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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



March, 1842 



to two rods nearly, cost 64 cents to a rod. In 

 both these instances, the cost waa exclusive of 

 the setting. 



Good four and a half feet stone wall varied 

 from $1 to $'2.!i0 the rod, according to the ease 

 with which the stone could be procured, and the 

 manner in which it was laid — whether by trench- 

 ing or otherwise. 



Hedge fence made of the Virginia tlioru, set 

 21 to a' rod, cost at the end of the fourth year, 

 including planting, trimming, &.C. 40 cents to the 

 rod. 



Mr. Shurtleff found his white cedar posts to 

 rot oft' at the ground in about 15 years; and this 

 agrees very well with our experience with this 

 liind of timber. Farmers err much in making 

 their posts to set in the earth so small as is usu- 

 ally done. We have a cedar bar-post now stand- 

 ing, and promising to retnain so for several years 

 to come, that was cut and set 40 years since. The 

 post was from a green tree, and some IG inches 

 in diameter ; and our experience has uniformly 

 been, that durability was much depending on 

 size. The method of setting posts recommend- 

 ed by Mr. Ellsworth, that is by merely driving 

 them, is certainly much the quickest and easiest ; 

 but a board fence, the posts of which are so set, 

 we have found would not stjind as well as when 

 the holes were dug to the requisite depth, and 

 the post secured by either filling in wiih stnne 

 firndy packed, or earth driven solid and close by 

 a heavy square headed piece of timber. The 

 frosts of the north are more destructive to the 

 post and rail or board fences than any thing else ; 

 and the securing posts against its action, one ol 

 the most necessary, yet difficult, of fence making 

 operations. — Cultivator. 



54 a i55c per bushel. Southern Oats, 46 a 47 Rye, small 

 stock, andlitUe wanted; sale.by auction of 1800 bushels 

 New Orleans Corn, 55^ a 56 per bushel. 



PROVISIONS.— There is a little improved demand for 

 Beef and l^ork, and prices are more settled. Sales of a 

 few hundred barrels at the quoted rates. In Lard there' 

 have been some heavy operations for a French market, 

 embracing 6000 Uegs Western, first qualitv, ojc per lb.' 

 30 days credit ; 5 a 6000 do. do. 5J a 6c, cash, and 4 mos. 

 credit. The sales by auction consist of 100 bbls. Mess 

 Pork, 8 37aSS 755 40 do. do. Clear, SIl ,- 68 do. do: 

 yilperbbl; 20 do. Mess, 8 62 a g8 87 do; 40 bbls. 

 VVeslern Lard, 4J a 5Jc, 4 mos ; 43 kegs do. do. 5 cents 



SUG.\R. — For good box sugars there has been a fair 

 demand, and some slight improvement has been realized 

 in prices ; the low grades are dull of sale 

 tions ; sales consist of 3 a 400 boxes H 

 dad, new crop, 5.J and 6ic ; 200 do. old do. 4!} a 5.\ ; 100 

 do. white, new crop, 7^ ; and 50 do. old ' " " 



MOLASSES.— The transactions during the past week 

 have been upon a more extensive scale than has been 

 noticed lor some time. The sales of distilling 

 a cargo Havana, old crop, 2 a 300 hhds. at 12}, ' and 

 another at, supposed, I3c ; 500 hhds. do. do. 12Ac. 6 mos. 

 .\ cargo Trinidad, old crop, arrived yesterday, "was pre- 

 viously sold at 124c. 5 per cent, oft' for cash ; a small lot 

 Surinam, old crop, received coastwise, sold at 14^0. 6 

 months credit. 



New York Market, March 19. — (Spirit of this morn- 

 ing's Review)— .'Vshes— Pearls are in requost at §5,50. 

 Beeswax — Sales southern yellow at 31^. Coal — Orrel is 

 dull at §9. 4 mos. Coflee— no change. Cotton— Sales 

 for the week 6250 bales ; prices declined ^c lb. Dye- 



IT-rln 



Castine, Me. 

 Derby, Conn. 



I NefcHaven, Conn. 

 .^ ton, at Boston, Ms. 

 ranklin, at South Boston 

 ', Klchertown, Ms 

 Frankfort, at Frankfort, Me. 

