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Jute as a protection to growing cotton. — A planter of Point 

 Coupee Parish, Louisiana, has lately had his attention especially called 

 to the cultivation of jute by the statement that in an adjoining parish 

 cotton-worms did not attack a field of cotton surrounded by a row of 

 jute. He says it has also been proven that the stems of the jute, after 

 having been crushed by the rollers used in sugar-mills, are readily sep- 

 arated from the fiber. 



Dickson cotton. — Of this variety a correspondent iu Louisiana, who 

 had planted seed received from the Department, is satistied, bj" the e'x- 

 periments of two seasons, that with a favorable season and ordinary 

 cultivation the yield would be 600 pounds of lint per acre. "The crop 

 in this section did not average more than a bale to four acres, notwith- 

 standing the great ravages of worms in Jul}^; but my Dickson cotton, 

 having been planted early, in new ground, had so nearly matured that 

 the worms injured it comparatively little — abandoning the tough leaves 

 for those more tender in an adjoining field." The freedmen say that 

 this cotton "picks better" than any other. However, our correspond- 

 ent does not advise any planter to put his entire crop in this cotton, as 

 it falls out very soon after opening, if not picked. 



Pultz wheat. — Mr. John A. Parker, of Tappahannock, Ya., says he 

 fintls that sowing one-half bushel of this wlieat to the acre is amply 

 sufficient. It branches better than any other kind he has yet seen, and 

 at the time of writing (January 18) shows much better than any fields 

 of other kinds on which one and a half bushels per acre were sown. 

 " The little parcel sent by the Department three years ago has caused 

 a revolution in wheat raising here." 



MARKET-PRICES OF FARM-PRODUCTS. 



Tiui following quotations represent the state of the market, as nearly as practicable, at thi 



beginning of each month. 



Articles. 



NEW YOKK. 



Flour, snperfiuo State per barrel. 



extra State tlo 



supertiue ■western do 



extra to choice western do 



common to fair southern extra. do 



good to choice choice southern .do 



Wheat, No. 1 spring per bushel . 



No. 2 spring do 



winter, red, western do 



winter, amber, western do 



winter, white, western do 



Rye do 



Barley do 



Corn do 



Oats do 



Hay, first quality per ton. . 



second quality do 



Beef, mess per barrel. 



extra mess do 



February. 



$5 G.T 



6 45 



5 65 



35 



70 



80 



58 



54 



60 



66 



60 



1 05 



1 80 



81 



60 



26 00 



23 GO 



8 50 



11 50 



to $6 20 

 to 7 00 

 to 6 20 

 to 11 00 

 to 7 75 

 to 11 00 

 to 1 62 

 to 1 59 

 1 65 

 1 70 

 1 93 



1 10 



2 10 

 90 

 63 



to 23 00 



to 25 00 



to 11 00 



to 13 50 



March. 



S 70 

 6 40 



5 70 



6 30 

 6 60 



60 

 52 

 48 

 56 

 63 

 1 60 

 98 



76 

 61 

 23 00 

 20 00 

 10 50 

 12 50 



to $6 10 

 to 6 80 

 to 6 10 

 to 11 00 

 to 7 55 

 to 11 00 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 27 



to 21 00 



to 11 00 



to 13 00 



58 

 52 

 62 

 66 

 85 

 02 

 00 

 801 



m 



00 



