1973.] 
holders to realize. Cora closed steady, with a fair in- 
quiry, e f pecially for sound lots of mixed Western. Rye 
and Barley held above the views of buyers, checkiug busi- 
ness. Oats in good request and strong in price. The ex- 
treme scarcity of ocean frieght-room checked tho export 
movement in Breadstuff* and Provisions Cotton 
closed lowerand irregular, influenced by the Iar-e arrivals 
at the shipping ports Wool has been in very limited 
demand for all purposes at easier and yielding prices 
........ Totaeco, nay, and Hops, steady, but less freely 
dealt ln Provisions more generally inquired for, par- 
ticularly hog products, but at variable figures.... 
Seeds closed dull and weak. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care- 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist 
from our daily record during the year, show at a glance 
the transactions for the month ending February 13th, 
18T3, and for the corresponding month last year. 
TB4NSACTI0.NS AT TOE NSW YOCK 1IAKKKTS, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
S5 
tSd's last m'th. 356,000 2,258,000 l,380.'oOO iS,0M Mvffi MlS 
Sat.es. Ftmr. Wheat. Corn. Hue Pari** n„ie 
26 < Is «/s,n'tli.3l6.000 1,251.000 1,975,000 18 00 4<« OnS'l S» rail 
S6d'«;«.,£ni'ti..26s,ooo 1,955,000 altaslooo iliow m,m if&m 
«. Comparison with tame period at this time last year 
ip. .s» ?ss So %o w^' 
25 days 1872... 153,000 207,000 915,000 l,m mfiti Ssf'SSo 
S»I,B» Flour. Wlieat. Corn line Barlen Onis 
....205,000 1,306,000 1,814,000 31/100 273;000 lfoo'fiW 
Aeer. 
ll^c. 
11MC 
11 Xc. 
Stock of grain In store at JV«o York. 
Wheat, 
bush. 
Feb. 10,1873. 805,561 
Jan. 18, 1373.1,177,359 
Dec. 9, 1872..1,305,975 
1S73 
1972 
Com, Rye, Barley. Oats, 
bush. bush. bush. bush. 
3,189,195 39.580 463,931 959 134 
4,743,961 44,(139 57L0.il 1,367 187 
5,073,739 51,665 624,554 1,608,365 
Experts from Nexc York, Jan. 1 to Feb. 12 : 
%£■• V'V- , Cor "- "** Barley. Oats. 
bbls - A" B i- l,Dsh - busli. bush. biAh 
. 705,286 2.004,369 6 700 2 "fin 
. 836,639 2,073,208 70,603 _ 4* 
Malt, 
bush. 
173.100 
175.805 
215,326 
Peat. 
bush. 
6,158 
38,861 
CDRIiENT WnOLESALE PKICKS. 
PEtCE OF GOLD J i"jo 1 v 
r„ L n»1 n r S i. ln f r '? E *"'aStat'e *5 95 ® 8 00 
super to Extra Southern. . 6 15 ~-° — 
Extra. Western 7 in 
Extra Genesee 8 10 
Superfine Western... 505 
:te Flour J ,q 
sORN-Mkal. . 3 20 
3UCKWHEAT FLOCK— * 100 lb 3 60 
A he at— All kinds of White 180 
111 kinds of Ited and Amber. 140 
Iot.n— Yellow 67 
Uxed 
■912 •.- 
@13 00 
@10 25 
© 6 50 
)AT3 
'tate 
~- - capiat 
-Western 45 ® 
e 3 90 
<a 3 90 
® 2 15 
& 2 00 
<a 69 
67 
6 40 
7 20 
835 
6 25 
4 73 
Feb. 13. 
® 8 30 
<ai3 00 
®18 1111 
®10 50 
@ 7 00 
m 6 311 
" 90 
25 ® 
00 @ 
85 @ 
50 ® 
65 Vi 
. 55 
52 @ 55 
93 ® 97 
85 @ 1 18 
1 15 @ 175 
35 ® 1 30 
20X© 21 % 
42 @ 55 
50 @ 75 
9 ® 9K 
@ 3 75 
@ 2 10 
[® UK 
Ivklev 
Iat— Bale, * 100 Us 
traw, * 100 lbs 
iOTTON— Middlings, *'»'" 
lops— Crop ol'18i2. »tb .. 
'bathers —Live Geese, * ib 
bed— Clover, * lb 
gmothy. * bushel ' 325 
lax. 19 Imsliel 2 00 
HOAR— RetVg& Grocery *n> 
Iohssks. Cuba. *gal. 
ew Orleans, * gal ' 
off kk— liio (Gold) 
obacco. Kentucky, &c..V ib 
leil Leaf, * jb 
'ool— Domestic Fleece, * ib 
ornestlc, pulled, * lb 
ilifoinia. clip 
allow, * lb "" 8 
il-Cake— * ton ..'.'.".'.'.' 38 00 
)RK— Mess, * barrel 13 50 
•iine, g barrel 11 00 is 
SEP— Plain mess ... 10 00 ®12 00 
utn. in trCB. & barrels, * » 
irrER— state, * lb 
esteru, * lb 
IERSE . . 
ians— * bushel 
:as— Canada, free. 19 bu.!" 
