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AMEPaCAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[August, 
to be done with ease. The clipped grass, if short, 
may remain, as it answers as mulch and manure. 
Grass edgings are cut with the sickle or grass hook. 
Trim the margins neatly and remove all weeds. 
Dahlias.— Keeji tied to stakes, pick off insects, 
and in time of drouth, give copious waterings. 
Chrysanthemums are much liked by caterpillars, 
which will destroy the foliage iu a short time if not 
watched. The plants should be grown bushy by 
pinching, but not be allowed to become crowded. 
Roses. — If a late bloom is looked for, the plants 
must not be left to the depredations of insects of 
various kiuds. Use the various iusect destroyers 
heretofore mentioned, and hand-pick caterpillars. 
As soon as a flower on the constant blooming sorts 
is past its prime, remove it, cutting back to a good 
bud to keep up a new growth to produce flowers. 
Fuchsias need partial shade and frequent shower- 
ings. Cuttings of the new growth root very readily. 
Gladioluses. — Stake their flower stems. Remove 
the lower flowers of a spike as soon as they fade. 
Lilies. — Keep the tall-growing sorts tied to stakes, 
as they are top-heavy when iu flower. If a whitish 
spot appears on the leaves, a caterpillar will be 
lound on the under side. Remove faded flowers. 
Propagation from cuttings is easily done iu a 
close shaded frame placed on sandy soil. A frame 
covered with cloth will answer if one has no hot- 
bed frame and sash. Many shrubs, taken j ust as 
t tie wood is hardening, and most soft-wooded 
plants, will strike readily in a frame like this. 
Unless one has the means for keeping the tender 
kinds of plants over the winter in good condition, 
it is better to buy bedding plants each spring. 
Seeds. — Save always from the best flowers. Sow 
perennials and biennials as soon as ripe. Cut away 
all spent flower clusters if seeds are not wanted. 
ftrecn and Hot-Houses. 
In this time of comparative leisure the prepara- 
tions for winter should he made. Repairs iu the 
house itself and in the heating apparatus are likely 
10 be needed. New structures should be begun in 
season to avoid delays. An excellent plan for a 
house for wintering plants and for propagating, is 
given in Henderson's Gardening for Profit. Those 
who wish to put up a more pretending house, will 
do best to consult a green-house architect. Sup- 
plies of all kinds are to be laid iu ; loam, peat, 
sand, moss, pots, etc. Have a good stack of turf 
made eacli year; it should decompose for two or 
three years before it is used. See that the evergreen 
plants, such as Camellias, etc., that are placed out- 
of-doors, are properly shaded, and that no plants in 
pots suffer from dryness, slugs, insects, high winds, 
or the iuroads of dogs, or other animals. Plants 
that are turned out into the borders will often make 
a straggling growth and require severe pruning 
when potted later in the season. A little care in 
pinching during the summer will prevent this. 
Cold CJrapery. 
The fruit is now or soon will be ripening, and 
the house should have all the ventilation possible, 
but sudden atmospheric changes must be guarded 
against. Watering should be discontinued when 
the ripening commences, and when it is completed, 
the upper ventilators may be kept open at night. 
Sulphur is to be used wheuever mildew appears, 
and the air of the house kept as dry as possible. 
Commercial Matters— Market Prices. 
Gold has been in more active speculative demand, and 
has advanced, closing quite firmly . . . A fairly active busi- 
ness has been transacted in Breadstuff's, which have been 
more freely offered, as a rule, at much easier prices, the 
market closing quite dull and weak, particularly for Flour 
and Wheat, which have been attracting very little atten- 
tion within the last few days of the month under review, 
ending July 14th. Corn left oft" with more firmness aud 
buoyancy, under a good export and home trade inquiry. 
Oats closed in favor of sellers, under the management of 
the speculative holders, who control most of the available 
supply; but the demand is limited There has been 
more doing in Provisions, which have been quite variable 
in price. New Mess Pork, Prime Lard, Butter, and 
Cheese closed firmly, with a tendency to improve . . . Cot- 
ton has been in moderate demand most of the mouth, 
opening at advancing figures, but closing quite weak and 
declining. . ..Wool has been in better supply, under in- 
creasing receipts of the new clip ; and, with only a 
moderate demand, chiefly from manufacturers, prices 
have favored buyers. . . .Tobacco has been in fair request, 
and generally steady Hay has been plenty and heavy, 
on a reduced trade. . .Hops have been very dull, and nomi- 
nally lower Seeds have attracted more attention, par- 
ticularly clover, prices of which have advanced sharply. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care- 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist, 
show at a glance the transactions for the month ending 
July 14, 1S68, and for the corresponding month last year : 
UECBrPTS. Flour. Wlieat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
^4iiiivsi/ii«m'tii.i68.oon •ra7.w101.fis9.rw1 7.500 03,0001,079.000 
20daysi«»<inTli.lS6,ODO 877,000 2,002,000 61,000 74,000 667,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheal. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
21dav*(/.isni'th.253.000 891.000 2,321.000 37.500 3,100 2.115.000 
20days/,(*< iu'lh,29S,00O 1 ,329,001) 3,563,000 138,000 1,500 2,129.000 
2. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Eye. Barley. Oats. 
