AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
93 
Good Sense Fashion. —The New-York 
Times, in the course of an article under the 
head of “ A Column of Talk for Young Men 
on Small Wages,” has this plain and sensi¬ 
ble paragraph on the subject of dress : 
Then as to dress—it is great nonsense to 
say that all must dress fashionably or loose 
caste. What is the fashion ? Who wears a 
fashionable coat, and how do you know it is 
the fashion! Tell us of one substantial 
merchant, one thrifty mechanic, one success¬ 
ful lawyer, or one gentleman who wears it, 
and we will name ten of each, equally noted 
and successful, who do not, and ten fops 
-whom you utterly despise that do. The 
fashion in New-York for men just now re¬ 
quires a clean decent garment with no patch¬ 
es on it—no more, no less. A lady might 
wear her grandmother’s shawl in Broadway 
and not be noticed. The timid ones, and 
those just in from other cities and villages, 
alone are worried about their looks when 
they wear last winter’s bonnet to the lecture 
or to church. Let the young imitate the 
substantial and common-sensible rather than 
those who are keeping up appearances at a 
sacrifice. It will be a saving in this item. 
Beans ; which lessens the consumption of 
flour in this market considerably. Corn has 
advanced 2 to 3 cents per bushel. Peas, 
and Beans, have also slightly advanced. 
Cotton we quote a little higher in tne finer 
grades. Rice a material advance. Sugar 
improved £ of a cent. 
The Weather for the week past has been 
highly favorable to vegetation—warm with 
abundant rain. The season is at least 17 to 
20 days later than it was two years ago. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Tuesday, April 17, 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 prices to-day remain firm, though the market is 
less active than last week. With the present state of the 
money market, potatoes, however scarce, are too high to 
be in great demand. Several cargoes are expected in to¬ 
day, coming mostly from the west. 
Apples are a little slow. Russets average about $4 ip 
bbl., and mixed lots about $4 25. The supply is rather 
better this week. 
Butter is extremely high, and the market limited. 
VEGETABLES. 
lie. to 1 l}c. One pair sold for $050 or 12c. Mr. Ayrault, 
had also 91 Indiana cattle which were wholesaled for 
about Idle per lb. 
Wm. Florence, had a good lot of 76 Ohio cattle, which 
were sold by John Murray, from 10J®llic. 
John Merritt, was selling a fine lot of 100 young cattle 
from Ross Co., Ohio, at an average of 111c. per lb. They 
would weigh about 825 lbs. a head, and belonged to Perrill 
& Pancake. 
Wm. Belden, was selling 68 good still-fed cattle from 
Oneida Co. They brought fiom $75 to $105, or from 11c. 
to I lie. per lb. They belonged to Stanton Park. 
Wells & Stewart, had 66 nice still-fed cattle from Chit- 
tenango, Madison Co., sold by David Belden. They 
would average about ll}c., and were estimated to weigh 
850 lbs. each. 
S. M. Baker had a good fair lot of 69 Ohio cattle, selling 
at about 11c., or from $75 to $100 per head. 
White & Ulery were selling a good lot of young Ohio 
cattle from 11 to lUc. and also the Texas cattle owned 
by Wm. Rennick. 
The following are about the highest and lowest prices : 
Extra quality at. U®lljc. 
Good retailing quality beef is selling at_ ]01®llc. 
Inferior do. do. . 9}®l(lc. 
Cows and Calves.$35®$75. 
Veals. 4Jc.®7c. 
Sheep, poor.$3 50. 
do good. .. $5(5)5 50. 
do extra. $7 50. 
Swine, alive.5Jc.®6ic. 
“ dead,. 7f®8c. 
Camels for the Western Plains. —Con¬ 
gress, at its late sessions, authorized the 
purchase of a number of camels, for the 
purpose of introducing them as a beast of 
burden in transporting military stores, &c., 
over the great western plains. The Wash¬ 
ington Star says : 
Major Wayne has been selected to con¬ 
duct the experiment. To that end he is 
about to start for the East, traveling over¬ 
land from Liverpool or Havre. He is to 
purchase about fifty camels in Persia, of the 
kind which has been in use in that quarter of 
Asia, for the military purposes for centuries. 
The United States ship Supply, in which 
they are to be brought hither, is to leave a 
cargo of stores in the Mediterranean for our 
squadron stationed there, on her way out. 
After taking in her return cargo of camels, 
she will probably piake for Indianola, Texas, 
and there land them. Two or three scien¬ 
tific gentlemen are now engaged in investi¬ 
gating facts connected with the climate of va¬ 
rious parts of the United States, in order to 
ascertain where it will be best to have them 
pass their first winter. It will be recollect¬ 
ed that they travel comfortably sixty miles 
without food or water, and live on food 
which other animals of burden reject. We 
are firm believers that the experiment will 
succeed, and hope yet to see camels used 
as ordinary beasts of burden in our country. 
Walking for a Dram. —One of the best 
stories of the season is told bv Sandy Welch, 
of a man who was in the country on a visit, 
where they had no liquor. He got up two 
hours before breakfast and wanted his bitters. 
None to be had—of course he felt bad. 
“ How far is it to a tavern?” 
“ Four miles.” 
So off this thirsty soul started, walked four 
miles in a pleasant frame of mind, arrived at 
the tavern, and found it a temperance house ! 
