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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
New Jersey State Agricultural Society’s 
Second Annual Exhibition, 1856.—This is 
to be held at Newark, Sept. 10th to 12th in¬ 
clusive. A liberal premium list has been 
published, and extensive preparations are 
making to get up a first class exhibition, 
and we doubt not it will be done. Newark 
City alone is able to furnish a paying crowd of 
visitors, while the near and easy access of 
the grounds to New York City will call forth 
many attendants from that place. But the 
farmers of New Jersey should not only ex¬ 
ert themselves to get up a good show, but 
also lay their plans to make this the occasion 
for their great autumnal holidays. 
Strychnine—Lard not an Antidote.—A 
statement has been quite current during a 
year or so past, that hog’s lard is an antidote 
for that terrible poison, Strychnine. In the 
Eclectic Medical Journal we find a commu¬ 
nication from Dr. B. Keith, M. D., in which 
he states that he has been experimenting, in 
order to verify or disprove the correctness 
of the lard antidote. He operated upon a 
strong and healthy dog, to which he admin¬ 
istered eight ounces of lard, and five minutes 
after one grain of strychnine. In six hours 
after taking this small quantity of strych¬ 
nine the poor dog breathed his last. 
A just man should account nothing more 
precious than his word, nothing more vene¬ 
rable than his faith, and nothing more sa¬ 
cred than his promise. 
REVIEW OE PRICES, WEATHER, 4c. 
American Agriculturist Office, ) 
New-York, May 29, 1856, j 
At our last review (April 28) we stated 
that a decline was taking place in Breadstuff's. 
This continued to about the middle of this 
month, when a slight re-action commenced, 
and prices are now a little higher than one 
month ago, though a downward tendency is 
again exhibited. The most recent intelli¬ 
gence from Europe is unfavorable to present 
rates being continued here. The reports 
from all parts of this country exhibit fair 
prospects for the coming harvest, though it 
is still too early to calculate upon the result 
with any degree of certainty. We think the 
chances are decidedly against higher prices 
for grain during a year to come. This is 
now, however, merely an opinion. Two 
months from this date we shall have more 
extensive data to judge from. We are ma¬ 
king arrangements to get the earliest pos¬ 
sible information from all parts of the coun¬ 
try. 
We respectfully ask all our corres¬ 
pondents and readers to drop us a line or 
two, in season to reach us by the 23d to the 
25th of each month, stating briefly what is 
the actual condition of the wheat and other 
crops in their immmediate vicinity. 
We find upon our note-book, records of 
sales of Breadstuff's for 26 business days, 
ending to-day: of Flour, 387,700 barrels ; 
of Wheat, 593,600 bushels; of Corn, 1,099,000 
bushels; of Rye, 134,700 bushels; and of 
Barley, 1,800 bushels. Our last report, 
(April 29) for 27 business days gave 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 bus. 
The following figures show the' present 
price of some of the principal agricultural 
products, and also the variations since our 
last report. 
April 29. 1 
Way 29. 
Flour—Superfine No. 2. 
$4 75® 5 50 
$5 00(a)5 
87 
OrdinarvState . 
5 50® 5 75 
6 00® 6 
06 
Mixed Western 
5 25® 6 60 
5 18® 6 
37 
Favorite and Ex. State.. 
5 75® 6 25 
6 12® 6 
50 
Extra Genesee 
6 56® 9 00 
6 75® 8 
75 
Wheat—Canada White... . 
1 70® 1 90 
1 55® 1 
80 
Southern White 
1 60® 1 80 
1 60® 1 
75 
Southern Red.. 
1 50® 1 65 
1 50® 1 
65 
Western Red and White 
1 34® 1 80 
1 30® 1 
50 
Corn—Western Mixed. 
58® 60 
59® 
61 
.Yellow and White. 
60® 62 
58® 
66 
Rye. 
85® 92 
84(a) 
86 
Barley. 
1 10® 1 25 
1 10® 1 
25 
Oats—Western, <fcc 
30® 44 
30® 
37 
Cotton—Middling.. 
1U® 114 
104® 
11 
Rice. 
piOOibs 
3 50® 4 25 
3 50® 4 
37 
Pork—Mess. 
pbbl... 
18 00®18 50 
16 50®18 
50 
Dressed Hogs. 
P »>.... 
7® 74 
8® 
84 
Lard, in bbls. 
ip ft.... 
91® 101 
101® 
11 
Butter—Western.. 
pft.... 
11® 17 
11® 
16 
State. 
pft.... 
16® 22 
16® 
22 
Cheese.. 
Pft.... 
6® 
9 
Potatoes—Carters. 
p bbl.. 
1 62® 2 00 
1 37® 1 
50 
Mercers. 
pbbl.. 
1 12® 2 62 
1 37® 1 
75 
Onions—Reds. 
P bbl.. 
1 25® 1 50 
1 25® 1 
50 
White. 
Pbbl.. 
2 00® 2 50 
2 00® 2 
75 
Apples. 
.p bbl.. 
