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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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.1 freely on speculative account, at advanced figures, 
olosing, however, quite depressed. . . .Cotton has been in 
good request, but unsettled in price A fairly active in- 
quiry prevailed for Wool, at full rates, and a lively 
demand for Tobacco, the latter largely on specula- 
tion, :it improved prices Hops closed up more firmly, 
on .-^somewhat better trade and speculative call for sup- 
plies Hay, Straw, and Seeds quiet. 
New York Cave-Stock Markets. 
RECEIPTS. 
wf.kk bndixg Beeves. COxot. Calves. Sheep. Sieine. Toi'l. 
JulvM 11,13.1 9S S.0S5 27.23S 23,061 G4,07n 
JalySJ T.ft-,1 117 2,996 34,903 22,203 S7.2T4 
An". S R.7S1 ai 2.2C1 85,059 22,672 5S.S61 
Ang. 10 10,010 f3 2,:01 26,017 20,37.7 0.7,616 
Total for 4 Weeks.. 87,008 883 10.546 101,110 94,811246,424 
io.for prevAW'eeksMfiVJ 231 12,960 i~8,225 115,103 251,118 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Sirine. 
Average per Week 9,267 96 2,631 20,020 23.5T7 
do. (To. last Mouth... 9.149 5S 3,210 21,556 28,775 
do. do. prev's Month.. 8,137 60 8,086 15,710 37,835 
Beef Caltle.— The heavy receipts during the first 
week of the month were more than the market could 
bear, and at once reduced prices to the loweRt rates of 
the previous month. As usual, the poorest grades of 
stock suffered most, and dealers were glad to realize 
without losing more than $100 a carload. It was not that 
prices were too low here, but too high in the West ; the 
expectation of a scarcity, which had led bnyei-3 to give 
high prices for their stock, proved illusive, and a surplus 
■was met instead. A sudden falling off of over 4000 head 
in the next week, helped matters, and brongnt about a 
temporary recovery of % a cent, but this was soon lost, 
and the poverty of the stock brought in was a dead 
weight on the market, too great to be carried. To ship 
stock which sells here at $25 to $30 a head, is a waste of 
time and money, and the effect is to lower the tone of the 
whole market. Thus the market closed dull and irregular, 
with a wide range. Poor Texans sold for G}<<@1c., and 
the best, which were not good, for 9>ic. "j! lb. Ordinary 
cattle sold from \\@MV.z. $ tb., to dress 50 to 5S lbs. $ 
cwt. Extra brought 12Jf®13c, to dress 58 lbs. 
The prices for the past four weeks were as follows : 
week enbinq Iianae. Lctrae. Sales. Aver. 
Julv -'0 7 @f2YC. 30%®U c. 10»^e. 
July 27 8 @13 c. 10X@llKc 11 c. 
Aug. S 8X913 c. 11 (atlMc. llKc 
Aug. 10 7 ®13 c. 10iV@ll),C 11 c. 
ITIileh Cow's.— There has been a moderate demand 
for cows, and only a fair supply. The market has been 
dull, and dealers have held off for full prices. At the 
close common to choice cows, and calf, were held at 
$40@$75 a head Calves.— The market roi- coivoo or 
all sorts has been steady and without change. At the 
close the demand is fair. 6%@9Xc. $ B>. was paid for 
poor to prime milk fed veals ; 4®fic. $ Tb. for buttermilk 
calves, and $"@$10 per head forgrassers Sheep 
and Liasnbs.— There is nothing to note in regard to 
sheep or lambs. The market closes with fair demand for 
good stock, but easy as to poor. Sheep were selling at 
4 , 4 '@n i ic. $ lb. for poor to prime, and lambs at 0@SVc. 
^3 lb Swine. — There have been no live hogs offered 
for sale the past month. All have been consigned direct 
to slaughterers. Dressed hogs have been firm up to the 
close of the month, when they became weak and fell off 
a fraction, selling at 8K@93.iC. $ lb., for rough grass-fed, 
and SJ8®9c. for corn-fed. The arrivals for July were 
98,016. with an average price of 9@9Xc. ; for the same 
month of the previous year the arrivals were 132,497, with 
an average price of G)*.'®" 1 ,^. 
f ~-4 -«MO»- ►-•" ' 
liecenl Sales of SUortliorn Stock. 
.^•The sale of the stock of Messrs. Hughes & Richardson, 
of Lexington, Ky., on July 23d, realized $51,205 for 80 
head, an average of $730 each for 63 cows and heifers, 
and of $228.26 for 23 bulls and 6 calves. The highest 
price was $2,150 for a cow, " Lady Bates. Several year- 
ling and younger bulls of good blood, were sold for $75 
to $150. The joint sale of E. L. Davison, Wm. Warfield, 
J. G. Kinnard, and some other breeders, of 111 animals, 
held at the farm or Mr. Warfield, realized $31,500, an 
average of $300 for cows and heifers, and of $170 for 
bulls of all ages. At the sale of Messrs. Lency's herd, 
at Wateringbnry, England, -11 head were sold at an aver- 
age of $1,143 for cows and heifers, and $330 for bulls. 
The highest price paid at the sale was for a calf, "4th 
Grand Duchess of Geneva 1 ' a grand daughter of the 
'■ 7th Duchess of Geneva," which was bred by Mr. Shel- 
don, of Geneva, and was imported into England from 
the! litfid States in 1807. The calf brought 2.000 guin- 
eas or $10,400. At Messrs. Abram & Van liter's sale, 
in Clark Go., Ky., 69 head were sold for $30,830, an aver- 
of $618.26 for females, and $132.50 for bulls. At Warnock 
& McGiuhen's sale, July 28, 78 head brought $35,690, 
average (hr females $519.40, for bulls $148.40. It is 
worthy of notice, that on the whole those animals sold, 
that were purchased at the New York Mills sale last year, 
brought prices in advance of their cost. It is safe to 
conclude from this fact that prices are still advancing. 
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