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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[Attgust, 
Cows — Aftor a dnll week at the &cginiim^' of the- 
moDtli, daring which poor stock was worked off, r be - 
ter business woe apparent with an advance of $^5 per 
head on good cows. Poor cows are almost unsalable Qt 
any price. Common to fair cows sold at $45 to $50 per 
head, extra ^ood aujmala brought §70 to $75 Cal ves, 
— Witii a considcratile falling ofi' in supply, venls have 
done better,thcre being a good demand for fat veals at 7c., 
»ic.@?c. per lb. alive... Slicep,— Sheep and lambaare 
lower after a pretty steady basinees during the month. 
J, ICO fat sheep huve been exported. Poor sbeep sold for 
ic, 90 to ICO-pouud sbeep brought 4J-c.^^5c. per lb., and 
prime stock reached 5^- Thin lambs sold for 5fr3.{5i6c., 
and the best Jersey and G nad i lambs at Tic.@Sc. per lb. 
live weight Swiiic— A doll market for bogs has 
been experienced tbrongh tne mon'th, and there is no 
diange to note at the close; 1 ;0 lb. hogs selling at TJc. 
dressed ; heavy hogs at65c.@:j3., and pigs at 7|c. per lb. 
Messed. 
Prices of Feed. 
Bran, pprton S15.00@:$20.00 
.Midillinss. piTioii JO.OOt^ 21.00 
<.r"UiKl Feciii, per ion 1^.00® 21.00 
LnisetMl-oil-uik'-. westi;ni, ptT ton 4I.O0@ 4JJ-Q 
€t>Eion-.^i'i?d-c;iki'. perron 25.50® 4t>.00 
Cliandler'i fcciiiji^, per a 3@ 4 
Prices of Fertilizers. 
No.l.Pprnv.Gn:U!oH) ji.ct. umnioiii i. standard, ^ ton..$3fi.r>0 
do. do. Lobi>^, do, do. do 47 5} 
do. ''o. gnarnnteed.^f' ton, cargo C SCO) 
do (io. ■.vcUfl''ii. i.iT toil, lOp-c. 66.r.0 
Mnne?' Coniplele jMnnure (VUh^ fo-mnta) p. 3,000 lbs -2-7.14 
do. Whciit ami Gi-asa .Manure. ^ 1,000 lbs.. 27.00 
do. Tobauco do. do. 21.67 
do. Tiirnip (to. do. 30.36 
do. Bo'ie, strictly pure, fine per ton. 4fi.O0 
do. do. do. medium do. 37.00 
do. d«>. do. coarse do. S'l.OO 
Di-^«oIved Bono, 11 per cont do 40.00 
Quininpiuu Fcriiliz,^r Co's. Plio&phnte, per ton.. 40.00 
*' '• Dry -rM Fish Guano, ton 9 p.c. nm'a 4-».oo 
" Tine Island till .no, per toil. 4i.00 
Stockbridge Corn Maume, tBostoaj per acre... y^i.OJ 
" J'liruto do do do 13.00 
Tnbaci-o do do do 60.W 
Bowker'.'* nill ami Dr.Il Fertilizer, per ton 45.00 
Berimm Poiflsh Sidts. ("i'i@:>.) i>er cent), per ton. 20.00 
Gvpsnni. Nova Scoiia, ground, per ton i.00@s.oO 
Nitniti'. of Potash 1J15 i>er C"*nt.), per lb \)hc. 
Sulphate oi I'otitsli (acrual pntai*li44 per cenl^ pev lb.... 4 c. 
do. do. (actual potash 2TX per cent) per lli 2 c. 
Sprniiiu Potash Salts (actual pnta^li Vi to 15 p. c p. ton$;i0.00 
Mnriiiie of Pot iKh (aoiu:il potash ai per cent), porlb...2Kc. 
MtniteofSoiia. perli) 4^0.® 5 c. 
