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A Noteworthy Statement,” Surely, is 
that of the Mutual Life Insurance Company,on last cover 
page. It shows nearly Six Million Dollars paid to heirs and 
Matured Endowments during the past year alone. How 
many widows and orphans are thus saved from depend¬ 
ing upon the world’s cold charity 1 Over 300 million dol- 
ars more are insured in this great Company as a provi¬ 
sion for the heirs of 97,978 policy holders. The assets 
amount to over 91 million dollars, with a surplus of over 
§11,000,000. We suggest to all interested to send to the 
New York Office (144 Broadway), asking for the inter¬ 
esting documents on Life Insurance which the Company 
supply free to all desiring them. 
About Mot-Air Furnaces.— A large number 
have written to ask the name of the maker of the furnace 
illustrated in January, on page 35. As stated in the ar¬ 
ticle, the engraving ivas given to “ illustrate the princi¬ 
ple,” and had no reference to any particular furnace. 
The object of the article was to show what features 
should be possessed by any furnace for it to be useful as 
a heater and at the same time healthful. There are hot¬ 
air furnaces made in every large city in the country; if 
these have a large heating surface, so that the fire does 
not need to be driven, take the cold air from out-doors, 
and not from the cellar, and have abundant provision for 
evaporating water, and moisten the warm air before it 
enters the rooms—so far, the furnace is a good one. 
After these come the questions of cost, durability, con¬ 
sumption of fuel, etc., which are secondary, butiimport- 
ant, matters. We have no special furnace to recommend. 
The Prize Horse Essays.— The time for send¬ 
ing in essays on “Keeping One Horse” expired on Feb. 
1. The number, nearly 100, is unexpectedly large, and 
the committee who have in hand the task of reading, 
comparing, and deciding, have been quite unable to 
come to a decision in time to announce the winners of 
the prizes in this number, but hope to do so in time to 
allow us to publish the Essay taking the first prize in 
April—provided we can make room for it. 
The Mall of the IPeiin. Horticultural 
Society.— That venerable Association, the Penn. Hort. 
Society, is now homeless, its fine Hall having been 
burned on the last day of January. The Society becom¬ 
ing involved in money affairs, the Hall was sold a few 
years ago; fortunately the society, in Mr. Schaeffer, had 
a President who is liberal as well as able, and he pur¬ 
chased the building and allowed the society to use it as 
if it were their own. We are glad to learn that the li¬ 
brary and the portraits, some of which were of historical 
value, were saved. We learn that Mr. Schaeffer intends 
that the society shall not be long without a home, and 
propose to rebuild the Hall in a style better adapted to 
the uses of the society. 
The Flora of California —The second and 
concluding volume of this work was completed several 
months ago. The work was intended to be a portion of 
the Report of the Geological Survey of the State, and a 
large share of the materials were collected by that sur 
vey. The State, in a spasm of economy, refused to pro¬ 
vide for the publication of this work, but, thanks to a 
half dozen liberal men in San Francisco, the labor in 
preparing the work was not lost for lack of means to 
publish it. The work upon the second volume was 
mainly done by Mr. Sereno Watson, aided by several 
specialists, and the completed work is one for which 
students of American botany will be grateful. 
Commercial Matters—Market Prices. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care¬ 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist , 
from our record kept daily during the year, show at a 
glance the transactions for the month ending Feb. 12th, 
1881, and for the corresponding period last year: 
1, TRANSACT IONS AT THE NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. .Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
27 d's this m'th536,000 1.709,000 931,000 141,000 269,000 691,000 
25(l’stos«m’th564,000 3,195,000 1,611,000 152,000 407,000 813,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Bariev Oats. 
.27 d.t’sm’thlOl,000 33,107,000* 8,735,000* 146,060 267,000 3,326,000 
25 d. ftm’th391,000 32,214,000 * 6,876,000 ' 212,000 328,000 2,871,000 
* Including forward delivery. 
2. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rue. Bariev. Oats. 
27 days 1881..536,000 1,709,000 031,000 141.000 269,000 691 000 
25 days 1880. .453,000 1,715,000 1,904,000 34,000 289,000 1,054 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
27 days 1881..401,000 33,107,000 8,735,000 146,000 267,000 3,826,000 
25 days 1880 . 321,000 23,226,000 3,807,000 118,000 237,000 1,019,000 
3. 
