AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[September, 
Q84 
Receipts of Breadstuff's at Detroit. 
Same week Since To same date 
Receipts. Past week, last year. Jan. 1,’61. last year 
T-'iour, bbls. 6,966 1*2,025 464,596 195,510 
Wheat, bushels ...18,501 41,088 559.310 362,802 
Corn, bushels.25,500 17,522 488,020 357.856 
Oats, bushels. 1,115 2,157 89,637 45,0/7 
Rye, bushels. 127 -— 9,938 10,966 
Barley, bushels.... 103 238 15,793 22,232 
Receipts of Breadstvffs at Chicago, Jan. 1 to Aug. 14. 
1861. 1860. 1859. 
Flour, bbls. 730,648 225,016 238,053 
Wheat, bushels. 6,753,020 3,191,276 1,692,752 
Corn, bushels.14,223,838 11,794,391 3,290,464 
Oats, bushels. 800,694 754,382 434,096 
Rye, bushels. 254,227 97,623 42,416 
Barley, bushels. 332,326 205,723 127,410 
The receipts at tide-water at Albany, of the principal 
kinds of Breadstuff's from the opening of the Canals to 
and Including the 14th of August, have been as follows : 
1861. 
1860. 
1859. 
Canal open. 
April 25. 
April 15. 
Flour, bbls. 
.... 523,852 
372,980 
209,796 
Wheat, bushels.... 
....11,811,333 
4.480,923 
696,003 
Corn, bushels_ 
.... 8,060,289 
7,042,394 
1,392,881 
Barley, bushels ... 
.... 187,420 
75,913 
147,191 
Oats, bushels. 
.... 2,595.028 
3,547,727 
2,347,931 
Rye, bushels. 
.... 387,984 
121,967 
99,146 
N. Y. ILive Stock Markets.— The Cattle Mark¬ 
ets have been fully supplied with beeves during a month 
past, averaging 4,133 per week. With a short supply, 
July 24, prices advanced %c. per lb, but receipts of over 
5,000 the next week carried them back, and there has 
been no important change since. August 13, prices ranged : 
for prime cattle, 8c.@8}£c.; medium, 7c.(a)7%c.; poor 
5Jc.(S:6Xc.; with a general average of 7Kc. per lb., esti¬ 
mated dressed weight for all sold. A few hundred were 
left unsold at each market for the past three weeks. 
Veal Calves. —Receipts have averaged only 595 per 
week, for a month past. This is sufficient for Summer 
demand : prices have advanced %c. per lb. live weight 
since our last report, when the market was overstocked. 
They now sell at about 4J-c.a5e. per lb. for medium to best. 
Sheep and Lambs. —These have come in more freely, 
the weekly average for a month past being 12,353. The 
receipts were over 15,000 for one week. Prices are lower ; 
ordinary sheep selling at prices equivalent to 2f c.®3c. per 
ib. live weight; good stock 3)<fc.; and extra large fat 
sheep 3?c.®4c. Lambs are quite plenty, selling slowly 
at 4><fc.®5>£c. per lb. live weight. Most of the lots of 
sheep and lambs now coming in average $2,75 a $3 each. 
Live Hogs.— Receipts are lighter, numbering but 4,694 
per week for a month past, all of which have readily been 
disposed of. Prices are lc. per lb. higher than the very 
low rates last reported, being 4Jc ®5c. per lb. live weight 
for corn fed, and 3*£c.a4c. for still fed hogs. 
