MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



THE HEREFORD COW. 



It is proper to say of the portrait in this number, of Mr. Cornixg's cow, Matilda, that it has been very 

 faithfully cupii'd from a pKiniing done under his direction — and which, we think, does credit to the very 

 meriioiious artist, Wr. Van Zant. 



It may be that the cow— a superb one of lier breed — is not made np to order. The portrait is what it pur- 

 ports to be, and what all portraits should be,' but what not many are — a liktne^s, and not a fancy sketch — 

 parin" oil' redundancies, and supplying defects, to make up something a little better than Platiirt can do. — 

 When ."he does her part as well as she has done, almost without any detect or exception, in Mr. Coming's 

 herd of Herefords, for ourselves we should be content to let very well alone. We consider the cow a su- 

 perior animal of her breed — distinguished particularly, as to color and marks, by those which characterize 

 that breed of cattle. 



We have before intimated that, with such a resource as Mr. Coming's herd within reach, it would be 

 folly to send for Herelbrd cattle to England, where they still maintain their long and sharp contest with the 

 Short-Horns. 



One secret of their being so well sustained here in their excellence, now for many years, might be stated 

 if one could state the secret by which Mr. riotham, like Mr. Webster, never fails to have crups of Swedes 

 that would do credit to a Norfolk English farmer. 



CHAMPION. 



In the last number we gave a portrait of Mr. Grinnell's fine colt — Champion. In the award of the 

 premium, there was no hesitation on the score of his pirrsonal Jiirrits. His size, his blood, and his extraor- 

 dinary performance — doing his mile in 3..5 at two yeai-s old — cleared the way (if all difficulty. The Judges 

 zeerc judges, and well knew to what a standaid a colt like hira will fill up, when "of age,'' and to what a 

 horse of the Mambrino stock may be brought, wlio can do his work at such rate and in such style, when 

 only in the gristle. Trotting stock are usually not fairly taken in hand iiunl they are six. For performance 

 in that gait, the stock of old Messenger, coming down through Mambrino, has no rival ; and Champion bids 

 fair to stand in tlie shoes of his world-renowned sire. Saying that, what more need be said ; 



Not wishing to draw on his masculine povvurs prematurely, his owner consents to let him pay his com- 

 pliments this season to a very limited nuinber of good mares, at Levaxa, Cayuga County, N. V. 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, December 23, for the 



ASHES— Pots, 1st sort -F 100 ffi. 4 6-3.1® 4 68i 



Pearls, 1st sort, '46 5 .50 -g) 



BEE.'^WAX — American Yellow — 27 'g' — 27i 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow.. #■ 16... — 9^@— 11 



Spenn, Eastern and Chy — 26 ® — 38 



COTTON— From ^ IC. — 91 -©— 12^ 



COTTON BAGGING— American... — 10^2)— 13 



CORDAGE— American ■F ft. — 11 @ — 12 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shii-tings,'Fy. — ."5 ©- 11 



Sheetings — 6i®— 1.5 



FEATHERS- Ameiican, live — 25 @— 28 



FLAX— American — 7 @— 8 



FLOUR & MEAL— Genesee, ^ bbl. 5 50 ® 5 56i 



Ti-oy 5 50 ® 



Michigan 5 50 "g) 



Ohio, Flat Hoop 5 50 « 



Ohio, Round Hoop ® 



Ohio, via New-Orleans "S 



Pennsylvania 2 



Brandyvrine 5 50 -© 



Georgetown 5 50 © 



Baltimore City Mills ® 



Kichmond City Mills 6 75 'a) 7 — 



Richmond Country 5 25 @ 5 37.^ 



Alexandria, Petersburg, &c 5 25 ® 5 3?i 



Rye Flour 3 87.V'a) 4 — 



Com Meal, Jersey and Brand 3 871 S) 4 — 



Corn Meal, Brandywine hhd. ®17 50 



GRAIN— Wheat, White !>• bush. 1 15 a< 1 20 



Wheat, Red 1 02 ® 1 08 



Rye, Northern — 84 'w 



Com, Jersey and North. . .(meas.) — 78 "S — 80 



Com, Southern (measure) '& 



Com, Southern (weight) — 73 « — 78 



Oats, Northern — 3:* 'a— 40 



Oats, .'^outheni ® 



HAV— North River in bales, ^lOOttS — 56 @— 62.V 

 IIEMP— American, dew-rotted .. ton 95 — 'n 110 — 



water-rotted 150 — ®200 — 



HOP.S— 1st sort, 1846 — i'S®— 11 



IRON— Ameiican Pig, No 1 30 — '«32 .'JO 



Common 22 50 TiMTy — 



I,IME— Thomaston I> bbl. — 80 ^a 



LUMBER- Boards, N.R., ^M. ft. clr. 30 — g35 — 



Boards, Eaet^m Pine '"' 



Boanls, Albany Pine ^pce. — 10 ■a— 18 



Plank, Georgia Pine ^M.rt. 27 50 'w 



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Staves, wniite Oak, pipe.^M 50 — ® 



Staves, White Oak, hhd 40 — ® 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 30 — ® 



Staves, Red Oak, hhd 24 — ^28 — 



Hoops 20 — ®30 — 



Scantling, Pine, Eastern 15 — ®16 25 



Scantling, Oak 30 — ®35 — 



Timber, Oak ^ cubic fool — 20 ®— 30 



Timber, White Pine — 13 ®— 20 



Timber, Georgia Yellow Pine — 24 @ — 28 



Shingles ^ bunch 1 75 -® 2 — 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 1st quality. 26 — ® 



Shifcgles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 22 — ®24 — 

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

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



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 13 — ®14 — 



Phinales, Company 28 — -©30 — 



MUSTARD— American — 16 ■®— 31 



NAILS— Wrought, 6dto20d...^ IB. — 10 6- 14 



Cui4dto4()d — 4 @— 4i 



PL.'^STER PARIS— f>' ton 2 12^3 2 25 



PliOVISIONS— Beef, Mess, ^ bbl... 8 — ® 8 50 



Beef Prime 6 — ® 6 50 



Pork, Mess, Ohio 10 37A ® 10 50 



Pork, Prime, Ohio 8 25 ® 8 374- 



Lard. Ohio f m. — 7®— 7i 



Hams, Pickled — 6i®— 6J 



Shoulder.?, Pickled — 4i®— 5 



Sides, Pickled ® 



Beef,Smoked ^ tl5. — 8j®— 9 



Butter, Orange County ,- . — 18 "ff— 19 



Butter, Western Daii-j' — 13 ®— 15 



Butter. Grease ." — CI®— 7 



Cheese, in casks and boxes — 6i5' — 7J 



SEEDS— Clover ^ ffi. — 6i®— ^■i 



Timothy •F tierce 11 — ®15 — 



Flax, Rougn 9 — ® 9 25 



SOA P— N. York, Brown ^ ». — 3i ®— 6 



TALLOW— American Rendered ... — 81®— 8| 



TOBACCO— Virginia ® IB. — Ua/— 5 



North Carolina — 2 ® — 4 



Kenluckv and Missouri — 2® — 6 



WOOL— .Am. Saxony. Fleece,.^ ». — 35 ®— 374- 



Am«n-icnn Full Blood Jlcrino — 30 ® — 32 



American i and i Merino — 26 ® — 23 



American Native and i Merino... — 22 ® — 24 

 Superfine, Pulled — 25 ® — 28 



