1880.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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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 Dec. 12 th, 
1STO, and for the corresponding period last year: 
.1. TRANSACTIONS AT THK NKW YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Hue. Harley, Oats 
25<l’s this in’th526,000 6,127,000 4.036,000 589,000 602.000 916,000 
26 cl’8 last m'th484,000 10,170,000 4,116,000 557,000 1,193,000 1,212,000 
Sai.es. Flour. Wheat. Corn. line. Barley. Oats. 
25d’s Iftis m’h465.000 23,817,000* 5,902,000* 354,000 611,000 1,805,000 
26 <l’s last m’h473,000 26,839,000* 6,347,000* 395,000 673,000 1,796,000 
* Including sales for forward delivery. 
3. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
25 days 1879..526,000 6,127,000 4,036,000 589,000 602,OflO 916,000 
26 days 1878. .475,000 4,236,000 2,434,000 387,000 743,000 831,000 
Sai.es. Flour. Wheat. Corn Bye. Barley. Oats. 
25 days 1879. .465,000 23,817,000 5,902,000 354,000 611,000 1,805,000 
26 days 1878. 504,000 5,936,000 4,094,000 411,000 609,000 1,302,600 
3. Sxports from New York, Jan. 1, to Dec. 9. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. Peas. 
bids. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
’79.3,441,0110 62,212,007 34,105,000 4,013,000 167,000 523,000 381,000 
'78.2,433,166 52,166,952 25.844,569 3.970,465 1,518,667 3,645,001 428,937 
'77.1.386,875 19,S33,574 25,276,390 1,992,620 1,936,956 246,355 454,056 
'76.1,823,050 23,606,295 16,339,741 1,281,929 88,097 619,118 689,246 
'75.1,789,299 25,054.035 12,495,349 152,925 1,505 133,754 415,019 
'74.2,055,423 33,700,159 18,329,781 641,661 3,320 110,331 425,533 
4. Stock of grain in store at New York. 
Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. Malt. 
bush. bush. bush. hush. bush, bush 
Dec. 8,'79..9,249,862 1,249,704 422.873 454,157 432,106 175,205 
Dec. 10,'78. .3,910,457 3,520,555 602,206 965,577 1,233,994 133,069 
5. 
Tide-water Receipts at 
igation 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. 
bbls. bush. bush. 
8,000 29,206,100 18,392,300 
'78.. 13,400 26,486,006 25,167,800 
'77.. 29,100 12,743,500 23,631,100 
'76.. 37,100 11,801,100 11,386,600 
*75..113,600 21,335,200 8,581,800 
'79. 
Albany, .from opening ofnav- 
to Nov. 30 : 
Rye. Barley. Oats. Malt. 
bush. bush. bust), bush. 
1,985,900 2,679,900 1,055,900 336,700 
2,103,600 3,192,300 5,062,500 486,800 
1,282,700 5,530,900 4,228,700 607,500 
762.70U 3,858,000 3,167,900 735,600 
250,900 3,833,600 3,108,300 659,800 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Buckwheat, per bush. 
Rye Flour, Superfine. 
Corn-Meat. 
Nov 
13. 
$4 
50 
@ 
5 
75 
4 
50 
@ 
7 
50 
5 
50 
@ 
6 
75 
4 
50 
@ 
5 
00 
5 
15 
@ 
8 
50 
5 
15 
@ 
8 
50 
2 
35 
@ 
2 
75 
60 
@ 
62 
4 
85 
@ 
5 
65 
2 
65 
ffl 
3 
40 
4 
oo 
@ 
4 
50 
4 
50 
@ 
6 
50 
1 
21 
@ 
1 
41 
1 
22 
Uh 
1 
40 
1 
07 
® 
1 
39 
60 
@ 
67 
60 
® 
68 
57 
@ 
59 
40 
@ 
49 
85 
@ 
90 
70 
® 
98 
35 
@ 
85 
30 
@ 
70 
Dec. 12. 
$5 40 ffl 6 50 
5 40 
6 25 
5 40 
6 00 
6 00 
2 30 
Oat Meal, # bbl. 
Wheat—A ll kinds of White 
Red ami Amber. 
Spring. 
Corn—Y ellow.. 
•• White. 
■ Mixed. 
Oats.. 
Rye . 
Barley . 
Hay—B ale, 18 100 lbs.. 
Straw, ?! 100 lbs. 