Tlie "Weather.—At the date of our last report, the 
ground was becoming dry in this vicinity, and with the 
exception of brief showers July 20, August land 8, the 
drouth continued up to August 12. Crops suffered badly, 
ns they were parched for six successive weeks. In many 
parts of the country copious showers fell, but not here¬ 
abouts. On the 12th and 13th of August we had a very 
heavy fall of rain (over 4 inches) with continued cool 
weather afterwards, and crops have revived again, though 
many fields of potatoes, and some of corn were past re¬ 
covery.- Our Daily Weather Notes, condensed, 
read : July 20, thunder shower A. M., clear P. M. —21 to 
29, mostly clear and hot, crops suffering for rain—30, clear, 
light shower at night—31, clear and hot.- August 1, 2, 3, 
clear and hot—4, clear A. M., fine shower P. M., but not 
enough—5, 6, 7, clear and hot—8. cloudy, heavy rain, at 
night—9, cloudy, with a light rain and shower at night- 
10. 11, clear, warm—12, cloudy A. M., rain P. M., with 
heavy showers at night—13, soaking rain wetting the 
ground thoroughly and raising springs, being the greatest 
rain for several years—14, to 16, clear cool—17, light rain 
A. M., clear P. M.—18, clear, warm—19, clear, mild—20, 
clear, fine.-From July 15 to August 15, 5.22 inches of 
rain fell, viz.: .22 July 20, .27 the 31st, .71 August 8, 9, and 
4.02 the 12th and 13th. 
TTUermometcr at 6 A. M., New-York. 
[Observations carefully made upon a standard Ther¬ 
mometer (Fahrenheit .)—r indicates rain—s, snow.] 
JULY. 
1 ... 
8 ... 
...71 115. 
. 60 122 ... 
...66 
29 .... 
71r 
2 ... 
. ,.60r 
9 . . 
. ,.74r 16 
. 65r 23... 
... 63 
30 .... 
..69 
3. .. 
...58 10... 
.. .72?- 17 
. 62 124... 
... 62 
31 .... 
71 
4 . . 
. . 63 
11 .. 
. ..68 118 
...63 
— 
5... 
... 66 r 
12 . .. 
...63 119 
. 68 126... 
.. 65 
Av’g. 
.66 
6... 
...64 
13... 
. 68 r 27... 
...65 
7. . 
...68 
14 .. 
... 64/*|21 
. 63 26... 
...67 
AUGUST. 
1 ... 
...72 
4 . . 
79 1 7 
.69 110 .. 
. . 68 
113. .. 
59 r 
2 . 
.. 72 
5.. 
...74r 8 
...69 
14.... 
..55 
3 . 
. ..72 
6 .. 
...72 | 9 
. 62c, 12 ... 
. ,. 68 r 
[15.... 
..58 
A man's character is frequently treated like a grate— 
blackened all over at first to come out the brighter after 
un lergoinv hard rubbing. 
Sundry Reports on the State of 
the Crops. 
The following are a portion of the reports we have 
gleaned from the correspondence of th e American Agri¬ 
culturist. They will be found interesting, and, taken as 
a whole, will give a very fair idea of the general condi¬ 
tion of the crops throughout the country. 
Bennington Co., Vt., Aug. 7. E. Cranston.—Wheat, 
late sowed injured somewhat by insects (Aphides)_ 
Oats, below an average crop, injured by insects, and by 
rust_Corn is poor, much replanted in Spring, and the 
season unfavorable ; it was also injured by worms... .Rye 
is well headed, but thin... .Potatoes bid fair for a good 
crop_Grass was heavy ; the besj^crop since 1855. 
Litchfield Co., Conn., August 2. Augustus II. Fenn.— 
Corn, more than average breadth planted, forward and 
promises well for a large crop... .Potatoes, large breadth, 
looking well, rather late in a good many localities.. .Rye, 
average space sown—fine crop—mostly got in a good con¬ 
dition_firry unusually large crop—considerable dam¬ 
aged by getting wet_Oats, large breadth sown, almost 
worthless, destroyed by lice, very unusual here_Buck¬ 
wheat not much sown, looks finely. Fruit, very poor, 
few apples, pears or peaches ; was not, I believe, one 
cherry in the county.... Berries, wild or cultivated, unu¬ 
sually prolific. Help, good, cheap and plenty. Farmers 
prospering w*ell, and just now looked up to by all others. 
Bristol Co., Mass., Aug. 10. Charles Bryant.—Wheat 
raised until three years since. Spring variety sown, yield 
good; shall have seventy per cent of supply for home 
consumption.Corn 30 per cent more ground planted 
than usual, and never looked better.Potatoes small, 
but of good quality, with increased breadth of ground 
planted.Hay full up to average, and (thanks to the 
Agriculturist for hay caps) was never better cured. 
