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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
AMERICAN WOOL. 
The British Commmissioners of the Exhibi¬ 
tion of 1851, have determined to form, in Lon¬ 
don, a grand universal trade museum. Mr. 
Solby, their agent, has applied to Mr. A. P. 
Browne, of Philadelphia, to ascertain how they 
will be able to procure for it all the leading va¬ 
rieties of the best American fleece; and Mr. 
Browne has recommended this direct appeal to 
the sheep breeders and wool growers of the 
United States of America. Any one disposed 
to countenance this laudable design, will be 
pleased, with as little delay as possible, to for¬ 
ward samples to Mr. Browne, post-paid. 
Each sample ought to be accompanied with 
the name and address of the donor, and also of 
the breeder, where he is not the donor, the 
name of the species, variety, or both parents 
or ancestors of the animal from which the spe¬ 
cimen is taken; the age, sex, weight, and 
amount of last clip, and the number of the 
flock to which he belongs, &c. All specimens 
should, w r hen practicable, be drawn out, (not 
cut,) and be taken from the back, six inches 
from the neck. 
Editors of agricultural periodicals and of 
newspapers, are respectfully requested to insert 
this notice. 
KENTUCKY STOCK SALES. 
A correspondent of the Louisville Courier , 
reports the stock sales on last court day, May 
1st, at Paris, Bourbon county, as follows: 
“ The present has been rather more than an 
average county court in the number of stock 
and persons present. The live stock in attend¬ 
ance was valued at from $150,000 to $175,000, 
including about 2000 mules. Many of these 
were from Missouri and other distant parts. 
There were also horses from Ohio and Indiana; 
hogs from Massachusetts, and cattle from the 
barrens of Green river, driven here to be grazed 
upon the beautiful blue grass pastures that now 
carpet our woodland pastures and cleared slopes. 
“ Prices, as at the last court, were not so well 
sustained, nor sales so brisk; and consequently 
some lots were bid in. Mules, two years old, 
went at $138, $110, and $80; yearlings $100, 
$79 ; sucklings, privately, at $80, $60, and $40; 
cattle at $36, $25, and $15. A large lot of Suf¬ 
folk hogs and pigs, direct from Massachusetts, 
were sold at auction by the head at $150, $140, 
$120, $100, &c. This was the finest sale of 
hogs ever known.” 
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for the printer many communications which we 
receive. Some are written so closely that there 
is not room to put in corrections, without re¬ 
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ticles, unless there is manifest want of care on 
the part of the writer. If he does as well as he 
can, we make all needful changes and correc¬ 
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their own style, we suggest to them to keep an 
exact copy of their communications, and then 
compare this copy with the printed sheet. They 
may often learn something in this way. 
We are not anxious to receive original poetry. 
We have little space for rhyme, and we have 
good selections enough to last us a year at least. 
Good poetry, however, will not be rejected ; but 
we advise all who attempt to write in verse to 
remember, that good rhyme does not constitute 
good poetry; on the contrary, some of the best 
poetry we have ever seen does not “ rhyme ” at 
all, while some of the best rhyme contains not a 
single poetic sentiment. 
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From the Mark Lane Express, Monday, May 15. 
REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. 
Though the temperature has continued low 
for the advanced period of the year, the weather 
has in other respects been very favorable for 
the growing crops. In the early part of the 
week copious showers fell, and since then we 
have had one or two bright sunny days; the 
Lent-sown corn and grass lands have improved 
surprisingly in appearance, and the reports in 
regard to the Wheat plant are, almost without 
exception, of a satisfactory character. This 
being the case, rather a sanguine view is taken 
of the probable results of the next harvest—a 
circumstance which naturally tends to check all 
disposition to speculate, and has its influence on 
the minds of those who purchase for consump¬ 
tion, inasmuch as it leads millers and dealers to 
object to holding large stocks. The increasing 
value of money (the Bank directors having on 
Thursday put up the rate of interest to 5£ per 
cent.) must also be regarded as unfavorable to 
an active business; and it may therefore be 
safely concluded that any rise which may take 
place in the grain trade can only be the result 
of an absolute deficiency in the supply to meet 
the regular consumptive demand. That this 
deficiency is actually felt in many of the mar¬ 
kets in the interior, dependent on the growers 
for supplies, cannot be doubted ; and we attri¬ 
bute the advance which has taken place in the 
Liverpool market during the week entirely to 
•the extent of the country demand. 
At Liverpool the demand has already fairly 
commenced, and it is more than probable that 
London will soon be called upon to furnish sup¬ 
plies to a large district of country. We are 
consequently inclined to think that, in the face 
of fine weather and the somewhat stringent 
state of the money market, prices of bread¬ 
stuff's will rise rather than recede, more especially 
as there is reason to conclude that the supplies 
from the Black Sea are now nearly to hand, and 
that those from the Baltic and from America 
will be on a comparatively small scale, at least 
for some time to come. The present position of 
affairs in France is also likely to exercise consid¬ 
erable influence on our markets. The extreme 
pressure which has prevailed there during the 
last two or three months was caused mainly by 
the want of money; this want appears now to 
be felt no longer; and whilst the rate of inter¬ 
est here has risen per cent., it has actually 
declined 1 per cent, on the other side of the 
Channel. The immediate effect of this has 
been to impart activity to mercantile operations 
in France, in which the corn trade has partici- 
cipated, and prices of Wheat and Flour have 
already advanced there to a point which is 
likely to put a stop to further consignments to 
England. 
The prospects for the next harvest are as fa¬ 
vorable in France as in Great Britain, but the 
shortness of the last harvest was not, we are 
inclined to think, exaggerated in either country; 
and if this opinion be correct, the deficiency 
will yet make itself felt before autumn, notwith¬ 
standing the enormous supplies which the pre¬ 
valence of high prices have drawn to the two 
largest Wheat-countries in Europe. 
APPEARANCE OF THE CROPS. 
Dr. L. IIubbell, of Minerva, Mason County, 
Ky., writes, May 30th, “We have recently been 
visited with a superabundant supply of rain. 
The spring has been backward for us. Grain, 
wheat, rye, and barley never looked better than 
now, and the prospect of summer crops is very 
fine. The fruit prospect is also good.” 
Mr. S. E. Todd, of Tompkins County, N. Y., 
writes us May 29, that “Wheat with a few ex¬ 
ceptions, is not promising. It endured the 
freezing of winter externally well, but the frosts 
of spring have ruined many crops almost en¬ 
tirely. Hundreds of acres, which were intend¬ 
ed for oats and barley, will not be plowed this 
spring. Apple trees blossomed thinly.” 
The Cincinnati Price Current of Tuesday last, 
states that in many places, the wheat crop is' 
above an average; in others, it is the reverse; 
but the prospect, is that in the Western States, 
the yield will be from twenty to twenty-five per 
cent, greater than last year. 
The Charleston Standard of Tuesday, says 
of the South, that take the crops through, they 
never appeared better. The cotton crop prom¬ 
ises poorly. 
From Virginia the news is discouraging. In 
a number of counties wheat, which only a short 
time since looked very well, is now ravaged by 
