EDITOR s table. 
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British Duties on American Wheat and Flour. —By 
the following Table, the merchant, miller, or farmer 
will be able to tell at a glance when it will answer for 
him to ship wheat or flour to England It will also 
show that the high duties almost effectually exclude 
the people of the United States from ever supplying 
any considerable amount of these articles; as, by the 
operation of what is termed the sliding scale, whenever 
the price in England reaches the point which would 
justify our farmers or merchants to ship, the market is 
supplied by Germany or other contiguous grain grow¬ 
ing countries long before our cargoes reach Liverpool; 
and as the prices of the articles are lowered the duties 
go on increasing, so that by the time of the arrival of 
the American flour, in nine cases out of ten, the duty 
an a barrel of flour is nearly up to $3. 
The Table is calculated as follows: eight bushels 
to the quarter, and five bushels to the barrel, which 
is sufficiently near for the purposes intended. 
On Wheat and Flour Imported into England from the 
United States. 
Whenever Wheat per quarter ( Sbu .) 
s. 
$ ■ c. 
5 . 
« c. 
5 . 
$ c. 
under 51 
or 12 24 
20 
or 4 80 
51 
or 12 24 and 
4 ' 4 
52 
or 12 48 
19 
or 4 56 
52 
or 12 48 and 
. 44 
55 
or 13 20 
18 
or 4 32 
55 
or 13 20 and 
44 
56 
or 13 44 
17 
or 3 08 
56 
or 13 44 and 
44 
5.7 
or 13 68 
16 
or 3 84 
57 
or 13 68 and 
44 
58 
or 13 92 
15 
or 3 60 
58 
or 13 92 and 
44 
59 
or 14 16 
14 
or 3 36 
59 
or 14 16 and 
44 
60 
or 14 40 
13 
or 2 12 
60 
or 14 40 and 
44 
61 
or 14 64 
12 
or 2 88 
61 
or 14 64 and 
44 
62 
or 14 88 
11 
or 2 64 
62 
or 14 88 and 
<i 
63 
or 15 12 
10 
or 2 40 
63 
or 15 12 and 
44 
64 
or 15 36 
9 
or 1 16 
64 
or 15 36 and 
a 
65 
or 15 60 
8 
or 1 92 
65 
or 15 60 and 
44 
66 
or 15 88 
7 
or 1 68 
66 
or 15 84 and 
44 
67 
or 16 08 
6 
or 1 44 
69 
or 16 56 and 
44 
70 
or 16 80 
5 
or 1 20 
70 
or 16 80 and 
44 
71 
or 17 04 
4 
or 92 
71 
or 17 04 and 
u 
72 
or 17 28 
3 
or 72 
72 
or 17 28 and 
44 
73 
or 17 52 
2 
or 48 
73 
or 17 52 and over 
1 
or 24 
Whenever Flour per barrel 
is worth 
<—The duty is—, 
s. 
d. 
«c. 
s. 
d. 
$ c. 
8. 
d. 
$ c. 
under 31 104 
or 7 65 
12 
6 
or 3 00 
31 101 
or 7 65 and 
44 
32 
6 
or 7 80 
11 104 
or 2 85 
32 
6 
or 7 80 and 
44 
34 
44 or 8 25 
11 
3“ 
or 2 70 
34 
44 or 8 25 and 
44 
35 
or 8 40 
10 
74 
or 2 55 
35 
or 8 40 and 
44 
35 
n 
or 8 55 
10 
or 2 40 
35 
7i 
or 8 55 and 
44 
36 
3 
or 8 70 
9 
44 
or 2 25 
36 
3 
or 8 70 and 
44 
36 I 04 or 8 85 
8 
9 
or 2 10 
36 101 
or 8 85 and 
44 
37 
6 
or 9 00 
8 
H 
or 1 95 
37 
6 
or 9 00 and 
u 
38 
H 
or 9 15 
7 
6 
or 1 80 
38 
H 
or 9 15 and 
44 
38 
9 
or 9 30 
6 104 or 1 65 
38 
0 
or 9 30 and 
44 
39 
4 
or 9 45 
6 
3 
or 1 50 
39 
44 
or 9 45 and 
44 
40 
or 9 60 
5 
74 or 1 35 
40 
or 9 60 and 
44 
40 
74 or 9 75 
5 
or 1 20 
40 
7h 
or 9 75 and 
- ’ <4 
41 
3 
or 9 90 
4 
44 
or 1 05 
41 
3 
or 9 90 and 
44 
43 
14 or 10 35 
3 
9 
or 90 
43 
1.4 
or 10 35 and 
44 
43 
9 
or 10 50 
3 
14 or 75 
43 
9 
or 10 50 and 
44 
44 
44 
or 10 65 
2 
6 
or 60 
44 
44 
or 10 65 and 
44 
45 
or 10 80 
1 104 
or 45 
45" 
or 10 80 and 
' 44 
45 
74 or 10 95 
1 
3 
or 30 
45 
n 
or 10 93 and over 
74 or 15 
On Wheat and Flour Imported into England from 
Canada. 