Saratoga Co., N. Y., Aug. 9. Abraham Marshall.— 
Wheat, Winter variety little sown ; Spring, less than usual, 
both injured by a new insect.... Oats, less sown than 
usual on account of wet Spring; on dry grounds fair 
growth, other lands very poor, very late, badly struck 
with the rust, and all injured with a non-descript insect, 
which feeds on the sap of the fiber leading to the kernel. 
(Aphis aveiKB.see another page) .Corn ; fair amount 
planted -, stalk middling but very late ; without hot weath¬ 
er and late frosts but little can be expected.Potatoes, 
less planted than last year, tops very fine — Grass abund¬ 
ant .Fruit nearly a total failure, neither pears, cher¬ 
ries, nor plums... .Berries abundant. 
Somerset Co., Pa., July 22. W. II. Platt. Farmers 
are busy cutting their grain, the yield of which, both in 
quantity and quality, has never been surpassed. 
Lycoming, Columbia and Montour Co.’s, Pa., July 29. 
Daniel Steck.—Wheat about the same area sown as last 
year ; uninjured by insects, and housed in good order— 
the yield will be the best we have had in ten years, say 
from fifteen to thirty bushels per acre : so far as already 
threshed I have not heard of less than twenty five bush¬ 
els per acre_Oats, a large area sown, the yield will be 
light in consequence of the ravages of an insect (Aphis 
Avence) _Hay crop about an average, secured in good 
order.. .Corn about the usual amount planted, say from 
fifteen to twenty five acres for every one hundred under 
cultivation ; not as forward as same time last year but with 
a favorable season from this out, it will make an average 
crop_Buckwheat, extensively sown_Fruit, none ex¬ 
cept apples which will yield but a light crop. 
Delaware Co., Pa., Aug. 9. Jacob Ilewes.—Wheat, 
about 20 bushels per acre — Oats, full average — Pota¬ 
toes promising_Corn was never better-Grass gen¬ 
erally very heavy, say 1% to 2.^ tuns per acre. 
Lehigh Co., Pa., July 19. P. W. Flores.—The grain 
crops are good, though somewhat damaged by the cold of 
last Winter. Wheat and rye are harvested. Spring 
grain looks well, although the weather is very dry here 
now*. Fruit is scarce; Cherries and Plums killed by 
frost in the Spring. 
Chester Co., Penn., Aug. 10. Mark I Cox.—Wheat, 
harvested in good condition ; crop a full average ; rust and 
fly but little known.Corn, about the usual number of 
acres planted ; looks well in the middle and southern 
part of county. The early part of the season was unfa¬ 
vorable to its growth, being cold and wet; but recently 
fine showers and hot weather, except in the northern part 
of the county which is dry_Oats not as large a growth 
of straw as last year, but well headed, all harvested with¬ 
out any damage from rain_Potatoes promise a very 
good yield. More planted than usual_Hay crop was 
below the average-Fruitapples not ox£f half a crop. 
Pears not very plenty. 
I Tuscarawas Co., O., Aug. 5. George H. Smith.— 
Wheat considerably winter-killed, and in some sections 
injured by the midge—will average about two thirds ol r 
full crop — Oats, short, not quite an average crop .. 
Corn, planted late ; much injured by worms, and drouth .* 
the majority looks rather poor_Hay, timothy an aver¬ 
age crop ; clover badly winter-killed_Potatoes and 
garden vegetables have suffered from drouth_Fruit 
was all killed by late frost, except a few apples. 
Washington Co., Ohio, July 10. A. Iiarmer.—Wheat I 
have to plow under, and sow buckwheat, as the midge has 
destroyed all. We had no rain in 5 weeks, and Spring 
wheat looks bad. Of white Poland oats I have a small 
plot. They are four feet high and about SO kernels in an 
ear ; straw very strong. 
Hancock Co., Ind., Aug. 2. W. M. Baker.—Wheat, 
harvested in good order ; as a general thing will not hold 
out in weight; some pieces completely trimmed of beard 
and blades by the army worm. Bearded Mediterranean 
yields the best. White wheat hardly worth the cutting. 
