1871.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
85 
Commercial Matters— Market Prices. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care- 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist, 
show at a glance the transactions for the month ending 
Feb. 15, 1S71, and for the corresponding month last year. 
1. TBANSACTIONS AT TUB NEW-YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wlieat. Corn. Hj/e. Barley. Oats. 
25days</m ni'th.291,000 254,000 206.0011 17,300 104.000 217,000 
26dayaf«slm'th.304,000 276,000 198,000 5,600 317,000 291,000 
Uije. Barley. Oats. 
" 100 198,000 716.000 
Sales. Flour. Wlieat. Corn. 
85daysiM«m'th.S41,000 1,651,000 S79.000 
26 days (ml in'tli.321,000 2,044,000 973,000 47,000 216,000 811,000 
2. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour, meat. Com. 
25 days 1871 291.000 254,000 296.000 
26 days 1570 104,500 156,000 101,000 
Bye. Barley. Oati. 
17 300 104,000 217,000 
1,650 96,500 141,500 
Sales. Flour. }[7ieat. Corn. Hue. 
25 days 1871... 311,000 1.651,000 879,000 33.500 
26 days 1870.. .178,500 1,629,000 934,000 34,500 
Barley. Oats. 
19J.OO0 716,000 
139,0001,018,000 
3. Exiwrls from A'ew Tori, Jan. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. 
1871 226.SS7 1,006,917 129,562 
1870 193.353 1,212,227 40.8SS 
1S69 129,171 914,987 547,469 
1868 
79,307 201,6!S 966,847 10,218 
1 to Fed. 13: 
Rye.,Bar\ey. Oats. 
' 7,934 
1,987 
12.957 11,867 
5,653 
1871. 
Feb. 13.. 
Jan. 16.. 
1870. 
Dec. 15.. 
Nov. 9.. 
Oct. 10.. 
Sept. 12. . 
Aug. 8... 
July 11... 
June 7. . 
May 10. . . 
April 11. 
March 7. 
Feb. 11.. 
Sloe!: of grain in store at JS'ew Fork : 
Wheal, Corn, Bye, Barley, Oats, Malt, 
bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
2,203.677 311,471148,493 481,863 1,409,995 215,124 
3,685,116 272,618 157,730 554,491 1,736,936 216,394 
. .3,06 1.76.! 
. . .2.092,900 
..1.809,921 
..1,387,487 
..1,438,876 
-.1.281.913 
.. 706.478 
..1.158.052 
..1,845.186 
. .2.509.603 
2.902.63S 
20S.319 
30O.0OH 
476.514 
761,894 
589.973 
483,510 
69.845 
1 10.S29 
285,916 
484.176 
534,003 
14S.069 
110.SUI) 
53.391 
50,869 
25.137 
28,316 
21,891 
20.no: 
23.249 
39,089 
62,112 
500,397 
400,400 
184.803 
107.474 
106,101 
93.600 
91,630 
126.043 
1S7.172 
278.905 
322,425 
2.085,137 
2,125,000 
1 .679,658 
1,053,079 
691,766 
655.068 
' 488.143 
410.517 
756,811 
1,105.194 
1,139,672 
281,129 
237,453 
130,881 
119,046 
109.478 
108,775 
83,000 
99,988 
97.139 
36,214 
Current Wholesale Trices. 
Price of Gold 
Flour— Super to Extra State 
Super to Extra Southern 
Extra Western 
Extra Genesee 
Superfine Western 
Kvk Flour 
Corn-Meal 
Wheat— All kinds of White. 
All kinds of Red and Amber. 
Cor.tf— rellow 
Mixed. 
Oats— Western 
State 
Rye 
Ba.TO.BY 
Hax— Bale* 100 s> 
Straw, V 100 a 
Cottok— Middlings, $t lb.... 
Hops-Crop ol "1870. V H> 
Feathers— Li vo Geese, ^ R-. 
Seed— Clover, it) lb 
Timothy, %'( bushel... 
Flax, V bushel 
Sugar— Brown. ?) B. 
Molasses. Cul'a, ^aal. 
Coffer— Rio, (Gold, in bond) 
Tobacco. Kentucky, &c„ ^ ft. 
