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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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feet Ion?, weighted with lead, hangs on one side of the 
hole, with half its length in the water, ready for in¬ 
stant use, when a pickerel comes within reach. A strong 
cord is fastened to the end of the spear handle. A gaff- 
hook is used for landing the fish after bringing him to 
the opening with the spear and cord. A decoy fish is 
made of wood, 4 to 6 inches long, with sheet-iron fins and 
leather tail, weighted to keep it in position, and painted 
to look natural in the water. This is attached to a cord 
6 or 8 feet long, and by bending the tail is made to sail 
around near the opening. It is often grabbed by the • 
pickerel, which is in turn impaled upon the spear. 
Catalogues Received. 
SEEDSMEN. 
R. H. Allen & Co., No. 189 and 191 Water St., N. Y. 
City, is as neat and as full as usual; it contains a num¬ 
ber of specialties in the way of fodder crops. 
W. E Barrett & Co., Providence, R. I.—Roger Wil¬ 
liams invented Sweet Corn; his successors have dis¬ 
covered and invented many excellent things, and what 
B. & Co. don’t know about them isn't worth knowing. 
Hugo Beyer, New London, Iowa, offer vegetable 
and flower seeds “grown in and for the West.” 
J. Bolgiano & Son, 28 So. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. 
This house, established in 1823, keept up its reputation. 
Paul Butz & Sons, New Castle, Pa., offer tested 
vegetable and flower seeds. 
Joseph Harris, Moreton Farm. Rochester, N. Y.— 
Special notice was given last month. 
R. D. Hawley, Hartford, Conn.—Several specialties. 
Agricultural implements, etc. 
Hovey & Co.. No. 16 So. Market St., Boston, Mass.— 
The same well known firm, with all modern additions 
and improvements. 
J. R. & A. Murdoch, Pittsburgh, Pa., have a very 
full seed catalogue, to which they add a large list of 
greenhouse and oiher plants. 
Isaac F. Tillinghast, Factoryville, Pa.—Vegetable 
and flower seeds; vegetable plants and new potatoes. 
Robert Vietch & Sons, New Haven, Conn., issue 
wholesale and re: ail catalogues of seeds, and offer a large 
collection of plants. 
Samuel Wilson, Mechanicsville, Pa., offers a large 
list of seeds of his own growing and others. 
NURSERYMEN. 
George Achelis, West Chester, Pa., sends his whole¬ 
sale list of a very large stock suited to the trade. 
S. J. Allis, Erie, Pa. Grapevines and small fruits gen¬ 
erally, with sensible advice. 
Francis C. Biddle, Chadd’s Ford. Delaware Co., Pa. 
General nursery stock, with special offers for collections. 
Crosby. Gordon & Co., Danbury, Conn. The name of 
this firm of nurserymen was misspelled last month. 
Oliver Dodge. Concord, N. H. A general assortment, 
with several specialties. 
Samuel Edwards, Mendota, Ill. Small fruits, ever¬ 
greens, etc. 
A. Hance & Son, Red Bank. N. J. A full and inter¬ 
esting catalogue, with illustrated novelties in fruits and 
ornamental plants. 
Heikes Nurseries Co., Dayton, O., send their semi¬ 
annual Trade List. 
F. M. Hexamer, New Castle, West Chester Co., N. Y. 
A full list of small fruits, including all the novelties, 
seed potatoes, and various specialties. 
Isaac Hicks & Sons. Old Westbury, L. I., N. Y. In 
acknowledging catalogues, we are obliged to be brief 
and cau not say what we sometimes would. We es¬ 
pecially commend this catalogue for its brevity. No one 
knows better than Isaac Hicks what fruits are suited to 
the peculiarities of Long Island; he gives these, and 
there stops. Long Islanders will find Isaac a safe guide. 
D. E. Hoxie, Northampton, Mass., has a full and well- 
considered catalogue of small fruits. 
E. C. Hubbard, Water Valley, N.Y., makes a specialty 
of small fruits, and has all the novelties. 
R. S. Johnston, Stockley, Del. General fruitlist.and 
makes a specialty of June-budded peach-trees. 
Kelsey & Co., St. Joseph. Mo., send their wholesale 
list, which, besides general nursery stock, includes 
greenhouse plants. 
Samuel Kinsey, Dayton, O.— Wholesale list for this 
season, with various accessories,such as imported stocks, 
cuttings, etc. 
Lapham & Anthony, Clayton, Del., call theirs the 
“Dollar Nursery,” as they make a speciality of sending 
$1 collections of small fruits by mail. 
Wm. S. Little, Rochester, N. Y., sends a wholesale 
list of stock in every department. 
