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GENESEE FARMER. 



Feb. 



•nly CO lbs., while they would require 78 for 

 their developement. The additional 18 lbs. of 

 phosphates will be supplied in stable manure at 

 a pretty cheap rate. 100 lbs. of honcs^ either 

 ground or dissolved in a weak solution of sulphu- 

 ric acid, will also supply the lacking phosphorus. 

 Leached ashes will answer the purpose. 



We should apply one half of the 12.jO lbs. 

 ashes in the hill at the time of planting, taking 

 «arc to mix them with the earth, and the balance 

 on. the hill after the second lioeing. The first rain 

 tiiat fell would take the alkalies down among the 

 roots of the plant just at the time and place most 

 needed. Without going into all the minutia, let 

 us iissume that we have grown and harvested, by 

 cutting at the roots, 60 bushels of corn per acre. 

 Can we not raise our second and ihird crops, 

 cheaper than we did the first ? If you will al- 

 low us to save all the manure made from the corn 

 stalks and cobs, we will raise the second, and all 

 .subsequent crops much cheaper, and you may 

 carry the corn to England in any shape you 

 please. But before we consider the best method 

 of saving manure, we must investigate at some 

 length in another article, the source from which 

 corn, wheat and other cereals, derive their or- 

 ganized elements. 



AVhen you half give away, or waste your house 

 ashes, please remember, practical farmer, that 

 without potash, you can raise neither corn nor 

 potatoes, nor wheat, nor grass, nor any other 

 good crop. 



Agricultural and Commercial Statistics. 



NO. II. 



Price of Flour in New York for 23 years, as 

 fte record has been kept by Mr. Heywood, 



Esq., President of the P>uffalo Board of Trade, on 



the first Wednesday in January and July of each 

 year. 



'far. January. July. 



1823, $6,62^ $7,2.5 



1824....... 6,25 5,87i 



1825, 5,25 5,25 



1826, 5,25 4,75 



1827, 5,12i 4,50 



1828, 5,25 4,62J 



1829, 8,37J I 5,87i 



18J0, 5,12J 4,87i 



1831, 5,75 5,37A 



1832, 6,374 5,75 



1833, 6,00 5,87| 



1834, 5,50 4,87i 



r. 1835, 5,12i 6,62i 



1836, 7,25 7,12J 



» 1837, 10,12.J 9,75 



1838, 8,75 7,25 



1839, 8,87i 6,3Ji 



1840, 5,87i 4,62i 



1841, 4,93i 5,37i 



1842, 5,87i 5,93| 



1843, 4,56i 5,62i 



1844, 4,62i 4,31t 



1845, 4,68 4,62i 



Flour, Pork, Live Hogs, Lard and Bacon, 

 Butter and Cheese, exported from the United 

 Slates in 24 years : 



Pork, Hogs, 

 Years. Flour. Lard, Bacon. Butter <^' Cheese. 



1821,.... 84,298,043 $1,354,116 $190,287 



1822,...- 5,103,482 1,359,899 221,041 



1823,.... 4,9fi2,873 1,291,322 192,773 



1824 5,759,176 1,489,051 204,205 



1325;.... 4.212,127 1,832,679 247,787 



1826,.-.. 4,121,466 1,892,429 207,765 



1827,..-- 4,434,881 1,555,698 184,049 



1828,...- 4,283,669 1,495,830 176,354 



1829,...- 5,000,023 1,493,629 176,205 



1830,.--- 6,132,129 1,315,215 142,370 



1831,.-.. 10,401,728 1,501,644 264,796 



1832,.... 4,974,121 1,928,196 290,820 



1833,-..- 5,642,602 2,151,583 258,452 



1834,--.. 4,569,.379 1,796,001 190,099 



1835,.... 4,394,777 1,776,332 164,809 



1836,.... 3,572,599 1,383,344 114,033 



1837,.... 2,987,2,9 1,?99,7L)6 96,176 



1838,.... 3,603,299 1,312,346 148,191 



1839,.... 6,925,170 1,177,230 127,550 



1840,.... 10,143,615 1,894,894 210,749 



1841,...- 7,759,646 2,621,537 504,815 



1842,--.- 7,375,356 2,629,403 338,185 



1;!43, 9 mo. 3,763,073 2,120,020 508,968 



1844,.... 6,759,488 3,236,479 758,829 



Statement of the value of all the property which 



cleared from, and came to the Hudson on the 



Canals in the years 1844 and 1845 : 



1844. 1845. 



Arrived, §34,640,446 ©45,452,301 



Cleared, 53,142,40'? 55,453,998 



$87,782,849 $100,906,298 

 Excess in 18-^5 over 1844, .$13,123,449 



Statement of all the property which came to 

 Hudson river on the Canals, in 1845, with the 

 quantity and estimated value of each article, in 

 Albany and Troy : 



THE FOREST. 



Furs and peltry 708,749 lbs, $873,435 



Boards and scantling 237,924,666 ft. 4,044,720 



Shingles.... 72,120 M. 234,390 



Timber 2,492,668 ft. 4)8,534 



Staves 139,754,800 lb.<i. 628,898 



Wood 17,696 cords. 86,258 



.4.8he3 69,668 brls. 1,393,360 



Total value., $7,759,596 

 AGRICULTURE. 



Pork 45,153 brls. $571,637 



Beef 67,699 " 507,743 



Bacon 1,631,700 lbs. 118,299 



Cheese 27,542,861 " 1,921,000 



Butter 21,825,455 " 3,055,564 



Lard 3,064,800 " 245,184 



Wool 9,-504,039 " 2,946,2.52 



Hides 293,009 " 36,627 



Flour.... 2,517,250 brls. 14,021,081 



Wlieat 1,620,'033 bush. 1,941,869 



Rye 157,433 " 111,002 



Corn 35,803 " 21,479 



Barley 1,137,917 " 671,371 J 



Other grains 1,294,609 " 491,951 



Bran and ship stuffs 1,067,665 " 160,150 



I'eas and Beans 66,175 " 70,145 



Potatoes 145,569 " 58,076 



Dried fruit 360,966 " 32,477 



Cotton....; 66,800 lbs. 5,177 



Tobacco 670,900 " 80,508 



Clover and grass seed... 3,161,200 " 221.284 



Flaxseed 8,303,960 " ' 166,0*9 



Hops 874,200 " 157,356 



Total value, $27,61-2,291 

 MANUFACTURES. 



Domestic spirits 1,588,601 gall. $444,809 



Leather 15,333,925 lbs. 2,765,508 