SulptKite of Annnoiiirt (2") pei* ci-nt.). per lb 4Xc.@ 4Kc. 
iJricd IJ.ood urDrled .Meat tannnonia 14 per cent) p. tun ^0 
coniainiiig a or^al variety of llems^ tuc'^idiag many 
good Ilinfji and Su(jge^fions which we throiv into smaller 
t2/j}6 and coufln-'^of. form, for ivani of rooni elsewhere. 
PaWisliers- ?«oliccs. Terms, etc. — The Annual 
Subscription Rates of the ^rn^vVaH ^firr(ca/(?*r(5^ postage 
prepaid by the Publishere/are: One Copy, $1.60 a year ; Two 
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11.10 each ; Single Numbers, 15 cents, post-paid.— The above 
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to be put on In s'Amps. Money remitted in any one of the 
sbove three methods is safe against loss. .Boand Volames 
from Vol. 16 to S5 Inclusive, supplied at $2 each, or t2.50 If to 
be sent by mail. Sets of numbers sent to the office will be 
hound In our regular style for TC cents (50 cents extra If to 
be returned by mall'. MiaslnR numbers for such volumes 
supplied at 12 ci;nts each. -Any Nambers of the paper is- 
sued for 20 years past, sent postpaid for 15 cents each 
Clnbs of Sabs'^rlbers can be increased at any time.at theclnb 
rates, If new members begin at same date as original club. 
Xlae Tsiirs. — While we have received a larger 
number of notices thati nsnal up to the present time, we 
woald n'new our reqni'r»t to Secretaries of the various 
State, County, und oiher Siicictiea, who have not already 
sent, to f(invi.nl n* at orice, the lime and place of their 
eomiiiir fairs. Ifiioftersorpro^rJimmes are not yet ready, 
po?ial canls are, and it helps L'roatly towards the accaracy 
of the list, to get the dalii from headqtiarters. 
^ow Yorlf ITortirnltiiral Society. 
— The f Kowiiiu' prizes nw;irded to Sam'l. Hensltaw, gar- 
dener to Mr*. Greene. New Briijhton, Stnten Island, 
■■rrere nccidentfcHy omitted. Mr. 11. took the first prize on 
cacnmbiT?*. a fine pair of Teh-irraphs. He was also 
awarded a special premium for Brown Turkey Figs. 
Ill April 1S60 it was our sad dnly to record the death of 
Mr. Judd's then oldest son. William Oran.se, — a, youth of 
great promise and of ?nch early devclopement that though 
only 13 yeai-s of aije, he was nearly advanced in his 
sindies to enter college. Charles O., who was after 
Willie's death tlie eldest of three boys, wasin Wesleyan 
ITiiiversity at Middletown, Conn., where he had just com- 
pleted his Junior year, and bad pasaetl a most creditable 
examination preparatory to entering the Senior class. 
The exercises of the Commencement Week were to in- 
clude au exhibition in the Gymnasinm, and as Charlie had 
been one of the best athletes daring his first two years, he 
was urgently solicited to assist in the preparation. He 
had, however, outgrown a love for such exercises, and his 
parents were also opposed to it. But at the last moment, 
as a matter of accommodation, he went in to aid Ibc 
others a little, and on June 23d, while ehowiug a simple 
performance on a low cross-bar, he dropped a few feet 
upon a mattrass, as he has often done from mnch greater 
bights, and striking upon his head, he in some nnac- 
coun table manner shattered the fifih cervical or neck ver- 
tebra, and severely injured the spinal cord, ns it was 
found after death. He was taken home, and the best 
medical aid was called. All below the neck being not 
only paralyzed, but withoat sensation, the case was 
from the first prononnced exceedingly grave, but as 
recovery had, thongb rarely, followed similar accidents, 
the family had still the very slender hope to cling 
to, that Charlie, being of a most robust constitution 
find of vigorous habit, might prove to be one of the ex- 
ceptional cases. Tho fact that he snrvived beyond the 
time at which such injuries are usually fatal, seemed to 
be in liis favor; but all care and hope wera vain, and after 
l.ngering for 16 days, with his mental facnltiea unim- 
paired, except when occasionally under morphine to al- 
lay pain ill head, ho gradually grew weaker until July 9th, 
when death came to his relief,— a death for whch the 
