256 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[July, 
Commeroial 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 June 1 Oth, 
1880, and for the corresponding period last year: 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT Tint NEW YOl.K MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Hue.. Harley. Oats. 
22 cl's this in’tli401,000 3,605,000 4.117,000 101,000 201,000 1,108,000 
23 d’s last m'tli345,600 2,214,000 3,210,000 78,600 301,000 881,000 
est shown by operators, whether for prompt or forward 
delivery; and has hardened slightly in price, as the of¬ 
ferings have not been very urgent.... Wool has also been 
in light request and has further declined, leaving off ir¬ 
regularly, pending the free receipt of the new clip.. .Naval 
Stores and Petroleum have been advanced, partly through 
speculative dealings, and have shown more animation.... 
Provisions have been moderately active, but have been 
quoted, in nearly all instances, lower. Offerings of But¬ 
ter have been on a liberal scale. Cheese has recently met 
with more attention, in good part from shippers, and 
Sates. Finin'. Wheat. Corn. Hue. Barley. Oats. 
22 d’s this m'h347.000 23,704/100* 7,491,000* 156,000 -- 2,337.000* 
23 d’s last m’h326.000 24,856,000* 6.983,000* 207,000 292,000 2,453,000* 
* Including sales for forward delivery. 
ti. Comparison with, same period at this time last year 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
22 days 1880. .401,000 3,605,000 4,117,000 102,000 291,000 1,108,000 
27 days 1879..447,000 4,510,000 3,107,000 385,000 339,000 952,000 
Sai.es. Flour. Wheat. Corn Hue. Barley. Oats. 
22 days 1880 . 317,000 23,794,000 7,491,000 156,000 —- 2,337,000 
27 days 1879..502,000 10,763,000 6,215,000 603,000 101,000 1,469,000 
3. Stock of grain in store at New York. 
Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. Malt. 
tmsli. hush. bush. bush. bush, bush 
June 7,'80.. 1.251.384 105,412 61,464 26,425 461,490 184,747 
Junel0,’!9... 1,981,368 744,320 118,773 128,542 217,016 84,549 
Junell, '78... 1,487,700 676,626 148,389 197,507 603,152 238,285 
4. Exports from New York , Jan. 1 to June 10. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. Peas. 
bbis. hush. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
’80.1,781,000 23,105,000 16,476,000 982,000 271,000 124,000 28,500 
'79.1,316,000 18,872,498 13,873,491 1,84S;600 100.S00 326,400 173,450 
’78.1,119,950 20,252,242 10,805,561 1,904,500 1,477,800 747,4.0 252,200 
CuaE ent Wholesale Pricks. 
May 10. 
Flo iiu—Suncr to Extra State $3 65 @ 5 25 
June 10. 
S3 35 @5 00 
•* Super to ICxtra South’ll. 
3 75 
@ 7 50 
3 35 
@ 7 00 
•• Jixtrn Genesee. 
5 25 
@ 6 50 
5 00 
@ 6 25 
•• Super!]no Western . 
3 65 
@ 4 80 
3 35 
© 4 50 
•• Lxtra Western . 
4 35 
@ 8 50 
4 00 
© 8 50 
“ “ Minnesota. 
4 75 
@ 8 50 
4 10 
@ 8 50 
IIyr Flo nit. Superfine. 
4 65 
@ 5 25 
4 60 
@ 5 00 
Coun-M ka I. 
2 50 
<3 3 20 
2 50 
© S 15 
Corn-Flour, per bbl. 
3 25 
@ 3 90 
2 90 
@ 3 50 
hat Meal, ?) bid . 
4 25 
@ 6 50 
4 50 
@ 6 50 
Wheat—A ll kinds oi' White. 
1 JO 
@ 1 26 
1 20 
@ 1 30 
lied and Amber. 
1 00 
ko 1 30 
1 15 
@ 1 33 
Spring:.. 
1 00 
@ 1 26 
1 05 
@ 1 22 
Corn—Y ellow . 
52 
@ 56 
55 
@ 58 
* * White. 
51 
@ 56 
55 
® 58 
Mixed . . 
50 
@ 53 
52 
@ 55 
Oats. 
40 
@ 50 
39 
@ il'A 
liYiS. 
90 
@ 92 
96 
© 98 
Baulky . . 
55 
<3 1 00 
Nominal. 
IIay— Bale, ^ 100 lbs . 
