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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[Decembek, 
and Burley. The ofleriiiys of Wheal, other Ihan piirae, 
liave been liberal. Holders of strictly prime to choice 
Wheat, have not been eager to place snpplics at the 
iiiHng fl^'urcs, in view of the pniall proportion of the 
grades named, now in stock at this point, and the relative 
strength of tlie interior marliets. Cora has been in light 
supply for some days past, yet not in very urgent demand. 
Eye, of prime to choice quality, attracted more attention 
toward the close, chielly from buyers for sliipnicnt to the 
Continent. Barley lias been pressed for sale, and has 
been very unsettled as to values. Oats have been varia- 
We, with the best grades offering quite reservedly at cur- 
rent qnotaticms.... Provisions have been more active. 
Western Mess Pork, and western steam Lard, advanced 
sliarply, chiefly under speculative manipulations on Oclo- 
ter options, the settlement of wliich seriously disturbed 
tr,ade ; and at the close values were depressed. Butter, 
Cheese, and eggs closed steady Cotton has been quot- 
ed lower, on a restricted business, but closed steadier, 
with more inquiry Wool has been held more firmly, 
and has been in fair demand Tobacco, Xaval Stores, 
anil Petroleum quiet... Hops have been in better de- 
mand, and at the close quoted stronger in price Hay 
firmer and more sought after — Seeds inacllvc and irreg- 
nlar in price Ocean freights have been less active, and 
quoted easier. Flour by sail and steam to London, 2s. 
M. @ 3". 'M. per bbl.; Grain by sail, to do., 8Jr/. @ M. 
per bushel ; Grain by steam to Liverpool, 8(/., and by 
sail, to do., 7 @, 'ti I. per bushel. Grain tonnage for Cork 
and orders, 55. 'Jrf.@(ls. M. ; for Penarth Roads, and orders, 
5s. dd. @5s. M.; for the Continent, 6s. 3cl. @ to. 6d. per 
quarter. 
I\eM Voi-K I.iive-Slocl£ jVInrkcti^. 
KEOEtPTS. 
WKKK KN'DING LWm.t. Cniim 
Oct. lb S,?94 131 
Oct. 2"i 10.7W S7 
Nov. 1 10,851 79 
Kov. 8 10,113 87 
Nov. 15 ... 8,M0 136 
. Ciiluen. Sheep. Swine. Toi'I. 
2,9.i7 31,104 33,118 06,137 
2,33S 2r,s;7 Sl.CO.'i 75,323 
3,313 38.127 33,118 Ufiil 
1,881 35,3-14 29,689 77,034 
1,S50 33,039 S9,357 8i;80! 
Total for 5 irffA.! .JO.or.l 
Ao.forpvev.iWeeks 11,093 
370 
11,33S 
11,3*3 
154.351 158.915 374.073 
134,319 94,353 371,903 
Becvefi. 
Auerage tier Wfek I'2.M3 
do. do. Uixl Month. ..W.Tii 
do. do. ;j?*e«'s Month.. 9,630 
Cows. 
130 
94 
74 
Calves. Sheev. Sicine. 
3,809 3S.563 39,728 
2,80S 31.312 23,583 
2,S2l 20,379 17,835 
Beeves. — The market which opened strong nndt-r 
jsmall receipts, and promised a fair if not good busiues=, 
gave way early, and tlxo second week of our report was 
the most disastrons for sellers since the same week Irist 
year,, wlien the niaiket was glutted with stock, and own- 
ers lost from $5 to $15 per head. Tlien the average price 
was 0;^c. per lb. In the week referred to. prices gave 
TV-ay fully Ic. per lb. on poorer grade? and a \ic. on extra. 
Since then on full arrivals the market has been without 
recovery, and business has been unsatisfactory. The rail- 
road combination to tax all stock arriving here by order- 
ing everything to be billed *" subject to yardage charges 
as established by the stock-yard companion, "' which arc 
in %ci the Pennsylvania, Eric and N. Y. Central railroad 
companies, has nut tended to improve matters. This 
regnhnion is to be fought in the cou'-ts, and if upheld 
there will be nothing to prevent the taxing of every kind 
ef freight, that may i)ass through the hands of railroad 
companies, by means of warehouse charges. The market 
eloses heavy, without any improvement, a finv choice sc- 
lecwons which retailed at 13 ^iC.®!;^^^. per lb., to dress 
5S lb. per cwt., alone helping the average somewhat 
above the previous week. The range f«r conmion to 
prime natives was 8,Vc.@12>j'c. to dress 53 to Ba lbs. on 
tht 112 lbs., and for Texan and Cherokee steers, 7Xc.(3> 
lOj'ic. per lb. to dress 55 to 5S lbs. 
