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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Market Review, Weather Notes, &c. 
American Agriculturist Office, j 
New-York, March 26,1858. ) 
Tiie Wholesale Produce Markets have been freely 
supplied with Flour and Corn during the past month. 
The demand for each has been pretty brisk, and prices 
have fluctuated very slightly. The principal purchasers 
of Flour have been home dealers. Corn was most sought 
after by shippers. The receipts have been to a fair extent, 
and as river navigation has been partially resumed, a 
livelier movement in produce is anticipated. It is reported 
from Albany that the State Canals will be opened for 
navigation on or before April 20. The ice has left the 
upper Mississippi, so that from St. Paul to New-Orleans, 
that great artery of trade is open. Its chief branches, 
the Missouri and the Ohio, have been navigable for weeks. 
Even the more northern lakes are opening. Collingwood 
Harbor, on Lake Huron, is reported clear of ice. As to 
the Erie Canal, the Commissioners, in theirrecent report to 
the Legislature, give assurance of a seasonable com¬ 
mencement, as the causes which so greatly retarded 
navigation last year will not be operative this Spring. 
This early resumption of inland navigation will enable 
those in the interior, having produce to sell, to send it to 
market freely. Hence, buyers look for increased receipts 
here, and do not manifest any disppsition to purchase, at 
present, any more than they immediately require. Wheat, 
especially prime, has[been very scarce and. lias advanced, 
but the demand for it, at the improved prices, has been 
limited. Rye, Barley and Oats have been sparingly dealt 
in at reduced quotations.... Cotton has been in active de¬ 
mand, and it eloses firmly....Provisions have been 
moderately inquired for. Prices show no important 
change Hay opened with a good demand at buoyant 
priceS. Mild weather and the partial resumption of in¬ 
land navigation have, howev er, depressed the market so 
that buyers now have any existing advantage... .Hemp 
and Hops have attracted considerable attention, at some¬ 
what firmer prices.... Grass Seeds have been in slack 
request, and have tended downward — A slightly im¬ 
proved demand lias prevailed for Tobacco and Wool, at 
about former ©notations.... Groceries have been freely 
dealt in, at advancing prices....Other articles of produce 
have presented no important variation from the previous 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Common to Fancy Western. 
Extra Western... 
Mixeato Extra Southern. 
Rye Floi/r—F ine and Super. 
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Wheat—C anada White. 
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Cotton—M iddlings, per lb... 
Rice, per 100 lbs.•. 
Hops, per lb... 
Pork— Mess, per bbl. 
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Beef—R epacked Mess. 
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Lard, in bbls. per lb ..... 
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Turnips—R uta bagas, per ddl 
Cabbages— Per 100. 
Celery— Per dozen... 
Poultry— Fowls, per id....... 
Ducks, per lb. . .. • ] J 
Guinea Fowls, per pair.. 
Turkeys, per lb. 
Geese, per lb.. .. 
Paitridge, per pair. 
Prairie Hens, per pair... 
The total receipts and the total sales of Breadstuff's for 
26 business days, ending with today, have been as fol 
lows: Receipts. 
Wheat-flour, bbls.° . 29 70? 
Wheat, bush.. 662 340 
Corn. * 
Kve...;;;;;;;; 2,831 
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Sales. 
257,680 
132j650 
737,000 
15,400 
20,700 
This statement affords the following comparison of the 
total receipts and sales in each of the last two months: 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley, Oats. 
24 bus. days lastmon., 128,000 11,660 450,000 - 21,000 
26 bus. days this mon., 90,124 29,707 662,340 - 2,631 63.756 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. 
24 bus! ness days last month, 250,386 108,200 570,000 10.650 16,000 
26 business days this month. 257,680 132,650 737,000 15,400 20,700 
N. Y. Live Stock Markets—Beeves —.Receipts fair 
for the season, and the demand light through Lent. 
Prices very low. Receipts and prices for week ending 
February 24 (2,657), Jc. advance ; March 3 (2,582), |c. ad¬ 
vance ; March 10 (3,539), Jc. decline ; March 17 (2,807), 
4c. decline; March 24 (3,649), 4c. decline. Decline in 5 
weeks Ic. lb. Total receipts in 5 weeks 15,233. March 
24, prices p lb for estimated dressed weight:—Premium 
cattle, 10ic.; first quality, 91® 10c.; medium, 81®9c.; 
poorer, 64®74c.; average of all qualities, 8c. 
Sheep. —Receipts small, 25,947 for 5 weeks. Present 
prices about 4S®5)c. ip ib, live weight. 
Hogs. —Free receipts, selling lower. Present prices 
5i®5|c. p lb, live weight, for corn-fed, and 5®5ic. for 
distillery hogs. 
