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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
fOCTOBEB, 
Hardy Annuals do better if seed be sown in au- 
tumn. Every one must have noticed that plants 
from self-sown seeds are stronger and liner every 
way than those of the same kind sown in the spring. 
Dahlias succumb to the first smart frost unless 
protected. After the stems are killed, allow the 
roots lo remain a week or more in the ground. 
Take them up carefully on a dry, warm day, label, 
and when they have dried somewhat, store iu a 
place that will keep potatoes well. 
Ho.rdtj Shrubs may be transplanted, aud divided 
if needed, and plauts for 
Deciduous Hedges, such as Privet, Buckthorn, 
etc., may be set in well prepared ground. 
Bedding Plants aud all tender things that are to 
be kept over winter should be potted preparatory 
to removal to the green-house, cold frame, or cel- 
lar. Provide a good supply of materials for 
Winter Protection. — Leaves should be gathered 
from the lawn and roadsides. These make an ex- 
cellent covering and are kept in place by a slight 
sprinkling of earth upon them. Where Red Cedar 
boughs can be had they will be found most useful 
to lay over half hardy shrubs and other plants. 
CJs-een aistl I5ot-35onse§. 
Previously to removing plants to the house, 
they should be put in complete order. Cleanse the 
pots from dirt and moss, and remove the hardened 
and weedy top soil, and replace it with a layer of 
fresh compost. See that no 
Insects are taken in with the plauts. If proper 
vigilance be exercised from the start, the task of 
keeping a mastery over insects will be lessened. 
Plants for Forcing should be potted. Many of 
our common plants force very finely ; among these 
Dicentra spectabilis, Deutzia gracilis, Astilbe Japonica, 
and Lily of the Valley, make most desirable deco- 
rations for the green-house in early spring. 
Annuals should be sown for winter blooming, 
always taking care to have a good stock of Mig- 
nonette and Candytuft on hand for bouquet uses. 
Bulbs, too, will be needed, and should be potted 
now and kept in the dark until the pots are well 
filled with roots. 
Bustic Stands and hanging baskets for parlor 
decoration are to be filled. Some plants suitable 
for this purpose are mentioned 'on page 365. 
Ventilation must be given freely whenever the 
weather will allow, and fire heat used only when 
cold or damp weather makes it necessary. 
Cold Grapery. 
It is a bad practice to strip the leaves from the 
Vines. They are needed to perfect the wood, and 
when they have done their work they will drop of 
their own accord. The ripening of the wood may 
be aided by keeping the house rather warm, which 
may be accomplished by keeping the lower venti- 
lators closed and using only the upper ones. Close 
up all tlfc ventilators on cold and damp days. 
Apiary its Oct. — Prepared hy M.Quiiiby. 
By correspondence from nearly all the States of 
the Union, I find the honey crop more generally 
good than last year. Bees have usually swarmed 
.well, and are prepared for winter. Yet so many 
bees were lost last seasou, that there is a less num- 
ber in the country now than a year ago. This will 
make it desirable that all good stocks should be 
wintered. Ascertain the amount of honey by 
weighing hive and contents, and substracting the 
weight of an empty hive of similar size, thickness 
of boards, etc., and six pounds for weight of bees 
wax, and bee-bread. Call the remainder honey, 
and you will not be far from the mark, unless the 
combs are very old. Then a little more should be 
added. Less than 20 or 25 pounds of honey is not 
enough. Too much is as detrimental as too little. 
With movable frame hives, if any combs are filled 
with honey throughout, they should be alternated 
with such as are empty. If any stock is too light 
and has too few combs to hold sufficient stores, at 
this season, it should be taken up at once. If the 
combs are sufficient, but bees are few, and there is 
no condemned colony to reinforce them, they 
should receive the same treatment. Such hives, 
after the dead bees have been taken from between 
the combs, will be of most account set away for 
use next year. Set right side up, keep dry, and 
stop all holes that will admit a bee. 
