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SILK MANUAL, AND 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



CORRECTED WITH GREAT CARE, WEEKLY. 



Apples, 



l^EANS, while, . . . • 

 Beef, mess. 

 No. i. 

 prime, 

 J$eeswax, (American) . 

 Cheese, new milk, . 

 Feathers, norliiprn, i^eeise, . 



soiuheni, geese, 

 Flax, American, 

 FiSH, Cod, . I . 



Flour, Genesee, . . 'ash 

 Baltimore, Howard street, 

 Baltimore, wlrnrf, 

 Alexandria, 

 Grain, Corn, northern yeliow 



southern flat yellow 

 white, 

 Rye, northern, 

 Barley, 

 Oats, northern, . (prime) 

 Hay, best English, per ton of 2000 lbs 



hard pressed, . 

 Honey, 

 Hops, Isl quality 



2d quality . 

 Lard, Boston, 1st sort, . 

 southern, 1st sort. 

 Leather, Philadelphia city tannage, 

 do country oo 



Baltimore city do. 



do. dry hide 

 New York red, light, 

 Boston do. slaughter, 

 do. light, 

 Lime, riesl sort, .... 

 JMackerf.i., No. 1, new. 

 Plaster Paris, i)cr ton of 2200 lbs. 

 Pork. Mass. inspect, extia clear, . 

 cle?r from other Slates 

 Mess, .... 



Seeps, Herd's Grass, 

 Red Top, 



Hemp, .... 



Red Clover, northern 

 Southern Clover, 

 Silk Cocoons, (American) 

 Tallow, tried, .... 

 Teazles, 1st sort, 

 Wool, prime, or SSaxony Fleeces, . 

 American, full blood, washed, 

 do. 3-4lhs do. 



do. 1-2 do. 



do. 1-4 and common 



g. (" Pulled superfine, 

 S;-d' j 1st Lambs, . 

 ■E^^id do. 

 o = I 3d do, 



Southern pulled wool is generally 5 els. 

 less per Mj. 



barrel 

 bushel 

 barrel 



pound 



quintal 

 barrel 



bushel 



gallon 

 pound 



cask 

 barrel 



cask 

 bsrrel 



bu.shel 



pound 



bushel 



lb. 

 pr. M. 

 pound 



FROM 



1 76 



2 50 

 15 50 

 12 00 



£*30 



28 



9 



56 



52 



3 00 

 12 25 

 12 no 

 11 37 

 II 75 



1 18 

 1 12 



1 09 



2 12 

 "90 



65 



22 5» 



18 00 



52 



9 



7 



l.i 



13 



30 



24 



27 



21 



24 



21 



19 



1 4(1 



9 75 



3 00 

 30(0 



26 5U 



27 00 

 3 00 



1 (0 



2 75 

 15 

 16 



2 75 



9 



3 50 

 85 

 65 

 60 

 55 

 50 



65 

 55 

 40 

 30 



2 26 



3 00 

 15 75 

 13 00 



9 00 



30 



13 



60 



56 



9 12 



3 2.^ 



12 50 



12 2.") 



11 .50 



12 00 

 1 20 

 ) 15 



1 11 



2 25 

 1 00 



70 



20 00 

 55 

 10 

 8 

 16 

 14 

 31 

 27 



Ml) 



23 

 2") 

 23 

 21 

 1 45 

 IDOJ 



3 25 

 31 00 

 28 00 

 28 00 



312 

 1 12 



3 00 

 17 

 16 



4 00 

 10 



4 00 



1 30 



10 



(\b 



58 



70 

 60 

 45 

 63 



PROVISION MARKET 



retail prices. 



Hams, northern, 



southern, and western, 

 Pork, whole hogs. 

 Poultry, . 



Butter, (tub) , 



lump 

 Ecr.s, 

 Potatoes, 



ClUER, 



15 

 14 

 13 

 19 

 23 

 23 

 30 

 125 



, lilASBEIO Olli MEAL. 