Cotton—M iddlings, ?) ft ,.. \l%® 12)* 
Hops—C rop of 1879,18 ft. 35 @ 47 
1878, ?! ft. 7 @ 18 
" olds, ?! 1b. 4 @ 10 
Feathers—L ive Geese. 18 lb 35 @ 48 
■ Seed—C lover, West. & St.?!ft 8)*@ 10 
Timothy. 18 bushel. 2 60 @ 2 85 
" Flax. 18 bushel. 1 50 @ 1 60 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &c„ 18 ft. 3 @ 14 
• • Seed Leaf. 18 Tb. 
Wool—D omestic Fleece. 18 lb 
•• Domestic, pulled, ?! lb .. 
" California. 
Tallow, ?! lb . 
■Oil-Cake—?! ton. 
Pork—M ess. 18 barrel. 
Extra Prime, ?! barrel. 
Beef—E xtra mess. 
Lard, in trcs. & bbls, ?! 100 ft 
Butter—S tate, ?! ft. 
'• Western.poor to Pcy, ft. 16 
Cheese. 4 
Eggs—F resh, ?! dozen _ 20 
.Poultry— fowls, ?f ft. 5 
'• Chickens, ?> ft. 5 
Roosters,?) ft. 4 
6 00 
@ 7 50 
<ra 6 00 
@ 9 25 
@ 9 00 
@ 2 65 
@ 05 
(ID 5 50 
@ 3 35 
® 4 50 
® 7 25 
1 4 >)*@ 1 62 X 
1 40 @ 1 62 Y~ 
' - 1 50 
70 
70 
66 hi 
55 
97 
4 85 
2 75 
4 20 
5 25 
1 15 
65 
65 
64 
48 
90 
75 
45 
40 
@ 1 10 
@ 95 
@ 85 
3 
6 
25 @ 50 
24 @ 43 
16 @ 36 
„ 7 @ 7 
30 50 @ — 
10 90 @11 25 
8 25 @9 25 
11 00 
7 05 
18 
30 @ 
43 
7 @ 
20 
4 @ 
10 
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m 
Nominal. 
3 @ 
14 
6 @ 
35 
27)*@ 
55 
26 @ 
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13 @ 
40 
„ 6^@ 
7 
33 50 @ 
— 
12 50 
@12 85 
@ — 
@ 
Turkeys—?! 
■Geese, $ pair.. 1 00 
Ducks, 18 pair. 40 
■ ■ ?! ft. 10 
(Rabbits, ?! pair. 25 
Hares, ?! pail-. 30 @ 
Ducks, Wild, ?! pair. 20 @ 
Quail, ?! dozen. 2 25 @ 
woodcock,?) pair. 40 @ 
Partridge,?! pair. 50 @ 
Snipe, per doz. 40 
Pigeons, ?) doz. 126 
•Grouse, ?) pair. 60 
Venison, w ft. 7 
Apples,?! barrel. 150 
Pears, 18 bbl. 1 50 
Quinces, @ bbl. 3 00 
•Grapes, ?) ft. 2 
Potatoes. ?! bbl. 87 
Sweet. ?! bbl. 1 25 
...... 75 
@11 50 
11 00 
@11 50 
@ 7 20 
7 60 
@ 8 35 
® 
40 
16 
@ 
37 
® 
40 
15 
@ 
37 
@ 
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24 
16 
@ 
26 
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11 
7 
@ 
12 
@ 
12 
7 
@ 
12 
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5 
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5 
® 
10 
6 
@ 
12 
Turnips ?) bbl 
Tomatoes, ?)box.. 
Beans— 18 bushel. 