The Weather. —Our Daily Notes condensed read: 
February 24, coldest morning of Winter, 0°; 25 to 28, 
clear, mild, snow about gone. March 1, rain, changing to 
snow in evening; 2, three inches of snow, clear and cold 
p. m.; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, a cold term, thermometer ranging 8° to 
15° in the mornings—the 5th the coldest day of the season, 
8° a. m. and 10° p. m.; 8, heavy northeast snow storm ; 9, 
clear, cool, ten inches light snow on the ground, which 
nearly disappeared in the warmer days of 10, 11, 12 and 
13; 14, 15, heavy fogs and light rain; 16 to 20, clear, 
warm, pleasant, frost nearly out of ground, buds swelling, 
robins and other early birds appearing; 26, rain a. m., 
clear and warm p. m; 22, 23, 24, 25, clear and warm, 
plowing, taking up trees, &c., going on. 
ESTKA PKESIIFJMS, 
offered as a remuneration for time and services to per¬ 
sons procuring and forwarding new subscribers to the 
American Agriculturist. Tile subscribers obtained wili 
themselves be entitled to receive the seeds offered in our 
regular list, No. 1 to No. 52. New subscribers sending 
in their own names will be entitled to the extra premium 
No, 2, or No. 3 below. Only one of the following 
three premiums will be given on the same new subscriber. 
Premium No. 1. 
When any person shall have forwarded forty sub¬ 
scribers, for volume XVII, at the lowest club rates (SO 
cents each) he or she will be entitled to a copy of Web¬ 
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smaller University Edition). The Book will be forward¬ 
ed to the order of the recipient at his expense for trans¬ 
portation after leaving this city. Its weight (7to81bs.) 
will prevent its going by mail. 
Premium No. 2. 
Any person forwarding new subscribers for volume 
XVII, either at one dollar each, (or at the club rates in 
case of the formation of new clubs or additions to those 
already formed), will be entitled to One Pound of pure 
CHrNESE Suoar Cane Seed of the best quality for each 
new name. The seed w ill be put up in strong cloth bags 
and delivered free of expense to any Express Company 
or to the care of any person in this city. The cost of 
transportation will of course be borne by the recipient. 
[Since our last issue we have obtained 50 bushels more of 
splendid seed, at low rates, which enables us to make the 
above offer for additions to clubs as well as for single 
subscribers.] 
Premium No. 3. 
The varieties of New Seeds, Nos. 53 to No. 70, de¬ 
scribed on page 101, will be put up in parcels of the size 
named below. These separate parcels will then all be 
inclosed in one package, and one of these packages (con¬ 
taining 18 varieties) will be sent, post-paid , to any person 
forwarding a new subscriber for vol. XVII., at one dollar 
a year. Each new subscriber will entitle the sender to 
one of these packages. The postage on each package 
(to be prepaid by the publisher) is 18 to 21 cents, which re¬ 
duces the net amonnt received for each to the lowest club 
rates. Where cl-ibs are formed, or additions to 
former clubs are made, and the expense of getting the 
seeds, by Express or otherwise, is borne by the recipients, 
the names will be taken at the regular club rates. 
[The quantity of the above seeds received this year, 
is too small to allow of their being offered in the list for 
general distribution to all subscribers ; and furthermore, 
the labor and expense attending the distribution of the 
general list first offered, and still continued, is about all 
that we can undertake gratuitously for the present season. 
For these reasons, these extra seeds, No 53 to 70, are only 
offered conditionally, that is, as premiums for new sub¬ 
scribers.! 
catalogue of seeds in extra premium no. 3. 
(All in one Package.) 
53. —Improved Yellow Flat Onion—200 to 300 seeds. 
54. —Improved Brown Globe Onion—200 to 300 seeds. 
55. —Improved White Globe Onion—200 to 300 seeds. 
56. —Mrs. O’Rourke Pea—About 20 peas in a package. 
57. —Eugenie Pea—30 to 40 peas in a package. 
58. —Napoleon Pea—Same as No. 57. 
59. —King of the Marrow Pea—Same as No. 57. 
CO.—Blue Sickle Pea—Same as No. 57. 
61.—Waite’s Bedfordshire Prize Cucumber—12 to 15. 
G2.—Waite’s White Cos Lettuce—800 to 1000 seeds. 
63.—London Particular Long Scarlet Radish—300 to 
400 seeds. 
64- —Extra Red Round Turnip Radish—Same as No. 63 
65- —Waite’s Large Cabbage Savoy—400 to 500 seeds. 
66.—Extra London Curled Parsley—700 to 800seeds. 
67 .—Intermediate Carrot—very fine flavor—800 to 1000. 
