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Show HIGH PRICE OF GRAIN. Tho high price of grain iu tho California Cali-fornia and Oregon markets is a subject that should have more than usual interest in-terest to the farmers of Utah. Two and thrco-(uarler cents and three cents a pound for wheat in San L'raue'isco is a dollar and bisfy-fivo cents nnd a dollar dol-lar and eighty cents a bushel, almost double what it brings in this market to day; for bo it remembered these figures represent coin, Tho demand for California wheat in the English market is increasing, for tho grain crop of England has been light this season, and the potato crop of Ireland has been a partial, if not almost an entire, failure. Britain always imports heavily of grain, from the Black Sea &fiypt Spain, and other parts of tho world, besides the United States; and though a smaller than averago harvest may raise tho price of brcadstufl's in that market, the actual suffering would not bo so great as whero tho resource, of tho country were mainly agriculture and not manufacturing and mining ' But a high price in Liverpool fo wheat, means a high prico in Califor nia, particularly when the short croi of tho present year in that Stato i considered. s In this Territory there has been ai avcrago crop, although some part, have lost heavily by grasshoppers; an tho grain now in the settlement for home consumption imv bo expected to last until anothe harvest with a surplus, shouli there not bo a large immigration nex spring of mining population. Durinj L tho past two years California flour ha been on sale iu this market, and usu ally brought readily six dollars pc .j sack; but it could not be laid dowi here now so as to be sold at that price i- with the figures ruling in San Fran cisco. With these facts before the farmer '-, of this Territory it should not be neces -; ary to urge them not to rush thei grain into market and run the pric down to a nominal figure during th i fall months, which would inevitably h :j followed by high prices next sunnier Wo are recommending the policy o - holding wheat at fair figures for tin j benefit of the agriculturists and th entire consuming population, tha average prices may prevail duriug th " , year, and that brcadstufl's may not b 1 run down tins fall to take an upwav bound before another harvest. |