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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[July, 
Beans. — Plant a few rows for late snaps. Pinch 
Limas when they reach the top of the poles. 
Beets. — Early varieties, 6ov.n this month, will 
grow rapidly, and make excellent roots for winter 
nse. Use the thinnings for greens. 
Cabbages and Cauliflowers for the late crops may 
now be transplanted from the seed-bed. Keep 
well hoed, and occasionally water with liquid 
manure, if convenient. 
Celery. — Set for main crop in rows, three feet 
apart, and the plants six inches. 
Carruts. — Hoe often, until the tops cover the 
ground so much as to prevent working. 
Corn. — Plant the early sorts now, for late use, 
and for drying, if wanted. Keep the cultivator 
and hoe in motion among that already planted. 
Egg-Plant. — See that these have plenty of manure, 
both liquid and, solid. Do not allow the fruit to 
remain long in contact with the ground. 
Herbs. — Transplant from the seed-bed, and keep 
ivell hoed. 
Jf.lons. — Pinch back the ends of the vines, so as 
to throw' all the strength into the fruit already 
formed. Remove such fruit as will not ripen. 
Onions will need hoeing frequently to keep down 
She weeds. 
Has. — It is of little use to plant peas at thi3 
season, as they are almost sure to mildew. If it is 
proposed to risk it, plant at least six Inches deep. 
Seeds. — As soon as they ripen, gather and store 
fn a dry, airy place, where mice can not get at 
them. Save seeds of only the earliest and best- 
formed fruit, roots, etc. 
Swcet-Potatocs. — Do not allow the vines to root ; 
move them once a week, and keep free of weeds. 
Squashes. — Hand-pick the squash-bug ; this is the 
only effectual remedy. Allow the vines to strike 
root at the joints. 
Z'017iaC'JCS teliuulj lju DiafUl.ll Opon tic-lliaoo o£ oomo 
tind, to keep the fruit from contact with the soil. 
Brush or hay is better than nothing, and should be 
used if nothing else is at hand. 
Weeds are to be fought persistently, and, if 
possible, keep the horse and cultivator in motion 
among the larger crops ; it will do no harm if 
done every day. 
There will be much clearing up of odd corners, 
said of ground already cropped to be done, and ad- 
vantage must be taken of this time of comparative 
Msure to attend to it. 
Flower Warden and )L>avrn. 
Lawns require frequent cutting to keep the grass 
Seating fresh and velvety ; this will also kill annual 
weeds. Perennial weeds must be taken out when 
young, with a spud. 
Climbers. — Keep neatly disposed upon the trel- 
Escs, and provide supports forall such as need them. 
Lilies. — Tie to stakes as soon as they become tall 
enough to need it. 
Gladioluses will need stakes to prevent their 
flower-stalks being broken. Most seedsmen and 
florists now keep neatly turned sticks, which answer 
lery well for this. 
Annuals. —Quick growing eorta may hfi sawn 
aow for late flowering. 
RrenniaU. — Keep the ground carefully weeded. 
Saw seeds as fast as they ripen ; mo3t kinds will 
make plants strong enough to winter safely, aud 
Dloom ne"xt year. Some will remain dormant uu- 
til spring. 
Dahlias require some support for their flower- 
stalks. Remove all imperfect flower-buds as soon 
is they appear. 
Sub-Tro}ncal Plants, where grouped upon the 
lawn, need considerable care to keep them in a 
flourishing condition. Remove defaced leaves, and 
stake such as require it. 
Foliage Plants. — TVherc beds of Coleus, and other 
so-called "foliage" plants are used, they should 
"it back, so as to form compact, bushy plants. 
Greenhouse and Window Plants. 
It will be difficult to keep the plhnts in the 
greenhouse aud windo ws looking well at this season, 
unless considerable care is used. Plants should 
not be subjected to hot, drying winds, as these will 
soon destroy them. Shading of some kind is 
needed during the summer months, otherwise the 
leaves will become scorched. Admit plenty of air 
through the ventilators every day, and during warm 
nights they need not be closed. 
Commercial Matters— Market Prices. 
Gold has been up to 113 s « and down to 110 5 s '— closing 
June 12th at lit as oguinst 112^ on May 18th 
Receipts of Produce have been quite liberal since our 
last, and prices o! Breadstuff^ have been generally quoted 
lower, leading to an active business, in good part for 
export ; the decline in ocean freights helping the out- 
ward movement. Corn has been exceptionally scarce 
toward the close, and prime samples having been 
greatly needed for prompt shipment, values b*vo been 
quoted stronger Provisions have been fairly active, 
but at irregular quotations, closing generally in favor of 
buyers "Wocl has been in fair demand, and held with 
more firmness, on very moderate offerings of desirable 
grade. New Clip, especially California, is in better sup- 
ply, but held above the views of purchasers, in most in- 
stances, checking operations. Manufacturers are the 
chief buyers Tobacco is quiet, at rather easier fig- 
ures IIops, Seeds, and Hay are selling slowly, 
closing barely steady Cotton is in brisk demand, 
mainly for forward delivery, on speculative account, at 
variable prices, closing somewhat more firmly In 
most other lines, trade is slow. 