J. W. Manning, Reading, Mass., has some very sensi¬ 
ble talk in his catalogue. We are glad to see that he ad¬ 
vocates the planting of one of our favorite native shrubs 
— Clethra alnifolia, of which he gives a cut. 
D. R. Marvin, Watertown, N. Y., makes a specialty of 
grapevines and offers a large list. 
Randolph Peters, Wilmington, Del., being on the 
border between North and South, includes varieties be¬ 
longing to both sections. Peaches are a specialty with 
him ; of these he makes, according to the time of ripen¬ 
ing, no less than 15 classes 1 
H. H. Smith, West Haven, Conn.—Small fruits, espec¬ 
ially that wonderful berry” the Crescent strawberry. 
Steele Bros., La Porte, Ind.—A list of small fruits, 
and giving their experience. 
John VanLoon, New Amsterdam, Wis.—A choice se- 
Section of small fruits, specialties in seeds, and to those 
who purchase plants, etc., of him, he supplies the 
American Agriculturist on favorable terms. 
J. A. Vaughn & Co., Carver, Mass.—General fruit 
and ornamental stock, with cranberries as a specialty. 
H. K. Viceroy, Normal, Ill. Small fruits, vegetable 
plants, and boxes. 
E. B. Underhill. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Small fruits, 
about which he makes some plain talk. 
H. W. Williams & Sons, Batavia, Ill. Wholesale list 
of nursery stock. Seed potatoes, tree labels, etc. 
FLORISTS. 
C. L. Allen & Co., Queens, (L. I.,) N. Y. A supple¬ 
mentary list of gladiolus and other bulbs. 
P. J. Berckmans Augusta. Ga. Greenhouse and bed¬ 
ding plants, especially those suited to Southern gardens. 
Robert Bui st, 67th street and Elmwood avenue, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. This veteran florist devotes a supplemen¬ 
tary catalogue to this spring’s novelties. 
Paul Butz, New Castle, Pa. Both wholesale and re¬ 
tail lists of a large stock of greenhouse and other plants. 
J. L. Dillon Bloomsburg, Pa. Besides greenhouse 
and bedding plants offers small fruits. 
Thomas Elverson, New Brighton, Pa., offers, besides 
a general collection of plants, choice flower seeds. 
W. A. Harkett, Dubuque, Iowa. A general stock, 
including the “ New and Rare.” 
Hoopes Bro. & Thomas, Westchester, Pa. The orna¬ 
mental department of this establishment, as shown by 
this catalogue, is very full, while the instructions are 
concentrated wisdom. 
Arnold Puetz. Jacksonville, Fla., offers plants and 
seeds, including those native to Florida, besides basket 
work and other local products. 
II. S. Rupp. Shiremanstown, Pa. A general plant 
catalogue, with small fruits. 
John Saul, Washington, D. C.—This catalogue is as 
full as usual, and, as usual, contains many novelties not 
offered by others. A special Rose catalogue gives the 
new roses offered abroad last year, with a brilliant col¬ 
ored plate of “ The Queen of the Bedders.” 
Chas. T. Starr, Avondale, Pa.—A very full catalogue 
of “new and beautiful plants;” also vegetable plants. 
Fn. Charron, Lyons, France.—A very full list of seeds 
of all kinds. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., Paris, France (Pabst & 
Esch, No. 21 Murray St., N. Y. Agents.)—The issue for 
tilts spring is not less a wonder of completeness than it 
has been in former years. 
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 12 Hi, 
1879, and for the corresponding period last year: 
1. transactions at tii» nkw york markets. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Hue. llarleu. Oats 
23d’s this m’th..S59,000 3,215,000 2,119,000 97,000 226,000 409,000 
28 d’s last m’tli..331,000 2,131,000 1,314,000 58,. 00 429,000 431,000 
Sai.es. Flour. Wheat, (lorn. Hue. Barley. Oats. 
23 d’s this m’tli378.000 S,103,000* 4,207,000* 372,000 263,000 1,093,000 
28 d’s last m*i 0345,000 7,316,000* 4,104,000* 383,000 200,0001,107,000 
* Including sales for forward delivery. 
li. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
23 days 1879. .359,000 3,215,000 2,119.000 97,000 236,000 409,000 
23 days 1873. .343.000 3,804,000 1,516,000 91,500 569,000 403,000 
Salks. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Hue. llarleu. Oats. 