 Globe, at Bangor, Me. 

 Kennebec, Me. 



Norfolk, at Roxbury, Ms. 

 Mewburyport, at Newbury- 



port, Ms. 

 01dti>wn. at Orono, Me. 

 Passamaquoddy,EastportMe 

 Roxbury, Ms. 



Stillwater Canal, Orono,Me. 

 Wiscasset, Me. 

 Washington Co. Calais, Mo 

 LIST OF BANKS IN NEW ENGLAND WHOSE 

 CHARTERS HAVE EXPIRED. 

 Bath Bank, Me. 

 Bangor Bank, Me. 

 *Bank of Montpelier, Mont- 



Bank, 



woods — Sales 50 t 

 Fish— Dry Cod at 



511 oOfnr J\o 1. 



St. Domingo Logwood at ,916 25 

 nuiates ; Halifax Mackerel sold a 

 ■uit— Bunch Raisins sold at gl 08: 

 t3ia6. Flour, Grain, &,c.— Sale: 

 bio and Genesee Flour at g6 18J ; 

 sw Orleans, from the wharf, at J(; 



Cattle— attention to tliem now. 



Lice. — See that all lice upon your oxen and 

 cows be destroyed forthwith. Recently we quo- 

 ted from some other paper a statement which 

 averred that water iu which potatoes have been 

 boiled will kill cattle lice ; if this be true, it is a 

 cheap and safe remedy. The suds of whale oil 

 soap are foimd destructive to these pests. There 

 are many other remedies, some of which are 

 known to every faimer. We are not anxious to 

 prescribe any particular remedy — but our pur- 

 pose is to enjoin it upon every owner of lousy 

 stock to apply to their backs something that will 

 destroy the lice ; we urge it as a matter of com- 

 passion and of profit. Do save the speechless 

 brutes from the itchings and irritations which 

 the lice cause, from mercy to the beasts them- 

 selves — do it also because the lousy brutes will 

 not thrive as well as others. 



The Cards.— Let the card be often and faith- 

 fully applied at the season of the year, not to the 

 ox only, but to the cow also; and if it find 

 its way to the hog's back, it will do hint no 

 harm. 



Care in Feeding. — Feed your stock carefully 

 and well — keeping them from falling away at 

 the coming of warm weather, when the appetite 

 often decieases, and the animals lose flesh unless 

 well tended. 



Cows about to Calve. — Cows that are soon to 

 calve, should be well fed upon good, but diy 

 food. Much inflammation in the udder is often 

 caused by feeding upon roots, meal, or the like 

 before the calf has been dropped. There is no 

 advantage in disteiuling the bag by such feeding. 

 The painful distension produces a feverish habit, 

 and often does permanent injury to the cow as a 

 milker. After the calf is ready "to draw the milk 

 and take off the hai-dness of the udder, food may 

 be given freely of such kind as will cause a copi- 

 ous flow of milk.— .v. JE. Farmer. 



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S5 ,j a^ 

 els Jersp 



y;i. Th 



orthern Rv 

 and Nortii 



arket is bare of Wheat. 1000 

 arrive, at 60c ; 2000 bush- 

 t 63 and 64c, and 5500 bu 

 \'irL;iniaand Noith Carolinii at 58c ; both weight. Hemp 

 —Sales Sunn at JJI47 50 and Manilla at S162 50, 

 Hides- Sales 2000 Buenos Ayres (23.^ lbs.) atI3cts ; 1000 

 St. Martha at 10 4; lOOOOroncco (21* lbs.) supposed 



I2i ; iJO Southe 



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THE MARKETS. 



BOSTON MARKF/r, MARCH 21. 

 FLOUR. — Tlie market for Genesee assumed features 

 of some improvement at the close of the week, and a 

 more active business was done with the trade, principally 

 at S6 50 a 6 66 for common, and $6 62 for fancy brands. 

 As no supplies can come forward, via Canal, much 

 earlicT than the 1st of iMay, and the stock in New York 

 and this market bein./ quite small, holders seem less in- 

 clined to hasten sales, and some prefer holding for a 

 further advance. The sales of Ohio have been 56 12, 

 and selected brands g6 37. 