CUECKNT YVU0LKSALK 1'r.ICKS. 
May 12. June 12. 
PSIOH OP GOLO 1I27S; 111 
Fm>uk— Super to Jixtm Stale f& 80 a> 7 75 *4 50 a. 1 35 
Super to Extra Southern.... 6 SO ffiio ro 5 00 ©to so 
ICxtra Western GOO @10 r>0 5 50 <a to ^5 
Extra. Genesee 7 75 % 9 50 7 S5 @ 9 00 
Snperfinc Western 5 20 e$ 5 90 4 50 @ 5 25 
Kyk FLOtir.. 4 75 © 6 00 4 75 © 6 00 
Coi:n--Mi!.m.. 8 90 ® 4 75 4 00 @ 4 75 
wnevr— All kiimis oi wmte. 1 G5 @ l 87H 1 GO ©ISO 
c^reiiow' ' .■■"■ "..':. 'M i r l ' 8 3 i' B, * 
Mixed 81 @ R5K 82 ® 85 
White 83 @ 8G 90 ©110 
OtTS— Western 63 ® 6G 62 © 70 
State 63 © CG G2 @ 70 
ItTlt 101) ©112 103 © 1 0G 
Bmm.ky 130 ©170 Nominal. 
Hat— ISale, VlOHtts 1 00 @ 1 GO 1 00 ® 1 GO 
Stuaw, * H10 lis 50 ©100 50 ® 1 03 
Cotton— JlidillliiRS. * n> ... 18Ji@ 1SX 1SK«S 18% 
lions-Crop or 1873. V H 10 © 80 8 © 35 
Kk.vtiikus— five (leese.litt 58 © 65 50 © 6214 
SmtD-Clover.iS lb ... 10^@ 10.V 10 ® 10« 
Timothy. 9 bushel 2 75 ® S 00 2 90 © 3 121J 
Flux, *'< bushel.. 2 50 © 2 62 X Nominal. 
SuGAi:-r.efl'g& Grocery t>I> 6%® Vii 6^-ffl 9^ 
Mor.ASSKS. Cuba. V gal. ...... Rll ® 48 31 © 4S 
New Orleans. V gal 70 © 80 75 @ 85 
COPFKIC-ltio(Uohl) 17 © 21 17 © 21« 
Tomooo. Kentucky, fccifltt. 4^'© IS' 4X© 13 
Seed Leaf, ifl lb 5 ® 65 4 @ 55 
iVnoi,- Domeslie Fleece, Jill SO © CO 30 © G2« 
Domestic, pulled, V It> 25 @ 50 25 © 52>j 
California, dtp 18 © 36 13 ® 37 
TAM.OW, ?lb 7M© 7£ 8 (3 8>£ 
OII.-CAKK— V ton 4150 ©13 00 4150 ©43 00 
Por.K— Mess, V barrel 17 !2X®17 25 17 90 ©18 TO 
Prime, in barrel 14 25 ©14 62 X 15 00 ©15 25 
BKliF— Plain mesa 9 50 ©12 00 9 00 ©1150 
I.a no, in trcs. & barrels, V ft . MJO 10X 11 @ \\% 
11" iiltr.— State, if) ft 26 © 36 20 © 82 
Western. ?! ft 20 © 84 16 © 27 
CltEKSB.. . 5 © 17jf 5 ® 15X 
Hkins— "f> bushel 1 50 ® 4 25 1 90 © 5 00 
Pms-Canada. free. V bu ... 120 ©125 120 ©122)4 
Eoos-Fresh.'Sl dozen 14 ® 18 l''-v© 17 
Poultry— Fowls 12 © 19 lSXrgi 20 
Tnrkeys— SB 13 a 23 14 © 22 
Geese, '19 pair 100 ©3 00 1 no ©2 50 
Dncks. v pair , . 75 @ 125 70 & 125 
ia IT. 14 © 23 — © — 
Snipe. V dozen 175 ©2 25 — © — 
Pigeons. ?! dozen 100 @ 1 50 — ©,— 
Ten sirs V I'm •''» <■'' 7S '•• ©100 
new, V bunch — © — 4 © — 
C7nrs\GFS-TS 100 5 00 66 8 00 1 00 ®!1 CO 
Onions— e> bbl 7 00 ©7 50 Nominal. 
