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Market Review, Prices, Weather, etc. 
American Agriculturist Office, / 
New-Vurk, Thursday, Dec IS, lbC2. ( 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW-YORK MARKETS. 
Keoeipts. Flour. Client. Corn. Rye. Barter/. Oats. 
6,850 265,000 8(19.000 
24 claya Mi* nVtn 667.0011 3,954,000 3.7-^7,000 
2;<uiyh/(/.vnirt.hG3i;,oou -i,;>jo,ooo '-.'.ijo.'.ooq 
41,100 387,000 .So.OOO 
Sales. Flour. Wlieat. Corn. Rye, Barley. 
24 days thin month, 418,000 3.005,0(10 3,210.000 53,250 312 000 
27 days last month 670,000 0,378,000 3,455,000 35.000 'Stil.OOO 
2. Comparison with same time last gear. 
receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
24dayBl862 . 667.000 3,954.000 2.787,000 6. W0 295.000 809.000 
35 (l.i>slS(il ... 703.000 3,159,500 2,361,000 203,975 200,000 1,469,000 
SALES. 
24 days 1802. 
25 days 1801.. 
Flour. 
. 418.000 
. 773,000 
Wlieat. 
8,005,000 
5,641,000 
Corn. Rye. Barley. 
3,210.000 53,250 312,000 
3,229,000 204,000 27G.000 
3. Exports of Breadstuff s from Xew-York, Jan. 1. to Dec. 17. 
Flour. Wlieat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oat*. 
22,783 172.928 
18B2 2,888,619 24,890.341 11,531,819 
1861 2,926,328 27,503,407 12,135,055 
1,099,650 
882,240 S.000 159,845 
4. Receipts of Breadstuff's at Chicago, Jan. 1. to Dec. 8. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
1882 1,694,852 12,870,5:17 30.913,682 942,210 947.145 3 3R8 997 
1S61 1,477,615 17,542,677 20,290096 493,782 422,803 I;394J852 
Current Wholesale Pricks. 
Nov. 19. 
Fi/'UR- Super to Extra State $5 05 <$ 6 40 
Superfine western., .... .. 5 63 la 5 80 
Extra Western ... 5 90 @io 00 
Extra Genesee 6 50 @ 8 50 
Super, to Extra Southern . .'. 6 50 @ 9 75 
Rye Floor— Fine and Super, 4 25 ® 5 75 
Corn Mkal. , 8 70 @ A 25 
Wheat— All kinds of White. . 1 50 @ 1 65 
All kinds of lied 116 @ 1 45 
Corn— Yellow 73 @ 74 
White T2 @ 84 
Mixed... 65 ® 71 
Oats— Western. 67 @ 69 
State . .... 67 @ 69 
BTB . 80 ® 90 
B ARMEY 1 45 @ 1 60 
Beans— Medium and Pea, hu. 2 50 @ 3 00 
Marrow and Kidney 3 00 @ 3 25 
Hay. In bales, per 100 lbs. .. <i5 @ 80 
Cutton— Middlings, per lb.. . 69 K@ 70 
Kich, per 100 lbs. 7 00 @ 9 25 
Hops, crop of 1802, per lb 18 @ 25 
I'Eatilers, Live Geese, p. lb. 38 @ 45 
Dec. 18. 
