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Market Review, Weather Notes, etc. 
American Agriculturist Office. ) 
New-York, Tuesday Morning, Nov. 19, 1861. j 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Oct. 18. Nov. 19. 
Flour—S uper to Extra State $5 30 
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. 
All kinds of Red. 
Corn—Y ellow. 
White. 
Mixed. 
O ats—W estern. 
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Rye.. 
Barley... 
Hat, in bales, per.100 lbs. 
Cotton—M iddlings, per lb.... 
Rice, per 100 lbs..... 
Hops, crop of 1861, per lb. 
Feathers, Live Geese, p. lb.. 
Seed—C lover, per lb. 
Timothy, per bushel. 
Sugar—B rown, per lb. 
MoLASSES.New-Orleans, p.gl.. 
Coffee. Rio, per lb. 
Tobacco—K entucky,&c,p.lb„ 
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Beef—R epacked mess. 9 25 @11 00 
Lard, in bbls., per lb . 
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Eggs—F resh, per dozen. 
Poultry—F owls, per lb.. 
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Venison— per ft. 
Dried Apples, per lb. 
Dried Peaches, per lb., peeled 
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Potatoes—M ercers, p. bbl... 
Peacliblows, per bbl. 125 
Western Reds, etc.—per bbl.. 
Nova Seotias—per bush. 
Sweet Delaware, per bbl. 
Onions—R ed, per bbl. 100 
White, per bbl . 1 25 
Turnips—I tutabaga, per bbl. 
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transactions at the new-york markets. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
27 days this month 836,000 7,118,000 3,109,000119,600344,00b 712,500 
25 days last month,539,000 3,017,000 3,812,000 74,100 158,800 427,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. 
27 days this month 795,000 8,998,000 4,521,000 123,300 335,000 
25 days last month 616,000 6,289,000 4,708,000 115,950 136,000 
EXPORTS FROM NEW-YORK, JAN. 1, TO NOT. 13. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Oats. 
1861.2,481,079 22,364,903 10,407,300 675.949 155,221 
1860. . 1,557,986 10,306,292 2 ,667,651 450 102334 
Increase...9-28,093 12,058,611 7,739,649 675,499 53,087 
EXPORTS FROM PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 1, TO NOT. 1. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. C. Meal,bbls. 
1S61. 329,512 1,443,568 703,045 25,591 
RECEIPTS AT TIDE WATER (ALBANY) FROM OPENING OF NA¬ 
VIGATION TO NOV. 14. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Oats. Barley. Rye, 
1861.. . 1,221,200 25,054,700 20,559,000 4,806,900 1,703,900 725,000 
1860. ,.1,051,900 15,771,600 13,409,300 5.948,600 2,393,000 304,500 
1559.. . 610,600 3,533,200 2,488,700 4,677,500 1,909,200 320,000 
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limited by want of supplies, and the lack of ship bottoms 
The Canals and Railroads have been taxed to their utmost, 
and large sales have been made of grain to arrive, so urgent 
has been the demand. Ocean ships are now more abundant, 
and the amount of trade depends only upon the amount of 
supplies from the interior. Every day that the canals can be 
kept open, will be of great importance to the country.—The 
tables of prices, above, show a general advance in flour and 
all kinds of grain. Indian Corn was run np very rapidly, 8 to 
10 cents per bushel, but fell yesterday 2c. per bnshel, still 
leaving a marked advance, however.The Provision 
Markets have been irregular. Hog products (pork and lard 
close in favor of buyers. Beef has been unsettled in price. 
Butter has advanced under a brisk foreign demand. Cheese 
In fair request.Cotton has advanced, and business has 
been light... Hay and Tobacco active and firm. Ricednll.... 
Wool in brisk demand at full rates....Hops in fair request, 
and prices well sustained. 
N. Y. Dive Stock Markets.—TnE Cattle Markets 
have been heavily supplied again this month, the receipts 
being 21,071, or an average of 5,268 per week. Prices ad¬ 
vanced a shade the first week, fell Xc. the second, advanc¬ 
ed X c. the third, and declined X c. the fourth, when, 
with 5,945 bullocks offered, prices were 8X@9c. per ft. esti¬ 
mated dressed weight, for good to premium qualities, 7@8c. 
for fair to good, 5@6Xc. for poor; average of all sales 6V@7 
c. Market closed heavily. The largest receipts were Cst. 
29, numbering 6,100, or more weight of beef than was evir 
previously received here in a single week. 
