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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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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 
April 15, 1867, and also for the same month last year :• 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW- YORE MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
54,000 51,000 
47,500 76,000 
26dayS(S(sm'tlil54,000 159,000 141.000 3,800 
23daysi«s<m'thlll,000 94,000 139,000 15,000 
Sales, Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. 
26 daysWiS month, 278,000 1,040,000 2.914,000 59(5,000 709,000 
22 days last month, 164,500 l,56o,000 236,000 516,000 928,000 
2. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wlieat. Com. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
26 days 1807.... 154.000 159,000 141,000 3.S00 54,000 51,000 
24 days 1866.... 167,500 9,800 5S.000 4,100 134,000 117,000 
Saleb. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. 
2B days 1867 278,000 1,040,000 2,914,000 596,000 709,000 
24 days 1866 218,500 399,000 1,418,000 137,000 374,000 
5. Exports from New York, Jan. 1 to April 15: 
Flour. 
1867 114,838 
1S66 283,495 
1865 353,290 
Wlieat. 
82,742 
109,467 
155,701 
Corn. 
1,981,639 
1,884,243 
129,749 
Bye. 
127,282 
125,863 
141 
Oats. Barley. 
78,535 753,520 
506,000 
24,303 
Gold has fluctuated considerably during the month. 
The extremes have heen 132% and 13S54. The warlike 
news from Europe has "been the main cause of the rise. 
The latest advices thence have been of a more pacific 
tenor, and the drift of gold has been downward. The 
price on Monday, the 15th of April, was 135 Bread- 
stuffs have been in much more demand, for home use, 
shipment, and on speculative account, and, with light 
receipts, prices have favored sellers decidedly. The most 
active foreign call has heen for corn, which has been 
quite excited and variable through the month. The mill- 
ing demand has been good at buoyant rates. Rye has 
advanced materially. Barley has been almost out of sea- 
son. There have been considerable arrivals of flour and 
wheat from California during the month, which have met 
with a more ready market at more remunerative prices. 
Our millers have about overcome their prejudices against 
California wheat, and are buying quite freely at the high- 
est ruling prices There has been a fair degree of ac- 
tivity in provisioqs, at, however, irregular prices, most 
articles in the line closing heavily Cotton has been 
decidedly depressed, by liberal receipts, and adverse 
foreign news. The demand for it has been quite mod- 
erate Wool has heen rather lightly dealt in at the im- 
proved prices noticed in our last. . . .In other agricultural 
products business has been restricted, and prices have 
been unsettled. 
Cur.nif.NT Wholesale Prices. 
March 15. April 15. 
Price op Gold .. ; 134X 135 
Flour— Super to Extra State $8 60 ©12 40 $10 25 @13 CO 
Super to Extra Southern 10 30 @16 50 12 00 @17 75 
Extra Western 10 00 @16 50 1160 @18 75 
Extra Genesee 12 00 @14 50 13 65 ©15 75 
Superllne Western 8 65 ©10 15 10 25 @11 45 
Rye Flour 6 80 © 3 00 7 90 @ 8 75 
Corn Meal 4 90 ® 5 50 5 25 @ 6 25 
Wheat— All kinds of White. 2 90 @ 3 25 3 10 @ 3 45 
All kinds of Red and Amber. 2 00 ® 3 10 235@3S5 
Corn— Yellow 1 11 © 1 14 1 26 © 1 32 
Mixed 1 13 @ 1 15 1 29 @ 1 SI 
Oats— Western 62 © 69 72 @ 75 
State 70 © 72 78 ® 79 
Rye 120 @ 1 35 150 ® 1 63 
Barley :. 85 @ l 25 80 ©122 
Hay— Bale S 100 n> 1 45 ® 1 85 1 50 © 1 90 
Loose 1 50 @ 1 95 1 55 @ 1 95 
Straw, $ 100 lb 1 20 © 1 60 1 15 ® 1 35 
Cotton— Middlings, $ a.... 30 © iiy. 27 @ 28« 
Hops— Crop of 1866, ?» 35 ©70 30 ® 65 
Feathers— Live Geese, $» a. 73 © 95 75 ® 85 
Seed— Clover, * lb 12>i@ 14;i 17 @ 18 
Timothy, * bushel 8 65 ® 4 00 3 70 © 4 00 
Flax, %» bushel 2 80 ® 3 00 2 85 ©3 00 
Sugar— Brown, * B 9J^@ 12Ji 9Jf® 12% 
Molasses, Cuba, ^Rgl 43 @ 55 49 @ 57^ 
Coffee— Rio,(Gold price)?* lb 15«^® 19 16 © 19;j 
Tobacco, Kentucky, iSc.^B. 4!^@ 22 iy.® 22 
Seed Leaf, \1 a S @ 65 3 ® 65 
Wool— DomesticFleece.fttb. 40 ® 70 40 ® 70 