Seed Leaf, V tt 
Wool— Domestic Fleece,?* lb. 
Domestic, pulled. iP lb 
California, unwashed, 
Tallow, W lb 
Oil-Cake— fi ton 
Pork— Mess, ^barrel 
Prime,?! barrel 
Beef— Plain mess 
Laud, in trcs. & barrels, H* H-. 
Butter— State, 3* lb 
Western. ? B 
Cheese . 
Beans—?* bushel 
Peas— Canada, free,?* bu — 
Eggs— Fresh. ¥* do?.en 
Poultry— Pressed Fowls. . . . 
Turkeys, dressed, ?! lb 
Geese. %) ft 
Partridges, ?!pair 
Ducks. ?! B 
Ducks, Wild, impair 
Quails, per dozen 
Venison, per lb 
Potatoes, ?! bbl 
Sweet Potatoes. ?! bbl 
Turnips—?! bbl 
Cabbages—?! 100 
onions—?! bbl.. 
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Gold market has been stronger since our last, the price 
advancing to II214, on a more active speculative demand. 
The inquiry now from all sources is less urgent, and the 
final quotations are lll©lll'g. . . .Breadstuff's have been 
offered less freely, as a rule, and prices of the leading arti- 
cles have been quoted higher, on a fairly active business 
for the season, mostly for home use and shipment, though 
considerable speculative purchases have been reported of 
shipping gra.les of Flour, new crops Spring "Wheat, 
and toward the close, of the better grades of Oats, Flour, 
Wheat, and Corn, closing in favor of buyers ; — the foreign 
advices not having been equal to the anticipations of 
holders, and the reaction in gold, and firmness in ocean 
freights, tending to weaken confidence in values. The 
bulk of the stock of strictly prime new crop Spring 
Wheat now here, is under speculative control — held, in 
part, on Western account Provisions have been in 
more general request. Hog products have been held with 
more firmness. There has been an unusually free export 
movement in prime mess Pork, prime steam Lard, Bacon, 
and Beef, partly for English and French Government 
use Cotton has been plenty and weak in price, on a 
moderately brisk trade. The receipts at the shipping 
ports have been very liberal, and have exercised a de- 
pressing influence on values Wool has been more 
sought after, and has been quoted dearer. The offerings 
of prime stock have been on a reduced scale There 
has been a fair inquiry noted for grass seeds, particularly 
for Clover, for export. . . . Tobacco has been quiet at about 
former rates Hay in demand, and firmer Hops 
in moderate demand at easier and irregular prices. 
Sew-York Live-Stock Markets. — 
week ending. Beeves. Coics. Calves. Sheep. Su-ine. Tot'l. 
Jan. 23(1 4,861 75 796 24,895 11.796 42.423 
Jan. 30th 6.711 57 615 27.386 12,863 47,657 
Feb. 6th 5,083 58 1,009 33.117 17.873 55.145 
Feb. 13th 6.923 53 978 24.195 13.934 46,083 
Jb«i( in 4 Weeks.... 23,608 243 3.398 109.503 56,161191.308 
Ao.forprev. 5 Weeks 31,237 331 4,313 142,674 102,452 272,024 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Week 5,902 61 849 27,398 14,115 
do. do. last Month 6.247 66 863 28.535 20.490 
do. do. prev's Month.... 6.'JSA 89 1,509 34,689 24,381 
Average oerWeek, 1S70. 6.847 97 2,210 28,151 17,103 
Average per Week, 1809. 6.275 92 1.752 2S.S36 15,318 
do. do. do. 186S 5,733 105 1.588 27.182 18.809 
do. do. do. 1867. 5.544 04 1.320 22,154 20.605 
do. do. do. 1S66. 5,748 94 1.200 20,000 13,000 
do. do. do. 1S05. 5,235 118 1.500 16.001 11.023 
Total in 1869 326.280 4.8i7 91,083 1,4119,500 798,19!) 