15 R0 
® 6 40 
f. Kl> 
6 15 
(51 10 HO 
6 ij(J 
© 8 50 
6 80 
@10 00 
4 llll 
<S) 5 65 
8 SO 
(5) 4 50 
1 nil 
% 1 65 
1 SSi 
® 1 47 
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@ 
85 
a 
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O 77 
m 
a 70 
w 
@ 70 
H8 
® 97 
1 25 
in 1 15 
14H5 
@ i 75 
■i 50 
@ 3 00 
'.5 
@ 90 
66 
a 
6 75 
a 9 oo 
17 
a 25 
43 
a 45 
Seed— Clover, per lb 10K® WX@ lOjy 
Timothy, per bushel .... 2 00 @ 2 25 @ 2 8TJ* 
Sugak— Hrown, per lb 9 @ 12 8 @ 1IM 
MoLASSES.New-Orleans, p.gl,. 40 @ 50 32 @ 40 
Coffkk. Rio, per lb . . 29 @ S3 28 @ 32 
Tobacco— Kent ucky,&c,p.lb„ 15 @ 30 1SJ4® 30 
Seed Leaf, per lb. , 15 @ 35 9 @ 30 
Wool— Domestic tierce, p. lb.. 55 oi 70 58 on IC> 
Domestic, pulled, per lb. 55 @ 68 48 @ 62 
Tallow, per lb. . . nj<@ 11>^ 10>f® 10V 
Oil Cake, per tun 4100 @46 50 43 00 @51 00 
Pons— Mess, per bbl 12 87^13 00 14 00 fS)14 lV„< 
Prime, per bbl 1150 @ 11 02K© 
Beef— Plain mess. ... 12 00 @13 50 1175 @13 00 
Lakh, in bids., per lb 9K@ 10>£ 9&@ 10 
Butter— Western, per lb 16 @ 20 16 @ 20 
State, per lb. 21 ® 25 21 @ 26 
Cheese 9 @ 12 9 @ 13 
Broom Corn— Der Tb 5 @ 7 7 @ 8 
Eggs— Fresh, per dozen 20 @ 22 22 @ 24 
Limed, per doz 18 @ 19 15 @ 16 
Povltkv— Fowls, per lb 10 @ 12 8 @ 9 
Dncke,perlb 12 ® 14 10 @ 11 
Geese, per St.. . 11 @ 13 7 @ 9 
Turkeys, per lb 13 @ 15 10 <& 12 
Partridges, per pair 81 @ 87 75 @ 87 
Wild Pioeons, per dozen... 1 75 @ 2 00 75 @ 87 
Wild DtxKS, per pair . 50 @ 75 31 @ 88 
Venison, per ft 12 @ 14 10 @ 11 
Potatoes— Common, p. bbl.. 1 25 @ 1 62 1 50 @ 1 75 
Buckeyes, per bbl l 62 © 1 75 1 50 @ 1 75 
Peach Blow, per bbl 1 62 ® 1 87 1 60 @ 2 00 
Mercers, n.-r bbl 2 00 @ 2 37 1 75 @ 2 50 
Sweet Delawares, per bbl 2 50 <a 2 75 2 50 @ 3 00 
Sweet Jerseys, per bbl 1 75 @ 2 00 2 00 @ 2 25 
Onions, lied & Yellow p. bbl. 2 25 @ 2 50 2 25 & 2 50 
White, per bbl 3 00 © 2 50 @ 2 75 
Turnips— Rutabagas, p. bbl.. 87 @ I 00 1 00 @ 
Marrow Squashes, per bbl 1 25 @ 1 50 1 50 @ 1 75 
Pumpkins— Cheese, per 100... 6 00 ©10 00 5 00 ©10 00 
Cabbages, per 100. . . 3 00 ©4 00 3 00 ©5 00 
Apples, Western, per bbl 1 50 © 1 75 1 62 © 1 87 
Apples, choice, per bbl 2 50 @ 3 00 
Apples, River, per bbl 1 00 © 1 25 75 @ 1 00 
Quinces, per bbl 2 50 ©3 00 2 00 ©3 50 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, p.b'l 11 00 ©12 00 11 © 13 
Western, per bbl. 9 00 ©1100 7 © 9 
Pried Apples, per lb 5V@ 6 4 © 6 
Dt;iED Plums, per lb 12 © 13 12 @ 14 
Dried Peaches, per lb 15 © 18 16 @ 18 
Hickory Nuts, per bushel.. 2 00 © 2 50 1 75 © 2 50 
Chestnuts, per bushel 5 00 © 6 00 4 50 @ 5 00 
The condensed Tables, given above, present in concise 
form a summary of the transactions for a month past. 
These figures are laboriously prepared from a large 
massof notes collected byusdaily,in the markets and 
elsewhere. It is to be noted, however, thai the past 
business month has been only 24 days, owing to the 
occurrence of Thanksgiving holiday, to there being one 
day less in November than in Octoher, and to the fact that 
there were five Sabbaths in November, this year, the last 
twoof which'are included in the month ending to-day. 
