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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for May, 1858 
Ants—To get rid of.138 
A pp es—Varieties of. 
Basket— Our.153 
Bee-IIive—Wonders of.. XI.2 Illustrations.. 139 
Bee'&—Apiary in May.131 
Blackberry—New-Rochelle.154 
Bloom of Beauty.143 
Boys* and Girls’ Columns—Problems. .4 Illustrations.. 155 
Bo>s and Girls—Talk with about Engraving. 
9 Illustrations. .156 
Boys for the Country—To Farmers, Mechanics, &C..155 
Briars Eradicating .... ..154 
Building’' lor the Farm. Ill.First class dwelling, 
and appendages.3 Illustrations.. 136 
Butter—251 lbs. to the Cow. 142 
Ctiboage- Enfield Market.15U 
Calendar of Operations for May, 1858.130 
Caraway .. .. .154 
Cariots vs. P;trsneps for Stock .. 1^4 
Carrots Sowing 154 
Cats—Mv neighbor’s Barn .13b 
Cattle—Ameiican.. Ill —Devons.2 Illustrations.. 132 
Catile—Gargeiy Cows.142 
Cattle—Swe'ted Udders in Cows.142 
Catile—Twin Heifers, Free Martins, &c.154 
Chufas or Eurih A monels.15u 
Corn—Depin of Planting.140 
Corn—King Pmiip.154 
Corn - M ixmg.154 
Corn—Peabody's Prolific.14U 
Co n—Squaw.154 
Corn— V\ yandott.14U 
Cor respondents—Notes To.153 
Dahlias—Culture of. 151 
D.eiyira Spectuhilis.Illustrated.. J52 
tally Plot of Beans. Com, &c. 133 
Editor—One feeling very Badly.154 
Editors, Agricuituial— Convention of.. . 131 
Ergot—Removing from Rye.141 
Evergreens-A look al.;. 145 
Evergreens—Norway Spruce, Douglass Spruce, Corsi¬ 
can Pme, Himalayan Spruce, Magnolias, Gjauca 
and Grandifiora, Hints on Transplanting. 
7 I.lustrations.. 144 & 145 
Farm Work for May. .130 
Ferrets, Wanted . 154 
Flower Garden - Calendar for May.13 1 
Flowers for ihe Lawn . 15 ! 
Garden, Kitchen and Fruit—Calendar'for May.130 
Gophers or Ground Squirrels—Destroying.154 
Grapes at the North. 151 
Grass Lands—Top Dressing. 141 
Grass—Light and heavy Seeding.140 
Grass Seed —Profit of raising Timothy.140 
Green and Hot-House - Calendar for May.13 1 
Hops—Culture of in Garden. 150 
Horticultural Societies—Town...149 
Hot- Beds—Leaves for.153 
Humor m an Agricultural Society.133 
Humus, Soluble— What is.140 
I< c- Crop of this year. 134 
Implements—Ladies Garden Fork.Illustrated.. 149 
In-Door Work-A Batch of Recipes.152 
Insects—Cucumber Bug Preventive.154 
Insects—Cureulio Remedy. 154 
Insects—Grubs and Worms in Corn Fields.142 
Insecis—Rose Slugs. 140 
Insects—A Squash Bug.7 Illustrations.. 143 
L Hid—D* ar. and Emigration.133 
Mandrake, or May Apple.154 
Manures -bawoust and Urine. 154 
Top Dressing Grass Lands. 141 
Mav Day Reflections.129 
Melons &«*.. in Kansas . 154 
Minnesota—Poultry and Cows in. 154 
Money wort...140 
Orchard.. V —American Pears, Varieties,D w arfs &c.. 146 
bichard—Defects in Pruning. 147 
Orchard and Nursery—Calendar for May. 130 
Paper—Value of a.. 
Patent Office Seeds ... 
