435 



Would it not be better for the farmera of the United States, in view of such 

 facts, to produce more baiTelled beef, hams, lard, and other meat products, and, 

 meanwhile, increase the fertility of the soil, than to attempt to export bread- 

 stuffs, sink half their value in freights, and most of the other half in the im- 

 poverishment of the soil ? 



PRICES OF GRAIN AND FLOUR IN ENGLAND. 



The prices of grain of various kinds, and flour, from different countries, were 

 as follows on the tenth ultimo — the quantities being reduced to bushels and 

 barrels, and shillings to dollars and cents : 



Wheat— English, old white per bushel . . Si 94 to $2 03 



English, old red do 1 88 to 194 



English, white, new do 1 72 to 1 94 



English, red, new • do 1 60 to 1 81 



Danzig and Koenigsberg, high mixed do 2 00 to 2 12 



e' Danzig and Koenigsberg, high new do 1 81 to 1 94 



Rostock and Wismer, new and old do 1 87 to 2 00 



Stettin, Stralsund, and Wolgast do 1 87 to 197 



Rhenish and Brabant do 1 87 to 194 



St. Petersburg, soft do 1 G8 to 1 77 



American and Canadian, red do 1 81 to 187 



Odessa, soft do. 1 65 to 1 75 



Flour— Town made per barrel. . 8 22 to 9 28 



Country marks do 7 00 to 7 53 



French and Belgian do 7 53 to 8 22 



American and Canadian, fancy brands do 8 25 to 8 75 



American superfine to extra superfine do 7 75 to 8 00 



American common to fine do 7 50 to 7 75 



American heated and sour do 7 00 to 7 25 



Indian corn — American white per bushel . . 1 12 to 116 



American yellow and mixed do 1 03 to 1 09 



Galatz, Odessa, and Ibrail, yellow do 1 09 to 1 12 



ALSIKE CLOVER 



The introduction of Alsike clover promises to benefit permanently our agri- 

 culture, and acknowledgments of its value are received by this department from 

 various quarters. The Commissioner, in his recent report to the President, says, 

 " In experiments with the clovers the Alsike proved very satisfactory, growing 

 Avith rank luxuriance in this climate and remaining green and succulent to a late 

 period in the season. It has been cut three times, and at the present writing 

 (November 15) presents a fine appearance." 



A correspondent in Pennsylvania says : " I failed to obtain seed from my 

 Alsike clover. This hybridous plant,* in most respects, partakes more of the 

 nature of the white than the red clover. It produces its seed from its spring or 

 first growth. In a former communication I stated that my cattle were permitted 

 to enjoy the first. Hence the loss of seed. It, however, continued to grow 

 much better throughout the summer and autumn than the white clover, and its 

 groAvth is evidently not so injuriously affected from dry weather." 



* It is understood to be a distinct variety not produced bj hybridization. Its botanical 

 name (Trifolium bybridum) probably misleads our correspondent. 



