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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
155 
Business Notices. 
lES"* Eighty Cents a Line, of space. 
.'^'ssnn, vov 
AT REDUCED PRICES, 
with Glass-Cloth Presser, Improved Loop-Check, New 
Style Hemmer, Binder, Corder, etc. 
Office No. 505 Broadway, New-York. 
“This Machine makes the ‘LOCK-STITCH,’ and 
ranks highest, on account of elasticity, permanence, beau¬ 
ty, and general desirableness of the stitching when done, 
and the wide range of its application.”— Report of Amer¬ 
ican Institute, New-York. 
ITALIAN BEES. 
Orders will now be received for these bees to be deliv¬ 
ered at once. A circular will be sent to all applicants 
enclosing a stamp. In it will be found the terms, and 
also reports from Mr. Langstroth, Dr. Kirtland, Mr. 
Brackett, Mr. Baldridge, and others, testifying fully, from 
actual observation, to the great superiority of this race 
overthecommon bee. S. B. PARSONS, Flushing, N. Y. 
Stasartia IPeantagYBBo. 
PARSONS & CO. have a good stock of this fine plant, 
noticed and illustrated in the American Agriculturist for 
February. Price 75 cents each, six dollars per dozen 
Address Flushing N. Y. 
THE SUREST WAY 
To Secure the Very Best and at tlie 
Lowest Price, 
Is to order any thing yon want through the Pur¬ 
chasing Agency of H. B. Lane. (See full particulars in 
advertisement on page 157, and note the guarantee of 
several of the leading men of New-York.) This Agency 
is established at the request of many individuals who de¬ 
sire some reliable person to save them from imposition 
and deception in the purchase of 
Trees, Plants, Pure Seeds, Pure Guano, and other 
Fertilizers, Good Implements, etc., etc., etc. 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc. 
American Agriculturist Office, ( 
New-York, Friday Evening, April 19, 1861. ) 
The market for Breadstuffs has been more active during 
a month past, with an increase of receipts, sales, and of ex¬ 
ports. For tne first three months of this year the receipts 
at this port amounted to 460,000 barrels of Flour ; exports 
to foreign countries 510,000 barrels. Receipts of Wheat, 
547,000 bushels ; exports 2,903,000 bushels. Receipts of 
Corn, 584,000 bushels; exports, 2,064,000 bushels. Re¬ 
ceipts of Barley, 262.000 bushels ; exports, none. Receipts 
of Oats 265,000 uushels ; exports 17,541 bushels. These 
figures show a large excess of exports of flour and wheat 
over the amounts received, to say nothing of the reduc¬ 
tion of the latter by the demand for home consumption. 
The stock of flour on hand here is lower than at the cor¬ 
responding period in any year within our recollection ; 
and as the foreign demand continues brisk it will readily 
be seen that our market will be so completely exhausted 
of the principal articles of breadstuffs by the opening of 
internal navigation that it will be ready for large supplies 
from the interior. The present and prospective foreign 
demand is of great importance to our country. Eveiy 
successive report from Great Britain renders more evi¬ 
dent the poorness of the last harvest, as well as the bad 
effects upon the next harvest of the rainy season at the 
Autumn sowing, and the poor weather for wheat during 
the Winter. It is inevitable that large supplies of flour, 
wheat, and corn, must be drawn from this country all 
through the Spring and Summer, and probably during the 
entire year. Should the next harvest be unusually good 
upon the continent, and a general European war, now 
feared, not take place, we shall have competitors in the 
English markets; imt at best this will pot Itappep until 
after large amounts of our present surplus have been ab¬ 
sorbed. The disturbances in our own country, however, 
so far as they diminish manufacturing operations in New- 
England, will lessen the usual home demand.-Our 
current receipts are still brought forward to tidp vat or by 
railroad. The canals will not get into full worning order 
before the first week in May, when large supplies will 
move forward from all parts of the interior. The rate of 
foreign exchange has advanced somewhat, yet exporters 
have recently found it difficult to sell their bills drawn 
against produce shipped to England, and this has embar¬ 
rassed foreign buyers so much as to lead to a temporary 
depression in prices, and, as shown by the tables below, 
the selling rates of wheat and flour, are rather lower 