Potato Culture—Experience in . 134 
Potato Parings for Seed. 154 
Potatoes—Peach Blow.:. 134 
Potatoes, Sweet—Culture.Illustrated.. 150 
Poultry—Feeding.14-2 
Pou try Raising is Profitable...j42 
Premiums Extra... 157 
Preserving Cans, and a Hint to Tinmen. 153 
Pruning —Defects in.. 147 
Pruning—Suggestions on.. IV.2 I.lustrations.. 148 
Raspberries at the South .149 
Reapers and Mowers—Trial by U. S. Agr. Society. .V.. 141 
Recipe>—Bacon, Peppering. - Buscuit, Nahant Tea.— 
Cake — Corn Starch, Election, Federal, Indian 
Grid le, Lo«f, Mountain, Muffins, Poor Man’s, 
and Pork.-Coloring, B>ue, Yellow and Grren. 
—Grease Spots.—Lye Hopper. —Pickles.—Pud¬ 
ding of Biead. —Soap for Hard Times.—Yeast, 
keadv Made.. 
Statistics in American Agriculture. 
Stump Puller—A Simple one . 
Sugor Crop—The Maple. 
.Illustrated.. 140 
Tennessee Lands, Eastern—Beware of. 
Ti.har.co Culture. 
Trees—Ashes on Peach... j 53 
Trees Buds from Nursery . 154 
Trees Deep Plaining &o. . J 53 
Trees-Form of Quince. 
Trees Pear—What 10 Plant. 
. Illustrated.. 140 
Tr es White Pine from Seed . 
Tieos, Wiliow American VYeeping_ 
Turnips Long W hite French.. 
Veiiiioni Mate Exhibition Located. 
Vetch Culture of .. .. 
We cher In Winter of 1858. 
• Illustrated l:i4 
Illustrated.. 141 
W inter Cherry. . 
.149 
Market Review, Weather Notes, &c. 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Earley 
26 business days last month 257 680 132,650 737,000 15.400 20,700 
25 business days this month, 273.665 323.950 784 000 61 ,1< 0 61,500 
American Agriculturist Office, j 
[New-York, April 24, 1858. j 
The Wholesale Produce Markets have exhibited 
The following is a comparative statement, of exports of 
the leading kinds of Breadstufls from the pori of New 
Y r ork, from Jan. l,to April 19, both days included : 
some changes of more or less importance, during the 
month. The receipts of Breadstuff's have increased over 
those of the previous month, and the available supplies of 
Flour and Wheat have been, at least, equal to the require¬ 
ments of buyers. Prices have fluctuated slightlj ; closing 
however, with a downward tendency. Corn and Oats 
have not been as plenty as they w ere needed,and they have 
advanced. The demand for’ Breadstuff's has been goocf 
for home use, and moderate for export. Canal navigation 
has not been fully resumed yet, and it is said the leading 
Canals cannot he opened for active business before April 
26th. Meanwhile, tiie supplies of Produce awaiting pur¬ 
chasers at Buffalo are accumulating, and it is anticipated 
that the receipts at the seaboard will be largely increased 
in the course of three or four weeks from the time of the 
general resumption ot Canal navigation.... Cotton has 
been in fair request, at buoyant prices Our available sup¬ 
ply is 62,710 ba.es, against 81,532 bales, same period last 
) ear. The receipts of all the shipping ports, to latest 
Oates this season, have been 2,597,251 bales, against 
2,71)6 4 14 bales to the corresponding period last season. 
Ttie total exports from the United Slates so far this sea- 
s n have been 1,714,913 hales, against I,‘64,912 bales to the 
saint* date last season. The total stock on hand and ship¬ 
board in all ihe shipping ports, at the latest dates, was 
695,744 bales, against 473,975 bales at ihe same time last 
year. The stock in Hie interior towns, at the latest dales, 
was 98,139 bales, against 60,18 > bales at the corresponding 
date a year ago. An active inquiry has prevailed for the 
leading kinds of Provisions, in part for future delivery, 
and prices have improved. ..Hay opened heavily and 
languidly, bui it closes with renewed vigor-Hemp and 
iloi'S have been less freely offered and purchased at 
former rases_Grass seeds have been very quiet at our 
quotations below_Rice has been 111 good demand ... 
