1869.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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vessels. The shipping inquiry for Flour 1ms also been 
fair, and has been mainly for low grades of State and 
Western, fresh ground. Corn has been in request for 
home use exclusively. There has been a lively move- 
ment in Oats, chiefly on speculative account, bat at vari- 
able prices Provisions have been less Bought after, 
and have been unsettled in value Cotton has been in 
very light supply and limited demand at the extreme 
prices claimed by holders Wool has been quite mod- 
erately dealt in at about previous figures . . Tobacco has 
been active at advanced rates, particularly low gr ides of 
Kentucky Hay, Hemp, and Seeds, have been very 
quiet Hops have been more inquired for. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care- 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist, 
show at a glance the transactions for the month ending 
Sept. 13, IStiO, and for the corresponding month last year. 
1. THANSACTtOXS AT TUB NEW-YORK MAUKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat, Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
25 days (AH in'tli. 359.000 3,728,000 729,000 2,400 i,S00 879,000 
25 tla"ys/itslm'lli.317,ti00 3,553,000 l,3S9,O00 71,000 39,000 870,000 
Sales. Flour. Wlieat. <:>>vn. Rye, Barley. Oats. 
25d:ivs<, , iiim , ll,.324,000 4,589,0001,427.000 58,000 1,574,000 
S8dByste«m'tii.4S5.i)iiii r..!;s,nni 2,293,000 S9,000 l.o'.io.uiiii 
2. Comparison, with same peviaj. at this time last > 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat, Corn. Rye. Barl Oats. 
IS days 1869 359,0002,728.000 729,000 2,400 5,3 I 879,000 
26 days 1868 117,000 641,000 2416,000 3,500 49,500 713.000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Bai ' y. Oats. 
25day8l8C9 .. ,334,000 4,589,0001.427,000 51.000 1574 000 
26daysl868 ...387, 1,236,00 32217,000 31,000 1,910,000 
3. Exports from New Turk. Jan. 1 /oScpt. 11: 
Ftour. Whi it. Corn. Rye. Bat Oats. 
I860 975,290 11,615,661 1.551,077 111,006 i -. i m i : 
1808 642,952 3,385,078 5,300,515 153,093 12,159 
1SC9. 
Sept. 6.... 
All,'. '.'... 
July 10... 
June 7 
May 11... 
Apr 1(1... 
March 12. 
Teh. 10... 
Jan. 13. . . 
isr,s. 
i it . 
Nov. 10... 
Oct. 12..., 
Sept. u ... 
Aug. 11... 
Stock of grain in store at New York : 
Wheat, 
hush. 
745,121 
bush. 
Rye, Barh », 
bush. bash. 
Oats, 
bush. 
. 634,262 
... 531,657 
I ., ., 
.1,056,048 
Malt. 
bush. 
IS 1,920 134,870 
50,219 105^)58 
259,985 97,177 
>>:..'" ; mi Mi; 
613,166 
127,736 56,081 
2->:;.l.v-, 77.707 361 
328,613 71,418 2,966 
385,241 107,546 383 
331.156 107.MI2 17.681 
..1,684.63! 1,1180.709 llil.OOS 18.281 Mis, III) 066'il 
..1,990,416 1,301,167 211,880 61,616 S.OOO.r.; 50,095 
..7.7iis,i;09 1.4l>;.04i; 225.182 91,384 2.390,: -:9 58.034 
...3,524,172 1,509,233 263,260 54,710 2. 
..3475,541 2,005,819 237,101342,921 3.011. 591 90.520 
..1321,057 -'.;; 3,3 I 123,21* 171.055 ' 3.691 
... 4S-1.S06 2.50S.7J4 3!,825 22.020 1.303.936 59.651 
. . 246,549 2.141,590 16,990 256,427 97.004 
. . 585,370 1,611,408 575 l-o. 92,995 
Cur.REXT WHOLESALE PutCES. 
