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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



Gather up all the Manure. 



All the manure, of every description, around 

 buildings, should be removed to the field, and ve- 

 ry rich soil, not wanted in its present place for 

 purposes of cultivation, should be exclianged for 

 pure earth, which will be more clean, pleasant 

 and healthy. All decaying vegetable matter, 

 around or near the house has an unhealthy effect, 

 which alone is a suflBcient reason for cleaning up 

 all around the dsvelling, to say nothing of the ad- 

 vantage of collecting manure. 



Near some buildings are piles of ashes, which 

 have l)een accimiulating for years. They should 

 be put on light lands. Ashes that hpve been 

 leached, and have laid long exposed to rains, are 

 still valuable. In such cases, a hard, smooth crust 

 is formed over the top, that throws off the water, 

 and protects the greater part of the pile from be- 

 ing drenched in rains. 



In order to keep the air pure and sweet, the 

 mud and filth produced from the sink sliould be 

 carried away. A farmer of good taste will be 

 careful that neatness and order prevail around his 

 premises. Tliis can be done by every one, let 

 his circumstances he what they may. It costs 

 nothing but good management, which in the end 

 always proves to be cheap. — Ymilcee Farmer. 



More Economies. — How to save Oil and 

 Candles. — Use sunlight two hours in the morn- 

 ing, and dispense with candles and lamps two 

 hours after 9, P. M. The morning sun-light is 

 much cheaper, and better than evening lamp- 

 light. 



How TO SAVE Expense in Clothing. — Pur- 

 chase that which is at once decent and the most 

 durable; and wear your garment despite the 

 frequent changes of lashiou, till it becomes too 

 defaced to appear decent ; then turn it and wear 

 it henceforth as long as it protects the body. A 

 blue coat is as warm after fashion requires a 

 greeu one, as it ever was. A red shawl in fash- 

 ion to day, is as comfortable as a black one which 

 fashion requires to-morrow. A few years hence 

 your fame will not depend upon the style, co- 

 lor or quality of the broad-cloths you wore in 

 1841. 



How TO SAVE TIME.— Have a place for every 

 thing, and when you have done using it, retuin 

 it to its place. This will save much time in hunt- 

 ing after articles which are thrown carelessly 

 aside and lie you know not where. 



Proper Season for Cutting Grain.— It is a 

 good practice to cut every kind of graiu rather 

 hefore it is fully ripe in the graiu or the straws. 

 In ajine season, some farmers cut their crops 

 when they find the neck of the .straw immediate- 

 ly under tlie ear, free of juice when twisted round 

 between the finger and thumb, and do not wait 

 until the lower |)art of the stems are dry and y 

 low, because they find in such a season the straw 

 to die from the ear downwards. 



The beautiful shade trees before your dwell- 

 ings which shield you from the heat of summer 

 and shed an air of fragrance and beauty around 

 the spot on which they stand, and your fruit trees 

 from which you have so often regaled yourselve?, 



WERE planted BY OTHER HANDS. 



much ?ood butte 



Yet it~is doubtful whether half our citizens, or e 

 much less portion, know at all how very delicious butter 

 m»y. be made, and is made, abroad, and even by some firs 

 rate dairy women in Dutchess County and elsewhere, f 

 great deal of Aoierican butter has been shipped to Encj 

 land during the last year, most oi it of the poorer quali- 

 ties, but some of it pretty good. The Englishmen di 

 ride it all, aad call it grease. One of the Condon Pric 

 Currents says, " the best American butter imported ini 

 England this year has sold not higher than 95s. per 1 1 

 lbs. while the best from the Continent has fetched 110 ai 

 115 shillings; this latter will keep for years."' 



We are glad to see that the N. Y. State Agricultural 

 Society are taking measures which will be likely to 

 celerate improvement in this matter. Among the great 

 variety of premiums to be distributed at Syracuse next 

 September, are the following -. — 

 For the bestsample of butter not less than 100 lbs. ^20 

 For the second best 12 



For the third best S 



Forthe fourth best 



-V. 1'. Journal of Commmerct. 



PRICES CURRENT. 



Boston (Courier) Monday, June 28. 



Flour. — There has been a steady demand for Flour 



during the v.cek, both for exportation and the home trade. 



description 



ng to the present unsettled small supply of all 

 s, liave been gradually improving, and we ad- 

 [uotations \t\ a 2oc per brl, compared with the 

 report. Sales consist of oOO bris Fredericks- 

 burg, S5 50, 4 mos ; 200 do F.xtra Eagle, g6, 4 mos ; 

 Baltimore wharf, 5 25 per brl, 4 mos ; 1200 brls Richmond, 

 6 50 do do ; 3000 brls Genessce, 5 25 a 5 50, per brl, cash. 



