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<com are given, and they propose to put down 
their crop of rye in the silos and feed ensilage 
til! the year round; in summer as a supplement 
to pasturage. They write us that their experiment 
is, thus far, a complete success. 
Catalogues Received. 
SEEDSMEN. 
J. H. Andre, Binghams’, Tioga Co., N.Y.—Potato cata¬ 
logue, with many new varieties and new oats. 
Samuel N. Cox, Saint Joseph, Mo.—Besides seeds, a 
great variety of implements, etc. 
C. W. Dorr. Des Moines, Iowa.—incorrectly printed 
Dows last month. 
J. A. Everett, Watsontown, Pa.—General stock of 
vegetable and flower seeds, and several quite new, all in 
the quaintest possible cover. 
Everett & Gleason, No. 34 South Market St., Boston, 
Mass.—New firm, new store, and new seeds. 
W. L. Ferris, Jr,, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Besides 
.seeds offers small fruits and other nursery stock. 
Hovey & Co., No. 16 South Market St., B ston. Mass. 
This very old establishment comes with a new catalogue 
and is well up with the times in new things. 
Perry & Robinson, Syracuse, N. Y.—Compactly and 
neatly arranged seed list; also implements. 
Price & Knickerbocker, Albany, N. Y.—One ef the 
handsomest catalogues and as full, with novelties, as it 
is elegant. 
Robert C. Reeves, Nos. 185-187 Water St.. N. Y. City. 
—Farm seeds as well as vegetable and flower, imple¬ 
ments, and fertilizers. 
H. N. Smith. So. Sudbury, Mass.—Small, neat, and 
select list of vegetables and flowers. 
J. C. Vaughan, 45 La Salle St.. Chicago, Ill.—Besides 
seeds and bulbs, a great variety of implements, etc. 
NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS. 
47. E. Allen, Brattleboro.Vt.—A very full list of green¬ 
house and bedding plants, including the latest, also seeds. 
P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga., sends his list of green¬ 
house and ornamental plants, including many especially 
adapted to a southern climate. 
H. H. Berger & Co.. San Francisco, Cal., and Tokio, 
Japan. - Japanese trees and other stock. 
Chas. Black & Bro., Hightstown, N. J.—Fruit and 
ornamental stock, with several novelties. 
J. S. Collins, Moorestown, N. J.—Small fruits with 
all the novelties, also now pears and much useful in¬ 
formation. 
Ellis Brothers, Keene. N. H.—Greenhouse and bed¬ 
ding plants, also choice seeds, and vegetable plants. 
G. H. & J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn.—Small 
fruits, with a number of novelties, fruit trees, etc, 
B. B IIance, Red Bank, N. J., is selling out the stock 
of Rumson Nurseries at reduced rates. 
Hoopes. Bro. & Thomas, Westchester, Pa.— A special 
catalogue of greenhouse and other flowers, remarkably 
full and fine. 
T. S. Hubbard. Fredonia. N. Y.—Wholesale list of i 
grapes, including the Prentiss, and other new varieties. 
Samuel Kinsey, Kinsey’s Station, near Dayton, O.— 
Wholesale price list of fruit and ornamental stock. 
Lapham & Anthony. Clayton, Del.—Offer the leading 
small fruits in Dollar collections by mail. 
C. P. Lines, New Haven, Conn.—Small fruits, orna¬ 
mental shrubs, climbers, etc. 
J. W. Manning, Reading, Mass —A large illustrated, 
descriptive Catalogue of general nursery siock with 
special attention given to evergreen and other ornamen¬ 
tal trees and shrubs. 
Thomas Meehan. Germantown. Pa.—Includes all de¬ 
partments of his varied stock, fruit and ornamental 
trees, evergreens, hedge plants, greenhouse, and other 
.flowers, etc., in one catalogue. 
A. C. Nellis, Canajoharie, N. Y.—rn his “ Floral In¬ 
structor,” unites, with a seed catalogue, much useful 
garden talk. 
Wm. B. Reed, Chambershurg, Pa., makes a specialty 
■of Roses and issues a circular describing choice varie¬ 
ties, with directions for culture. 
John Saul. Washington. D. C.—Rather more bulky 
than ever, and with the best and newest. Also a separate 
4ist of Roses which have always been a specialty here. 
Chas. T. Starr. Avondale, Pa.—Greenhouse and other 
(plants ; new carnations in variety. 
Storks, Harrison & Co., Painesville. Ohio.—Send 1, 
price list of fruit and ornamental trees; 2, a special cata¬ 
logue of small fruits; 3, list of Dollar collections of 
•flowers, fruits, etc , hv mail ; 4, illustrated catalogue of 
greenhouse and bedding plants, very full. 
