THE WtSCOI

 putting in field crops. Take our advice then
 and now, while you can, look up the fruit trees
 Iarden seeds, &c., you ought to plant, and de
 ermine positively that this year the gardei
 Ihall not be a weed patch, nor the orchard
 iacancy.

 Weol, and iew It Works at Nonis and Abroad.

   Abuut four months ago, we took up our per
 to give our readers a little information abou
 prool, and remarked tnat we would advise al
 who could to hold on to their clips, as by No
 fember we might look for higher ratee thau
 uaa yet been paid, and that it was not unlikef
 ly that even after that time we might see price!
 ko upward, so that wool would likely range
 from 76 cents to $1 per pound. Well, we note
 that in the principal foreign wool markets,
 prices have gone up so that with all our press.
 ing wants, our importers cannot profitably pur-
 chase foreign wools, pay transportation, duties,
 and difference of exchange, and sell at a profit.
 So that in reality foreign woots cannot be
 brought into competition with our own sup.
 plies at present. Here is one reason why, as
 the consumption of wool proceeds, during the
 next four months we should look for an advance
 in prices.. Hence we say to our readers, that
 if you can hold on without hurting yourselves,
 don't sell the clips you tdave stored away for
 yet awhile.
 The importation of wool at the port of Bos-
 ton for the first nine months of the present
 year, has been about thirteen millions of
 pounds. The same amount had been imported
 durng the same period for the past two years.
 At New York, however, the importation has
 been much greater than in previous years, and
 during the month of October, the average re-
 ceipts of foreign wool have been about 3,000
 bales.
 All the circulars indicate that a further rise
 in prices may be looked for. G. W. Bond, of
 Boston, says:-, All the new levies of the
 armies being provided for, we may loolk for a
 consumption of wool by army supplies equal
 to the wants of one million of men. or from
 thirty to forty millions of pounds." It is true
 that these same men would require a large sup-
 ply of wool if they remained at home, instead
 of in the army, but the wear and tear is more
than double, and may he set down as requiring
certainly twenty millions of pounds of wool
more than the same men at home and devoted
to the acts of peace. Hence again, is another
reason for the advance during the next four
months.
The same Boston circular states that a much
larger share than usual of the domestic clip
has found its way into the hands of the maun-
racturers, and has been taken at prices rang-
ing from 56 to 67 cents for the coarser lots. In
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a, the advance in foreign wools in England has
  been from 20 to 25 per cent. The V. 1 Ecoan-
  oenut makes the following rerarks:
    D  Prom all we can gather in our pesabula-
n tions through the Wool Bade, there is nothing
Lthat exhibits itself to us of any prospective
  reduction in the price of wools. Fine wools
  are the most in request now, and last week all
  the desirable parcels that could be had at be-
  low 68c were taken. 'The range now is 60a66
  cents.  Coarse wools are not so much in de-
Lmand, still they are pretty firmly held, and the
Iimpressions are that they will yet be wanted.
  Our army and the ae additions thereto are to
  be clothed, as well as the drafted men to come,
  and we see no reason why coare  ools should
  not advance and be in active request. The
  stock of Domestic Wool in this market is esti-
  mated at about 1,000,000 lbs, which is very
  small, it usually ranging from 2,000,000 to
  2,250,000 lbs. The high and constantly ad-
  vancing prices of wool m the European mar-
  kets increases the value of stocks here, and
  those of our readers who anticipate or look for
  any decline in wools of any sort before the
  cl se of the present year will certainly be mis-
  taken. Even should the war be terminated
  sooner than expected, there is the South to be
  clothed; true, they have eotton, but need to
  have wool also, and our impressions now are
  that wool will see a higher range of prices this
  year and next than were ever known. We
  make these predictions from our conversations
  with intelligent men in the Wool interest, and
  give them to our numerous sabscribers to act
  upon as best suits them."-Mieh. Farmer.

                Orhard Grass.

   In an article on the " Qualities of Grasses,"
 the editor of the Boston Cultivator, quoting.
 from a recent English writer, adds the remarks
 following:
   i Cocksfoot-grass grows in a few stalks of
a tall height, which are coarse and ineligible
for hay, but for pasture the herbage comes
early, and affords a good bite from the tufted
roots in the spring, and by close stocking the
ground to keep down the coarse stems. The
seed weighs about 12 pounds per bushel.'
   "This is conumonly called orchard grass in
this country. As observed in the quotation,
its stems are rather coarse, which lessens its
value for hay. Still from the abundance of
long leaves which it throws out, it makes a
fodder, which, if cured at the proper stage, is
well relished by stock. The aftermath is often
of more value than the first crop. It seldom
sends up seed-stalks after the first crop, but
the numerous leaves continue to grow all the
season, presenting in autu  a mm of soft
herbage.  As above rema4'ed, however, its
greatest value is for pastute; no gras starts
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