1865.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
promise to do, gold must go down malerially, and carry 
down with it the prices of farm produce, dry goods, etc. 
1. TBANSACTION8 AT TaK NBW-YOEK MARKETS, 
RECEIPTS. flour. Wieat. Com. Rye. Barley. Ou». 
28(t»ys«isin'th.231.00O 11.000 137.000 10.500 2-1.000 1TS.0OO 
21diiy»;a4<m'th.4S7„'iOO 1,78'J,000 317,000 63,000 6SS,000 i,S13,000 
Sales. Flour. Wieat. Corn. Hue. Jiarlei/. 
^iaya this mmnh, 267.000 461.000 3S4.000 33..i00 141,000 
24 days last mouth, 416,000 1,061,000 655,000 104,000 4*1,000 
9. Comparison tciUi same period at thin time last year. 
KKCKlPTS. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats 
11.000 137.000 10.500 24.000 178,000 
11.500 96,000 7,500 53,500 273.000 
tjALKB. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley 
28dayslS)65 267.000 461.000 3S1.0O0 33.500 141000 
24daysl8(>4 297,500 2,573,000 1,467,000 29,000 102.700 
3* Exports from New-York, January 1 to January 20. 
Flour, 'Wheat, Corn, Kve, Oats. 
bbls. bus. bus. bus. bus. 
!|« «,742 43.8S4 5.530 141 
1864 90,334 633,800 4;7'J3 — — 
28 days 1863 . .231.000 
■« days 1864 232,000 
35 
1,825 
647 
ISCI 
1860, 
lt>59. 
Exports from New- York- during each o/6 years past 
Flonr, Wheat, Corn, Kye, Barley, Oat.« 
bus. bus. bus. 
846,831 58S 1.50 
7,5Si,431 416.369 5a,4;j'9 
I2.030,S)S 1,041.,>19 " 44001 
12.S39,S.50 1,000,405 3,927 
4,OS5.0S-> 450 S.2S0 
497,386 6.550 
bbls. bus. 
18ei....l,918,.592 12,193,433 
186S.... 2.527.338 1.5,42I.S39 
ISe-i ...2,961.518 2.5.564.755 
3.110,346 23,393.314 
,1,926.203 13.533.039 
033,516 297,587 
12' 
bus. 
42.135 
' " i56 
210.(;«9 
1 60.825 
103.076 
2,368 
5. Stock of Flour in New-York City, January I. 
Western Canal Flour, bbls 447,056' ifSm M?0*7 
Southern Flour, bbls 36,956 28,500 35 100 
1SB5. 
465.S35 
4,950 
37,463 
Total 495,113 ■i-^2:il 
607,257 50S,24 
6. 
Stock of Grain in New-York, January 1. 
iri,„,. , ■ , „**•»!• 1863. 1863. 1864. 186.'5. 
Whra , bushels.... .3,535,741 2,046,052 4,731,817 5.510,44-1 1,807.3.56 
Corn husliels 2,712,000 5,.57:?.911 4,3-S,013 1,731.320 164 414 
Rye, bushels 26,400 5,S500 3i,27l) 37,409 212 298 
■ '.S'ili **'--'"^ i'**''.-! 584.700 304,161 
. 491,790 774,375 531,312 3,541,836 3,018,301 
Barley, bushels. 
Oats, bushels... 
1860. 
1361. 
1863. 
1363. 
1361. 
Receipts of Breailstuff's at Albany, by the Erie and 
Champlum Canals m each of the last Jive seasons. 
Flour, Wheat, Corn, live. Barley, Oats 
hbl. buah. bush. bush. hush. bush 
''U?'™ n.!76.00fl ll.l.55.,500 322,100 2.967.600 6.490,900 
J'iB'rS f^-?*-'"''*' »3I2,.331 83>.;92 2.235,850 .5,973.333 
WS-'B. *i.667,8li6 23.809.882 748.897 2.56>.659 6 990,028 
l,Db0,800 22.206.900 20.603.600 470..500 3,lil0,500 12,13.<.500 
1,184,300 15,165,600 10,352,400 620,300 2 405 900 12 177 500 
CUKKE.VT Wholesale Peioks. 
Dec. 16. 
