vor,. XV. N o. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



Three ruffians on Friday broke into a house in Balti- 

 more, in which wns a girl 17 years of age left in cliargc 

 of tlie house hy hor mother. Tiie fellows began lo break 

 the earthern ware, when ihe git I eame down stuir;^ with 

 a cocked pistol, threatening tliem with death if they did 

 not desist on which they decamped. 



BRIGHTON MABKKT.— Monday, Joly 18, 183G. 

 Keported (or the Daily Advertiser &. Fatriot. 



At market 315 Beef Cattle, 1320 Sheep and Lambs. 

 40 Beef Cattle unsold. 



Prices.— jBc«"/Crt«/e.— Sales were made at about last 

 week's prices for a like quality. We quote a few extra 

 taken at 7 t^>0 : first quality C 75 a 7 25 ; second quality 

 $0 a G 50 : third qnuhty $5 a 5 75. 



Sheep and Lambs. — In demand, and salts quick at 

 an advance on former prices. We quote lots at $*2,2 50 

 2 75, $3, and 3 12 1-2.— Wethers at 3 50, 3 75 and $4, 



NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. 



Monday, July 11. — At market, 1000 head of beef cat- 

 tle, 2300 sheep and lambs, and 50 cows and calves. 



Beeves. — The cattle were generally of pretty fair qual- 

 ity, but the demand was far less lively than at last 

 week's sale, and prices in consequence declined fully 

 50 cts, per cwt. About 700 head was disposed of at 

 prices varying from $7 to 9 50 — average price b 50 per 

 cwt. 



Sheep and Lambs. — The supplies continue to increase 

 rapidly without occasioning any material reduction in 

 rates. There was an active demand, and about all sold 

 at $225 a 5 each for sheep, and 1 50 a 3 fur lambs. 



Cows and Calves. — The demand was but middling, 

 nearly all at market, however, were taken at $20 a 35 

 each. 



Hay and Strata. — Some new hay received sold at 75 a 

 87^ cts ; old is about the same. Straw sold at $3 to 4 

 per hundred bundles. 



FANEUIL HALL VEGETABLE MARKET. July 20. 



Green Peas, 1 25 to 1 50 per bushel. Turnips, 8 to 

 12 cts. per bunch. Cucumbers 8 to 12 cts. each. Let- 

 tuce, 4 to 5 cts. per head. Radishes, 4 to G cts. per 

 bunch. Onions, G to 12 cts. per bunch. Rhubarb, 6 cts. 

 per lb. Asparagus, 4 to 6 cts. per bunch. Carrots, 6 

 cl3. per bunch. New Potatoes, $2,00 per bushel. Cab- 

 bages 6 cts. each. String Beans, 3 00 per |bushel. To- 

 matoes G cents each. 



Fruit. -"Strawberries, IsG to 31 cts. per box. Cher- 

 ries, Is to 25 cts. per qt. Gooseberries, 12 to 20 per qt. 

 Currants, 8 cts. per qt. Raspberries 2s3 per box. I-Jlue- 

 berries, 25 to 31 c. per box. Greenhouse Grapes 1 25 per 

 pound. 



COCOONS WANTED, 



The proprietors of the New Eno;ltind Seed Store, connected 

 willi the New England Farmer, are ready lo purchase Silk 

 Cocoons in any quantityj tor which (he highest mnrket price 

 wiUbe paid. June 22 



FARMER WANTED. 



Wanted, an experienced farmer to take charge of a culti- 

 vated (arm of only moderate size, in the vicinity of Boston. 

 Apply to the New England Farmer office. tf 



NOTICE. 



Subscribers can have their volumes neatly half bound and 

 lettered, for 75 cenls, by leaving them at this office 

 July 20 41 



WANTED. 



A man to work, for a few months on a place five miles 

 from Boston. Apply at this office. July 20. 



FAK3I FOR SALE. 