Whenever Wheat per quarter 
is worth /—The dutv is—. 
s. 
$ c. 
5. 
$ c. ' 
s. 
under 55 
or 13 20 
5 
55 
or 13 20 and “ 
56 
or 13 44 
4 
56 
or 13 44 and “ 
57 
or 13 68 
3 
57 
or 13 68 and “ 
58 
or 13 92 
2 
58 
or 13 92 and ov£r 
1 
Whenever Flour per barrel 
is worth 
# c. 
or 120 
or 96 
or 72 
or 48 
or 25 
$ c. s. d. 
under 34 4£ or 
8 25 and “ 35 or 
8 41 and “ 35 7£ or 
8 55 and 4i 36 3 or 
8 70 and over 
In these tables the pound sterling is computed at 
$4.80, which is the legal value. The actual value is 
$4.85 a $4.87 — New York Tribune. 
4£ or 
or 
74 or 
3 or 
$ c. 
8 25 
8 40 
8 55 
8 70 
-The duty is—, 
s. d. $ e. 
3 1^ or 0 75 
2 6 or 60 
1 10* or 45 
13 or 30 
7$ or 16 
To Make Vinegar. —Take eight gallons of clear rain 
water, add three quarts of molasses, put into a good 
cask, shake well a few times, then add two or three 
spoonfuls of good yeast, or two yeast cakes. If in 
summer, place the cask in the sun ; if in winter, near 
the chimney where it may be warm. In ten or fifteen 
days, add to the liquor a sheet of brown paper, torn in 
strips, dipped in molasses, and good vinegar will be 
produced. The paper will in this way form what is 
called the “ mother,” or life of vinegar.— New Gen. Far. 
A Cent in an Ox's Liver. —Mr. Walter Hasty of Li- 
mington, a few days since, found a cent embedded ih 
the middle of an ox’s liver, which he was cutting up. 
The liver was entirely closed around the cent, and on 
removing it the imprint of the letters was seen upon 
the parts with which they had been in contact. Mr. 
H. bought the liver in Portland. We have the cent in 
our possession. It is a halfpenny of Lower Canada, 
and bears date of 1837. How it could have got into 
the place whence it was taken, may be matter of spe¬ 
culation for the curious — Saco Democrat. 
Pork Business in Sciota Valley. —The number of swine 
slaughtered there last year was 121,800; this year, 
48,350 ; showing a deficit from last year of 73,450. 
Preservation of Apples. —A gentleman from the north¬ 
ern part of Indiana recently communicated to us a fact 
in regard to the preservation of apples, which will be 
new to many of our readers, and valuable to all farm 
ers. He says that to keep apples from autumn to June, 
he places them in a shallow hole, dug as for Irish po¬ 
tatoes. having covered the bottom with cornstalks or 
straw, and the straw with dirt to the depth of about 
five or six inches. No shelter is placed over them. 
As soon as the severe winter arrives, and the ground 
and perhaps the apples themselves become thoroughly 
frozen, straw is again placed over the frozen heap, and 
the whole again covered with a coating of earth—this 
time ten or twelve inches thick. 
The object is to keep the first coating of earth frozen 
until spring, and then cause it to thaw very slowly. 
The same treatment may be given to turnips, Irish 
potatoes, beets and carrots. Any of those roots may 
be thoroughly frozen without injury, provided they are 
covered well over, and suffered to thaw by slow degrees. 
Sweet potatoes are almost the only exception among 
roots to this rule. They are injured by a small degree 
of cold and without being frozen. If in the frozen 
state, an Irish potatoe is put into cold water until the 
frost is out, and then cooked, it will be as good as if 
it had never been frozen. All these are facts which 
we know from our own experience and that of many 
others. 
We do not know to what paper to give credit for the 
above. 
Analysis of Seed Cotton as a Farmer—not as Chemist. 
—I have, as is my usual custom, weighed and ginned 
out a lot of cotton, and give the result of the analysis. 
The loss of thirteen lbs. I am unable to account for, 
knowing accuracy and care were observed; for I 
weighed every parcel and ginned it myself—for where 
popular accuracy is required, I do all the work I can. 
Weight of seed cotton, 4044 lbs. 
“ Cotton seed, 274£ 
“ Cotton, 114 
“ Motes, 3 
“ Loss. 13 4044 lb 
The seed measured heaping measure, 11 bushels. The 
seed weighed per bushel 25 lbs. 
It thus requires 1410 lbs. of dry cotton to make a 
bale of 400 lbs., exclusive of baling and rope, which 
contains 35 bushels of seed, and yields the small ave¬ 
rage of 28 lbs. per cwt.— South West Far. 
Maple Sugar. —The Montpelier Watchman estimates 
the value of the sugar crop of Vermont, the present 
year, at $1,000,000. 