The prices for the past five weeks were as follows: 
Large Sales. Aver. 
10M@llMc. JO^xc 
9 ©lOHc. 10 c. 
OJ^@10Ke. 3014'c. 
10 @n c. io>^c. 
■WEEK EXDiNG Range. 
Oct. IS. 7;^'@l:iKc. 
Oct. 25 8S(^13 c. 
Kov. 1 7 OlSJ^c. 
Nov. 8 7 @13'^c. 
Nov. 15 .... 7M<^13Kc. 
Iflllcli Cows.— The offerings have been light, else 
prices must have given way under the dull business tliat 
has prevailed the past mouth. Poor cows arc not salable 
at any price, and the demand is fair for good at $70@$75 
per head, calf included. To be forced oil", poor stocl; 
would not bring over $30 per head Calves.— The 
market for calves has been dull, wiih a tlow business at 
lower prices. Grasscrs sold at the close of our report at 
$6 per head for poor, np to $l'.2.riO per head for the best 
lots. Fat veals sold at 7V'c.(?710;t..c. per lb. live weight. 
... Sbeep and Lambs have been in demand with 
large sales at low prices. Good stock have met -with a 
ready market, while poor sheep have been du'l and re- 
main so. The closing rates were steady at 4>/c.@fj>j'c. 
per lb. live weight, for poor to fair ; CiJic per lb. fora few 
selections of Ohio and Canada sheep, and B'^'cQ^VHc per 
lb. for poor to extra lambs Swine. — Hogs have been 
quiet and steady. The arrivals of live have been all con- 
signed direct to slaughterers, and none havchccn offered 
for sale. The latcs-t quotations were 8'oC, for State hogs. 
City dressed sold fairly at the close at n^4'e.@10^4'c. per lb. 
Kemember 
The Valuable Premiums. 
See Page 477, iamci i^eosd. to tlie 
oi* PreiiiBHiais £4' yoia Diavc not al- 
ready receive*! it. 
containifig a {/'•^'-'f vrn-kf;/ of Iftm.% inc\iding many 
good Hints and Suggestions ■}rhkh ti'e throw into b'tnullev 
hjpe and condensed foiiUy for u'ant of rooni elseivJiere. 
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Spealc a "Woi"*! tor tlie 4jSer]nan 
Asncrican Agriculturist,— For 10 years past an 
edition of this jomnal has been issued in the German 
language for the bcnelit of the large number of our citi- 
zens who rL-ad only the language of Yaterland. It con- 
tains the engravings and all the principal reading of the 
Euglish edition. Several pages devoted to the adver- 
tiseraculs in the English edition, arc in tlie German 
edition occupied by a special extra Department, edited by 
the Hon. Frederick Miiuch, a distinguished cultivator of 
Missouri, which gives it additional value to the German 
reader. The colored cover only is omitted from the 
German edition. Many of our subscribers take the Ger- 
man copy for their gardener or their workmen. Will our 
friends make this edition known to their German friends 
and neighbors ? Having tiie advantage of the engravings 
of the English edition, it is larger, better, and cheaper, 
thau it could be if published independently. Both edi- 
tions are issued on the same terms, aud clubs may con- 
sist of cither edition, or a part of both. 
^'otices of Cataloft-nes and ISooks 
intended for this number must, f;om ilio crowded state 
of our columns at the end of the year, be left over. 
Xlie In«lex. for the volume now closed, is is- 
sued on a separate sheet. Formerly wc have, as is tho 
usual custom, given the index within the regular pages ; 
we give this year the full number of pages of reading 
matter, aud the index besides. Save the Index. 
