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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
807 
lunger. Of course farmers will sill now, or hold on; 
jn-t according to their hope ami fiiith In the liiuncillate 
■ueeeaa of our armies. The prloa current table gtveatha 
wholesale rales at the two dates n ad. Wheat and 
flour. Ihough materially lower than one uioitth ago, nro 
considerably hlgbei than Uiey wore a fortnight since, 
The dealings In " ""1. Cotton, Tobacco, Hay, Hops and 
Seed?, have been quite limited, and though sympnthlilng 
whir gold and bn adsluBs, are far less disturbed In price. 
The market, however, Is just now so excited and unset- 
tled, thai il Is difficult to fix reliable price quotations. 
The following condensed, icinpi i lie mm \ c tables, caic- 
fullv prepared specially for the American Agriculturist, 
show at a glance the transactions for a month ending Oc* 
tober 1Mb, with other Interesting comparative figures, 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT TUB NKW-YOBK UARKKTS. 
liKCKIPTS. Flour. Wlifut. Corn. Rye. Hurley. Oats. 
KdayafUtmtli.tl9ll.OilO 1,'HK.OOO l.ino,O0O 187.000 S> 1.000 I.<rs,ooo 
&dwaiaafm'Uu3i9,sM l.-^uooo i,s."j,ooo '.'.ooo. 51,000 1,3^1.000 
BAUBB, Flow. W'lteal. Com. Jtye. Barley. 
qrsMO month, 2T8.000 1S7.S0Q w.ooo 118,000 
S3 days Uut month, 457,500 i,i;;ii,ooo 1,121,000 5,100 1.000 
°j. Comparison toUli tame ttint last year. 
RSCBiPTs. Flour. >| vui.. Wn. &tic. Murky. Oalt. 
Wdaya issi sai.xn, ..siiWu 1,190.000 IS7.000 ssi.ooo 1,935.000 
8 days 1808... o3..JU0 ..Si'.UOO 2,303,000 S5.O0O 11,800 013,000 
Balks. Flour. "Wheat. Corn. Jlye. Barley. 
Mdayi ' M87,a>0 91,000 ns.ooo 
33 days 1st*; ^o.ouo 3,366,000 i.I'jj.ooo so.soo sci.ooo 
'J, Exports from New-York Jan, ] to Oct. 15. 
Floor, Wheat, Corn, live, Oats, 
bbls. bus. bus. bus. bus. 
18M 1,958,915 llJ)52.792 780,691 453 87,105 
ISta.... 2,816,705 12,983,583 7.114,701 415,349 117.r«) 
ISIS 8,446,323 111,037,373 9,3-38,103 1,010,018 133,031 
CUREKNT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Sent. 15. Oct 15. 
Klope— Super to Kxlra Slate ?9 55 @li> S.7 . $S 00 @ 9 15 
Super, to Extra Southern .... 11 00 ©15 50 10 50 ©14 50 
Extra Western 9 85 @13 50 8 75 ©13 00 
Extra Genesee .10 40 ©13 00 9 15 ©13 25 
6upcrtlne Western 9 35 ® 9 85 8 00 ® 8 50 
Kyk Flour S00@950 825®9 75 
Corn Meal. 800 ©8 50 765 @ 8 00 
Wheat— All kinds of White . 2 35 @ 2 55 2 10 @ 2 40 
Ml kinds of lied. 2 05 ® 2 35 1 SI @ 2 12 
-Yellow. 163 ©165 155 ©156 
Mixed 1 6»H® 1 63 152 ©153 
DATs— Western ss © 90 85 ® 86 
State S3 ® 89 81 @ 86 
Uyb 160 @ 1 65 ISO ® 1 40 
Uaklky Nominal. 167 ©195 
CoTTON-Mlddllnes. per lb.... 178®180 110 ©115 
Hoes, crop of 1863, per lb IS @ 38 15 @ 85 
Hops, crop of 18GI. per lb SS © 50 
r'EATHKRS, Live tiecse. p. lb.. Nominal. 72s<© 75 
1BKD — Clover, per lb. Nominal. Nominal. 
