Prices of Agricultural Products at the Principal markets in tlie United States. —July 21, 1852. 



Beef, per 100 lbs 



do mess, per bbl . . 

 Pork, per 100 lbs 



do mess, per bbl. 



Lard, per lb 



Butter, do 



Cheese, do 



Flour, per bbl 



Wheat, per bush 



Corn, shelled, per bu. 

 Rye, do 



Oats, do 



Barley, do 



Clover seeil, do 

 Timothy seed, do 

 Flax seed, do 



Hay, per ton 



Wool, per lb 



Wood, hard, per cord 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Wheat Culture in New England, 233 



National Agrieultural Convention and Society, 235 



Source of the Nutritious Property of Vegetation, 233 



English and American Plowing, 240 



Flax-Culture and Flax Cotton, 241 



Thick and Thin Sowing, 243 



French Merino Sheep, 247 



CoNDK.NSKii Correspondence. — Large Hog ; Weight 

 of Merino Lambs; Spanish Merino Sheep; Dropped 

 Manure ; To remove Garlic Taste in Butter ; Plas- 

 ter on Wheat in the Fall ; Gapes in Chickens, 244 



Impoverishing the Soil 245 



Ladies Department. — Calandrinia, 256 



Editop.'s Table.— Town Agricultural Societies; Zinc 



Paint, 257 



Agricultur.al Fairs, Notices, &c., .258 



luipiiries and Answers, 35S 



HOKTICULTUEAL DEPAKTMENT. 



Notes on Strawberries, 150 



The different varieties of Quince, 252 



New Roses, 254 



Answers to Correspondents, 260 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Group of French Merino Sheep, 243 



Group of Silesian Merino Sheep, 249 



Outline of Angers Quince, 2.^2 



Outline of Oblong Quince, 253 



Outline of Pear Quince, 254 



Calandrinia Speciosa, 256 



Valuable "Virginia Land for Sale. 



I OFFER for sale between 700 and 800 acres of land, 

 handsomely located in Prince George county, Va., lying 

 immediatt-l'y on Chipoaks creek, adjoining Lower Brandon 

 plantation on the south, 25 miles from Petersburg. About 

 200 acres are cleared, and the balance tolerably well tim- 

 bered with oak and pine. The cleared land was marled 

 several years agfl, and 1000 bushels of marl with 1500 bush- 

 els of lime have been recently applied to it. 



The imjirovements are, a good brick house with five 

 rooms, (.from which there is a beautiful prospect of James 

 river,) a kitchen, stable, smoke-house, a barn with station- 

 ary liorse-power .ittached, and a well of good water. The 

 buildings are within 300 yards of the main landing, where 

 vessels load with produce, wood, &c., and unload lime at 7 

 cts. per bushel. Marl abounds on the opposite side of the 

 creek. The whole tract is well watered by .springs and 

 brooks, that run through fine meadow lands, a part o( 

 which are cleared. 



1 will sell it entire, or in parcels to suit purchasers, as it 

 can be ailvantngeously divided into four farms. If not sold 

 privately (of which due notice will be given) before the SOth 

 day of September next, I will sell it upon the premises, on 

 that day, at public auction, without reserve. 



Pir,si'ms wishing to view the property will leave the 

 Richmond and N<)rfolk boat at Lower Brandon Wharf, on 

 James River, three miles from the property; or I will give 

 any information to those addressing me (post-paid) at 

 Cabin Point P. 0., Surry County, Va. 



Augiwt, 1852.— 8-2t. E. T. FETTET.. 



Splendid Horses for Sale at Auction. 



" We refer those who are critical in the matter of horse- 

 flesh to the advertisement of J. Dorr, Esq., of ScottsvUle, 

 by which it will be seen that his fine Morgan colts are 

 offered for sale. Such an opportunity to purchase seldom 

 occurs. Both the breed and these individual specimens 

 are among the most desirable in the country." — Jiochestei' 

 Daily American, July 2, 1852. 



See advertisement on page 232 (July number.) Sale to 

 be August 25, at 3 P. M., in front of J. P. Fogg's seed store, 

 Rochester, instead of ISth, at SeottsviUe, as before adver- 

 tised. J. DORR. 



Improved Stock. 



CATTLE of the Durham, Devon, Hereford, Aldemey, and 

 Ayr-hire breeds. 



SHEEP of the Native and French Jlerino, Saxony, South 

 Down, and Cotswold. 



PIGS of the Lincoln, Suffolk, and Berkshire breeds. 



From our long experience as breeders and dealers in the 

 above kinds of stock, and our excellent situation for pur- 

 chasing and shipping, we think we can do as good justice 

 to orders, as any other house in the United States. 

 A. B. ALLEN & CO., 



Apra 1, 1852— tf. 1S9 and 191 Water St., New York. 



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