24 (lavs 1808.... 188.000 787,000 1.689.000 7,500 63.000 1.079.0110 
26 days 1367.... 134,000 121,000 983,000 67,000 29.000 381,000 
Sai.ks. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
21 (lavs 1868 2=13.000 894,000 2.S21.OO0 S7.500 3.100 2,115,000 
20 days 1867 271,000 576,000 1,889,000 167,000 74,000 
3. JZcpoi'ls front New York. Jan. 1 to July 11: 
Flour. Wheal. Com. Bye. Oats. 
186S 481.663 2,936.522 4,044,602 155,093 39.368 
1S67 220,911 60.999 4,423,102 135,561 101.250 
1*60 191.457 111,551 4,7so,19S 187. 1S9 7s:;. ,56 
1865 731,000 819,429 458,739 141 48,227 
4. Stock of grain in store at New York : 
Wheat. Corn, Bye. Barley, Oats, Mall, 
18GS. bush. bush, bush, busli. busli. bush. 
July 13 592,919 1,480,412 28,897 575 780,825 57.138 
.llllif 111 1,5:6.797 1.3.'6.171 51.460 575 527.304 11,565 
Mnv 12 379,812 1.039,6:1 53.341 493.191 8,705 
Apr. 13 IW,0 10 1.228,259 8.270 13.233 894,199 
Mar. 10 1,175,172 1.71!l,*22 13.12 46.614 1,791,212 34.102 
Kch.lt 1,507,679 1 .705,3*0 1SJ.1I1 93,1152 2.131.191 115.237 
Jan. 13. 1,647,418 1,434,555 189,350 161,513 2,379,820 69.5-9 
1867. 
Dec. 11 1,801.215 1.6.53.1191 2O.'.9n0 5112.815 3,199.565 83.115 
Nov. 12 941.129 1,971.7116 131. 515 501,053 2.316.752 52, 155 
Oct. 15 167.608 967.664 7.300 32.795 89(1,897 57,977 
Sept, 10 120.5)2 1.151.892 500 9.370 135,737 61.50* 
Aug. 13.... 90,171 863,721 52,7*5 12,376 200.319 .18.633 
.1 III V 15 245.509 160.7*0 0l'.,9Kii 21.590 206,7171 51.700 
.Julie 11 578.279 217,976 117.357 69,618 370,865 16.311 
May 15 731,330 261,092 186,804 115,700 608,194 16,461 
5. Receipts at head of tide icater at Albany, each sea- 
son to July 1th : 
Flour, Wheat, Corn, Bye, Barley, Oats, 
bbls. hush. bush. busk. bash. bush. 
1808.... 97.400 4,529.400 5,379,500 159,400 326.400 3,4)6,100 
1867.... 18,800 111,000 2,105.500 89,600 28.900 '137,600 
I860 .. .72,900 1,097,800 6,698,900 280,700 76,700 2,757 ,:'«) 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
June 13. July 14. 
Price or Gold 140 141X 
KI.OUR— Super to Kxtra Slate $7 37 odOOO * 6 60 (.(.9 90 
Super to Kxlla Southern... 9 47 (,746 50 8 40 ©15 75 
Kxtia Western 8 35 ®16 50 S 00 (316 00 
Kxtia Genesee 10 00 ©13 50 10 00 ((7,13 50 
superfine Western 7 33 (To 8 00 6 60 ® 7 25 
Kyk Flour 8 50 ©10 50 7 50 © 9 75 
Corn Mem 5 40 © 40 5 25 Co 6 23 
Wheat— All kinds of White. 2 80 ©3 15 2 40 @ 2 90 
All kinds ol lied and Amber. 3 00 © 2 75 1 75 © 2 50 
Corn- Yellow ... 1 12 © 1 14 1 12 @ — 
Mixed . 1 08 © 1 10 1 04 © 1 12 
Oats— Western 85 « 86 84 © 86X 
State Nominal. Nominal. 
