanish MirnoMuep of the b.at VcidkhiI Uro.1. Also
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A. ROBERTS,
....SUCCESSOR TO....
FISHEL & ROBERTS,
Cor. rtrst and Alder Sts, TorUand, Ore.
THE LEADING
Clothier,
Merchant Tailor,
And Hatter.
OF (OREGON.
Guarantees to sell the very
best CLOTHINa lor 1
Money than any ether honse
in tbe state.
loneltl
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- suuaav nfct ... ,w.. ...i-ZT' . .
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