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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
to make a forger, defaulter, burglar, or per¬ 
haps something worse. 
A mean unfeeling boy is a sad hopeless 
sight. Like a crooked, dwarfed, young tree, 
nothing grand or noble can be made of it. 
Age will only make it more ugly and despised 
It is too much the fashion among boys to 
scorn gentle loving manners, or leave their 
sisters to learn such ways, while they try to 
be what they call men. A boy who wishes 
to be a true man , “ the noblest work of God,” 
must begin while he is young to be honor¬ 
able, and “ do as he would be done by,” for 
he will be the same person when he grows 
up that he is now, only stronger, larger, in 
mind and body, and better able to do good or 
evil. Let us by all means have “ honor 
among boys.” —M. E. W., in Independent. 
TOE COENS. 
R. C., of South Carolina, in writing to re¬ 
new his subscription, appends to his letter 
the following reference to the article on 
Corns published in the March number: 
**“ I have had much experience with corns, 
having suffered from them all my life. Mine 
grow between my toes, and might be called 
moist corns. When they give me much 
pain, a small piece of leaf-tobacco, moisten¬ 
ed, and put between the toes and over the 
corn, has never failed to give me relief; and, 
generally, a small piece of rag of any kind, 
or a little cotton, applied in the same way, 
fresh every day, keeps the corn from giving 
pain,—and were it persevered in, might ulti¬ 
mately cure them, if they can be cured— 
which, however, I doubt very much. I have 
tried burning in every, way, without any 
other result than much pain, at the time ; 
buckskin is not much better, and oil proved 
almost as severe as caustic, and with less 
benefit, if possible. Thick shoes or boots 
increased the pain by increasing the 
heat and moisture of the foot—the original 
cause of the disease with me. 
Yours, respectfully, R. C. 
New Beaufort, S. C. April 7. 
Mr. “Green Yankee’s” letter on dead 
lambs came after one on the same subject 
was in type. He takes about a similar view 
of the matter to that expressed by “ A Young 
Farmer,” on page 180 .—Ed. 
An Apology — if needed. —Of some dozen 
intelligent working men, who are pledged to 
assist in furnishing editorial matter for the 
Agriculturist, from time to time, the greater 
part of them have been so incessantly occu¬ 
pied with Spring work, which “ came all in 
a heap ” this year, that they have not had a 
moment’s time, night or day, to write down 
their experience. This has thrown us very 
much upon our own resources, but we trust 
even this number will not suffer by compar¬ 
ison with any other in point of practical in¬ 
struction. 
The old friends of the Agriculturist will, 
no doubt, be pleased to learn that it is “ go¬ 
ing ahead.” We have never seen such a 
flocking in of new subscribers as have come 
by every mail, for a month past. 
A large number of letters are still unan¬ 
swered, Will the writers please have a 
little patience, and we will soon bring up ar¬ 
rears, as we have more business aid en¬ 
gaged from this date onward. 
THE POEK TEADE OF THE WEST. 
The Cincinnati Price Current gives “ a full 
and final statement ” of the pork-packing 
business in the West, the present season. 
The total for each State is set down as fol- 
lows: 
1854-5. 
1855-6. 
Ohio. 
.600,964 
661,197 
Illinois. 
.369,862 
412,307 
Tennessee. 
. 14,200 
62,400 
Missouri. 
.130.501 
189,144 
Kentucky. 
.341,299 
420.834 
Indiana. 
.501,325 
479,001 
Iowa. 
. 93,291 
163.594 
Wisconsin. 
. 37,500 
42.500 
Grand total... 
....2,088,042 
2,430,887 
2,088,042 
Increase this season.342,845 
The increase in weight is estimated at 11 
per cent., equal to 229,453 hogs, which, ad¬ 
ded to the increase iu numbers, makes a to¬ 
tal increase of 572,298. 
The Price Current has obtained from the 
different points the exact amounts transport¬ 
ed over each railway leading East, from the 
1st of September to the 1st of February, for 
the seasons of 1854-5 and 1855-6 ; and pre¬ 
sents these returns as follows : 
1854-5. 1855-6. 
Great W T estern (Canada) 
Railway, from Detroit. .37,292 137,325 
New-York and Erie Rail¬ 
way, from Dunkirk.119,427 109,710 
Central Pennsylvania Rail¬ 
way, from Pittsburg_ 32,331 40,058 
Baltimore and Ohio Rail¬ 
way, from Wheeling and 
Moundsville. 57,883 64,717 
Received by railway and 
lake at Buffalo. 89,112 139,402 
Total.336,745 491,212 
336,745 
Increase this season.154,467 
Canvas Bags for Hams. —The hams should 
be well dried and smoked. If they are to be 
put up for family use, bags made of heavy 
cotton cloth, the shape ofthe ham, but some¬ 
thing larger, with a drawing string at the 
large end, are the most convenient, and may 
be used several years if taken care of. Cov¬ 
er the hams neatly with brown paper and 
drop them into the bag—draw up the end and 
hang them up in a cool, airy house. 
