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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Prices of Feed. 
BrflD, per ton $1S.00@ $20.00 
MiddliHsrs, per ton ]9.00@ 21.00 
Ground'Feed, per loii 15.0n@ 21.00 
LiDseed-oil-cnkp. western, per ton 44.00® 4i.00 
Cotton-seed-cake, per ton 25.50® 40.60 
Chandler's Scraps, per a 3@ 4 
Prices of Fertilizers. 
No.l.Perav.GiiaiiolO p.ct. ammonia, standiird, ?* ton. .$56.50 
do. do. Lotoo?, do. do. do 47.50 
do. do. guaranteed, f* ton, cargo C 56.0fl 
do. do. rectified, per ton, 10 p. c 66.50 
Mape3* Complete Manure (Ville formula) p. 1,000 lbs 26.14 
do. Wheat and Grass Manure. ^ 1,000 lbs., 27.00 
do. Tobacco do. do. 2J.67 
do. Tnrnip do. do. 59.36 
do. Bone, strictly pure, fine per ton. 4r).00 
do. do. clo. medium do. 37.00 
do. do. do. coarse do. 35.00 
** Dissolved Bone, 15 per cent do 40.00 
Quinnipiac Fertilizer Co's. Pliospliate, per ton.. 40.00 
•' " Dry g'd Fish Guano, ton 9 p. c. am'a 4t;.00 
*' ** Pine Island Guano, per ton. 4.'.00 
Etockbridge Corn Manure, (Boston) per acre... 2-i.OO 
Potato do do do 12.00 
" Tobacco do do do 60.00 
Bo-wker's Hill and Drill Fertilizer, per ton ■J5.00 
German Potash Salts. C25@35 per cent), per ton. 20.00 
Gypsum, Nova Scolia, ground, per ton 7.00@S.OO 
Nitrate of Potash (95 per cent.), per lb 9HC. i 
Sulphate of Potash (actual potash 44 per cent) per lb 4 e. 
do. do. (actual potash 27,4 per cent) per lb 2 c. | 
German Potash Salts (actual potash rj to 15 p. c. p. ton$20.00 j 
Muriate of Potash (actual potash 50 per cent), per lb. . .2Wc. ' 
Nitrate of Soda, per lb ■■ 4Mc.® 5 c. j 
Sulphate of Ammonia (25 per cent.), per lb — 4>ic.@ 4,'<c I 
Dried Bleed or Dried Meat (ammonia 14 per cent) p. ton $50 ' 
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conicUning a great variety of lUms, inc\iding many 
good Hints and Suggestions ivhich we throio into smaller 
type and condensed form^ for want of room eiseivliere. 
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Personal.— One of the Editors, to whom a 
considerable shnre of the editorial correspondence falls, 
has been detained from the office by a somewhat pro- 
tracted illness. Those correspondents who feel that their 
favors have been neglected or overlooked, will please ac- 
cept this as an explanation and apology. 
Xlie Bei-ksliire Record.— "A. B. C," 
Mantna, Ohio. There is bnt one Berkshire Swine Associa- 
tion, and but one Berkshire Record. As the swine are 
entered in the Record simply from the stjitemcnt of their 
owners, it isno ijnarantee of correctness, any further than 
whatever conftdence maybe placed in the word of the 
owners of the swine. The Record will of course prevent 
some possible misstatements. 
S'wiiae HiiM>aiidry. — A Practical Manual 
for the Breeding, Reaving, and Management of Swine, 
and the Prevention and Treatment of their Diseases. By 
F. D. Coburn, a "Western Practical Farmer and Breeder. 
Illnstratcd. New York. Orange Judd Company. — In 
the great corn-growing States of the West, the conver- 
sion of that product into the compact and portable form 
of pork, is a leading industry, and the problem, "How 
much pork can be made from a bushel of corn?" or 
" How much pork is represented by an acre of corn ? " is 
of the greatest importance to every farmer. Our agricul- 
tural literature has heretofore been deficient in works 
giving an account of the wholesale process of pork-mak- 
ing, as practised in the great corn-prodncing States, and 
the present book, by one practically engaged in the pur- 
suit, will be generally welcomed. The first portion of 
the work discusses the merits of the leading breeds, and 
while indicating his own preference for the Berkshire, 
the anthor gives a fall presentation of the claims made 
for other breeds. The portion devoted lo breeding is in 
accordance with tlie views of the best breeders, and the 
chapters devoted to feeding and fattening present the 
subject in a most thorough manner. A large share of the 
work is devoted to the "Diseases of Swine,'* and is 
probably the part which will be consulted by many with 
the greatest interest. Bat few, who have not given spe- 
cial attention to the subject, are aware of the immense 
losses the country has annually sustained for Severn! 
