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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[December, 
Commercial Matters—Market Prices. 
New Yoke, November 7, 1881. 
Very extensive transactions have taken place during 
the past month, particularly in Wheat, Corn, Oats, and 
Western Steam Lard, mainly speculative, as the high 
rates engineered by the operators have practically pre¬ 
vented exports, and the fluctuations have reduced the 
Home demand to the limit of actual requirements for 
immediate consumption. Foreign countries that would 
nave taken large quantities from us at, reasonable rates, 
are gathering unusual supplies from Southern Russia, 
from India, and from other points, that would have gone 
from us in a normal condition of our markets, and by so 
much will future demands upon us be lessened. Ire the 
meantime, our elevators, storehouses, and even freight 
cars are being packed full. This, with the Immense 
sums of money locked up in purchases and m “mar¬ 
gins,” and the difficulty of obtaining further funds, even 
at high rates of interest, have begun to tell, as we pre¬ 
dicted would be the case. A great many speculators 
have gone to thofr limits in increasing 11 margins,” and 
have been obliged t>o sacrifice all they had invested. 
Prices have given way decidedly --on Flour 50c. (a) $1.23 
$ bbl; on Wheat, 6c. @ 12c. $ bushel; on Rye, 3c. @ 
6c., and on Bar.ey 8c. @ 10c. bushel—the market clos¬ 
ing very irregularly. Oats have fluctuated, but on 
the whole ruled stronger... .Hog products have also 
declined rapidly, to wit: Mess Pork fully $2 bbl.; 
Western Steam Lard, $1.12} @ $1.37} $ 100 lbs., partly 
in sympathy with, and for the same reasons that Bread¬ 
stuff's have fallen... .The following suggestive tables 
show 
The Month's Boeeipts of Breadstuff's in New York. 
Flour, bbls.448,000 | Rye. bu. 175,000 
Wheat, bn.3,189,000 Barley, bu. 343,000 
Corn, bu..'2,736,000 I Oats, bu.605,000 
Month's Total Sales in New York. 
Flour, bbls. 387,000 
Wheat, bu.57,305,000 
Corn, bu.42,460,000 
Rye, bu. 202,000 
Barley, bu. 337,000 
Oats, bu.9,568,000 
It will be noted that the Sales of Wheat have been 
nearly nineteen times greater than the receipts, and of 
Corn over 15 times as great. The character of the sales 
is shown by the following: 
For Future Dtliv 
For Prompt Delivery. enj—"Options." 
Wheat, bu.5,585,000.51,720,000 
Corn, bu.4.894,000 37,560,000 
Oats, bu.2,188,000. 6,380,000 
The deliveries by Canal at Albany, this season, have 
been of Wheat, 12,175,200 bushels, and of Corn, 15,439,200 
bushels, against, in the same season of 1880, to the same 
date, 25,878,400 bushels Wheat, and 37,908,900 bushels 
Corn. The visible supplies of Wheat—embracing hoards 
at lake ports, in transit, and on the seaboard—at latest 
dates, embraced about 21,252,600 bushels; of Corn, 
26,449,000 bushels ; of Rye, 1,256,184 bushels ; of Barley, 
2,656.375 bushels, and of Oats, 4,365,800 bushels, against 
at the same time a year ago, an aggregate of 19,118,102 
bushels Wheat, 19,364,500 bushels Corn, 897,700 bushels 
Rye, 2,611,300 bushels Barley, and 5,053,400 bushels Oats. 
The amounts of Wheat and Corn in store at New York 
at the latest dates, were respectively, 6,242,000, and 
5,796,400 bushels; of Oats, the aggregate was 1,796,100 
bushels. 
Cotton has also suffbred depression, on a moderate 
movement... .'Wool nas met with a fair inquiry, and 
closes more firmly... .Tobacco has been in less request, 
and the poorer qualities have weakened in price ... 
Hops have been more active and generally higher. Seeds 
also are held more confidently toward the close, and are 
in more demand. 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Nov 10, 1880. Nov. 7,1881. 