timothy, per bushel Nominal. 5 00 ® 6 00 
Klax, per bushel Nominal. S 00 @ 3 10 
<n;,i- Brown, per lb 19 ® MX 17 © 21 
UOLASsKaNew-Orleans, p.gl.. 105®125 90©110 
Goffkk, Rio, per lb .. .... 47 ® 51 SO © sax 
Tobaooo— Kentuckv,&c.p.lb.. 14 ® S3 12;.:® 40 
Seed Leaf, per lb 25 © 65 25 @ 65 
Wool— Domestic fleece, p.lb.. 1 00 © 1 18 80 © 9~X 
Domestic, polled, per lb 85 © 1 13K 65 © 90 
California, unwashed 80 @ 75 25 © 60 
Tallow, per lb. 18K© 19 15><® 17 
oil Cars, per tun 90 00 ® 105 00 75 00 ®80 00 
PORK- Mess, per bbl 42C2M@I3 00 43 00 ©43 00 
Prime, per bill 33 50 ©39 50 S9 00 ©40 00 
lj EEF _l'hiin mess 16 00 ©19 00 13 00 ®17 00 
Lard, In bbls., per lb 23M® MX 20 © 22 
Birrr-KB— Western, per lb. . . 40 ® 48 28 ® 35 
State, perlb 48 © 56 SO @ 45 
Cheese 19 © XX 13 © 21 
Beans- per bushel 2 50 ©2 90 150 ©2 55 
Peas— Canada, per Bushel... 200 ©2 10 2 00 ©200 
EaGS— Fresh, per dozen 27 © 29 2S ® 39 
Poultrt— Fowls, per lb 16 © 18 16 © 1, 
Turkevs. per lb 22 © 23 18 © 20 
Sim in,-' Chickens, per pair.... 50®100 50@100 
Potatoes— Mercers, p. bbl... . 5 00 © 6 00 3 00 © 3 50 
Peach Blow, per bbl 5 00 ©5 50 2 75 ©3 00 
llvkenians. per bid 5 00 ©5 50 2 50 @ 3 00 
Bs _ Western, per bbl... "m ©4 00 2 75 ©3 00 
Vniilce-Fall Pippin , i" ' bbl ■ 50 1 l»P @ 1 75 
Apples-i per bbl.; 150 i 2 00 2 00 © 3 w 
Ckwrerries. ]'-r bbl. I ' 00 i 
QniHoas, per 100 1 So @ 1 to 
New York Live StooW Markets.— 
Ul | | Cattle The wceklj receipts have averaged 6,277, 
an increase of abmil 300 over last ith. The supply of 
light, young and medium caiile continues large, while 
really line beeves are scarce. The market the past four 
weeks has been fluctuating, but closes firm at rales vary- 
ing little from one month ago. Prime beeves at lSf® 19c 
<p lb., for the estimated dressed weight ; medium to good, 
at 13>;(5>17.';C, and the poorer and lighter grades at 8(3)13. 
Milcli Cows.- Average weekly supply IKE. 
Prices about the same as last month, $40 to $70 for fair 
to good cows, and $80 to $90, and higher, for fancy milkers. 
Teal Calves.— The receipts have averaged 
2,300 per week. Good veals arrive sparingly, and sell at 
11012c. per lb., live weight ; extras bring more ; grass- 
fed calves from $0 lo fl2, according to quality and weight. 
Sheep anil Lambs.— Weekly arrivals have 
averaged —.752, a considerable increase over last month. 
I sheep have declined a little. Present prices 6 
Sic per lb., live weight, for the better grades. Lambs 
: I 50 3 $6,50 per head and 9!©10c per !b. for good stock 
Live Hogs. — Th'j average supply per week 
has been 13.516, which is much higher than at this time 
last year. Prime corn-fed arc worth 12(S>1.1Kc per lb. 
lire weight, Oraaa-fad swine, are selling at 0(a>llc per lb. 
Additional Contributions to the " Amer- 
ican Agriculturist Sanitary Fund." 
Win. Waits Tioga _..N. Y.. 
James Nichols Tioga " .. 
Jonathan WUber — ...Tioga " .. 
Mrs. O. M. Kllpatrlek... Allegany " ... 
Mar] Elizabeth Bollard. Allegany " .. 
Sam* 1 ! Iicmilt Haviland. Kings " .. 
Martin Todd Westchester " .. 
.A S Wood St. Lawrence " .. 
Joel II Liittenton Orleans " .. 
I'. II. Haves Broome " .. 
6. II. U. New York " .. 
James Stafford Essex " .. 
