1874.] 
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New York Idve-Slock tlarkrls. 
HECEIPTS. 
wkbk icwptng Beeves. Cows. Cutties. Sheep. Swine. Tot'I. 
February 16 7,481 48 609 19,446 86,830 6S.914 
February 33 <i,iOa 52 584 25,4>:! 23.0S0 55,514 
March 2. ...6,709 40 573 14,2(14 22,915 44,531 
March 9 6,'J56 '8 703 19,6:51 28,218 55,536 
MarchlO 7,022 50 642 20,002 32,550 60,272 
Vital for 5 Weeks.. ii.SR 271 3,111 98,766 143,093 279,817 
ilo.forprev.iWeeks32,m 189 2,426 90,822 127,288 259,179 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Wee* 6,915 55 622 19,753 24,619 
do. So. lOtt Month... 8.238 17 606 24,080 ,822 
<io. Ao.prev's Month.. 1.M1 63 617 20,319 34,388 
Beeves.— The month's bnsiuess has been character- 
ized by dullness and depression, although prices have 
not given way. The reduced receipts, however, finally 
told upon the market, and with the disappearance of 
stale stocks of dressed meat a general improvement oc- 
curred. This was apparent in the tone of the market 
rather than in prices, as may be seen by the latest quota- 
tions, which show no actual advance. On the whole, 
however, less quality was given for the same money at 
the close than at any previous time during the month. 
Texans sold at 9' 4 'c. @ 10c. $ lb. to dress 5G lbs. ; native 
steers at 10c. @ 12 l 4 'c. to dress 56 @ 5S lbs. ; extra and 
fancy brought 12'4c. @ 13c. to dress 58 @ 0,0 lbs. A year 
ago the choicest steers brought 13Xc. @14>£c. -p lb., 
although the average of the market was but Jfc. $ lb. 
above our present quotations. 
Prices for the past five weeks were : 
week exdin'g Bange. Large Sales. Aver. 
February 16 7 @13 e. 10 @wy,c. 10;fc. 
February 23 8X@13 o. IO^IO^c. 10KC. 
March 2 8S@13 e. 1U>$@11 c. lOSfc. 
March 9 8XSU3 c. 10>s@ll c. 10v. 
Marchie 8M@13 C. 10X@U c. 1U3£C. 
IVIilcli Cows.— For cows the market has been quiet 
but steady ; all have been readily sold that were offered 
at $40 @ $S0 for cow and calf Calves.— There lias 
been a steady demand for hog-dressed veals, and at the 
close an easy market prevailed at lie. @ 13Xc. $ lb. for 
fair to good. Milk-fed gradually weakened, closing at 
6,Yc. @ lO.^c. i? B>. Good to choice grass calves closed 
at $12 @ $15 $ head Slieep.— After a dull market 
for Iho month, wilh failing prices, an improvement could 
be noticed at the close. The feeling was firmer, but 
buyers resisted effectually the advances of sellers, and 
sales were made at 5!4c. <$ lb. for common, up to 8c. @ 
S!ic. ^ fi>. for extra lots Swine.— Live hogs have 
been neglected, and the market is reported as closing 
dull at the reduced rates of 5;jc. $ lb. for common to 
good, and 6c. $ lb. for the best. Dressed hogs closed in 
fair demand at 6?ic. @ 7c. $ t>., and for Western at 7c. 
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containing a great, variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
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or a small club may be increased to a larger one ; thus ; 
a person having sent 10 subscribers and $12 may after- 
ward send 10 more subscribers with only $S ; making a 
club of 20 at $1 each ; and so of the other club rales. 
REMEMBER THAT 
Three Months 
REMAIN 
For Premiums. 
April, May, and June are the three months remaining, 
during which any person who wishes to obtain one or 
more of the useful and valuable articles offered in our 
Premium List (of which a copy will be sent free to any 
applicant, see page 159) can easily get them. This has 
already been done by more than 1-1,000 persons, who dur- 
ing years past have tried with success the raising of 
Clubs of Subscribers for our papers, and availed them- 
selves of the liberal offers of Premiums made by the 
Pp 1 -.Ushers. 