Veal Calves.— Receipts for a month 2,389; averaging 577 
per week. Present prices l®5y,c. per ft. live weight. 
Sheep and Lambs.— Receipts for a month, 52,747, or an 
average of 13,162 per week. Present prices equal to3X@4X 
c. per ft live weight, or $3@$4 per head for fair killing sheep. 
Live Hogs.—H eavy receipts, viz., 68,023 for a month, an 
average of 17,006 per week. For week ending Nov. 15, the re¬ 
ceipts reached 26,506, the largest since Dec., 1859. Prices rule 
low, being now 3X@4Xc. per ft. live weight for corn fed, and 
3X@3K c. for still fed. Large receipts of dressed hogs. 
Packers are beginning to operate. 
The Weather has continued remarkably mild, the 
temperature having sunk to the ice point not more than 
three times to this date. The leaves are now (Nov. 19) still 
green on many trees. The./»'S< frost occurred Oct. 25, a later 
date than in any othe,r year since 1830. Alight fall on Nov. 
15, was the first and only snoio thus far—O ur Daily 
"Weather Notes, condensed, read: October 19, cloudy, A. 
M„ rain P. M.—20,21, clear, fine—22, cloudy, rain at night- 
23, light rain—24, clear, cool—25, cool, first frost of season tills 
morning—26, cloudy, rain at night—27, to 29, clear, cool—30, 
cloudy, slight rain—31, clear.— November 1 , clear, fine—2 , 
heavy N. E. rain storm during day and night. 5.06 inches rain 
fell! Wind heavy, and tides Higher than for 20 years pre¬ 
vious ; much damage done to shipping—3, 4, 5, clear, fine—6, 
cloudy A. M„ rain P. M.—7, 8, clear, cool—9, thunder shower 
A. M„ ending with steady rain—10, clear, cool—11, light rain 
—12,13, clear—14, cloudy, 1 inch snow at night, but mostly 
melted at 10 A. M.—15, cloudy—16, to 18, clear, cool. 
Rain Fall from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15, 8.06 inches. 
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Barley. 
243,116 
l 21G,362 
Rye. 
273,344 
74,245 
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TO NOV. 9. 
Barley. 
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Flour. Wheat. Corn. Oats. 
receipts —Flour. Wheat. Corn, Oats. 
1H61 . .1,302,269 16,663,950 25,319,056 1,292,245 479,761 417,965 
1560 . 542,812 13,070,425 15,189,261 1,505,720 505,018 2S1,125 
shipments. E/oar. Wheat. Corn. Oats. Barley. Rye. 
1861... .1,334,828 13,618,296 23,215,956 363,012 144,201 1,608,727 
1860. ... 520,000 11,800,954 13,368,062 101,429 218,878 919,405 
TRANSACTIONS AT MONTREAL, JAN, 1, TO NOV. 7. 
receipts— Flour. Wheat. Corn, Peas. Oats. Barky} 
1861.817,603 6,293,492 1,262,226 1,058.656 54,193 67,557 
1800. .554,038 2,424,833 13S.274 746,273 37,065 27,241 
exports. — Flour. Wheat. Corn. Reas. Barley. Oats. 
1561 .564,608 5,156,345 1,193,704 1,445,856 311,101 1,819 
I860 .261,267 1,53S,057 24,387 1,219,556 306,732 252 
We have but brief space for remarks. The above very com¬ 
prehensive tables, ca'efully prepared for the Agriculturist, 
exhibit at a glance the unprecedented activity in the Bread- 
stall'Markets, both at the seaboard, and at the principal in¬ 
terior cities. A comparison of the business this year with 
last, shows a large increase this year, though last year’s 
transactions included the active market period immediately 
following the great harvest of 1860. The first table gives the 
transactions for 27 business days at this market. Both the 
Receipts and the Sales have been enormous. The sales of 
wheat alone have 1 cached very nearly nine million bushels. 
Of wheat and flour the sales have been equivalent to 
12,963,000 bushels of wheat, an average of 480,111, oral- 
most half a million bushels for every day. On Monday, 
Nov. 4, tlic sales at onr Exchange of wheat alone was 514,000 
bushels. One firm bought 200,000 bushels on English account. 
Large as have been the sales, the trade has been greatly 
AVliat every Farmer , Mechanic , Amateur, and well 
regulated Household wants. 
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Gentlemen's do. do. 89 do. do. 20 do 
Youth’s do. do. 62 do. do. 13 do. 
Boy’s do. do. 44 do. do. 8 do. 
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