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of bushels accumulated, and but little addi- < 

 tion can be expected to tins the present month, ] 

 as the' consumption has materially increased, 

 and the extravagant prices current on the ' 

 seaboard will stimulate production immensely, i 

 and the demand for seed wheat is likely to 

 exceed any previous season. The winter wheat ' 

 is represented as looking finely at the West, 

 and little apprehension is felt of its being 

 Winter killed. Our main dependence for i 

 supplies is upon Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and \ 

 Wisconsin; in the new States it is difficult , 

 to say how much will be drawn out. The , 

 high prices current in the Mississippi Valley ] 

 will draw out the surplus of Iowa, and a good , 

 inquiry is anticipated at Chicago for the same 

 destination. From St. Louis we learn prices , 

 had advanced to $2 for white wheat — a point t 

 never before reached in that market ; and with . 

 the opening of the upper rivers, only moderate 

 receipts were anticipated. 



From Canada we look for considerable 

 supplies, but the advices thence are very 

 conflicting. The bulk of the wheat is still in 

 the hands of the farmers, and consequently it 

 was very difficult to arrive at the quantity 

 to be drawn out. From all the information 

 we have obtained since our last, the prospects 

 for low prices the ensuing season appear to 

 lessen daily, hence nothing can be expected of 

 importance for export. 



It is pretty conclusive proof of a dearth of 

 supplies when nothing of moment is drawn 

 out from the interior even at these very ex- 

 travagant prices. The wants of our own 

 millers compel them to pay the current high 

 figures for making Patent Self-Raising Flour, 

 &c. ; these prices could not be paid for making 

 Extra brands of Flour, this being lower than 

 the wheat, consequently the former must 

 advance to correspond. The arrivals from the 

 South continue limited, and we learn little can 

 be expected thence after this month. The 

 extreme prices demanded deter millers from 

 buying freely. The absence of later . intelli- 

 gence from Europe has added somewhat to the 

 dullness that has prevailed, although our 

 market is so far above theirs that we can- 

 not expect to be influenced by them at present ; 

 one thing is quite certain, they must look 

 elsewhere for supplies to carry them to next 

 harvest. At the close a good demand prevailed 

 for milling, and the most inferior descriptions 

 have been disposed of to-day at $2 03a2 20 

 per bushel. The reduced stock gives hold- 

 ers a decided advantage at the close. The 

 sales embrace 11, GOO bushels Common to 

 Good Southern White at $2 20 a 2 35 ; 400 

 do. Prime White Wisconsin at $2 40 ; 2,000 



do. Good White Canadian at $2 40, duty 

 paid; 3,000 do. very Smutty do at $2 03, and 

 and 250 do. Prime White Gennessee at $2 70, 

 This we believe is the highest price ever paid 

 in this market, at least during this century. 



THE JOURNAL OF TRANSACTIONS OF THE 

 VIRGINIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The first volume of this work, including the 

 transactions of the society from its' organization to 

 the close of the first annual exhibition of 1853, is 

 now complete and can be purchased at the book 

 store of J. W. Randolph, of Richmond, who 

 has them on sale, and also at the office of the Sec- 

 retary of the Virginia State Agricultural Society. 



The price is fifty cents a copy, and when they are 

 ordered by mail, the postage, amounting to nine 

 cents or stamps to that amount, must be sent along 

 with the price of the book, to ensure attention. 



The Executive Committee have bought this 

 work from Mr. Bernard, who published it on his 

 own account, and offer it as another of the suc- 

 cessful results of their labors in behalf of agricul- 

 ture. Probably no volume of its size abounds 

 more in practical matter of interest to the farmer. 

 The essays alone, which have all, it is true, been 

 published in the Southern Planter, but have not 

 probably in ninety nine out of one hundred instan- 

 ces, been preserved, cannot be found anywhere 

 else, and yet they form a very valuable mass 

 of practical Agricultural writing. 



The volume contains 220 pages, about the size 

 of the Planter, bound in paper, and can be 

 easily sent by mail. 



Recipe to prevent Moles, Cut Worms and Birds from 

 destroying Seed Corn. 

 Mr. John G. Turpin, of Clover Dale, near Peters- 

 burg, furnishes at our request the following recipe, 

 which we feel no hesitation in recommending, par- 

 ticularly as Mr. Turpin says, that with him and 

 those who use this compound the trouble is to 

 thin the corn, and not to replant it, which is never 

 necessary. 



To each bushel of seed corn add one gallon of 

 coal or gas tar • stir in the . corn until it is well 

 coated and saturated ; then take three parts of 

 wood ashes and one of fine salt — unleached ashes 

 are best — mix them thoroughly, and roll the tarred 

 corn in it, until each grain is well coated. Pre- 

 pare no more at a time than can be planted in a 

 day. 



For the information of those who may wish to 

 try this experiment, we will add, that we have 

 just enquired at the gas works and find the price 

 of gas tar to be merely nominal, say 25 cents for 

 ten gallons, exclusive of the vessel that contains 

 it, which may be selected by the party ordering 

 it, or his commission merchant. In this connec- 

 tion read the article in this number headed, " Gas 

 Tar in Horticulture." 



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