years, through the wholesale mortality among swine in 
several Western States, from diseases which are alike in 
being rapidly fatal, and are popularly classed under the 
term "Hog Cholera." This subject is most thoronghly 
discussed, and its causes shown to be avoidable. In this 
part cf the volume, as in other parts, the anthor does 
not content himself by giving merely his own esperience 
and views, but draws freely from the writings of others, to 
whom he, of course, gives full credit. The work through- 
out hears the impress of a desire to exhibit the present 
state of knowledge on the subject, rather than to put 
forth himself as an authority. While written from a 
Western breeders standpoint, the usefulness of the book 
is by no means limited to any section of the country, as 
sound principles are of universal application. As we 
shall have occasion to notice some special features of the 
work hereafter, it is sufi&cientat present to announce it 
as the fullest and freshest compendium of infomiation 
relating to Swine Breeding yet offered, and a most im- 
portant contribution to our agricultural literature. It is 
now in press and nearly ready. Price, post-paid, $1.75. 
Study tlie AOvertisSsag Colnnnms. — 
We often take up a daily or weekly newspaper and care- 
fully read all the Advertisements through, and never do 
this without getting some useful information. One 
learns what business is being done, and. how it is done— 
what is for sale, and by whom. Ovr business columns 
are of especial value, because of the care taken to ex- 
clude all advertisements from narties not believed to be 
honest. We mean to advertise for no parties who have 
not both the ability and intention to do all they prom- 
ise. In order to please advertisers, we repeat the request 
that those sending orders, or for circulars, etc., to our 
patrons, vnll mention where the advertisements were 
seen. We also like to have advertisers thus get some 
idea of the large number of intelligent and enterprising 
people they find among our readers. 
W^lien to Sell Crops, Oold, and 
Stocfes.— The query is constantly coming to the editors 
of the ATnerican Agriculturist : " Would you advise us 
to sell our Wheat, Com, Wool, etc., now, or to wait for 
a rise in price. It is exceedingly difficult to advise. 
Take an illustration. — This office receives, during every 
year, considerable aums for subscriptions, in the form of 
gold or drafts payable in gold, as from Australia and 
New Zealand, the African Coast, etc., and the invariable 
rule is to sell such remittances imftnediately. [Some 
railroad stock received by the writer in exchange for real 
estate was in like manner at once sold for 35. — They are 
now worth only 1 or 2 per cent.] The idea acted upon 
is, that the publishers are not spectHators in gold or 
stocks ; that there is a large number of men constantly 
engaged in such speculation who give their whole atten- 
tion to this subject, watching every feature and study- 
ing every prospect of the market, and that if gold or 
stocks were certain to go higher these men would buy 
up all there is to sell. They know better than outsiders 
as to the real present worth of such articles. Some- 
times after a rise in price the temptation is to say : 
" There now, if we had only held on we coul^ have got 
more;" but it just as often happens that otre can say : 
"Was it not lucky we sold just when we did, for see 
what a fall there is."— Does not the above rule apply 
equally well to selling or holding farm products for a 
rise ? They may go higher, and then again tbey may 
be lower. Is it worth whUe to speculate ? Do not the 
sharp, shrewd dealers know best what the proba- 
bilities are ? If there is a fair prospect of an advance, 
will not they pay higher now ? We never advise 
farmers when to sell their produce. As stated above, 
the safe rule seems to tis to be to sell whenever ready to 
go to the market, or one most needs the money, and be 
satisfied whichever way prices turn afterwards- as stated 
under our General Notes on Work Cor the Month. 
An Excellent Clieraist Available. 
—To any Agricultural College or Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station, or other enterprise needing the services of 
a first-rate Analytical Chemist, we would highly commend 
Herr Wabnecke, of Middletown. Conn. Mr. Wamecke 
received a thorough preparation for Agriculttiral and tech- 
nical Chemistry, in Germany, and was very warmly recom- 
mended by leading men there. He studied at the Univer- 
sities of Greif swald and Leipsic.and was for 2^ years Assis- 
tant in the Laboratory of the Agricultural-physiological 
Institute of the University of Leipsic, where he worked 
with Stohmann, one of the first anthorities in technical 
and agricultural chemistry, who recommends Mr. War- 
necke highly. Mr. W. came to this country by invita- 
tion, to execute some special investigations at the Conn. 
