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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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there decay and leave the fertilizing elements that 
the leaves contained. A good gardener knows the 
virtues of woods’ earth and uses it largely in his 
work. Gather the forest leaves and use them as a 
litter, and gain a double end—a neat absorbent, and 
a valuable fertilizer. 
27,382,000 bushels ; of Rye, 901,850 bushels; of Barley, 
1,393,000 bushels, and of Oats, 6,468,000 bushels, against 
at the same time a year ago, an aggregate of 14,360,800 
bushels Wheat, 19,812,000 bushels Corn, 664,850 bushels 
Rye, 1,705,300 bushels Barley, and 2,541,900 bushels Oats. 
The unprecedented aggregate of Corn is the remarkable 
feature of the latest exhibit. This aggregate is equal to 
nearly 32 times the average weekly exports of Corn from 
44 Cultivation of Grasses and Forage 
Plants at tlie South.”— Last month, p. 422, we 
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Commercial Matters—Market Prices. 
New York, October 7, 1881. 
Very excited markets have been the rule, during the 
month, for most kinds of Produce, on unusually exten¬ 
sive dealings in the speculative favorites of No. 2 Red 
Wheat, No. 2 Corn, and No. 2 Oats, which have been ad¬ 
vanced materially, chiefly through speculative influ- 
the Atlantic sea-boar(L—or, on this basis, equal to eight 
months’ shipments. The amounts of Wheat and Corn in 
store at New York alone, at the latest dates, were respec¬ 
tively, 4,933,900, and 5,188,300 bushels; of Oats, the ag¬ 
gregate was 2,307,000 bushels. New York has received, 
since Jan. 1st, 36,518,600 bushels Wheat, 37,335,800 bus. 
Corn, 3,590,500 bushels Oats, and 4,197,100 bbls. Flour. 
It has exported in the same time, 34,979,600 bushels 
Wheat, 25,378,600 bushels Corn, and3,667,000 bbls. Flour. 
The deliveries by Canal at Albany, this season, have 
been of Wheat, 10,953,500 bushels, and of Corn, 13,636,000 
bushels, against, in the same season of 1880, to the same 
date, 21,219,700 bushels Wheat, and 27,604,600 bushels 
Corn. The grand aggregate of Wheat in sight—in the 
United States and Canada, and on passage for the United 
Kingdom and the Continent—is now 40,587,000 bushels, 
and of Corn, 29,564,700 bushels, against 30,770,650 bushels 
Wheat, and 25,742,800 bushels Com, same time last year. 
In the face of these enormous totals, the prevalent 
rampant speculation in this country keeps prices rela¬ 
tively much higher here than in Western Europe, and 
thus, while arresting exports from our surplus stocks, 
contributes to make a profitable market for other sources 
of supply, to the serious ultimate detriment of our pro¬ 
ducers, and very probable derangement and injury of all 
our industrial interests. Toward the close, prices of 
Breadstufi’s and Provisions developed more or less of 
weakness and irregularity, and many operators seemed 
apprehensive of the general position, particularly in 
view of the hardening course of the money market, as 
against borrowers, especially of the speculative class. 
Cotton also left off heavily. Wool met with a fair de¬ 
mand and gained in price. Tobacco attracted less at¬ 
tention; Western Leaf closed easier; Seed Leaf, how¬ 
ever, ruling strong. Hops have been, in much better 
request, and have been advanced about 2c. 3c. per lb. 
Late English crop roports were of an unfavorable tenor. 
Seeds have been ruling lower, on a restricted business. 
Prices of Fertilizers. 
Nitrate of Potash (95 per cent), per 11). 7K@8>£c. 
Sulphate of Potash (potash 44 per cent), per lb.. 3X@4 c. 
do. do. (potash 27M per cent, per lb.. lp 2 @l^c. 
German Potash Salts (potash 12 to 15 p. c.), p. ton.$12.00@15.00 
Muriate of Potash (notash 50 per cent), per lb,... 2M©2%c. 
Nitrate of Soda, per lb. 4@4>£c. 
Sulphate of Ammonia (25 per cent), per lb. 5X@6c. 
Dried Blood (ammonia 13 per cent), per ton.$55.00@60.00 
No. 1 Peruv. Guano,guaranteed, $ ton,. 60.00 
Soluble Pacific Guano, per ton. 45.00 
Excelsior Fertilizer Co., Fine Ground Raw Bone. 45.00 
Mapes’ Complete Manure (clay soils), per 1.000 lbs. 26.00 
do. do. do. (light soils), per 1,000 lbs. 26.50 
do. do. do. “A” Brand (wheat), 1,000 lbs. 21.00 
do. Tobacco do. do. 53.00 
do. Fruit and Vine Manure, per ton. 37.00 
do. Pure Raw Bone, per ton. 38.00 
Matfleld 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. 40.00 
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. 45.00 
do. Wheat Manure, per ton. 45.00 
do. Seeding Down Manure, per ton. 40.00 
Walton, Wluinn & Co.’s Raw Bone Phosphate, per ton.. 40.00 
Gypsum, Nova Scotia, ground, per ton. 8.C0 
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