Two weak colonies united make a strong one, 
aud may be put together if there is honey suffi- 
cient. To prevent quarreling, smoke them out of 
the combs with puff-ball, tobacco, or what will an- 
swer just as well, have every bee fill itself with 
honey. Wheu a stock has bees aud combs, and 
lacks honey, it may be fed up to the required 
weight. October is the time, or as soon as the 
brood is all hatched. Feed all that is required in 
the shortest possible time, or the bees may use too 
much iu rearing brood. Honey should be fed when 
it is to be had. West India honey is good and much 
cheaper than Northern. To be safe from disease, 
add a quart of water to ten pounds, scald thorough- 
ly, and skim. Peed in a dish on the top of the hive 
by opening a few holes, and covering with a box to 
keep out robbers. Put cut straw or shaviugs in the 
dish to keep the bees from drowning. See that 
the sides of the dish are rough enough for them to 
creep up and down. If honey in the comb is pre- 
ferred, the caps of sealed honey should be shaved 
off with a knife. All winter stores should be in the 
apartment with the bees. They might starve in 
cold weather with an abundance in the boxes. 
Where two light, weak stocks in the movable comb 
hives have euough bees, combs, aud honey, for one 
good one, they may all be put together. Select 
the combs with honey, and put them into one hive. 
With bees in box hives after smoking or feeding 
them into quietude, turn both hives bottom up. 
Trim off the bottom edges of the combs in one, 
square across ; take off the side of the other, cut 
loose the edges of the first comb, take it out and set 
it into the first hive, fitting it upon the base of the 
first comb ; then proceed with the others in the same 
way, keeping the combs in the same relative posi- 
tion and at a proper distance apart. Rolls of paper 
between will hold them until the bees can fasten 
them. Put a stick across the edges as a support 
when the hive is turned over ; let it touch all, and 
fasten each end of the stick to the side of the hive. 
Cover, and let it stand bottom up, a week or two, or 
until a short time before putting to winter quarters. 
Any stoelis one year old, that have not been ex- 
amined relative to foul brood, should be attended 
to at once. On no account allow a hive with foul 
brood to be robbed. Tou have no right to let it 
stand exposed to be plundered by your neighbors' 
bees. Honey from such hives should never be al- 
lowed to go into healthy stocks without scalding. 
Strain honey before cold weather. See directions iu 
previous numbers and volumes of the Agriculturist. 
Commercial Matters— Market Prices. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care- 
fully prepared specially for the American Agricidtm~ist, 
show at a glance the transactions for the month ending 
Sept. 10, 1S67, and also for the same mouth last year: 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT TIIK NEW- YORK MARKETS. 
Ukoeipts. Flour. Wlieat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
27davsi/«sni'tb218.500 S29.000 3,291.000 36,500 53,000 570.000 
27 clays ftl»«ra'tlil59,000 011,000 2,951,000 21,300 67,000 102,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. llije. OaU' 
27 d&ysiast month, 884.000 1,079,000 4.181,000 151,000 1,367,000 
27 days Wiis month, 278,000 691,000 3,489,000 9S.000 739,000 
2. Comparison with name period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheal. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
27 days 1867... .318.500 829.000 3,291.000 36,500 53.000 570,000 
80 days 1866.... 287,000 42S.000 3,358,000 111,000 165,000 1,281,000 
Sales. 
Flour. Wheal. 
Corn. 
Bye. 
Oats. 
27 days 1867 234,000 1,079,000 4.1S1.000 151.000 1,367,000 
30 days 1866 279,100 793,000 3,153,000 819,000 1,041,000 
3. Exports from New York, Jan. 1 to Sept. 14: 
Flour. Wheat. 
1867 885,063 283,749 
1866 672,135 250,054 
Corn. 
6.201,173 
8,886,516 
Rye. 
135,561 
187,189 
Oats. Barley. 
