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CONTENTS or THIS NUMBER. 



AuRust— Our Medicinal Herbs Page 233 



New Gra'^s — Tivc Wash— Broachy Cattle 235 



Letters from Mr. Brown 236, 245, 251, 258 



Corn Barn — PresorvinK Haras — Going to Market 238 



Fecdinp ChieUcns — Patriotic Women 239 



Re rootin? Pear Trees on Quince Stoclis 240 



Catchiu.;; Colli — Abortion in Cows 240 



Cnstaril Squash— Rural Scene — Providence 241 



Upper Canada A;jricullural Fa ir 241 



The Guide Post— Stock Farm in Maine 242 



Potato Rot— Be-t Time for Cutting Grass fjr Hay .243 



Extracts and Replies 243, 253, 262 



Retrospective Notes 244 



Farm Machinery ...247 



Portable Feeding Rack for Sheei>— Lice on Cattle 248 



Ringbone on the Horse's Foot 248 



Out Weft 249 



Important Wool Decision — Canker Worms 250 



A \Palk in my Garden 251 



Cows in Honduras 252 



Xew Bor)ks — Restoration of Worn-out Pasturage 253 



Clover— The Date 254 



The Farm a M:inufactory — Poisoning by Ivy 2"5 



No JIarket for Cattle — Spreading Manure from the Cart 255 



When to Trim Fruit Trees 255 



Exhaustion of S(ji!s — Potatoes., 253 



Quitlor in the Horse's Foot — How to Water Plants 257 



Remarks on Climate 259 



Ladies' Department 263 



Cattle Markets for July 204 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Initial Letter "A'" 233 



Custard Squash 241 



Ringbone — Two Cuts 248 



Quittor in Horse's Foot 257 



CATTLE MABKETS FOR JULY. 



The f jUowing is a summary of tlio reports for the four week? 

 ending July 15, 1S63: 



NUMBKR AT MARKET. 



Cattle. 



June 25 1254 



July 1 1708 



" 8 1519 



" 15 038 



SJifep. 

 4217 

 4670 

 2214 

 4956 



Total 5119 16,057 



Slwtes. 

 500 

 600 

 200 

 800 



2100 



Fat Hogs. T'fnh. 



400 800 



800 eoo 



500 700 



6C0 550 



2300 



£850 



The following table exhibits the number of cattle and sheep 

 from each State for the last four weeks, and for the correspond- 

 ing four weeks last year ; also the total number since the first of 

 January, of each year: 



THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR. 



Catt'c Shwp. Catt'e. Sheep. 



Maine 357 3236 20 3649 



New Hampshire 586 2243 182 1920 



Vermont 937 6796 1426 7256 



Massachusetts 92 2055 21 1935 



Northern New York 92 1748 79 1332 



Canada 24 141 126 691 



Western States 3331 8D8 4007 383 



Total, last four weeks 5,419 16,057 5,'^61 



Total.since Jan. 1,(29 w'ks,)38,936 82,476 38,056 



PRICES. 



June'li. JulyX. 



Beef, 1st, 2d, 3d qual . . 75 59 6|,S8 J 



" a few e.xtra 94382 Q9 



Sheep, fib 3i^6 3iii6 



Lambs, each $2 @ $2.^@4| 



Swine,stores,w'sale...5J<a.6J 6 (g6J 



" " retail.. 6 g7| 5^S7J 



Hides,#'ft 8 @8.i 8 @8J 



Pelts, sheep & lambs. . 40g90 40 390 



Tallow,rtb 8 ^8i 8 @8i 



July 8. 

 6ig8i 

 Sfag 



3 (S5 

 $3 (g5 

 6 (g6 

 6 (g7 

 8 S8| 

 40S$1 



: 7,086 



July 15. 

 6ig8i 

 85.39 

 3 ig5J 



$25@4i 



5 (g6 



6 .@7 

 8 @8| 

 50@$1 



Remarks. — Prices for most kinds of stock at this market have 

 had a downward tendency during the past four weeks, excepting, 



perhaps, at the last market, when beef cattle and pocd mutton 

 sheep sold rather better, owing mainly to the small number of 

 the r!;-'ht kind of each, at market, while for lambs, especially 

 those of ordinary quality, of which there was a large supply, the 

 last market was the lowest of the season. 



The most noticeable event of the last month in market affairs 

 is the cliange of time, by which one day is saved. Two days are 

 all that have ever been considered necessary for the sale of the 

 live stock for the supply of this market, and lor years past this 

 business has been assigned to Wednesday and Thursday. But 

 as the arrival of one train after another was altered from Wednes- 

 day to Tuesday, by those who wi.shedto be-ahead of otliers, Tues- 

 day gradually became a market day in fact, although not nomi- 

 nally so. During t'le last half year especially most of the sales 

 have been effected Tuesday, while the closing up of bu.5ine88 has 

 been allowed to drag through Wednesday and Thursday, f> the 

 great inconvinieiice of drovers who needed the time for home op- 

 erations. By general consent, therefore, Thursday has been 

 dropped, and the business is now done in two days — at Cam 

 bridye Tuesday forenoon, and at Brighton Tuesday afternoon 

 and Wedne.^day. 