Exports from New York, Jan. 1 to Feb. 9. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley Oats. Peas- 
hhls. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
'81.. .676,700 3,345,700 917,200 221,800 - 15,000 45.000 
’80...382,400 2,351,900 2.048,700 262.450 58,300 13,100 6.100 
*79.. 311,000 4,417,400 2,82L000 412,000 1.217 19,P0 33.200 
T8...279,799 4,605,476 1,756358 184,461 305,382 19,878 28,584 
4. Stock of grain in store at New York. 
Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. Malt. 
bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
Feb. 7,’81..3,388,300 1,633,250 127,650 235,550 834,400 92,500 
Feb. 5, ’80. .1,822,400 736,350 257,400 904,300 1,568.450 323,000 
Feb. 10 ’79..2,918,206 1,501,708 513,557 859,804 734,745 85.154 
Feb.Tl, 78. .1,674,035 774,470 208,846 831,673 1,415,633 318,079 
5, Visible Supplies of Grain in Sight: 
Wheat. Com. Rye. Barley. Oat. 
bush. bush. busn. bush. bush. 
Feb. 5, 1881 27,495,468 16,499,062 736,729 3,405.281 3,444,000 
Jan. 8, 1881..28,892,132 16,651,500 846,450 3.215,900 3,732,900 
Feb. 7, 1880. .29,593,700 14,282,800 1,076,000 4,251,000 3,328,300 
6. Exports of Breadstufs from Atlantic Ports, Sept, 1, 
to Feb. 5: 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. 
bbls. bush. bush. 
1880-81.3,661.900 52,361,200 33,996,000 
1879-80. 2,967.800 61,757,950 28,911,250 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Jan. 11,1881. Feb. 12.1881. 
Flour— Super ..$3 20 © 3 90 $3 25 @ 4 00 
Extra Western. 4 15 @ 8 25 
Buckwheat Flour, $ 100 lbs 175 @2 10 
Corn-Meal. 2 65 © 3 35 
4 25 @8 25 
1 85 
2 15 
2 65 @ 3 30 
Wheat—A ll kinds of White. 1 07 y 2 ® 1 21H 1 10 @1 18 
Corn- 
Red and Amber. 
Spring. 
-Y ellow. 
White. 
Mixed. 
Oats. 
Rye. 
Barley. 
Hay— Pale, ® 100 fts. 1 00 @ 1 25 
1 05 @ 1 26K 1 05 @ 1 25 
1 00 ® 1 21 9 4 © 1 17 
54^@ 65 - " 
55 © 58 
54 @ 58 
42 X@ 50 y 2 
98 @ 1 00 
70 © 1 35 
Hops— new. lb. 18 © 
old, $ ft. 4 @ 
Feathers— Live Geese, tb 45 @ 
Seed—C lover, W. & St. $ ft. _ _7K@ 
Timothy, $ bushel.... 2 65 @2 85 
1 40 @ — 
15 
4 _ 
25 @ 
18 @ 
' @ 
55>4@ 65 
55>«@ 59 
55 y,® 58 
43 © 50 
97 @ 1 04 
75 @ 1 32>£ 
1 00 @ 1 30 
15 @ 23 
4 @ 19 
45 @ 53 
IX® 10 
2 70 @ 2 85 
1 42V® 1 45 
4 y,@ 15 
23 @ 50 
46 17 @ 45 
6 X 6y@ 
— 29 00 @29 50 
14 25 @15 50 
11 50 @ — 
9 50 @10 00 
23 
20 
50 
9M 
1 75 
® 
9 45 
9 70 
@10 27K 
20 
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33 
18 
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34 
14 
31 
14 
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i reported in 
domestic 
pro- 
• ’ Flax, bushel. 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &c., $ft 
Wool— Domestic Fleece, f tb 
Domestic, pulled. 
Tallow, $ ft. t> 
Oil-Cake—P ton. 29 00 _ 
Pork—M ew. » bbl. 12 75 © 
Extra Prime, P bbl.. 10 50 @10 75 
Beef —Extra Mess. 9 50 @10 00 
Lard, in fres. & bbls, $ 100ft 
Butter— State, 13 ft. 
