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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[Januaiit, 
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 
Dec. 14, 18IJ9, arid for the corresponding month last year. 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT TUB NEW YOHK 3IARKKTS. 
TiBCEiPTS. Flour. Wlieat. Corn, Rye. Hurley. Ontfi. 
24 (Imsthis nrih.5l9.roi0 3,173.000 729.0005)6,500 1,558,000 2.117,000 
29 clays lust m'i.li.471,000 3,763,000 1,656,000 35,000 S53.000 1,645,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn, llye. Barley. Oats. 
24dliys(7l!sm't.li.336.000 3.018,000 1,609.000 47,000 763,000 1.656,500 
29daystas(in'tli.312,500 3,811,000 1,965,000 38,500 3S1.000 1,537,000 
a. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Kkobipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
24 days 1S69 519,000 3,173.010 "29,000 56,500 1,538,000 2.147.000 
26 days 1S6S 423,000 3,297,000 983,500 241,000 711,003 2,306,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
24 clays 1869 336,000 3,013,000 1,009,000 47,000 703,000 1,656,500 
26 clays 1S6S 289,000 1,786,000 1,039,000 201,000 208,000 2,701,000 
Exports from New York, Jan 
Ftour. Wheat. Corn. 
1 to Dec. 11 : 
Jlye. Barley. Oats. 
1,461,664 17,661,647 1,616,801 142,512 46,594 4S.463 
967,977 5,585,844 5,785.037 153,093 82,537 
18S9. 
Dec 11.'.. 
.Nov. 10... 
Oct. 11... 
Sept. 6.... 
Aug. 0... 
July 10.. 
June 7.... 
May 11... 
Apr. 10... 
.11 arch 12. 
Feb. 10 .. 
Jan. 13... 
1888. 
Dec. 14. .. 
Nov. 10... 
Stock of cjr 
Wheat, 
bush. 
....3,810.563 
...1.610,030 
978,272 
745.121 
.... 034,262 
531,657 
637,877 
....1,056.048 
....1,684,633 
1.990,416 
2,708.009 
3,524,172 
■ain in store at New 
Corn, Rye, Barley. 
Imsli. bush. bush. 
833,909 59,043 235,906 
693,083 31,703 31.5S1 
445,063 31,407 
127,736 56.081 
253.155 75.797 
S28.613 71,418 
385,241 107.546 
394.156 107,502 
1,080,769 165,008 48,281 
1,301,167 211,880 SI ,61 6 
1.407.616 225.182 91.384 
1,509,233 263,260 54,740 
5,948 
361 
2,966 
383 
17,634 
York : 
Oats, 
bush. 
1,386,594 
231.581 
120.950 
183,920 
50,219 
359,985 
555,993 
613,166 
1,178,710 
2,000.457 
2,390,529 
2,864,354 
Malt. 
bush. 
77,097 
66.7S2 
67,094 
134.S70 
105.15S 
97,177 
109.746 
77,677 
06.664 
5'l,095 
rs.034 
236,001 
..3,475,541 2,005,819 237101312,1121 3.041.501 99,526 
.1,821,037 2,773,309 123,243 371,055 2,082,793 23,691 
5. Receipts at tide-water at Albany to Nov. 30th : 
1869. 
186S. 
1867. 
Flour 
bhls. 
..521,300 
. .440,900 
..331, 100 
Wieal, 
bush. 
18.023.800 
13.759,900 
7,054,000 
Corn, 
bush. 
7,038,800 
16,310.300 
14,582,400 
Rye. 
bush. 
251 .460 
S4S.900 
735,203 
Barley, Oats. 
bush. bush. 
3,159,300 4,831,300 
3,537,600 11 ,646,600 
2,626,400 6,876,100 
Cuur.KNT Wholesale Piuces. 
Price of Gold 
Flour— Super to Extra State 
Super to Extra Southern.... 
Extra Western 
Kxtra Genesee 
Sunerfiiie Western 
KTE Floor. 
Corn" Meal. 
-\Vimvr— All kinds of White 
All kinds of lied and Amber. 
