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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



||^° The Editor of The Farmers' Library has occasion to ask the indulgence of Cor- 

 respondents for omissions, real or apparent, during his past summer's absence, chiefly in the 

 mountains of 'Western Vu-ginia. At the same time he feels himself called upon to acknowl- 

 edge—but how can he adequately express— his gratitude for the hospitality enjoyed througli- 

 out an excursion embracing all the popular watering-places in that delightful region ? Every 

 convenience for ti-aveling was offered over the whole route, by proprietors of railroads, 

 steamboats and stages, (with a single exception,) and at eveiy watering-place he was at 

 once not only welcomed as a guest, but most kindly solicited to prolong his stay, and every 

 facility in the way of conveyance and infonnation tendered, to aid him in prosecuting his in- 

 quiries into the agriculUiral condition and economy of the disti'icts ui which he was sojourn- 

 ing. Some of his observations, as it is reasonable to apprehend, may not be pleasing to 

 those whose lots are cast in the localities to which they refer — but would not the sacrifice of 

 Bincerity and tnith be a poor, not to say a treacherous, return for so much courtesy and kind- 

 ness ? While he begs his friends, then, to beUeve ihat he returns to his post with a proper 

 sense of what he owes them, that feeling will prompt him to persevere to the end, in a spirit 

 of oratitude and candor, to vindicate and elevate, according to bis humble abihties, the agri- 

 cultural — at once the most important and neglected — interest of the country. J. S. S., 



New-Yorh, September 11, 1847. Ed. Farm. Lib. 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, September 18, for the Monthly Journal of Agriculture.'] 



ASHES— Pots, 1st Bort, '47 -f 100 ffi. 5 18i@ 5 25 



Pearls, 1st sort, '47 ® 6 50 



BEESWAX— American Yellow — 24 ®— 241 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow.. f ffi... — 12 ®— 13 



Sperm — 30 ®— 38 



COTTON— From ^ IB. — H ®— 14i 



COTTON BAGGING— Kentucky... — 15 ®— 16 



CORDAGE— American ^ ffi. — 11 @— 12 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shirtings.^y. — 5 ®— 11 



Sheetings — „f^®— l^ 



FEATHERS — American, live — 28 ® — Jj 



FLAX— American — Ji®— J, 



FLOUR & MEAL— Genesee, ^ bbl. 5 id ® 5 8/^ 



1^^::::::::::::::::::::::: i mti ^ 



Ohio 5 37J@ 5 62i 



Ohio, Round Hoop ® 



Ohio, via New-Orleans ® 



Pennsylvania ® 



Brandywine — — ,^— — 



Georgetown J ^JJ^^ " — 



Baltimore City Mills 5 8(^@ 6 — 



Richmond City MUls — — ®— — 



Richmond Countiy I ^7^® 6 — 



Alexandria, Petersburg, &c 5 ht-.w b — 



Rye Flour „ ^ ^"^ "" 



Com Meal, Western and State... 2 50 @ 3 — 



Com Meal, Jersey and Brandywme -^ ~2 ?^ ;f ^" 



GRAIN— Wheat, White.... !>■ bush. 1 lo ® 1 ^0 



Wheat, Red and mixed '^ TTa f, -^e. 



Rye, Northem, new and old — 74 ®— <b 



Corn, Jersey and Northem yel... — 631®— bi 



Com, Southern, yellow ®— — 



Com, Western, yellow — 63^®— »)•) 



Oats, Norlhcrn — 44 ®— 4b, 



Ocits Jcrscv --•..-.-.----•-•-•-•- — ~~' 

 UAY-^North River in bales, ^100 tt) — 45 ®— 50 

 HEMP— American, dew-rotted.. tonl40 — @1.50 — 



water-rotted 200 —® 250 — 



HOPS— 1847 — 14 ®— 16 



IRON— American Pi:.', No. 1 32 — ®35 — 



" Common 27 .50 ®30 — 



LIME— Tliomnston ^ bbl. — 80 ®— 83 



LUMBER- Boards, N.R., ^M. ft. clr. 35 — ® 40— 



Boards, Eastern Pine 'S' 



Boards, Albany Pine ^pee. — 12 @— 21 



Plank, Georgia Y. Pine. ^ M. ft... 27 50 ® 



(384) 



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 16 25 @22 50 



Scantling, Oak 30 — ®35 — 



Timber, Oak ^ cubic foot — 25 ®— .30 



Timber, White Pine —18 ®— 25 



Timber, Georgia Y'ellow Pine —28 ®— 32 



Shingles ^ bunch 1 75 @ 2 25 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, Ist quality. 26 — ®.?0 — 

 Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 24 — ®28 — 

 Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 1st quality. 18 — ®22 — 

 Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 2d quality. 16 — ®20 — 



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 15 — ®18 — 



Shingles, Company 35 — ®38 — 



MUSTARD— American ® 



NAILS— Wrought, Od to 20d...^ 16. — 10 ®— 14 



Cut.4dto40d — 41-®— 4J 



PLASTER PARIS— ^ton 2 371^® 2 50 



PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, ^bbl... 12 25 ®13 — 



Beef, Prime 8 25 ® 8 75 



Pork, Mess, Ohio, new 14 12:V®14 25 



Pork, Prime, Ohio, new 11 25 ® 



Lard. Ohio !>■ It5. — 10 ®— 12 



Hams, Pickled — 7®— 73: 



Shoulders, Pickled — 6}@— 6i 



Sides, Pickled ® 



Beef, Smoked ^ lb. — 101® 



Butter. Orange County Dairy — 19 ® — 20 



Butter, Western Dairy — 14 ®— 16 



Butter, Grease ® 



Cheese, in casks and boxes — 7® — Ik 



SEEDS— Clover ^ B. — 7 @— 7^- 



Timothy ^ tierce 17 — ®20 — 



Flax, Rough ® 



SOAP— New- York ^ lb. — 4 @— oh 



TALLOW — American Rendered ... ®— 10 



TOBACCO— Virginia ® lb. — 3®— li 



North Carolina ® 



Kentucky and Missouri — 3 ® — ^i 



WOOL— Am. Saxony, Fleece..^ IB. — 40 ®— 45 



American Full Blood Jlcrino — .35 ® — 38 



American h and 5 Merino — 30 ® — 34 



American Native and i Merino... — 26 ® — 28 

 Superfine, Pulled Countrj' — 32 ® — 34 