70 
(ft 1 00 
70 
@ 1 05 
Straw. Ift 1 (10 lbs. 
50 
@ 1 05 
50 
® 1 15 
Cotton— Middlings. 3ft Tb 
llk@ UK 
11 H® 12 
Hops—C rop of !s?9, 3ft lb. 
27 
@ 40 
27 
@ 40 
1878, $ It,. 
7 
@ 18 
7 
@ 20 
olds, ?) ft. 
4 
@ 12 
4 
© 12 M 
F hath bus—L ive Geese. 3ft tt> 
40 
@ 55 
45 
@ 52 >4 
Sicbi>—C lover. West. & St.lftlb 
5&@ ?& 
6&@ 
• * Timothy. 3ft bushel .. 
2 40 
(at 2 65 
2 40 
@ 2 65 
• Flux, id bushel. 
1 40 
@ 1 60 
1 40 
@ 1 55 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &c„ 3ft lb. 
3 
@ 14 
3 
© 14 
• Seed Leaf, 3ft it* .. 
6 
@ 40 
6 
@ 40 
Wool—D omestic Fleece, ?< lb 
30 
@ 58 
28 
® 55 
•' Domestic, pulled, IS lb .. 
25 
@ 56 
25 
@ 56 
California. 
17 
© 42 
18 
@ 38 
Tallow, IS lb 
6 
@ 6>4 
6 
© 6^ 
Oil-Cake—F ton 
— 
@32 01) 
32 50 
@33 00 
i’or.K— Mess, iS barrel _ 
10 50 
@10 90 
11 35 
@11 40 
Extra Prime, 3ft barrel 
9 50 
@10 00 
9 50 
@ 9 75 
Berf—E xtra mess. 
10 50 
@11 00 
10 00 
@10 50 
I,ARP, in tres. & bills, IS 100 lb 
7 15 
@ 7 6a 
6 SO 
@ 7 40 
Butter—S tate, 3ft Th. 
14 
@ 25 
13 
© 21 
Western.poor to Pcv, Tb. 
9 
® 25 
9 
@ 20 
ClIEESF... . ... 
8 
© 13 y 2 
8 
® 12 % 
Eggs—F resh, 3ft dozen _ 
9 
@ 12 a 
10 
@ 13 
Poultry—F owls, is ib. 
6 
@ 14 
8 
® 14 
•• Chickens, Hi It. 
14 
@ 35 
18 
@ 34 
3ft pair. 
40 
@ 1 00 
35 
@ 90 
•• Roosters, ?! lb.... 
— 
@ — 
4 
® 6 
Capons, $ ft.. -... 
20 
@ 26 
18 
@ 22 
Turkeys—18 ib. 
9 
® 13 
8 
@ 11 
Geese, 19 pair. . 
1 00 
@ 1 50 
1 00 
© 1 50 
Geese, 19 tb. 
10 
(« 13 
— 
@ — 
Docks, 3ft pair. 
51) 
@ 80 
50 
© 80 
• • ^ Tb. 
10 
@ 18 
— 
@ — 
Plover, $ doz. 
1 50 
® 2 00 
1 50 
© 2 00 
Pigeons, $) dozen. . 
50 
® 2 75 
40 
@ 2 50 
Snipe, per doz. 
Apples, 3ft barrel. 
50 
@ 2 25 
20 
@ 2 00 
2 50 
@ 5 00 
2 00 
@ 4 50 
Straw perries, 19 quart_ 
10 
® 25 
3 
® 12 
Gooseberries, 19 bushel. .. 
— 
@ - 
7 
@ 10 
Cherries, 19 ft. 
— 
@ — 
5 
@ 15 
Potatoes, new, per bill. 
3 50 
@ 5 50 
2 00 
@ 5 00 
19 bbl. 
1 25 
@ 1 75 
1 00 
@ 1 75 
Sweet, ft bbl. 
2 50 
@ 3 25 
— 
@ — 
Tomatoes, new, per box_ 
50 
@ 90 
60 
@ 3 00 
Turnips 19 1)1)1. 
75 
® 1 25 
75 
@ 1 25 
•• white, new,?t 100 b\m 
— 
@ - 
75 
@ 2 00 
Beans— 19 bushel. 
1 25 
@ 1 75 
1 25 
@ 1 75 
Peas—C anada, in bond. 3ft bn 
— 
® 81 'A 
82 
@ 85 
■■ new, green. ?! bag. 