Peas—C anada, In bond. ?! bu 
new, green, ?! bag.. 175 
Broom-corn. 2 
Carrots, ?! bid. 75 
Beets, la 100 bunches. 75 
Cabsages—?! 100 .. 3 00 
Cauliflower, ?) doz. 2 00 
■Onions—?) bbl. 2 50 
Cranberries, per bbl . 4 50 
Squash, ?) bbl. 50 
■Celery, per dozen bunches. 1 00 
Pumpkins, ?! 100 . 3 00 
1 80 @ 
1 50 
50 
13 
35 
40 
2 00 
@ 2 50 
@ 50 
@ 1 00 
@ 2 00 
@ 2 25 
@ 1 00 
@ 16 
@ 3 25 
@ 4 75 
@ 6 50 
@ 5 
@ 1 75 
@ 2 25 
@ 1 00 
@ - 
- 2 10 
_ 80 
@ 2 00 
«)* 
@ 1 00 
@ 1 00 
@ 4 50 
@ 6 00 
@ 3 50 
@ 7 25 
@ 1 50 
@ 1 25 
@ 6 00 
1 00 
40 
8 
30 
35 
20 
1 50 
@ 1 50 
@ 70 
@ 14 
@ 35 
© 40 
@ 2 50 
@ 2 25 
— 
@ - 
20 
@ 50 
—• 
@ — 
2 00 
® 2 50 
60 
@ 1 00 
9 
@ 12 
1 50 
@ 3 00 
2 00 
@ 4 00 
— 
@ — 
1>*@ 5 
87 
@ 2 00 
2 00 
@ 3 25 
75 
@ 1 00 
— 
@ - 
1 80 
@ 2 15 
— 
@ 85 
1 75 
@ 2 25 
4 
@ 9 
75 
@ 1 12)* 
75 
@ 1 00 
3 50 
@ 5 00 
— 
@ - 
2 50 
@ 4 00 
4 50 
@ 7 00 
75 
@ 1 50 
75 
@ 1 00 
4 50 
@ 8 00 
Business in Government Securities, and Railway and 
Miscellaneous Bonds, Mortgages, and Share property 
'has been again on the increase through recent weeks, 
.and the speculative temper has developed more confi¬ 
dently, leading to renewed firmness, and buoyancy in 
prices; favored by the prevalent ease in the Money 
Market.... In Produce and Merchandise, oparations have 
been also on a comparatively liberal scale,—notably so in 
Breadstuffs, Provisions, and Cotton, but at very variable 
quotations, the changes having been frequent and, in 
several instances, quite radical, as resulting, in great 
part from the speculative influences, which have been 
in substantial control of the Produce Markets....All 
kinds of Breadstuffs have been again advanced materially, 
through speculative action, which has carried prices re¬ 
latively much above the current figures in the Foreign 
Markets, (though these have shown a steadily hardening 
tendency), thus seriously impeding the outward move¬ 
ment of Flour and Grain, and leading to a rapid accu¬ 
mulation of supplies at the seaboard, as well as at the 
principal points of the interior. Notwithstanding the 
unsatisfactory position of the export interest, the specu¬ 
lative demand has been gaining in volume, urgency, and 
confidence, especially within the past week or two, and 
the loss in values, of which mention was made in our 
last, has not only been recovered, but prices have been 
pushed decidedly ahead, on the upward movement, on 
excited markets, particularly at the extreme close, sub¬ 
ject, of course, to sudden and, in instances, sharp reac¬ 
tions, partly due to sales to realize profits. Wednesday, 
December 10th, was marked by a rise from the preceding 
day tn Wheat of 2@3 cts.; Corn, 1@2 cts.; Rye, 3 els.; 
Oats, li@2£ cts., per bushel; Flour, 10@25 cts. per bbl., 
on very free dealings, in Wheat and Corn, and an active 
trade also in Rye, Oats, and Flour. The transactions in 
Wheat were mainly in Winter grades, chiefly in the 
grades of No. 2 Red, and No. 1 White, on speculative ac¬ 
count,—the operations in No. 2 Red, for January delivery, 
alone, having exceeded, on the specified day, 900,000 
bushels, opening at $1.61, rising to $1.62, and receding to 
$1.60£ per bushel. Corn also met with unusual attention 
on that day, the reported sales having amounted to about 
three-fourths of a million bushels, of which amount 
about one-half was for prompt delivery, in good part for 
export. Of Wheat, shippers have been recently making 
the most important purchases of low grade, or ungraded 
stock, as being least affected by the speculative manipu¬ 
lation of values, which does not exceed much beyond 
No. 1 White, No. 2 Red, and the various classes of No. 2 
Spring. On Thursday, Dec. 11, transactions in Wheat 
were again very extensive, having been, as reported, up 
to nearly two million bushels, (1,984,000 bushels), of 
which about 290,000 bushels were for prompt delivery. 
Most of the day’s trading was again in the option line, 
and chiefly in Winter grades, of which, in No. 2 Red, the 
dealings reached 1,300.000 bushels, including for January 
delivery, 800,000 bushels. Prices fluctuated widely, the 
extremes for the day having been fully 3c. a bushel apart, 
but at the close the quotations stood, in most instances, 
i@lc. a bushel higher than on the preceding day. A 
freer export inquiry was reported, chiefly for No. 1 
White for the Continent. Corn receded £c. a bushel, and 
Oats fell off l@2c. a bushel, on a much lighter volume of 
business. Rye has become quite scarce for early delivery, 
giving holders the advantage in all current negotiations, 
the market winding up buoyantly. Barley opened very 
brisk at advancing prices, but has recently been in limited 
request, and somewhat irregular. Oats have been rising 
steadily, on a reduced offering and active inquiry... .In 
the Provision line, Hog products have been remarkably 
active and buoyant, closing more or less unsettled. Beef 
and Beef Hams, firm, and in fair request. Butter and 
Cheese less sought after, the former yielding in price. 