I'.ye . 2 00 ©2 05 170 ©187 
Parley Nomina). Nominal. 
llAY-lialeV 1001b 80 @ 1 45 65 ©125 
Loose S5 ©150 80 ©130 
straw, t'l loo it, 80 ® 1 00 70 @ 90 
Cotton— Middlings, *< It. 298.© 31 32 © S3 
More-Crop nr 1807. *i » 10 @ 45 10 @ 40 
Fevthers— Live Geese, «( lb, 80 © 95 75 © 90 
SEKP-Clover. *> lb 10 ® ]0?tf 11X® 12 
Timolhv. ¥ bushel... 2 45 ©2 60 2 45 ©2 60 
Klax. X bushel 2 60 ©2 75 2 70 ©2 90 
SuoAR-llrown, V » MX® MX M«@ 13\ 
Molasses. Culm. *(gal .. 35 © 57'sJ 80 © 53 
Coffee- Jlio.iGold, ill bond! S\© 13 8»<® 13 
Totnovo. Kentucky, &e..V »: 9 1 -,© 20 9 © 20 
Seed Leaf. V lb 5 © 55 5 © 25 
Wool— Domestic Fleece, *>». 43 @ 60 42y,ffl 60 
Do, nestle, pulled. 7? lb 28 © 49 28 @ 49 
Caliloi-nia. unwashed 22 ® 33 21 © 33 
Tallow. V lb 12 @ 12^ 11X8 12 
iml-i AKE-fton 5100 ©56 00 56 00 ©02 00 
PollK-M ess. *) barrel 27 00 ®2S 00 28 25 ©28 87 
Pi line, IS barrel .22 50 ©23 00 22 00 ©22 75 
Heef— Plain mess 15 00 ©20 5(1 15 00 (.7 30 50 
l.ARli. in tie*. A- .barrels, ft B. HIV© 18y 17 ® ]«X 
in '-rrER -Western, ft It 25 © 32 23 @ 29 
stale, is lb 28 ® 36 SO © 36 
cheese 6 ® 16 6 © 15'i 
BRANS-ft bushel 580 ©660 4 75 ©6 40 
PE*s-Canada. ft bushel . . 140 ©150 1 40 ® — 
K.ios-Frcsh. ft dozen 25 ® 29 20 © SO 
Poultry— Fowls, ft lb 16 ©18 20 @ 21 
Tinkers, ftn. 23 © 24 20 @ 21 
PoTi'r'oES, old— ftbhl 2 50 ©4 25 3 00 ©4 00 
Potatoes, neiv-ftbbl 5 00 ©5 50 2 25 ©9 01 
Vppi.es— in barrel 5 00 ©6 00 7 00 ©10 00 
t'uwni'RRiFS (.(barrel. Nominal. Nominal. 
Trnvtps >' 100 bunches 6 On ©SIM 4 00 ©6 00 
CwmiuEs-VlOO 8 00 @10 00 8 00 ©12 00 
Sl'llAWliEllRlEs-i' basket.... 7 ® 8 4 ® 5 
ItAspp.ERRlKS— ft basket 5 ® 10 
I'HERHIEs-lJ R, 15 @ 30 
Cl'RRANTS-ft tb 8 @ 12 
Gooseberries— 73 bushel 4 25 © 5 ,0 
WnOKTLEBERRtES— ft bushel — — ■ 5 00 ® 8 00 
Sew York Live Stock Markets. — 
week, ending. Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tol'l 
June 15th 6,252 98 2,356 20,004 17,060 45,770 
dune 22nd. - 5,978 113 2.842 17,575 17,250 43,758 
dune '29th 6,910 81 2,177 20,137 19,557 49,395 
July 6th 5,108 70 2,177 28,348 18,828 54,531 
Total in four Weeks.... 21,278 365 9,552 86.561 72,695 193,151 
00 for previous i Weeks.. 21,179 501 11,093 62.016 82,564 1S0.464 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Week 6,069 91 2,388 21.641 18,174 
do. do. lasf Mouth 6,049 126 2,773 15,511 20,610 
do. do. prev's Month 5,473 116 2,624 15,511 18,204 
Average per Week, ISCu. 5.514 64 1,320 22,154 20,605 
do. do. do. 1866 5,748 94 1,200 20,000 13,000 
do. do. do. 1365 5,255 118 1,500 16,091 11,023 
do. do. do. 1864 5,161 145 1,511 15,315 12,676 
do. do. do. 1863 5,130 129 691 9,941 21,670 
Total in 1867 293,832 3.369 69,9111,174,1511,102,643 
Total in 1866 298.8*0 4,883 62.120 l.UIO.OOO 672.0110 
Total in 1865 270,271 0,161 77,991 856,755 573,197 
Total in 1861 267,609 7,605 7.7.621 782.762 660,370 
Total in 1863 264,091 6,470 33,705 519,316 1,101,617 
The above table gives the weekly receipts for the four 
weeks ending July 0th, the total number of all kinds for 
each week, also the number of each kind for the four 
weeks, as well as the sum of all kiuds for the month. 