1 25® 2 62 
1 00® 3 
50 
Beef Cattle were quite abundant on the 
last three market days, and prices have ruled 
somewhat low. Ohio and Illinois have sup¬ 
plied two-thirds to three-fourths of all sold 
here during the month of May. Yesterday 
there was a slight advance over the average 
prices of the month. We quote the closing 
prices at 44th-street last evening ; Premium 
eattle lOic.alOJc. per lb. net or dressed 
weight; First quality 9fc.al0fc.; Medium 
quality, 9£c.a9ic.; Poor quality, 8£c.a9c.; 
Poorest quality 8c.a8£c.; General selling 
prices, 9£c.al0£c. Average of all sales, 
about 9£c.a9ic. 
Guano is now sold by the Peruvian Gov¬ 
ernment agents in lots, at the following rates 
for cash, viz ; 10 to 25 tuns, $60 per tun ; 26 
to 50 tuns, $59 per tun ; 51 to 100 tuns, $58 
per tun ; 101"to 150 tuns, $57 per tun; 151 
to 200 tuns, $56 per tun ; 201 to 500 tuns, 
$55 per tun ; and for 501 tuns and upward, a 
credit of 60 days. Our largest dealers, who 
buy sufficient at a time to get it at the lowest 
rates, now retail it at 21c. per lb. or $55 for 
the tun of 2,000 lbs. The difference in the 
long and short tun being just about enough 
to cover expenses of cartage, storage, inter¬ 
est, and a very small profit. 
The Weather. —This has been very fa¬ 
vorable during most of this month, both for 
getting in Spring crops and for hastening 
forward winter grain kept back by a very 
late opening of Spring. We hear of con¬ 
siderable damage to fiuit trees in different 
parts of the country. In many places peach 
trees, especially, were killed down to the 
ground, when not entirely destroyed. Win¬ 
ter wheat and rye, as well as clover, do not 
appear to have suffered as much from Win¬ 
ter-kill as was at first feared. The heavy 
body of snow upon the ground served as a 
valuable protection. The grass crop promi¬ 
ses magnificently. 
Our weather notes read thus :—May 1st 
clear; 2d and 3d rainy ; 5th and 6th clear, 
cool and frosty ; 7th a little rain : 8th, 9th, 
and 10th, cold Northeast rain, which cleared 
upon the morning of the 11th; 12th, 13th, 
14th, and 15th, clear and warm, everything 
growing finely ; 16th, warm showers ; 17th, 
18th, and 19th, clear and fine; 20th rain and 
fog in the morning, clear P. M. ; 21st, 22d, 
23d, 24th, clear and warm ; 25th, 26th and 
27th clear and cool ; 28th showers ; to-day, 
(29th) clear and fine. 
Seeds planted last month have in some in¬ 
stances failed to eome up, and a new plant¬ 
ing required. Most of our own seeds were 
put in from the 5th to the 12th of this month 
and these have nearly all vegetated and are 
above ground. The following will serve for 
future reference : 
April 3d—Crocus in bloom. We have oc¬ 
casionally seen them in bloom the first week 
in March. Their coming forward early de¬ 
pends much upon the weather last of Feb¬ 
ruary and forepart of March. 
April 10th—The Weeping Willow, Lilac, 
Gooseberry, Currant, Privet, and some other 
shrubs began to leave out. We have noticed 
these some seasons as early as the 24th of 
March. 
April 17th—Planting potatoes commenced 
on the south side of Long Island. 
April 24th—Apricot began to bloom. 
May 1st—Cherry and Peach began to 
bloom. We have often known these to come 
out 14 to 17 days earlier. 
May 3d—Willow and Horsechesnut in half 
leaf. 
May 10th—Horse Chestnut and Lilac be¬ 
gan to bloom. 
In keeping a record of the leaving and 
blooming of trees, shrubs, &c., our observa¬ 
tions should not only be made in the same 
localities from season to season, but on the 
same trees, shrubs, &c., as there is often a 
difference of nearly a week in the blooming 
of different kinds of fruit trees. 
On the 15th of April we noticed ice and 
snow of the past winters accumulation, still 
left in small banks in the most shaded places 
in this city. This we never experienced be¬ 
fore in this city. Although snow showers 
fall occasionaily (melting nearly as fast as 
they fall) as late as this old ice and snow. 
We have scarcely known ice and snow to 
remain heretofore beyond the middle of 
Marco. As a contrast to the above the ther¬ 
mometer has risen higher in May than we 
ever recollect to have seen it. On the 23d 
it stood at 84® at the highest, and on the 24th 
at 91°. 
Vegetation has come forward very rapidly 
during the month of May, and we suspect 
by the 10th of June, it will be about as for¬ 
ward as it usually is, when March and 
April have proved much milder than this 
season. 
To Correspondents. —We have still on 
hand a large number of unanswered let¬ 
ters. We hope to bring all up “ square” 
by the second week of this month. 
j@j?“ The suggestions of J. B. of Wiscon¬ 
sin Avillbe attended to in due time. 
Some excellent articles came in too late 
for this number-they will appear next month, 
when not out of season. We were sorry to 
leave over a good article on Selecting House 
Plants and Flowers, with descriptions of the 
best; it will be in time in the July issue. 
