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THE farmers' cabinet. 



Brief Review of the Markets. 



VOL. I. 



Philadelphia, March 27-The Flour and 

 Meal Market has for so.ne days past been 

 dull ; the tendency of prices beinfj downward 

 Superjine Wheat Flour is quoted at $10 per 

 barrel. Rye Flour is scarce, and small sales 

 have been made at $7 75 to $3 00 per bar- 

 rel. Considerable sales of Corn MeaUu bar- 

 rels at M 00 to 4 50. Guain. toreignl 

 Wheat IS very dull of sale and prices have 

 declined. Sales of 500 bushels from store at 

 4i!2 00 for fair quality ; a large parcel hay- 

 fnt some smell, is offered at $1 85 A sale 

 eaTly in the last week, of .5000 bushels good 

 quality western Wheat, deliverable after the 

 Opening of the Canals, at $2 20 per bi^hel 

 Good Domestic is wanted. iJt/e—ba es ot 

 1500 bushels Delaware afloat at $1 4U per 

 bushel ; about 1000 Bremen, price not^ named, 

 but at some decline on last week s rates. 

 Corn is in request; sales of several parce s 

 Southern afloat, 3,500 a 4000 bushels ; White 

 at 91 for inferior, and 93 fo;.g««<i /l'-^^'^^; 

 Yellow flat at 94 for only fair, and 95 a 9b 

 els. for good quality. Oa^^'f^-'^f. '^l 

 car.roes Southern, 3,000 bushels at 51 a 51i 

 cts.Vr bushel. Hops have 'leclined a frac- 

 tion" small sales of first sort at 9i. cents per 

 pound. OiLS-Linseed is arriving more 

 freely, with a very limited demand ; nominal 

 price, $1 00. A sale in tierces early in the 

 week at 99 cts. Some shipments have been 

 made to a neighboring market. We have no 

 chancres to note in Sperm or Whale Oils. 

 Puov^isioNS-Sales of Mess Bef at $1.5 per 

 barrel. Prime City Inspection $11 50 a $1^. 

 Mess Por/.-$22 a 22 50; Prime, *17 to 

 18 50. Sales of 360 kegs Western Lard, 

 No. 1, part at lU cts. 90 days, P^rt 12 ^ts. 

 for superior auality, 4 mos. ; 1 a 200 ke^s 

 Jersey at 13* cts. cash. Western Baconjs 

 coming in freely, and prices have declined, 

 sales at U, since lOA cts. for good quality 

 assorted. RicE-Prices continue steady with 

 a fair demand. A lot of 50 tcs. and 20 half 

 do sold at 4 cts. per lb. for good quality ; sales 



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70 tcs. in lots, at 3J a 3 7-8 cts. Seeds-- 

 The activity noted last week in Cloverseed 

 has subsided, several large orders having been 

 filled • and prices have declined for all kinds 

 but strictly prime, which is much wanted. 

 Sales of several lots 350 a 400 bushels, at 

 $6 00 to $7 87^ for inferior old, to good new 

 Seed F/ajcseerf— Sales of several lots 5 a 



000 bushels at $1 90 a 1 95 per bushel. 



1 Wool— Large sales of superhne have been 



made at former P'-i^,^,^^^^;^"^ '?T ^tJI 

 'prices firm. CATTLE MARKET-The 

 supply offered for the last fortnight has been 

 abundant. Beef Cattle were in good demand 

 and all the supply were taken at Sd a $y OU 

 for fair to good quality; superior and extra, 

 9 50 a $10 per hundred. In Cows and 

 Calves, a material decline has taken place, 

 the sales varying from $16 to 35 per head, for 

 fresh Cows with Calves. Hogs— Demand 

 quite fair and quality generally good ; the saje 

 ran^red from $8 50 to $9 2.5 ; extra, 9 .jO 

 per^hundred. Sheep varied in price from 



^'rJ'j::.'tLl. 2o-Su,erJine Flour 

 we find quoted at $10 37^ cts. per barre; 

 WacTon price, $10; City Mills, dull of sale 

 at $10. Rye, $7 to $7 25 per barrel. Ba- 

 coN-Hamsfn to 18 cents per lb. ; shoul- 

 ders 15; assorted country 14; Butter, print- 

 ed in pounds, 25 to 37^; roll butter 20 to 

 28 cents. Eggs, 18 to 25 cents per doaea 

 L^RD 16 to 17 cents. Grass Seeds— Ked 

 Clover per bushel, $8 to 8 50 \ Timothy (her^^ 

 of the north) $3 25 to $4 00; Orchard $2 .5 

 Fall Meadow Oats $2 75; Herds or Re, 

 Top $1 25. Hay $20 per ton. Hemp 

 country dew rotted, per lb. 6 to 7 cents; w»i „ 

 ter rotted 7 to 8; Hops, first sort, 16. Oat 

 62 to 65 cents per bushel. Rye, per bushe 

 <»1 35 to 1 40. Wheat, white and goow 

 $■> 12 to 2 25. Wool has not essentiall 

 changed from our former prices. Larg 

 quantities of foreign wheat have arrived 8 

 Baltimore during the past month. 



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