Corn— Yellow 
Mixed 
Oats- Western 
State 
13621- 
liYE 
Barley" 
Hat— Hale* 100 R. 
Straw. V 100 it, 
Cotton — Middlings. 10 lb . . . 
Mops-Crop of 1869. V lb 
Feathers —Live Geese, ?» lb. 
Seed— Clover. ^ lb 
Timothy, i0 bushel 
Flax, $ bushel 
Sugar.— Brown, %> it 
Molasses. Cuba. If'aal 
Coffee— Jiio.(Gold, in bond) 
Toracco, Kentucky, &e..?*ib. 
Seed Leaf. V lb 
Wool— Domestic Fleece,?! tb. 
Domestic, pulled, 30 lb 
California, unwashed, 
Tallow, 38 Tb 
Otl-Gake— ifl ton 
Pork— Mess, ¥* barrel 
Prime, 38 barrel 
Bkbf— Plain mess 
La rd, in trcs. & barrels, 31 lb. 
Butter— Western, 111 Tb 
State, ill Tb 
Cheese 
Beans— ~$ bushel 
Peas— Canada, in bond, IS bu. 
EGGS— Fresh. ^ dozen 
Poultry'— Fowls it Chickens 
Turkeys. 30 Tb 
Geese, ® Pair 
Potatoes, New— 3j* bbl 
Apples— m barrel. 
Sweet Potatoes, 30 bbl 
Turnips— 33 bbl 
Caijrages— ^ 100 
Onions— 1?. bbl 
Cucumbers— 10 100 
Grapes— 3P Tb 
Broom-corn— 3-1 lb 
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5 90 
5 25 
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4 70 
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Gold has been as low as 121, but rallied to 123?£ 
closing at 121 1 / 2 . Breadstuff's have been arriving freely, 
more so than during any preceding month of the season, 
and prices have been further depressed, influenced in 
part, by the decline in gold. At the reduced figures, there 
has been a restricted business transacted. Export buyers 
have been purchasing less freely. There has been a mod- 
erate home trade movement. Some speculative inquiry 
has been noted for low grades of Flour, spring and amber 
winter Wheat, mixed Corn, and Barley. The general 
market has shown a little more steadiness toward the 
close, but has been without remarkable animation 
Cotton has been more sought after, and. on the whole, 
firmer. The available supply here has been quite limited. 
,, , , . .Wool has been in slack request at drooping rates. 
The auction sale of the 9th inst. was not very suc- 
cessful, though the prices realized were up to a fair aver- 
age of the open market rates for grades, similar to those 
offered at auction Tobacco has been quite dull, at 
about former quotations Provisions have been in 
moderate demand at irregular figures Hay has been 
held with more firmness, since the closing of river and 
canal navigation, but has been quiet Seeds have 
been quoted stronger in price, but have been slow of sale. 
Hops have attracted less attention, and prices have 
favored buyers. 
New York J,ive Ntoclc Markets. — 
WEEK ENDING 
Nov.... 14th... 
do. 22d... 
do 29th.... 
Dec 6th... 
do. 13th... 
Total in 5 Weeks.... 29,588 
do. forprev. 4 Weeks 31.960 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 7'ot'l. 
113 1,300 32,478 16,110 56.4S1 
103 359 S5.8S8 14,695 57,618 
84 933 33,171 18,451 63,083 
139 1,353 24,125 20,133 50,801 
125 577 38,483 12,327 58,106 
561 5,077 169,145 S1.70S 386,092 
459 8,083 172,213 82,965 295.0S4 
6,180 
. 0,07? 
5.391 
5.019 
6,594 
Average per Week 
do. do. last Month 
Beeves. Coics. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
do. do. prev's Month... .6,036 
Average per Week, 185S 5,733 
do. do. do. 1S67. 
do. do. do. 1866. 
do. do. do. 1S65. 
do. do clo. 1364. 
Total in 1368. 
Total in 1S67. 
Total in lsi',6. 