— 
@ — 
— 
@ — 
new, per bbl.. — 
1 50 
@ 3 50 
2 00 
@ 5 50 
String Beans, new, p. crate 
Carrots, 19 bill. 
75 
@ 2 00 
75 
© 2 50 
1 25 
@ 1 75 
X 50 
@ 3 00 
Beets, 9 100 bunches. 
— 
© - 
1 50 
© 3 00 
• • new, per crate. 
1 75 
@ 2 00 
— 
@ - 
Cabbages, new. ?! bbl. 
1 00 
© 3 25 
1 50 
@ 3 50 
Onions—?! bbl. 
3 50 
© 4 50 
— 
® - 
19 crate. 
— 
@ — 
1 75 
@ 3 00 
Squash. P bid. 
1 50 
@ 1 75 
1 50 
@ 2 00 
49 crate. 
— 
@ - 
25 
@ 50 
Spinach, ?! bbl. 
1 25 
@ 1 75 
50 
@ 75 
Asparagus, new. ?! doz. bun 
75 
© 2 50 
75 
@ 1 75 
Radishes, new 3ft 100 bun.... 
50 
@ 1 50 
1 00 
@ 1 25 
Cucumbers, 3ft 100. 
75 
® 1 50 
— 
@ — 
3ft crate . 
— 
@ - 
1 75 
@ 2 50 
Lettuce, ?! bbl. 
— 
@ - 
1 50 
@ 2 75 
Increasing ease in money has contributed to activity 
at the Stock Exchange, where values—though variable— 
have been generally on the advance ; and served also to 
stimulate dealings in Real Estate at improving prices.... 
As usual at this season of the year, general merchandise 
has been comparatively dull, the demand narrowing 
down to the most urgent requirements of buyers, who 
nave been enabled in several instances to obtain conces¬ 
sions, under a more or less decided pressure to place sup¬ 
plies_Cotton has diminished perceptibly in the inter- 
closed with some indications of firmness on the more de¬ 
sirable makes. Eggs have been on the advance within 
the past few days, on a better demand... .Breadstuff's 
have shown decided activity—largely on speculative ac¬ 
count, which has been accompanied by more or less seri¬ 
ous disturbance of values. Wheat felt the influence of 
speculative manipulation, most notably No. 2 Red, of the 
Winter grades, having been the favorite, was runup very 
rapidly against operators having deliveries to make on 
May contracts—touching, at one time, as high figures as 
$1.46i©$1.47; but, following the May settlements, broke 
down to $1.30@$1.32, and left off at about $1.30@$1.31, 
with corresponding depression and disturbance in op¬ 
tions,—especially for June,—which month is now the 
center of the speculative interest. Increasing receipts, 
rather unfavorable foreign market advices, and generally 
encouraging crop reports worked, near the close, against 
operators for another advance. Corn ruled higher 
through the earlier dealings, but has weakened material¬ 
ly within a few days, as the supplies have been gaining 
on the requirements of buyers. Oats have also fluctu¬ 
ated widely,—leaving off much lower, on freer and ur¬ 
gent offerings. Rye has been in light stock and wanted 
for export at much higher figures. Flour has been gener¬ 
ally on the decline, on a moderate movement for home 
use and shipment. The visible supplies of Wheat—em¬ 
bracing the hoards at lake ports, in transit, and on the 
seaboard—at latest dates, embraced about 20,395,000 bush¬ 
els,—of Corn, 15,785,000 bushels; of Rye, 365,600 bush¬ 
els ; of Barley, 487,000 bushels, and of Oats, 2,731,000 
bushels, against on January 31, an aggregate of 30,100,000 
bushels Wheat, 13.100,000 bushels Corn, 979,000 bushels 
Rye, 4,155,000 bushels Barley, aud 3,080,000 bushels Oats. 
Ocean Grain freights have been unusually active—large¬ 
ly in the speculative line—but at lower rates, closing ra¬ 
ther stronger, including by steam to Liverpool, 3%d.@4d. 
per bushel; to Bristol, by steam, to Id. per bushel; to 
Antwerp, by steam, to S %d. per bushel, and by sail to 
Cork, for orders for vessels of average carrying capacity- 
say 3,000 to 4,000 qrs.—4s. 3d.@4s. 6 d. per qr. of 480 lbs. 
1%’ew York Live-Stock ^Bsirltets. 
WEEK ENDING 
May 17. 
May 24. 
May 31. 
June 7. 
