. Hardware merchandising 1895 . —Crops are only fair in thiscounty. Potatoes are poor. Hay, only an aver-age crop. Rain is very much needed here forfall feed for cattle. The outlook for trade is,on the whole,fair. So far trade has been equalto last year. We do not anticipate anygreat volume of business, but fully expect itto be as good as last year. The lumbermarket is very quiet, which will not help usany. Collections are only fair. St. John.—From our experience so farthis season, there is an easier feeling amongbuyers, and cash is being spent more freelythan last year. Country buyers have th
. Hardware merchandising 1895 . —Crops are only fair in thiscounty. Potatoes are poor. Hay, only an aver-age crop. Rain is very much needed here forfall feed for cattle. The outlook for trade is,on the whole,fair. So far trade has been equalto last year. We do not anticipate anygreat volume of business, but fully expect itto be as good as last year. The lumbermarket is very quiet, which will not help usany. Collections are only fair. St. John.—From our experience so farthis season, there is an easier feeling amongbuyers, and cash is being spent more freelythan last year. Country buyers have thesame old complaint, hard times, but we Youcantburnthem! They are madeto resist fire ; and notonly that, but also tosave their contentsfrom the effects of fire. They do it too— TaylorsSafes >??< ?++« —«j v .S-rr^orJG *rjp Sd^e,U/lfH A f\Bn xvnp f?MPl-£ r3AS£.J— £o™cfee£l<n*K DO YOU? fzdvei-asement-4» in the «P Tof^orJ-ro ., - ustll brcngyoco8 ?jfvt, fertdersfremtht TJ?p. \^J. best HARDWARE AND METAL 26 notice they get about all they want, and insome cases are buying a better class ofgoods than formerly. Crops are excellent,but prices, of course, low, and the farmersprofits of the season will probably be anaverage. The lumber business (our princi-pal source of distributing the dollars), isabout as usual, with a firmer feeling, somenew mills being erected in this vicinity,which means a larger employment of , a shade easier than last season.—Daniel & Robertson. NOVA SCOTIA. Amherst.—The crop prospects are products cover hay, butter (potatoesand other roots only a small quantity),cattle, and quite an output of lumber. Tradeis fair ; collections not what they might be. Liverpool.—Hay, grain and vegetablesare rather above the average. Apples andother fruit in our section are fair, but not upto the average. Lumber and fish are ourstaple exports, with production about anaverage, but both rule rather low at pre
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