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* AMERICAN ' AGRICULTURIST. 
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Thompson's Food of Animals 1 ori 
Tobacco Culture 25 
Todd's fS, EJ Younsj Farmer's Manual 1 50 
"Warder's Hedges and Evergreens 1 50 
Watson's American Home Garden 2 00 
Woodward's Country Homes — 1 50 
Touatt and Ppooner on the Horse 1 50 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle 1 50 
Toual t on the Hog - . 1 CO 
"iouatt on Sheep 1 00 
Youmans' Household Science 2 2a 
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 
May 15, 1867, and also for the same month last year : 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW-YORK 3IAREETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wlieat, Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
26 clays Iftfcm'tMSl.TOO 224.000 1S6,000 4.700 89.000 S4.000 
aGdaysta*am'tlil54,000 150,000 141,000 3.S00 M,000 51,000 
Sales. Flour. Wlieat. Corn. Rye. Barley. 
26 davs thin month, 284.000 1,087.000 S.2G9.000 525,000 41.000 
36 day3 last month, 278,000 1,040,000 2.914,000 5yfi,000 709,000 
3. Comparison with same period at litis time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
26 days 1867.. ..131.700 224,000 ISfi.OOO 4,700 89,000 31,000 
25 days lS66....15a000 5,500 69,000 1,400 107,000 34,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Com. Rye. Barley. 
26 days 1867 281,000 1.0S7.000 3.269.000 525,000 411,000 
25 days I860 423,000 1,561,000 1,245,000 208,000 95,000 
3. Ex}X>rts from New York, Jan. 1 to May 15: 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye: Oats. Barley. 
1367 150,471 35,439 2,942,114 127,282 96,790 7SS,?S0 
1366 354,050 109.467 2,100,516 171,826 676.620 
1365 439,003 219,946 149,767 141 24,915 
Current "Wholesale Prices. 
April 15. May 15. 
Price op Gold 335 136?.; 
Flour— Super to Extra State$10 25 @;1S GO $1150 @15 00 
Super to Extra Southern.... 12 00 @17 75 13 70 @]9 00 
Extra Western 1160 @18 75 12 70 ©19 75 
Extra Genesee 13 65 @15 75 15 00 @17 00 
Superfine Western. 10 25 @11 -15 1150 ©12 70 
Rye Flour 790@8 75 8 60@965 
Corn Meal 5 25 o 6 25 6 15 O 6 75 
Wheat— All kinds of White. 3 10 @ 3 45 3 25 @ 3 65 
All kinds of Red and Amber. 235@335 2 50@345 
Corn— Yellow 1 26 @ 1 32 90 @ 1 25 
Mixed 129 @ 1 31 80 ©121 
Oats- Western 72 © 75 83 © 86 
State 78 © 79 89 © — 
Rye 150 ©163 1 GO @ 1 75 
Barley. 80 © 1 22 90 @ 1 30 
Hay— Dale?) 100 lb 1 50 © 1 90 1 75 @ 2 10 
Loose 1 55 © 1 95 1 80 @ 2 10 
Straw, $ 100 1ft 115 ©135 75 @ X 15 
Cotton— Middlings, ^ ft.... 27 @ 28# 28 © 29tf 
Hops— Crop oflS66. V ft 30 @ 65 30 @ 65 
Feathers— Live Geese, ?) ft. 75 ©85 75 @ 85 
Sekd— Clover, ?»» 17 @ 18 13K® la 
Timothy, £ bushel 3 70 ©4 00 3 00 ©3 40 
Flax. ? bushel 2 85 © 3 00 2 75 © 3 00 
Sugar— Brown, ^ ft 9&@ 12% 9%@ 12£ 
Molasses. Cuba, ^gl 49 © 57>i to © WJ 
Coffee— Uio, (Gold price)?* ft 16 © 19w 15>£© 19 
Tobacco, Kentucky. &c.,?tft. 4K@ 2i ^A.% 22 
Seed Leaf, ^ ft 3 © 65 3 © Go 
Wool— Djnie^ticFleece.^ft. 40 @ 70 38 @ 70 
Domestic, pulled,?} ft 30 © 58 28 © 5. 