Price of Gold 
Flour— Super to Extra state 
Super to Extra Southern. .. 
Extra Western 
Extra Genesee 
Superfine Western 
It ye Flour 
Coax Meat 
Wiikvt— All kinds or White 
All kintls or lied and Amber. 
Corn-— Yellow 
Mixed . 
Oats— Western 
State 
liYE 
lUm.EY 
Hat— Hale. 79 100 1b 
Straw, ^i 100 lb 
Cotton^ Middlings, w lb ... 
Hors— Crop of 1869, T' It- 
Feathers —Live deese. i* n.. 
Seed— Clover, V n 
Timothy. > bnshel 
Flax, » bushel 
Sugar— Brown, 9 lb 
Mol issES, Cuba, Vgal 
Coffee— Itio.fCold. in bond) 
Tobacco. Kentucky, &C. VII.. 
Seed Leaf. i» lb 
Wool— Dome-tic- I 
Domestic, putled, f' It. 
California, unwashed 
Tallow, 73 tb 
Oil-Cake— i? ton 
Pork— Mess, 7j* barrel 
Prime. 79 barrel 
Beef— Plain mess 
1, i RD, in ties. A: barrels, 7' lb. 
Butter — Western, f' lb 
State. 9 lb 
Cheese . . . 
JIbaxs— 1» bushel.. ... 
iv. is— Canada, free, V bush.., 
Eggs— Fresh, "f dozen ... 
Poultry— Fowls, %< tb 
Turkeys, 9 lb 
Potatoes, New— V bbl 
Apples— * barrel 
Sweet Potatoes, flbbl 
Tl RN-IPS-fl 1.1,1 
C \nn\r, es— V 100 
Oxioxs— Tp bbl 
Greex Corn— 781O0 
Tomatoes- yi run.. 
Cucumbers— ¥> 100 
Peaches— 9 basket . . . 
Squashes— V bbl . . 
Pears— Til bbl 
Melons— * hid 
Watm:vei.,,x-— Tjl PHI 
GH vers— V IT, 
l-aouMCoRX— V lb 
Aug. 14. 
134K 
5 85 
II 65 
6 60 
7 50 
5 85 
4 47 
5 III 
1 65 
1 45 
1 is 
85 
75 
74 
1 23 
1 50 
60 
1 00 
7 
F5 
13 
4 75 
2 50 
50 
a 12 i>i 
©12 00 
@ 9 00 
g 6 15 
& 6 75 
<3 6 20 
(§) 1 90 
,. 1 ill 
m, 1 22 
ia l 20 
r. ;.; 
@ 76 
© 1 28 
@ 1 60 
% 1 25 
13 1 50 
S4>7. 
® 12 
@ 95 
@ 1 1 
@ 5 25 
■ : 65 
10K® 13X 
Sept. 13. 
135K 
.... 
15 
6 ".'I 7711 50 
6 25 @11 00 
- s 
(S 6 25 
ia 6 50 
CS 6 25 
IS, 1 80 
.... 1 70 
1 1 3 a 1 28 
97 ,-,: 1 1: 
65 is 71 
1.1 (.0 69 
1 15 is 1 20 
7 20 
5 75 
I 30 
5 25 
1 55 
1 : 
1 is 
1 30 
(St 1 05 
65 i.(i 1 05 
34)4 
1! (S 20 
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13 is 14 
1 50 ... 4 75 
50 
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11 
5 is 
123T 
17 
IS* 
60 
12 V 
117. 
41 @ 60 
32 is 48 
2.' IS 35 
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50 00 ia51 50 
S3 75 . • 
:: 7". 1 i > 50 
111 
60 
47 
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16 
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1 40 
1 50 
22 
20 
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16 
@ 2 70 
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iS 26 
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4 50 
75 @ 1 12 
60 @ 1 00 
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1 40 <» 2 70 
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20 is 23 
1 00 <■ 1 75 
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O — 
"*ew York Live Stock Jlnrkets.- 
The supply of stock for each department has been 
steady and even— excepting for the week ending Sept. 