Eggs also weaker .. .Seeds have been without important 
alteration, and have been, as a rule, quiet, strictly prime 
to fancy Clover Seed having been the notable exception 
as in fairly active demand ...Hops have declined con¬ 
siderably, as influenced by the falling off in the export 
call, and the accumulation of stock here....Hay and 
Straw have advanced, and have been in good request, 
with comparatively moderate supplies available ... Wool 
has been more sought after, and has been quoted higher, 
closing generally strong in price, on much lighter offer¬ 
ings. ...Cotton has been decidedly buoyant, on a brisk 
movement, mainly speculative....Groceries have been 
attracting less attention, and prices have been quoted 
weaker—Hides and Leather, again dearer, and in light 
stock_Naval Stores and Petroleum less active, and un- 
settled_Metals, Hardware, and Boots and Shoes, less 
freely dealt in. Iron and Iron products weaker in price 
.... Dry Goods, on the advance in nearly all instances, 
and remarkably active for the season... .Ocean freights 
have shown much less animation, and rates have declined 
materially....The closing of inland navigation has cut 
off one important source of supplies of produce for the 
winter, the great trunk railways being now the chief re¬ 
liance of our merchants for the current movement of 
bulk freight to the seaboard. At the extreme close, the 
freight market was further seriously depressed, the rates 
on Grain, hence by steam to Liverpool, (Dec. 11), having 
fallen to 4c. per bushel, and by sail hence to Cork, for 
orders, to 5s. per quarter, and for Provisions, by steam 
to Liverpool, to 22s. 6d.@30s. per ton. 
Hew York Livestock Markets. 
RECEIPTS. 
WEEK ENDING BeeVP.S. 
Nov. 17. 8,358 
Nov. 24 11,229 
Dec. 1.12,499 
Dec. 8.8,980 
Total for 4 Weeks. .41,066 
do.forprev.5 WeekS(>3,683 
Cows. 
Calves. 
Sheep. 
Swine. 
255 
1,684 
21,389 
46,647 
211 
1,462 
41,638 
37,613 
467 
2,093 
32,259 
53,728 
325 
1,336 
28,340 
44.373 
1,258 
6,575 
123,626 
182,361 
1,371 
16,258 
197,413 
221,243 
Beeves. 
Average per Week . 10,266 
do. do. last Mouth ..12,736 
do. do. prev's Month.. 11,972 
Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
314 1,613 30,906 45,590 
272 3,251 39,443 44,248 
226 4,209 33,027 32,892 
Prices for beeves the past four weeks were as follows: 
week ending Range. 
Nov. 17. 6 @10 c. 
Nov. 24. 6 @10^c. 
Dec. 1 .. 6)4@10 Kc. 
Dec. 8.. 6 @10^c. 
Larger Sales. 
9)*c. 
S'A® 92fc. 
8 @ 9Xc. 
8K@ 931c. 
Aver. 
8KC. 
9 c, 
831c. 
83lc. 
Beeves.— The month’s business opened briskly, with 
a decided advance in prices, and became stronger as the 
weeks elapsed. An advance of Jc. $ lb, and the expec¬ 
tation of higher prices unfortunately tempted shippers 
to overshoot the mark, and, by crowding the market, 
tumbled prices down again, causing heavy losses. $50 a 
car load was the figure of the loss to many, and a dull 
feeling prevailed up to the close ; when an effort to put 
up the market failed, and prices remained stationary at 
2i@3ie. f) lb, live weight, for coarse oxen and dry cows; 
7c.@8fc. f! lb for poor to fair steers, to dress 55 to 56 lbs; 
9c.@10}c. lb for good to choice to dress 56 to 57 lbs, 
and 10£c.@10}c. for selected steers on 57 lbs. estimate. 
Exports have been brisk; the last week 250 live cattle, 
8,627 quarters of beef; 2,150 dressed sheep, and 175 
dressed hogs were shipped_Cows.—The demand has 
been unusually strong for cows, and a gradual advance in 
prices has taken place, .vhich the unusually heavy re¬ 
ceipts in one week of nearly 500 head did not check. 
