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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



.-.nd foot posts, 13 7,464,250; by rail vays. 98G,590 Ihe 

 annual coat of which, for the ronner,iB .t302,6o9 ; lor the 

 railways, is £19,940. , , . , 



Each mail is accompanied with a guard, armed with a 

 blunderbuss and pistols. The business has increased im- 

 mensely, since the introduction of the penny post system. 



Notice to Post Masters and Agents. 



f)?^ From information received, rve kate rea- 

 son to think there are hundrerls ivho took the last 

 year's Monthly Visitor who have not been supplied 

 with this publication since the first ofJammry simply 

 because the proper time of subscribing slipped their 

 minds, or else because there was no agent at hand 

 with whom to leave their names. We have plenty 

 of numbers printed to supply all such subscribers ; 

 and we will engage that they shall find the four first 

 numbers of the year 1841 not less interesting and en- 

 tertaining than any other four numbers that have 

 been or Ml be printed. All swh subscribeis vntl 

 recollect thai every Post Master in the country is our 

 Jgent, and that tliey have only to retjuest the Post 

 Master of their town, or neighborhood, to forward 

 their names to be supplied at once Jor seveniy-fire 

 cents with our paper for one year, lehichmyst be icorth 

 to them all more for preservation ajter it is read than 

 the amount paid for it. 



Every post master or other person who leill procure 

 and become accountable for ten subsa-ibers of the 

 Visitor, the present year commencing with the moidh 

 of January, beside the discount, shaU be entitled to 

 receive all the numbers of the two last years, as an 

 additional gratuity 



Brown Corn. 



Our friend B. Cooke, Esq. of Keene, N. H. 

 last season raised a fine crop at the rate of cue 

 hundred bushels of shelled corn to the acre. 

 The soil was that of the lightest plain lands up6n 

 which the beautiful village of Keene is situated 

 — it was "a sandy loam, with a sand bottom — a 

 part of the field rather dry. The crop the pre- 

 vious season was corn and potatoes, a part of 

 each, on greensward, broke up in the spring." 

 Some would be of opinion that such land could 

 not be made to produce a large crop of any thing : 

 they would tliiuk that a great portion of the 

 strength ef the manme, on thi.s land, must pass 

 off in the " sand bottom." The corn was un- 

 doubtedly nearly as good as it would have been 

 on ground wliere a hard pan prevents the passing 

 down of the strength of the manure. We give 

 the particular.'! of this crop of corn as described 

 by Mr. Cooke in the Chesliire Republican : 



" After the gathering the crop, rather late in the 

 fall, a coat of the richest manure was spread and 

 plowed'in. Thus it rested till the spring of 1840. 

 Another coat of manure was spread and the land 

 well plowed twice, deep and fine, and harrow- 

 ed so that tlie earth >vas pulverised and the ma- 

 nure well mixed. The surface being levelled 

 with the harrow, the field was marked off into 

 rows just two feet and a half apart each wny, 

 with a simple machine made for the purpose, 

 drawn by a horse, leaving a furrow thiee 

 four inches wide,and about two inches deep, The 

 corn was jilantcd on the 13th of May, five or six 

 kernels to the hill. The corn was hoed three limes; 

 the first time great pains were taken to clear iho 

 hill of weeds and stir the dirt around the corn, 

 afterthat the ground was hoed rather lightly, just 

 enough to destroy tlie weeds. At the first hoeing 

 the cornwas thinned to four stalks to the hill; at the 

 i-econd to three. Tlie ground was kept entirely 

 level, not hilled in the least. The top stalks wer 

 cut at the tinie when the corn was so ripe that 

 the husks began to turn white next to the kernel. 

 The earliest ears were hard in one hundred days 

 from the time of planting. The whole field was 

 gathered some time in September, and on one 

 half acre, accurately measui'cd, there was a little 

 over fifty bushels." 



BANK iSOTE TABLE. 

 Coirected lor the Bay State Democrat by .\llen it Co. 

 Exchange Brokers, No. i3, State street. 

 BILLS ^0T'B.\JSKABLE liN THIS CITY. 

 M.\IiNE. 

 Agricultural Dank, at Brewer, U a — per of. dis, 



Bangor Comraerci^l Bank. Banpcr, 3~ a — '* 



?.Ioi-cantile Bank. Bangor. .5 a — 



Calais Rank, at Calais, ^i a — 



Damsnscotta Bank, 15 a 20 



Stillwater Canal, at Oroiio, 15 a — 



City Bank, Portijud, 10 a 15 



Westbrook Bank, 3 a 5 



Bangor Bank, J a — " 



Lafayette, - a - ;• 



Kenduskeag, 4 a — 



Frontier, A ■'' — 



Oxford Bank, at Fryeburg, No sale. 