M3S— Fresh, * dozen 
irLTr.T— Fowls . 
trkeys— 19 ib " 
lege, * pair '.'.."' 175 
icks, ¥■ pair ' 75 
rtridgps 40 
'tir 39 r\r,i . *n 
17 
55 
16 
9 
8 
60 
45 
20 
85" 
70 
\P 
50 
3 25 
2 85 
2 05 
67 
9 1 
® 57 
® 95 
® 1 25 
@ 1 65 
@ 1 35 
® 21^ 
@ 55 
50 ® 75 
9><® 10 
70 @ 4 00 
15 ® 2 25 
8K@ 11 
52 
63 
90 
75 
1 10 
75 
21 
42 
9 ® 
® 45 
@ 8V 
®40 00 
@14 00 
®U 50 
25 ® 42 
10 ® 23 
5 ® 15>i 
1 75 ® 3 75 
Nominal 
&5 
6 
8 
60 
10 
23 
8)< 
1 rai ' 
I 50 
. 00 
50 
35 
76 
5? 
50 
75 
65 
45 
9 
) 00 
this season of the year, upsetting all calculations regard- 
mg the markets, and causing heavy losses to owners" It 
seems strange that with corn so plenty and cheap at the 
« est, such trash, in the shape of mean little 5 © fi ewt 
111. and O. steers should be sent. here. The elements 
had something to do with the poor quality, for the blocked 
state of the roads, with extremely cold weather, keepin- 
the droves a long time on the way, pinched them out of a 
good many pounds of flesh. Texaus are in HeM snpply 
and close at 8% @ 954.C. per lb., some fat Cherokees sell- 
ing at 10c. Prices have declined about '/,c. per lb daring 
the month. Besides the live cattle figured in the above 
receipts, we are getting a good deal of Chicago dressed 
beef, the cold weather favoring sending. It sells at 4c 
@6c. for very poor, np to 7c. @ 9c. for decent to prime car- 
casses. Buffalo beef is also competing. 
The prices of the past 5 weeks were : 
Ian 2d q^iT- Lar " e ■ s "'«« 
Sf •■-•••'■■ :::: Ei- » W 
Milch Cows.-There has been an increase in re- 
ceipts, dealers counting upon an improved trade towards 
spring. They have been mistaken, and now the market 
is in about as bad a state as it well can be, with many 
cows unsold. Prices are much lower. The rates are 
$38® $45 each for very ordinary to thinnish cows of 
small size, $55 @ $65 for fair to good milkers, and $70 @ 
$75 for prime to extra large cows Calves.— is is 
usually the case at this season of the year, most calves 
are sent in dressed, hence the light receipts of live. All 
kinds have had a good inquiry, with somewhat variable 
markets, but prices have averaged high, though not sell- 
ing at the extreme rates of last month. Quotations for 
live, $8 @ $12 each for grass-calves ; 8c. ® lli/ 2 c » ft 
for ordinary to prime milk-veals; 7c. ® 9c for ho~- 
dressed grass-calves, and lie. ffl 15c. for poor to fatmilk- 
veals Sheep.— There was considerable excitement 
soon after last report, a sensational story about diseased 
sheep getting into some of the papers and nearly killin" 
the trade. Western farmers were charged with sending 
scabby sheep here, which butchers had bought and were 
killing for mutton. This story had its origin in the loos- 
ened wool, with occasional bare spots on tho backs u r 
eheep, caused by reeding heavily on corn, thus heating the 
blood and producing irritation. The story took many thou- 
sands of dollars out of the pockets of dealers, for which 
they had no remedy. Trade has not yet recovered from 
its lifeless condition, though people have ceased to be 
frightened out of eating mutton. The receipts have been 
large even for a good trade. The quotations are : 4' 3 c @ 
6c. for poor to medium sheep ; and 6'/jC. @ v/ 2 c. for fair 
to choice, a few extras going at 8c Swine.- Ar- 
rivals of Western dressed for the past 4 weeks were 33 - 
S97. As dead hogs pack to better advantage than We 
ones, and as the railroads can not bring all the stock for- 
ward which is pressing for an Eastern market, dealers 
arc killing their hogs at the West, and sending forward 
dressed. Live hogs too, are in full supply, hut prices are 
firmer. Quotations of live hogs, 5Jbc. @ 51Jc. ; city- 
dressed Western, 5%c. @ 6c. for heavy to medium, and 
6!ic. @ 6'4c. for light; Western dressed, 5i£c @6c ■ 
State and Jersey, 6c. @ 7j$e. 