GRAIN— The arrivals dunng the past week beini moder- 

 ate, and demand somewliit inijiroved. prices for Corn have 

 about 4 cts. per bu: ' ' — 





of ecveral cargoes yellow Hat. 52 a 63 



and I 



vhite. 



(. ii.vii ; 2 JO blih. ("rude 

 Paris— Sales 200 tons a 

 sales Beef and Pork 



Metals — Iron 

 mos. Molasses — 

 ': • ' n cts; 200 bbls. N. 



1 I. ,^,al6ia 16J. Na- 



!':■■ -1 Whales at 36 cts ; 

 -L . J 1,1 '-. -uid American at 91, 

 Spprm at 73 cts. cash. Plaster 

 It §2,624, cash. Provisions— Fair 

 former rates. Lard in fair demand 

 at j :i.j.i lor iie\.- western. Rice — Sales fair to good at 

 S-.7,-„"5:-, |,. r If^n II,-;, rash. Seeds— Sales 300 tes. 

 CI ' ■ : ■ T : .i:v is held at §17,00. Spices 



— - I., 82A cts. 6 mos. 100 bags 



I'i ' , - , ' .lyenne, Cloves at 27 cts; 



r.i~:, ~,ir!' — , J 1 1 ,;. \\ liiskey via N . Orleans sold at 

 17 ct.s, c;isli. SuL^ari — A steady demand for Muscovadoes 

 without change in prices. Tobacco — 50 a 60 hhds. run- 

 ning parcels Kentucky, new crop, sold at about 4^ cts, and 

 25 hhds. crosses at Sj. Wines— 50 Ind. bbls. Red Sweet 

 sold at 37.i cts. 6 mos. Kxchange — Bills on London sold 

 at 74 a 7i per ct. prem. Freights — No change in Foreign. 

 Genesee Flour to-day, is steady at §6,25. Gentlemen 

 from the West continue to represent the prospect of the 

 growing crop as very good. A cargo of Southern Corn 

 sold at 56 cts. 56 lbs. which is a decline. Sales of Fair 

 Clover Seed at 8A cts. lb. The sales of Cotton are 500 

 bales. — N. V. Jour. Com. 

 Philadelpui/ 



tire. The prices 



to notice. -A favo 



March 18. — There is no new feature 

 in the market— it is yet dull and inac- 

 md uuutatmns are annexed ; most of 

 minai. .American Fabrics — uo revival 

 iblc change in the currency and money 

 matters being anticipated soon, a fair business may yet be 

 done in the trade. 



Philadelphia Cattle itfarfcci.-Becf Cattle— 670 at mar- 

 ket. Sales 3i a 6 ; 100 left over. Cows and Calves— 270 

 at market. Sales §16 a 23; extra 28; Springers §12 a 

 17 ; Dry Cows go a 10 ; Calves in the drove yard §2 50 a 

 3 50 each ; live weight 3i a 4 c per lb. Hogs — 150 at 

 rket. Sales §475 a 5 per 100 lbs; 70 left over. Sheep 



and prices dec 



Sales ,51 a 175 



ned. 



stra §2. The 



BANK NOTE TABLE. 



(Corrected for the Boston Courier, .March 22, 1842.; 



\W The Bills of all the Banks in the New England 

 States, which arc in good credit, are received at par, on 

 deposit, by the following Banks, viz : — Atlas, Atlantic, 

 Eagle, Freemans', Globe, Mechanics'. Hamilton, Market, 

 Merchant's, North, State. Suffolk, Shoe and Leather 

 Dealers', Shawmut, Tremont, Traders', Union, and Wash- 

 ington. 



[D" The Suffolk Bank transacts all the business relating 

 to the countrv Banks, for the above named Banks. 



lD=The bills of the Kilby Bank ai-e not redeemed. 



IT Count, 

 are in circula 

 M. E. Woodi 



rfeit §3 bills of the Brunswick Bank, Me. 

 ;ion — Perkins's stereotype plate, and signed 

 aan, Cashier, and R. Dunlap, President. 



LIST OF BROKEN BANKS IN NEW ENGL.AND. 

 Burrillville, R. 1. iLafayeltc, South Boston 



Commonwealth, Boston Middlesex, Cambridge, Ms. 