" jor Bank, (old.) Closed. 



Oldlown, atOrono, — a •' 



NEW H.\MPSH1RE. 

 Concord Bank, Concord, 3 a 10 



VV'olfeborough Bank. 70 a — " 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Commonwealth Bank, Boston, 10 a 15 



Chelsea Bank, at Chelsea, 75 a — 



Farmers' &. Mechanics' S. Adams, 80 a 90 " 

 JVahant Bank, at Lynn, 80 a 90 



Fulton Bank at Boston, par a — " 



Middling Interest, at Boston, — a 23 '• 



Middlesex, at Cambridge, 5 a — 



Norfolk Bank, at Boibury, redeemed at their counter. 

 Roxburv. do. No sale. 



RHODE ISLAND. 

 Scituate Bank, 20 a — " 



VERMONT. 

 Bennington Bank, at Bennington, 3 a ft " 

 St. Albans, Si. Albans, 3 a 3 '• 



Manchester, at Manchester, 2 a — " 



Essex, at Guildhall, 75 a — 



Montpelier, at Montpclier, 3 a & " 



CONNECTICUT. 

 Housatonic Rail Road Co. 2 a — " 



The other Banks of New England are received at the 

 Suffolk Bank, and bought by '.he Brokers at \ per cent, 

 discount. 



WOOL— By auction, 15 hales Spanisl 

 4, 6 and 8 mos ; 1 bale Saxony, at T7c; 



THE MARKETS. 



NEW YORK MARKET. 



From the Journal of Commerce, April "0. 



COTTON — There was considerable activity, especial 



ly towards tlie close of the week, and some sales were 



made at rather higher rates. The demand is entirely for 



^Lles HM bales Upland and Florida at % to lOJ. 

 1800 do Mobile at Sltollc. 



■nao do New Orleans at 9|tollc. 



Total 81O0 



With some small lots fine New Orleans and Mobile at 11} 

 to 13c. The stock in market is about 60,000 bales, 

 though a large part of it is not at present offered lor 

 sale. The confidence in short crop becomes more com- 

 plete as the deficient receipta at the South are develepcd. 

 .\ decline in freights and advance in exchange have liene- 



ooU t^aguayra ai lUj lo lujj ; luuu maracaioo at luj to lOJ ; 

 200 Java at 12* ; 60 Sumatra at lOJ, all 4 mos ; lOOO bags 

 and 100 bbls Sl Domingo at 8| to U, cash. 



DRUGS AND DYES— Sales 6 coalis Cream Tartar at 

 18o; 10 tons Soda Ash,. (80 per cent,) atSgc; 40 casks 

 inferior Dutch Madder at 6 ; 400 bags Palcrirto " 

 io5,4mos; Oil Peppermint at 5187^, cash. 



FRUIT— Sales of 1500 boxes Bunch Raisins at $i 124 S 

 4C0 boxes Cluster do at gl 37} to gl 40; 230 boxes Snr.yr 

 uado at 4ic ; 40 bales Languedoc soft shell Almonds a 

 154c; Patras and Zante Currants at lie; 1100 drum; 

 Turkey Figs at 8 to 9.^c for good ; 600 boxes good Sicily 

 Lemons at .SI -i ; '.'i:u b.iMs poor Sicily Oranges at 5123, 



FlSil— ' ^'' I'.ivf been sold during 



the «■,,:, n.ial; 200 bbls No. 1 



Mackri. : I . 



MOl.X : — I'orto Rico at 30 



31c; ab.iui ....:< ^..^ .-...■. '.Ji:Lansat26 toStJA; 273 



hhds New Ibcria at 27c ; IBU hlid.5 Trinidad at 25to'"23A( 

 200 hhds Cuba at 20 to 214c, all 4 mos. 



OILS— A cargo of 200O bbls Whale sold at 29 to 29^. 

 Sales to the trade at 30c, and dealers generally are firm i 

 asking that price. Small sales of -Vmerican Linseed Oil 

 at 78c. cash, and 80c, G mos ; 20,000 galls English 

 brought 77c, cash. Sales of Olive Oil at §1,30 to 1,35 per 

 gal. 



PROVISIONS— Tl-rro !;■.■. l>pr-I, r, Hlir !-n-irr -■ thi, 



week, especially im I ■ - 1. ,.■,,.... r. . 

 There liavo been !-:>!' ■ \ • ■ 1 i" ■\ I . I ■ , r 

 County at Sll; .M. ,^ . ■ .' ■ - 



Lnrdat 7,^ to 8c. 'lli l- 1- .1 1 .:i- ■.■■•• \'. . : l\".!,' r ■ :. .[.t 

 prime, wtuch is very scarce. There have been ct'iisider- 

 able sales of Cheese, mostly at 3 to 5c, average about 4c. 