Potatoes— V bbl 2 25 Oi 3 25 — © — 
•• new. "pt bbl 10 50 ©12 00 5 00 ® 7 00 
Sweet Pm wtoks— $ bbl 7 25 ©7 75 4 50 © 5 00 
i ' \ v. iwts -"ft bbl 150 ©2 00 — © — 
P.nooM-cnuN 7 © It 5 ® 11 
STnAWREiT.iES— t' quart 50 © 75 5 © 8 
Apples— Vimrrcl 4 50 ® 6 00 5 00 ©15 00 
CRANUEP.EIES— ^ bbl — © — — @ — 
BEETS, V bbl 1 50 © 2 00 1 25 © 3 50 
Celery, *> doz . 2 00 © 2 50 — ® — 
Gkken Peas, new, # bushel.. 1 50 © I 70 1 50 ffl 4 50 
String Peaks, new, %i crate 250 ©300 2 00 ©2 50 
Lettuce, V bbl — © — 2 00 @ 8 50 
Spinaou, Southern, $ bbl.... 175 ©2 00 — © — 
Tomvtoes. 1? Tate 125 ©150 80 © 4 00 
Asparaous, $1 doz. bunches. 60 © ..") 75 @ 2 50 
Water-Cresses. 19 basket... 50 © 75 SO © 40 
RiimAitn-Vlmiich 8 © 12 2X® 3 
Radishes— * 100 bunches. ... 75 ©175 1 00 ® 1 50 
Mapi.k Svoak 9 © 15 9 © 15 
Cinseng 125 ©185 — © — 
Cucumbers, V crate — © — 2 00 ©2 50 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care- 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist, 
from our daily record during the year, show at a glance 
the transactions for the month ending June 13tb, 1874, 
aud for the corresponding mouth last year: 
1. transactions at tue new yore markets. 
Rzi hits. Flour, meat. Om. i.-ije. liar lev. oais 
26 d's«/m lll'thav.l.ooo 5,849,000 1,915.000 167;i)00 58,000 753.000 
25 d's last m'tli290,000. 2,519,000 2,107,000 24,600 49,000 611,000 
Sales. [■imir. WliaU. Coni, Ilur. Ildrleu. Outs 
20 d's tliis ni'rh 237,000 4,107.000 2,312,000 S9.0"6 104,000 1,416 000 
25U's klel ln'th 294,000 2,:,O6,000 2,631,01.0 47,1)00 317,000 1,6)9,000 
3. Comparison with same period at this Unit luatyear. 
Receipts. Hour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. H'trlet/. Oats. 
26 days LSI 1... 359,000 5,819,000 1,915,000 16;,000 5S,0«j 753.000 
26 days 1S73... 813,000 2,627,000 2,712,000 103,000 75,000 838,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheal. Corn. line, llarleo. Oats. 
26 days 1871. ..H37.000 4.106,000 2.S12.000 89,000 104,000 1,116,000 
26 days 1873. .305,000 2,912,000 2,776,000 166,000 35,000 1,637,000 
3. Stock of gram in store at Few York. 
Wheat. Corn. Hoe. Barley. Oats. Malt. 
bush. bush. biish. busli. bush. bush. 
June8,1S7i.. 3S3.169 116.651 GS.1S8 1.573 323,343 74,669 
Mavll, 1S74.. 3K,33i 34,003 2 ,S39 41.125 53,27 40.939 
Anril 0,1871.. 1,036.091 128,692 20.379 118..-20 468,673 -15,475 
Mar. 9, 1874.. 1,320.813 754,511 26,378 61.416 751,375 22.276 
Feb. 9. 1874. .1.070,619 511.800 14,008 40,906 735,992 23,769 
Jan. 12, 1871.. 1,885,418 1,146,202 1,131 P6.118 514.117 3%482 
Dec. 10, 1873. .1,553,313 2,093,541 244,885 579,742 60.805 
4. Exports from New I'ork, Jan. 1 to June 11: 
r/..,,,. Wheat. Corn. Rue. Barley. Oats. reas. 
bbls. bush. DUSh. buol.. bufcli. bush bush. 
1874.... 957,783 15,083,540 7,021.9 413,193 100 57,785 236,916 
1873.... 5-26,562 3,241,919 5,393.119 20,8.3 16,526 18,046 38,200 
1878.... 363,380 3,212,961 6,966,769 252,624 22,6781 15,178 
1371....S71.090 6,153,72! 3,2 0,632 31,919 78.SI8 14,889 
1870... 727,097 5,135,282 13'i,559 36,595 9,378 
1869.... 420.294 3.802.539 1.328.809 40,101 
1808.... 403,536 2,580,805 3,559,097 158.093 39.008 
5. Receipts at head of tide-water at Albany each season 
to June bth. 
