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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Feathkrs. Live Geese, p. lb.. ® 80^ 75 @ 76 
Seed— Clover, per lb 25 @ 26 25 @ 26 
Timotliv, per bushel 573 @700 600 @6 75 
FLA.X. per bushel.. 360 @3S5 350 @365 
Sugar— Blown, per lb - 17 @ 23 16 @ 22 
WoLASSK.^.New-OrIeans, p.gl.. 1 30 @ 1 50 1 35 @ 1 50 
CoPFKE. llio. per lb ... . 42 @ 46 39 @ 44 
Tobacco— Kent ucky,&c,p.lb.. 12>^@ 40 10 @ 45 ; 
St-etl Le^r. per lb. . IG @ 65 9 @ 50 
Wool— Doitipstir fleece, p. lb.. 90 (^ I 12!^ 87M@ 1 10 
Domestic, pulled, per lb T^5^rta 1 02>^ 65 @ 1 04 
Calironiia, unwashetl.. , 25 @ 65 22>i@ 63 
Tai.low. per lb le.SrO) 17>i; 15^® 165^ 
Oil Cake, per tun 75 00 @80 00 70 00 @"S 00 
PoKK— .Mess, per bbl... 40 50 @41 50 34 00 @(36 75 
Prime, per bbl 33 50 @34 00 29 00 @30 00 
Beef— Plain mess 20 00 @22 00 18 00 @2:i 00 
LATtn, in bbls.. per lb 20 @ 24 19K@ 24 
Bi-TTEK— Western, per lb 35 @ 48 S'i}4<^ ^1% 
State, per lb 45 @ 60 42J^@ 57!^ 
Cheese 15 @ 24 14 @ 24 
Beans— per bushel 2 73 @290 SOO @3 55 
Peas— Canada, per Bushel, .. Nominal. 2 SO @ 2 35 
EoGS— Fresli, per (iozen 37 @ 42 45 @ 47 
PouLTTiY— Fowls, per lb IS @ 21 22 @ 25 
Turkeys, per lb. . 20 @ 23 24 @ 25 
Potatoes— ilercers. p. bbl.... 3 00 @ 3 75 3 75 @ 4 20 
Peach Blow, per bbl 2 75 @ 3 00 3 75 @ 4 00 
Apples— per bbl 6 50 @ 7 00 
Apples— Kussets. per bbl 3 75 @ 4 50 5 50 @ 6 00 
Xlie N. Y. tiive Stoclc Markets have 
been very lightly siipplieii for a month past, owing to the 
blockade of the railroad by snow. Beef Cattle this 
week sold higher than ever befoie. Prices spasmotiic 
ranging fioia l^c.'S^lCc. per lb., estimated dressed weight 
for very poor cattle, to25c.fS)2"c. for extra animals. Oilier 
i.=ve stock have been almost as high proportionally. The 
regular supply is so disturbed by the weather that the 
present rates are no criterian for a week or two hence. 
Live IIoos are very scarce, the best bringing HcSH^ic 
per lb., live weight. Milch Cows have ranged all the 
way fiom $50(®$60 for oidinary to $SOi®$90 for very good 
and even $100 and upward for extra. 
New York State Agricultural Society. 
The Annual meeting of this Society was held on the 8th 
and 9ih ultimo, at Albany. A severe snow storm delayed 
the trains in almost all directions, so that the attendance 
was small, and the exhibition of dairy products, etc., mea- 
gre. The cordial greeting of the veteran Secretary, Col. 
Johnson, and the pleasure of meeting with so many of 
the tried friends and officers of the noble Society, aside 
from the interest attaching to the exercises, were 
pleasant. We ought to have more farmeis' gatherings. 
Certainly there is no class of the community more bene- 
fitted by a holiday, or who enjoy social intercourse more 
than intelligent farmers. But we heartily wish this 
Annual Meeting, calculated as it is to be very interesting 
and instructive, could be held at a season of the year 
wlien farmers might risk a journey of a hundred or two 
miles, with fair ability to calculate within forty-eight 
hours when they would get there, and when home again, 
and where they could get board for less than $5 a day. 
