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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



as a right staudard, than others wliere the quali- 

 ties in the soil operate to the production and 

 costiuuance of defects. This is found in fact to 

 be the case. Some stocks require little atten- 

 tion ; others, if the manager make strenuous and 

 incessant endeavors to establish a useful figure, 

 majs perhaps, enfeeble the whole system by too 

 frequent accessions of ne\v blood ; for, to con- 

 tinue sheep profitable, healthy, and beautiful, 

 the line should not be too often disturbed with 

 intromissions from other families, however pure. 

 To write ever so explicitl}' on this subject can 

 convey no perfect notion to another j)erson's 

 mind of the dissimilarity which exists between 

 sheep stocks reared on difl'erent pastures; one 

 single look over them would make the idea more 

 distinct, and more certain of the inequality, than 

 any words can convey ; but the fact that each 

 jiasture impresses its peculiar shape, air, and 

 manner, need not be doubted, and this unlike- 

 ness exists after every safe method is taken to 

 bring them to a uniformity. 



[Jour, of Highland and Agr. Soc. of Scotland. 



Bees. — Statistics of Swarming. — In this account of 

 swarming, the Bees, being in the common straw-hive. 

 were left to follow their natural inclination. The 

 statement extends over a period of 10 years. 40 old 



hives produced 64 swarms; three swanna tlew away, 

 two of which were lost through inattention ; 16 

 swarms were in May, 38 in June, 9 in July, and I in 

 August. Five old hives did not swann, one swann 

 swarmed once, and two .swarms sent forth each two 

 colonies ; three of the old hives swarmed thrice each. 

 The worst honey seasons were 183i), 1841, and 1843, 

 in which years the average of swarms per old hive 

 was the greatest, being respectively 2j, 2 1-5, and 2. 

 In the best honey seasons there was less swarming 

 the average being 2, 1, \%, and IJ. The earliest 

 swarm in the 10 years was on May 9th, the latest on 

 Auijust llth; the earliest hour of swarming, 9 o'clock, 

 A. M.; the latest, half-past 3 o'clock, P. ^L The 

 greatest weight of first swarm, 6 lbs. ; of second 

 swarm, i'i lbs. The second swarais were generally, 

 accompanied with more than one queen. This was 

 also the case with two first swarms, which, doubtless, 

 arose from the old queens having died about the 

 commencement of the swarming season. In one of 

 the cases the queen was obser%-ed dead in front of 

 the hive. Many thousands of the Bees continued to 

 cluster around the hive till the 10th or llth day, when 

 a swarm of 6 lbs. left, in company with several 

 queens. — B. T. [Foreign paper. 



1^^ The friends of Agi-iculture will be happy to 

 leani that Hon. J. C. Calhoun has been appointed 

 to deliver the next Anniversary Address to the South 

 CaroUna Agricultural Society — Th€ cause is looking 

 up. 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, December 27, for the Monthly Journal of Agriculture.] 



ASHES— Pots, 1st sort ^ 100 ft. 3 



Pearls, 1st sort, '45 4 



BEESWAX — American Yellow — 



CANDLES— Mould, TaUow..^ lb... — 



Spei-m. Eastern and City — 



COTTON— From ^ tb. — 



COTTON BAGGING— American... — 



CORD.^GE— American ^ IB. — 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shulings,|>'y. — 



Sh^'etings — 



FEATHERS — American, live — 



Fh AX — American — 



FLOUR & MEAX— Genesee, ^ bbl. 5 



Troy 5 



Michigan 5 



Ohio, tlat hoop 5 



Ohio, Hey wood &. Venice , 6 



•Ohio, via" New-Orleane — 



Pennsylvania — 



Brandy wine — 



Georgetown 5 



Baltimore City Mills — 



■Richmond City Mills 7 



Richmond Countrj' 5 



Alexandria, Petersburg, <tc — 



Rye Fl<rar 4 



Com Meai, Jersey and Brand 4 



Com Meal, Brandy wine hhd. 18 



GRAIN— Wheat, Western . . ^ bush. 1 



'vWheat, Southern new 1 



Rye, Northern — 



Cofn, Jersey and North . . . (meas.) — 



Com, Sonrhem (measured — 



Com, Southera (weight) — 



Oatfi, Northern — 



Oats, Southern — 



HAY — North River bales — 



HEMP — American, dew-rotted., ton 80 



•^ " water-rotted 12.5 



HOPS— 1st sort. 1845 — 



IRON— American Pig, No 1 35 



" Common 25 



LIME— Thomaston ¥ I'H — 



LUMBER— Boards. N.R., fM. ft. clr. 35 



Boards, Eastern Pine 10 



Boards, Albany Pine ^pce. — 



Plank, Georgia Puie sp'U.ft. 33 



(736) 



Staves, \\'hite Oak, pipe. ^ M 48 — -3150 — 



Staves, White Oak, hhd 38 — ■a;40 — 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 28 — ®30 — 



Staves, Red Oak. hhd 30 — ®31 — 



Hoops 25 — @30 — 



Scantling. Pine, Eastern 14 — @16 25 



Scantling, Oak 30 — ®35 — 



Tunber, Oak ■F cubic foot — 25 ®— .37 



Tunber, White Pme — 18 ®— 25 



Timber, Georgia Y'ellow Pine — 30 ®— 35 



Shingles, 18 in ■F bunch 1 75 ® 2 — 



Shinffles, Cedar, 3 feet, 1st qualitv- ®24 — 



Shineles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 20 — @22 — 



Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 1st quality. ®17 50 



Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 2d quality. 15 — @16 — 



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 11 — ■©13 — 



Shingles, Companv ®'29 — 



MUSTARD— American — 16 ® — 31 



NAILS— Wrouaht, 6d to 20d...|>' ft. — 10 @— 12J 



Cut,4dfo40d — 4 @— 4t 



PLASTER PARIS— ^ ton 2 62i ® 



PROVISIONS— Beef. Mess, f>'bbl... 8 — ® 8 .50 



Beef, Prime, 5 — ® 5 50 



Pork, Mess. Ohio 13 25 ® 13 37i 



Pork. Prime, Ohio 10 25 ® 10 50 



Lard. Ohio ^ ft. — 8 ®— 8} ' 



Ham.s, Pickled — 7i® 



Shoulders. Pickled — 5i ® 



Sides, Pickled — 6j® 



Beef Smoked ^ n>. — 7 @— 7i 



Butter. Orange County — 18 ®— 90 



Butter, Western Dairy — 15 @— 17 



Butter, ordinarj- — 12 ®— 14 



Cheese, in casks and boxes — 7 ® — 8 



SEEDS— Clover F ft- — 10 ®— H 



Timothy ■F tierce 15 — ®17 — 



Flax, Rough 10 ,37i® 



SOAP— N. York. Brown F »• — 4®— 6 ( 



TALLOW— American, Rendered... — 7i®— 7} 



TOBACCO— Virginia ® ft. — 3®— 6 



North Carolina — 3 ®— 5 



Kentiickv and Missouri — 3@ — ' 



WOOL— Am. Saxony. Fleece,. F J^- — •« ®— ^^ 



American Full Blood Merino — 36 ® — ^ 



American i and i Merino — 30 @ — 33 



American Native and i Merino. . . — 26 ® — 28 

 Superfine, Pulled — 29 ®— 31 ( 