E. B. Underhill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Small fruits, 
a full list, including the most recent. 
Geo. A. Wright, Aledo, HI., makes a specialty of the 
Dahlia and sends a very full list. 
E. & J. C. Williams. Montclair. N. J.—Small fruits 
with several new kinds, fruit and ornamental trees, and 
select flowering shrubs. 
A. Whitcomb. Lawrence, Kans.—A very neat descrip¬ 
tive list of a choice selection of bedding and other plants. 
IMPLEMENTS, FERTILIZERS, MACHINES, LIVE 
STOCK. AND MISCELLANEOUS. 
M. C. Aldrich, Felts' Mills, N. Y.—First class poultry 
■and eggs of same. 
E. F. Brockway. Ainsworth, Iowa —Poland China 
Swine, with “Brazilian Artichokes” to feed them. 
Thos. Cook & Son, London and New York.-Cata¬ 
logue of the various excursions to Europe for the com¬ 
ing season. 
Alex. G. Cummins, Smyrna, Del.—“Maize-Oleine,” 
and “ Marrow-Bone,” fertilizers for corn and wheat. 
Deane Steam Pump Co., 92-94 Liberty St., N. Y. City. 
—“ Steam Pumps for every possible Duty.” 
E. F. Edgecomb, Mechanics’ Falls, Me.—Suspension 
rods and chains for flower pots. 
Edwin Ferris & Co., 183-185 Washington St.,N. Y. 
City.—Ferris’ *• Land Invigorator,” and salt for agricul¬ 
tural uses. 
Geo. B. Forrester, 1S9 Peart St., N. Y. City.—For¬ 
rester's Complete Manures. Top-dressing for Lawns, and 
House-plant Fertilizer. 
Graham, Emlen & Passmore, 631 Market gt., Phila¬ 
delphia.—Lawn Mower. The parts of every pattern of 
hand and horse mower are here figured and prices at¬ 
tached. Most complete and useful. 
H. B. Griffing, No. 70 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City. An 
illustrated (28th annual) catalogue of avast collection of 
implements and machinery for the farm and farm-house. 
F. M. Hunt & Co., Changrin Falls, Ohio.—Catalogue 
of canvas-boats for sportsmen, etc. 
H. W. Johns’ M’f’g. Co., 87 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City. 
—Sample cards of a great variety of tints, some quite 
new, of the "Liquid Asbestos Paints.” 
Ladd Tobacco Co., St. Louis, Mo.—A treatise on Scab 
and the Sheep Dip made by the Co. 
J. C. Melcher, Blackjack Springs, Tex.—Apparatus 
for destroying ants, gophers, etc., by forcing sulphur 
fumes into their burrows. 
Chas. F. Muth, Cincinnati, O.—Bee-keeper's supplies 
and “Practical Hints to Bee-keepers.” 
Alfred II. Newman, Chicago. Ill.—Bee-keepers sup¬ 
plies, including books. Illustrated. 
J. E. Porter, Ottawa, HI., with his list of Hay-forks, 
Loaders, etc., sends a plan of his model barn. 
H. C. Rice, Easthampton, Mass.—Calf-Weaners, illus¬ 
trated. 
James P. Ross, WabaBh, Ind.—Catalogue of Sugar 
Grove Herd of Registered Jerseys. 
Geo. W. Simmons, Newark, Del.—Bee Hives and im¬ 
plements pertaining to Bee culture. 
Vanderbilt Brothers, 23 Fulton St., N. Y. City.— 
Catalogue of implements of all kinds, and circulars of 
Feed Cutter, Automatic Seed Planter, etc. 
FOREIGN CATALOGUES. 
John A. Bruce & Co., Hamilton, Canada.—Seeds of 
all kinds. Very full in farm seeds. 
Sutton & Sons, Reading, Eng.—The catalogues of 
this firm were noticed last month; since then we have 
received a Treatise on Permanent Pastures by Martin H. 
Sutton, one of the firm, supplemented by descriptions 
of the agricultural grasses, and beautifully illustrated 
with engravings of the grasses. 
0- A. Pctcah N KecceAbpHHra, is as near as our types 
will make it. A few lines in German inform us that it 
is the catalogue of Dr. E. Regel and J. Kesserling, of 
St. Petersburg, Russia. With the exception of the 
botanical and florist’s names, all is in Russian, and illus¬ 
trated with very neat cuts. 