Agr. Experiment Station during the year ending with 
this month, which he has done efficiently and to the en- 
tire satisfaction of those who called b'TU . He has ac- 
quired considerable knowledge of our language and cus- 
toms, likes the country, and will be pleased to become a 
permanent resident. We hope his services will he re- 
tained here ; he will be a valuable acquisition to any In- 
stitution or other parties engaging him. Address G. 
Wabsecke, Middletown. Conn. 
Sundry Humbles. 
The long-time readers of 
the Humbug Column, will 
recollect that from the close 
of the war, up to within 
three or four years ago, a 
large amount of space was 
given to the exposure of the 
dealers in " queer," the 
technical name among ewin- 
dlers and police, and other 
officers, for counterfeit 
money. So thoroughly were 
the plans of these rascals 
laid bare, combined with 
the fact that many were ar- 
rested, that the business ap- 
pears to have been no longer 
remunerative, and so nearly 
extinct, that of late years it 
has been only now and then 
that we have had occasion 
to refer to the matter at all. 
The droll thing about the whole affair is, that there was 
NO COCKTEBFEIT MONET 
concerned in the transaction. Circulars, usually litho- 
graphed, to induce the ignorant to think they were writ- 
ten, claimed that the sender was the most expert engraver 
in the country, that he formerly worked for the Govern- 
ment, that he had engraved plates from which he could 
print bills that the Treasury officers themselves could not 
detect ; he wished to extend his business, and " having 
heard " that the one receiving the circular could be trust- 
ed, he proposed to sell his " goods " veiy cheap. Some 
made dreadful threats of what would be done if tbc recipi- 
ent of the circular violated the cofidence thus placed in 
him; then followed minute directions about meeting at a 
certain hotel, and all that. Out of thousands of circulars, 
some would fall into the hands of persons just unprin- 
cipled enough to catch at the chance, and quite ready to 
pass counterfeit money, if they could do so and not be 
detected, and in the aggregate quite a number of would- 
be buyers of "queer," made appointments at obscure 
hotels, according to directions, and c-ame at the appointed 
da}'. They paid over their good money, and received a 
parcel in exchange^ the buyer was advised to leave the 
city as quickly as possible, before the " cops " (police) 
got after him, etc. When the buyer opened his parcel, 
he found it counterfeit indeed ! A pile of old newspapers, 
cut to the size of bills, or a box filled with sawdust, or 
stuff of equal value. Sometimes a victim was disposed 
to follow up the matter, but the rogue who had done him 
was equal to the occasion, informing him coolly that 
HE DAKE NOT "SQUEAL," 
as he had shown his desire to procure counterfeit money 
for circulation, a transaction the courts would not recog- 
nize. First and last, hundreds of green-horns who came 
to the city, prepared to become scoundrels, went home 
poorer, if not wiser men. This is the general outline of 
the business, the details of whicii were worked out with 
many variations. Since it appeared to be effectually 
squelched, there has been every now and then a short- 
lived revival. Some chaps are trying the game jnst now; 
they are an improvement on the earlier lot, in as much as 
their circular is short, straight, and to the point, there is 
no attempt at concealment, as they wish people to believe 
that they have counterfeit money, and say so. We give 
one of these recent circulars in full. 
New York. 1S77. Benr Sir ;— One of our Agents has 
sent ns word that yon are a proper man to handle our 
Stuff. (Counlerfeit'Money). and if that is so, you had bet- 
ter come on at once and' make a Personal examination. 
We have the best Stuff in the market. Our prices are as 
follows, ^100. anv kind you wish, for ^10.00; $500 for 
$;30.00 : ^1.000 for $50.00. If you c^in not come we will 
send the Stuff by mail or expresi?. on receipt of price, but 
would rather you would come on and see it before en- 
?;igiiig in the business. We do not answer Postal Cards. 
If yon send money for the Stuff, send large Bills neatly 
folded in a plain envelope, do not send it i>y Express, 
Eeiristered Letter, or P. O. Order, but in a plain envelope. 
To those who wish to see Samples, we will send by 
mail postpaid. $30.00 of our Stuff on receipt of $5.00 in a 
plain envelope. Tonr? in silence, T. LEE. Room 5, 31 
Park Row, New York City. 
There may be persons who think that T. Lee will be 
found at the place designated, ready to sell his " Stuff" 
as if it were soap or mackerel, in open market Mr. Lee 