California, unwashed, 32 © 42 20 © 42 
Tallow, ^ft 11}£@ W% 11 @ 1J>£ 
Oil Cake— ? ton 48 00 ©52 00 50 00 ©52 00 
Pork— Mess, # barrel 22 00 ©23 95 22 00 ©23 25 
Prime, ¥> barrel .1900 ©19 25 19 00 ©19 25 
Bkef— Plain mess 12 00 @1S 00 14 00 ©2100 
Lakd, In barrels, 5? ft 12V 4 '@ 13^ 32J<@ 13>< 
Butter— Western, ?♦ ft 11 © 28 10 © 28 
State, iRa 20 @ 40 15 © 35 
CitEESK . ... 10 @ 18 10 @ 19 
Beans— *» bushel 2 25 ©3 70 150 © S 61 
Peas— Canada ?» bushel 1 35 © 1 40 1 35 © 1 40 
Eggs— Fresh. V dozen 23 @ 26 18 @ 21 
Poultry— Fowls, $ ft 18 @ 22 21 @ 23 
Turkeys, %>■ ft 24 @ 25 24 © 25 
Potatoes— Mercers, #ubl... 3 50 © 3 75 3 00 © 3 50 
Peach Blows. $> barrel 275 ©300 2 50 ©3 00 . 
Potatoes— Buckeye, ^ bbl. . 2 00 © 2 50 2 00 @ 2 50 
Apples— fl barrel S 50 ©7 50 3 90 ©7 00 
Cranberries, ^barrel 12 00 ©20 00 10 00 ©IS 00 
Since our last, there have been frequent fluctuations in 
gold,— the market closing buoyantly at 136 ?£.... Bread- 
stuffs have been in quite brisk demand, most of the 
month, at advancing prices. Much of the business has 
been on speculative account. Toward the close, the in- 
quiry began to diminish, and prices to recede, especially 
for Corn, which, from the high prices reached through 
speculative management, has suddenly declined 20a§*25c. 
per bushel, closing decidedly in favor of purchasers. 
California has sent hither further liberal supplies of 
Flour and Wheat, which are in high favor with buyers. 
Mixed Corn of last year's crop has been coming for- 
ward "quite freely, adding to the depression in the market 
at the close Provisions have been in fair demand at 
generally well maintained figures... Cotton has been in 
less demand at variable prices, closing pretty firmly, on 
more favorable reports from Liverpool A very light 
business has been transacted in Wool, which has been 
tending downward. Holders have evinced more dispo- 
sition to realize. . .Hay has been in better supply, aud has 
receded 15c.@90c. per 100 lbs, within a few weeks. At 
the reduced rates, the demand has been fair Tobacco 
has been moderately dealt in at steady quotations 
Seeds have been dull and lower Other agricultural 
products have been quiet. 
^ew Yos-3i JAyc Stock Markets.— 
week ending. Beeves. Cows. Calves- Sheep. Swine. 
April 16 4,S03 50 1,443 9.592 16.033 
April 23 5,783 7C 2,007 10,1S3 10.97U 
April 30 5,153 62 2,665 S.953 34,287 
May 7 .5,437 5S 2.593 12.858 13.092 
May 11 6,043 67 1,S74 13,471 17,719 
Total in fire Weeks 27,224 307 10,587 55,062 73,012 
Average per Week 5,445 61 2,117 11,012 14,602 
do. do. last Month.... 4.759 84 1,183 13.332 14,852 
do. do. pretfs Month. 5,096 76 625 14.211 14,950 
Average per Week, 1866.5.74S 94 1,200 20,000 13,000 
do. do. do. 1805 5,255 113 1,500 16,091 11.023 
do. do. do. 1P64 5,161 145 1,511 15,315 12,076 
do. do. do. 1363 5,150 139 694 9,941 21,070 
Total in 1366 298.330 4.SS5 62.420 1,040,000 672,000 
Total in 1SG5 270,271 6,161 77.991 836.731 573.197 
Total in 1311 267.609 7.603 75,621 7S2.462 650.270 
Total in 1S63 264,091 6,470 a5,705 519,316 1,101,017 
As with wheat, so with live stock, prices have been, 
and still are, higher than any one could have calculated 
upon. The comparatively light run of shad this year hai 
helped out the meat markets : a heavy run would have 
made a very material difference in the value of cattle 
Beef Cattle have continued to increase in supply 
from 4,S00, April 16, to 6,000 this week, yet prices have 
gone up, so that the sales this week are higher than for 
a year past. Plenty of first quality bullocks sold yester- 
day at rates equivalent to lScfi.lSfic. f> lb. for the dressed 
weight; good, fair lots, lG^ic@Vt%.c, and the poor at 
15f£c@16c iWlleli Cows have been little called for. 