We had the pleasure of meeting several gentlemen from 
without the State, distinguished for their writings or in- 
terest in Agriculture. Among them Dr. J. A. Warder, 
of Cincinnati ; Col. Stone, of Vermont ; Col. Harris, of 
the Ohio Farmer; and Mr. Greer of Ohio. 
The officers elected for the present year, are : Pres't. 
Hon. T. C. Peters, of Darien, Genesee Co. Vice PresVs. 
Thos. H. Faile, Jr., West Farms, Westchester Co. Sara'l 
Thorne, Washington Hollow, Dutchess Co., Hon J. Staun- 
ton Gould, Hudson, Columbia Co., T. L. Harrison, 
Morley, St. Lawrence Co., John Butterfieid, Utica, Onei- 
da Co., Wm. Ely, Binghamton, Broome Co., D. D. T. 
Moore, Rochester, Monroe Co., Homer S. Huntley, Ca- 
taragus Co. Cor. Secretary, Col. B. P. Johnson, Albany. 
Rec. Secretanj, E. Corning, Jr. Treasurer, Luther H. 
Tucker ; Execittive. Committee, Elon Comstock, N. Y., 
Geo. H. Brown, Dutchess Co., Clark J. Hayes, Otsego 
Co-.H. J. E. Foster. Senaca Co., L. Blakesley, Oneida Co. 
Uticais proposed as the place of holding the next fair, 
tiut the decision is with the executive committee. Dr. 
Fitch continued his reports on noxious insects, treating 
of the hop-louse, currant worms, enemies of the potato, 
and the " bee-killer" fly. Dr. Warder and Mr. Gould eX' 
plained the efforts making to prepare flax so that it can 
be worked on cotton machinery. After the eveninc: meet- 
ing of the first dav, the members of the Society attended 
the reception of Gov. Fenton by special invitation. On 
the -seconit day a discussion was had in the' hail of the 
Sncif'tv. in resard to the best wav to establish a good dai- 
rv herd, at which was elicited interestins information, and 
after which the follow int; resolution was passed, viz.: — 
"That it is both excellent and profitable for the dairymen 
of the State of New York to pursue the policy as far as 
practicable, of obtaining their cows bv rearing their own 
slock for dairy purposes ; and that heifers should be al- 
lowed to have calves at tv\o years old." In the evening 
the retiring president gave the annual address. 
Notice— Increasing Clubs. 
Any number of subscribers can be added to a Club al- 
'eadv sent in, at the same rates as the original Club, if 
the added subscriptions begin at the same time. Thus, 
to a Club of four names at $5, other names can be added 
at %\ 25 each ; and so of other rates. Can not each of 
our present Club subscribeis add another name or two? 
We have stereotyoe niates to print all back Nos. desired. 
Containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into small 
type and cujidensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
The Stra-wbcrry Plants will be Bent 
out to subscribers early in April to the warmer sections 
of the country, and later to the colder regions. Par- 
ticulars given next month. For all information about 
purcliase of plants, see Mr. Knox's Advertisement. The 
Publisher has no plants of any kind to sell. 
Cattle Breeders Associatiou. — The 
Annual meeting takes place on VVetlnesday, March 1st, 
at the City Hall, Worcester, Mass. Numbers of repre- 
sentative breeders of each class of well bred cattle are 
expected to be present, the discussions will be valuable. 
Deatli of a Veteran Agricultural Elditor. 
Hon. EzEKiEL Holmes, M. D., Editor cf the Maine Far- 
mer, died at his home in Winthrop, Me., on the 9th ult., 
in the 64th year of his age. His life has been a very useful 
one. He has been the Editor of the Maine Farmer since 
its commencement in 1833, and identified with Agricul- 
tural progress in his ow n State, and throughout the coun- 
try. The loss of his counsels and co-operation will be 
very seriously felt, especially by the agriculturists of 
Maine and New-England, and his memory will be hon- 
ored by all who have ever known him. 