comforting assurance that be was well prepared, remains 
for tho loved ones who snn'ivo him. Charlie was a 
yonng man of very quiet disposition, and inheriting much 
of the mechanical talent and practical turn of mind of 
Ilia father, he had a special foadnesa formathematical 
studies and the natural sciences. A promised career of 
future usefulness is thns suddenly ended at the early age 
of 19, and by an accident that in itself seems so trivial, 
that it shows in a manner so forcible as to be startling, 
by what a slender tenure are held our own lives and those 
npon which our hopes are built. Of course this occurrence 
cast a gloom over the usnally joyous Commencement An- 
nivci-sar}'. Of the grief it brought to the household, this 
is not the place to speak. When we state that this is the 
fifth time the father has been called to moura the loss 
of an eldest son, every parent will feel that it is a be- 
reavement of peculiar sadness, and one of those dispcn- 
sal Ions so beyond human scrutiny, that we can only bow 
in submission, knowing that the Hand that takethaway is 
the Hand that Eravc. — [We have written ihe above in the 
absenceof Mr. Judil, believing that his many friends will 
bo interested in knowing the particalars here given. Eds.] 
TU© l>eatli of C H. Walton.— The 
^'Florida Agriculturist," of June 30ih, announces the 
death of its fonnd<. r and pnblirher. Mr. Walton, at Talla- 
hassee, Fla., on June 27th, of consamplion. 
Swine Husbandry— I\o'w Ready. — 
Tho work, by F. D. Cobnrn. of Pomona, Kas., announced 
last month as in press, is now ready. It forms a handsome 
volume of 275 pages, and is ""chock fnli " of solid meat. 
The author is himself a breeder of swine on a large scale, 
and in addition to his own wide experience, gives tl.atof 
other practical men who have long been engaged in this 
important branch of agricultural industry. We like to 
sec an author who docs not think that he knows all that 
is worth knowing on his special topic, and is willing to 
give others credit for labors in Ibe same field with his 
own. In this volume Mr. Cobnni has introduced papers, 
or copious abstmcts of papers, of great value, but which 
are hidden in the reports of societies and elsewhere, and 
hence not accessible to the public in general. An exam- 
ple of these is an essay by Joseph SuUivant, Esq., of 
Oliio. on " Hor,'-Feeding and Pork-Making," which is of 
itself worth the price of the book. The division of the 
work which will be most eagerly consulted, is that de- 
voted to the "Diseases of Swini^," where, as mentioned 
last month, all that is known about that sconrge. the 
*'Hog Cholera," is here bronirht together, and the in- 
formation upon this, as npon all other subjects, is up to 
the most recent date. Being a western man. the work 
has a decided western flavor, so to speak ; while princi- 
ples are the same everywhere, practice is greatly modified 
by locality; in certain Western States the conversion of 
the staple produci, Indian rorn. into pork, has an import- 
ance it can not assume in States where the agriculture is 
more varied, and its operations upon a smaller scale; 
while tho work is none the less nstfnl to the farmer or 
villager who keeps but tew animals, this is the only one 
within our knowledge that gives the methods of manag- 
ing hogs in large numbers. Indeed, there seems to be no 
topic relating to the subject, that is not plainly and in- 
teJligenlly treated, even to putting down the family sup- 
ply of pork, hams, and bacon, and we arc sure tbat the 
work will be generally acceptable to farmers in all parts 
of the country. Published by the Orange Judd Company, 
and sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, $1.75. 
An Ilonoi- W^ell Besto-wed.— So loDg 
as conferring titles and bestowing ordere are in many 
countries the customary methods of rewarding distin- 
guished sen-ices, we are glad to see them sometimes fall 
to others than those eminent in the arts of war. Every 
horticnlturist will be glad to know that Doct. Joseph 
Dalton Hooker has been thus honored by his Sovereign. 
