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inal in price Provisions have been in better supply 
and quoted cheaper, yet have not been active — Wool 
has been held with confidence, on moderate stocks of 
desirable grades, bat has met with a rather slow sale . . . 
Cotton has been in lively demand at irregular prices, 
closing firmly. The receipts at the ports the last two 
weeks have been unusually heavy Tobacco Seed and 
Hops have been quiet and withont buoyancy in price . . . 
Hay has been in good request and quoted higher. 
Cukrent Wholesale Pricks. 
Oct. 13. Nov. 14. 
Price of Gold 113X 111% 
Flour— Super to Extra State $5 10 ® 6 15 $4 75 @ 6 15 
Super to Extra Southern 500 @925 4S5 ® 9 25 
Extra Western 5 30 @ 9 25 5 25 © 9 25 
Extra Genesee 625 @ S 50 6 15 ® S 75 
Superfine Western 5 10 @ 5 35 4 75 @ 5 15 
ISy'k Floi-r 400 @ 5 75 400 @ 5 50 
Corx-Meal 450@5 30 380 (34 75 
Wheat— All kinds of White.. 1 45 @ 1 75 1 40 @ 1 75 
All kinds or lied and Amber. 1 00 © 1 40 1 05 @ 1 42K 
C'OR>f— Tellow 90 ® 95 82 @ 95 
Mixed 81 @ Seii S6 @ 90 
Oats- Western 52 ® 57 56 @ 63K 
State 56 @ 53 Nominal. 
1!VE 83 @ 95 90 @ 1 20 
Biklett 95 @ 1 25 85 @ 1 15 
Hat— Dale is 100 B 105 @ 1 45 1 12)<® 1 45 
Straw, '# 100 lb 60 ® 1 10 75 @ 1 15 
Cotton— Middlings, 9 ft... 15%® 16K 16%® 16& 
Hops— Crop ol 1S70. V a 12 ® 20 10 @ 19 
Feathers— Live Geese, 9 ft. 75 @ 85 75 © 85 
Seed— Clover, S ft 9«® 10K 10 ® 10& 
Timothy. 9 bushel 4 25 ® 5 00 4 50 @ 4 75 
Flax. V bushel 2 10 ® 2 20 2 10 @ 2 25 
Sugar— llr own. S ft 9 ® 119,' 8X® 11X 
Molasses. Cuba, W gal 13 ® 36 18 ® 36 
Coffee— I:io, (Gold, in bond) 9;,'® 13 9M<a 13 
Toracco, Kentucky, &C..V ft. 6!;® 13K "X.® 13 
Seed Leaf. ?1 ft 10 ® 75 S @ 75 
Wool— Domestic Fleece,?! ft. 45 ® 50 43 @ 56 
Domestic, pulled, $ ft 25 ® 45 25 @ 45 
California, unwashed 25 @ 33 23 @ S3 
Tallow, ?! ft i%% 9% 8&@ 9 
Oil-Cake— %< ton 40 50 @41 00 39 50 @40 50 
Pork— Mess, '■» barrel 20 2.1 @26 50 24 50 @25 00 
Prime, Tj> barrel 21 50 ®23 00 20 00 @21 50 
Beef— Plain mess 10 00 @1S 00 10 00 ®15 00 
Lard, in trcs. & barrels. ¥< lb. 14X@ 1&% 1SK® 15Jf 
r.cri'ER— State, ¥1 ft 20"® 47 20 ® 42 
Western, "# ft IS ® 37 15 @ 35 
CtlKESK 5 @ 15 5 © 15>< 
Beans— S bushel 1 40 ® 2 50 1 75 @ 2 75 
Peas— Canada, free, # bu.... 95 @ 1 00 120@135 
Eggs— Fresh. "» dozen 28 ® 32 28 ® 31 
Poultry— Dressed Fowls ... 16 ® 17 18 ® 20 
Chickens, Spring, ? ft 17 @ 19 18 ® 21 
Turkeys, dressed, V ft 20 @ 22 21 ® 23 
6eese.fl pair 1 50 ® 2 00 1 50 ® 2 25 
Woodcock, ¥> pair 87 ® 1 12 75 ® 85 
Partridges, $ pair 1 00 ® 1 12 75 ® 1 00 
Ducks, |tft — @ — 16 ® 20 
Prairie Chickens, P pair — ® — 87 @ 1 12 
Potatoes, V bbl 2 00 @ 3 25 1 75 ® 4 00 
Sweet Potatoes, *f bbl 1 75 ® 2 50 2 25 ® 3 00 
Turnips— 'i> bbl 2C0®225 100®125 
Cabbages— «< 100 7 00 ©10 00 7 00 ©10 50 
Onions— V bbl 3 00 © 4 00 3 00 ® 3 50 
Cranberries— ¥ bbl 9 00 ®12 CO 8 00 ©12 00 
Broom-corn— ~& ft 3 @ 8 3 @ 8 
Pumpkins, per 100 7 00 © 9 00 6 00 ® 9 00 
Squashes, $ bbl 87 @ 1 25 — @ — 
Pears, 9 bbl 3 00 ©15 00 5 00 ©15 00 
Melons, i? bbl 1 00 @ 2 00 1 CO ® 2 00 
Plums. Gase, V bushel 1 25 ® 8 1)0 1 50 © 3 50 
Apples-?! barrel 50 @ 2 75 50 ©2 50 
Grapes— Sft 6 @ 8 6 ® 9 
New-Tork I..ive-Stock Markets.— 
week ending. Jleeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tot'l. 