Geo, W. Leach IMcKean ....Pa 
C. S. Cobb Wayne " .... 
Elijah Passed Wyoming " 
Clias. O. Newton Hampden Mass . . 
A. Bowman Christian Ill 
Chas. Foster Champaign " 
Willie U. Taylor Greenville " .... 
N. Mayer Du Page " .... 
Mary M. Turner Cumberland West V 
W. H. Grant Monmouth N.J... 
Edw. Wheeler Kalamazoo Mich . . 
Mrs. S. J. Crossman Berrian " .. 
J. Brown Kosciusko Ind 
Carrie Wooters Franklin " 
Jacob Gcrssen Leavenworth Kansas 
J. Q. Cowee Shawnee " 
G. W. Gillett Lorain Ohio... 
Mrs. E. M. Baeyfogel Delaware " 
Louisa Van Tassel Mahoning " 
Geo. W. Page Litchfield Conn.. 
E. Dickerman Middlesex •' ... 
J. W . Trvon Rutland Vt 
R. M. Probstfeld Clav Minn... 
J. M. Kuntze Polk Wis.... 
J G. Staedler Sonoma Cal ... 
W. J. Cochran Warren Iowa... 
Lavinia P. Caldwell Buchanan Mo 
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The N. Y. State Agricultural Fair. 
This Fair held at Rochester the last week in Sep- 
tember, could Inot be noticed in our October number ; 
we shall, at this late day, only note down some general 
features. The thing which impressed us most as con- 
nected with the Fair, was the great numbers of intelli- 
gent, well-to-do looking, orderly people, who came to 
see and learn. We doubt if a finer representation of the 
agricultural community was ever assembled. No better 
comment upon our beneficent government, our general 
education, and the diffusion of knowledge through the 
agricultural and other papers, could be found, than the 
multitude assembled at the Fair. Another noteworthy 
feature was that the efficient superintendent, Mr. John 
Harold, had everything ready, and if the Fair was not at 
its best the first day, it was the fault of the exhibitors. 
Before the gates were opened, every pen and stall was 
provided with food for the animals which were to occupy 
them— an example whiclr other managers of Fairs wiU 
do well to follow. Among the conspicuous things on the 
ground was the Beater Hay Press, of which we have al- 
ready given a description. It always had an admiring 
crowd around it. Numerous Hay Forks were at work 
each claiming to be better than any other. Mills' self- 
adjusting Wind-mills were in operation, and appeared to 
be an excellent contrivance for utilizing a power which 
usually runs to waste, In pumping, etc. We thought 
that human Ingenuity in contriving a tiicai man] ma- 
chines to accomplish one end, had been exhausted on 
washing machines — but,inowersand reapers seem to be as 
numerous as washing machines. There were so many that 
we became (atigued with looking at them. Gaslerbrook 
<Si Biniis, ui's Willow Peeling machine shuck us as being 
just the thing for the purpose. The willow passes 
through rollers which loosen the bark and then it is re- 
moved by a scraper. Of course Doty's washing machine 
was there— it is making its way everywhere, The show 
of fowls was very large and fine. Some White Guinea 
fowls were new and curious, and some of the Cayuga 
Black Ducks looked "good enough to eat." The sheep 
men were present in considerable numbers, with speci- 
mens of the various breeds of this now favorite stock, 
but of these as well as the cattle, horses, swine, etc., 
we have not space to sneak. The Floral tent was a great 
centre of attraction— great in respect to ils size as well 
as its contents. It was arranged and tastefully jlcco- 
ratcd by Mr. James Vick. the well-known florist and 
seedsman <-i Rochester. The shrjwof flowers was good, 
and Hi.it "I fruil very fine. An excellent show of grapes 
was made I". I'. < .'. Brehm, of Waterloo, and C. W, 
.,i Rochester. \ collection from Uammonds- 
poii, was very good. Bronson, Graves 4 Selover,ol 
Geneva, N. Y., exhibited well-grown specimens of exot- 
ic grapes, including some of the larer kinds. The dis- 
play of vegetables was not large, but included some good 
specimens. Then: was a ecu.-ial lack of labels. Ex- 
blbltora should recollect thai we all know beets, onion-, 
and even bean-, but W« do wl h tli.-v would pul 00 the 
name of the variety. Bo we mlghl goon mentioning 
noteworthy things to an 
nothing, In short the fair wa the number 
ofUrlic- exhibited, In the attendance, in Ilia weather, 
and In the receipts, which wen lai i r New- York. 
