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of a "learned profession " to advocate the interests of their own, which thus, by 

 implication, at least, they seem content shall be for ever considered as among 

 the unlearned .' 



If, with some experience, and thirty years of zealous devotion to these sub- 

 jects, we may be permitted to offer one suggestion in a friendly spirit, we would 

 add that, instead of giving premiums to animals without merit, because they are 

 without competitors, such animals should be stigmatized as unworthy of exhibi- 

 tion and of their race. Several such prized animals at this exhibition might be 

 named. At all events, the number of competitors in all cases should be stated, 

 along with the awards, as that would serve in some measure to explain that suc- 

 cess does not always imply merit. The object of such Societies — especially State 

 Societies — should be not so much to swell the number as to exemplify excellence 

 in things exhibited. If proceedings are not conducted in this spirit of judgment 

 and independence, the public will turn away in disgust from an institution so lia- 

 ble to be ill-directed or perverted. 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, September 23, for the Monthly Journal of Agriculture.] 



ASHES— Pots, iBt sort ^ 100 lb. 3 



Pearls, 1st sort, '4f) 4 



BEESWAX — American Yellow — 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow..^ 16... — 



Spei-m, Eastern and Citj' — 



COTTON— From ^ It). — 



COTTON BAGGING — American... — 



CORDAGE— American f ft. — 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shii-rings, f y. — 



Sheetings — 



FEATHERS — American, live — 



FL.4X — American — 



FLOUR & MEAL— Genesee, ^ bbl. 4 



Troy 4 



Michigan 4 



Ohio, Flat Hoop 4 



Ohio, Roimd Hoop 4 



Ohio, via New-Orleans — 



Pennsylvania — 



Brandy wine 5 



Georgetown 4 



Baltunore City Mills — 



Uichmond City Mills 6 



Richmond Counti-j' 4 



Alexandria, Petersburg, &c 4 



Rye Flour 3 



fJorn Meal, Jersey and P.rand 3 



Com Meal, Brandywine hhd. 15 



ORAIN— Wheat, White ^ bush. 1 



Wheat, Red new — 



Rye, Northern — 



Com, Jersey and North ... (meas.) — 



Com, Southern (measure) — 



Com, Southern (weight) — 



Oats, Northern — 



Oats, Southern — 



HAY— North River in bale?, ^lOOm — 

 HEMP— American, dew-rotted . . ton 75 



« " water-rotted 130 



HOPS— 1st sort, 1845 — 



IRON— American Pig, No. 1 32 



I " Common 22 



limp:- Thomnston ^ bbl. — 



LUMBER— Boards, N.R., ^hl. ft. clr. 30 



Boards, Eastern Pine 11 



Boards, Albany Pine f>'pce. — 



Plank, Georgia Pine ^M. ft. 27 



(384) 



Staves, \V\nte Oak, pipe. ^ M 50 — @ 



Staves, \\'hite Oak, hhd 40 — -3) 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 30 — ® 



Staves, Red Oak, hhd 24 — ®26 



Hoops 25 — @30 — 



Scantling, Pine, Eastern @15 



Scantling, Oak 30 — ®a5 — 



Timber,"Oak ^ cubic foot — 22 @— 33 



Timber, ^\liite Pine — 15 ® — 22 



Timber, Georgia Yellow Pine — 20 ® — 22 



Shingles, 18 in ^ bunch 1 75 ® 2 — 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 1st quality. 25 — 'a) 



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 — 



Shingles, Company -giSS — 



MUSTARD— American — 16 ®— 31 



NAILS— Wrought, 6d to 20d...^ 16. — JO ®— 12i 



Cut 4d to 40d — 4®— 4i 



PLASTER PARIS— ^ ton 2 25 @ 2 50 



PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, ^bbl... 6 75 @ 7 — 



Beef, Prime, 550® 6 — 



Pork, Mess, Ohio 9 75 ® 



Pork, Prime, Ohio ®825 



Lard. Ohio ^ IB. — 64®— 7i 



Hams, Pickled — 4*®— 5 



Shoulders, Pickled — 3}®— 4 



Sides. Pickled @ 



Beef. Smoked ^ ft. — 71®— 8 



Butter. Orange County — 15 ® — 16 



Butter, Western Daily, new, — 12} ® — 14 



Butter, Grease .' — CJ® — 7 



("heese, in ciisks and boxes — 6 ® — 7 



SEKDS- Clover ^ K. — 6 ■&— 7J 



Timothv -P tierce 11 — ®15 — 



Flax. Itough 8 50 ®— 9 



SOAP— N. York, Brown ^ ft. — 3}®— 6 



TALLOW— American Rendered ... — 7®— 7^ 



TOHACCO— Virginia @ ft. — 2ia— 6 



North Cai-olina — 2}® — 5 



Kentucky and Missouri — 2^® — 7 



WOOL— Am. Saxony, Fleece,. i* ft. — 32 ®— 34 



Amciuran Full Blood Merino — 27 ®— 28 



American A and i Merino — 22 ® — 25 



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

 Superfine, Pulled — 24 'W— 25 