Corn; about the same planted as last year, looks very 
well; most of it in tassel; will take but a few days more 
seasonable weather to make the crop a large and sure 
one — Hay ; a good growth, but some pieces badly dam¬ 
aged by army worms; Timothy seems to be a favorite 
with them_Oats ; a good hight and pretty well filled... 
Buckwheat; but little sown_Potatoes; a considerable 
number planted, looking well....Fruit; apples and 
pears will be scarce ; peaches plenty compared with the 
past three years. 
Randolph Co., Ill., July 15. James Coulter, Sen.— 
Wheat considerably more sown than any former year; 
yield large and grain of excellent quality ; gathered in 
fine condition — Corn, first planting generally destroyed 
by army worm ; second planting seriously injured by 
chinch bug. Grass one half destroyed by army worms, 
Potatoes good, ready for use ; a few bugs appearing. 
Fruit, apples poor quality; peaches first rate. 
Logan Co., Ill., July 19. Alexander Leslie.—Wheat, 
Rye, Oats, and Barley, as good as we have ever known. 
Corn that was put in early is extra good. We will get no 
price for the above articles. Wheat is worth from 30 to 50 
cents, Oats 10 to 15, Corn 9 to 12 cents. Plenty of old 
corn in the county. Pork 3 to 3>k cents per lb. gross. 
Fulton Co., Ill., July 20th. Albert P. Gallet.—Wheat 
crop looks bad. Corn very good. Oats look very well. 
Saline Co., Ill., Aug. 2. James M. Eaton.—Wheat, 
about one fourth more sown than last year, gathered in 
good condition, yield larger than ever before ...Grass, 
double the amount raised last year and harvested in good 
order.. .Corn about usual amount; somewhat injured by 
droutn, but with plenty of rain from now, will give fair 
yield ..Oats, small quantity sown, not very good yield, 
injured by rust_Potatoes more planted than last year, 
look promising — Fruit, apples not much grown, about 
half a crop ; peach trees very heavily loaded. 
Benzonia, Mich., July 12. George Thompson.—Wheat, 
corn, oats, grass, etc., look fine. A frost in June, and 
one on the 12th of July was injurious in some places. 
Calumet Co., Wis., July 26. F. Haehez, Prest. Germ. 
Agrl. Soc.—Winter wheat extensively sown, especially 
in the German settlement; looks unusually well, though 
considerably damaged by smut; that which was soaked, 
rolled with lime, and sown early, escaped. Spring wheat 
not as good, from unfavorable weather, but prospects of 
16 to 18 bushels per acre .. .Barley little grown ; condi¬ 
tion about same as Spring wheat — Oats largely sown— 
will probably yield 30 to 40 bushels per acre ... Peas are 
grown in large quantities instead of corn, which does not 
give a sure crop in this neighborhood. They look very 
good_Grass ; Timothy in the lower regions very fine ; 
in the higher lands, bad on account of the unfavorable 
weather. Clover, wintered very well, and where plaster 
or compost was put on, very large crop. Hungarian 
grass good.Potatoes look promising.Corn mid¬ 
dling .Fruit, little grown, although a great many 
trees are being planted now. 
Richland Co., Wis., Aug. 5. J. P. Kepler.—Winter and 
Spring wheat, about one half more acres than in former 
years; the former just harvested, and very good; the 
latter an average crop_Oats, never better_Corn, just 
in silk, looks well.Potatoes and other vegetables 
tolerably good-Grass is all cut, and was superb. 
Lykins Co., Kansas, July 19. Joseph C. Sutton.- - 
Wheat, both Winter and Spring varieties generally good, 
the latter somewhat injured by chinch bug. It is mostly 
harvested in good condition — Corn, large amount plant¬ 
ed, looks finely, is now almost in the roasting ear_Po¬ 
tatoes generally good_Sorghum destroyed by chinch 
bug in some localities, but promises a fair crop_Prairie 
grass from 18 inches to 2 feet high. Hungarian grass 
very heavy.Fruit; Peaches growing finely: Apples 
not yet in bearing ; wild grapes and plums in profusion. 
Rather a wet season, and very warm, with frequent thun¬ 
der storms. 