*Ve invite all our Subscribers to take hold of this 
work and secure a Premium while the offer is open. 
Specimen copies of both papers will be sent to auy wish- 
ing to show them for this purpose. 
Our Western Office.— Our friends in 
the West arc reminded that we have an office at No. 4 
Lakeside Building, Chicago, III., in charge of Mr. W. II. 
Busbey. Subscriptions to American Agrtcidti'rist and 
Hearth and Home are taken there, and sample copies 
of the papers and chromos are delivered, and orders re- 
ceived for advertising on the same terms as in New York. 
All our books are on sale at the Western Office. Please 
call and examine, buy, subscribe, and advertise. 
Good Books.-Wc call the attention of all 
our readers to the list of books for the farm, garden, and 
household, which will be found ou the third cover-page 
of this paper. No better investment can be made than 
that which supplies the home with interesting and in- 
structive reading matter. 
New Books. — The Orange Judd Company 
have just issued, in attractive duodecimo form, John 
Esten Cooke's story, "Pretty Mrs. Gaston, 1 ' illustrated 
by Bush ; price, post-paid, $1.50. Also "John Andross," 
by Rebecca Harding Davis; price, post-paid, $1.50; 
finely illustrated by Fredericks. 
P. X. Qninn's IBorlicnltiiral 
"Works.— By a natural gravitation the few rural books 
not originally published by the Orange Judd Company, 
one by one fall into their list. The latest accessions are 
" Pear Culture for Profit," and " Money in the Garden," 
by P. T. Quinn. We have already favorably noticed 
these works, and have only space to say that new issues 
of both volumes are now ready. 
A New Fertilizer.— R. H. Allen & Co., 
N. Y., offer a new fertilizer, the nitrogen (or ammonia) 
in which is derived from dried blood, the richest availa- 
ble source. The reputation of this house is sufficient to 
warrant that this fertilizer is what it is represented to 
be. Besides this they guarantee tbe amounts of potash, 
ammonia, and soluble phosphoric acid. This is deserv- 
ing of the attention of those about to purchase fertilizers. 
The Patrons of nushandry.— The 
interest in this order in no wise diminisbes. Indeed, 
tbe late meeting of the National Grange and its emi- 
nently clear presentation of the objects of the patrons 
would naturafly direct attention to it anew, and lead 
those who before regarded it with indifference to now 
look upon it with interest.' The disclaiming of political 
purposes has disappointed some who hoped to turn the 
order to account, and perhaps led to the establishment 
of the "Order of Independent Grangers," who make it 
one of their avowed objects to take political action. In 
reply to those who ask for sources of information in 
regard to the Patrons, we would say that O. H. Kelley, 
Georgetown, D. C, is the Secretary of the National 
Grange, and we assume, without knowing it to be the 
case, that he can supply circulars, etc., to those who 
wish to know more definitely about the order.] 
Watch Congress! — No law ever passed 
by Congress is more directly of benefit to the agricul- 
tural community than that allowing plants, seeds, and 
books to be sent by mail at reduced rates of postage. 
This law, which places settlers in new countries and all 
who five at a distance from commercial centers upon an 
equality with those who live near them, has been a 
great help to the farming community. A proposition 
has recently been made in Congress to exclude from the 
mails everything but letters and papers ; and while 
other countries are enlarging their mail facilities, St Sa 
proposed that America shall progress backward in thie 
matter, and prevent the farmer from receiving his seeds 
and books at a low rate of postage. This proposition 
came up about the time the attempt was made to revive 
the franking privilege. We advise farmers and all in- 
terested in this subject to watch Congreps; and this is a 
case in which it becomes the Patrons of Husbandry to 
be vigilant. Let your representatives know that who- 
ever voteB to exclude plants, books, and seeds from the 
mails is thereafter politically dead. Congressmen do not 
seem to be aware that farmers propose to have some- 
thing to say hereafter in politics. Watch the nien, and 
see not only bow they Bpeak but bow they vote. 