103,179 856,298 
966,508 148,956 j 
4. ■ Stock of grain in store at Hew York : 
1S67. Wheat, Coin, Eye, Bailey, Oats, Malt, 
hush. hush. hush. hush. hush. hush. 
Sept 10... 120,532 1,154,892 500 9,376 135,737 61,508 
Aug. 13. . . 90.174 S63.724 82,785 12,376 200,349 48.632 
July 15. .245,509 160.7S0 66,986 21.390 206.763 84,700 
June 14. ..578,279 217,796 117,257 69,643 379.865 16,311 
May 15... 731,330 261,092 186,804 145,706 608,494 16,461 
5. Iieceipts of Breadstuff's at tide water at Albany, 
May 1st to September 1th : 
Flour^Wheat, Corn, Eye, Barley, Oats, 
bbls. bush. bush. bust/.. bush. bush. 
1867.... 91,100 764,100 9,513,000 175,100 62,000 2,353.600 
1866. .. .187,100 1,820,500 16,085,300 624,800 148,400 5,023,000 
Gold has been much more active since our last, espe- 
cially within the past week. It was as high on Thursday, 
Sept. 12, as 146?a. It has since been down to 144(6. The 
demand has been almost exclusively from speculative 
buyers.. ..Diminished estimates of the harvest product 
are now gaining currency, and are tending to stimulate 
speculation in Breadstuff's, which latter have been in more 
active request, and generally at higher prices. The in- 
quiry for flour has been mainly from regular buyers for 
home use and export. Desirable grades have been in 
very moderate supply, closing firmly. "Wheat has been 
more sought for home and foreign use ; as also on specu- 
lative account, closing buoyantly. Prime spring wheat is 
scarce and wanted. Cora has been in lively demand, 
largely on speculation, at decidedly buoyant, but quite va- 
riable, prices. Eye has been quiet, closing steadily. Oats 
have been more freely offered and purchased, but at lower 
rates Provisions have attracted more attention, the 
leading articles closing firmly, on reduced supplies 
Cotton has been less active and has declined materially, 
closing in favor of purchasers Wool has attracted more 
attention. Desirable lots of high grades of fleece have 
been comparatively scarce and held with increased firm- 
ness. Other descriptions have been steadier as to price 
than during the preceding month, though they have been 
in fair supply. . . Tobacco have been active and firm. The 
export and speculative demand have been brisk Hay 
has been plenty and depressed, with a raoderate inquiry. 
Hops have been in demand, and steady. 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Aug. 15. Sept. 16. 
Price op Gold 140^ 144K 
Flour— Super to Extra State$ 6 75 ©1150 $8 25 r<7.11 20 
Super to Extra Southern... 1100 (SI 4 75 9 75 ©13 75 
Extra Western 8 25 ©15 50 9 70 ©15 75 
Extra Genesee 1160 ®13 50 1125 ©13 50 
Superfine Western 6 75 ©8 00 S 25 ©9 75 
P.YE Flour 7 00 ©9 25 5 50 ©7 75 
Corn Meal 5 50 ©6.30 5 90 ©6 75 
Wheat— All kinds of White. 2 25 @ 2 85 2 50 @ 2 71 