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 March 1 1th, 
1SSI, and for the corresponding period last year: 
1 , TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
23 d‘8 this m’th481,00U 1,185,030 1,526,000 77,500 277,000 1,055,000 
27 d’s tost m’th53(>,000 1,709,000 931,000 141,003 209,000 691,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
23(l.<’sm’th432,000 35,435,000 , 10,375,000' 115,000 154,000 4,141,000* 
27d.rim’th401,00033,107,000* 8,735,000*146,000 267,000 3,326,000* 
* Including forward delivery. 
2. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
21 days 1881..481,000 1,185,000 1,526,000 77.500 277,TOO 1,055,000 
21 days 1880. .368,000 1,251,000 2,131,000 41,000 409,000 896,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
23 days 1881..432,000 35,435,000 10,375,000 175;000 161,000 4,141,(XX' 
24 days 1880 . 305,000 2-1,100,000 4,113,000 285,000 194,000 1,314,000 
3. Exports from New York. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rue. Oat. 
Past 4 weeks. 429,000 2.674,000 1,594,000 259,000 1,450 
4. Exports from New York, Jan. 1 to March 9 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Eye Barley. Oats. Peas. 
bbls. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
'81...1 096,000 6,35S,000 2,541,000 386,030 - 20,700 62,000 
IS)... 701.000 5.227.000 4.805,000 358.000 127.000 29,000 71.000 
’79.. 563.000 6,981,000 5,793.000 712,000 37.217 38.5'0 101.000 
'78... 415,400 7,483,409 2.776.780 339,829 621,599 37.847 55,550 
’17... 254,958 1,576,339 2,078,553 164,389 95,4'7 29.338 121,827 
'76... 357,715 1,910,068 2,630,925 15,387 - 46,266 198,153 
3. Stock of grain in store at New York. 
Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. Malt. 
bush. bush bush. bush. hush. bush. 
Mar. 7.'81..1,956,600 912.950 50,350 290,903 464,700 86,900 
Feb. 7. ’81 3,388,300 1,633,250 127,650 235.550 331,400 92.500 
Mar. 9, V0. .4,441,800 256,400 173.050 456,100 186.650 131,450 
Mar. 10.’79. .3,029,051 1,363,672 416,078 696,625 600,750 52,853 
Mar. 11,'78..1,639,371 460,494 114,200 660,145 1,090,851 275,705 
Mar. 12,’77. .2,646,287 1,517,208 284,607 475,671 769,451 327,659 
6. Visible Supplies of Grain in Sight : 
Wheat. Com. Rye. Barley. Oat. 
bush. bush. hush. bush. hush. 
Mar. 5, 1881..25,748,700 15,444,300 768,000 3,036,700 3,427,500 
Jan. 8,1881..28,892,132 16,651,500 816,450 3.215,900 3,732,900 
Mar. 7, 1880. .28,034,700 15,621,200 900,000 3,687,200 2,909,700 
A very stringent Money Market, early in the month, 
growing out of the refunding projects before Congress 
led to serious depression and derangement in financial 
and commercial interests, followed, however, toward 
the close by a sharp rally to renewed activity and buoy¬ 
ancy. Very severe weather, especially at the northwest 
—also operated against business, Cable advices were— 
at the opening—favorable, but, during the month be¬ 
came adverse—decidedly so, as affecting Provisions, 
through the prohibition of imports of meats from the 
United States by the French Government on the plea of 
guarding against the introduction to French markets of 
unsound or tainted stock ; and through the discussions, 
in the same vein, and spirit, of the general subject of 
American hog products in Germany and Great Britain, 
the latter country near the close manifesting alarm and 
apprehension because of representations said to have 
been forwarded by the British Consul at Philadelphia, 
of the prevalence of hog cholera in Ohio, Illinois, Min¬ 
nesota, etc., representations, which have been pointedly 
censured, as without the essential element of authentic¬ 
ity, or substantial foundation in fact. The demoralization 
of the export trade in Provisions—which had attained 
extraordinary proportions—led to a material break in 
prices of Hog Products, from which, however, there has 
been, within a few days, a partial recovery, on a more 
confident inquiry, in great part speculative. Cotton has 
been fairly active, chiefly in the option line, but at vari¬ 
able, and, toward the close, at declining prices....Wool 
has been recently more sought after and has shown 
rather more firmness. . Tobacco has been less freely 
dealt in, but has beeD otherwise without important 
changes.. ..Breadstuff's have shown increased animation, 
mainly in the speculative interest, though to a liberal 
extent for export, but values have fluctuated frequently 
—on Wheat, Corn and Oats sharply, leaving off generally 
stronger though irregular....Ocean freights have been 
quoted weaker, particularly toward the close, on in¬ 
creased and urgent offerings of accommodation on berth 
and charter contracts, and a less active demand for the 
leading ports of discharge in Europe. 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Feb. 12.1881. March. 10,1881. 
