AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
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frequently published “ the march of the 
schoolmaster,” hut recollect nothing equal 
to this. Now, if you desire to have some 
fun, just “turndown the leaf,” and ask a 
friend to translate it. We subjoin it here 
LIVES ONE WHO CURES AGUES.” Supposed tO 
be “ some pumpkins,” more or less !— Spir¬ 
it of the Times. 
A lady wished a seat. A portly hand¬ 
some gentleman brought one and seated the 
lady. 
“ O, you’re a jewel,” said she. 
“0,no,” replied he, “I’m a jeweler; I 
have just set the jewel!” 
An Irishman’s Will. —I will and bequeath 
my beloved wife, Bridget, all my property, 
without reserve ; and to my eldest son Pat¬ 
rick, one half of the remainder; and to 
Dennis, my youngest son, the rest. If any¬ 
thing is left, it may go to Terrence McCarty.” 
He who can not keep his own secret ought 
not to complain if another tells it. 
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The first ten volumes (new edition) can be furnished 
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umes for $10. Price of the first thirteen volumes $14 50. 
No new edition of the volumes subsequent the tenth 
will be issued, as the work is too large to admit of stereo¬ 
typing. 
Markets. 
Remarks.— Flour has advanced 12b to 25 
cts. per bbl. the past week. Corn is 2 cts. 
per bushel higher. 
Cotton is rather flat. Prime Rice is 25 cts. 
higher. Sugar and Tobacco in good demand. 
Money continues pretty easy, notwith¬ 
standing the recent disastrous news of bank¬ 
ers’ failures in California, and a partial stop¬ 
page of exportation of gold dust. 
The Weather is very cold and windy for 
the last of March, and the season, thus far, 
is about, the same as it was last year, but all 
of ten days behind that of 1853. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Tuesday, March 27, 1855. 
The prices given in our reports from week to week, are the 
average wholesale prices obtained by producers, and not those 
at which produce is sold from the market. The variations in 
prices refer chiefly to the quality of the articles. 
The supply of nearly all kinds of produce is still very 
limited. There are scarcely any Mercers in Market, and, 
in fact, not enough potatoes of any kind to meet the de¬ 
mand. The supplies from New-Jersey are nearly ended, 
while farmers hold them so high at the west, that dealers 
have little room for profit, One thing is certain, that 
either farmers must ease oft' there, or prices will advance 
here. 
Onions, too, are very scarce, and enormously high. 
Last fall Red Onions might have been bought for $1 p 
bbl., and White for $2 75, and then were nearly all pur¬ 
chased into market at those prices. 
The apple market continues about the same. It is more 
difficult to give the exact price of each kind separately, 
since they are usually bought up by the quantity. The 
average price to-day for good apples is $3 75®$4 17 bbl.; 
this includes all kinds. 
Butter remains firm. Some fancy Orange Co. butter 
goes as high as 33e., but there is not enough of this to be 
worth quoting. Cheese is a little higher. Eggs are very 
fluctuating, owing, perhaps, to the instability of the hens. 
Yesterday they were 17c.; to-day, 19®19}c. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—New-Jersey Mercers.p bbl. $4 —®4 50 
Western Mercers. do 4 —tali 25 
White Mercers. do —®4 — 
Nova Scotia Mercers. do — (5)3 75 
New-Jersey Carters.If? bbl. 4 50®5 — 
Washington County Carters. do 4 —®4 25 
Junes. do 
Western Reds.do 
Yellow Pink Eyes. do 
Long Reds. do 
Virginia Sweet Potatoes. do 
Philadelphia sweet. do 
Turnips—Ruta Baga. do 
White.. .. do 
Onions—White. do 
Red. do 
Yellow. do 
Cabbages.100 
do .Pfioz. 
Beets. P bbl. 
Carrots. do 
Parsnips. do 
FRUITS, ETC. 
Apples—Spitzenbergs. P bbl. 