All kinds ot'Bed and Amher. 1 90 @ 2 45 2 00 © 2 50 
Corn— Yellow 1 10 @ 1 25 1 20 © 1 23 
Mixed 105 ©112 116 ©121' 
Oats— Western 83 © 93 67 @ 68K 
State 94 © 95 67 © 68 
P.TK 140 ©155 135 ©150 
Barley 1 00 © — — @ — 
Hay— Bale 59 100 lb 50 ® 1 50 70 ©120 
Loose 65 ©150 75 © r 25 
Straw, 59 100 ft 85 © 1 15 55 @ S5 
Cotton— Middlings, V ft.... 28> 2 -@ 30K 25 @ 20 
Hops— Crop 0flS66, 59 ft 30 ® 65 40 © 70 
Feathers— Live Geese, 59 ft. 78 @ SS SO © 90 
Seed— Clover, S ft 11M© 12J5 12 ® 13 
Timothy. 59 bushel 3 00 ©3 25 2 75 ©3 00 
Flax. * hushel 3 20 © 3 50 2 80 © 2 90 
Sugar— Brown. 59 ft 10%-® 1SJ< 10^@ 135^ 
Molasses. Cuba, *gal... .. 35 © 55 87 ® 56 
Coffee— IIio,(Goldprice)59tb 14>,'® 19 14>f© 19 
Tobacco. Keiunckv, Aic.iP ft. 4 ® 15 5 © 22 
Seed Leaf. 59 ft 3%@ 65 S}<® 65 
Wool— Domestic Fleece,?) ft. 37 © 65 40 ® 65 
Domestic, pulled. 59 ft....... .. 27;',® 50 SO © 50 
California, unwashed, 15 © 30 18 © 30 
Tallow. 59 ft UK® 12 12 © 12M 
Oil Cake— 5? ton . . . 56 00 ©57 00 54 00 ©02 00 
Pork— M ess. 59 barrel 22 75 ©23 35 24 00 ©24 85 
Prime, 59 barrel 19 75 ©20 00 20 50 © 
Beef— Plain mess 14 50 ©2100 18 00 ©24 00 
Lard, in barrels, 59 ft 12K© 1SK 13K® 145f 
Butter— Western, 59 ft 15 ® 26 15 © 28 
State, 59 ft 22 © 35 25 © 40 
Cheese.. 6 @ 1334 6 © 15 
Beans— 59 bushel 3 00 ©4 70 4 25 ©4 70 
Peas— Canada. 5? bushel. 1 25 ® 1 45 1 25 @ 1 45 
EGG9— Fresh. 59 dozen 23.® 27 24 © 30 
Poultry— Fowls, 5jf ft 20 @ 22 15 © 17 
Turkeys, i» ft 20 ® 22 20 © 21 
Potatoes— Old & New,59 bbl. 2 00 ® 2 50 175 ® 3 00 
Apples— 59 barrel 2 50 ® 4 50 1 50 @ 4 50 
Peaches— 59 basket 1 00 © 2 50 75 © 1 75 
Ceaa-berries, ©barrel Nominal. Nominal. 
Sew York Live Stock Markets. — 
week ending. Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Siei?ie. 
August 20 5,784 46 1,2S4 29.026 28,142 
A.u»ust27 6,994 43 1,513 30.362 26,643 
September 3 6,387 36 1,223 30,239 22.391 
SeptemberlO 7,011 50 1,181 80,269 20,312 
Total in four Weeks... .20.176 175 5,201 119,896 93,793 
Averaaeper Week- 6.544 44 1,300 29,974 24,448 
do do last Month.... 5,890 47 1,494 25,395 20.197 
do. do. prev's Month. 5,325 51 2,441 24,112 16,652 
Averaae per Week, 1806.5.74S 94 1,200 20,000 13,000 
do do do. 1865 5,255 US 1,500 16,091 11,023 
do' do' do. 1S64 5.161 145 1,511 15,315 12,676 
do! do. do. 1S63 5,150 129 694 9,941 21,670 
Total in 1866 29S.830 4,885 62.120 1,040,000 672,000 
Total in 1S65 210.27 1 0,161 77,991 836,783 571,197 
Total in 1864 267,609 7,603 75.621 782.462 660.270 
Total in 1863 264,091 0,470 85,705 519,316 1,101,617 
Beef Cattle.— Considering that since early in the 
month reported upon, the weather has steadily improved, 
it is not strange that with largely increased supplies there 
should be also an improvement in prices— at least, no fall- 
Lug off. Prime cattle have decidedly improved, and are 