WEBNESD.iY, July 15th, will be remembered by many of the 

 markttmen on account of the appearance which Market Square 

 in Bofton presented, not only in the morning, but throughout 

 the day. Cannons stood on the corners ready to sweip every 

 street, guards were walking to and fro, arms were stacked upon 

 the sidewalk, Fancuil Hall was filled with soldiers, and the cu- 

 rious passer-by who paused to look at the broken windows of 

 the gun-siores was admonished to "keep moving." Purchasers 

 hesitated about biiyinir, and business generally wns very much 

 iijterrup'ed. At Brighton, as good luck for the drovers would 

 have it, there was but little stock unsold, and no fresli arrivals. 

 The few cattle that remained were cl^anel out during the 

 day, and many expressions of pleasure with the Wednesda}' ar- 

 rangement were heard from both seller and buyer. 



Sales of Cattle and Sheep. 



The following is from our report of sales, July 15: 



A. N. Monroe sold 102 Illinois steers as follows: — 3, weighing 

 togetiur oOr>0 lbs., at S,!ie, <.i sk. ; 3 others, 3i.^U lus., Sijc, 35 

 sk. ; 09, averaging 1240 ttis., 9c, 29 sk. ; 37 averaging 1125 fcs., 

 for 00, }i sk. Also, 56 Michigan oxen as follows: — one pair, 

 2825 ibs., at 9c, 28 ft;. ; one pair, 2740 tbs., 9c, 30 ^k. ; 3, aver- 

 aging I2I0 lbs., at »?ic, 30 sk. ; 4, of 5240 lbs , at <)c, 32 sk. ; 

 17, avernging 1162 ios.,at 7;ic, 37 sk. ; 3, of 1246 lbs.,at8)ic, 

 30 bk. ; 8 otliers, 1175 io.s. each, 8c. .30 sk. ; a nice pair, 3380 

 tbs., 9c, .30 ^k. ; 4, of UCO lbs. euch, 7i^c, 35 sk. ; and 10, aver- 

 age live weight lOoO lbs., at 7',jC, 30 sk. 



Wm. Scollans sold 63 Illinois steers, for Messrs. White & Otis 

 as follows:— 32 avtriige live weight 1282 fcs. each, for S>\^c, 30 

 sk. ; 22 woiuhing 1180 lbs. ea'di, at S.'.^e, J,, sk. ; 6 averaging 

 1130 lbs., at Sc, >^ sk. ; 3 of 1050 lbs. each at 8c, 30 -W ct. sk. 



Mr. ScoUans also sold for Scidlans & Jordan 76 Ohio steers as 

 follows:— 38 averaging 1340 lbs., for 9c, 31 sk. ; 24 averaging 

 1374 lbs., for 9c, 30 sk. ; one pair, 2560 tbs., ec,29 sk. ; 6, gross 

 live weicht, S8I0 fts., for 8>;c, ^ sk. ; and 6 others, 7090 fcs., 

 for83e'c, 32.sk. 



E. Wheeler sold 8 oxen to Saunders & Hartwell, to dress about 

 1000 fcs. each, 4 at Sc, and 4 at 8'<c ^' lb., and 10 young cattle 

 at 7c *>■ It)., and 3 cows, laid at GOolt.s., for $142. 



C. H. I'ottcr sold an extra pair of oxen to Mv. Rice, of the 

 Quincy 5Iarkct, wliieh were laid to dress about 2300 fcs. These 

 oxen, though not remarkable for size, were very nice, thrifty 

 and well to-do bullocks, and belong to that class about which wc 

 like to make inquiry as to their nativity, &c. This pair we are 

 informed, were fed by Richard Messer, of New London, N. H, 

 We hope that the tip top price of this market — 9c IF lb. — will pay 

 for the meal wl.ich it took to thicken up their flanks. 



Gen. James Morse sold one pair of oxen to 0. Lvnde at 8J4C 

 i? It). ; 2 fat cows for $100, or 7!4'c t* lb. ; 2 weighing 1950 Jbs., 

 for 6;.tC, 35 sk. ; 3 cows and'one two year-old htifer weighirg 

 togetlier 31 5u lbs., at 6c, 40 f cent, off for offal ; wliich cows he 

 complained had shrunk ruinously from home wei;;ht. 



Ruggles & Hastings sold t ) Mr. Allison one pair of well-latted 

 oxen at 9c ^ ft. ; one pair to II. Zoller for $132, or 8c #■ ft.., 

 and another pair to Mr. Chapin, at 8c, 2 cows at GJic, 2 others, 

 and very good ones, weighing 1945 lb. for 6^0, 37 sk. ; and 3 

 steers at 7Uc. 



Hosea Gray sold to Mr. Allison a pair of oxen that he has been 

 feeding for some time past on his farm in Lancaster, N H., for 

 8>^c ^ lb., and five cattle to H. Zoller, at 7c (C lb. 



N. 0. Batchelder sold 2 oxen, laid at 2100 lbs. dressed, for 

 8ijC ; 4 steers for Hi and 4 for 8c ^ fc. 



E. Stone sold 5 cows at 7c, and 4 steers at 7Kc. He was of- 

 fering three twoyuar-olds for $65, but we thought l.yhis talk 

 that $20 each would be a dangerous offer for one to make who 

 did not wish to buy them. 



G. W. Barker sold a good bunch of old sheep, full 100 fts. 

 each, for $5 y head, and a bunch of good lambs at .$4 each ; 

 Gen. .1. Morse sold 24 sheep for $4,50 ; E. Wheeler 70 good 

 sheep at 5c •^ lb. One lot of New Hampshire sheep was sold for 

 $3,50 each. The lambs from Maine were sold from $"J,75 to $3,75. 