Floue— Super to K.xtra State »9 83 ®10 60 
Super, to E.\tra Southern 10 85 ®I5 00 
K)il:a Wustern 10-25 @13 50 
K.vtra Genesee 10 60 @13 25 
Superfine Western.. 9 85 ®10 10 
UVE Flol-e 8 50 9 50 
Coux .Meal 7 75 @ 8 60 
Wheat— All kinds of White.. 2 50 ® 2 "" 
All kinds of lied ' '" 
Corn-— YelloMT 
Mi.xed... 1 DO @ 1 91 
Oats— M estern 106 @ l 07 
Slate 103 @ 1 04 
Kve 1 ?2 (§, 
Baeley 173 @200 
Co-rroN— MiddUnss, per lb.. . 1 32 (ij 1 13 
Hops, crop of 1361. per lb 30 @ 52K 
Fkatuers, Live Geese, p. lb. ^ % SI 
Skbd— Clover, per lb.. .. '24 @ 25 
Timotliy, per bushel 5 75 @ 6 12X 
Flax, per bushel.. 3 45 @ 3 70 
SuoAE- Urown, per lb 16^(^ 24K 
to 50 
10 50 
10 10 
10 .50 
950 
825 
7 75 
2 50 
Jan. 20. 
@I0 40 
®I5 00 
®13 00 
®13 00 
® 9 85 
@ 9 25 
® 9 OO 
' ' 70 
2 25 tS) iblii 2 20 ® 2 52K 
1 70 ® 2 00 1 80 ® 1 ,82 
1 SS 
1 06 
1 05 
1 
® 1 90 
® 1 07 
@ 1 06 
® 1 70 
MoLA88Es.Xew.Orlean3, p.gl.. 1 lo'"@ 1271^ 
Coffee, Klo, per lb ,. 44)<® 48 
Tobacco— Kentucky.&cp.lb.. 12M@ 40 
Seed Leaf, per lb., 16 ® 65 
Wool— Domestic fleece, p. lb.. 90 ® 1 Vi\< 
Domestic, pulled, per lb 70 @ 1 02U 
California, unwashed 25 @ 67W 
Tallow, per lb . . 17"" 
Oil Cake, per tun 80 50 
Pore— Mess, per bbl 37 50 
Prime, per bbl 35 00 
Beef- Plain mess 18 50 
1 85 @ 2 05 
93 ® 1 OO 
23 ® 52K 
® 80 
23 ® 26 
3 75 ® 7 00 
3 60 ® 385 
17 a 23 
1 .SO ® 1 50 
42 ® 46 
12H@ 40 
16 ® 65 
90 ® 1 12X 
72>i@ 1 02)4 
23 ® 65 
Lakd. in bbls., per lb 
BnrTEE— Western, per lb.. 
Slate, per lb 
CUEESE 
Bean-s— per bushel 
Peas— Canada, per Bushel 
Eggs — Fresh, per dozen.... 
Poultry- Fowls, per lb.. . 
Turkeys, per lb 21 
Potatoes— Mercei-3. p. bbl... . 3 Oi 
Peach Blow, per bbl 2 7; 
Apples— per bbl 
Apples, K.I. Greenings per bbl 3 75 ® 5 50 
Apples — Uussets, per bol S 73 ® 4 50 
li)i® 18X 16J4® 17M 
@92 50 75 00 ®80 00 
®4I 50 40 50 
@36 50 33 50 
®21 50 20 00 
' ■Ua 20 
35 
45 
13 
3 00 
2 20 
43 
15 
18 
3 50 
3 00 
35 ® 50 
43 @ 58 
13 @ -24 
75 ® 2 90 
Nominal. 
37 @ 42 
IS ® 21 
2g ® 23 
3 00 
®41 50 
<S,.H 00 
®22 00 
® 24 
® 48 
@ 60 
® 24 
® 3 50 
® 2 35 
® 50 
® "il 
§24 
5 00 
@ 3 50 
5 00 ® 7 00 
6 00 ®7 00 
5 00 @ 3 50 
:>'. V. lAirc Stock ^Markets.— Beef 
Cattle have been less abundant, averaging 4,342 head 
per weeli. or 1,566 less titan in previous month, with 
small supply Jan. 17. Prices range at 21c. (2)230. per lb. 
csliinated dressed -weight, for best or extras ; 19c.fa'2'ic. 
for very good ; and so down to I4c. for the poorest. 
Average of all sales 15.!^c. or 16c. 
^lilcli Cotvs.— Average weekly receipts 6.3, 
with small demand. Very good milkers $70@J90. Ex- 
tras, $100 and upwards. Common to poor, $65®$45 each. 
Veal Calves are in less supply, averagiu" 
511 per week, and hiehertiiis week. The best I3c.fo>14c! 
ft>. live weight, and thence down to 10c. for poor. 