Good cows are now worth $60 per head, and extra have 
sold at $70. The range may be quoted at $45 to $65 per 
head for fair to extra ... Calves.— A steady business, 
with an even demand, has kept the market in good con¬ 
dition. Firmness, at full prices, may be said to mark 
the trade, for no quotable advance has been made dur¬ 
ing the month, yet the seller has been favored more than 
the buyer. Grassers have been steady at 2i®3c. $ lb 
alive; choice calves have sold as high as 31c. $ lb. Fed 
calves have brought 3£@4£c. fl>, and veals 41@71c. for 
common to choice_ Sheep and Lambs.- The 
market for sheep has been brisk, and prices have gradu¬ 
ally strengthened, closing at 3£@5}c. lb for poor to 
choice. Some heavy Kentucky sheep, average 157 lbs., 
sold for 6c., the highest price for more than 6 months. 
Lambs have been less active, and 5@6Jc. has been paid 
for common to extra.... Swine.— A brisk market and 
somewhat higher prices are to be noted, at the fore part 
of the month, witli a fall of £c. <p lb towards the close, 
when a firmer feeling was exhibited, and prices advanced 
ic. $1 lb to 4f and 5c. lb. 
Horse Market. —Few horses are selling at pres¬ 
ent. The best indication of the condition of the horse 
market is the fact that dealers have shipped largely to 
Europe, 50 animals having been sent to Antwerp by one 
steamer. These were fine coach horses, and taking into 
account the risk of shipping valuable animals at this 
stormy season, it shows clearly that the home market 
has been without any life. One thing to be considered 
is, that the summer’s business has cleared off most of the 
good stock, and there are few left in breeders’ hands, so 
that while sales are few and far between, prices remain 
stationary. A few work horses are always called for to 
fill vacancies, and just now this is all that is doing. 
Prices of Feed. 
Bran, per ton.$16.00@$18.00 
Middlings, per ton. 19.00® 20.00 
Ground Feed, per ton. 21.00® 23.00 
Linseed-oil-cake, per ton. 35.00® 40.00 
Cotton-seed-meal, per ton. 26.00® — 
Chandler's Scraps, per ft. 2® 3 
Prices of Fertilizers. 
Nitrate of Potasli (95 per cent.), per lb. 9 @9>sc. 
Sulphate of Fotash (potasli 44 per cent) per lb_ 3)*@4 c. 
do. do. (potash 27)* per cent) per lb.. l)*@14(c. 
German Potash Salts (potash 13 to 15 p. c. p. ton.$15.00@18.00 
Muriate of Potash (potasli 50 per cent), per lb_ 2 @2)*c. 
Nitrate of Soda, per lb. . . 42f@.'> c. 
Sulphate of Ammonia (25 per cent.), per lb. 4c.@4)*c. 
Dried Blood (ammonia 13 percent) per ton.$40.00@45.00 
No.l.Peruv.GuanolO p.ct. ammonia, standard, ?! ton..$56.50 
do. do. Lobos, do. do. do.47.50 
do. do. guaranteed,?) ton, cargo K 56.00 
do do. rectified, per ton, 9.00 p. c.. 65.00 
do. do. do. do. 3.40 p. c. 51.00 
Soluble Pacific Guano, ?! ton. 45.00 
Excelsior Fertilizer Works, Fine Ground Raw Bone,.. .55.00 
Mapes’ Complete Manure (clay soils) per 1.000 lbs.25.00 
do. do. do. (light soils) per 1,000 lbs.25.00 
do. do. do. “A” Brand, (wheat) ?! 1,000 lbs.20.00 
do. Bone, strictly pure, meal .per ton.42.00 
do. do. do. medium. do. 36.00 
do. do. do. dissolved. do. 42.00 
do. Fruit and Vine Manure. do. 35.00 
Stockbridge Rve Manure, per ton 45.00 
“ Wheat do do 45.00 
“ Seeding Down Manure, per ton. 40.00 
Bowker’s Wheat Phosphate, per ton. 40.00 
Baugh’s Raw Bone Phosphate, per ton. 33.00 
Baugh's Manure for Tobacco and Grain, per ton.. 45.00 
Walton, Wliann & Co.’s Raw Bone Phosphate_ 40.00 
Gypsum, Nova Scotia, ground, per ton. 7.50 
Home Made Bone Fertilizer.— “W. S. S.” 
In some localities, which are distant from markets or 