than at our last report, though they have fluctuated some¬ 
what during the month . Cotton is higher, owing to the 
moderate results of the last crop, and the political dis¬ 
turbances, which promise to largely diminish the next 
crop. The commencement of hostilities just at the plant¬ 
ing season, and the necessarily increased breadth devoted 
to grain, will decidedly interfere with the culture of this 
staple_The trade in provisions has improved, particu¬ 
larly in hog products. During the three months ending 
March 1st, the receipts comprised 30,038 packages of Pork ; 
7,500 packages of Beef; 45,564 packages of cut meats ; 
40,560 packages of Lard ; 102,576 packages of Butter ; and 
45,400 packages of Cheese. The exports to all ports dur¬ 
ing the same period, amounted to 20,254 barrels of Pork ; 
11,224 tierces and 10,489 barrels of Beef; 32,024,335 lbs. of 
cut meats ; 15,923,944 lbs. of Lard ; 8,245,841 lbs. of cheese ; 
and 3,256,106 lbs. of Butter. The above figures show a 
large increase in both receipts and exports, especially of 
butter — Hogs. —We are now in possession of full re¬ 
turns of the pork packing of the past season in the West¬ 
ern States. The total number of hogs slaughtered, was 
2,155,702, against 2,304,645, for season of 1859—1860, show¬ 
ing a deficiency in numbers, of 199,943, w'hieh deficiency 
is mainly in the returns from points South of the Ohio 
River. It appears, however, that there has been an in¬ 
crease in the average weight, equal to 14* per cent, so 
that by deducting the decrease in number, 8M per cent, 
from this, we have a net increase of 5% per cent as com¬ 
pared with the previous season. The hog crop of 1860- 
61, then, compares with some previons years, as follows ; 
5* per cent greater than 1859-60 : £ per cent greater than 
1858-9; 3% per cent greater than 1857-8. The yield of 
lard per hog has been, generally, better than the previous 
year, but notwithstanding this, owing to the decrease in 
number of hogs packed, the increase in the quantity, as 
compared with last year, is not as large as might be at 
first supposed. The following figures show the compar¬ 
ison and the result, being the aggregate yield for each 
season, in lbs : 1860-61, 68,947,274, lbs., 1859-60, 66,406,738, 
lbs., giving an increase in 3,540,526 lbs. The average 
yield per hog this year was 32 lbs., and last year 28)4 lbs. 
.... Hay has declined, while Rice has advanced, with 
fair transactions in each — The movements in other 
branches of trade have been restricted. 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Superfine Western... 
Extra Western. 
Fancy to Extra Genesee.. 
Super, to Extra Southern. 
Rye Flour—F ine and Super. 
Corn Meal. 
Wheat—C anada White. 
Western White. 
Southern White. 1 45 
All kinds of Red. 116 
Corn—Y ellow- . 
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Oats—W estern. 
State... 
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Rye. 
Barley. 
Hay, in bales, per 100 lbs... 
Cotton—M iddlings, per lb.. 
Rice, per 100 lbs .. . 
Hops, crop of 1860, per lb.. 18 
Feathers, Live Geese, p. lb.. 
Seed—C lover, per lb. 
Timothy, per bushel.. 
Sugar—B rown, per lb. 
Mol asses,N ew-Orleans, p.gl.. 
Coffee, Rio, per lb.. 
Tobacco—K entucky,&c,p.lb.. 
Seed Leaf, per lb. 
Wool—D omestiefleece, p. lb.. 
Domestic, pulled, per lb. 25 
Tallow, per lb . 
Oil Cake, per tun. 
Pork—N ew Mess, per bbl. 16 50 
Prime, new, per bbl. 12 50 
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Poultry— Fowls, per lb... 
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Ducks, per lb .. 12 
Turkeys, per lb .. . 10 
Quails, per dozen... 
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.Apples, Prime, per bbl. 1 75 
Medium, $ bbl. 1 25 
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Extra Dessert Apples . 2 00 
Dried Apples, per lb. 2 
Dried Peaches, per lb. 8 
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TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW-YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats 
26 days this month 2156,500 331,500 3S5.000 6,800 128,000 146 000 
21 days last month 156,000 158,800 274,000 7,800 115,000 1281500 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley 
26 days this mon., 467,000 2,479,000 1,660,000 39,000 W000 
24 days last mom, 310,000 1,327,000 1,376,000 HisOO SI^OO 
Exports of Breadstuffs from New-York, January 1, to 
April 10. 
