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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



Madder in Ohio. — ^An Essay has been received, kindly prepared for The Fanners' Li- 

 brary by Mr. Bateman of the Ohio Cultivator, on the Culture and Yield of Madder— but 

 not in time for publication in this Number. It will appear in the April Number, with some 

 remarks of our Own. 



The quantity of Madder imported into Philadelphia and Baltimore, from the 1st of Janu- 

 ary, 1845, to Ist of January, 1847, and into New-York from the first named date to the 30th 

 June, 1847, was 16,804,714 pounds, valued at $1,620, 415. To hoodwink the Agi-iculturist, 

 (which all politicians know to be an easy matter,) and to have something to swear by and 

 say, that this article, to the growth of which the soil and chmate of many States ^are both per- 

 fectly well adapted, Congress, (composed in great part of representatives of Farmers,) have 

 graciously laid on it a specific duty of five per cent. ! ! ! What the Agricultural Commit- 

 tees were about when this very encouraging duty was laid is not known. Vii'tually they 

 might as well have been, as they are always politically— /as< asleep ! 



Lime and Tlaster.— In Scotland, where the climate is so much more moist than in the 

 United States, plaster or gypsum is of little use, but lime is veiy important. Gypsum is of 

 great utihty in the drier climate of America; but would not a parity of reasoning show tliat 

 lime might be used to excellent advantage on our wettest soils ? 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, February 26, for the Monthly Journal of Agriculture.l 



ASHES— Pots, 1st sort, '47-8 ^ 100 ffi 5 



Pearls, 1st sort, '47-8 8 



BEESWAX— American Yellow — 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow.. f K... — 



Sperm — 



COTTON— From ^ IB. — 



COTTON BAGGING— Kentucky:.. — 



CORDAGE— American ^ Iti. — 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shirtings.^y. — 



Sheetings — 



FE.iTHERS- American, live — 



FLAX— American — 



FLOUR &. MEAL— Genesee, pure, bbl. 6 

 Genesee, from Western Wheat . . 6 



Troy 6 



Oswego ^ 



Michigan ^ 



Ohio 6 



Brooklyn and New-York — 



Brandy wine ~ 



Georgetown ^ 



Baltimore, Howard-street 6 



Richmond City Mills — 



Richmond Country ., 6 



Ale.Kandria ° 



Fredericksburg, Petersburg City . o 



Rye Flour 4 



Com Meal, Western nnd State ... o 



Com Meal, Jersey 2 



GRAIN— Wheat, White ^ bush. 1 



Wheat, Red and mixed 1 



Rye, Northern — 



Com, Jersey and Northern yel... — 



Com, Southern, white — 



Com, Western, flat yellow — 



Oats, Northern — 



Oats, Jersey — 



HAY— North River in bales, ^100 ft — 

 HEMP — American, dew-rotted.. tonl30 



" " water-rotted 160 



HOPS— 1847 — 



IRON— American Pig, No. 1 30 



" Common 28 



LIME— Thomaston ^ bbl. — 



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



Boards, Albany Pine ^pce. — 



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

 (872) 



93 ® 6 — 



37^® 8 50 



22 ®— 23^ 



12 ®— 14 



32 ®— 33 



U®— 9i 



15l®— 111 



11 @— 12 



4*®- 9 



6 ®— 15 



35 @— 40 



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 3U@ 6 37 J 

 12.V® 6 25 

 12i@ 6 18-i 

 12i® 6 18i 

 12i@ 6 25 

 12i® 6 25 



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— @ 6 Ofii 



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— ® 6 25 



— ® 4 12^ 



12;,® 



56i@ 2 62i 

 32.V® 1 37i 

 18 ® 1 25 

 88 @— 90 

 54 ®— 57 



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57 ® 



47 ®_ 49 



40 ®— 42 

 65 ®— 70 

 — ®140 — 

 — ®190 — 

 5i®_ fii 

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— ®29 — 

 75 ®— 80 



— ® 40— 

 10 @— 19 

 50 ®30 — 



Staves, White Oak, pipe. ^ M 



Staves, White Oak, hhd 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 



Staves, Red Oak, hhd 



Hoops 



Scantling, Eastern 



Scantling, Oak 



Timber, OsJi ^ cubic foot 



Timber, White Pine 



Timber, Georgia Yellow Pine 



Shingles f*" bunch 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 1st quality. 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 



Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 1st quality. 



Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 2d quality. 



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 



Shingles, Company 



NAILS— Wrought, 6d to 20d...f>' ft. 



Cut. 4dto40d 



PLASTER PARIS— ^ ton 



PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, ^bbl... 



Beef, Prime, 



Pork, Mess, Ohio, old 



Pork, Mess, Ohio, new 



Pork, Prime, Ohio, old 



Pork, Prime, Ohio, new 



Lard. Ohio, new ^ ft. 



Hams, Pickled 



Hams. Smoked 



Shoulders, Pickled 



Beef Hams in Pickle 



Beef Smoked ^ ft. 



Butter, Orange County Dairy .. .. 



Butter, Western Dairy 



SEEDS— Clover '.". .'. . .F 16. 



Timothy ^ tierce 



Flax, Rough 



SOAP— New- York ^ t5. 



TALLOW — American Rendered . . . 

 TOBACCO— Virginia ® IB. 



Kentucky and Missouri 



WOOL— Am. Saxony, Fleece,. 4P ft. 



American Full Blood Merino 



American ^ and J Merino 



American Native and i Merino... 



Superfine, Pulled Country 