Total iu 1S08 298.123 5.101! 82.571 1,413,479 97S.061 
Total in 1S67 293,838 3.369 69.911 1,174,15*1,108.643 
T..!.l ii : •■'". 2S.8S0 4.S85 62.420 1.040.(100 672.000 
Total in 1S65 270.271 6.161 71,991 836.73:'. 573.190 
Total in 1S64 267,609 7,603 75,621 732,402 660,271 
Beef Cattle. — Some interruptions to the trade have 
been caused by disasters on the railroads and heavy 
snows, keeping trains back, but, as a general thing, a 
good supply has been kept up. Prices have been rather 
uniform, and not favorable to the seller. Some of the 
extensive shippers have sustained heavy losses, and are 
reefing sails, hut new and venturesome craft put iu in 
their places, under a full swell of canvas. During the 
past week a single Chicago shipper sent in 1,794 live 
cattle, besides numerous lots ready dressed. Receipts 
of Western-dressed beef average from 300 to 500 head per 
week. It is now selling at 8!»c.(3yl0^c. per lb. Never 
before have we bad anything like this amount of dressed 
beef, some of it from beyond the Mississippi. There is 
great complaint of bruised cattle among those brought in 
alive, and a call is made for those "palace stock-cars," 
or something else, which shall remedy the evil. Buffalo 
meat continues to come forward quite freely, and really 
has an effect upon the beef-market, as it can be sold at a 
profit, and yet below the price of good beef. The cattle- 
market closes dull. Less beef will be used in Lent. 
Below we give the range of prices, average price, and 
figures at which large lots were sold : 
Jan. 23d, ranged 8 <§Yi53£c. At. 13Kc. Large sales 12 @\i l A 
do. 30th, do. 8 ®16 c. do. 13Jfc. do. do. 12X®14« 
Feb. 6th, do. 9 ® 16KC. do. 13j>£c. do. do. 13 ©U'i 
do. 13tll, do. 9 @16!ie. do. lS^e. do. do. 13 @14>J 
!Uilcli Cows. — The "Foot and Mouth Disease," 
more prevalent in cows than in other stock, has had a 
damaging effect upon the trade. There has been much 
more fright than the occasion warrants, but it was just 
as effectual iu checking transactions. The report that 
extensive milk-producers in Westchester and Dutchess 
Counties had been prohibited from sending milk to mar- 
ket— true in itself— caused a great falling off in the de- 
mand for milk, and, as a result, milkmen sought to dimin- 
ish rather than increase their stock of cows. Just now 
the excitement is subsiding, and there is every prospect 
of an improved fresh cow trade. Common cows are 
qu»ted at $50©$60 each; medium to good, $65®$S0, 
with a few prime at $90— rarely $100 Calves.— 
There is a steady winter demand for calves, but as most 
of the stock is sent in dressed, the demand centers upon 
that. Fat hog-dressed milk-calves sell at llc.(<7;12c. per 
D). ; common-fed calves, 8c.@'-0c. Live vary from Gc.@ 
8c. for those reared without "mothers milk," to 10c. (a) 
12c. per lb. for fair to prime milk-veals Sheep. — 
With only a slight decrease in numbers, prices have 
worked np slowly. The average quality is better, which 
partly accounts for the higher average. Many of the 
Canadian sheep average 115©130 lbs. by the car-load, and 
sell at 7c.f5.7i2C. per lb., live weight. The general prices 
are Sc.fglo'ic. for thin ; 6c.(77.7c. for fair to prime ; and7'.ic. 
@7!«c. for extras. A few of 150 fts. reached Sc 
Swine.— Here we have a great falling off in live, bnt 
dressed hogs have been coming in somewhat freely— 
7,001 average per week for a mouth past. All kinds have 
advanced more than lc. per lb., ruling steady for the 
past fortnight ; but as the packing season is nearly over, 
and Western-dressed pouring in rapidly, there is a weak- 
ness as we go to press, with every prospect of an early 
decline. We quote live atSUcTJ/S^c., with city-dressed at 
10 l ;ic.@llc, and Western-dressed at 9! ,c77.9"jC , light pigs 
reaching 10c. The heavy drain upon our provision market, 
to help revictual Paris, has helped the advance in hogs. 
Let Us Help France to Seed-Grain. 