Total for 4 Weeks 
do.for prev. 5 lFeeI:s67,425 
Beenes. 
IJevves. 
Cows. 
Calves. 
Sheen. 
Swine. 
..15,787 
49 
6,254 
34,443 
32.922 
.14.409 
25 
6,532 
32,997 
33,413 
.16,188 
39 
6,683 
36.812 
26,240 
.15,362 
37 
5,644 
38,356 
23,723 
.61,746 
150 
25,113 
112,638 
■126,298 
.967,425 
314 
23,499 
132,524 
182,925 
Cows. Caines. Sheep. Swine. 
do. 
do. 
aqe per Week . 
37 
6,218 
35,659 
31,571 
<1o. last Month .. 
.13,485 
69 
4,700 
26,505 
36,585 
do. prev's Month.. 
.12,591 
181 
1,974 
26,431 
31,593 
Prices for beeves the past four weeks were as follows: 
week ending Range. 
May 17.8 @10-Xc. 
May 24. 8X010‘-ic. 
May 31. 8 @10&c. 
Julie 7. S)4@10>£c. 
Larger Sales. 
A tier. 
8V© 9^c. 
9J4c. 
8%® i)Hc. 
9%c. 
8H® ?*<:. 
9KC. 
8%@ 9kjC. 
9*C. 
Beeves.— The receipts for the first week were very 
heavy, with a large call for export, aud a good demand 
for home use. The market has been unusually steady 
throughout the month, and it will he seen from the table 
of averages that there has been but little rise and fail in 
this market. The decline in the third week was caused 
by the extreme heat, which made the market dull, but 
with a quick recovery—and at date of writing both ex¬ 
porters and home traders are operating freely with an ac¬ 
tive market. Colorado corn-fed cattle sold at 8i@9c. 
Choice native steers, to dress 56lbs., brought 8i@10c., 
and a few selected to dress 57 lbs., sold at 10J@10ic..... 
railcla Cows.—There has been a great falling off in 
the number of cows sold; the average not being much 
above one-half that of last month. The very light arri¬ 
vals have been sold at prices ranging from $25 to $50.... 
Calves.—A very liberal supply and the warm weather 
caused a slow market in the middle of the mouth. But¬ 
termilk calves were dull and not wanted except at low 
figures. Prime Veals were in some demand; mixed lots 
of the former sold at 3@4c.. and select Veals at 5J@5Jc. 
with a few exceptionally fine at 6c... .Slieep and 
Lambs.—The receipts at the first of the month were 
large, and the market was under the control of the buy¬ 
ers. Lambs were abundant and dull at first, but the de¬ 
mand increased through the month, until tiie last week, 
when they were again abundant and at low figures. Col- 
orados 3i@6£c. for choice wethers Hogs.- 1 There 
has been a considerable falling off in the receipts of 
hogs. Market quoted nominally at 4}@3c. at the close of 
the month; none for sale alive. 
The Morse Marltet.—There is a moderate busi¬ 
ness in horses though the spring trade is over. Dealers 
are confident that selling rates will have to be lower for 
common stock. A few fine animals are coming in from 
abroad—among them is a fine Norman Stallion from 
France to go to Ohio. Street-car horses sold for $110@ 
$130, and good work horses at $150@.$200. Good car¬ 
riage teams, according to speed, etc., ranged from $450 
to $800. 
Prices of Feed. 
Cotton-seed meal, _ 
Linseed-cake meal.... 
Middlings. 
Bran. 
Corn-meal. 
.per ton. $30.01) 
37.50 
“ 24.00 
23.00 
. “ 23.00 
Prices of Fertilizers. 
Nitrate of Potash (95 per cent.), per 11). 8 @Sy 2 c. 
Sulphate ol Potash (potash 44 per cent) per lb_ 3>4@4 c. 
do. do. (potash 27>i per cent) per lh.. IKOlJfc. 
German Potash Salts (potash 12 to 15p.c.) p. ton.$16.0B@18.00 
Muriate of Potash (potash 50 per cent), per lb_ 2 @2!4c. 
Nitrate of Soda, per lb... 5@5^c. 
Sulphate of Ammonia (25 per cent.), per lb. 4 c.@4Ke. 