(1th. when the supply of beef cattle was unprecedented. 
Butchers say, that there was never before such . mantity 
for sale at one time, while for quality we hope never to 
see its like again. They were poor, and many fit only for 
store cattle. We noticed an unusual number of what are 
known as " State cattle " in small lots, brought from 
within 50 to 100 miles of New York. The advance of >/„c. 
Iter pound the week previous called everything in, — good, 
bad, and indifferent, — and the result was plenty of bulls, 
dry cows, and small things. Prices at once dropped to 
their old standard of two weeks previous,— 15@ 1(',e. per 
pound for '"Tops." The new National Drove Yards at 
Weehawken, N. J., opposite 42nd St.. New York, were 
opened for stock on Augnst 30th, and the Butchers and 
Drovers for once agreed to have a jolly time. The table 
was bountifully supplied with all good things, and what 
sales were made were quickly settled. The grounds are 
not entirely completed, but 41) yards are ill readiness for 
stock, and the Erie R. It. will hereafter unload then: 
slock trains at these yards. The weather has been quite 
cool forthe season, and butchers have felt more like buy- 
ing. People, too, are returning home from their summer 
vacations, and more and better beef is called for, and butch- 
ers feel that they can buy something really nice even at 
a little higher price. Below we give the range of prices, 
average prices, and the figures at which the largest lots 
were sold : 
Alii:. 16, ranned 10 @16c. 
do. 23d do. 10 @16c. 
do. 30th do. 11 @!6)<:c. 
Sept. 6th do. 10 @16c". 
do. 13th do. 10 (516c. 
Av. 14»;c Largest sales 12V(S15 
do. lo^c. do. do. 13 (315 
do. 14', e. do. do. 1314I315K 
do. ire. do. do. 13 (315 
do. 14)|c. do. do. 13 @15 
Some few very fat Illinois steers sold on Aug. 30th at 
17c. This was at the new yards in Weehawken. The 
majority, however, of the best only reached lOVjc; even 
good steers, a little small for our market, were sold for 
1.5'. ; e. per pound. This advance, however, lasted only 
for a day or two, for the great rush of Sept. 6th sent 
down prices at least one cent per pound on all kinds. 
Indeed some of the poorest were sold by the head as low 
as $45<itj$50 each, or about 10c per pound. .HilcH 
Cows. — We notice but little change in this department. 
The arrivals have been steady and quite equal to the 
demand. Moderately good milkers perhaps bring a little 
higher price and poor ones sell slowly. Some few brought 
from $100@$110, but this is " fancy." Prices range for 
good from $S0@-$90, and medium to poor all the way down 
to $50, according to milking quality. . . Calves, — Very 
few really good, fat calves are in market. The price ad- 
vanced a little for the week ending Aug. 30th, and drop- 
ped again with the abundant supply of beef. Such as are 
really fat and good sell for ll@.12c, common fKgilOV^c., 
and inferior ones at 6c. and less Sheep have been 
plenty and not very good. The quality is perhaps 
improving somewhat, and prices keep about the same. 
The market has kept np and sales are steady. We can- 
not notice any advance in price. Lambs, if they are fat, 
go off readily at from S^ttrS^c. per pound ; for very 
choice 9c. is paid. Sheep vary from 417c. for poor, to 
(i'.c. for good. Some are still sold by the head 
Swine. — The arrivals have been a little less than those 
of last month and although the weather is more favor- 
able for keeping meat, the demand is not active and the 
market is dull. Prices are at least J4c, per pound lower 
than was paid last month. Dressed hogs, if fat, bring 
1214c. per pound. On foot they sell from 9@0?4C.; if very 
choice 10c. is paid. 
week ExmxG. Beeves. Cows, Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tot'l. 