The subscribers are now ready to supply' Farmers and 

 Stable Kespers with the above superior article for feeding 

 horses, caitle and swine, the quality nnd cheapness of whicli 

 has been fully tested b}' farmers in the vicinity', and stable 

 keepers in the city, to whom reference will be given 



The Linseed Oil Meal is used generally as a substitute for 

 corn meal, and is mixed with bran, or any other food havirfg 

 little nouKnhment, or with cut hay and bran for horses; ana 

 is believed to be as cheap food as corn meal at seventyfive 

 cents per bushel. 



The price of the above is thirty' dollars per ton, delivered 

 at the mill in Medford, thirtylwo dollars in Boston. Apply at 

 No. 10 Commercial wharf, or in Medford at the mill. 



Nov. 23. GEO. L. STEARNS & CO. 



MANUAL. ON SUGAR BEET. 



Just received a Treatise on Beet Sugar, conta'ning, 1. A 

 description of the Culture and Preservation of the Plant. 2. 

 An Explanation of the Process of Extrar'ting its Sugar.— 

 From ihe French, by Edward '-hurch. For sale at Nos. 51 

 and 52 North Market street, Boston, by 



Feb. 22. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



SEEDS FOR COUNTRY DEALERS. 



' Traders in the country who may wish to keep an assort- 

 ment o( Genuine Garden Seeds, for sale, arc informed they 

 can be furnished at the New England Farmer Office, Nos. 61 

 and 52 North Markoi Street; Boston, with boxes containing a 

 complete assortment o( the Seeds mostly used in a Kitchen 

 Garden, on as favorable terms as thej' can be procured in this 

 country, neatly done up in small pap.-'rs, at 6 l-4ccntseaeh — 

 warranted to be of the growth of 1836, and of the ver}' first 

 quality. A liberal discount will be made to dealers. Orna- 

 inenlal Flower Seeds will be added on the same terms, when 

 ordered, as well as Peas, Beans, Early and Sweet Corn, etc. 

 Oroeis should be scut in earl}-. Catalogues supplied gratis. 

 Jan. 18. 



WANTS A SITUATION 



As jardener, a young Man who is well acquainted with 

 his business. He would prefer a Greenhouse, or any other 

 business of the kind. Good references will be ^ivrn.?pplv to 



Feb. 11. JOSEPH BRECK &; CO. 



GARDENER WANTS A SITUATION. 



Communicatio.is left at this Office wili be attended to. 

 Feb 1. 



Subscriptions and payments to the Silk Manual will be 

 received by the following 



AGENTS. 



New York — G C. Thokburn, 11 John-street. 

 Flushing, N. Y. — \Vm. Prince <^' Sons, Prop. Lin- Hot. Gar. 

 Albiiiuj — Wm . Thoreurn, Ml JVlarket-stieet. 

 Pkiludtlphia — D. 6,- C. Lanubeth, 85 Chesnut-street. 

 Biiltimore — Publisher of American Farmer. 

 Cincinnati— S. C. Pakkhukst,23 Lower Market-street. 

 Middlelntry, Vt. — Wight Chapman, Merchant. 

 Taunton, Mass. — Sam'l O. Dukbae, Bookseller. 

 Hartford — GooiiwiN if Co. l5ookse!lers. 

 Newlnu-yporl — Ehenezer Stedman, Bookseller. 

 Portsmouth, N. H. — John W. Foster, BoiBseller. 

 Woodstock', Vt.~i.A. Pi;att. 

 Brattleboro' — Jos Steen, Bookseller. 



Bauu-or, Me. — VVm. Mann, Druggist, and Wm. B. Harlow ; 

 HalTfar.N. S.—F.. Brown, Esq. 

 Loitisvillc—^AMVF.L Cooper, Bullit Street. 

 St. Louis— U. L. Hoffman, and WiLiis & Steveks. 



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