For sale a Farm in llediordjt-'ounly of Middlesex, 17 miles 

 from l?oslon and 10 from Lowell, containing lOl acres inciu- 

 iling al)o;it 13 acres covered with a valuable i^rowllkof wood 

 which has been preserved with iireat caie for the last 20 years, 

 till? garden ciMilanis about ^ acres under the hij;h('st culliva- 

 lion and is fumi^lied willi a great variety ot lloweis and 

 shru[)s which hAvv been collected at much labor nnd exiiense; 

 attached to the garden is a (ireen House fdled with thrifty 

 bearing Grnpe Vines, and choice and valuable plants wli.ch 

 will be sold or not as the purchaser may choose. The Farm 

 is under good cultivation ami together with tlie (iarden is 

 stocked with the choicest Frnits, such as Apples, Pears, 

 Peaches, Quinces, Plums, Strawberries nl various kinds, 

 Kasj)herries, Gooseberries, &c &.e., which the piesent owner 

 has spared no cxpence in obtaining. The Farm is bounded 

 on the west by Concord River, which is well supplied with 

 fish, and the country around abounds with game, making it a 

 desirable retreat to the gentleman who is lond of tishing or 

 shooting. 



Possession will be given on the Isl April next — for terms, 

 which will be liberal, apply to the subscriber in Bo!^ton oral 

 the Farm. ' JAIVIES VILA. 



PHINNEY CORN. 



For sale, a few bushels of this superior F.arly Corn, recom- 

 mended in the current volume of the New England Farmer, 

 by Capt. Daniel Chandler. PricegS per bushel, fllay 18. 



BIRD SEEDS. 



For sale at the New England Seed Store. Canary Seed, 

 Rape Seed, Heiup Seed and maw Seed for sick birds. 

 Jude22. 



HEKIP SEED. 



Just received, 100 bushels prime and fresh Hemp Seed, 

 which wdl be sold low, at the New England Seed Store, Nos. 

 51 and 52 North Market street, Boston. June 1. 



BOUND VOLUMES OP THE SILK MANUAL. 



For sale al the Agr-icultural \Varehou!>e and New England 

 Seed store, Ihe first volume of the Silk Manr.al and Practical 

 Farmer, neatly bound. Price Gt^ cents. 



The hook contains 192 pages, and a great amount of val- 

 uable information on the subject of Silk Culture. It is deci- 

 dedly the cheapest book, extant, that treats upon that subject 



May 4. 



I' 11 IC E S OF C O U N T 11 Y IMl O 1> U K. 



CORRFCTFD WITH OP.EAT CARE, WEKKLV. 



JAMES MANN, 



Preserver of Birds and Quadrupeds, at the stopping place 

 of liie Boston and Worcester Cars, Wiuships' Nursesies, 

 Brighton. 



Orders or subjects for preservation directed as above, and 

 left at the Kail Road Depot, will be forwarded with desoatcii 

 and promptly attended to. Skins of Foreign Birds ana rare 

 Animals purchased. 



Canary IJirds for sale— superior songsters. 



June 15. 



ST HELENA POTATOES. 



100 bushels of the above superior Potatoes for sale at the 

 New England Farmer office, for 30 cts. per bushel. 

 June 3. tf* 



TERRIBLE TRACTORATION. 



Just published and for sale by Tuttle, Weeks &. Dennett, 

 School street, and at the Farmer Office, Terrible Tractoration 

 and other Ppems, by Christopher Caustic, M. D., and mem- 

 ber of no less than iNineteen very learned Societies. Third 

 American Edilijn. 



April 27. 



AGRICULTURAL BOOKS. 



Farmer's Library in 3 volumes, consisting of the American 

 Gardener, by Thos. G, Fessenden, the American Orchardisl, 

 by Wiliam Kenrick, and the Complete Farmer, by Thos. j. 

 Fessenden. These are bound lo match, at ^3 for the set, or 

 will be sold separately for Jjl each volume. « 



Uuffin's Essay on Calcareous Manure, 1,00, 



CHaptal's Agricultural Chemistry, new edition, a work of 

 great value, price 1,25. 



The American Farrier, piice 75 cts. 



Mrs Child'.s Frugal Housewife, 50 cts, 



Kenrick's .\merican Silk Grower's Guide, 43 cts, 

 ■ Cobb's Silk Manual, 50 cIs. 



Comstock's do. 50 cts. 



Forsyth on Fruit Trees. 