Chelsea Bank, Chelsea, Ms.lNahanl Bunk, Lvnn.MG. 



pelier, Vt 

 Concord, (Sparhaw 



ier,)N. H. 

 •Cumberland (old) 



Portland, Me. 

 Damariscotta Bank, Dama- 



riscotta. Me. 

 Farmers and Mechanics', 



Pawtucket, R. L 



Hampshire Bank, Northamp- 

 ton, Ms. 

 Kennebunk Bank, at Arun- 

 del, Me. 

 "Mendon Bank 

 Newburvport Bank, old 

 PhtenixBink, Nantucket 

 Sutton Bank, Wilkinaon- 

 viUe. Ms. . 



♦Waterville'Bank 

 Winthrop Bank, Me. 

 * Winthrop bank, Ms. 

 these banks are still received. 



rthless. 

 char. exp. 

 perct. dia. 



20 



* The bills c 

 BILLS NOT RECEIVED AT THE SUFFOLK BANK. 



MAINE. 

 Agricultural Bank, Brewer SO a 90 perct.dis. 



Bangor Commercial Bank, a 5 " 



Calais Bank, at Calais, 7 a 8 " 



City Bank, Portland, 12 a 15 " 



Citizens' Bank, .Augusta new emission wo 

 Damariscotta Bank, 



Frankfort Bank, at Frankfort, — a 



Georgia LumberBank,PorlIand.worthless a 

 Globe Bank, Bangor, worthless — a 

 Lafiyette Bank, do 5 a 



Mercantile Bank, Bangor, a 



Oxford Bank, at Fryeburg, fraud. 

 Oldtown, at Orono, worthless. 



People's Bank at Bangor, closed. 

 Penobscot, do do uo such bank. 

 Stillwater Canal, at Orono, — a 



St. Croix, at Calais, lo a 



Washington County, do worthless. — a — 

 Westbrook, at Westbrook, Me. 3 a 5 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

 Concord Bank, 2 a 5 



Wolfeborough Bank, worthless. — a — 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Commonwealth Bank, Boston, 70 a 76 



Chelsea, 80 a 90 



Farmers' and Mechanics', Adams, 



South Village, new worthless. — a — 

 Fulton Bank, Boston, — a — 



Middling Interest, at Boston, 50 a 60 



Middlesex, at Cambridge, 2 a 4 



Newburyport, at Newburyport, 75 a 80 



Norfolk, at Roxbury, rodeemed 



iXahant Bank, at Lynn, 75 a 80 



Roxbury Bank, worthless 



RHODE ISL.VND. 

 Scituate Bank, — a 50 



VERMONT. 

 Bennington Bank, at Bennington, 70 a 76 

 Essex, at Guildhall, wortliless. — a — 



CONNECTICUT. 

 Housatonic Rail Road Co. 5 a 10 



BROKEN BANKS IN NEW YORK, N. JERSEY, &c. 

 k, Alexan 



Bank of Hudson, N. Y. 

 Barkers' Exchange Bank, do. 

 Bank of N. Brunswick, N.J, 

 Bank of Upper Canada, at 



Bank of Maryland, Balti- 



Bank of .Alexandria, do 

 Bank of Columbia, George- 

 town, D. C. 

 Columbia, Hudson, N.Y. 



klin,cityof N. Y. 



klin Banking C 



N.J. 





N. Y. 



Hobokc 

 Hobokcn Banking Co. do 

 Jersey City, N. 3. 

 Monmoutli, do 

 Mechanics' Bank, Pattei 



N.J. 

 Middle District. N.Y. 



Bank,Alcs.indri 



; Dandruff, 



Merchants' Bai 



dria, 

 Niagara, 

 Northern Bank, 



Pennsylvania, 

 New Jersey Manufacturing 



and Banking Co. 

 Plattsburg, N. Y. 

 Protection and Lombard, N. 



Pattereon. do 



Roxbury Bank, stopped, 

 Salem Banking Co. do. 

 State, Trenton, do 

 Schuylkill Bank, PhiP^del- 



phia. 

 Salem k, Phila. Mam ,fac.Co. 

 Susquehannah Bri-jge and 



BinkingCo.atPtDeposite 

 Washington &. Warren,N.Y. 

 Washington Banking Co. 



Hackcnsack,M. J. 

 Weehawk, N. J.. 