A Few Hints to Correspondents, 
—The end of one year and the beginning of another, al- 
ways brings us in relations with many new correspond- 
ents, and we would suggest to them, as well as to many 
old ones who seem to have forgotten them, a few points 
to observe in writing to the editors Unless you wish 
to sign your name, do not write at all. Anonymous let- 
ters arc not noticed. Sign the article what you please, 
but give the real name also Do not ask our opinion of 
any advertising " Doctor." "Wc do not personally know 
any of them ...Do not ask our advice as to change of 
locality or of business: it is a delicate matter to advise 
an intimate friend or relative in such a case ; and impos- 
sible, when the party is an entire stranger Wc are 
always glad to hear what our friends liave done, either in 
the "farm, garden, or household," and failures are often 
as instructive as successes. Matters of personal experi- 
ence are always welcome; essays upon "matters and 
things iu general " arc not likely to be of use. We arc 
willing to admit that tlie county the writer lives iu is the 
best in his state, and that his state is the best in the 
Union, fur tlu-y are so tu him, but being the .-Uneiican 
Agriculturist, we cannot give room for tlie special advo- 
cacy of the claims of any portion of it. It is such a great 
and grand country, this of ours, that did we publish all 
the praises of special portions of it that arc sent to us, wc 
should have no room for anything else... Ko matter if 
you are frequently in the city, if you have an article, scud 
it by mail, or leave it, but do not ask to see the editor 
tliat you may talk to him about it. Editors judge of arti- 
cles in their own time, and in their own waj-. We not 
long ago had a case iu which a person insisted upon 
leading an article to one of the editors, soinctliing wc 
never before heard of ...If your article is declined, it is 
no indication that il lacks merit; we often have several 
articles at once upon a subject that we do not care to 
treat at all at that time. Au editor's duty is to leave out, 
as well as to publish, articles. Do not ask whfj he did 
not publish yours The English papers generally, and 
some American journals, give notice that they will re- 
turn no manuscripts whatever; we endeavor, when 
stamps are enclosed, to return those which are declined. 
Crochety correspondents will do well to remember 
that it has been decided in the courts, that publishers are 
not responsible for any volunteer articles scut to them; 
unless it can be sho\\u that the articles were ordered, the 
writer has no claim upon the publisher. 
Insects anttd Plants. — All intelligent per- 
sons are interested in the means by which nature works 
to bring about certaiu results, and while every cultivator 
knows the great injury insects inflict upon vegetation, 
but few arc aware that these are of eo great use to 
plants, that many kinds would disappear from the face 
of the earth did not insects aid them in producing seed. 
The relations between the two— insects and plants— have 
within the past few years, occupied the attention of nat- 
uralists at home and abroad, and the results are most 
wonderful aud intorestiug. . Fortunately, this is a matter 
which any close observer can study without being either 
a botanist or an entomologist to any greater extent than 
most intelligent persons are. and every one who lives 
in the country, or has n garden, has opportunity to 
make interesting observations. In the volume for 1870, 
we shall give a series of articles upon this most attrac- 
tive subject, and when we say that they will be by Prof. 
Asa Gray, it is assurance that while they will be charm- 
ingly popular, they will also be scientifically accurate. 
Oni&lo Ilortieiiltaflral Society, meets 
at Toledo, December 1-3.— If notices came earlier, the 
story would be longer. 
Xlie Money in Porl». — It is estimated 
that the pork packers of Chicago alone, will need 
1,500,000 hogs, averaging 330 lbs. each, which at 7 cents 
per pound, will cost about 35 million dollars. This 
amount of money will be scattered throughout Illinois, 
Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. A nearly equal sum will 
go from Cincinnati into Ohio, Missouri, and Indiana, 
with large amounts from St. Louis ; and much from Mil- 
waukee will go into Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. 
Xlic "^Vliite Sage" of tlie Far 
West.— Under this title wc gave on p. 57, in Feb. last, 
adesciiptinn and engraving of a plant of great import- 
ance to farmers in Nevada aud other parts of the far west, 
who find it a very valuable forage. In the article it was 
stated that the plant "is said to impart a peculiar and 
rather disagreeable flavor to the beef fed on it." This 
statement was made on the authority of Prof Sereno 
Watson, the botanist of Clarence King's " Survey of the 
40th Parallel, ■" who no doubt derived it from what he re- 
garded as good authority. However, our Nevada friend, 
a trustworthy source, whose account of the plant was 
quoted in the former article, dissents from this, and says : 
" White Sage has but little taste or smell, except when it 
is green and full of juice, aud neither beef or butter made 
from cattle fed upon it in the wiiitor have any disagreea- 
ble taste ; the butter made from it in winter has the yel- 
low color of that from summer feed in a greater degree 
than that from cows fed upon straw and potatoes." 
Ordering; Clotliing-, — The rules for self- 
measurement sent ou application by our neighbors, 
Freeman & Woodruff, allow persons at a distance to buy 
their clothing in New York, if they wish to do so. 
Important to Seedsmen. —A trial 
which concluded on Nov. 8th, in one of the New York 
City Courts, is of interest to every seedsman iu the coun- 
try. The case in brief is this: one Van Wyck, a mar- 