until within a few days, but beef is so high that milk- 
men are selling off their poorer milkers, when in any- 
thing like selling order, and buying fresh ones. Some 
families going to the country for the summer, are also 
taking good cows. Present rates are $60@.$75 for poorer 
cows, $S0@.f 90 for good ; and £95 to $1*25 for extra, or 
fancy animals— calves always included Veal Calves 
have been plentiful, but the supply is less this week, aud, 
influenced by the high price of beef, the best calves sell 
at 10*46®ll^c. or 12c. ^ lb live weight ; common to poor, 
10c@S Sheep and I*ambs.— Sheep are in good 
supply, and prices declining from the rates two weeks 
ago. Sheared sell at 7ota>9c. $ lb., live weight, according 
to quality. Spring lambs arc scarcer than usual at this 
season, and bring 15c. to ISc. f? lb, live weight Live 
X£ogs have been abundant and lower, but these are 
also nowinfluenced by the beef market, and prices rather 
better, the latest sales being at 7!-ic@Se. %> lb, live weight. 
The supply during the past five weeks has been quite 
fair for the season, as is shown in the following tabic : 
Containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and .Suggestions which ice throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for leant of space elsewhere. 
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"41 Parle Row To K.et."— A sub- 
scriber writes, anxiously, that he sees our present office 
is " To Let,*' and asks if we are going to " suspend," or 
''contract." — Far from it; on the contrary, we are ex- 
panding. Our present quarters — though ocenpying the 
whole of the first floor through from Park Row to Nassau 
Street, and the large basement under our own floor, and 
part of that under the Times Office — are becoming too 
limited. Besides, our lease extends only 3 years longer, 
and we do not care to erect costly machinery with no 
certainty of having it remain. To remedy these difficul- 
ties and secure a permanent home for the Agriculturist, 
the Publishers have purchased the large buildings right 
across the Park from the Old Office, viz.: 245 Broad- 
way^ with an L opening upon Murray Street. This gives 
us 5 large floors, 25 feet on Broadway, 114f£ feet deep, 
with the extension to Murray Street, 12}£ feet wide, giv- 
ing an ample rear entrance, hatchways, etc. There are 5 
stories, (to which we shall probably add a sixth Mansard 
story for priming rooms.) and ample basements under 
the whole for steam-engines, presses, etc. The new 
building is most admirably located, facing the open Park 
between the grand New Post Oflice to be built, and the 
old City Hall and new County Court House.— As we have 
control of the old oifice for three years, and the lease is 
very valuable, we may remain here sometime yet, and 
move across the Park when the right kind of a customer 
comes along to take our present lease ; or we may let the 
new oflice, until we need it forimmediate occupancy. So, 
until further notice, our readers may expect to find us in 
the accustomed place. In the mean time. -41 Park Row, 
or 245 Broadway, in whole or in part, will be for lease for 
a time — only one of them, whichever is first called for. 