7>i@ 
@11 37K 
@11 75 
® 42 
® 15 
® 17 
® 3 50 
® 1 13 
70 
8^ 
(3 45 
@ 2» 
® 16)i 
® 3 75 
® 1 20 
"^' a - *i (15 111 
ml -19 doz 115 65 125 
a-iso.v-* B 10 ® 16 
.RES-^ pair 50 @ 75 
hbits-S pair 30 ® 50 
'rxips— £ barrel 1 75 ® 2 00 
BnAOEs-19 100 7 00 ©10 00 
noss-Pbbl 550 §700 
oom-oies- f) lb 2 ® 8 
pi.es— new, id barrel 150 ® 3 « 
TATOES-iabbl 175 ®3 5TJ 
JET Potatoes-* bbl 3 30 ® 4 00 
BBOTS-* bbl 150 @2 00 
LEBY-* doz 150 @ 1 75 
10 
12 
125 
15 
30 _ 
12 ® 8 
15 ® 8 
75 @ 3 00 
75 ® 1 25 
70 @ 1 00 
25 @ 1 75 
6 ® 14 
25 ® 45 
15 ® 35 
00 @ 1 75 
00 @10 00 
® 6 50 
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answered. This seems impossible. More than half the 
letters asking for an answer in March will come to ns 
after we have gone to press. A letter reaching us after 
the 10th of February, has not a ghost of a chance of 
being answered in March, and so with other months. 
Your Kame, if Tou Please.— We 
always have more letters than we can answer and those 
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@ 3 50 
® 3 25 
® 4 00 
® 2 25 
® 1 50 
*ew York I.i, e-Sto< K markets. 
B fiil- C 1 K/S - Calves. Sheep. Smine. Tofl 
■ -'.806 85 703 OS ona ( i no o, „.V 
:ek EN'mso 
juary 20th.. 
inary 27th. 
bruary 3d. . 
brnarv lOtb 
'.alfor IWeekt.. 
,806 85 
7.417 105 
8,813 73 
_ 8.501 167 
.34,536 435 
323 
703 
673 
5S3 
753 
2.717 
3,194 
2D.900 44,722 81,216 
26.922 53.101 S8.S18 
27.903 23,105 60.4S3 
24.246 46.172 79 341 
104,973 167,1,10 309.761 
91,163 201,393 :130.755 
forprtv. 5 IPeeJfcs.'si 
fr*y »•** b zmi- % ps - c tr- ass- 5 4 ^ 
?■ <lo las Month.... 6,336 65 639 18.883 !n'»-2 
6. ao.pro,; Month.... * m 108 1.452 S uj& 
«eef Cattle.-The two principal Teatnres of the 
e dnrmg the past month are heavy receipts and poor 
Wty. Never before hare we had such large arrivals at 
7£i%',',l if? va ™ l 'J * 7fe ™- including many 
tZVwitcoZ„^ rj f t,ons '^ hkh ""• "" ow ™t6 smaller 
type ana condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
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Judd & Co. Post-Offlce Money Order's, 
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each, if sent by mail. Any of the last sixteen volumes 
(16 to 31 ) will also be forwarded at same price. Sets of 
nsmbers sent to our office wiH b e neatly bound in our 
Sundry Humbugs.— In looking over our 
monthly budget of Humbug material we get tired of the 
old dodges, and wish that we may come aoross some 
new development, just for the sake of variety. This 
time we have a surprise in the shape of an 
UNAUTHORIZED nEFEBENCE. 
Here are several letters containing cards of B. Fox &, 
Co., Canal street, New York, which say, " Parties doubt- 
ing our responsibility, are referred to the following well- 
known firm-Messrs. Orange Judd & Co., Publishers of 
the American Agriculturist, 245 Broadway, New York 
City," and then follows another reference. We wish 
to state that this reference is wholly unauthorised, and 
that we know no good whatever of B. Fox & Co. This 
reference to us fairly entitles B. Fox & Co. to a promi- 
nent place in our list of humbugs. 
PAWbTBBOKEKS ABOUND. 
There is a nice pawnbroker in Bond street, which his 
name it is Robinson. Rob. writes to a gentleman in 
Vermont that he has $300 worth of jewelry, silver- 
plated ware, "and sich," on which he loaned a young 
man $75. The young man has not called for his goods' 
and " for fear that he might have stole the goods " 
Rob. offers them to the Vermont gentleman for $100, 
provided he will not tell where they came from. This" 
is a very nice little game for Rob., but he knows another. 
He writes to a gentleman in Union Co., Pa., that ho 
failed in business ; his creditors seized all that he had, 
save about $500 worth of pocket cutlery, silver-plated 
forks and spoons, etc. Ho will sell the lot for $100, as 
be wants to go to California. There is a remarkable aim- 