Oct. 17th 9.603 113 2,634 42,191 22,575 77,529 
do. 24th 8,296 101 2,923 43,787 24,752 79,779 
do. 31st 8,100 105 2,131 35,435 30,5:18 77,209 
Nov. 1th 7.553 128 1,799 13,510 26.9iil 79,951 
Total ill 4 Weeks.... 88,612 417 8,557 165,226 104.826 314,463 
Aoforprev. HFeefol 81,685 250 12,811 144,027 75,867 264,062 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Week S.403 111 2,189 41,306 26,206 
do. do. last Month.... ISil 62 3,203 36,007 75.745 
do. do. prev's JfontA.... 8,119 69 2,970 35,399 94,045 
Average per Week, 1869. 6,275 92 1,752 28,836 15,315 
do. do. do. 186S 5,733 105 1,583 27.182 13,809 
do. do. do. 1S67. 5.514 61 1,320 22,154 20,605 
do. do. do. 1S60. 5.74S 94 1,200 20,000 13,000 
do. do. do. 1S05. 5,255 118 1,500 16,091 11.023 
Total in 1S09 3-26,280 4.827 91,083 1.499,500 798.199 
Total in 1S6S 298.128 5.486 82.571 1,413,479 97S.001 
Total In 1807 293,832 3,309 69,911 1,174,154 1,102.643 
Total in 1S66. 298.SS0 4.SS5 62.120 1,010,000 672.1100 
Total in 186". 270,271 6.161 71,991 836,733 575,190 
Total in 1S61 267,609 7,603 75,621 782,402 600,277 
Beef Cattle have been too abundant for a good trade 
or steady market. Prices have tended downward all the 
month, and we mark the decline at least one cent per lb 
on all grades. We have had a very fair supply of West- 
ern steers in good condition, which, had the weather 
been steady, would have brought a good price ; but with 
the hooks full of dead meat, and poultry coming in rather 
freely for the season, butchers were not disposed to buy 
largely. Some sleek bullocks sold at ll'ic.tgylSc. per lb., 
while the very best Kentucky grade Durharas bronght only 
16c. per lb. Below we give the list of prices, average 
price, and figures at which large lots were sold : 
Oct. 17th, ranged 8 @16Xc Av. 185(c. Largo sales 11 ®15 
do. 21th, do. 7K®16!4C do. lS^c do. do. H ©16 
do. 3lst, do. 9 ®16Xc. do. 14 c. do. do. 12 ®15M 
Nov. 7th, do. 7 ®16 c. do. 13 c. do. do. 12 ®15 
Tlilili Cows.— Trade is rather slow, and prices 
about the same. We notice every month some first-rate 
milkers, which always go off quickly at good figures. It 
is the poor, half-milked cows which area drag in the 
market. Prices range all the way from $50@$100 each. 
What are called good, sell for $S0@$SJ. Medium, $70® 
$75, with poor at still less figures Calves.— There 
has been quite a decline in the arrivals, duo to tho larger 
quantity coming in dead, or " hog-dressed," as they arc 
called. Good, fresh milk calves go off quickly at $12^c. 
@13 per D>. Grass-fed sell mostly by the head for from 
$S.'n>$10.o0 each. Ordinary milk and slop-fed bring S^c. 
@llc. per lb Slice p and JLauibs are very plen- 
ty, and trade dull. All grades-sell low, and none but the 
best realize much profit to the owner. Prices range as a 
rule from 4c.@0 l 2C, the extreme for sheep, while 6J4c.@. 
S."£c. is the range for lambs Swine.— There has 
been quite an increase in the arrivals over last month. 
Most of the hogs go at once to the slaughterers, and are 
sold, dressed. Prices have declined somewhat ; for sales 
made alive, were at 8c.@8^2C per lb. Light-dressed sell 
for 12c.<a>12',»c., with heavy weights at lOc.®!!^. 
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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many of the large towns. We consider them perfectly 
safe, and the best means of remitting fifty dollars or less, 
as thousands have been sent to us witlwut any loss. 
Registered Letters, Sander the meiv 
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 
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Save the Index Sheet, which is put 
loosely in this number, so that it can be bound or stitched 
at the beginning of the volume without cutting the thread. 
Jlnnj Htoms arc left over, including 
answers to correspondents — also Farm Notes — because 
the Annual Index takes ont pages of this number. To 
add these pages extra would increase the weight beyond 
\i pound, and double the postage to all subscribers. 