Or they may be covered with the paper as 
directed and the cloth cut to suit the size 
and form of the hams and then sewed firmly 
around them ; then prepare a box or large 
•tub of whitewash, made of common lime, 
about the consistency of cream, and dip the 
hams into this ; then'hang them up and dry 
them. If a neater article is required for 
market, dip them into a wash made of whit¬ 
ing, to which should be added sufficient thin 
paste to set the whiting; to this add chrome 
yellow to color to.suit the fancy.—Louisville 
Journal. 
What is it that causes a cold, cures a cold, 
and pays the doctor t A draft. 
To Extract Grease from Cloth. —The 
following is suggested : To sixteen ounces 
of rectified spirits of wine add ten grains of 
carbonate of potash, (pure,) half an ounce of 
essential oil of Bergamot, and one ounce of 
sulphuric ether ; mix and .keep in a glass- 
stoppered bottle. Apply with a piece of 
sponge, soaking the cloth thoroughly when 
the grease is not recent. The mixt ure emits 
a peculiarly fragrant odor, and being a fluid 
soap, chemically composed, will be found a 
perfect solvent of oily matter. 
EE VIEW OF PEICES, WEATHEE, &o. 
American Agriculturist Office, ) 
New-York, April 28, 1856, ( 
A reference to the figures below, sum¬ 
ming up the transactions in Breadstuff's, and 
then to the table of comparative prices, will 
show the condition of the markets. The an¬ 
nouncement of Peace in Europe, and the 
prospective opening of the Eastern Grain 
Ports, have greatly depressed the prices of 
Grain here. Further investigations show a 
large amount of Wheat and Flour at the 
West than many had anticipated—though 
not larger, perhaps, than we estimated them 
to be last Autumn. We spent several weeks 
—day and night—last October and Novem¬ 
ber, in an earnest effort to ascertain the real 
condition of the Wheat and Corn crop, and 
we predicted very low prices on the open¬ 
ing of navigation this Spring, and advised 
farmers to sell then. -We are very sorry, on 
the producers’ account, that 'our predictions 
are proving true. We see no prospect of an 
improvement during the Summer, We ad¬ 
vise to plant all the corn possible this month ; 
let there be quantity enough to make up for 
any deficiency in price. We have neither 
time nor inclination to give farther specula¬ 
tion upon prospective prices, at this time. 
We find upon our note-book, records of 
sales of Breadstuff's for 27 business days, 
ending to-day: of Flour, 281,600 barrels: 
of Wheat, 191,000 bushels; of Corn, 1,147,000 
bushels; of Rye, 213,600 bushels; and of 
Barley, 44,200 bushels. Our last report, 
(March 28) for 25 business days gave of 
Flour, 257,700 barrels; of W'heat, 116,000 
bushels; of Corn, 803,300bushels ; of Rye, 
126,500 bushels ; and of Barley, 16,200 bus. 
The following figures show the present 
price of some of the principal agricultural 
products, and also the variations since our 
last report. 
March 29. 
Flour—Superfine No. 2. 
OrdinaryState.$6 87® 7 00 
Mixed Western. 0 75® 7 00 
Favorite and Ex. State.. 7 12® 7 50 
Extra Genesee. 8 5li®10 50 
Wheat—Canada White... . 1 75® 2 00 
Southern White. 1 75® 2 00 
Southern Red. 1 62® 1 75 
Western Red. 1 37® 1 62 
Corn—Western Mixed. 68® 70 
New Yellow and White 65® 70 
Rye. 1 13® 1 14 
Barley. 1 20® 1 30 
Oats—Western, &c. 31® 45 
Cotton—Middling. 101 ® 104- 
Rice.ipiOOtbs 4 00 ® 4 75 
Pork—Mess.^bbl... 16 00®16 25 
Dressed Hogs.tb— 7i® 9 
Lard, in bbls.IP lb— ]o® 10* 
Butter—Western... ^ lb_ 16® 21 
State.iptb.... 21® 28 
Potatoes - Carters.. j&'bbl.. 1 75® 2 25 
Mercers.jpbbl.. 1 50® 1 75 
Onions—Reds.jpbhl.. 1 25® 1 50 
White.Ipbbl.. 2 00® 2 25 
Apples.#bbl.. 1 50® 2 50 
April 29. 
$4 75® 5 50 
5 50® 5 75 
5 25® 0 (i0 
5 75® 6 25 
6 51 ® 9 (10 
1 70® 1 90 
1 60® 1 SO 
1 50® 1 65 
1 31® 1 30 
58® 60 
60® 62 
85® 92 
1 JO® 1 25 
30® 44 
1H® llj 
3 50® 4 25 
18 00® 18 50 
7® 7* 
94® 10* 
11® 17 
10® 22 
1 62® 2 00 
1 12® 2 62 
1 25® 1 50 
2 00® 2 50 
1 25® 2 62 
Beef cattle were in good supply and qual- 