To say that the market has been dull for the past month, 
would be putting it very mild, as on many of the days it 
was really stagnant. Each week a hundred or more cattle 
remained over unsold for the next week's trade. The 
quality has been quite uneven, and few really prime beeves 
were for sale. The cattle came from widely distant 
States, and some lots were so poor that we really won- 
der they were ever shipped ; certainly their owners must 
have sustained great loss. Hot July weather, with the 
thermometer at 90° in the shade, is not conducive to 
quick or large sales, and small lots were in every case de- 
sired. Occasionally a good bullock brought the highest 
figures given in the list of prices, but it was ouly a very 
fewoftbe best "tops," the rest selling at H@le. lower. 
More of the cattle were sold on the scales than last 
mouth, and estimated at a lower figure ; it is rare that a 
buyer will allow more than 60 lbs. to the cwt. Prime 
steers of 7 cwt. sell as high as heavier ones, and much 
quicker. One feeder from Ohio had a fine lot of very fat 
10 cwt. steers in market, during the week ending June 
29th, which he had hard work to dispose of at 17 cts. In 
May the same cattle would have brought 19 cts. easily. 
The following list gives the range of prices, average 
price, and the figures at which the largest lots were sold. 
Jtmel3th ranged 14®17;<c. A v. 16VJC. Largest sales 15M®17 
do. 22th do. 13'..©17' ..c. do. 16 e. do. do. 15',®17 
do. 29th do. 11©17 e. do. 15','e. do. do. lI'.Gir, 
July 6th do. 12®17 c. do. 15Jfe. do. do. 15 ®1CK 
With a weekly average of more than 0,000 cattle, and over 
20,000 sheep and lambs, prices have gone down «t least 
one cent per pound on the best steers, aud as much as 
two cents on medium and poor. Prices are better at the 
close of our report, and sales more brisk. This, probably, 
is due to the increased demand for beef during the recent 
Democratic National Convention and German Schiilzen- 
fest, while the supply was a little less. Dealers, however, 
do not talk encouragingly, and we may look for still 
lower prices, unless Western men stop shipping.... 
Milch Cows. — We have no change in prices to note 
from our last report. The supply has been much less^ 
but quite equal to the demand. Purchasers of fancy stock 
are few, aud chance sales at high figures arc rare. Good 
cows, with young calves, firing from ^S0@90. Those not 
so " fresh," without calves, and good milkers, from $00© 
$80; while poor ones hardly find sale at $40 Veal 
Calves.— We always expect a falling off in numbers at 
this season, as well as a greater variation in quality and 
price. Good milk-fed calves sell readily at 10@11'/S cts. ; 
medium, from 7®9 cts. ; while poor, ugly, badly fed, 
" whey-and-clover tilings " sell at still lower prices. 
Some few, the last weeks of June, brought as high 
as 12 cts., but that price cannot be reached now. 
The supply is mainly of large, half grass-fed calves, the 
best of which bring S!/ 2 @9 cts Sheep and Lambs. 
— If the market was overstocked last month, it is fairly 
flooded this mouth. The increase of more than 24,000 
on an already full market, could result in nothing else 
than a depression in prices, and a dull market. The sup- 
ply of really good sheep is still very small, compared with 
other months, which, of course, makes the prime sheep 
quite hold their own, and up to the week ending June 
29th, good, fat sheep brought 7\i cts., while plenty of 
poor ones conld be bought for 5 cts., or even less. Lambs 
range from 10cts.@,13cts., and very prime 14 cts. The in- 
crease of 8,000 for the week ending our report, July 6th, 
however, completely upset the market, and everything 
was offered for what it would bring. A greater part of this 
increased supply was lambs, aud they proved a heavy loss 
to their owners. The weather was hot, aud to keep them 
over they would lose greatly by shrinkage ; dressed they 
would not keep long, except by the best of care on ice, so 
they were killed, and sold at retail, as rapidly as pos- 
sible, at $1@$1.50 each, and when night came, those re- 
maining unsold were consigned by the cart load to the 
rendering tanks for tallow. With such a sad state of 
trade it is difficult to foresee the future condition of the 
market. .. .Siviue. — The supply has been a little less 
