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AMERICAlSr AG-RICXJLTURIST. 
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have been selling more freely, bat at lower rates, seed 
values Bhowing unusual depression. Important ship- 
ments of Hops have been made to England on consign- 
ment, for account of producers, chiefly from New York 
State, with the hope of realizing more satisfactory prices 
abroad than can be obtained in the home market 
Wool has been more sought after, and has shown more 
firmness Tobacco has been in fair request at steady 
figures Naval Stores and Petroleum weaker, on a 
slower movement. . . Groceries less active; Cofiee cheap- 
er ; Sugar and Teas firmer, and Molasses higher Ocean 
freights have been fairly active, and higher generally, 
though closing easier Grain rates by steam to Liver- 
pool closed on the 13th of Oct. at9@9i^(Z. ; to Glasgow at 
S3^(3)9d. ; to London at 8J4@M.; to Liverpool, by sail, 
S'Acl. ; London, by sail, S^d., per bushel. Flour to Liv- 
erpool, by steam, as. 3d., ® 35. 6d. ; London, by sail, 2s, 
ad., and by steam 3s.,- Bristol, by steam, 3s. ed. per bbl. 
Provisions by st-am to Liverpool, 35s. @ 45s. per ton ; 
Cotton by sail }-id., and steam at J-^ @ Vig*^- ^ ^- Grain, 
by sail, for Cork and orders, at 6s. 9d. @ 7s. li-oC^., and to 
Continental ports, 7s. @ 7s. 'id.; Italian ports, 65. 9d. IS 
6s. lOX^^. per quarter. 
CUnuKNT WnoLKSALTt PRICKS. 
Sept. 13. Oct. 12. 
Peiob OF GoLn 1U3 3-8 103 
Flouji— Super to Kxtra State $4 8.5 (@ 6 35 $5 15 ^6 3.5 
Super to Extni Soiitlieru.. . . 4 90 @ 8 75 5 15 rti S 75 
Extra Western 5 60 ©10 00 5 75 @10 00 
Kxtra CJenesee 6 25 @ 7 75 6 35 (s 7 75 
Snperllnc Western 4 85 @ 5 50 5 15 @ 5 65 
Ktk Floob. S 75 @ 4 75 S 75 ® 4 65 
Cokn-iMeal 2 6.5 a 3 50 2 60 ® 3 50 
■Wheat— All kinds or White. 1 38 @ 1 58 1 40 ® 1 68 
All kinds ollted and Amber. 1 10 a 1 48 1 15 @ 1 50 
Cor.N— Yellow 59 @ m 60 @ — 
Mixed 53 a 59>i 58 ® 60 
■\Vlilte 60 a 65 65 ® 68 
Oats- Western 31 ® 44 31 ® 42 
State 85 ® 44 35 a 44 
Kye 68 @ 85 68 ® 80 
BAlir.KV :... 70 @ 1 05 70 ® 93 
Barlkt Malt 75 ® l 30 75 @ 1 25 
Hat— Bale, »( 100 lbs 60 @ 95 40 @ 85 
Steaw, »< lOOIbB 40 a 65 35 ® 65 
COTTON-Widilllngs. *l B ... IIK® llJi ll>i® 11% 
Hops— Crop onST7, V B 10 ® 15 8 ® 13 
Old, ?> B 2 @ 9 3 ® 7 
Feathbiis— Live Ueese, ?) lb 38 @ 48 40 @ 50 
SEKD-Clovcr, in lb 98^® IdH i'A@ 8J^ 
Timotliy. * bushel 1 50 @ 1 55 I 40 ® — 
Fhix. ?* bnslie; 1 50 ® — 1 40 ® 1 45 
SoOAlt— Kefl'gi Groceryiftib 7K® 9^ 7>^® 9=^ 
Molasses, Ciibn. i»cal.50 test 33 @ — — @ 38 
New Orleans, new erop,^ gal 37 @ 50 40 ® 56 
CoFFEK-liiotUoliI) 16Ji® 20X 16 @ 20 
'roKACCo. iienl.uelcy, Aclllb. 5 @ 15 4J^'§i 15 