68. '—Purple-top Scotch, or Bullock Turnip Do. 
69. —Green-top Scotch, or Bullock Turnip Do. 
70. —Waite’s London Purple-top Swede Turnip Do. 
N.B.—W r e have, of some kinds of the above seed, only 
enough to make up some 2000 complete packages (18 va¬ 
rieties). Should more than this number chance to be called 
for, the su '/sequent packages will contain an assortment cf 
all we then have on hand. 
Contents for April 1858. 
Agricultural Humbug at Washington.. HI.104 
Apples—Bearing year of. 115 
April—Suggestions fur the Month.97 & 99 
Bees—Apiary in April... 99 
Bee-Hive—Wonders of.....X.4 Illustrations.. 107 
Book Notices.>23 
Boys’ and Girls’ own Columns, Problems <fcc..122 
Buildings for the Farm....II. Extended Farm House. 
••••-••.....3 Illustrations.. 104 
Calendar of Operations for April . 98 
Candy, Molasses—Making..... 122 
Cattle—Feeding Racks for. .Illustrated.. 109 
Cattle—Mad Itch in.. .109 
Clover—Sow Seed now... 100 
Corn Planter, New—Described.Illustrated.! 108 
Currant Bushes. .... 117 
Dioscorea at a Discount—Free. . 106 
Evergreens—Descriptions and illustrations of American 
and European Balsam Firs, Cluster and Scotch Pine 
and White Spruce Fir...5 Illustrations........! 12 
Farm—Work for April ..... 98 
Flower Garden—Calendar for... . . 99 
Fruits, Tender—Apparatus for carrying..Illustrated. !i‘28 
Gardening for Ladies.....j 19 
Garden,—Kitchen and Fruit—Calendar for. 98 
Glasses, Hand...Illustrated i 17 
Grape Vine—A word for.....)22 
Grasses—Beauty, Culture of, &c...97 
Green and Hot Houses, American—Notes, with De¬ 
scriptions of New Plants—23 ne-w Azalias described ; 
Pimeba ; Chorozemas ; Gardemas ; Clerodendrons ; 
Diplandenia; Eschynanthus; Centradenia. Ill 
Green House—Care of in April.[ ‘ 99 
Horse Radish......... ])8 
Horses and Oxen—Which shall we use.]IC 
Hot-House—Calendar for April... <j9 
Houses—Cheap Inside Finish for.)06 
Housekeeping in Country..II— Help .121 
Huckleberry. m3 
Ice Rooms—New'...Illustrated.. 120 
Illinois Farming—Notes on.. Ill....102 
Indoor Work—House Plants—Care of.119 
Insects—Cut Worm, Whence Cornes it.103 
Lantern—Blinks from..No. 2.—A Large Farm_..106 
Meadow or Mowing Lands...m3 
Onions, &c.—New Seeds for Distribution Illustrated .101 
Onions—Practical Hints on Raising.]08 
Orchard. .IV—Pears, Varieties, Soils, Locations, &c! .114 
Orchard and Nursery—Calendar for April.98 
“Our Basket,” Notes to Correspondents, &c.123 
Pictures from Leaves and Flowers.,]2I 
Plants—How to start Early...I ] 11100 
Pomological Society, American—Next meeting of_119 
Potatoes—Description of 19 Varieties for market.. .. 100 
Potatoes—What made them Rot.]04 
Poultry—Profitable in Cities. 109 
Poultry—Smoking Chickens, and Saving a Dollar_109 
Problems—Answers to, and New.Illustrated. .122 
Pruning—Suggestions on ..III....6 Illustrations. .116 
Raspberry—Culture of.117 
Reapers and Mowers—Trial by U. S. Agricultural So¬ 
ciety-III. J02 
Rooms—Cooling and Drying.Illustrated. .120 
Root and Bush Puller....2 Illustrations.. 110 
Roots for Stock—The Other Side...1 q 9 
Seed Bed— Agoodone. .....119 
Seed Distribution for Field—Culture of...101 
Seed Distribution for Flower Garden—Culture of._118 
Seed Distribution for Vegetable Garden—Culture of. .118 
Seed Distribution—Note on.... ..124 
Scripture Sum . ....123 
Sewing Machines. 121 
Sheep—Introduction of Merino in the U.S...II.109 
Sunflower—Culture of........122 
Tennessee, Southeast—Notes on Farming in_..... 102 
Tree—A Double Beech...Illustrated.. 103 
Trees—Form of a Pear.... ...2 Illustrations. .115 
Trees for Shade.... 113 
Trees—How to Select for Planting.115 
Trees—Taking up and Packing.. .Illustrated. .117 
Warning Bell—Poetry. ....123 
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