by having the hinder anerlea of the head pro- 

 duced into a sharp projection like a horn. 



Many other of our domestic birds, such as 

 geese, ducks, &c., have each a peculiar parasite 

 of this class assigned to them, and there are scarce- 

 ly an^^ of our wild birds that are without similar 

 assailants. But in such cases, the parasites ap- 

 pear to do little or no injury, and it is unnecessa- 

 ly, therefore, to refer to them more particularly. 

 " In regard to the means best adapted for coun- 

 teracting the ravages of these parasites, lice on 

 cattle and hor.«es may be destroyed by a plenti- 

 ful and repeated application of oil, and also by 

 repeated rubbing of mercurial ointment into the 

 affected parts of the skin ; but, on using this lat- 

 ter substance, care should be taken not to expose 

 the animal to rain or cold. 



INDIAN CORN— USE OF IT IN ENGLAND. 



" One who knows" wrote us before the open- 

 ing of the British Parliament: — " You will see 

 the duty reduced or taken off grain of all kinds. 

 As to Indian Com, it will take 21) years to intro- 

 duce it into England. It rs within my memory 

 that potatoes have been brought into general 

 use, and oat meal within twenty years. They 

 would as soon have taken ratsbane forty years 



ago, as have u.sed oat-meal or drank buttermilk ; 

 as they called it eating horse-corn bread and 

 drinking pisrs' punch." 



Every thing must have a beginning, and, 

 comparatively speaking, -20 years is as little time 

 for change in the habits of a whole nation, as 

 one year for an individual. 



The best way to accelerate the change would 

 be to station some old colored women cooks 

 from the South — some of those who are going 

 ofi'to Liberia — in the hotels of Ireland, that land 

 of green fields and rich butter, and in the kitchens 

 of the opulent and fashionable, and the lower 

 order would soon learn to overcome the preju- 

 dice springing from the impression that Indian 

 Corn meal is eaten only by " pigs and negroes," 

 as was said when Mr. Escott moved to take off 

 the duty. 



If Planters were cemented together and ha- 

 bituated to act under the influence of that exprit 

 du corps which influences other classes each for 

 its particular benefit, they would be taking 

 measures to establish some agency in England 

 which would facilitate the introduction and use 

 of corn meal. No well-provided breakfa.it or 

 dinner table is without it, in some most palata- 

 ble form, in our Southern States, where people 

 know what good living is, and usually eat the 

 best and sell only what they can't eat. 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, March 18, for the Monthly Journal of Agriculture 



Staves, White Oak, pipe.^M 50 



Staves, White Oak, hhd 40 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 31 



Staves, Red Oak, hhd 27 



Hoops 25 



Scantling, Pine, Eastern — 



Scantlina;, Oali 30 



ASFES— Pots, 1st sort ^ 100 tb. 4 — ® 4 06} 



Pearls, 1st sort, '45 4 .37j® 



BEEfi WAX— American Yellow — 29i@— 30 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow..^ K... — 9 ®— 11 



Spenn, Eastern and City — 26 @ — 38 



COTTON— From ^ Its. — 6J@— 10^ 



COTTON BAGGING— American... — 12 ■&— 13 



CORDAGE— American ^ Its. — 11 @— 12 



I)OME.^TICGOODS-Shu-tings,^y. — nk'^— 11 



Sheetinsrs — 7 @ — 15 



FKATIIEKS— American, live — 26 ®— 33^ 



FL.4X — .imerican — 7i@ — 7} 



FLOUR & ^LEAL— Genesee, ^ bbl. 5 50 @ 5 56} 



Troy ® 



Michigan 5 50 @ 



Ohio, flat hoop 5 50 '& 



Ohio, Hey wood & Venice 6 25 @ 6 37^ 



Ohio, via New-Orleans 5 13i @ 5 37.V 



Pennsylvania 'S> 



Brandy wine 5 50 'S) 5 &2i 



Georaetown 5 12J^@ 5 25 



Baltimore Cit v Mills 5 — © 5 12^ 



Richmond City Mills 6 50 @ 



Richmond Country 5 25 ® 5 37i 



Alexandria, Petersburg, &c 5 — ® 



Rye Flour 3 87.V® 4 — 



Com Meal, Jersey smd Brand 3 37^^® 3 50 



Com Meal, Brandywine hhd. 16 — "3 



GRAIN— Wheat, Western..^ bu«h. 1 15 @ 1 25 



Wheat, Southern new 1 10 @ 1 15 



Rye, Northern — 80 ®— a5 



Com, Jersey and North... (meas.) — 68 ® — 70 



Com, Southern ("measure) — 68 ® 



Com, Southern (weight) — 67 ® — 68 



Oats, Northern — 44 @ — 45 



Oats, Southern ® 



H.4Y— North River bales — 80 @— 85 



HEMP— American, dew-rotted .. ton 85 — @100 — 



" " water-rotted 125 — @175 — 



HOPS— 1st sort, 1845 — 20 ®— 30 



mON— .\mericHn Pig, No. 1 35 — ®37 — 



Common 25 — ®30 — 



LIME— Thomaston ^ bbl. 1 05 ® 



LUMBER— Boards, N.R,, ^M. ft. dr. 35 — ®40 — 



Board.s, Eastei-n Pine 11 — ®13 — 



Boards, Albany Pine ^pce. — 10 @— 19 



Plank, Georgia Pine •^M.ft3250 @35 — 



(1040) 



Timber, Oak ^ cubic foot — 



Timber, White Pine — 



Timber. Georgia Yellow Pine — 



Shingles, 18 in ^ bunch 1 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 1st quality. — 

 Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 22 

 Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 1st quality. 19 

 Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 2d quality. 16 



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 13 



Shinjles, Company — 



MUSTARD— American — 



NAILS— Wrought, 6d to 20d. . . f 115. — 



Cui 4dto40d — 



PLASTER PARIS— F ton 2 



PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, Fbbl... 8 



Beef, Prime, 5 



Pork, Me.s.s. Ohio 10 



Pork, Prime, Ohio 9 



Lard. Ohio f IB. — 



Hams, Pickled — 



Shoulders, Pickled — 



Sides, Pickled — 



Beef, Smoked ^ lt5. — 



Butter, Orange County — 



Butter, Western Daily — 



Butter, ordinary — 



Cheese, in casks and boxes — 



SEEDS— Clover F tb. — 



Tunothy F tieree 13 



Flax, Rough 9 



SOAP— N. York, Brown ^ m. — 



TALLOW — American, Rendered... — 



TOBACCO— Virginia ®lb.— 



North Carolina , — 



Kentucky and Missouri — 



WOOI.— Am, Saxony, Fleece,. F »• — 



American Full Blond Merino — 



American h and J Merino — 



American Native and i Merino. .. — 

 Superfine, Pulled — 