Flour—S uper. Slate & West $3 65 @ 4 35 §1 00 @5 25 
" Extra State. 4 50 @ 4 00 5 15 @ 5 75 
•• Extra Southern.. 5 25 @ 7 00 5 75 @8 50 
•• Extra Western. 4 60 @8 50 5 10 @900 
• • Minnesota. 4 00 @ 8 59 5 35 @900 
Rye Flour, Superfine. 5 60 @ 6 10 5 00 @ 5 50 
Corn-Meal, $ bbl. 2 65 @ S 60 3 10 @ 3 90 
Wheat—A ll kinds of White. 1 10 @ 1 20 1 25 @ 1 42H 
Red and Amber. 
.. 1 05 
@ 1 25 
100 
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Spring. . 
95 
® 1 20 
1 05 
© 1 41 
Corn- -Yellow. 
50 X® 70 
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White. 
@ 6214 
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Mixed. 
58 
@ 6054 
65 
@ 70 
Oats . 
37 
© 47 >4 
47 
© 55 
Eye. 
.. 101 
@ 1 04 
101 
@ 1 05 
Barley . 
.. 73 
@ l 10 
85 
@ 1 171 
Frequent Inquiries are made by young men 
and others as to where and how they shall learn to be¬ 
come good penmen. Judging from the immense sales 
of his Compendium of Penmanship (now amounting to 
over 200,000 copies), Mr. Haskell's system of self-teach- 
ing stands at the head of all others. Prof. Gaskell has 
become very widely known in all parts of the United 
States, and to those who write to us for information 
regarding peumanship we would recommend to write to 
him. Our Premium List contaius a full description as 
to manner of communicating with him. 
Four Years’ Changes in Prices, 
The table below is interesting. It allows the average 
wholesale prices, by the ship or carload, in New York City, 
about the first of November, for each of the four years 
since specie payments were practically resumed. The 
comparison applies to the whole country, except that soil 
products are relatively cheaper at the West, and manu¬ 
factured and imported articles a little cheaper at the East. 
November, 1878. 
Wheat No. 2, red winter, bu_$1.01 
Corn, No. 2, mixed, bu. 46 
Oats, No. 2, mixed, bu. '28 
Beef Cattle, dressed weight, lb 8 
Tallow, lb.65, 
Pork, mess, bbl. 7 75 
Bacon, short clear, per 100 lbs. 5.68 
Lard, Western, 100 lbs. 6.25 
Sheep, live, av., lb. 444 
Butter, State, firkin, good, lb... .16 
Cheese, prime factory, lb. 714 
Milk, 40-quart cans . 1.50 
Hay, shipping, cwt.,.45 
Hops, eastern. 15 
Tobacco, K’y leaf, lb. 6 
Cotton, mid. upl’ds, 100 lbs. 9.37 
Wool, Ohio, No. 1, lb.35 
Hemp, Manilla, lb. 7 
Coffee, Rio, fair cargoes, lb.15 
Tea, Young Hyson, lb.121} 
India Rubber, Para, fine, lb.50 
Leather, hem., sole, light, lb... .25 
Iron, American, No. 1, ton.16.50 
Iron, liailroad Rails, ton.34.00 
Copper, ingot, lb.16 
Tin, Straits, lb.14 
Lead, American, 100 lbs. 3.70 
Petroleum, crude, bbl.83 
Linseed Oil, gal. .59 
Soda Ash, 100 lbs. 165 
Bricks, hard, 1,000 . 8.75 
Lumber, Eastern Spruce, M... 10.25 
Quinine, per ounce. 3.60 
Magic Lanterns — Stereopticons. — The 
Stereopticon is an improved Magic Lantern, and is used 
for illustrating Lectures upon Natural History, exhibit¬ 
ing Scenery, etc., by throwing greatly magnified views 
of the pictures, or objects, upon a wall or screen. — J. H. 
McAllister makes a specialty of these, supplying very 
excellent instruments, as advertised elsewhere. 
'Flie United States Court has just rendered a 
decision sustaining Dederick’s Patents on his Horizontal 
Baling Press, wherein the loose material is pressed by 
sections into bales. The decision of the Court is, that 
Mr. Dederick shall have the exclusive manufacture under 
these patents. This is an item of considerable interest 
to readers of the Amemcan Agriculturist. 
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