Flour. Wheal. Corn. Rye. Rarley. Oats. 
bush. bnsh. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
1S7I 6.500 3,179.900 1,319,600 110,7.00 71,1(0 54:1,100 
187:; 26,000 1,131,801 1.G72.900 114,400 13,000 346,900 
1872 22,400 900.800 1.988,500 135,700 337,000 787.200 
1871 48,500 2,511,500 8,ifl3,S00 E8.200 29.700 59:1.500 
1S70 38,400 1,900,600 127.700 41.200 78,900 382.500 
1863 28,500 1.53U100 718,000 124,400 11.S00 519,61-0 
1868 65,700 3,6847900 3,297,4«0 149.200 326,300 1,86-1,900 
1-07. ....17,100 21,700 592,100 28,000 28.200 279,5110 
I860 34,200 317,200 2,090,700 64.800 41,700 898.700 
1865 94,100 517,900 731,800 51,000 111,300 1,914,800 
rl'ew York Live-Stock Markets. 
BECEIPTS. 
were endino Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tot'l. 
May 13 7,893 38 3,683 17.747 35,325 61,191 
May 25 9.374 90 3,502 12,310 89,786 65,09-2 
June 1 8,073 86 4.410 16.039 39,053 67,666 
June S 9,095 33 4,332 16.977 36,773 67,210 
June 15 8,273 54 4,001 15,447 38.233 65,988 
Total for 5 Weeks.. 42.188 301 19.933 78.550 189.175 380.147 
do.forpreo. i iree*s35,G13 .212 11,050 57,232 163,691 868,837 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
<lc > So Ms« Month. .. 8.903 60 %M 14.308 40$73 
w. au.'jj>wa ' !6lOW»t '' 8ffB 134 ],200 10,695 31,5^3 
Beef Cattle.— The unprofitable business at tho 
close of last month left dealers heavy losers. The 
natural conseqnence was the diversion of 70 car-loads of 
stock to other markets, and a falling off of 2,000 head in 
the receipts (luring the first week of the present mouth, 
as reported above. This gave a firm tone to the market, 
and a recovery of all that had been lost the previous 
week. The improved tone gained strength the next 
week, and Die extra quality of the offerings helped the 
market to make another advance of &c. This improved 
feeling has marked the whole of the month' b business, 
and a steady market throughout, with a constantly ad- 
vancing value of the better grades, and a fairly active 
demand tor Inferior grades has been the result. At the 
close of our report the feeling is somewhat easier, and 
inferior Texans are decidedly weak, although the market 
was cleared early in the day of all supplies. Texans sold 
at 8>J @ 12c. $ fl>,, to dress 56 to 57 lbs. per cut. ; com- 
mon to prime native steers brought ll&C. @ l%Hc-i and 
selections to dress 58 to 59 B>s. ^ gross cwt. realized 
easily 12? 4 'c. © 13c. $ B>. 
The prices for the past five weeks were as follows : 
wekk kndino Rmwe. Lara? S-ites. Aver. 
May 18 9v@U»kc. iox@iiXc. il c. 
Mav"25 9:Y(ai3 c. 11 @ll\c. n^o. 
June 1 9X@I3 C. 11 ®11^C ll^c. 
June 8 8«@1S C. 11K^H\'C. H-XC 
June 15 8;Yfe;13Kc. U @12 C. 12^0. 
ITIilcli Cows.— Dealers have met a brisk demand 
for good cows, and comparatively scant supply has kept 
the price for extra np to $90 per head, calf included. 
Common fair to good cows are selling s.t $50 to $75 each. 
Calves,— -The market for veals has been irregular, 
and clo?es with a downward tendency. Buyers are hold- 
ing off, and business is dull, at4^c. @ 6JJc. $ fl>. for 
common to good State veals. Veals averaging 135 lbs. 
sold at Gc. $ tt> Sheep and Lambs.— The 
business in sheep is reported as having been a losing 
one, and early in the past month eheep sold at a loss of 
$100 per car-load to the owners. Slaughterers also com- 
plain of an unprofitable trade, and the market closes 
without any recovery. Sheared sheep are dull, at Sjtfc, 
@ 7c. $ B>. Lambs are also weak and declining, the last 
sales were at 8c. (7>i lie. \%1b Swiue.— The market 
for live hogs has been without business, all arrivals being 
consigned direct to the slaughterers. Dressed hogs have 
been easy throughout the month, with a gradual decline 
from extreme rates of last month to 7c. @ TJtfc $J lb. 
The bulk of the business at the close was done a* 
7? B c- $ B>., witli a tendency toward lower prices. 