Flour—S uper. $3 25 @ 4 TO 
•• Extra Western. 4 25 @ 8 25 
•• Extra Southern.. 4 75 @7 00 
•• Rye, Superfine. 5 25 @5 65 
Buckwheat Flour, ^ 100 lbs 1 85 @ 2 15 
Corn-Meal, 7? bbl. 2 65 @3 30 
Corn Flour, $ bbl. 3 75 @ 4 10 
Oat-Meal, bbl. 4 50 @ 6 TO 
Wheat—A ll kinds of White. 110 @118 
Red and Amber. 1 05 @ 1 25 
•' Spring_,. 94 @ 1 17 
Corn-- 5 ellow. 55X@ 65 
•• White. 55 X® 59 
" Mixed. 55 y,® 58 
Oats. 43 @ 50 
Rye. 
$3 50 @ 4 20 
4 30 @ 8 25 
@ 7 TO 
@ 5 60 
@ 2 10 
@ 3 10 
@ 4 15 
4 50 @ 6 TO 
1 07M@ 1 19« 
1 07 @ 1 27 
@ 1 20 
@ 63 
@ 65 
58 a 
43 @ 4844 
4 75 
5 25 
1 80 
2 50 
3 85 
96 
56 
60 
Straw. $ 100 lbs. 
Hay— Pale, $ 100 fts. 
Hops— 1880, ?! tt. 
•• olds, P lt>. 
Feathers— Live Geese, ?) n> 
Seed— Clover, W. & St. Ib. 
Timothy, ?! bushel_ 
Cotton, Middling. 
•• Low Middling. 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &c., 79 it, 
Wool— Domestic Fleece, lb 
■ Domestic, pulled. 
Tallow, $ n>. 
Pork— Mess, $ bbl... 
• • Extra Prime, : 
Beef— Extra Mess_ 
97 
@ 1 04 
98 @ 1 03 
75 
@ 1 324* 
78 @ 1 30 
75 
@ 1 30 
85 @ 1 30 
1 00 
@ 1 30 
1 05 @ 1 25 
15 
@ 23 
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23 
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@ 19 
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43 @ 
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2 70 
@ 2 85 
2 75 © 2 85 
1 4244® 1 45 
1 45 @ 1 48 
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11 50 
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11 50 @12 00 
9 50 
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10 25 @11 25 
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Nominal. 
Butter—S tate, ?! ib. 
•• Western, poor to f’ey, lb 
Cheese. 
Eggs—F resh, ?> dozen. 
Peas—C anada, in bond, ?! b 
Prices of Fertilizers. 
Nitrate of Potash (95 per cent), per 1!). 74(@8>4c. 
Sulphate of Potash (potash 44 per cent), peril).. 34(@4 'c. 
do. do. (potash 274£ per cent, per lb.. 
German Potash Salts (potash 12 to 15 p. c.), p. ton.$15.00@I8.00 
Muriate ot Potash (potash 50 per cent), per lb.... 2'A@2'4c. 
Nitrate of Soda, per lb. 4 @Jk(c. 
Sulphate of Ammonia (25 per cent), per lb. 4 3 4@5 c. 
Dried Blood (ammonia 13 per cent), per ton.$50.00@52.00 
No. 1 Peruv. Guano,Lobos, ?! ton.46.00 
do. do. guaranteed, ton,cargo M. 56.00 
Soluble Pacific Guano, per ton. 45.00 
Excelsior Fertilizer Co., Fine Ground Raw Bone. 45.00 
Mapes’ Complete Manure (clay soils), per I.jOO lbs...... 26.50 
do. do. do. (light soils', per 1,000 Ihs. 26.50 
do. do. do. “A” Brand (wheat), $ 1,000 lbs. 21.00 
do. Tobacco do. do. 53 OO 
do. Fruit and Vine Manure, per ton. 37.00 
do. Pure Raw Bone, per ton. 3S.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 Raw Bone Flour, per ton . 45.00 
Bowker’s Wheat Phosphate, per ton. 40.1:0 
do. Acid Phosphate, per ton.25,00 
do. Soluble Hone, 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.on 
do. ~ Wheat Manure, per ton. 45.00 
do. Seeding Down Manure, per ton. 40.00 
Walton, Whnnn & Co.’s Raw Bone Phosphate, per ton.. 40.00 
Gypsum, Nova Scotia, ground, per ton. 8X0 
Persian Insect Powder Grown In 
tlie IT. JS.— While in Washington, recently, we 
found that Prof. C. V. Riley, chief of the U. S. 
Entomological Commission, was sending to cor¬ 
respondents in different parts of the country, seeds 
of Pgrethrum roseum and P. cbteraricrfoUum, the 