Sales of CTO hhdsN. Orleans at 5^ to 7 cts, mostly at CJto 

 7 ; 350 hhds Porto Rico at 61 to 8 ; 175 hlids St. Croix at 

 75 to 94 ; 67 hhds Cuba at 6| : 12.'j0 boxes brown Havana 

 at 6^ to 11 ; 250 old crop white do. at 8J to 9 ; 209 bbls 

 white Brazil at 84, all 4 mos ; 270 bbls clarified sold by auc- 

 tion at 54 to 5| cts. cash, and 65 hhds N. Orleans at 6^ to 

 6.1, 3 and" 4 mos. 

 ~S.\L'i' — Sales of 20C0 sacks Liverpool fine, supposed at 

 ,« 1 ,i.;0 ; 5000 bus Cadiz at 25c, 4 mos. 

 ' SPICKS— Pepper sells in lots at 7c, 6 mos, and Pimen- 

 to at 5i, cash. Sales of Bourbon Cloves at 25c. By auc- 

 tion, 3500 mats Cassia were sold iit24.c, 6 mos. 



TEAS— There have been public sales as follows— 

 Terms 6 nio;^ — per ships Delhi and Washington — Young 

 Hvson, 7.SJ hf f liests at j:; to 54c ; 262 chests and l&l hf 

 at'58.t tn iVJi; iiq rhr.ns and 359 hf at 64 to G6i ; 220 

 chests', :.J7 It ■.:i.l Ji-ii 1.) lb boxes, at 68.t to 73.^ ; 9 cliests 

 and IM 1,;, at ',:, to 7;H ; 06 hfs at Slf to 8.>." Hvson— 

 :7o chc-t^ ;it bji to 660"; '26 hf at 81 ; 4 hfs at 94. 'Hvson 

 .-^km— :7l; chests at j7J to 66^0. Imperial— !5 hafs at 57 ; 

 200. 13 lb boxes at 63^; 200 6 lb boxes at C6 ; 28 chests 

 and 4j |]f at70 to 72; 5 chests at 86. Gunpowder — 14 

 Ills at hi ; 200 13 lb boxes at 62J to 63 ; 200 6 lb boxes at 



.: '"~ " "L. .: 10. 



Pouohcp.g 



200 13 lb boxes at 60. Souchong— 237 hfs at 57 to 61 ; 100 

 12 lb boxes and 67 of 21 lbs at 64 to 64^. Oulong— 83 hfs 



Spanish sold at29i a 59c 



bale do. at 50, 6 



CORN EXCHANGE— The demand for Flour has been 

 of a moderate character. Genesee has been steady at g4 

 94 a 5. Considerable Troy has come down and been sold 

 at gi 81. Georgetown and Howard street are Jj[4 75, and 

 in small parcels 54 8'. Ohio via Canal is at the same 

 price witn Genesee. The demand has been chiefly coast- 

 wise, not at all for exportation to Europe. Sales of Jer- 

 sey Rye Flour at g2 'o and North River at ,(J2 50 a 2 62. 

 The last sales of Corn Meal were at 13 25 lor puncheons, 

 and 52 75 for bbls Brandywine, cash. 5000 bu. good Ohio 

 VV^heatsold at 95c. and another parcel was taken at about 

 the same price. Rye sold at 51c, taken at the boats, and 

 53c deliverable. Three cargoes of Jersey Corn were sold 

 on Friday and Saturday at 31c, 56 lbs. and a cargo of South- 

 ern at 52c, measure. Oats are iicarce. Northern 40c, 

 quick. Jersev 35c, Southern 26 a 27c, bu. 



JIONEY 'AND EXCHANGES — Money continues 

 abundant at 6 and 7 per cent, the Banks taking all the sat- 

 isfactory paper offered them. There are few shipments of 

 specie, while it is coming in from all directions. The 

 Havre packet took 85,000 Mexican dollars. Bills on Eu- 

 rope rose a little lor the Cunard steamer of Saturday. — 

 In domestic Exchanges there were fluctuatioM a« (uual, 

 but not strong tendencies any way. Stocks are heavy, and 

 those of uncertain value declined. 



BUSINESS GENERALLY — The past has been a 

 week of large business in all departments, especially with 

 the jobbers and grocers, in the country trade. 



PRICES OF EXCHANGES AT NEW YORK- On 

 ston,n 

 S. C. I}, 



'STOCKS-^lndiana, iper cents, 52; Illi- 

 nois, 6 per cents, 48 ; Ohio, 5'6, 75 ; New Y'ork. S's, 84 ; 

 Ohio, e's, 90. 