Famine has conquered Paris. Bat when peace comes, 
as it must soon, famine will stare the peasantry of France 
in the face, for wherever the armies have marched and 
fought over the ground, and from whatever districts the 
forces of either army could derive grain and food, the 
wheat, rye, barley, oats, peas, and beans of the country 
have all been devoured. Throughout some fifteen of the 
grain-producing departments, embracing a territory as 
large as the arable lauds of the great State of New York, 
with seven millions of people, there is no seed left for 
the farmers. This fact appeals to the generous sympa- 
thies of our American farmers and grain-holders, and the 
moment peace is declared a circular will be issued from 
a responsible source, in New York, announcing what 
kinds and quantities of seed-grain are needed from the 
United States to meet the more pressing wants of the 
peasant-farmers in the wasted provinces of France. 
Even before the armistice, the Royal Agricultural Socie- 
ty of England resolved to take action to anticipate this 
want of seed. They have pledged a fund of several thou- 
sand pounds sterling, and many of the English country 
auxiliaries have begun to contribute small quantities of 
the much-needed seeds. But America should send as 
much as England and Belgium together. Let us be ready 
to give quickly and abundantly when the call comes in 
a way to be met.— P.S. Feb. IS.— The N. Y. Chamber 
of Commerce Committee just announce that they will 
forward to France, free of all cost for freight, etc., all 
seed-wheat given by Americans. The Treasurer of the 
Committee also offers to pay the freight to New York on 
any quantity exceeding 100 bushels. (Cannot a great 
number of villages and country neighborhoods club to- 
gether and each collect a hundred bushels or more ?) On 
smaller quantities the freight to New York should be 
prepaid. Some of the railroads will carry such parcels 
free — we hope all will. Note that spring wheat only is 
wanted for seed. Mark the name and variety on each 
sack. Send to " Storehouse of French Relief Com- 
mittee, No. G4 Pearl street, New York City." 
Messrs. Orange Judd & Co., Publishers of American 
Agriculturist and Hearth and Home, start the list with tho 
gift of 100 Bushels of Spring Wheat. Who speaks next ? 
-•-. —,«»»- »-* 
Annual Meeting of the K. Y. State Agri- 
cultural Society. 
The New York State Agricultural Society has a noble 
record. It has done, is doing, and will continue to do 
great good. There is no agricultural society in the 
country— probably none iu the world — which has more de- 
voted, self-denying, disinterested, and intelligent friends. 
It is always a pleasure to meet at the Annual Meeting with 
these noble old friends of the Society. But where are the 
plain, practical, common-sense farmers and fruit-growers 
of the State? We had the gentlemanly breeders of im- 
proved stock, inventors, implement-makers, nursery- 
men, and editors, but where are the farmers of the State ? 
They are at home, grumbling about "the Albany Agri- 
cultural Ring," and they will continue, year after year, to 
grumble and stay at home, leaving the management of 
the Society in the hands of a dezen or so of wealthy, 
"gentlemen farmers." Now, we have no disposition to 
find fault with " the ring." There are no nobler men. 
We cannot spare one of them. What we want is to see 
this ring enlarged. It should contain half-a-dozen of the 
best farmers in every county in the State. We believe no 
one wishes this more than the "ring" gentlemen them- 
selves. What they are afraid of is the politicians, the 
fast-horse men, and the nneasy radicals, who want to 
pull down without building up. But if the " ring" coHld 
know more of the true farmers of the State, and the farm- 
ers knew more of the "ring," mutual confidence and 
esteem would spring up, and great good to the agricul- 
tural interests of the State wonld be the result. 
The late Annual Meeting, held at Albany February S-9, 
was unusually well attended. The meeting convened in 
the House of Representatives at 12 o'clock. The Secre- 
tary and Treasurer's reports were read, and the meeting 
then proceeded to elect officers for the ensuing year. Do 
our readers know how this is done? The State is divid- 
ed into eight districts, and all the members of the Socie- 
ty from the district, who happen to be present, arc invited 
to meet in this or that corner of the room for the parpose 
of selecting three delegates to form a committee of twen- 
ty-four, who shall nominate officers far the coming year. 
If in the 1st district there happen to be four members 
present, one of them nominates the other three ; in tho 
2nd district perhaps there arc five members. This is 
much pleasanter. One of them is elected chairman and 
another names the three remaining gentlemen for dele- 
gates. And so the committee of twenty -four is formed. 
These twenty-four gentlemen retire and talk over who 
shall be elected. They call it "nominated ;" but it means 