M'Mahon's American Gardener, 



Lou<Ion's Complete Works. 



And will be supplied to order any work upon subjects con- 

 nected with Agriculture, Horticulture and Rural Eccnomy. 



June 22. 



MILLET SEED. 



For sale, a few bushels of very superior Millet Seed, at the 

 New England Seed Store, Nos.'51 and 52, North Market st. 

 June 22. 



AppLKs, Russctts and Baldwins. 



IIkans, while, 



liKKK.mes.s. 



Cargo, ISio. i. 



prime, .... 



Hkkswax, (American) 

 MUTTKK store, No. 1 , . 

 Ch t-KSE, new milk, .... 

 Feathers, northern, geese, 

 southern, geese, 

 Flax, American, .... 

 Fish, Cod, 



Flour, Genesee, . . cash 

 Baltimore, Howard street, 

 Rtiltiinore, wharf, 

 Alexandria, 

 Grain, Corn, noQhern yellow 



southern flat yellow 

 while. 

 Rye, northern, 

 Rarley, .... 



Oats, northern, . (prime) 

 Hay, best English, per ton of 20U0 lbs 

 ea*itern screwed, . 

 hard pressed, .... 

 Honey, 

 Hops, 1st quality 



"lii quality .... 

 Lard, Boston, 1st sort, , 

 southern, Isl sort. 

 Leather, slaughter, sole, 

 do. upper, 

 dry hide, sole, 



do. upper, . 

 Philadelphia, sole, 

 Baltimore, sole, . 

 Lime, best sort, .... 

 Plaster Paris, per too of 2200 lbs. 

 Pork, Mass. inspect, extra clear, . 

 Navy, mess. .... 

 bone, middlings, scarce. 

 Seeps, Herd's Grass, 

 Red Top, 



Red Clover, northern 

 Silk Cocoons, (American) 

 Tallow, tried, , . . . 

 Wool, prime, or Saxony Fleeces, . 

 American, full blood, washed, 

 do. 3-4ths do. 



do. 1-2 do. 



do. 1 -4 and common 



E- f Pulled superfine, 

 £-u 1 Isl Lambs, . 



■5 :^ <^ 2d do. 



|S.bd do, . . 



Southern pulled wool is generally 5 cts. 

 less per lb. 



barrel 

 bushel 



barrel 



puund 



quintal 

 bairel 



bushel 



gallon 

 poiind 



cask 

 barrel 



bushel 

 II 



pound 

 l>ushel 



Hy. 

 pound 



To 



6 00 

 2 25 



II 75 



9 75 



725 



28 



22 



12 



60 



60 



15 



320 



7 62 

 7 87 



99 



88 



82 



1 00 



50 



28 00 



22 00 



24 00 



50 



14 



13 



15 



20 

 24 

 21 

 20 

 29 

 27 



1 17 



2 75 



44 

 12 



10 

 75 

 70 

 65 

 58 

 55 



65 

 60 

 4S 

 35 



PB'OVISION MARKET. 



RETAIL PRICES. 



Hams, northern. ., 



southern; and western. 

 Pork, whole hogs, 

 Poultry, . 

 Butter, (tub) . 



l\imp 

 Eggs, 



Potatoes, new, . 

 Cider, 



ADVERTISEMENT, 



The subscriber, resident in the city of Rochester, Monroe 

 County in the State of New York, will attend to ihe collec- 

 tion ot Mortgages, or any general land busuiess in the County 

 of Monroe. Persons wishing to buy Farms in that fertile re- 

 gion, will find it fvr their interest to call on him as he has many 

 Farms for sale. WILLIAM ATKINSON, 



Land broker, No. 27, Exchange street. 

 Reference to Col. Joseph May, 

 Edward Croft, 

 Samuel May. Esq'rs. 

 Rochester,!^. Y. March 5. 3m 



FRENCH SUGAR BEET. 



A valuable root for Ihe tabic when young, and for Caltb,- 



when fully grown ; v. ry productive. 2 to 2 1-2 lbs. will seed 

 an acre. For sale at the Seed Store, 51 and 52, i\orih Mar- 

 ket street. ni.i^ b 