Seed I,e:i(. » lb 1H® 50 4>sa 50 
Wool— Dome.'itic Fb;ece, ?<Ib 28 @ 53 28 ® 55 
Domestic, pulled, il* lb 30 @ 37>^ 30 ® 38 
Calilorniii, spring clip 13 ® 80 13 ® 31 
CaUfornia fall clip 10 ® 23 10 ® 25 
TALLOW.^ilb 8 @ 8M 73^-® 75i 
()£l-Uakk-|1 Ion ., 3350 ® — 33 00 r^SS 50 
I'or.K-Mess. *i hanel ...... . 13 40 ®13 50 14 35 ®14 45 
Exrr;i I'rinie, id barrel 10 00 ®10 50 10 00 ®10 50 
Bkrf— Extra nies.'? Noniinul. 13 1)0 ®14 00 
L»ul>. In ti-es. & hblb, iS 100 lb 7 50 ®10 00 7 00 @ 9 75 
DuTTEE-State, ») Tb 14 ® 27 15 ® 35 
We,iteni. poor to fancy, ifi lb. 12 ® 27 14 ® 33 
CHEESE... 5 @ 13K 5 ® 13^ 
UKANS-iS Imshel 2 00 ® 3 50 170 @ 2 75 
PEAS-Canaila, In bond. ^ bn. — ® — 85 ® 86 
green, » bush — ®150 1S0®140 
EaGS-Fresh,?*) dozen .... 18 @ 21 19 ® 32« 
PonLTRT- Fowls & Chickens 11 ® 17 10 ® 18 
Tnrkevs-iSB 13 ® 20 12 ® 17 
Geeiie,>pair 150 ® 2 00 1 00 ® 2 00 
Ducks, IS pair 50 ® 1 00 50 ® 90 
Koosters. ?1 lb 8 @ 12 6 ® 9 
DncKS.WlUl, fl pair .-... 25 ® 60 25 @ 75 
Grouse, S pair 75 ® 80 80 @ 90 
l"AETRll)OE.*lpalr 75 a 1 00 40 ® 75 
PLOVKR.Wdoz 137 ® 1 62« 100 ® 1 25 
BKlVE, per doz 40 a 1 50 811 ® 1 23 
WoononrK.IS pair 90 ® 1 15 60 @ 70 
Venisom, ^ Tb — a — 15 @ 20 
TORSIPS *. bbl 4) ® .50 60 ® 75 
•• ?il00bnnches 150 ® 2 50 — ® — 
Cars vOEs-^l 100 10O®2 50 100a2 25 
ONiON.'<-ncw,?» bbl 100 ® 2 25 100 @ 1 .50 
Lettuce. P bill 37 ® 60 50 ® 1 00 
Carrots, S WO bunches 1 00 ® 1 25 1 00 @ — 
POTATOES-ncw,?< bbl 1 00 ® 1 73 1 25 « 2 00 
Sweet PorA'i'OES— IS bbl 2 75 @ 3 50 173 ® 2 25 
Tomatoes, new, per box 20 ® 23 20 @ SO 
Heets, W 100 bunciics 100 ® 1 25 100 m — 
Strino Ukans, * bag 25 ® 50 — ® — 
('UCUMRERS, ^bbl — ® — — ® — 
JlROOM-CORN ... 4® 9 — ® — 
Lima liEANS, ?) bRK — ® — 2 50 ® 2 75 
Grek:j Corn.?! 100 40 ® .50 40 ® 50 
Hog Plants, ?> bW — ® — 65 ® 1 00 
Peppers, ?t bbl 1 00 @ 1 50 100 ® 1 .50 
Appe.es— W Imrrcl 1 50 O 2 75 1 00 @ 2 75 
Squash. ?1 bbl 50 ® 75 50 @ 1 00 
(iKRA.i'MOO — ® — 15 a 20 
Peanuts, domestic, * bush.. 1 20 ® 1 50 1 13 @ 1 45 
Melons, per 100 5 00 ®aO UO - «i — 
GRAPKS.Vlb 2 ® 11 3 ® 10 
Pears lil bbl 130 a 8 00 2 00 ® 7 00 
Peaches. *< linskct 50 a 1 75 1 00 ® 2 00 
Plums, ?(lilit,.. — a — 2 00 ® :l on 
Cranberries- ?! bbl — a — 5 OO a 7 00 
^ bl;t — ® — 1 00 ® 2 25 
I\e» Voi-lc X.iive-!4lo<:U IflurUc(!!«. 
IlEOEirTS. 
WEEK ENDING liffDfH. CnwH. rnlres. Sllfep. Sfrtvf. 
Sept. 24 11,362 123 3,667 27.:!fc 28,218 
Oct. 1 lt,3ir> 93 2,975 21,l!ili 21,lsi; 
Oct. 8 9,153 78 2,8:2 3I,68S 2t,SliO 
Oct. 15 1-.'.SIO 88 2,600 32.8;0 32.071 
'Jblal ror 4 Week's.. H.\-n 886 12,114 110,056 107.214 
ao./o;-/urei). 5ireei«50,005 403 10,030 i&Wi 100,260 
Beeves. Cinvs. Calven. Sheep. Su-tsie. 