Pipe and Pninp. — F. E. Chadwick, New 
London Co., Ct., writes : " I have a well 20 feet deep, lo- 
cated feet from the sink, to which I wish to bring water 
by a pump. I wish to know which is the best pump, and 
especially the best pipe / The water is to be used for 
drinking, etc., and is very hard." By all means use the 
tin-lined pipe. Any good common pump will answer 
your purpose. Your plumber will furnish a Douglass or 
Cowing pump. If you can shift your sink to bring it 
over the well, we would advise you to put in the sub- 
merged pump offered in our premium list, or one of a size 
larger, as it is better than any other we know. 
Again. — Letters without signatures are not 
regarded. It takes all the time we can devote to the 
matter to answer those who do sign their names. 
Red Ink and Pencil.— Some pcrsous 
write us in red ink and others in pencil, and expect us lo 
read their letters. The horrible purple inks are bad 
enough, but please do n't depart any further from black. 
"I'cn Years of Music from the Mason 
and Hamlin Cabinet Organ, which has occupied nn hon- 
ored place in our household during that time, should be- 
compressed into this paragraph to adequately express 
our opinion of the merits of tho instrument. Notwith- 
standing the severe test of practico upon it by three 
learners, in addition to otnor regular performances, its 
tone and action are unimpaired : it has never required 
timing, and will apparently be in good trim for the 
grandchildren, when their fingers can reach the keys." — 
[This high praise coming from one of our associates in 
this office, is worthy of note by those who desire to have 
good music at home.] 
Bee-keepers' Convention. — A call has 
been issued for a Bee-keepers' National Convention, to 
be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, February Sth and 0th. A 
" grand rally " is hoped for. H. A. King, of New York, 
Geo. F. Palmer, Cincinnati, O., J. W. Horner, of Minne- 
sota, Mrs. E. S. Tapper, of Iowa, and L. C. White, of St. 
Louis, have the affair in charge. 
The 'fl'rophy Tomato.— Not man}- years 
ago a tomato was a*tomato, and it is only recently that 
we have had named varieties. Leaving the matters of 
eatiiness and productiveness out of question, there is 
really a great difference in the quality of tomatoes— al- 
most as much as there is in that of strawberries. By 
quality we include not only flavor but the texture and 
solidity' of the flesh, which are characters of prime im- 
portance if the fruit is to be eaten raw, and of no little 
consequence if it is to be cooked. In the Trophy tomato 
we have a rare combination of excellent qualities. It is 
as early as any, very productive, and for great weight and 
solidity and excellent flavor, it is unequalled by any vari- 
ety we have tested. The Trophy grows to a large size, 
and in an engraving we can give only a reduced repre- 
sentation to show its regularity of form and solidity of 
flesh. In order to put this excellent variety within the 
reach of all who wish to try it, the publishers of the 
Agriculturist offer the seeds of the Trophy as a premium, 
as will he seen by announcement upon another page. 
"Union is Strength.'"— Though the 
Hearth and Home and American Agriculturist are entirely 
different, there is a very manifest advantage in combining 
their publication under one business management. Bo- 
sides the saving in office rent, in business employes, in 
the purchase of paper, materials, etc., the two papers 
make practicable the maintenance of a large and com- 
plete engraving and artists' establishment, which secures 
a regular supply of superior illustrations at less cost, all 
of which inures to the benefit of the readers. 
Please Speak of* our German Edi- 
tion.— This has all the principal articles and engravings 
of the English edition, besides a Special German Depart- 
ment, by Hon. Frederick Munch, a practical cultivator in 
Missouri. This paper is useful to the great number of 
German-speaking cultivators of the country, and espe- 
cially so to the scores of thousands of new comers from 
Faderland. Terms tho same as for the Euglish edition. 
Clubs may consist of cither edition, or partly of both. 
Blow to Prevent Pigs I'ating 
their own Droppings.— A western former writes : 
" You have staled it is an injurious habit for pigs to oat 
their own droppings, but do no: say how to prevent it." 
It is not an easy matter lo tlo so entirely. Hut this is 
no reason why wo should nut guard against Etasmuch 
as possible, instead of encouraging the habit, as mauy 
now do. Feeding the pigs properly, so that liny will 
completely digest their food, is the best preventive. 
Cleaning tho pens out every day is another. One of the 
best means of encouraging the habit is to keep the pigs 
on grass or clover up to a certain day, and then shut them 
up in a pen and throw in a large quantity of ears of com 
for the animals to gorge themselves with. Then, do not 
clean out the pen, and when tho pigs get hungry, they 
will cat up the waste corn, droppings included. On the 
other hand, if tho pi^s arc fed corn while at pasture, and 
the quantity is gradually increased, as fast and no faster 
than the pigs arc able to digest it, or if, alter the pigs are 
shut up to fatten, they are allowed some succulent or less 