August 16th 6.61' 
do. 23th 5.564 
do. 30th 6.551 
Sept. 6th 8,769 
do. 13th 7,068 
Total in 5 Weeks.... 34.569 
Ao.forprev. 1 Weeks 27,024 
110 
65 
119 
121 
H'? 
520 
436 
Beeves. Coirs 
104 
2,288, 
3,160 
2777:) 
2,401 
2.120 
31. V26 21.100 61.641 
31.675 21,682 65,146 
31,545 21.003 61.561 
3I/.KS ls.v.'l r.s.HII', 
" 18,000 67.136 
12,721 17.MS1 1(10.6911 S'.'O.bNJ 
10,594 131,471 89,391 279,417 
Average perWeek 6.914 
do. do. last Month 6,756 
do. do. prev's Month.... .6.283 
Average per Week, 1868 5,731 
do. do. do. 1867. 5.514 
do. do. do. 1860. 5,748 
do. do. do. 1865. 5,255 
ilo. do. do. 1864. 5,161 
Total in 1868 298.12S 
Total In 1867 
Total in 1806 
Total in 1865 270.771 07'7 
Total in 1864 267.609 7,603 
Calves. Sheep. Stcine. 
'7 .,41 34.436 20,149 
2,649 32,86s 
3.431 34.443 
1.583 27.1S2 
1,320 27.151 
1,200 20,000 
1.500 16.001 
1,511 15,815 
82.571 1,113,470 
293.832 3.300 00.91 [ 1.171.151 1,102.613 
208.8S0 4.SS5 67121) 1.010,0m) 672.000 
- 77,991 836.733 573,190 
75.021 782,462 660,277 
100 
S5 
105 
64 
04 
113 
115 
5.466 
a, 173 
50.851 
18.809 
80.605 
13,000 
11,023 
12,676 
978,1161 
ll:ilc"» Early Peaeli.— W. L. Sanborn, 
Princess Anne Co., Va., finds that the Hale's Early 
rots badly when green, is much attacked by the curculio, 
and will not bear shipping. He asks what has been the 
experience of others. It has a similarly bad reputation 
for rotting in some parts of Illinois, and some cultivators 
discard it, 
California, Fruit. — A quantity of pears, 
grapes, etc., were received in August by rail from Cali- 
fornia. Some of the fruit arrived in fair order, and Ihe 
experiment, if not altogether a success, was encouraging. 
Long after this fruit has been disposed of, we see at the 
ft 11 it stores and stands the siim of " California Fruit." 
and doubtless many buy Jersey Bartlett pears at a good 
price thinking that they came from California. 
containing a gnat variety of Items, including i 
griod Hints and Suggestions which we throw into 
type and, condensed form, for leant of spaa elsewhere. 
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a year that they turn editors, and they think so well of 
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The Fairs. — As we go to press, the N. Y. 
State Fair just opens at Eln.ira, and the meeting of the 
American Pomological Society is commencing at Phila- 
delphia. The American AgricuUurist'mW be represented 
at both these important points, as well as at as many of 
the local fairs as we can find time to visit. We do not find 
it expedient to make extended reports of fairs, as it 
serves the purpose of our readers better to have the in- 
formation gathered from these exhibitions presented 
from time. to time, rather than in the form of a dry cata- 
logue. A great exhibition is being held in New York 
City by the American Institute. This, though devoted to 
industrial products generally, contains much that is of 
interest to the agriculturist and horticulturist in the way 
of implements, etc. None of our readers who visit New 
York should fail to see this great display of the products 
of American skill. By the way, October is the finest 
month in which to visit New York. 
Ilowto Clean Barley.— " S. C. M.," 
South Carolina. When barley is dry and in good con- 
dition, and is thrashed with a machine, the beards are 
all knocked off and the barley is prepared for market by 
simply running it through an ordinary fonning mill. In 
Fngland, where great, attention is paid to the barley crop, 