•• Western, poor to f’cy.ft 
Cheese 
E gs— Fresh, ^ dozen. 
Peas— Canada, in bond, P b 
duce, for the season, especially considering the intensely 
wintry weather, obstructed railroad, harbor, and street 
transportation facilities, and the generally discouraging 
tenor of the advices by cable from the prominent mar¬ 
kets of Western Europe, which usually draw important 
supplies hence. Export movements have been fair in 
Breadstuff's and extraordinarily large in Provisions—not¬ 
ably in Hog Products, while Tobacco, Petroleum, and 
Lumber were more sought after for shipment. During 
the month, a leading firm here marketed the very exten¬ 
sive amount of over 10,000 hhds. Tobacco, for export to 
France. Italy, and Spain, constituting the heaviest trans¬ 
actions ever reported here. Cotton has fluctuated fre¬ 
quently, and has lost a trifle, on a moderately active 
market, chiefly for options for forward delivery. Wool 
has declined slightly and closed weak, the offerings gain¬ 
ing on the very moderate requirements of buyers. 
A fair inquiry prevailed for Hay, Straw, and Hops, 
which varied iittle in price... .Very free dealings have 
been reported in Provisions, chiefly in Hog Products, 
which showed depression early in the month, but closed 
much stronger and buoyant—speculation, especially in 
the Western Steam Lard, developing remarkable spirit. 
...Wheat has been quite brisk, mainly on speculative 
account, and Corn and Oats also active, at very irregular 
prices, leaving off, however, with a decided upward ten¬ 
dency. Toward the close, liberal purchases were made 
of Wheat, Corn, and Rye for export ...Flour has been 
in generally moderate request, and has been yielding in 
price, but, aided by the buoyancy in Wheat, closed with 
reviving firmness....Ocean freights have been again 
quoted "heavy and irregular. The offerings of accommo¬ 
dation have been in excess of the very moderate wants 
of the export interest. 
Prices of Fertilizers. 
Nitrate of Potasli (95 per cent), per II). 7K@8J4c 
Sulphate of Potash (potasli 44 per cent), per lb.. 3'i@4 c. 
do. do. (potash 27K per cent, per lb.. lp.@l<ge 
German Potash Salts (potasli 12 to 15 p. c.), p. ton.$15.00@18 00 
Muriate ot Potash (potash 50 per cent), per lb.... 214®2'/,c. 
Nitrate of Soda, per lb. 4 @4Kc 
Sulphate of Ammonia (25 per cent), per lb. 4> 2 @4Vc! 
Dried Blood (ammonia 13 per cent), per ton.$50 00052.00 
No. 1 Peruv. Guano,Lobos, 'ft ton. 4 u.n 0 
do. do. guaranteed, ft ton, cargo M. 56.(10 
Soluble Pacific Guano,' per ton. 45 on 
Excelsior Fertilizer Co., Fine Ground Raw Bone. 45.00 
Manes’ Complete Manure (clay soils), per 1.000 lbs. 25.50 
do. do. do. (light soils', per 1,000 lbs. 25.50 
do. do. do. “A" Brand (wheat), 19 1,000 lbs. 20.00 
do. Tobacco do. do. 52.00 
do. Fruit and Vine Manure, per ton. 37.00 
do. Pure Raw Bone, per ton. 38.00 
Matfield Fertilizer, No. 1. . 45.00 
do. do. No. 2. ;.. 30.00 
Homestead Superphosphate, per ton . 40.00 " 
do Tobacco Grower, per ton. 60.00 
Banner lla-.v Bone Flour, per ton . 45.00 
Bowker’s IVlieas Phosphate, per ton. 40.00 
do. Acid Phosphate, per ton.25,00 
do. Soluble Bone, per ton. 35.00 
do. Grain Phosphate, per ton. 40.00 
do. Hill and Drill Phosphate, per ton.45.00 
Stockbridge Corn manure, per ton . 50.00 
do. Potato manure, per ton.50.00 
Stockbridge Rye Manure, per ton.. 45 .no 
do. Wheat Manure, per ton. 45.00 
do. Seeding Down Manure, per ton. 40.00 
Walton, Whan 11 & Co.’s Raw Bone Phosphate, per ton.. 40.00 
Gypsum, Nova Scotia, ground, per ton... 3.00 
im GAN BUY THE iLATOHLEY 
PUMP 
Fnlliu;d,orwitli Copper, Porcelain, or Iron 
Linings. Each one stenciled with my name as 
manufacturer is warranted in material and con¬ 
struction. For sale by the best bouses in the 
trade. If you do not know where to get this 
pump, write to me as below, and I will send 
name of agent nearest you, who will supply you 
at my lowest prices. 