The Averill Chemical Paint.— Sev- 
eral years ago we had a new barn and two outbuildings 
to paint, and as at that time the Averill Chemical Paint 
was a comparatively new thing, we determined to try eL 
After we had purchased the paint we found the painters 
of the neighborhood much prejudiced against it, ss-& 
they, by predicting all sorts of evil, endeavored to deter 
us from using it. At last we found a man who woaM 
apply it and not talk about it. The barn had one and 
tbe other buildings two coats. Tbe paint was appficd 
between four and five years ago, and is still in good 
condition. We have no occasion to regret having nsed 
it, nor any hesitation in recommending it to others. 
The paint is furnished in various tasteful shades of 
color, and what is a great advantage is ready for imrawN 
diate application. Asitreqnires no mixing, it. is espe- 
cially adapted to the use of those who live in tbe conn- 
try and wish to do their own painting. 
SUNDRY HUMBUGS.— Such a pileof 
letters and documents and such a tame lot. does not often 
come before us. It. is very easy to write us in regard Z*> 
this or that man and request us to 
show iiim np. 
Our friends must not be surprised if such letters arc un- 
heeded. We take as much— even more— ca% to avoid 
accusing any one unjustly as we do to show up those who 
deserve that distinction. We must have evidence that 
places the matter beyond all reasonable doubt, before we 
place any one in this column. Often we feel quite enrc 
that a scheme is a swindle, but refrain from publishing 
it for want of evidence that would convince a jury of 
twelve men, should it be brought before them. Oor 
humbug correspondence has its amusing features, but It 
has also a pathetic aspect. It is indeed sad to read the 
complaints of some of the victims, and one loses his in- 
dignation that the writers should be such fools as to be 
caught with a badly baited hook, and feels only pity for 
those who mourn over money they could ill afford to 
lose. Some give (heir unhappy experience with the 
Union Furnishing Co., of Chicago, and ask that it be ex- 
posed. This was done weeks ago, and recent Chicago 
papers say that the place is closed. 
THE KENTUCKY LIBRARY LOTTERY, 
they call it "gift concert," as it sounds less offensive — 
even publish a paper in the interest of the scheme. This 
sheet informs us that the 4th "grand conceit 1 ' will take 
place on March 31st. These lotteries will probably con- 
tinue as long as fools have money to throw away in the 
purchase of its tickets. In order to clothe the affair with 
an air of respectability an ex-governor is put in as mana- 
ger. But all the governors past, present, and to come, 
will never make this other than a disgrace to the state. 
THE MAGNOLIA, IOWA, LIBRARY CONCERT 
is a precious specimen of a swindle, and Maynard & Co., 
of Magnolia, arc about as sweet a set of scoundrels as 
ever tried to cheat a man out of $10. These fellows send 
a " special notice," of which we give an extract from one 
of quite a file before us : 
" At the grand award of gifts. Jan. 20th. we are pleased 
to inform you that your ticket, No. 142068, was awarded 
one of the miscellaneous gifts, valued at &200. You will 
see by referring to circular sent to you, that on all mis- 
cellaneous gifts 5 per cent, on the valuation of each mis- 
cellaneous gift is required before the delivery of the gift, 
and 10 per cent, is to be deducted from each cash gift. 
Therefore 5 per cent, on your gift, amounts to $10, which 
must be sent to us, together with the ticket, within 15 
days from the day you receive this notice, or the gift wii) 
be forfeited. 
"Therefore if you desire the gift to be sent, remit $10 
at once." Here comes an important caution : " In send- 
ing money inclose the bills in your letter, carefully fold- 
ed, seal closely, write our name, town and state plainly, 
and send the letter by regular mail and it. will come safe, 
or if you desire yon can register your letter, or you can 
send ns drafts on New York or Chicago, but yon must not 
send postal money orders, as none but dishauutingoffices 
have sufficient funds on hand to pay. and it might bo two 
months before we could get the money, widen would pre- 
vent our filling your order that length of time, so he par- 
ticular to send bills in letter or drafts on New Tort or 
Chicago. 