His election, within a few years, as President of the Royal 
S.;ciety of England, was a really greater honor, as he was 
placed there by the votes of Ihe most eminent scientific 
men of England, and it is generally regarded the highest 
honor these men can pay to one of their peers. DocL 
Hooker is one of the few leading botanists of the world, 
and as Director of the Royal Gardens at Eew, he occupies 
a position in which he has been able to do much for hor- 
ticulture; while pre-eminent as a scientific botanist, he 
is none the less practical, as his labors in the introduc- 
tion and cultivation of the Cinchona, or Peruvian Bark 
trees into India, and the introduction of other useful 
plants into these and other British possessions are evi- 
dence. In view of his services to science and the national 
welfare, the Queen has made him a Knight of the Order 
of the Star of India. This honor is accorded to but very 
few, and we are sure that none of the select company of 
the Order have better deser%'ed it, or will wear it more 
modestly, than Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, K.C.S.L 
HoTV Nebraska Looks. — One of our 
associates who is making a Western trip thus summarizes 
his obsen-ations in Nebraska. Writing from Lincoln he 
says: Have travelled the entire length of the State, 
distance about 500 miles, visiting the majority of the 
counties. Crops promise a great yield. Corn is back- 
ward, owing to June rains, but is now coming rapidly 
forward. Grasshoppers are non est. Apprehensions re- 
garding them being dismissed. Farmers in good spirits, 
and in hopes of reviving emigi-ation, which stopped two 
years ago. Farmers are paying too mnch for money, 12 
to 20 per cent, and buying too much machiuei-y on credit. 
Mennonites and Bohemians are settling here in consider- 
able numbers. Cattlein the western, which is the fi:raziDg 
portion of the State, are looking fine. 
Putting I>OAVn Buttei*.— "Wliile the but- 
ter made in September has not usuallj' the rich flavor of 
tbat made in June, next month's product is mainly tbat 
which is put down by farmers ami dairymen for the win- 
ter's supply. Much of the success in keeping butter de- 
pends upon the quality of the salt used in packing it. H 
the "Domestic Society" (there is roach more of the 
name) of the little State of Rhode Island, was not the 
first to discover, it was, we think, the first to publish 
the fact, that the poor keeping of butter was due to im- 
purities in the salt. They had analyses made of the va- 
rious brands of salt, and it was found that those kinds 
that were found best in practice, were shown byanalysia 
to be the least contaminated by salts of magnesia. 
Among the various brands of salt in the market, none 
bears a higher reputation for purity, than that known as 
"Ashton'sFactoiy Filled," and so firmly is this reputa- 
tion established, that in some important butter-making 
localities, no other bmnd can be disposed of. The quality 
of tho salt is of so mnch importance, that butter makers, 
if none is sold near at hand, had better order it from 
New York, than to risk the use of a brand, the purity of 
which has not been tested. 
Xlie Rural J%ew Yorker has experi- 
enced another change in its management Mr. A. S. 
Fuller, the former editor, and Mr. G. A. C. Barnett, pub- 
lisher, both retire from their positions on the "Rural," 
having disposed of their interest to Mr. E. Carman, one 
of the joint proprietors, who thus assumes entire control. 
ScreTTS vs. Stitclies. — The writer, when 
a hoy, once heard an old gentleman, who was himself an 
excellent mechanic, say that there was one prothict of 
human industry that had reached perfection, and in which 
no further improvement was possible— that was a well- 
made boot. The old gentleman did not foresee tbat 
screws of brass wire would supersede stitches of flaxen 
thread, for the •' Standard Screw Machine " had not been 
invented, and the "McKay Metnllic Fastening Associa- 
tion "was not then thought of. This most ingenious 
machine, being supplied with a coil of wire, upon which 
is cut a continuous screw-thread, automatically cuts this 
wire of the proper length, and screws the pieces into the 
boot or shoe, as near or as far apart, as may be desired, 
fastening the parts together with a firmness and solidity 