23 days 1879. .378,000 8,103,000 4.207.000 872,000 263,000 1,093,000 
23 days 1878 . 339,000 3,912,000 3,238,000 243,000 551,000 526,000 
3. Stock of grain in store at Few York. 
Wheat. Corn. Rye. lktrley. Oats. Malt. 
hush. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
Mar.10,1879..3,029,051 1,363,672 416,078 696,625 600,750 52,853 
Mar.ll,1878..1,639,371 460,154 114,200 660,145 1,090,851 275,705 
Mar.12,1877. .2,646,287 1,517,208 284,607 475,671 769,451 327,659 
4. Exports from Few York. Jan. 1. to Mar. 10. 
Flour. Wheal. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. Peas 
bhls. hush. bush. bush. bush. bush. hush. 
1879.. 563.000 6,981.000 5.793,000 712,000 37,000 38,500 101,000 
1878.. 475.400 7,483,409 2.776,780 339,829 621.599 37.817 55,550 
1817. .254,953 1,576.839 2,078,553 164,389 95,457 29,388 124,827 
1876. .357,715 1,910,068 2,630,925 15,387 46,266 198,153 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Feb. 12. Mar. 12. 
Dexter Snow, Chicopee, Mass., issues one of the 
most exquisitely neat catalogues that we have seen. The 
matter appears to be as choice as the manner, and the list 
of Ferns is very full and select. 
W. C. Wilson, 45 West 14th St.. New York City, and 
Astoria (L. I.), N. Y., includes in one catalogue a great 
variety of greenhouse and bedding plants, nursery 
stock, and garden and flower seeds. “ If you dont see 
what you want, ask for it.” 
W. B. Woodruff, Westfield, N. J. Besides general 
fruit stock, offers vegetable plants. 
IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES. 
Belcher & Taylor, Chicopee Falls, Mass.—A beauti¬ 
fully illustrated catalogue of a great variety of excellent 
implements. 
Blymyer Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, O., in 
their 20th annual edition of their “ Sorgo Hand-Book,” 
illustrate and describe their sorgo machinery, steam en¬ 
gines, and other articles. 
Dairy Supply Co., No. 15 Murray St.. N. Y. City.—A 
new Creamery Pan, which seems to combine several ex¬ 
cellent features. 
Jones, Faulkner & Co., Utica, N. Y.—Apparatus and 
supplies for cheese factories, creameries, and dairies in 
great variety. 
Minard Harder, Agricultural Works, Cobieskill, N. 
Y.—Railway horse-powers and thrashers. 
New York Plow Company, 55 Beekman St., N. Y., 
offer besides their specialties in plows, a great variety of 
other implements. 
Eugene Rock, Glens Head (L. I.), N. Y.—A Picket- 
stake and Swivel for tethering animals. 
Wheeler & Melick Co., Albany, N. Y., give a full 
description of their special machines, including horse 
powers, La Dow’s harrow, threshers, etc., etc. 
Whitman & Burrell, Little Falls, N. Y.—Boilers, en¬ 
gines, steam-pumps, and dairy supplies of every kind, 
from gang presses to cheese coloring. 
Wood Manufacturing Company, Worcester, Mass., 
make the emery grinder, for mowers, etc. 
Wright & Thorne —The Orange Judd Company, &45 
Broadway. N. Y., General Agents.—An illustrated cata¬ 
logue of Improved Archery Goods, comprising a great va¬ 
riety of great excellence. 
FERTILIZERS. 
Pacific Guano Company, No. 4.3 Milk St., Boston, 
Mass., set forth the merits and give directions for the 
use of their “ Soluble Pacific Guano ” in a neat pamphlet. 
M apes’ Formula and Peruvian Guano Co.. No. 158 
Front St., New York, present in a treatise of 40 pages a 
full account of the various fertilizers made by them. 
L. B. Darling & Co., Pawtucket, R. I., offer pure 
Ground Bone and the various crude fertilizers, besides 
fertilizers of their own make. Their publication of the 
laws relating to fertilizers, and a portion of the report of 
the State Inspector of Massachusetts, shows a tolerable 
amount of confidence in their own products. 
Flour—S uper to Extra Stale tZ 20 0 4 25 }3 85 0 4 25 
•• Super lo Extra South’ll. 3 2.5 @ 6 25 3 85 @ 6 5u 
•• Extra Genesee. 3 90 @ 5 50 4 00 @ 5 75 
•• Superfine Western . 3 15 @ 3 55 3 35 @3 75 
•• Extra Western.. 3 60 @ 8 75 S 75 @9 00 
“ " Minnesota. 3 60 @ 8 25 8 85 @ 8 75 
Bye Flour, Superfine_ 2 65 @ 8 15 2 75 @ 3 25 
Corn-Meai . 2 10 © 2 75 2 00 ft 2 70 
Buckwheat Flour.$ 100 tts 160 @ 1 85 Nominal. 