HOPS.— fret.— JSo change exists of any importance, 

 and quotations conform to the sales of the week. 1st 

 sort Mass. 1S40 lbs 13 a 15 



LEATHER.— Diiiy 30 pfr cent. 

 Philad. best city tan lbs. 30 a 32 



Baltimore city tannage 29 a 30 



New York red, light 22 a 24 



Boston do slaughter 21 a 22 



LIME.— Per cask, Thomaston 70 a 80 



Camden 65 a 70 



PROVISIONS,— The holders of Pork havingfsubmitted 

 to a reduction of prices; shippers have been tempted to 

 operate to a considerable extent ; and since our last re- 

 port, about 2500 brls have been taken for foreign shipment, 

 within the quoted rates. Beet also is in more request, at 



slight advance on prii 



The Wheeling Times of Tuesday says— 

 In travelling over the country from ten to thirty miles 

 from this place, we have had an opportunity of judging 

 of the character and prospects of the crops, rarely afford 

 ed us. The conclusion that we have come to is that the 

 wheat crops In the vallieswill be pretty good, on the hills 

 it is almost an entire failure, many fields have been plough 

 ). The oat crop will also be light; but the corn 

 as a general tliing,be pretty good. We saw some 

 fields in Ohio and Pennsylvania that looked as well as 

 anything we have seen. 

 PKNNsvLVANi.i.— The Germafltown (Pa.) Telegraph 

 ives some information in relation to the appearance of 

 rops in that vicinity. It says: "The wheat and rye 

 aily improve in appearance and show indications of 

 andsome yields, irunharmcd by the blight ; while the 

 more prospective crops of oats, corn and potatoes never 

 looked fairer. The tly has done very little injury to the 

 grain ; and the blight there has scarcely any perceptible 

 traces. Some of the rye is injured by rust." 



do 



ilk 



325 



Vmtt, 34 cU. Loaf, 



RICE.— /"rcf.— Per 100 lbs G mo 



SUGAR. Ihily— Brown, ^ ets 

 12 cts. Lump, 10 cts. per lb. 



The market for box Sugars stands about the same as it 

 did at the close of the last report. 

 Havana white, 1000 lbs 8 75 a 10 50 



do brown 7 50 a 8 00 



Porto Rico G 00 a 7 50 



St. Cr 



New Orleans 5 50 a G ' 



TEA.— l>i<(j from places eaut qf Cape qf Good Hop 



and in vesseh of the Vnited States, free. From plar 



this side of the Cape of Good Hope, or in foreign vessels, 



10 cts. per lb. 

 The sales have been very circumscribed during the 



week, at the advance required by holders. Stock in 



hands is.small, and prices firm. 



"*' Mvson, v^anion 



45 

 Ithe i 

 portation shall not e.Tceed 8 cts. per lh.fr 

 the value exceeds 8 cts. per lb. .^2 per ct. ad. vtd. and 4 

 per tb. 



No material change exists in either description. Tlif 

 new clip has not yet come into market, and prices foi 

 Fleece Wool are not fixed. Some sales Pulled have beei 



American full blood— washed 



48 a 50 

 4,7 a 47 



From the Madisonian. 

 Commerce and Navigation of the United 

 States. — From the annual statement of the commerce 

 and navigation of the United States, communicated to the 

 Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury, we learn that the 

 IMPORTS during the \<" .r I.'Mn jumuhi, d to gl07,141,5iy, 

 of which there were 11 \ n.- an vessels Ji(y2,- 



802,352, and in forev^ii > ,11 - It, 7. 



The EXPORTS duriii_ .... -,,,1, v uiiounted to gl32,- 



085,946, of which )i \ '.:.;.:■:• .i.uJi I i-iry of domestic and 

 S18, 190,212 of foreign artu 

 592,030,898 were exported 

 S2I,8Gt.736 in foreign vessel: 



vessels, anu 



Of the foreign articles, 



1 American vessels, and ,g4,- 



^13,591,359 were exported 

 598,953 in foreign vessels, 



SHIPPINO, 



During the same year l,576,94ti tons of American ship- 

 ping entered, and 1,G4G,009 tons cleared from the ports 

 of the United States. Of foreign shipping, 712,363 Inns 

 entered, and 706,484 tons cleared during the same period. 



DISTRICT TONNAdE. 



