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The Sunflower. — The cultivation of the siiuflower is likely to be- 

 come popular in India. An Indian authority says : 



The oil extracted from the seed is said to be superior to both almond and olive oil 

 for table use, and to be employed in manufacturing woolen goods, soap, and candles, 

 as well as for liohting purposes. The leaves have been manufactured into cigars, 

 having pectoral qualities, and might perhaps be found more efiticacious than stramo- 

 nium. The blossoms furnish a brilliant yellow dye, which stands well. Each acre 

 will contain from 15,000 to 20,000 plants, and the average quantity of seed will be 50 

 bushels, each of which will give a gallon of oil. The quantity of seed is much in- 

 creased by dwarfing the plants, the best manure for which is said to be old mortar 

 broken up. The plants should be kept clean and free from weeds, and the quantity of 

 seed required is about six pounds per acre. They should have sufficient interval 

 between them for exposure to the sun, as under such circumstances they become larger 

 and more fully stored with seed. 



Vegetable carbolic acid. — Dr. Broughton, the British quinologist, 

 in India, has succeeded in obtaining- carbolic acid from a plant {Andro- 

 meda lesclienanltii) whicli grows in inexhaustible abundance on the Neil- 

 gherries. The acid obtained in this way is said to be purer than that 

 obtained from coal-tar, but it is more expensive, for white the latter 

 costs only four shillings a pound in India, the acid prepared from the 

 indigenous plant costs five shillings. Unless, therefore, the process of 

 preparation can be cheapened, the discovery will be of little practical 

 A'alue. 



MARKET PEICES OF FAEM PRODUCTS. 



Articles. 



NEW YORK. 



rioiir, State per bbl . 



western do 



"Wheat, No. 1 spring, .per bush. . 



No. 2 spring do 



winter, amber, west- 

 ern . - per bush. . 



Com, new western, mixed do 



old western, mixed . .do 



Eye do 



Barley do 



Oats, western, mixed do 



State do.... 



Hay, shipping q^ualities.perton. . 



prime do 



Pork, mess per bbl. . 



prime do 



Beef, mess do 



extra do 



Lard, extra per lb. . 



Butter, western do 



State do 



Cheese, daii y do 



factory do 



Cotton , ordinary do 



middling do. . . . 



Tobacco, sound, lugs, light 



grades per lb. . 



sound lugs, heavy 



grades per lb. . 



common leaf, light 



gi-ades per lb. . 



common leaf, heavy 



grades per lb. . 



Wool, combing fleece do 



extra, pulled do 



Texas, common to me- 

 dium per lb. . 



California common. do 



October. 



$6 25 to S7 50 



6 20 to 9 25 



to 



1 57 to 1 61 



1 70 to 

 75 to 



to 



93 to 

 90 to 

 52 to 



to 



22 00 to 

 25 00 to 

 13 45 to 



10 00 to 

 7 00 to 



11 00 to 



9|to 

 10 to 

 15 to 

 1) to 

 12 to 

 17ito 

 19Jto 



7ito 



'I to 



8ito 



1 75 



78 



95 

 54 



2.3 00 

 ,13 00 



13 62 

 11 25 

 11 00 



14 00 

 lOJ 

 20 

 30 

 12i 

 13i 

 19 

 21J 



8 



8J 



9i 



8* to 10 



61 to 63 



46 to 



38 to 41 



Articles. 



BOSTON. 



Flour, western, superfine per bbl . 



extra do . . 



choice do. . . 



Com, yellow, mixed. . .per bush. 



mixed do 



Eye do 



Barley do — 



Pork, me.ss per bbl. . 



prime do 



Beef, mess do 



extra mess do . . 



Lard per lb. . 



Butter, N. T. and Vt do. . . 



Canada do 



we^ern do 



Cheese, eastern factory. . .do 



Hay, prime per ton — 



Wool, western per lb . . 



combing and de laiue 

 fleeces per lb. . 



tub do — 



pulled do — 



CHICAGO. 



Flour, winter extras. . .per bbl. . 



spring extras do. . . 



WTieat, No. 1 spring, .per bush. . 



No. 2 spring do 



No. 3 spring do 



Corn, No. 2 do 



rejected do 



no grade do 



Oats, No 2 do 



rejected do 



Hay, timothy and clover (on 



• track) per ton. . 



prairie do 



October. 



|5 25 to 



6 50 to 



7 25 to 

 82 to 

 79 to 

 75 to 

 95 to 



14 00 to 



11 50 lo 



8 00 to 



12 50 to 



9i to 



20 to 



18 to 



12 to 



8 to 



25 00 to 



55 to 



S5 75 



7 00 



9 50 



83 



81 



80 



1 00 



14 50 



12 00 



12 00 



16 00 



10^ 



32 



29 



20 



14 



34 00 



62 



68 to 75 



— to 



40 to 72* 



7 00 to 7 75 

 5 62 to 6 75 

 1 25 to 1 30 

 1 2Uto 1 25 

 1 181 to 1 19} 



46 to 48i 



45 to 



30 to 30| 



27 to 28 



13 50 to 14 50 



8 00 to 10 00 