Remarks. —Flour remains as per our last, 
with a tendency to an advance. But the 
truth is, that it has become so very high now, 
that many can not afford to eat wheat bread ; 
they are substituting Corn, Rye, Peas, and 
Potatoes—New-Jersey Mercers_ 
. p bbl. 
$4 
75®5 
25 
Western Mercers. 
4 
25®4 
50 
White Mercers. 
4 
25®4 
50 
Nova Scotia Mercers. 
—®4 
25 
New-Jersey Carters. 
..p bbl. 
4 
75®5 
- 
Washington County Carters.... 
4 
— (a) 4 
25 
Junes. 
3 
75®4 
25 
Western Reds. . 
2 
87® 3 
25 
Yellow Pink Eyes. 
2 
87® 3 
25 
Long Reds. 
2 
75 ®3 
— 
Virginia Sweet Potatoes. 
.... do 
5 
50® 
— 
Philadelphia sweet. 
5 
50®6 
— 
Turnips—Ruta Baga. 
1 
50®2 
— 
White. 
1 
— ®1 
50 
Onions—White. 
5 
50®6 
— 
Red. 
4 
— fa) 4 
25 
Yellow. 
4 
50®5 
— 
Cabbages. 
..P 100 
7 
—®12 
— 
Beets. 
1 
87® 2 
— 
Carrots. 
— ®1 
87 
Parsnips. 
1 
50® 
— 
FRUITS, ETC 
Apples—Spitzenbergs... 
.p bbl. 
$4 
00®4 
50 
Greenings. 
3 
50® 4 
00 
Giltiflowers. 
3 
50®4 
00 
Baldwins. 
3 
75(5)4 
*4 
Butter—Orange County. 
• P lb. 
30(a) 34c. 
Western. 
do 
20®25c. 
Cheese. 
. do 
12® 13c. 
Eggs. 
JP doz. 
18®20c. 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Wednesday April 18, 1855. 
There are 2120 cattle in market to-day, or 193 less than 
last week. We have to notice a still further decline in 
prices of aoout ic. p lb, and an extremely dull market. 
The brokers held as firm as circumstances would admit, 
but the butchers had the advantage, and were determined 
not to yield. It is difficult to assign the cause of all these 
fluctuations in the market, but whatever it is in the pres¬ 
ent case, we think it merely temporary. So great is the 
scarcity of fat cattle at the west, that it seems impossible 
for prices to go much lower, or even stay where they are ; 
and doubtless in two or three weeks we shall witness a 
reverse tendency. 
The animals, taken together, are a pretty fair lot, in¬ 
cluding several still-fed droves which, it is said, make the 
best beef. This, we believe, is about the only beneficial 
service of the distillery, which, on the whole, will be 
easily dispensed with. 
We noticed one drove of 72 Texas cattle, which, with 
about 1,000 others, was brought to Illinois last season. 
Most of them were barreled last fall, 2 or 300 only remain- 
at Chicago. Objections were first made to these cattle, 
that they would not fatten on com, neither would be able 
to endure the winter, but experience has proved other¬ 
wise. Driving cattle from Texas is a new business ; but 
as they are abundant there, and so scarce at the west, it 
jS believed many more will be brought in hereafter. 
We give below a few of the specimens offered : 
Geo. Ayrault, had 66 still-fed cattle from this State, 
owned by VanHouten, <fc Henry, which were selling from 
Washington Yards, Forty-fourth-street. 
A. M. Ai.lerton, Proprietor. 
RECEIVED DURING THE 
WEEK. 
IN MARKET TO-DAY. 
Beeves,. 
.. 2120 
2120 
Cows. 
— 
Veals,. 
— 
Sheep and lambs,. 
— 
Swme. 
— 
Ofthese there came by the Erie Railroad—beeves.. 1200 
Swine.2917 
Sheep . — 
Veals. — 
By the Harlem Railroad—Beeves. 39 
Cows. 6 
Veals. 879 
Sheep and Lambs. — 
By the Hudson River Boats—Beeves.640 
Sheep.450 
New-York State furnished.327 
Ohio, “ 1100 
Indiana, “ 356 
Illinois, “ 290 
Virginia. “ 45 
Kentucky, “ — 
Connecticut, “ 5 
The report of sales for the week, at Browning’s, are as 
follows: 
Sheep and Lambs. 2718 
Beeves. 310 
Veals. 59 
Cows and Calves. 48 
The following sales were made at Chamberlain’s: 
341 Beef Cattle. 8®12c. 
98 Cows and Calves.$30® $60 
3,020 Sheep. $3®$8. 
147 Calves.4®6}c. 
The sheep market to-day is very slow, with considera¬ 
ble stock on hand. The prices have fallen about 1 cen 
per pound. 
The following are the sales of Sam’l McGraw • 
81 Sheep.$463 17 
186 Sheep. 809 62 
234 Sheep. 1209 90 
103 Sheep. 398 32 
3 Sheep. 20 00 
1 Sheep. 12 00 
608 $2,913 01 
Average.$6 43 Ip head. 
The following are the sales of Jas. McCarty : 
50 Sheep. 
81 Sheep. 
100 Sheep. 
TOO rln . 
. $201 00 
. 325 00 
. 619 98 
. 573 82 
inn 
. 655 55 
99 
. 598 26 
65 
185 
. 995 00 
114 
. 639 50 
994 
$5,498 16 
Average.$5 72. 
