THE GENESEE FAKMER, 



195 



Grinding Bones. — Will a mill made to grind plaster do 

 3 grind bones ? Do bones need any preparatiou to make 

 hem fit to grind? and what is the best mode for using 

 3 manure, after being ground? What are they worth to 

 urchase and grind for manure? The machine for crack- 

 ig the plaster, before grinding, I suppose would do to 

 rack bones ; and that the same stones would do for both, 

 ut do not know. I will be glad if some of your corres- 

 ondents can furnish correct and practical information 

 ith regard to this, and of the entire method of making 

 one dust. — H. B. Ingham, Camp Town, Penn. 



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STATISTICAL VIEW OF AMEEICAN AGRICULTURE, 

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REVIEW OF THE MARKETS. 



GENESEE FARMER OFFICE, ) 



Rochester, N. Y., May 21, 1S59. ) 



The markets have been in a very excited state during the last 

 two weeks. Stimulated by the warlike news from Europe, spec- 

 ulators have been eager purchasers. It is said by some that tho 

 bulk of the purchases have been made for actual consumption, 

 and that the stock is much reduced thereby, notwithstanding the 

 arrivals have been fak for the season. If the purchases have 

 been made for consumption, it is reasonable to suppose that the 

 bulk of them are still on hand, as the quantity changing hands 

 from day to day has been largely in excess of the immediate con- 

 sumptive demand, and nothing has transpired to increase the 

 actual consumption. The bulk of the transactions are therefore 

 of a speculative character. 



FLOUR AND GRAIN.— In this department the activity has 

 been the greatest. The operations in Flour have not been 

 marked with discretion. A wild excitement has been manifest. 

 The price advancing twenty-five to fifty cents per bbl. in a day or 

 two, and then receding fifteen to thirty cents in a corresponding 

 period of time ; again advancing, and again receding ; but still 

 gaining so much as to make a difference of one to two dollars per 

 bbl., taken at the highest point, compared with last month's 

 report. The transactions in Wljeat have been of the same ex- 

 cited character, the advance daring the month being thirty to 

 forty-five cents per bushel. It is next to impossible to give relia- 

 ble quotations. Our remarks have special reference to New 

 York as the leading market, and to other markets as relatively 

 affected by that. Rye has undergone a material improvement, 

 and is in good demand. Corn, Oats, and Barley are higher, but 

 somewhat dull. The prospect of the growing crops is uniformly 

 spoken of as favorable. 



PROVISIONS.— There has been great activity and irregularity 

 in the Provision Markets. The great probability of war has in- 

 duced an unusual demand, and a belief in higher rates for the 

 future; real confidence does not exist; this is evidenced by the 

 fluctuations from day to day. The advance on Pork and Beef 

 has been large — from two to four dollars per bbl. — but it is soon, 

 to a great extent, lost. Lard also improved with an increased 

 demand, but again receded, and closes about the same as last 

 quoted. 



WOOL. — The demand is light, the stock small, and prices with- 

 out material change. 



NEW YOKK MARKET. -May 20. 



FLOUR AND MEAL— The Market for Flour is in a very un- 

 settled state, with a declining tendency ; a concession of 25'to 50 

 cents per bbl. is not sufficient to induce buyers to operate. Super- 

 fine State, $5 o'^@$6.50 ; fancy and extra do, $6.S0@$7.25 ; com- 

 mon to good Western, $5.75@$(3.60; extra do, .$6.7o@$S.30; 

 shipping brands of Ohio round-hoop, $7.25@7.40; extra Genei^ee 

 and St. Louis, $S@$9. Southern Flour dull ; Brandvwine, .*8® 

 $S.25; Georgetown, .$7.75(3!,|9 ; Petersburg citv, .$8..50@$9,5o ; 

 Richmond city, $8.25@.$9.50; Gallego and Ilaxall. $9.7.\ Cana- 

 dian Flour, $7.25@$S.50 for the range of extras. Rve flour dull 

 at $4.50@|5.50 for fine and superfine. Corn mealduU; Jersey, 

 $4 20@,$4..30 ; Brandywine, $4.62i^ ; puncheons, $21. 



GRAIN— Wheat dull and declining; Ciiicaso spring, $1.15® 

 $1.1S; red Western, $1.75@$1.S5 ; mixed do, $l..Vi@$1.70; Mil- 

 waukie club, $1.25@$1.23; white Michigan and Kentucky, $2@ 

 $2.10. Barley heavy and demand llsht at T■_'(■f7^,75c for State, and 

 70c for California. O.its lower; 5Tc@r.Sc for State; 58c@,60c for 

 Canadian and Western. Rye dull at $!@$1.03. Corn dull and 

 lower; New Orleans mixed, 92c; Jersey and Southern yellow, 

 98c ; Southern white, 95 ; Western mixed, 94c. 