18 60 
Wheat Flour, bbls.176,208* 
Rye Flour, bbls... 2,403 
Corn Meal, bbls. 24,670 
Wheat, bushels.143,020 
Corn, bushels.157^151 
Rye, bushels .. . ’ 200 
Barley, bushels. . 
Oats, bushels. . 
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549,563 
2,864 
23,095 
3,110,230 
2,170,491 
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Comparative statement of the number of hogs packed, in 
each of the last two seasons, in the Western States. 
185D-60. 1860-G1. 
624,798 
368,031 
512,991 
251,896 
Ohio. 681,908 
Indiana. 406,595 
Illinois .... 503,735 
Kentucky. 322,487 
Missouri. 190,660 
Tennessee. 26,800 
Iowa. 166,623 
Wisconsin. 55,837 
180,972 
460 
162,204 
54,410 
Grand total number packed_ 2,354,645 2,155,702 
N. If. Live Stock markets.— The Cattle 
Markets have been largely supplied with beeves, during 
the past five weeks, the total being 21,904, or an average 
of 4,381—a gain of more than 900 head per week over last 
month. The stock has generally been heavy, so that the 
increase in meat is large. Prices have declined fully 1c. 
per lb. during the time. At the last general market, 
April 16th, with 4,518 on sale prices ranged from 8*c. to 
9c. per lb. estimated dressed weight, for choice animals, 
7Jc.(S>8*c. for good ; and 6c.r®7c. for poor. The average 
of all sales being 7*c. to 7Me. The stock was barely sold 
out at a decline ol Me. from the previous week. 
Veal Calves.— Receipts are largely on the increase 
and veals will continue to come in freely for a month 
longer. For the past five weeks -the numbers foot up 
3,694 or 739 per week, being nearly double the receipts of 
last month. Prices are low, ranging from 3c. to 4c. per 
lb. live weight for poor calves. 4,*’c.ra>5c. for good, with a 
very few extras at 5*c.—an occasional one at 6c. Market 
very dull. 
Sheep.— Receipts about as last month, or an average ol 
6,426 per week. Prices are lower, being equal to about 
5%c.(a>5%c. per lb. live weight for wool sheep, and 4c .la) 
5c. for shorn sheep. Spring Lambs are beginning to ar¬ 
rive, and are in demand at about $5 per head, for those 
dressing 30 lbs. 
Live Hogs. —Receipts do not vary from last month, the 
weekly average being 6,912. Prices are *c. lower, or 
5c.®5*c. per lb. live weight for corn fed hogs ; and 4 Me. 
r®4*c. for still fed hogs. Demand inactive, and market 
more than supplied. 
The Weather has recently been less Spring-like 
than usual at this season, or not as much so as appearances 
indicated two months ago. There have been very few 
days of warm weather fora month past- Our Daily 
Weather Notes, condensed, read thus:- March 20, 
clear, cold, mercury 12°, snow at night—21, snow all day, 
part of it melting, but making one of the severest storms 
of the season—22, one foot snow on ground, and railroads 
badly blocked by deep drifts ; the day clear and fine—23, 
clear, warm, snow fast going—24,25, 26, clear, fine, snow 
gone—27, thunder shower A. M., ending in a severe 
rainstorm—28 to 31, clear, fine- April 1, cloudy A. 
M., snow, and rain P. M., and at night—2, clear A. M., 
cloudy P. M.—3, cloudy—4, 5, 6, clear, fine, frogs heard— 
7, cloudy, A. M., clear P. M.—8 to 11, clear, fine, but rath¬ 
er cool—12, cloudy—13, rain—14, clear—15, clear A. M., 
cloudy, with light rain, P. M.—16, heavy soaking rain— 
17, barometer at lowest point (29 inches) reached for a 
year past; rain A. M., cloudy, cold with high winds P« 
M.—18, clear and cool, A. M. (32°), cloudy P. M., rain at 
night—19, passing clouds, chilly. 
Thermometer at 6 A. M., New-York. 
[Observations carefully made upon a standard Ther¬ 
mometer (Fahrenheit.)— 1 - indicates rain, s, snow.] 
MARCH. 
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APRIL. 
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