Slieep come in freely for the se;v<on, averasin^ 
14.594 per week. Wiih a good demand the last salel 
weiel4c per lb. live weight for extras ; the poorest 9Xc. ; 
other grades betw-een these figures, according lo quality! 
Live Hogs not .aljundaut, receipts aver.iginn- 
only 14,962 per week for the moiilh past. Last sales at 
14e.® 14>ic. per lb. live weight for best corn-fed ; 13ffi)I4o. 
for mferior to good corn-fed ; lie. for poorest still-fed. 
Live Stock Trade in N. Y. City, for 1864. 
As a matter of general interest, and for future refer- 
ence, we give our ususal summary of the Live Stock 
Tr.ade during the past year, taken from the records of 
our own reporters who have been at the principal mark- 
ets every Jlonday and Tuesday, the regular days of sale. 
These figures we have already furnished toother jour- 
nals, but repeat them here for the benefit of the readers 
of the American Agriculturist, and to thus preserve them 
in a permanent form. The principal places of sale are 
at Allerton's Yards on 44th-street, near 4th Avenue ; at 
Brownings and O'Brien's, on 6tli-street, near 3d Avenue ; 
at Chamberlin's. on Robinson-street, West of the City 
Hall ; at the Bergen Yards just over the Hudson river, 
where they are landed from the Erie Railroad ; and at 
the Western Hog Yards, foot of 40lh-street, on the Hud- 
son. Our tables include only the receipts at these regu- 
lar market places. Many Calves an<l Sheep are sold 
from barges at the wharves, and some animals of all 
kinds are taken directly to the butchers. These are 
probably balanced by those taken out of the city again 
on Government account and by farmers, and by butch- 
ers in neighboring towns and cities, so that our figures 
below give a fair showing of the actual consumption for 
food and for packing purposes, in New--York and its sub- 
urbs, BroolUyn, and Jersey City. First we have the 
WEEKLY EECEIPTS OF LIVE ANIMALS FOR 1864, 
Week 
endiii'j 
Jan. 5.. . 
.Ian. 12.. 
.Jan. 19.. 
Jan. 26.. 
Feh. 4.. 
Feb. 9... 
Feb. 16... 
Keb. 23 . . 
Mar. 1. 
Mar. 8.., 
Mar. K... 
Mar. 2'3... 
Mar. 29... 
April 5 .. 
April 12... 
.\pril 19... 
April 26... 
May 3... 
Mey 10... 
May 17... 
May 24... 
May 31 . . . 
•June 7 . . . 
June 14... 
Jane 21. .. 
June 2S. .. 
July 5.. 
.July 12... 
July 19... 
July 21! . . 
Aug. 2... 
Aug. 9.. 
Aug. 16... 
Aug. 23... 
Aug. SO... 
S,;pt. 6. . 
SepL 13... 
Bept. 20 .. 
Sept. 2T... 
Oc-. 4. . . 
Oct 11... 
OcLlS.... 
Oct. 25.... 
Nov. 1... 
Nov. 8... 
Nov. 15. . . 
Nov. 22... 
Nov. 29.. 
Dec. 6... 
Deo. 13 
Dec. 20 
Deo. 27... 
Totals . . 
Weekly av 
Rets of 
CaJtle. 
4,022 
4,149 
4.S45 
6,3l'3 
8,21)0 
4,3.52 
4.679 
4,^45 
3,291 
4,5-3 
5,S27 
3,V>9 
5,05S 
3,4S7 
4,-244 
4,,596 
4,1(IS 
3,900 
3,917 
4,969 
8,814 
8,579 
4,629 
4,417 
4,1 -69 
4,71S 
3.5I-4 
4,975 
3,766 
5,202 
5,561 
4,466 
5,290 
5,373 
5,714 
5,S66 
7,i'32 
5,567 
6,j95 
6,260 
6,437 
7,6SS 
6,511 
6,115 
7,1.34 
6.476 
7,413 , 
6,597 
5,777 
6,'245 
7,020 
4,787 
Ket 
Price. 
267,068 
5 136 
lOi 
11 
10} 
lot 
10 
10} 
la 
V2i 
13 
13 
13i 
14 
15 
15 
14* 
14i 
I5i 
16 
16i 
18 
lU 
16* 
16 
14} 
16 
15} 
16 
16 
14} 
1-4 
15 
15} 
15} 
16; 
m 
15 
14 
13) 
14.1 
14 
13 
14 
18 
13} 
14 
1:3} 
14} 
15 
15} 
Milc/il Veal 
14' 
L Olcs. 