Greenings... do 
Gilliflowers. do 
Baldwins. do 
Butter—Orange County.P lb. 
Western. do 
Cheese. do 
Eggs.P doz. 
3 25(S)3 50 
2 7503 — 
2 7503 25 
2 2502 75 
4 500 — 
none 
1 5001 75 
1 2501 50 
6 —06 50 
3 5003 75 
4 7505 — 
0 —012 — 
1 —Ol 87 
1 5001 75 
1 6201 87 
1 8702 — 
$4 000 4 50 
3 5004 00 
3 5004 00 
3 750 4 24 
25030c. 
18020c. 
120131c. 
19019}c. 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Wednesday March 28, 1855. 
The weather to-day is raw and cutting, but, however, 
favorable for the market, which manifests greater activity 
than we have seen belore for some time. The Yards con¬ 
tain about the usual supply of cattle, with the tendency of 
the market still upward. The brokers chuckle over the 
prices much more than the butchers; though there is less 
room for profit than might be supposed, since cattle are 
held so high at the west. At Chicago they command 50 
6c. p lb, live weight, and in Ohio, it is said, for every rise 
of a quarter here they advance a half there. 
The appearance of the animals to-day is very gratifying. 
We do not remember to have seen a greater supply of 
good beeves for a long time, and, we are glad to say, less 
poor ones. A dozen very choice animals were selling 
from 13 to 14c. p lb. 
Complaints are sometimes made that our quotations are 
given too high, and that many farmers, finding good cattle 
bringing a high price, send their cattle to market as good 
of course. Now we seek not the interests of any one in 
particular; we give the prices of both good and poor, but 
if men wrongly estimate the quality of their cattle, that is 
their fault, not ours. 
By the way, we would denounce the custom of marking 
cattle with knives, as intensely heathenish. Such cruelty 
exceeds even the barbarism of savages, and if those who 
practice it do not experience similar usage, let them claim 
no merit to themselves. 
We append below a few of the cattle offered : 
John Merritt was selling a fine lot belonging to Perrill 
& Seymour, of Ross Co., Ohio. Some of these went as 
high as 121c., though the average price was about 12c. 
They would weigh about 825 lbs., and came through on 
the Erie road at a cost of $15 p head. 
Joseph Williams had a good lot of 80, from Indiana, 
owned by Major Bell, and selling from 11 to 12c. Also, 34 
fair Durham grades, owned by R. R. Seymour, of Ross 
Co., Ohio, bringing about 11c. 
Edward Wheaton sold 6 superior beeves to Geo. Haws, 
of Fulton Market, for $9 75—about 13c. P lb. 
W. T. Taylor had a good lot from Pickaway Co., Ohio 
selling by Chas. Teed at about 111. There was 133 in 
all. 
Mr. McConnell had a drove of young Ohio cattle, 105 in 
number, which were selling by Mr. White for about 12c. 
These were Durham grades and an excellent lot. 
Hiram Ranney had 6 handsome beeves from Phelps, 
Ontario Co., which he held at $12. They had been fed 2 
years, would doubtless weigh 1,300 each, and were about 
as fine as one could wish. When we came away, they 
were unsold, though Mr. Ranney had an offer of $10 75 
Such cattle do not pay for feeding, but there is a desert¬ 
ing credit and pride in bringing them to market. 
Sam’l McGraw, at Browning’s, reports sales of 71 cattle 
from 81c. to 111c. 
The following are about the highest and lowest prices 
Extra quality at.12j-®131c. 
Good retailing quality beef is selling at— ll®12jc. 
Inferior do. do. . 91®llc. 
Beeves.91c.®13je. 
Cows and Calves.$30®$65. 
Veals.41c.®7jc. 
Sheep.$4®$8 00. 
Swine, alive,.5c.®51c. 
“ dead,. — ®71c. 
Washington Yards, Forty-fourth-street. 
A. M. Allerton, Proprietor. 
RECEIVED DURING THE WEEK. 