Dried Blood (ammonia 13 percent) per ton.$40.00@45.00 
No.l.Peruv.Guano 9 p. ct. ammonia, standard, $ ton..$55.00 
do. do. Lobos, do. do. do. 46.00 
do. do. guaranteed, ?! ton, cargo K.56.00 
Soluble Pacific Guano, ?! toil.. . 45.00 
Excelsior Fertilizer Works, Fine Ground Raw Bone,.. .55.00 
Manes' Complete Manure (clay soils) per 1,000 lbs.25.50 
do. do. do. (light soils) per 1,000 lbs.25.50 
do. do. do. “A" Brand, (wheat) ?! 1,000 lbs.20.00 
do. Beet do. per ton.49.50 
do. Cabbage do. do.47.50 
do. Tobacco do. do.52.00 
do. Fruit and Vine Manure, per ton.37.00 
do. Asparagus Manure, per ton. 51.00 
Stockl)ridge Rye Manure, do_ 45.00 
“ Wheat do. do. 45.00 
“ Seeding Down Manure, do.40.00 
Iiowker’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, Whann & Co.’s Raw Bone Phosphate. 40.00 
Gypsum, Nova Scotia, ground, per ton. 8.00 
Potasli Salts.—“II. L. B.,” Erie Co., Pa. The 
articles on “ Science Applied to Farming” in the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist for November and December, 1877, and 
April, 1880, give full information about the German 
Potash Salts. It is impossible to lay down rules for their 
use to apply to all cases. The only way is to “ try and 
see.” They both succeed and fail on all sorts of soils, 
from gravel to heavy clay. For potatoes they are gener¬ 
ally profitable. For clover, corn, and grass they do well 
as often as they fail. For wheat, oats, etc., they are less 
commonly profitable. Such is the testimony of our field 
experiments and of general experience. For general use, 
the muriate, with 80 per cent or more of chloride of 
potassium, corresponding to 50 per cent or over, actual 
potash, and sold at $40.00 to $45.00 per ton, is the best 
grade to buy, because it furnishes more potash for the 
money than any other. For tobacco and potatoes the 
sulphates are recommended on the ground that they have 
a better effect upon the quality of the crop. But they are 
harder to obtain pure, are more costly, and, so far as the 
testimony of our experimenters goes, the muriate brings 
potatoes of excellent quality. The Leopoldshall Kainit 
is a low grade potash salt, averaging about 12X per ceut 
actual potash, and consisting largely of common salt. It, 
is not to be recommended uuless it can be had at v,ery 
low rates; it is not worth more than $13.00-$16.00 per ton. 
Hen-Manure.—' “S. C.,” Lynn, Mass. Hen-manure 
varies greatly in composition and value, according to the 
food of the fowls; whether they are growing or laying 
eggs or not; and especially how much it is decomposed ; 
and how much water, earth, straw, etc., it contains. 
Three samples analyzed at the Connecticut Experiment 
Stations gave from 44 to 71 per cent of water, 0.8 tod).9 (8 
to 9-tenths of one) per cent of nitrogen, 0.4 to 0.6 per cent 
phosphoric acid, and 0.4 to 0.5 per cent potash. That is, 
they had about one-tenth as much of the most valuable 
fertilizing ingredients as No. 1 Peruvian Guano. The 
samples had about as much phosphoric acid and potash, 
and twice as much nitrogen, as ordinary horse or cow- 
manure. At valuations current for commercial fertilizers 
they would be worth about $5.00 per ton. The water aud 
earthy matters amounted in each of the three samples to a 
little over four-fifths of the whole. The pure dry dung 
would contain some 4 per cent of nitrogen, 2 per cent 
each of phosphoric acid and potash. The reasons why 
the pure dung is so inferior to guano, which is notably 
bird dung, and contains (No. 1 Standard) over twice as 
much nitrogen, and six or seven times as much phos¬ 
phoric acid, are mainly, that the guano birds live on fish, 
a far richer food than that of hens, and that the hen-ma¬ 
nure is moist and apt to lose considerable nitrogen by 
decomposition (fermentation, “heating,” etc.) 
Profitable Farming.—In the conclusion of a 
long letter to an exchange, Dr. J. B. Lawes remarks ; 
“ Although the process and conditions of growing wheat 
in England, and corn in Maryland, differ in certain re¬ 
spects, still it is my opinion that in both countries, the 
largest crops will be found to be by no means the moet 
profitable.” Beyond a certain point of high culture fann¬ 
ing becomes of the “ fancy ” sort., but in general, our’s is 
not of that sort, and for good reasons will not he, for 
some time to come; The West is large and still fertile. 
