612 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



from year to year. Wbo doubu that this might 

 have been done before novr, if public men 

 could be brought to legislate for the general, 

 instead of for particular interests ? 



Abstract fkoji the RzxrRSs of Agri- 



CULTrRAI, SOCIZTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS. — 



We are indebted to Mr. Dodge, of HamOton, 

 for this interesting compilation. In our next Num- 

 ber we shall publish Mr. Phinney's " Description 

 of the stock recently imported by the Massachu- 

 setts Society for Promoting Agriculttire : accom 

 panied. perhaps, -svith some notes of the Editor 

 of the Farmers' Library. 



"We are not surprised to find such a man as 

 Mr. P. concurring, apparently, in what we have 

 suggested as the worthlessness of many of the 

 stereotype premiums offered by Agricultural 

 Societies, and their utter inefficiency in diffusing 

 old or producing netr hnowlf.dse. — or in effecting 

 anT seneral or permanent improvement in the 

 branch of industry to which those premiums are 

 applied. 



W^itbotit intending here to anticipate what we 



may have to say on this Report of Mr. P., we lake 

 room to extract his remark on the effect of an- 

 nual premiums for heit milch covrs : 



" Thousands of dollars have been offered and 

 awarded in premiums for the best milch cows 

 within the Commonwealth, during the last twen- 

 ty yearx : and, as appeared to the Trustees, to 

 very Uttle benefit. Whoever has attended our 

 cattle-shows may have occasionally met with a 

 cow, remarkable for her milking properties, 

 which the fortunate owner purchased from some 

 drove. This accidental cow is exhibited at the 

 cattle show ; well authenticated proofs of her 

 great yield of mflk or butter are produced ; the 

 owner takes the highest prize, and puts the 

 money in his pocket : the calf is sold to the 

 butcher, and the cow the next year is put into the 

 beef barrel. And this has been the beginning 

 and the end of most of the native cows to which 

 the highest premiums have been awarded." 



" The breeds of cattle," says Mr. P., " which the 

 Trustees believed, tinder all the circumstances, 

 to be best adapted to this country, best calcula- 

 ted to promote the object they had in view, and 

 to subserve the objects and wants of the farmer, 

 were the Ayrshire and the North Devon." His 

 reasons will appear in our next 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, May 2-3, 



ASHES— Pots. 1st sort ? 100 B. ,3 



Pearis. 1st sort, '4.5 4 



BEE^'W AX— American Te'ilow — 



CANDLES— Mould. TaDow..^ B... — 



Sperm- Eastern and City — 



COTTON- From ^ B. — 



COTTON BAGQrSG — American... — 



CORDAGE — American ^ S. — 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shirtinfs. ^ y. — 



Sheeting — 



FEATHERS — American, live — 



FLAX — American — 



FLOUR i MEAL— Genesee, f bbL 4 



Troy — 



Michigan 4 



Ohia flat hoop 4 



Ohio. Heywood & Venice 5 



Ohio, via" >'ew-Orieans 4 



Pennsylvania 4 



Brandyxine 5 



Georgetown 4 



Baltimore City Mills 4 



Richmond Ciry MiUs 6 



Richmond Country 4 



Alexandria. Petersburg, &c 4 



Rye Fi our 3 



Com Meal, Jersey and Brand 3 



Com MeaL Brandywine hhd. — 



GRALV— ^^'heat. Western.. ^P' busk — 



"VNTieal. Southern new — 



Rye. Northern — 



Com. Jersey and North ... (mc-as.) — 



Com. Southern (measure') — 



Com, .Southem (weight) — 



Oais. Northem — 



Oats. Southern — 



HAY — North River balea — 



HEMP — American, dew-rotted. . ton PO 

 water-rotted. . . .120 



HOPS— 1st sort 1E4.5 — 



IRON — American Pie, No. 1 3.5 



" Common 25 



LtME — ThomaEton ^ bbL — 



LI'MBER—Eoardi NJL, ^M. ft. ch. 35 



Boards. Eastern Pine II 



IVvards, Albany Pine ^pce. — 



P.ank, Georgia Pme ^M. ft. 32 



for the Monthly Journal of Agriculture. 



Staves, White Oak. pipe. ^ M 50 



Staves, "«Tiite Oak, hhd. 40 



Staves. "W nite Oak, bbL 30 



Staves, Red Oak. hhd 25 



Hoops 25 



Scantling, Pine, Eastern. — 



Scantling. Oak. 30 



Timber, Oak ^ cubic foot — 



Timber, White Pine — 



"nmber, Georgia Yellow Pine — 



Shinzles, 1? in. . . .• ^ bunch 1 



Shingies, Cedar, 3 feet. 1st qualirv. — 

 Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet 2d quality. 22 

 Shinsies. Cedar. 2 feet 1st quality. 19 

 Shingles. Cedar, 2 feet 2d quahty. 16 



Shingies. Cypress. 2 feet 13 



Shingles. Companv — 



>a'ST.ARD— .\merican — 



N.\ILS— Wrought, 6d to 30d...^ ft, — 

 CuL4dto4<)d — 



PLA.~TER P.4RLS— ^ton — 



PRO Mi=IONS— Beet Mess, ^ bbl.. . 7 



Beet Prirse 5 



Pork. Mess, Ohio — 



Pork, Prime, Ohio 8 



Lard. Ohio ^ ft. — 



Hams. Pickled. — 



Shoulders. Pickled — 



Sides. Pickled — 



Beef. Smoked ^ ft. — 



Butter, Orange County — 



Buner. Western Dairy — 



Butter, grease — 



Cheese, in casks and boxes — 



SEEDS— Clover F ft — 



Timothv ^ tierce 10 



Flax. Roush. 9 



SOAP— N. York. Brown ^ ft. — 



— @170 — I TALLO^V— American, Rendered... — 



20 ®— 25 i TOB.iCCO— Virginia ® ft. — 



North Carolina — 



Kenmcky and Missouri — 



WOOL — .4m. Saxony. Fleece,.^ ft. — 



American Full Blood Merino — 



American ^ and i Merino — 



American Native and I Merino — 



Superfine. Pulled 



06t@ 



29 S— 29i 



9 a- 11' 

 26 3— 38 



6i®— 10 

 12 3- 13 

 11 3— 12 



.5*3- 11 



7 3— 15 

 25 3— 32 



7i3— 7i 

 56t3 



— 3 



50 3 



50 3 



25 3 5 37i 

 3713 4 50" 

 .50 3 4 62i 



— 3 



.50 3 



,50 3 



— 3 6 25 



62i^® 



50 3 



— 3 3 12i 

 25 3 3 50 



— 316 — 

 93 @ 1 n 

 90 3- 95 



66 3— 67 



67 3 — 69 



60 3 



60 3— 61 

 42 3—43 

 .35 3— 37 



68 3— 80 

 -3100 — 



— 3.37 — 



— 3.30 — 

 75 3 



— 340 — 



— ®13 — 

 10 -a— 19 

 50 335 — 