Tobacco and Wool have been in moderate request at uni¬ 
form rates... Rio Coffee has been very freely dealt in, 
chiefly 10 wards the cl. se,at full prices Teas have been 
in fair supply and demand, at unchanged figU'es. Sugars 
were plenty and heavy. Molasses was rather scarce and 
stiffly held, but was 1101 active-Oilier articles of pro¬ 
duce have presented no impoitant variation from tne pre¬ 
vious month. 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
March 26. 
Flour—C om’n to Extra State $4 25 fa) 4 60 
Common to Fancy Western.. 4 30 
Extra Western. 4 35 
Fancy to Extra Genesee. 4 35 
Mixed to Extra Soul hern. 4 70 
Rye Flour—F ine anil Super. 3 1)0 
Corn Meal... 3 00 
Wheat—C anada White. 1 18 
Western White . 1 18 
Southern White. 1 25 
All kinds of Red. 100 
Corn—Y ellow, new,. G6%'a) 
White, new. 66 (a) 
Oats—W estern. 44 (ib 
State. 42 fa) 
Soul hern. 25 fa) 
Rye . 68 fa) 
Barley . 60 fa) 
Whitt-. Beans. 1 31 %(o) l 37% 
Black-eyed Peas, per 2 bush.. 3 12 Web 3 25 i 
Hay, in bales, per 100 lbs. 45 fa) 65 
Cotton—M iddlings, perlb 11 %(cb 12 
Rice, per LUO lbs. 3 00 fa) 4 00 3 
Hops, per ib. 4%'S) 8% 
Pork—M ess, per bbl. 16 65 fa)16 7u 18 
Prime uei bbl. 13 50 fa) 15 
Beef—R epacked Mess. . 12 00 (5)13 50 V 
Count-iy mess . 10 00 fall 00 10 
“ prime... ... 7 00 fa) 8 00 7 
Hogs, Dressed, per lo... 6%(a) 7% 
Lard, in bids, per lb . 9%S) 10% 
Butter—W estern, per lb. 14 (a) 2u 
State, per lb. 17 fa) 24 
Cheese, per lb. 8 id) 10% 
Eggs—F resh, per dozen. 14%fa» 15 
Feathers, Live Geese per lb. 40 fa) 45 
Seed—C lover, per Ib. 7 fa) 8% 
Timothy, per bushel. ..2 <*“ 
Flax, Am rough, per bush. 
Sugar, Brown per lb. 
Molasses, New-Orleans, prgl 
Coffee, Rio, per lb. 
Tobacco—K entucky, &c pr lb 
Seed Leaf per lb. 
WooL-Domestic fleece, per lb. 
Domestic, pulled, per lb . 
Hemp—U ndrM Amer’n pr ton.iPO 
Dressed American, per ton .. .140 
Tallow, per 11). 
Oil Cake, per ton.36 
Potatoes—.T unes, per bbl. 2 50 
Mercers, per bbl. 3 25 
Peach Blow, per bbl. 3 50 
Carters, per obi. 3 50 
Onions—R ed, per bbl . 2 00 
White and yellow, per bbl...... 2 50 
Apples—R ussets, per bbl. 3 00 
Spitzenburgs, per bbl. 5 00 
Greenings, per bbl.. . . 
Turnips—R uta bagas. per bbl 
Poultry—F owls, per lb.... .. 
Chickens, Spring, per pair. 
Ducks, per lb. 
Turkeys, per lb. 
Geese, perlb. 
The total receipts and the total sales of Breadftuffs for 
25 business days, ending with to-day, have been as fol¬ 
lows : 
Wheat-flour, bbls. 
Wheat, hush. 
Corn. 672,500 
Hye . 35,000 
Barley. 12 500 
Oats. 56.150 
This statement affords the following comparison of the 
total receipts and sales in each of the last two months: 
Receipts. F'our. W'hsat. Corn. Fy **. Barley Oats. 
26bus days last mon , 90 124 £ 0.707 662 340 - 2.631 63.756 
25 bus days thin mon,. 202.000 36.250 672.500 35,000 12.500 56.150 
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Receipts. 
