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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



to further the great cause of agricultural improvement. Let printed questions 

 be prepared and circulated through the Union, in order that such of the visitors 

 who feel an interest in the matter might be prepared to rei)ly to them. I give 

 you the hint. Bring it to the notice of the readers of your journal, if you con- 

 sider it worthy of consideration. 



J. S. Skinneb, Esq. W. B. S. 



We publish the suggestion witli pleasure, and the hint would be taken and carried out il 

 agriculturists were imbued with the same enlightened and ardent devotion to their concerns 

 that animates other classes ; but, of all others, they are the most hstless — as, for instance : At 

 the late meeting ot the Fiirmers' Convention at New-York, a '' Central Committee" was ap 

 pointed " to collect information, &c." Well, the Cliainnan called most respectfully on the 

 good offices of the Presidents and Secretaries of Agricultural Societies, only so far as that they 

 would take the trouble to write down the name of the Society and its President, and trans- 

 mit the letter, postage unpaid, to J. S. Skinner, Chairman as aforesaid; and oxit of the many 

 hundred Agincultural Societies in the Union, how many, does the reader suppose, have taken 

 the enormous trouble to write the five lines required in the case ? Not more than Jive or 

 six ! Men must be brought up to read in connection icith their catling in life, and to un- 

 derstand that it has its principles to be studied, and its rights to be defended against hostile 

 legislation, before they can be brought to compare notes and devise the means of anticipating 

 or counteracting it, or to diffuse among all the most recent and valuable discoveries in the 

 processes of their art. 



PHICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, August 22, for the Monthly Journal of Agrictilture.'\ 



ASHES— Pots, l8t sort •F 100 ffi. .'i 



Pearls, 1st sort, '46 4 



BEESWAX — American Yellow — 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow.. ■F Itj... — 



Spenn, Eastern and City — 



COTTON— From F It). — 



COTTON BAGGING— American... — 



CORDAGE— American F ffi. • 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shiitings, ^ y. - - 



Slieetings — 



FEATHERS— American, live — 



FLAX — American — 



FLOUR & MEAL— Genesee, F' t)bl. 4 



Troy 4 



Michigan 3 



Ohio, flat hoop 4 



Ohio, Hey wood & Venice 4 



Ohio, via New-Orleana 3 



Pennsylvania 



Brandywine 4 



Georgetown 4 



Baltimore City Mill.s 4 



Richmond City Mills 5 



Kichmond Country 4 



Alexandria, Petersburg, &c 4 



Rye Flour ." 



Com Meal, Jersey and Brand 2 



Com Meal, Brandywine hhd. 14 



GRAIN— Wheat, White F bush. — 



Wheat, Red new — 



Rye, Northern — 



Com, Jersey and North., .(meas.) — 



Com, Southern (measure') — 



Com, Southern (weiglit) — 



Oiits, Northern — 



Oats, Southern — 



HAY— North River in bales, F 100 16 — 

 HEMP— American, dew-rotted .. ton 70 



»■ " water-rotted 130 



HOPS— 1st sort, 184.') — 



IRON— Ameiican Pig, No. 1 .'52 



" Common '~~ 



LIME- ThomMton F bl)l. — 



LU.MBER— Boards. N.R., FM. ft. clr. 30 



Boiuds, Eiistern Pino H 



Boards, Altifuiy Pine Fpce. — 



Planlt. Crtjorgia Pino ^(<l ft. '~>7 



(288) 



561® 



12.VS1 



26i@— 27 



9 @— 11 

 26 ®— 38 



7i@— 1(H 



13 ® 



11 ®— 13 



.5 @— 11 



6i@— 15 



24 @— 30 

 8 ®— 8;V 



— ® 4 06i 



— ® 



97 ® 4 — 



— ® 



37i@ 4 50 

 50 ® 3 62i 



25 ® 4 50 

 18i@ 4 25 



— ® 



50 ® 



12.V® 4 25 

 — "® 4 12i 



75 ® ■ 



561® 3 — 

 75 ®15 — 

 90 ®— 95 

 80 ®— 86 

 72 ®— 75 

 59 @— 60 

 53 ®— 54 



— ® 



29 ®— 30 

 23 ®— 25 

 45 @ 



— ®90 — 

 — ®185 — 

 19 ®— 16 

 50 ®35 — 

 M ®2r. — 

 70 ®— 75 



— ®35 — 



— ®13 - 

 10 ®— 18 



— ®30 — 



Staves. WTiite Oak, pipe.F M 50 — @ 



Staves. White Oak, hhd 40 — ® 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 30— ® 



Staves, Red Oak. hhd 24 — ® 26 — 



Hoops 25 — ®30 — 



Scantling, Pine, Eastern ®15 — . 



Scantling, Oak 30 — ®35 — 



Timber. Oak ^ cubic foot — 22 ®— 33 



Timber, White Pine — 15 @— 22 



Timber, Georgia Yellow Pine — 20 ®— 22 



Shingles, 18 in F bunch 1 75 ® 2 — 



Shuigles, Cedar, 3 feet, 1st quality. 25 — ® 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 22 — ®23 — 

 Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 1st quality. 17 — ®18 — 

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



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 13 — ®14 — 



i^hingles, Company ®28 — 



MUSTARD— American — 16 ®— 31 



NAILS— Wrought, 6d to yOd.-.F tt). — 10 ®— 12.} 



Cut4dto4()d — 4®— 4i 



PLASTER I'ARl.^— r ton 2 37}® 2 .50 



PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, fbbl... 6 25 ® 7 — 



Beef, Prime 4 25 ® 5 — 



Pork, Mess. Ohio '. 9 75 ® 



Pork, Prime, Ohio 8 — ® 8 12i 



Lard. Ohio F Jt>. — 53®— 7 



Ham.-!, Pickled — 4}®— 4i 



Shoulders, Pickled — 3i®— 3,^ 



Sides, Pickled ® 



Beef. Smoked F tts. — 5®— 5} 



Butter. Orange County — 15 ® — 16 



Butter, Western Dairy, new — 12i® — 14 



Butter, grease — 6J3 — 7 



(^heese, in casks and boxes — 6 ® — 6} 



SEEDS— Clover F tb. — > 6 ®— 7} 



Timothy F tierce 11 — @15 — 



Flax, Rou-h 8 .50 ® 



SOAP— N. York. Brown F »>• — 4®— 6 



T.^LLOW — American Rendered .. . — 7 ® — 7J 



TOBACCO— Virginia @ lb. — 213— 6 



North Carolina — 2.1® — 5 



Kentucky !uid Missouri — 2i® — 7 



WO(JL— Am. Saxony. Fleece,. F tti. — 32 ®— .34 



American Full Blood Merino — 27 @ — 28 



American k and 3 Merino — 22 ® — 2.5 



American Native and i Merino... — 20 ® — 21 

 Superfine, I'uUed — 22 ® — 26 