Xhis IViimber ofExtra Size.— In order 
to make room for the lengthy and valuable article on 
Hop Culture, without curtailing other matter, we add four 
extra pages this month at large expense. Probably this 
may be done in other. numbers, especially next month, 
when we shall give a prize chapter on Flax Culture. 
^jrlanderecl Horses Trom tlic Army. 
This terrible disease is fearfully prevalent in some of 
the Government Horse Hospitals. We have feared that 
it would spread from them, and now publish a commu- 
nication from J. C. Meyer, V. S., Cincinnati, O.. which 
asserts that it has spread most alarmingly. He writes us : 
" I would direct your attention to a great evil, which by 
your extended influence, you may be able to check some- 
what. Since the Government has been selling its unser- 
viceable army horses, the glanders have made their ap- 
pearance in my practice, and are extending to such a de- 
gree, that I fear, if the sale of such sick horses is not 
stopped, not only an immense loss will be sustained by 
the State, but also, that in a short time we may be unable 
to obtain the necessary horses for war purposes. Some 
regulation prohibiting the sale of such horses, which 
would be respected by the Government agents, as well 
as by private individuals, is most desirable, as the lives 
of men as well as horses are jeoparded thereby." 
Petroleum Advertisements — IVhy 
not Admitted.— The newspapers are getting rich on 
the broadside advertisements of Petroleum Companies ; 
some of the Daily papers of this City receive $1000 to 
$2000 a day from this source. We have a full share of 
these offered at tempting prices, which we would gladly 
accept, not only for the profit, but because the discovery 
of Petroleum is a good thing— we may say a providen- 
tial interference in behalf of the country, as the heavy 
exports of this article are materially aiding our National 
finances at this eventful period. But we are not able to 
distinguish the good Companies from the bad, without 
more personal investigation than we can possibly find 
time for at present. The best Companies are usually 
those which make the least show in the newspapers ; 
the operators who know they have a good foundation 
generally try to keep the stock in the hands of them- 
selves and friends. So, to avoid the danger of leading 
our readers into unprofitable or fraudulent enterprises, 
we feel compelled to decline all these advertisements. 
An Interesting- and Valual>le de- 
partment of this paper the present month, is the adver- 
tising columns, which are filled with the business an- 
nouncements of reliable dealers. No advertiser is ad- 
mitted whom we would not send an order to. If wanting 
what he advertises, and at the prices asked. Large 
numbers have been excluded, and we are sorry to say 
that many columns from good men were necessarily left 
out because they came after all the space we could pos- 
sibly spare was filled up. See what a store of good 
things are offered to select from. Seeds and small plants 
go so cheaply by mail (only 16 cents per lb. to any place 
in the United States), that one taking the Jgriculturist 
in hand and looking through the advertising pages will 
find himself almost as well accommodated as if most of 
the leading establishments in the country were brought 
together at his door. It is well to look all through the 
business pages ; they are made up at the convenience of 
the printer, so that one place is as valuable as another. — 
When sending orders, or for circulars, catalogues, etc., 
please remember the previous request to state where the 
advertisement was seen. Several business men have 
expressed great pleasure at hearing from the Agricultur- 
ist subscribers in every part of the country — from away 
dovm in Maine and Nova Scotia, to the most distant 
hamlet in the far West. Said one of these to us, *' Until 
I heard from my advertisement in your journal, I had no 
adequate conception of the vast number of people inter- 
ested in growing fruits, and planting seeds — I never 
before so fully appreciated the greatness, the boundless 
extent of our country, and the unity of interests and pur- 
poses pervading the whole — I have heard from thou- 
sands of individuals on a single subject, and they all 
unite and seem to think alike. How in the world the 
Agriculturist found its way into so many thousands of 
the most distant towns, is more than I can imagine — " 
Why, we advertised it everywhere, just as we should 
advise any man to do who had an unlimited supply of a 
good thing— let all the people know it. I( your neighbor 
close at hand wants it, so does your neighbor in Iowa, 
and Nebraska, and way beyond. 