Buckwheat, per bush. 
49 @ 
50 
53 
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55 
Wheat—A il kinds ol White. 
1 00 @ 
1 11K 
1 05 
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1 16 
All kinds ol lied and Amber. 
74 @ 
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82 
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Corn—Y ellow.. 
45 ($ 
56 
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45 @ 
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Oats.. 
29 @ 
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Baulky . 
70 @ 
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70 
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iI ay—B ale, 3fl 100 lbs. 
30 @ 
80 
30 
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80 
Straw, ^ ion Tbs. 
25 @ 
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Cotton—M iddlings, in lb . 
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Hons—Crop ol 1S78. 30 1 b. 
6 © 
15 
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1877, $ lb. 
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Features—L ive Geese. ¥< lb 
32 '4 (Si 
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Seed—C lover. West. & St.¥<!b 
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*• Timothy, 3H bushel. 
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1 30 
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1 35 
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Tobaooo. Kentucky, &e„ ¥>n>. 
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• • Seed Leal, ^ lb . .. 
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Wool—D omestic Fleece. 18 tb 
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• • Domestic, pulled, 18 R>.. 
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Tallow, ¥' n> 
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Oil-Cake—¥* ton ... . 
27 00 © 
27 00 
@28 00 
Pork—M ess. 19 barrel _ 
Extra Prime, ¥> barrel 
9 00 @10 75 9 05 
@10 65 
@ - 
Beef—E xtra mess.. 
10 50 
@11 50 
10 50 
@11 50 
Laud, in tres. & l»bls, $ 100 lb 
6 00 
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7 25 
6 40 
@ 6 85 
Buttkk—S tate, 30 lb... 
12 
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Western.poor to fey, lb. 
7 
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Eggs—F resh, ¥> dozen. 
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Poultry—F owls, ¥* lb. 
8 
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** Chickens, Penn., $ lb.... 
9 
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10 
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Turkeys— 1 30 lb.. —. 
10 
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10 
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Geese, 18 pair. . . 
1 12 
@ 2 00 
1 00 
@ 1 75 
$ lb.. . . .. 
6 
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Ducks, ¥< pair. 
50 
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45 
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¥» lb. 
9 
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10 
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Ducks, Wild, ¥i pair. 
20 
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15 
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Grouse, ¥*pair 
Pigeons, ¥1 rloz 
Hickory Nuts—¥* bush. 150 
Apples,W barrel. 75 
Oranges, ¥* bill. 3 50 
^ box. — 
Beans— id lmsliel. 115 
Peas—C anada, in bond, ¥* bu 73 
new So., bushel... — 
Potatoes, ¥* bhl. 2 00 
new, Bermuda,. — 
• ■ Sweet. ¥* bill. 2 00 
Turnips 18 bid. 75 
Tomatoes, new, ¥t small box. — 
Radishes, new So. ¥1100 bun — 
Broom-corn. 2 
Cabbages—¥1 100. S 00 
Spinach, So., 18 bbl. — 
Onions—¥ 1 bbl. 2 00 
Celery, per dozen. 50 
40 @ 60 — 
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@ 2 50 
@ 6 00 
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@ 2 60 
@ 74 
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More activity lias been noted in the Money Market, and 
loan and discount rates have been ruling higher, as busi- 
POULTRY. 
Louis Anderson, Flemington, N. J.—An illustrated 
list of his special breeds. 
G. P. Burnham, Melrose, Mass., issues several bulle¬ 
tins concerning his “ Standard Premium Fowls.” 
S. C. Satterthwait, Aiken, S. C., sends an illustrated 
price-list of bis fowls, turkeys, ducks and geese. 
A. N. Shepherd, Sand Brook, N. J., offers several 
breeds, including Plymouth Rocks and Light Brahmas. 
ness requirements have been increasing in volume and 
urgency, with the revival of the Spring trade. Cable ad¬ 
vices have been of a more favorable tenor, in relation to 
Breadstuff’s, but not otherwise encouraging to shippers of 
American produce. Western markets have been very 
variable, particularly for Grain, and Hog products, chiefly 
under speculative influences, which led to more or less 
serious disturbances of values—notably so in the instance 
FOREIGN CATALOGUES. 
McBroom & Woodward, London, Out., Canada.— A 
very neat and full catalogue of garden, agricultural aud 
flower seeds. 
of Spring Wheat in the Chicago market, where on Fri¬ 
day, March 7, a fall occurred of fully 5 cts. a bushel, on a 
decided pressure to place supplies, mainly, as reported, 
ou orders from New York to sell, the most important o/ 
