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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



wheat, was 17,979,647 bushels, and Indian corn 



35,552,161. 



But what a sombre picture comes up to us 

 from the South. We must hope it ia over- 

 charged. The Charleston Courier publishes the 

 following extract from a letter, dated Fairfield 

 District, 14th instant: 



" Over my parched and naked fields drouth 

 has reigned and does reign supreme. My once 

 verdant fields of small grain have withered and 

 died under the ravages of the chinch bug ; my 

 dwarfish and sickly com is threatened with an- 

 nihilation from the same cause ; my pastures 

 are ash-beds ; my water courses sand-beds ; and 

 my cotton barely rears its puny head above the 

 scorched earth. When employed at my busi- 

 ness, devasted oat fields, blighted com, and 

 stinted cotton sicken my heart. When I stroll 

 to uncultivated fields, famished hogs and stag- 

 gering cattle are my comforters. Clouds pass 

 over, thunder rolls, but all ends in mockery. — 

 Hope has been defen-ed till I have lost all ac- 

 quaintance with it. It would seem inevitable 

 that I must not only fail to make my bread, but 

 that the whole country around must share my 

 fate. 



A Rich Morsel foii American Chkese 

 Mo.SGERS. — From that truly national and de- 

 servedly popular periodical, Hunt's Merchants' 

 Magazine, we derive the following interesting 

 item : 



American Cheese Exported into Great Britain. 



From Europe. From America. Total. 



Years. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. 



1841, 254,995 15,154 270,149 



1842 16.5,614 14,098 179,712 



1843, 136,998 42,312 179,310 



1844, 160,654 53,115 213,769 



The Liverpool Times says : " To our American 

 friend.s, we say, send to this country nothing 

 but a good article, introduce more color into it, 

 and we are sure that in another year England 

 will use four times the quantity of its previous 

 consumption. We shall also be pleased to find 

 that the manufacturer and exporter get a larger 

 share of the prices for which it is .sold in Eng- 

 land. The writer of this has now upon his 

 table an American Cheese equal to the cele- 

 brated ' Stilton,' for which 25 cents per pound 

 is obtained, while this excellent ' American ' is 

 sold at 13 cents, only." 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Correcled for the Monthly Journal of Agriculture-I 



ASHES— Pots, Ist sort ^ 100 Iti. 3 R7i® 



Pearls, 1st sort 4 25 ® 



BEESWAX— American Yellow — 29.J ®— 30 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow..^ ffi... — 9 @— 11 



Sperm, Eastern and City — 27 ®— 29 



COTTON— From — 5 ®— 9i 



COTTON BAGGING— American... — 14 @ 



CORDAGE— American ® tb. — 11 ®— 12 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shmings,f)'y. — 5 @— II 



Sheetings — 6i®— 12i 



FEATHERS— American, live — 26 ®— 30 



FLAX— American — 6V®— 7 



FLOUR & MEAL— Genesee, ^ bbL 4 62i® 



lYoy 4 56JS> 



Michigan 4 50 ® 4 56t 



Ohio, "Hat hoop 4 50 ® 4 561 



Ohio, Hayivood &. Venice 5 37i® 5 50 



Ohio, via New-Orieans 4 25'® 4 37i 



Pennsylvania 4 75 ® 4 87^^ 



Brandywine 4 871® 



Georgetown ^... 4 75 ® 4 87J^ 



Baltunore City Mills ". . . . 4 75 ® 



Richmond City MiUs 6— ®650 



Richmond Countiy 4 75 ® 



AlexMidria, Petersburg, &c 4 75 ® 



Rye Flour 3 — ® 3 25 



Com Meal, Jersey and Brand 2 31i® 2 56i 



Com Meal, Brandywine hhd, 11 75 ® 



GRAIN— Wheat, Western..^ bush. — 95 ® 1 06 



Wheat, Southern — 95 ® 1 — 



Rye, Northern — 64 @ 



Com, Jersey and North ... (raeas.) — 47 ® — 48 



Com Southern (measure) — 44 ® 



Com, Southern (weight) — 45 ® — 46 



Barley, Westem — 50 ® — 52 



Oats, Northern — .38 ®— 40 



Oats Southern — 32 ®— 33 



HAY— North River bales — 45 @— 62| 



HEMP — American, dew rotted... ton 85 — ®95 — 



water rotted 120 — ®182 50 



HCr.S— Ist sort, 1845 — 12i ® — 15 



IRON— American I'ig, No. 1 35 — ®37 50 



" Common |32 50 ®35 — 



LIME— Thomaston %> hhl. — 85 ®— 90 



LUMBER— Boards, N.R., ^M. ft. cb-. 30 — ®35 — 



Boards, Eastern Pine 10 — ®11 — 



Boards, Albany Pine ■^pce. — 7 ® — 17 



Plank. Georgia Pine ^M. ft. 33 — ®.35 — 



Heading. White Oak ^M. ®45 — 



(112) 



Staves, White Oak, pipe 



Staves, White Oak, hhd 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 



Staves, Red Oak, hhd 



Hoops 



Scantling, Pine, Eastern 



Scantling, Oak 



Timber, Oak ^ cubic foot 



Timber, White Pine 



lumber, Georgia Yellow Pine 



Shingles, 18 in <^ bunch 



Shingles, Cedar 3 feet, 1st quality. 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 



Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 1st quality. 



Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 2d quality. 



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 



Shingles, Company 



MUSTARD— American 



NAILS— Wrought, 6d to 20d 



Cut, 4d to 4Ud 



PLASTER PARIS— ^ ton 



PROVISIONS— Beef, M., new f bbl. 



Beef. Prime, new 



Pork, Mess, Ohio, old and new.... 



Pork, Prime, Ohio, old and new. . 



Lard, Ohio ^ IB. 



Hams, Pickled 



Shoulders, Pickled 



Sides, Pickled 



Beef Hams, in Pickle ■^ bbl. 



Beef, Smoked ^ ft. 



Butter. Orange County 



Butter, Westem Dairy 



Butter, ordinary 



Cheese, in casks and boxes 



SEEDS- Clover !>■ ft. 



Timothy ■F tierce 



Flax, Rough 



Flax. Clean 



SOAP— N. York, Brown ^O' ft . 



T.4LLOW — American, Rendered. . . 

 TOBACCO— Virginia ® ft . 



North Carolina 



Kentucky and Missouri 



WOOL — Ame. Saxony, Fleece,^' ft. 



American, P"ul! Biood Merino 



American h and i Merino 



Americiui Native and i Merino. .. 



Superlinc. Pulled 



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35 ®— 

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10 ®— 

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 75 ® 9 

 75 ® 6 

 75 ®13 

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11 ®— 

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6 ®— 



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