Beeves,. 2487 
Cows,. 263 
Veals. 725 
Sheep and lambs,. 6347 
Swine,.— 3434 
IN MARKET TO-DAY 
1567 
Of these there came by the Erie Railroad— beeves.. 1219 
Swine..2529 
Sheep . 912 
Veals. — 
By the Harlem Railroad — Beeves. 44 
Cows. 50 
Veals. 545 
Sheep and Lambs.749 
By the Hudson River Railroad. 942 
Veals. 17 
Sheep and Lambs. 174 
Swine. 500 
New-York State furnished.108 
Ohio, “ 970 
Indiana, “ 187 
Illinois, “ 295 
Virginia. “ — 
Kentucky, “ — 
Connecticut, “ 8 
New-Jersey. ‘1 — 
The report of sales for the w eek, at Brow’ning’s, are as 
follows: 
Sheep and Lambs.2548 
Beeves. 251 
Veals. 94 
Cows and Calves.„. 53 
SHEEP MARKET. 
Wednesday, March 28, 1855. 
The market still continues good with a limited supply on 
hand. At Browning’s there were only 300 or 400, and 
about the same at Chamberlain’s. The following are the 
sales of Jas. McCarty, Sheep broker at Browning’s : 
Sheep....’.$300 25 
' . 26 00 
. 70 00 
do. 210 38 
do. 10 00 
do. 412 50 
. 65 00 
.. 54 00 
50 
Sheep 
4 
do.. 
10 
do.. 
51 
do.. 
2 
do.. 
110 
do.. 
10 
do.. 
5 
do.. 
PRICES CURRENT. 
Produce, Groceries, Provisions, Ac., Ac 
Ashes_ 
Pot, 1st sort, 1853...P 100 )b. - ® 6 25 
Pearl, 1st sort, 1852. - . 6 25® - 
Beeswax— 
American Yellow. — 26®— 27 
Bristles— 
American, Gray and White._. — 45 ® — 50 
Coal— 
Liverpool Orrel.p chaldron - ® 7 25 
Scotch,. . ®- 
Sidney. 7 — ® 7 — 
Pictou. 6 25 ®- 
Anthracite. . P 2,000 lb. 7 — ® 7 50 
Cotton— 
Upland. Florida. Mobile. 
Ordinary. 81 81 81 
Middling.' 9{- 91 9J 
Middling Fair. 10 10 101 
Fair. 101 101 ID 
Cotton Bagging- 
Gunny Cloth.P yard. 
American Kentucky. 
Dundee. 
Coffee- 
Java.P lb. 
Mocha . 
Brazil . 
Maracaibo . . 
St. Domingo . (cash) . 
Flax- 
Jersey . P lb. 
Flour and Meal- 
State, common brands. 
State, straight brands. 
State, favorite brands. 
Western, mixed do. 
Michigan and Indiana, straight do. 
Michigan, fancy brands. 
Ohio, common to good brands. 
Ohio, fancy brands. 
Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, extra do.. . 
Genesee, fancy brands. 
Genesee, extra brands. 
Canada, (in bond,). 
Brandywine . 
Georgetown. 
Petersburg City.. 
Richmond Country. 
Alexandria. 
Baltimore, Howard-Street. 
Rye Flour. 
Com Meal, Jersey. 
Com Meal, Brandywine. 
Corn Meal, Brandywine.P punch 
Grain— , , 
Wheat, White Genesee.p bush. 
Wheat, do. Canada, (in bond, — 
Wheat, Southern, White. 
Wheat, Ohio, White. 
Wheat, Michigan, White. 
Rye, Northern. 
Com, Round Yellow. 
Com, Round White. 
Com, Southern White. 
Com, Southern Yellow. 
Corn, Southern Mixed. 
Com, Western Mixed. 
Corn, Western Yellow. 
Barley. 
Oats, River and Canal. 
N. O. A■ Texas. 
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