ITIaple Sng'ar. — Mr. Joel Page, Westmin- 
ster, Windham Co., Vt., sends us a few more hints on 
sugar-making. He constructs his molds for caking the 
sugar as follows : He takes a plate of sheet-iron or zinc 
18X by 25 inches, nails cleats about 1 inch wide and ^ 
inch thick, thickest at the bottom, around the edges, and 
four lengthwise, equally distant, across the plate. The 
long divisions thus made he subdivides by zinc slips 
1 inch wide and 3^3 inches long into small spaces of con 
venient size for cakes. Mr. P. has 11 molds one way, 
and 6 the other on one plate. In sugaring off he boils, 
stirring carefully till a drop on a bright ax-blade, when 
cold, will slide off without leaving a trace ; then sets the 
vessel oflf the fire and stirs till the sugar begins to granu- 
late finely, when it is poured into the mold, which is pre- 
viously wetted, and set aside to cool. When the molds 
are inverted on a clean table the cakes drop out easily. 
Tlie American Rose Cnltnrist.— 
This little handbook contains the necessary directions 
for planting, pruning and propagating the Rose, and will 
be found convenient for the amateur. The list of 
varieties is a few years behind the time, as is the case in 
all works enumerating the sorts of those flowers which 
are yearly changing and improving. The cultivators* 
annual catalogues give the newest varieties.— A new 
edition, in neat paper covers, just ready. Price 30 cents. 
dliott^s ^Vestern FriUt CJro^rers' 
Guide.— This has long been a favorite work of refer- 
ence, especially among Western fruit growers. Its de- 
scriptions are brief, and it has a list of varieties which 
have been found unworthy of cultivation. A new edi- 
tion has been prepared to meet the demand. Price $1 50, 
Catalo^ne!*^ etc.. Received. — The 
catalogues of nurserymen and seedsmen are, at present, 
often more than mere price lists. They frequently contain 
descriptions of plants, with useful directions for culture, 
and in many cases are illustrated wiih engravings. B. K. 
Bliss, of Springfield, has issued his Spring Catalogue and 
Amateur's Guide to the Flower and Kitchen Garden. It 
contains the newest seeds and is very full of description 
and illustration. One commendable feature is, that it 
tells the extent of ground a given amount of vegetable 
seeds will sow The catalogue of A. M. Purdy, South 
Bend, Ind., contains a good selection of small fruits. ... 
. .The catalogues of Alfred Bridgeman's well-known 
establishment, at 876 Broadway, contain all the standard 
varieties of flower and vegetable seeds, as well as the 
novelties. ..J. W. Cone, Vineland, N. J., sends price 
list of grapes The different catalogues of EUwanger 
and Bari-y, Rochester, N. Y., would, if bound together, 
make a good sized volume. They seem to contain 
everything in the way of trees and plants John Van- 
derbllt, 23 Fulton street, N. Y., has a full assortment of 
agricultural implements, and choice flower and vegetable 
and tree seeds, as set forth in his catalogue J. M. 
Jordan, St. Louis, Mo., offers a good selection of nursery 
seeds, and in his catalogue sensibly commends the vari- 
ous agricultural and horticultural papers to his custom- 
ers The Reading, Mass., Nursery of J. W. Manning, 
has the usual variety, together with several Down-east 
specialties Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, publishes 
his Garden Calendar for 1865, being a catalogue of seeds 
and plants, with notes on their culture Reid's Nur- 
series. David D. Buchanan succeeds the late William 
Reid in the proprietorship of these celebrated nurseries. 
In his cataloRue. he prnmi^^es to maintain iheir leputa- 
tion for accuracy and good stock J. M. Thorburn & 
Co., have issued their catalogue of flower seeds, and 
Fpring bulbs. It comprises a full assortment. 