Sales 
202.000 
273.665 
56,750 
323 950 
672,500 
781,000 
35,000 
61,100 
12 500 
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56.150 
— 
1857. 
Wheat Flour, bbls.:...279,413 
Rye Flour, bbls. 1,228 
Corn Meal, bbls. 14,666 
Wheat, bushels. 782,410 
Corn, bushels.*1,324 719 
Rye, bushels. 60,442 
•T65R 
368,582 
1 903 
19.364 
349,934 
1,062.627 
Shipments from Milwaukee , this season , to April 12 
Flout*, bb’s.23.600 | Corn, bush.10,000 
Wheat, bush .171,700 | 
Shipments from Chicago , this season , to April 19. 
Flour, bbls . 7,153 | Corn, bush. 184,157 
Wheat, bush.868,418 | Oats, bush.35,132 
Stock in .store, at Chicago. April 19. 
Flour, bbls. .70,000 | Rye. bush. 2;900 
Wheat, bush.1.154 820 | Barley, bush.63.138 
Corn, bush.42,107 | Oats,bush.120,175 
N. Y r . Live Stock M arkets—Beeves- Receipts for 
four weeks ending April 21, were 11.562; differing lut 
150 from receipts for the same period last year. The ave¬ 
rage prices are, however, 3c. ^0 ib less now than then. 
Receipts and variations of prices were, for week ending 
Marcli 31. (2;792) j c. advance; April 7, (2,485) 1 c. ad¬ 
vance ; April 14 (3 105 , j c. lower ; April 21 (3,180), 1 c. 
lower, making an advance of J c. fa) 1 e. since our last 
report.—April 21 , prices ranged on estimated net. weight 
as follows : Premium'cattle, HHe. (a) lie .^0 tb ; First 
quality. 10c. (5) 10$c.; Medium, 9c. (a P$c. ; Poorquality, 
8 c. (a) 9c. ; Average of all sales, 9c. (a) Pic. 
Sheep - R» ceipis have been even lii htei than last month, 
or only 13.651 heart for four weeks past. Prices have ad¬ 
vanced to 51c. (a) 6 c. lb. live weight, for good sheep, and 
6 i. 'a) 7c. for extra fat animals. 
Hogs—-A rrivals fair, and prices about, as last, month, or 
51c (a) 5$e. gross for corn-fed hogs, and 5ic. (a) 5tc. for 
stdl fed hogs. 
The Weather.—T hus far the present. Spring has been 
very favorable for fruit prospect's, for grass and grain 
fields, and for preparing the ground and getting in crops. 
We have had frequent April showers, but no freez¬ 
ing, and farm and garden work have been porformed al¬ 
most continuously .—Our daily notes condensed read :— 
March 26, »*lear, mild and dusty ; 27, clear A.M., cloudy 
PM., light rain at night; 28, moderate rain ; 29 to 31 
clear and warm.—April 1 to 4. clear and fine growing 
weather. Farmers plowing, planting potatoes, sowing 
oats, <fcc.; 4, clear and pleasant: 5. showery ; 6 and 7 
clear and very warm ; 8 cloudy ; 9. thunder showers : 10, 
clear, pleasant ; 11, light showers; 12 , 13, heavy N E. 
rain, filling cisterns, many of w hieh had become empty 
during ihe dry Spring ; 14, 15, clear and mi d ; 16, light 
rain ; 17, clear and fine—peach trees beginning to bloom 
in the city yards: 18 , 19,20. N E. rain; 21. cloudy A.M., 
clear P.M. : 22, clear and fine ; 23, fog and light rain ; 24 
clear and fine. 
-OH-- 
Agricultural Editorial Convention. 
We call the attention of our contemporaries to the cir¬ 
cular on the third page of this paper (pi51). So far as 
there has been oppoitunity for experession of opinion, the 
project, appears to meet, with general favor. It may be 
found impracticable to agree upon a time and place in 
season to secure a large attendance this \ear, but if even 
a small number get together at first, and break ground, we 
think good results will follow. 
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