B.\NKS— The Bank stocks of the city of New York 

 sell at all prices, from 42 to 120 for the dollar. The 

 Banks of Missiusippi and Louisiana, in which large State 

 loans and other investments have been made, stand from 

 S to 75 p.;r ceut. United States Bank is fixed at about 18 

 cents for the dollar. 



RAIL ROAD STOCK— The highest priced stock is 

 the Utica and Schenectadv, which is 132 ; the Utica and 

 Syracuse is 123. 



In Massachusetts, the regular price of the Lowell Rail 

 Road stock is 113; Nashua and Lowell 110; Boston and 

 Worcester 105. 



NEW YORK CATTLE MAR^KET, April 19, 1841. 



(Reported for the Journal of Commerce.) 

 liecics— 618 at market, including 50 left over lastweek. 

 159 >verc from the South, balance from this state — all sold 

 at SI to 9J, Meraging S8.J. Demand good. 



Coivs ajul C'nfves- There were 70 offered, 45 of which 

 were taken at $20 to g-ia each. 



Sheep— mo at market, all sold at $3 to $5^ each. Good 



Huy— Sales by the load at 75 to 87^ cts per cwt. 



BRIGHTON MARKET— Monday, April 19, 1841. 

 (Reported lor the New England Farmer.) 



At market, 200 Br-rr ('ittto I-> voko Working O.'ien, 25 

 Cows and Calves. .:i(i - ■ : : i 'i',i; swine. 



PuicKs — Betf r,,. - , . , inncc of the limited 

 number at market :i' 1 t.-d We quote ex- 



tra 37 00 a 7 23. 1.: 1 ^iui'u. >-,7.) a 7 00. Second 

 quality, S6 25 a 6 50. Third quality, Hi SO a 600. 



Working Oxen— Sales were clfected at g72, 80, 90, 95 

 and §105. 



Cows and C'aJues— Sales 20, 22, 28, 33, 33, and J?37. 



SAerp- Lots 3 75, 4 23, 4 75, and ^5 00. 



Swine — \ small advance was eftccted. A large pro- 

 portion at market were sold at 4^ for sows, and 5^ tor bar- 

 rows. A few lots at 4| and 5^. .\t retail from 5 to 6A. 



BOSTON MARKET. 

 [From the N. E. Farmer, April 21.] 



SEKDS— Herds Grass, very little in market. Red Top, 

 new seed by the bag 30 to 55 c. Clover— Northern, 13 c. 

 —Southern, 8 to 9 c. Flax Seed, gl 37 to 1 50 bu. Lu- 

 cerne, 25 c. per lb. 



FLOUR— Howard Street S5 37— Genesee S5 31— Ohio 

 S5 12. 



GRAIN— Corn— Northern Yellow none— Round Y'el- 

 low 31 to 56— Southern Flat Y'tllow 30— White 48. Kvo 

 —Northern 60 to 65— Soutliern 50 to 55. Oats— Southe'ru 

 .SO to 31— Northern 35 to 40. 



PR(iV-lsl(-i\s_Beef— Mess glOSO to 1 1 00— Prime 

 ,.,'-.- I •■•.•IK). Pork— Extra— 1500— Clear 1450— 

 "■I II ims— Northern 9 c. per lb — Southern, 



1 --;: -ton9c.perlb.— Southern, StoS.^. But- 



1. I — I ■ , I . 1 : t . :2— Firkin 12 to 18— Shipping 8 to 1 1. 

 Wlinio Ho23 .]>. to 6 c— Pigs 5 c. 



HAY, per ton, «18 to 19— Eastern Screwed 514 50. 



CHEESE— Old 11 c— New «. 



EGGS, 14 to 16. 



WOOL— The market for this article has not experien- 

 ced any change of late. Pulled Wool is rather scarce, 

 and there is but a limited supply of low Fleeces, and of 

 fine Fleeces the stock is also moderate. Prime or Saxony 

 Fleeces, washed, lb. 50 to 55 c. — American full blood, 

 v^•aEhed, 47 to 51"— Do. S blood, washed, 44 to 46— Do. ^ 

 blood, washed, So to 40— | and common do, 35 to 37— 

 Smyrna Sheep, washed, 20 10 28— Do. unwashed, 10 to 14 

 — Beng3si Sheep, 8 to 10 — Buenos Ayres unpicked, 7 to 

 10— Superfine Norlherii pulled l.amb 43 to 46— No. 1 

 do. do. 37 to 42— No. 2 do. do. 26 to 30— No. 3 do. do. 18 