115 
1113 
1.50 
144 
163 
14-3 
1,56 
146 
212 
213 
264 
2:J7 
179 
180 
iia 
203 
1-24 
184 
196 
1-29 
173 
216 
ISS 
229 
203 
143 
110 
16S 
162 
144 
158 
1.34 
137 
89 
1.30 
122 
140 
149 
127 
101 
108 
140 
113 
94 
97 
117 
102 
98 
93 
80 
Calres. 
7,5T6 
146 
621 
46S 
401 
329 
869 
496 
867 
8S9 
499 
510 
598 
508 
834 
832 
1,872 
1,732 
1,879 
1,'206 
1,270 
1,21)3 
1,000 
1,897 
1,521 
1,404 
1,8-24 
1,511 
1555 
2,r09 
2,705 
2,312 
2,S.s3 
2,704 
2,^36 
2,099 
2,94-* 
2,1113 
2,370 
2,799 
2,133 
2,192 
2,U7S 
1,50S 
1,953 
1.1158 
1,S86 
2,029 
1,965 
1,814 
1,275 
1,393 
1,025 
844 
.Shf£p 
<fc L'bs. 
76,861 
1,469 
9,561 
10,473 
15,394 
7.781 
14,979 
11.1.32 
1-2,281 
12,862 
11.777 
9,015 
14,672 
5,511 
12.430 
8,673 
9 676 
7,825 
lo.lSO 
10 917 
7 405 
5,637 
5.162 
8.043 
8.613 
18.326 
11,952 
18,372 
U.iid 
11,134 
14,147 
19,7-2u 
1!J,"47 
16.3.59 
15,440 
l!<,6-2ll 
21,279 
16,996 
21,11S 
27,051 
20,603 
22,614 
22,-247 
24,707 
2.3,840 
17,062 
28,271 
19,432 
25.512 
21,851 
19.274 
18,165 
22,6:57 
16,4S6 
777,990 
14,961 
Live 
JTogs. 
9,933 
6,863 
6,160 
6,640 
15,796 
5,:t77 
6,297 
7,603 
S,S44 
7,220 
9,960 
6,776 
8,861 
6,862 
11,379 
11,232 
8,814 
1. 3,3:32 
13,598 
12,877 
11,113 
10,614 
14,-221 
13,512 
10,035 
11,364 
14,287 
18,376 
13,360 
8,894 
6,.560 
8,920 
6,577 
6,143 
9,833 
6,281 
8,11.36 
11,105 
14,240 
14,635 
14,140 
11,7:33 
19,704 
23,6.59 
32.3S5 
2S,7'25 
24,973 
22.479 
26,436 
24,267 
15,884 
16,496 
The second column gives the average net price of all 
the beef cattle sold each week, the prices for the dif- 
ferent grades, running 2 to 5 cents per pound above and 
below this average, according to quality. The prices 
here are always based upon the estimated net or dressed 
weight of the four quarters, or Ihe cost of the dressed 
c:ircass to the butcher. The skin, head, feet, loose tal- 
low, etc., called the " fifth quarter," in ihe market, 
are reckoned against the expenseof killing, dressing, etc. 
Total 
3filch 
Veal 
Sheep £ 
Live 
AU 
Beeves 
Cows 
Calves 
Lambs 
Bogs 
Kinds. 
1864 ... 
267.068 
7,576 
76,861 
777,990 
657,' 92 1.786.037 
1863 ... 
26:3,229 
0,715 
86,2=8 
522.311 1,006.7731,924,598 
1862 ... 
•235,660 
5.2,5:3 
3»,-.>.53j 175,722:1,- 93.712 1,845,605 
1861 ... 
226,028 
5,316 
83.833' 527,35- 59-,599 1,8S7,327 
1860 ... 
226,747 
7,154 
4",162 514,191! 319,6-231,107,882 
Comparative Receipts. — The above table shows 
the annual total receipts of each kind of animals for 
five years past, and the lolal of all kinds of animals. 