Avcrarle Dcr Week 11,035 9G 3,028 20.014 26,8113 
do. do. /«.<( Jfodlft ,.10,0M 80 3,206 27.712 20,051 
do. do. prev's JloulU. 8,008 61 3,562 23,i;8 13,608 
Beeves.— The past mouth's business begun willia 
depressed market. Several serious failures of leading 
dealers adding to the bad feeling. For two weeks the 
receipts were large, and this helped the fall of prices un- 
til the lowest point since 1875 was reached. Choice cat- 
tle sold at ll^c. ^ lb., and Texaus at 6c., in the middle 
of the niontli. Lighter receipts, and a much betterquality 
t)f stock, mended matters and stiffened the market, but 
prices could hardly be quoted higher, considering the ex- 
tra good beeves olTered. The foreign shipments during 
the month have largely increased over any previous 
month's business. It is easily seen how the list of ship- 
ments appears as a barometer of the market, increasing 
rapidly with low'er prices. The market closed very weak, 
extra cattle selling at 12c. ; good fat steers at ll^ll^c; 
ordinary to medium at 9>j@lUc., and poor Texans at 7X 
@8>2C. per lb., a decline of }4c. per lb. in the last week. 
The prices for the past four weeks were as follows : 
WEEK ENDING Range. Large Sales. Aver. 
Sept. 24 i%®Vd c. OHSlOye. 10 c. 
Oct. 1 6 ©12X0. 7>i@12Xc. 9Mc. 
Oct. 6 7>i®12Xc. 9 fa,ll;.;c. Oic. 
Oct. 15 75i®12>ie. 8 ®U 'c. 10 c. 
Cows.— The demand for extra good cows fit for beef 
when done milking, has lifted prices up a point or two. 
Extra large cows and good milkers, are worth $-3 to $5 a 
head more than last month ; the best cows selling for 
$75, and poor ones for $40 to $60 Calves have done 
well throughout the month ; the receipts are getting 
lighter, and most of them are grassers. The closing 
prices are 3@3Mc. t3 ft. for grass calves, and gVic. ^ ft. 
for good veals — Sheep and Liambs. — The business 
in this stock has been active, and prices have advanced a 
little, notwithstanding the large arrivals. Prices stood 
at the close of the month at 6c. ^ ft. for extra sheep, 5,i^c. 
^ ft. for fair, and 4J^c. ^ ft. for thin and poor. The best 
lambs bronght 6c. ^ ft Swiae have been weak, 
steady, and strong at intervals, gradually bettering 
through the mouth. At the last the tendency was again 
towards weakness ; the market closing on the 15th Oct. 
withsalesof live at 5\ic. ^ ft., and of city dressed at 6jlic. 
^ B). Jersey market pigs have begun to arrive, and have 
sold at 8c. ^ ft., dressed. 
Prices of Feed. 
Bran, per ton $18.00® ?20.00 
Middlings, per ton 19.00(51 21.00 
Ground Feed, per ton 15,00® 21.00 
Linseed-oil-eake. western, per ton 44.00® 47.00 
Cotton-seed-cake, per ton 25.50® 40.00 
Chandler's Scraps, per B 3® 4 
Prices of Fertilizers. 
No.l.Pernv. GnanolO p.et. ammoni-i, standard, ^ ton. .$56.30 
do. do. Lobos, do. do. do 47.50 
do. do. guaranteed.?^ ton, cargo C 57.50 
do. do. rectilled, per ton, 10 p. e.. 70.50 
do. do. do. do. 3.10 p. e. 52.50 
Excelsior Fertilizer Works, Fine Ground Paw Bone, ...35.00 
Mapes' Complete Manure (Ville fo'inula) p. 1,000 lbs 20.14 
do. Wheat and Gra.ss Manure, ^ 1,000 Bs., 27.00 
do. Trujt and Vine Manure, do. 17.50 
do. Bone, strictly pm-e, meal per ton. 42.00 
do. do. do. extra fine do. 40.00 
do. do. do. fine do. 38.00 
do. do. do. medium do. 36.00 
do. do. do. medium do. 37.00 
do. Dissolved Bone, 13 per cent do. 40.00 
Quimiipiac Fertilizer Go's. Pbosidiate. per ton.. ■ 40.00 
*' " ' Dry g'd Fish Guaiai, ton 9 p. c. am'a 42.00 
" " Pine Island Gu;iuo, per Ion. 42.00 
Stockbridgc Corn Maunre, (Boston) per acre.. . 22.00 
** Potato do do do 12.00 
•' Tobacco do do do eo.ofl 
" Rve do do do ll.oo 
'* "Wheat do do do 16.C0 
Bowker'sHill and Drill Fertilizer, per ton 43.00 
German Potash Salts, (35@35 per cent), per ton. 20.00 
Gvpsnni, Nova Scotia, ground, per ton 7.00®S.OO 
Nitrate of I'otash (95 per cent.), per lb 9.Uc. 