Agricultural and Farmers' Col- 
umns*— It has of late became quite the fashion for the 
secular as well as the religious press to employ some 
penny-a-liner, with a smattering of agricultural and horti- 
cultural affairs, to furnish matter to fill a column or two 
with talk on these subjects, which is generally *'~ talk " 
of the concentrated essence of ignorance. These writers 
are employed at so much a week and the perquisites ; as 
they are generally " on the make," it is not to be suppos- 
ed that their notices of this machine or that fruit, are 
given without a consideration. A publisher recently told 
us that he gave one of these chaps five copies of a work, 
as he wrote for five different papers. As this L: writer " is 
a - purchasing agent," we suppose that the copies will be 
turned into cash when his purchasing agency gets an 
order for the work. It is interesting to see how these 
fellows get on committees for award of premiums for 
agricultural implements, and then to see how the owners 
of these implements hold protracted interviews with 
them. Of course committee men only seek for the best 
implements, and makers of implements only seek for the 
best committee men, and so it is all right. These 
" column " writers are highly amusing and we wonld not 
have them stop on any account, as they would deprive us 
of a laugh at least once a week. 
Fine Engraving's. — "We take much pleas- 
ure in referring to the beautiful engraving on page 226. 
As a specimen of the art, it has not been excelled, if it 
has been equalled, by any engraving published in any 
journal of the country. Where the sheet is printed on 
both sides, much of the beauty of an engraving is in- 
jured, and. as we are often written to for nice impressions 
of our illustrations, we have had a limited number of 
copies of this carefully printed on fine, heavy paper, fit 
for framing. These will be sent post-paid for 50 cts. each. 
Copies of "Suspense, 1 ' the much admired dog picture, 
that appeared in March last, may be had on the same tenns. 
imiCt Enterprises, or lotteries — 
" Harris Brothers."— Of the " Ohio Benevolent 
Gift Enterprise." by Tudor. Gates & Co., referred to last 
month, Mr. Gates writes, "we have in our possession 
the originals from which onr indorsements are printed." 
This being the case, the word ■■pretended'" should be 
stricken out of our remarks, but this makes-it so much 
the worse for the " Governors, Members of Congress, 
etc."; for we believe they misuse their official position 
and reputation by giving their names to indorse any Gift 
Enterprise, however plausible it may seem, or however 
good its real objects. If Mr. Gates, or Gov. Cos, or 
Treasurer "vTarner, or Senator Sherman, etc., can tell us 
wherein the Ohio Benevolent Gift Enterprise differs in 
principle or operation, from the Havana or Covington 
Lotteries, they will perhaps lessen the force of our objec- 
tions. The best that can be said is, that the profits go to 
a good object instead of to private pockets. But this 
makes the matter worse, for the people are led into lot- 
tery operations and practices, partly by their sympathies, 
and partly by the sugar coating of quasi-respectability 
given to the scheme. The end does not sanctify the 
means. If Lotteries (alias "Gift Enterprises"' ',) are proper 
to aid soldiers, then they are also proper for building np 
schools and churches, paying government debts, etc., and 
we may at once go back to the custom of the last century. 
Lotteries offer mainly money prizes to be distributed by 
lot (the kind of lot is not essential) ; the gift enterprises 
offer money, and country seats, farms, houses and other 
'■gifts'* in addition. They stimulate people to false hopes 
of acquiring riches. The judgment of enlightened people 
has banished lotteries and lottery dealers from most of 
our States; the benevolent and other gift enterprises are 
merely bringing back old customs under new names. "v7e 
commend to Messrs. Tudor. Gates & Co. the recent de- 
cision of the Massachusetts Courts in the case of Harris 
Brothers, whose scheme was ostensibly every way like 
that of the li Ohio Benevolent Gift Enterprise," in form, 
means, and proposed objects, except that the Boston op- 
erators attempted to make this journal appear to indorse 
their scheme. The result was they were fined £14.000, 
and subjected themselves to a further forfeiture of. in all, 
about $50,000. 
{From TJie Boston Bally Merald, April 10, 1SG7.] 
In the Superior Criminal Court, this morning, befora 
Judge Morton, Luther M. Harris and James W. Harris ap- 
pearetl for sentence on an indictment charging them with 
promoting a lottery, (found at the June term. 1S65J and on 
which they were found guilty, and the exceptions taken, 
overruled; also on an indictment, found the present year, 
lor having in their possession for sale, and offering to sell, 
certainlottery tickets; and on a third indictment charging 
th«m with promoting a lottery known as the "Rural Home" 