Domestic, pulled,?!!) 30 © 58 80 ® 58 
California, unwashed, 22 ® 42 22 ® 42 
Tallow, V » lOJf® llj.j 11%® 11% 
Oil Cake— $ ton 53 50 @55 00 48 00 ®52 00 
Pork— Mess, i~l barrel 14 00 @22 50 23 00 ©23 95 
Prime, » barrel . : 17 00 @18 00 19 00 ©19 25 
Beef— Plain mess 12 00 ©18 00 12 00 ©18 00 
Lard, in barrels, V lb 12 ® 13)i 12K© 13« 
Butter— Western, % n> 12 @ 82 11 © 28 
State,?)Ib 25 @ 45 20 ® 40 
Cuef.se 10 @ 20 10 ® 18 
Beans— ?) bushel 2 75 ® 3 50 2 25 © 3 70 
Peas— Canada. ?) bushel 1 40 @ 1 50 1 35 @ 1 40 
Eggs— Fresh, V dozen 20 © 89 23 @ 26 
Poultry— Fowls, 3< B. 17 ® 22 18 @ 22 
Turkeys, $ lb 20 @ 24 24 @ 25 
Potatoes— Mercers, ?ibbl... 3 00 ® 3 25 3 50 © 3 75 
Peach Blows. 9 barrel 2 25 ® 3 75 2 75 @ 3 00 
POTATOES-Buckeye, $bbl.. 2 00 ® 2 25 2 00 © 2 50 
Apples— V barrel 3 50 @ 7 50 3 50 @ 7 50 
Cranberries, V barrel 17 00 @28 00 12 00 ©20 00 
New Yorls: live Stock Markets.— 
The supply during the past four weeks has been fair 
for the season, aB is shown in the following table : 
week ending. Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
March 19 5,365 75 1,005 11.559 14,333 
March 26 5,040 89 906 13.810 14,350 
April 2 8,920 93 1,216 17,023 14,609 
April 9 4,704 79 1,604 10,937 16,153 
Total in fourWeeks. .. .19,035 336 4,781 53,339 59,410 
Average per Week 4,759 81 1,183 13,333 14,852 
do. do. last Month.... 5,096 76 625 14,211 14,950 
do. do. prev's Month. 4,737 62 510 19,753 11,345 
Average per Week, 1866.5,748 94 1,200 20,000 13,000 
do. do. do. 1S65 5,255 118 1,500 16,091 11,033 
do. do. do. 1S64 5,161 145 1,511 15,315 13,676 
do. do. do. 1863 5,150 129 694 9,941 21,070 
Total in 1866 298,880 4,885 65,420 1,040,000 672,000 
Total in 1865 270,274 6,161 77,991 836,733 573,197 
Total in ISM 267,609 7,603 75,621 782.462 660,270 
Total in 1863 264,091 6,470 35,709 519,316 1,101,617 
The Lenten season extending over the past four weeks 
has diminished the consumption of beef, so that the sup- 
ply, though moderate, has generally been equal to the 
demand Beef Cattle were a little higher the first 
of April, and remain a trifle above our previous quota- 
tions, the present rates being equivalent to 17!4c.@18c. 
<§ lb., dressed weight, for the few of the best or extra 
cattle ; 16%c.@17>.£c. for first quality ; 16c.@15c. for me- 
dium grades, and 14.c.@12%c. for inferior to very poor. ,. 
Milch Cons are very slow of sale now, and it does 
not pay to send them here. Very good cows seldom 
bring over $75@-$80, calf included, though occasional 
extra or fancy cows sell at $90@$lOO and upward ; com- 
mon to poor range from $70 to $50, according to quality. 
Veal Calves are coming in freely, live, and " hog- 
dressed," that is, with head, feet, and entrails removed, 
but the skin left on most of the carcass. Live range 
from 12c. <$ lb. live weight, for the best or' extras, down 
to 7c. for the worst Sheep and Lambshave not 
been very plentiful, but prices are a little lower than one 
month ago, the latest sales being at 9!4c.@10c. ^'lb. live 
weight for extras, 9c.@9!4c. for first quality, and from 
that down to 7c.@7!4c. for poor. Some Bheared sheep, 
and a few lambs have appeared, but not in quantity 
enough to establish a price Live Hogs have been 
abundant for the demand, most of the time, and prices 
have not varied much during a month ; the latest sales 
range between 7%c.@8c. $ B). live weight, for good, and 
7c.@6yiiC. for poor, rough lots. 
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Great Sale of Dnchess and Oxford 
Shorthorns. — Mi'. Samuel Thom, of Thorndalc, 
Duchess Co., N. Y., has recently sold to Mr. James O. 
Sheldon, of Geneva, N. Y., his entire herd of Shorthorns, 
with the exception of two bulls, the 0th and 12th Dukes 
of Thorndale. This sale is the largest ever made of ani- 
mals of the Oxford-Duchess tribe, the number sold, old 
and young, being 40, and the average price paid $1 ,000 a 
head. Mr. Thome's reputation as a careful, discreet, and 
successful breeder, is known wherever this most favorite 
family of Shorthorns, (the Duchesses,) is admired, and in 
the regard of both Amerioan and English breeders, this 