Sulphate of Potash (actual potash 41 percent) per lb 4 *e. 
do. do. (actual potash 27M per cent) per lb 2 c. 
German Potash Salts (actual potash Vi to 15-p. c. p. tou$20.00 
Muriate of Potash (actual jiotusli 50 per cent), per lb...2Mc. 
Nitrate of Suda, per lb 4;.;c.@ 3 e. 
Sulphate of .\ininanla (23 per cent.). Jier lb 5 *c.® 5^e. 
Dried Blood or Dried Meat (aliniiouia 11 per cent) p. ton |;30 
Ilofv B*aolcI»«js- ill Slic tVosl.— The 
number of hogs packed since M'lrcb 1 to dates men- 
tioned are estimated as follows, at the ))lnce8 named ; 
187T. 1876. 
Cincinnati. September 26 122. ino 93,200 
Chicago, September 26 I,2ii0,0fl0 1.005.0;;0 
Indianapolis, September 36 r.5,(ino 321,00:) 
Cedar Rapids, September 26 !i.5,,50O 81,800 
Kansas Citv, September 18 60,157 13,6.10 
Cleveland, Si'ptembi-r 23 122.612 143,408 
Other places approximately 273.301 191.!)63 
Total 2^055^0 1,730,000 
This shows an increase of 805,000 hogs in the periods 
mentioned. The monthly extreme range of prices at 
Chicago for 1877 and 1ST6, from Jan. to Sept., are : 
, 1877 . , , 1870 , 
Kr. 7!aiir/,\ (T.-H. .\i\ F.r. Ha/i'ie. Gen. Av. 
January $5.00 ©n.fi-} $6.2.S {6.81 ©7.41 $7,20 
February.... ,5.17 (;,.57 r,.Hfi 7.50 S..30 7..«R 
March 5.00 .5,77 B.31J 7.65 9.09 8 10 
April 5,15 ri.74i r).,37 7.48 8.50 7.87 
May A.'Xii 5.05 5.30 (i.57 7.30 B.HO 
June 4.49 .5.n:!} 4.71 )).71 6.21 6.0:!1 
July 4.73 .5,03 4.94} 6.11 (i.68- 6..47 
August 4,61 6.29 5.10 6.82 6.47 6,39J 
Sei)tember.. 4.92 5.69J 5..-i.'i} B.52 6,27} 5.B7 
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Xli«- Illnciss «r W. C FlagK.— We 
regret to learn through correspondence from Alton. 111., 
that the Hon. W. C. Flngg. of Moro, El., was (early in 
October) seriouslj' and even dangerously sick. We speak 
the wishes not only of all the agriculturists and horti- 
culturists of his own State, but of those of the whole 
countr}', when we say that we hope that the fears of his 
friends are not well founded, and that he may soon be 
restored to health and usefulness. 
Pin-e Croiiinl Moiie. — The Excelsior Fer- 
tilizer Works. Salem, O., send a sample of one of their 
products, their '' Premium, Pure, Odorless, Fine Ground, 
R.'iw Bone." A rather long name, but one which the 
makers say is all required in order to describe the 
article. It is certainly "flue" and " odorless," and a 
rather careful examination with the microscope failed to 
diHcovi'r any particles that were not bone, and we do 
not doubt its value as a fertilizer. 
B..;ii-S<' Sl«B|Hiioiit^ of Fiifiii S'ro- 
(lllcc. -Whole fleets ..f lar^'e steamships i:re de|iarting 
every week loaded down with American farm produce. 
Sometimes DOO.OOO biish.-ls of wheal go on a Saturday. 
The steamship '-England." of the National Line, alone 
took 6!>.ono bushels of wheat on October 8, equal to 
8,000,000 lbs,, or nearly 2.000 tons I The eight Steamers 
on that day carried 203.000 bushels of wheat n!5. 780.000 
lbs.): 9.150 barrels of flour (1.8.30.000 lbs.); S.OOO bushels 
of corn ; .33,000 bushels (if rye ; 3.F.50 bal.s of cotton 
(1,925.(»10 lbs.): 2,405 boxes of bacon : 31,000 boxes of 
cheese; 4,500 packages of butter; 1,1151) tiis-ces of lard; 