Total in 136: 
5,918 113 1,015 33.S29 16.341 
7,990 115 2,020 43,054 20,741 
82 1,734 37,371 17,338 
105 1,583 21.182 18,809 
64 1,320 22,154 20,605 
94 1,200 20,000 13,000 
118 1,500 16,091 11,023 
145 1,511 15.315 12,076 
...298,128 5,466 82.571 1,413,479 97S.061 
..293,332 3,369 69.911 1,174.154 1,102.643 
, 298.880 4.S85 62.420 1,040,000 672,000 
.. 270,271 6,161 77,991 836,733 573,190 
514 
5,748 
5,255 
i,161 
Total in 1864 267,609 7,603 751621 7S2.462 660.277 
There has been a constant decline in the supply of 
beef cattle since our lost report. Instead of an over- 
stocked market, we have a light and lively one. Prices 
have not advanced from week to week, as many drovers 
anticipated, and much of the stock was bought too high 
to allow the owners to realize a large profit. The quality 
of the stock has much improved for the last two months, 
and now it presents a fair average. Leaving out a large 
proportion of Texan stock, the average quality would 
be called good. The lean Texan cattle are far too plenty, 
and sell at too low a figure to place the average price 
high enough to be an indication of the value of good 
Ohio and Illinois Steers. Butchers still complain of dull 
trade, and are desirous of buying in small lots only, and 
of the best. Good fat bullocks sell quickly, at a little ad- 
vance on last month's prices, while thin, bony Texans 
fall a little below. Below is the list of prices, average 
price, and figures at which the largest lots were sold. 
Nov. 14. ranged 9^©17c. Av.13ftc. Large salesl31^@ 14^ 
do. 22d do. 8 ©16XC do. 14c. do. do. 13 © 15 
do. 29th do. S @16>sc do. 14c. do. do. 13 © 15 
Dec. 6th do. 9 @17c. do. 14!<c. clo. clo. 13Kca 15K 
clo. 13th clo. 9 @17Mc. do. 14>i'c. clo. do. 13!^© 15>4 
There has been quite a quantity of dressed beef and 
mutton brought from Chicago and sold in our market. 
The freight on dressed beef is much less than for the 
same alive, and it sold cheap, the owner getting from 
7@9c. per pound by the quarter or side. This fact, to- 
gether with an abundance of cheap poultry, had its in- 
fluence on the market price of livestock, so that really 
the advance is not so much as the diminished supply 
would indicate. We place the advance at about J«c. per 
pound, since our last report, on good grades, and none 
on medium or poor cattle jTIilcli Cows. — The de- 
mand has been quite lively in this department, and better 
prices ore paid for fresh cows. The light run of beef cna 
bled city milkmen to sell their dry cows for nearly 
enough money to purchase fresh ones. The very best of 
each market sold for $100 each, and upwards, including 
the calf. Good cows range from $S5@$95 ; medium, 
$65@$80, and poor ones all the way down to $40 each. 
"Veal Calves have been less plenty, and prices are 
fair. Fresh, young calves, if fat, sell quickly ; but if 
poor, and have been kept long frohi the cow, much less 
is offered for them. " Hog-dressed" calves have come in 
quite plenty during the cold weather, and influenced the 
market somewhat. Fat calves are scarce, and go quickly 
at 1214c@13c. per pound. Common, 10c@llc. Grass-fed, 
from 4c.@Gc, live weight. " Hog-dressed " sell from 
8c.@18c, according to quality and condition. . . Sheep. 
— We notice but little change in the market. Both sheep 
and lambs are plenty, and, we onght to add, poor. What 
our butchers want arc large, fat sheep, and we wish our 
farmers would learn this and send good mutton sheep to 
market. A sheep that weighs 120@130 pounds will sell 
a great deal more quickly at 7c.@8c. per pound than one 
that only weighs GO pounds will at 4c. ; and a difference 
of $5 or $6 upon a sheep is something. Prices for the 
past month range from — Extras, 6J4\c.@7&c. ; Medium, 
5c.@6c, and poor at 4c. or less per ponnd Swine.— 
There has been an advance in price since our last report 
of about i3C.@,14c per pound. The trade has been quite 
lively, and supply good. The quantity of "Western- 
dressed 11 has been quite enough for the demand, and 
sell for from 13c.@13!4c City and " Up-River dressed" 
bring 13J4c@15c.per lb. Live hogs sell forl0c.c7Jlllc.per lb. 
ftfitrserymen and Seedsmen. — A list 
of the principal dealers in all kinds of horticultural stock 
will be found in the Horticultural Annual for 1870. 
containing a great ■variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
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anywhere in the United States and Territories, paid in 
advance, is 3 cents a quarter, 13 cents a year. If not paid 
in advance, twice these rates may be charged. 