Still, it will be seen that the receipts were 131,000 barrels of 
flour in excess of the previous month, equivalent to 655,- 
000 bushels of wheat. The receipts of Wheat are very 
nearly the same, if we allow for the extra days last month. 
Corn, Rye, and Oats, have come in more freely. The 
sales of Breadstuff's have been considerably lessened, as 
shown in the second part of table 1. By reference to ta- 
ble 2} it will be seen that while the receipts (allowing for 
one day less) have been about the same as last year, Ihe 
sales have fallen off materially. Inland navigation is now 
closed, and though the railroads will continue to bring 
forward considerable supplies during the Winter, the 
prices will depend much upon the amount of Ihe supplies 
already here. These are not believed to be very large. 
During the past month there has been no exciting cause 
of activity in Breadstuff's, and the market has been very 
quiet. The variations in the value of Gold and foreign 
exchange, have had the most to do with changes in 
prices. As was shown in an editorial article in the Amer- 
ican Agriculturist for November (page 328), a rise in Ihe 
relative value of Gold and currency, produces a corre- 
sponding rise in Sterling exchange, in which case it is 
more advantageous to send abroad wheat than gold, and 
the export demand is consequently heller. During the 
past four weeks gold has vibrated between $128 and $133, 
or a premium of 28 to 33 per cent, upon the standard 
paper currency, and the prices of Wheat and Wlieat 
Flour, and Corn, have changed nearly in the same ratio. 
The financial policy to be adopted by Congress is not set- 
tled. On the one hand it is proposed to raise money for 
the expenses of Government and the war, by selling stocks 
at whatever price they will bring in the market. This 
would he a move towards returning to a specie basis. On 
the other band il is proposed to increase the issue of cur- 
rency. If the latter policy be adopted, and many finan- 
ciers think it the only practicable mode of raising funds, 
the relative value of gold will be increased with the in- 
crease of paper issues, and the prices of farm products 
will rise correspondingly. Thus: should the premium 
on gold rise to 100 per cent, it would be just as cheap to 
send abroad Wheat at the price of $3 per bushel, in cur- 
rency, as to sell it at $1.50 per bushel if gold were the pur 
standard of valuation. As we showed in the article above 
referred to, farmers are directly benefited by this distur- 
bance in the relative value of gold and paper currency, 
whatever may be the present or ultimate effect upon other 
classes and upon the country at large. If the currency 
be doubled, the prices of farm products go up according- 
ly. It is true thai these prices are not on a gold basis, 
but if the double price be in a currency that is at par in 
paying of debts for land, or other liabilities, the increased 
nominal price is directly advantageous. The general 
opinion is that further issues of currency will be made, 
and that the prices of breadstuff's will go up; and we find 
dealers disposed lo hold on tn their present stocks 
Rye has come in much less freely, while the transactions 
lit stocks on hand have been much lighter than the previ- 
ous, month, and market prices average about 5 cents per 
bushel higher than at Ihe date of our last report.. Bar- 
ley has not been so largely dealt in; the fever heal of 
speculation has in a measure subsided, and prices have 
declined from S1.45 « $1.60 to $1,250$1.45 per bushel. 
Provisions have not been very active. Mess Pork has 
advanced fully $1 per barrel. Live Hogs are coming for- 
ward, for packing at this point, more freely than ever 
before, the receipts for the past week being .''3,778. Tills 
is caused by the unsettled condition of things at ttic 
Southwest, and by the scarcity of barrel-makeis at ihe 
West. New-York city is just now the " Porkopolib"of the 
country... .Groceries, Rice, Tobacco, and Wool have been 
quiet, without material change in prices Ray, Hops, 
and Seeds have been in good demand. The present 
prices, and any changes since last month, are indicated in 
our table of Prices Current. 
