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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



NIGHTSOIL, OR POUDRETTE. 



We were much disappointed lately in missing an opportunity to see the establishment 

 gotten up in Philadelphia by Mr. Minor, the talented and persevering Editor of the Rail- 

 road Journal, for the preparation of Poudrelle. It was our wish to have seen it and to- 

 have obtained some particulars as to the scale and particular region of its operations. 



We understand, generally, that his sales have been extensive and constantly increasing. 

 Besides its being undoubtedly among the most powerful of all fertilizers, its materials being 

 of the richest, it has, like guano, the great advantages of condensation, portability, and of 

 not propagating noxious weeds. The excrement of birds is said to derive its value, in a 

 great measure, from the fact that it combines the urine with it. While we throw away the 

 offerings to that delicate Goddess, Gloaciiia, they " order things differently in France." There, 

 as in Rome of old, the city government appoints their curatores cloacarum urbis ; and thus 

 the City of Paris derives a revenue of about $200,000 for the privilege of pennitting certain 

 persons to coUect and use the nightsoil of the city. 



EXPORT OF GRAIN from the U. States to G. Britain and Ireland, from Sept. 1. 1846, to March 27, 1847. 



Wheat bushels 1,273,882 I Rye bushels 2,685 



Indian Com " 6,931,640 | Oats " 144.069 



Barley bushels 130,071 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, April 24, for the Monthly Journal of Agriculture.] 



ASHES— Pots, iBt sort !>' 100 K. 5 — ® 5 



Pearls, let sort, '46 '& 6 



BEKriWAX — Ainenc-an Yellow — 26 'a> — 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow.. #■ IB... — 11 'w— 



Spenii, Eaiitern and City — 31 'a>— 



COTTON— From ^ Iti. — 10^®- 



COTTON BAGGING— American... — 12J@— 



CORDAGE— American ^ tb. — 11 @ — 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shu-tings, ^ y. — .5 ®— 



Sheetings — 7 ®— 



FEATHERS— American, live — 28 @— 



FLAX— American — 7 ® — 



FLOUR &. MEAL— Genesee, f bbl. 8 — ®— 



Troy 7 87igi — 



Michigan 7 87A ©— 



Ohio, Flat Hoop 7 b7Ja — 



Ohio, Round Hoop ® — 



Ohio, via New-Orleans ® — 



Pennsylvania 7 37i® 7 



Brandywine 7 37i@ 7 



Georgetown 7 5U ® — 



Baltimore City Mills 7 37^ @ 7 



Richmond City Mills 8 50 ®— 



Richmond Country 7 37.|® 7 



Alexandria, Petersburg, &c 7 371® 7 



Rye Flour ; 5 121® 5 



Com Meal, .Tcrsey and Brand 4 50 ® 4 



Com Meal, iirandywine hhd. ® — 



GRAIN— Wheat, White ^ bush. 1 70 ® 1 



Wlieat, Red 1 45 ® 1 



Rye, Northern — 95 ® — 



Com, Jersey and Noith.. .(meas.) — 93 ® 



Com, So\ithi'm (measured — 92 ® — 



Com, Southern (weight) a> — 



Oats, Northern — 49 ®— 



OaV, .lersey • ® — 



HAY— North River in bales, fvlOOm — 60 ®— 

 HEMP— American, dew-rotted. . tonl40 — ®l(iO 



water-rotted 160 — ®220 



HOPS— Istsort 1846 — 84®— 



IRON— American Pig, No 1 ®32 



Common 22 .50 ®25 



LIME- Thomaston !>■ bbl. — 85 @— 



1 UMBER— Boards, N.R., ^M. ft. clr. 30 — ®35 



Bouide, Eastern Pino ® — 



Boards, Albany Pine ^pcc. — 10 ®— 



Timber, Georgia Pine ^M.A. 27 50 a— 



(1056) 



Staves, White Oak, pipe. ^ M 50 — ® 



Staves, White Oak, hhd 40 — ® 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 30 — ® 



Staves, Red Oak, hhd 24 — ® 28 — 



Hoops 20 — ®30 — 



Scantling, Eastern.. 15 — ®16 25 



Scantling, Oak — 30 @— 35 



Timber, Oak f cubic foot — 20 ®— 30 



Timber, White Pine — 13 ®— 20 



Timber, Georgia Yellow Pine — 24 ■g — 28 



Shingles ^ bunch 1 75 ® 2 — 



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



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 22 — S24 — 

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

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



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 13 — ®14 — 



Shinirles, Company 28 — ®30 — 



MUSTARD— Ameiican ® 



NAILS—Wrought, 6d to 20d...^ Its. — 10 ®— 14 



Cui4dto40d — 41®— 4{ 



PLASTER PARIS— <Fton 2 87i® 3 — 



PROVISION.S— Beef, Mess, |»bbl... 11 75 @12 50 



Beef, Prime, 8 50® 9 25 



Pork. Mess, Ohio, old 14 87^ gi 15 — 



Pork, Prime, Ohio, old 13 — ®13 12} 



Lard. Ohio ^ lb. — 9.®— lOi- 



Hams. Pickled — 8*®— 9i 



Shoulders. Pickled — 6^®— 7 



Sid.'s, Pickled ® 



licci; ^^nioUrd ^ ft. ®— 11 



BiUler. Oraiiye County — 25 ®— 28 



liulter. Western Dairy — 18 ®— 20 



Butter, Grease ® 



Cheese, in casks and boxes — 7 ® — 8 



SEKI)!-^— Clover #■ ft. — 6.i ®— 7 



Timothy ^tierce 17 — ®21 — 



Flax, Rough ®H 5C 



SOAP— N. York, Brown ^ ft. — 3}@— 5i 



TALLOW— American Rendered ... — 8i®— 9 



TOHACCO— Virginia @ ft. — 2 @— 6 



North Carolina ® 



Kentucky and Missouri — 3 ® — 7 



WOOL— .\m..'^axony. Fleece,.^ ft. — 35 @— 37i 



American Full Blood Merino — 32 ® — 34 



Aniericiin t ami i Merino — 27 ® — 30- 



Ameiican Native and J Merino — 2.5 2) — 27 



Supertine, PuUcd —30 ®— 39' 