The registered tonnage for the year is stated at 899,764 

 Enrolled and licensed tonnage, at 1,176,694 



And fishing vessels at 10-1,304 



Tons, 2,180.764 



Tons employed in the whale fishery, 136,926 



tonnage of SHiri'lNO BUILT. 



The total tonnage of shipping built in the United States, 

 during the year ending on the 30th of September, 1840, 

 amounted to — 



Registered, 56,121 



EnroUed, 62,187 



Tons, 



118,; 



F IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



Amount of exports, as above stated, ,J(I32,085,946 



Amount of imports, do, 107,141,319 



I of exports over imports, ^24,9 14,427 



The Crop.s. — We are very sorry to learn from the 

 annexed letter, that in Western New York, the -'granary" 

 of the Eastern St:ites. for wheat especiallv, the crops of 

 all kinils h-ivr- =n''- r.-rl snvnr-'ly by drought. The writer 



ot t!ii- .111: ! I'- :- ■! ':-t--lli'jent farmer, who has for 



MV(r.il\-,r . :, : : ih-l Ions the results of his 



nli-.-T\:il! Ill ■ I i,v.-[(,t!u? crops, — which in- 



far as we could jud-je, nniiiflurnced by personal consider- 

 ations. He is of opinion that Western New l^ork, ex- 

 clusive of Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne counties, will not 

 gioiv, this year, more than ivheat enouglifor its own con- 

 sumption and for seed! We cannot but hope that the ex- 

 tent of the damage is over estimated by ourcorrespondent; 

 but to make the best of the case, the growing crops in 

 that iniportant agricultural district, will be uncommonly 

 light. The Buffalo, Rochester and .\lbany papers, all 

 complain of the drought.— ^iV. Y. Journal of Commerce. 



Prospects in Ohio. — A Commission house in Cleve- 

 land, who has means for a general knowledge of the state 

 of the spring wheat crop along the line of the Ohiocan.al, 

 writes to a correspondentot this city, under date 22d June 

 — ''The growing crop since the late rains looks more prom- 

 ising, and we think that the prospect of an average crop 

 may be called good." — Rochester Dem. 



RAIL-ROAD ST.VnSTlCS. 

 Names. Length. Cost. Nett Income. 1839 



Boston and Providence, 414 1,782,000 

 Boston and Lowell, 36l 1,729,242 

 Boston and Worcester. 44i 1,935,000 



213,876 



vich and Worcester,59 1,777,471 





106,423 



64,0l;j IStO 



427,000 

 493,64-3 



Sai;es or Berkshires. — Mr. LossiNO of this city, 

 informs Us, that he has recently sold his famous breeding 

 sow Maiima to Mr. Curd of Kentucky, for the hand- 

 some sum of JJ300. The animal is well known to breed- 

 ers of Berkshire, as one ol the largest of her kind in this 

 country. Mr. Lossing has also sold his imported boar 

 A'cicfcen-i/, to the same gentleman, for |;200. He was 

 shipped a few days since, and weighed, including cage,, 

 880 lbs,— ^iiani/ Cultivator. 



BRIGHTON MARKET.— Monday, June 28, 1841. 

 [Reported for the Daily Advertiser and Patriot.] 



At market 245 Beef Cattle, 10 pair Working Oxen, 15 

 Cows and Calves, 950 Sheep, and 250 Swine. 100 Beef 

 Cattle unsold. oO Beef Cattle were from C»/iio. 



Prices- /}££/ Cattle— We reduce our quotations to 

 conform to sales. First quality 6 50 a 6 75 ; second 

 quality S6 a 6 25; third quality S5 a 5 75. 



Cows and Calves— SMes «2a, ;i!29, $3Z, and gW. 



Sheep— Lots were sold at jjl 25, 1 33, 1 62, 1 92, $2, 



Sioine — .\ lot of large Barrows at 54, a lot to peddle, 

 4J for Sows and 5^ for Barrows, some of which were 



all Pig 



Ati 



NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, June 28, 1841. 



At market, 1150 head of Beef Cattle, including 250 

 head left over last week — 800 were from the South, and 

 the balance from this State ; and 760 Sheep and Lambs 



There was a limited demand for Beef, and the supply 

 being large, lower prices were submitted to. The sales 

 reached to 887 head at from $5.1^ to g7i, averaging ,^64 

 the 100 lbs. 



Sheep and Lambs were more plenty ; sales of 700 at JJ2 

 to 4i lor Sheep, and ,?1 23 to gi for Lambs. 