CHAS. G. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer, 
308 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
FOR LAND, FRUIT TREES, 
etc. FERRIS’ LAND INVIG- 
ORATOR and CHOP PRO¬ 
TECTOR has in it all the Salt land 
requires besides other ingredients that 
make it verv valuable. Death to Hes¬ 
sian Fly and other pests. Use it and 
sian Fly and other pests. Use it and 
reap a golden harvest. Large quantity of Agricultural Salt 
on hand. EDWIN FERRIS & CO., 
Wholesale Salt & Fish Dealers, 183 & 185 Washington St., N.Y. 
THE FINEST IN THE WORLD! 
CHALLESTGE^ GERANIUMS. 
Descriptive and Price-Lists free. 
ROSES, PLANTS, & GERANIUMS By Mail. 
Samples, 14 for $1.10. 
TYRA MO NTGOMERY, M attoon , III. 
THE COMING POTATO, 
THE WATSOl 
Unrivalled, Unequalled, and Unsurpassed by anv Potato 
that has beeu introduced since the advent of the Early Rose, 
both for earliness, productiveness, beautiful appearance, 
and extra fine table qualities. Such is the testimony of 
hundreds of the best farmers in Penn., and other States, 
and can be proven by their own handwriting. For history 
and Descriptive Catalogue, address, 
SAMUEL. WILSON, Mechanicsville, Bucks Co., Pa. 
tST’Wilsou’s Improved Evergreen Broom Corn 
Seed A Specialty.-gf 
D| ICQ ENTERPRISE CARRIAGE CO. CIN’TI,0. 
DUuHltO Territory given. Catalogue free. 
II 
NOT 
FAIL TO SEND FOR A SAMPLE Pan 
of Gossamer Waterproof 
SLEEVE PBOTEGTORS, 
For Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Use. 
One Sample Pair sent on receipt of 25c. in 
stamps. By mail, postage prepaid, with 
terms to Agents. These are the Newest and 
Fastest Selling Goods for Agents, and pay 
large profits. 
Circulars of other goods free. 
NEW ENGLAND NWELTY IVI’fg Co., 
24 Portland Street, BOSTON, Mass. 
NSE SPECIE POUCH 
A common-sense article for Agents to sell, and for every 
one to use. Made of Handsome Black Rubber, Gold. 
Embossed. When empty, takes up no more room in the 
pocket than a dollar bill, and can be distended to hold 
$50 in Specie. Sample bv mail, ten cents ; 1 dozen by mail, 
seventy cents. AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CO. 
Franklin, Mass. 
Agents Wanted Everywhere to sell the Very Best 
HAND CORN PLANTER 
in America. Address, DAVIS & CO., Ithaca, N. Y. 
m^^esirablenTw e*?gOnxTho weT 
Well Furnished ; For Sale or to Lease $ 
Very low Price—Easy Terms ; 
Unsurpassed Educational Advantages, and Ex® 
cellent Society. 
Located on the boundary line of one of the most beauti¬ 
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combined advantages of a City and Country residence. Ele¬ 
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Out-Buildings, fine Grapery; 4 % acres; Lawn, Ornamental 
Trees and Shrubs, etc., etc. The place cost over $40,000 prior 
to the panic of 1873. Will be sold at a little more than half 
the cost, or leased furnished to a desirable family, 1 to 3 
years, at moderate rental. No more desirable residence or 
location in the country. Address “ Mansion,” care of Post- 
Office Box 74, New York City, and give particulars of family, 
etc., if desiring to lease only. 