HT. Y. Mjive Stock Markets.- Tite Cat- 
tle Markets have been abundantly supplied during the 
past month, the average being 5,3-12 per week. Prices 
fell off a little Nov. 25., advanced ?i c. Dec. 2nd, and M 
c. more Dec. 9th. At the last general market, Dec. 16th, 
prices again declined \i c. There were 6,276 beeves on 
sale, some of them very fine. Prices ranged at 10c. (a) 
12#c. per lb. for the estimated weight of the four quart- 
ers, for Christmas or premium bullocks; 8Xc(o)0c. for 
prime animals ; 7co)8c. for common to medium ; while 
the poor grades, some of them genuine' scallawags" went 
at5 c.(a)%c. The average of all sales was atom "Xc. 
Veal Calves. —Receipts have averaged 430 
per week. Fewer calves are sent to market now than at 
any other season of the year. They sell quickly, the 
best for 0cff6^c. per lb. live weight; 5c.(a)5%c.. for 
good and3c.(6)4c. for bobs and coarse overgrown calves. 
Slieep a«4l I,aml>s.— Receipts, are falling 
off and prices gradually advancing. Average receipts 
10, 039 per week, with a demand exceeding the supply. 
Several thousand dressed sheep are sent in eacli week, 
which makes up in part for the deficiency of live slock. 
Quite a number of extra large fat slieep sent in for 
Christmas mutton brought $15 to *18 per head. Some of 
them weighed 240 lb. each. Good sheep at 100 lbs are 
worth prices equivalent to 5^c. per lb. live weight an.) 
fair stock 5)4. Pelts are worth in quantity $2,0b|5>$2.25 
each. 
Live Hog's— Were never before so abundant 
in this market. Receipts have averaged 47,166 per 
week, and numbered for the week, ending December 16 
53.778— Ihe largest number ever received in a single 
week. In the face of such arrivals hogs are soiling well 
and prices have advanced a little during the month. 
Prime fat, heavy, corn-fed hogs readily command 5c. 5 v, 
c. per lb. live weight; medium hogs 43&c.*&3c., and dis- 
tillery-fed 3^c./®4Xc. Packing is curried 011 to an extent 
never before equaled in this region. 
The Weatlier lias generally been line for 
winter with but little severe cold, the coldest day being 
14° above zero. We have had comparatively but a light 
amount of rain and one fall of snow, an inch deep. 
Our Daily Notes condensed, read: November 20. 21, 
heavy N. E. rain— 22, cloudy, cool— 23, 24, clear, windy— 
25, clear A. M., cloudy P. M., rain at night arid on 26—27, 
28, clear, fine— 29, clear A. M., light rain P. M,— 30, clear, 
mild. December 1, light rain— 2, clear, fine— 3, cloudy 
A. M., and slight rain P. M.— 4, cool— 5, cloudy A. 
M., slight rain P. M., and 1 inch snow at night- 6, 
clear, cool— 7, coldest day of the season, mercury 14"— 8, 
clear, cold— 9 to 13, fine, clear, mild days— 14 to 15, fog 
A. M., clear and mild P. M. both days— 16, windy with 
showers— 17, 18, 19, clear, cool. 
Xlie Rain Fall find melted snow, for month 
ending Dec. 15, amounts to 4.03 inches which fell suffi- 
ciently to be measured at six different times, besides other 
light showers. The Barometer has shown marked and 
extreme variations, the range being nearly l 1 ^ inches, 
from 29.35 inches to the unusual height of 30.70 inches on 
Nov. 16. 
Thermometer at 6 A. Iff., New-York. 
[Observations carefully made upon a standard Ther- 
mometer (Fahrenheit.)— r indicates rain— s, snow.] 
„ 
NOVEMBER. 
13 ,.. 4"r 
14 36 
15 40 
16 25 
17 39r 
18 ... 44 
19... 
20 . 
21... 
•'2 ' 
24 
2 
4 
52 
. 51 
37 
46 
.. 36r 
8... 
9... 
10 
II... 
12 
32 
..35s 
41 
..36 
48r 
.. 58r[26 
...5"r27.. 
...42H28.. 
. . 4Sr 
. . 3S 
5 
6 . 
...32 ,30.. 
37r 
.. 35 
1 
2 
.1 
47r 
37 
...30 
4 
29 
DECEMBER. 
7... 14 
8 .... 18 
9 26 
in 
11 
12 
...26 113 . 
...34 14.. 
.. 38 15.. 
.. 37r 
...40 
....46 