Beef Cattle have increased in numbers each yc-jr.— 
ililch Cows decreased in supply after the -war upon the 
swill-milk establishments in 1860-1, but during the past 
year the receipts have exceeded even those of I860.— 
Veal Calves were crowded in very freely last summer, 
owing to the high price of beef, the short pasturage, and 
the advance in dairy producls, which led farmers to save 
all the milk possible. The receipts exceeded those of 
1863, by over 40,000 head. This will tell materially upon 
the future supply of full-grown stock, especially in 1867-8 
when these calves, if raised, w-ould appear as beef cat- 
tle, working oxen, and milch cows — 10,000 being neaily 
one-sixlh of the total number of beef cattle received dur- 
ing a whole yed.T.— Sheep and Lambs have also been sent 
to market more largely than in pi evious years, but the 
increase is about in the ratio of Ihe increased product ol 
sheep throughout the country.— Lmjc Hogs.—Tbe re- 
ceipts for 1864 fell off to less than two-thirds those of 
each of the two preceding years— due partly to the lack 
of corn to fatten them, and partly lo the resumption of 
pork-packing in Western cities, especially along the 
Ohio river where the incursions of the enemy in 
1861-2-3, materially diminished this branch of business. 
Beeves 
Cows 
Veals 
1,469 
Sheep 
14,961 
Swi?ie 
12,636 
All Kinds 
1864. 
■5,136 
146 
84,343 
1863 . 
5,062 
129 
693 
10.044 
21,092 
37.017 
1862 . 
4,532 
101 
5-2 
9,149 
21,1-20 
85,492 
1861 . 
4,268 
110 
630 
9,950 
11,292 
26,176 
1860 . 
4,360 
183 772 
9,883 
6,147 
21,805 
.\VERA0E Weekly Receipts.— This table gives the 
average weekly receipts for the whole of 5 years. The 
first table, above, shows the receipis at the different sea- 
sons. It will be seen that the supply of beef runs pretty 
uniform for this standard meat, seldom sinking below 
4,000, and a few times running up lo 7,000, but usually 
running only a little above or below the average of about 
5,000 head, as given in Ihis table.— Veal calves of course 
Ciime in most freely when lliey had a few weeks' growth, 
and especially when the dry pasture season arrived. The 
receipis of sheep began to be large snon after the June 
shearing. Hogs were sent forward in unusual numbers 
in May, June, and July, when farmers began to fear the 
failure of the corn crop— the largest receipts being of 
course after the cooler packing season opened in aulumn. 
Prices of Beef Cattle.— The following figures show 
the average wholesale price of all the Beef Cattle sola 
during each of the past five years, the figures being the 
cents per pound for the estimated dressed weight. I'. 
1864. 1863. 1862. 1861. 
l-Uc 91c. 7|c. 74c. 
1860. 
84c. 
will be noticed that during the past year the price war 
fully 50 percent above the preceding year, and very near- 
ly double that of 1862. Olher meats have advanced in 
about the same proportion, excepting swine, of which, 
in 1864, Ihe average price nearly doubled lh,at of 1863. 
Total Supply of Beef.— Estimating the cattle to 
dress an average of only 700 lbs., Ihe 267.068 head yield- 
ed over One Hundred and Eighty-six million pounds of 
beef (186,947,600 lbs). This at the average 
wholesale price of 14Jj'c. is neariy Twenty seven Million 
Dollars (S26, 795,823)— a nice sum logo to the coun- 
try from this city for beef alone— lo say nothing of mut- 
ton, veal, and pork. 
Where the Beef Comes From.— Of the 267,069 
Beef tattle recorded. 185,556 were yarded at 44th-street, 
and of these we have records showing the States to 
which they were credited, thus : 
From No. of CatlW From N^o. of Cattle 
Illinois, 93,210 Michigan 1280 
New-York, -37,7741 Pennsylvania, l']48 
Ohio, ^ 24,215i Connecticut, 920 
Kentucky 9,,345i New-Jersey, 353 
Indiana^ 6,979J Massachusetts, 292 
Missouri, 3,.351 Kansas " 149 
I"wa 8.282' Wisconsin '. 126 
Canada 8,0161 New Hampshire U 
Here w-e have 93,210 set down as coming from the sin- 
gle State of Illinois. Some of these were doubtless from 
Wisconsin and Iowa, but many more of those credited 
to New-York, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, came orig- 
inally from Illinois, and were pastured for a season in the 
former States. Illinois is a great Slate in more respects 
than one. If any doubt, let them ride over her magnifi- 
cent lines of railway, running North and South, East and 
West, indeed in all directions, and they will see where 
the cattle grow, and where the corn is raised to fatten 
them with. Our citizens who learn where the beef comes 
from, and our Western farmers who see where it goes to, 
and the money that it returns, will know how to appre- 
ciate the great lines of railroads stretching from this 
city away to the Mississippi, and beyond, and to be thank- 
ful to those who have invested their funds, and often 
sunk them in building up these great public enteiprises. 