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York Banks or Bankers are best for large sums ; 
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Post-Offlce Money Orders may be obtain- 
.ed at nearly every county seat, in all the cities, and in 
many of the large towns. We consider them perfectly 
safe, and the best means of remitting fifty dollars or less, 
las thousands have been sent to us wiUtout any loss. 
Jles'isteredlLetters, midertlie new 
(system, which went into effect Oct. 1, 1S6S, are a very 
[safe means of sending small sums of money where P. O. 
Money Orders cannot be easily obtained. Observe, the 
\Ttegistry fee, as well as postage, must be paid in stamps at 
', the office where the letter is mailed, or it will be liable 
:to be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Buy and affix the 
stamps both for postage and registry, put in the money, and 
seal tte letter in Vie presence of the postmaster, and lake his 
receipt for it. Letters thus sent to us are at our risk. 
Clubs can at any time be increased by remitting 
for each addition the price paid by the original members, 
if the subscriptions all date at the same starting point. 
The back numbers will, of course, be sent to added names. 
The "S»eacb Grub Man."— L. E. K. 
of St. Joseph, Michigan, says of the " Peach grub man :" 
u Hc has been around here selling a private plan for 
keeping grubs out of peach trees, which seems nothing 
more nor less than banking up the earth around the col- 
lar of the tree ten or twelve inches higbin June and leav- 
ing it there until freezing weather in the fall. Yet simple 
as it may appear, it would seem by his subscription list 
that, he has carried off a considerable amount of money 
from these parts. The dose was administered at various 
prices, varying from 8 to 20 dollars according to the num- 
ber of trees owned by the victim. The same plan has 
long been in use I believe by some of our good cultiva- 
tors. Now it strikes me that it is bad enough to have our 
trees injured by the grubs themselves without having 
them attacked by a human vampire, who has filched the 
experience of others and then bartered it as his own for 
gold or greenbacks. 11 L. E. K. evidently takes the papers, 
and is not to be caught. 
Sundry Humbugs. — We are obliged to 
begin this year with a continuation of the same work 
that has cost so much time, investigation, and annoy- 
ance for many years past, viz., the exposures of the 
operations of the swindlers who prey upon the simple 
and unsuspecting, and very often upon intelligent people. 
Farmers, as a class, are subject to the attacks of these 
thieving operators, because, being honest themselves and 
accustomed to deal honestly with each other, they more 
naturally trust to the representations of others outside 
their own circle. We have abundant reason to know 
that the warnings and explanations of the American 
Agriculturist have saved many millions of dollars to its 
readers, and through them, to a multitude of others. 
Yet there is so large a class who do not yet read this 
paper, or come within the influence of those who do, 
that the swindlers still find their operations remunera- 
tive, though greatly less so than they would if this jour- 
nal could be bought off or frightened off— a thing very 
often attempted. Unwilling to advertise or give notoriety 
to these parties, or to give them the credit of pretending 
to justify their operations, we never publish any accounts 
of their various lawsuits commenced against us, though 
they are frequent. We should fear we were not do- 
ing our whole duty to our readers if there were not more 
or less suits pending against us by those whom we have 
daguerreofyped in these columns. It would be unfor- 
tunate should this class ever come to speak well of us. 
To our new readers let us say that the names and 
Post-Office address of nearly every man having a settled 
residence in this country, and also of most unmarried 
young men and women, including multitudes of boys and 
girls from 10 years old upward, have been obtained by 
various parties, in one way and another. These names 
are kept on lists, from which copies are purchased by 
the swindling operators — o/ten under false pretences, as 
that they wish to send out specimen copies of news-. 
