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GENESEE FARMER. 



Feb. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Rochester, Jan. 28. 1847. 

 The recent foreign news has produced a very favorable 

 change in the price of grain and pro visions — as will be seen 

 by our quotations and extracts. 



Rochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



Wheat, 1,0(5 



t^orn, 



"Barley, 



Oats,-- 



Flour, - - 



Beans, 



Apples, bushel. 



Potatoes, 



Clover Seed, 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood, cord,-- 

 Salt, bbl,..-- 

 Hams, lb, 



3« 



38 



27 



5,2o 



62? 



13 



38 



3,50 



1,00 



6,00 



2,.50 



1,12 



4,00 

 1,.50 

 8,00 



3,0IJ 



Pork, bbl 10,00 



Porkjcwt, 4,00 



Beef, cwt, 3.00 



Lard, lb, 6 



Butler, lb, 10 



Cheese, new lb., 5 



Eggs, doz 14 



Poultry, 5 



Tallow. 7 



Maple Sugar,-- 6 



Sheep Skins, 33 



(jreen Hides, lb 3 

 Dry " .--. 3 

 CalfSkin.s 6 



11,00 



4,.'i0 

 3,50 



12 



6 



[By Magnetic Telegraph.] 



New York, Jan. 23. 



Less activity in Flour, and market to-day not firm as it 

 -.vas. A sale of 5000 bbls was made for shipment at $7, 

 with some privilege of storage, and 3 or 4000 at $6 SlcG 

 64 for Michigan and Genesee, to the trade. 



Sales 1 100 bbls round hoop Ohio was made on private 

 terms. The stock is now much reduced. Meal is still in 

 request. Sales 5 or 6000 bbls at $5, for I'ennsylvania, 

 Brandywine, and Jersey, mostly for future delivery. Sales 

 hag meal at $1 62ka2. Rye flour, $4 50a4 75. Wheat is 

 in large request ; quotations still advancing ; sales 25,900 

 m. mixed Genesee at $1 45al56J, all for shipment. For 

 fair parcels mixed $1 48 was bid. Corn is in demand at 

 $1. Sales 3000 bushels to arrive and on the spot. A c irgo 

 of old inferior sold at i)7 cts. Rye — 12,000 sold at 92c and 

 therebouts, for export. • Sales 4000 bu. Barley for shipment 

 at 76c. Rough flax seed is fO 25 nominally. Sales 30,000 

 lbs prime Tallow at S^c cash, for export. Provision still ve- 

 ry buoyant, and prices rule higher. Sales 5 to 800 bbls 

 Pork at $10 75all for prime, and $13 50al3 75 for mess.— 

 A sale of 500 bbls at 60 days was made at $14 25, and 100 

 bbls new at $14 50. 100 bbls sour prime at $8 62.^. In 

 Beef the market is better, with fair transactions. Sales at 

 $7 25a7 50 and !• 50a9 75 from country. Large operations 

 have been made in pickled meats. Sales 100,000 lbs Ba- 

 con without bone at9 cts. 30,000 lbs Hams in pickle P.^c; 

 and 1000 do dry salt at 9c, all for England. Sales of bbl 

 LarJ to arrive at 85, and 500 kegs Leland's at 10 cts. 



Buffalo, Jan. 28. 

 The sales of flour that have occurred since our last are to 

 the extent of 5000 bbls, viz: 1800 bbls Black Rock at $4 76 

 —1800 do also Black Rock at $4 80—1000 do two good 

 brands Michigan at $4 75, and 400 do also Mich, at the same 

 figure. Holders of wheat are firmer this morning, and $1 

 seems to be the asking price for fair samples. 



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GENESEE FARHER, 



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Contents of this Nwnber. 



Assimilation and Digestion,. - 33.4 



Charcoal, - - . 35 



Science and Agricultare ; Ashes on dry Plains, - . 36 



Muck and Lime ; Analysis of the Oat ; Bone Mill ; 



Bre.iking Steers, . --- 37 



Running into Debt, and Paying Interest on Money,.. 38-9 



The Farmer, his Position, Duties, &c., 40 



Water for Stock in Winter, - 41 



Top Dressing Wheat ; Preserving Hams, -. 42 



Management and Profits of Poultry, .... 43.4 



To Correspondents ; Annual Meeting of the N. Y. State 



Agricultural Society, 45 



The Farmer's Interests and Rights ; Cutting Glass,-.. 46 

 Breeds of Improved Cattle ; Red Ants ; To make Red 



Ink; To keep Smoked Hams, 47 



horticultural department. 



Construction and Management of Hot-beds, 48 



Northern Spy Appie ; To Correspondents, 49 



Address before Aurora Horticultural Society ; Ento- 

 mology, - 50 



Grafting the Pear on the Thorn ; Beurre d'Amalis Pear, 51 



Swan's Orange Pear ; Peaches; The Weather, 52 



ladies' department. 

 Femnle Trials ; Recipe for making Buckwheat Cakes : 



Children, 53 



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