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niire. The same prinriple is manifest at the Buffalo Springs, in the vicinity of Abbeville, at 

 Lombardy Grove, St. Tammany, Drapersville, and in every part of the County. But I can- 

 not pursue this inquiry. 



I liave no lei.srue to make any deductions from the facts stated in this Essay, but I leave 

 them with you for considerati(3n. It is a source of unfeigned regret that circumstances will 

 not permit me to carry out fully the purpose I had cherished of exjiloring your County, 

 classifying its various soils and forming a map representmg the nature of the soil and showing 

 the souices of your agricultural wealth. 



Mecklenburg is a large County, with much fertile soil, capable of supporting twice its 

 present population. With appropriate husbiiiidry its citizens will be as near El Dorado as 

 they are likely to be in any section of our countiy. Let the ploru be driven, and the grate- 

 ful soil will yield its increase. The plow, directed by enterprise, skill and knowledge, shall 

 do here what it has done elsewhere, renovate your soil and multiply threefold its produc- 

 tionB. 



" Bread in its furrow fprings, 

 Health find repose it brings, 

 Treasures unknown to Kings — 

 God save the Plow ! " 



Yours, respectfully, 



J. W. HARDY. 



What next? — The distinguished Editor of the London Gardeners' Chronicle adviseB his 

 readers that Mr. Milton, of Great Marjlebonestreet, has contrived an apparatus ibr ellierizin" 

 bees, whicli does it? work admirably, without the least trouble. The bees are at first much agitated, 

 then stupefied, and fall to the ground, when they may be handled with impunity. The eflect is 

 produced in little more than a minute and a half. 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, January 22, for the Monthly Journal of Agricullure.'\ 



ASHES— Pots, 1st sort, '48 .^ 100 16. 5 



Pearls.lst sort,M8 7 



BEESWAX— American Yellow — 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow.. <F «>.-- — 



Spei-m — 



COTTON— From ¥ K. — 



COTTON BAGGING— Kentucky... — 



CORDAGE— American ^ K. — 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shirrings,|> y. — 



Sheetings — 



FEATHERS— American, live — 



FLAX — American — 



FLOUR & MEAL— Gene.?ee, pure, bbl. 6 

 Genesee, from Western Wheat .. fi 



Troy 6 



Oswego — 



Michigan 6 



Ohio 6 



Brooklyn and New-York — 



Bi'andywine fi 



Georeetown — 



Baltimore, Howard-street 6 



Richmond City Mills — 



Richmond Country 6 



Alexandria 6 25 



Fi edericksburg, Petersburg City . 6 



Rye Flour 4 



Corn Meal, Western and State.. . 3 



Corn Meal, .Terspy 3 



GRAIN— Wheat, White ^ bush. 1 



Wheat, Red and mixed 1 



Rye, Northern — 



Corn, Jersey and Northern yel... — 



Com, Southern, yellow — 



Corn, Western, flat yellow — 



Oats, Northern — 



Oats, .Jersey — 



HAY— North River in bales, ^100 m — 

 HEMP — American, dew-rotted.. tonl20 



" " water-rotted 1 60 



HOPS— 1847 — 



mON— American Pig, No 1 — 



" Common 30 



LIME— Thomaston ^ bbl. — 



LUMBEi:— Boards. N.R., ^M. ft. clr. 35 



Boards, Albany Pine ^pcc. — 



Plank, Georgia Y. Fine, f M. ft... 27 

 (776) 



75 ® 



— ® 



22 ®— 24 

 12 ®— 14 

 32 ®— 33 



7 ®— 10 

 ]5i®— Ifi 

 11 ®— 12 



5 ®— 9 



6 ®— 15 

 32 ®— 35 

 1^ 9 



25 @ 6 37i 

 06i@ 6 l-'i 



— @ 6 OCi 



— ® 6 — 



— @ 6 Kk 



— @ 6 12^ 



— ® 6 — 

 50 « 



— ® 6 50 

 25 ® 6 37i 



— ® 7 50 

 37i® 



— ® 6 37.1 



37=V@ " 



25 ® 4 50 

 ]2J® 3 185 

 25 @ 3 37} 

 35 ® 1 40 

 25 ® 1 33 



— ®— 90 

 74 ®— 75 



— ® 



— ®— 73 

 48 ®— ."iO 

 42 ®— 45 

 72 ®— 80 

 — @140 — 

 — @190 — 



5 ® — 6 



— ® 



— ®32 50 

 85 ®— 90 



— ® 40— 

 10 ®— 19 

 50 ®30 — 



I Staves, White Oak, pipe. ^ M 60 — ®— 



Staves, White Oak, hhd 45 — @ — 



Staves, White Oak. bbl 33 — ®.35 



Staves, Red Oak. hhd 28 — ®.32 



I Hoops 27 — ®32 



Scantling, Eastern 17 50 ®20 



Scantling, Oak .30 — ®35 



Timber, Oak #' cubic foot — 22 ®— 



Timber, White Pine — 18 ®— 



Timber, Georgia Yellow Pine — 30 ® — 



Shingles ^ bunch 2 50 ® 2 



Shingles. Cedar, 3 feet, 1st quality. 28 — '5,34 

 Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 27 — ® 32 

 Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 1st quality. 20 — ®25 

 Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 2d quality. 18 — ®22 



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 18 — ©22 



Shingles, Company 35 — iiSS 



NAILS— Wrought, 6d to 20d...^ lb. — 10 ®— 



Cr,t4dto40d — 4?®- 



PLASTER PARIS— !>• ton 2 50 ®— 



PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, f^-bbl... 8 25 ® 9 



Beef. Prime, 5 50 @ 6 



Pork, Mess, Ohio, old 10 — ®]0 



Pork, Mess, Ohio, new 11 75 @ 12 



Pork, Prime, Ohio, old 6 50 ® — 



Pork, Prime. Ohio, new 7 62.'.® 7 



Lard. Ohio, new I)- lb. — 7|@— 



Hams, Pickled — 7 ® — 



Hams. Smoked — 9.V® — 



Shoulders, Pickled — 4 ®— 



Beef Hams in Pickle — 9 ®10 



Beef, Smoked ^ lb. — C ®— 



Butter, Orange County Dairy — 19 ® — 



Butter, Western Dairy — 14 ® — 



Cheese — 6 ® — 



SEEDS— Clover F lb. — 7 ®— 



Timothy ^'tierce 15 — ®18 



Flax, Rough ®— 



SOAP— New- York ^' lb. — 4 ®— 



TALLOW— American Rendered ... — 8 ®— 



TOBACCO— Vii-ginia ® lb. — 2?@— 



Kentucky and Missouri — 4 ® — 



WOOL— Am. Saxony, Fleece,.^ lb. — 42 ®— 



American Full Blood Merino — 38 ® — 



American A and J Merino -. — 33 ® — 



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

 Superfine, Pulled Country — 33 ® — 



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25 



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114 



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