The Pennsylvania State Fair. 
I 
The exhlhition was liold this year at Baslon, mi the 
finely arranged grounds of the Northampton County Ag- 
ricultural Society. Here were furnished to band fol the 
use of the society abundant room for easily damaged ar- 
ticles, in tltefinc central building. The cattle and Imple- 
ment sheds were well arranged and ample, and a tolera- 
bly level half-mile track added to the attractions, which 
In fact engrossed the attention of three quarters of the 
visitors. The very centre and best portion of the ground 
was given up to wiiat arc commonly called " aide shows," 
and some of these were of the most disgusting character. 
The days were rainy ; the attendance very fair, and the 
concourse of people very orderly and respectable. The 
show was full as regards most classes of farm imple- 
ments, and women's handiwork, and one would think the 
shops of the town had been emptied of most of their best 
looking wares. The show of horses was reputable, in- 
cluding some full blooded Arabs. As for .Yca( Cattle, 
there might belter have been none. There may have 
been a score all told— no Ayrshires, Alderneys or Here- 
fords — three or four Devons which were perhaps pure- 
blooded, two or three tolerably good Short-horn COWS, and 
a lot of grades. We were refused access to the list of 
entries by the Secretary, and could not blame him much, 
but felt ashamed with him and for him, for the credit of 
the State ; there were really almost none to show, There 
was not a single fine-wool sheep shown, but several pens 
of long-wools and some good southdowns, which are 
great favorites with the farmers of litis region and the 
neighboring hilly counties of New Jersey. The Swine 
show consisted of a very fine assortment of Chester Co. 
Whites, shown by three brothers of Chester County, 
besides a pen of 14- weeks pigs, by a near neighbor. The 
credit of the rest of the State was sustained by one Essex 
boar, and one naturally three-iegged sucking pig. Of 
the class of poultry we could not find a feather. There 
was some toloritbly good cheese from New York Slate, 
and fair butter from the neighborhood, but no good show 
of dairy products. As we were refused a sight of the 
books, some tilings may have been overlooked. The 
fruit show was only fair— good grapes being exhibited by 
Knox, of Pittsburg, and others— while that of vegetables 
and cereal grains was very meagre, but the tent in which 
they were was arranged with great good taste. It was 
a matter of common report that the Society was 
managed by a set of " politicians ," who used it to place 
themselves favorably before the public. _If this be true it 
is a disgrace to the fanners of this noble agricultural 
State. Certain it is, for some cause, the farmers of 
Pennsylvania neglect their Slate Society, so that its Ex- 
hibitions rank with county fairs of that and other States. 
The Nurseries at Rochester, N. Y. 
The genial climate and the great variety of excellent 
soil around Rochester have helped make it a focus 
of nursery business. VVe inonllona fen oi Ihi places 
we saw during a recout sojourn there, in the order in 
which we visited them. The Genesee Valley nurseries 
of Messrs. Frost A Co., cover some hundrc Is of nercs, 
distributed In several farms along Hie Genesee river, v 
large poition of their nurseries are on new land, and 
their stock presents an unusually healthy appearance. 
Over the ofiice of this establishment i< a remarkably fine 
specimen of Celastrus scandens, figured and described on 
page 244 (August.) From there we went lo the Mount 
Hope Nurseries, of Elhvanger <fc Barry, who have 600 
acres devoted to the nursery business. Their specimen 
grounds are widely known, and enable the visitor to see 
almost every variety of fruit in bearing. A broad, finely- 
kept grass walk extends for a long distance through the 
grounds ; this is bordered on either side by specimens of 
herbaceous flowering plants, ami beyond these arc speci- 
men hedges of almost every plant that can be made lo 
grow as a hedge. Nothing can be finer than the view 
from the elevated portion of this promenade. Their 
specimen vineyard is some distance from the home 
grounds, and contain mosl of out native varieties in 
bearing. One of the mosl altrai Uve things il this nursery 
is a large rock work pi; id with a great variety oj the 
cactus family, which gives one aino I excellent idea of 
\k ii us vegetation, without Hie trouble of traveling far 
to see it At Messrs. Seelye .s. Sibley's, where gran* s 
In cely propagated, were fine specimens in fruit. ,! 
