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{AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
frozen during winter, that seed was scarce, 
and a small breadth only planted. Peach 
and plum trees, nearly all winter-killed, and 
those remaining are barely alive. Apples 
promised well until the cold rain, snow and 
frost of May 31st, which killed nearly all, if 
not all of the apples, as it did the young 
growth and blossoms of the grape vines. 
The young leaves of the trees in field and 
forest shared the same fate. We have now 
a fine fruitful rain following; most of the 
previous rains of the season have come from 
East or South-East, and worked round to 
the West, or North-West, ending with 
stormy cold wind, followed by frost; then 
a warm spell, again followed by the same 
round of rain and cold.” 
REVIEW OF PltlCES, WEATHER, &c. 
American Agriculturist Office, ) 
New- York, June 28, 1656. ) 
Since our last review, (May 29,) there 
has been a good deal of animation as well 
as fluctuation in the Breadstuff Market. For 
a time prices declined considerably, but 
within the last few days an upward tenden¬ 
cy has been exhibited. The sales during a 
week past have been some 120,000 lbs. of 
Flour ; 500,000 bushels of Wheat and 350,- 
000 bushels of Corn and 82,000 bushels of 
Rye. The receipts by the Canals are now 
large. The last news from Europe report 
extensive rains and freshets in France, 
which have done much damage to the grow- 
ng crops. 
Our friends in different parts of the coun¬ 
try have responded to the request in our 
last, and from their letters we get a fair re¬ 
port from various sections. Our thanks are 
due to those who have thus aided in getting 
correct information. We have presented a 
few extracts on another page, which are 
very like hundreds of others. From Maine 
to Minnesota much of the first and often the 
second planting of Corn seems to have 
failed to come up. Those who selected and 
dried their seed last fall did not suffer from 
this difficulty. To the damp condition of the 
crop when gathered last fall is generally at¬ 
tributed the failure of the seed this Spring. 
With an early frost, the Corn crop will be 
short, but with a late continuance of warm 
weather the crop will be good—probably 
very good. Wheat promises a medium crop, 
though about one-fourth of our correspon¬ 
dents report great fear of insects now at 
work. The heavy body of snow during the 
winter preserved the Wheat crop from win¬ 
ter kill in a great measure. 
May we ask for a continuance of re¬ 
ports from our correspondents in every di¬ 
rection. We cannot print these—except to 
an occasional extent—but they will help to 
general conclusions for the benefit of all. 
Letters written as late as possible—if they 
reach us by July 23, are preferable to those 
of earlier date. 
We find upon our note-book, records of 
sales in this City for 26 business days, 
ending to-day : of Flour, 418,470 barrels ; of 
Wheat, 1,403,250 bushels; of Corn, 1,259,800 
bushels; ol Rye, 218,000 bushels; and of 
Barley, - bushels. Our last report, 
(May 29) for. 26 business days gave 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 bus. 
The following figures show the present 
price of some of the principal agricultural 
products, and also the variations since our 
last report. 
May 29. 
June 28. 
Flour—Superfine No. 2. 
$5 00®5 87 
$4 50® 5 25 
OrdinaryState . 
6 00® 
6 
06 
5 25® 
5 50 
Mixed Western 
5 18® 
6 
37 
4 85(a) 
6 25 
Favorite and Ex. State.. 
6 12® 
6 
50 
5 75® 
6 35 
Extra Genesee 
6 75(a) 
8 
75 
6 25® 
8 25 
Wheat—Canada White__ 
1 55(a) 
1 
80 
1 50® 
1 75 
Southern White 
1 00® 
1 
75 
1 37® 
1 67 
Southern Red.. 
1 50® 
1 
65 
1 50® 
1 58 
Western Red and White 
1 30® 
1 
50 
1 25® 
1 50 
Corn—Western Mixed. 
50® 
61 
40(a) 
56 
.\ T ellow and White. 
58® 
66 
45(a) 
65 
Rye. 
81® 
66 
84® 
£6 
Barley. 
1 10® 
1 
25 
® 
Oats—Western, &c 
30® 
37 
30® 
39 
Cotton—Middling.. 
10*2® 
11 
1 1® 
lli 
Rice. 
P 1 OOibs 
3 50® 
4 
37 
3 62® 
4 50 
Pork—Mess. 
P’bbl... 
16 50®18 50 
17 25® 20 50 
Dressed Hogs. 
p lb.... 
8® 
6v 
71® 
61 
Lard, in bills. 
13’ lb.... 
101® 
11 
ii® 
12 
Butter—Western... 
pib.... 
11® 
16 
15® 
19 
State. 
P lb.. . . 
16® 
22 
18® 
25 
Cheese. 
pib.... 
6® 
9 
6® 
9 
Potatoes- Carters. 
P bbl.. 
1 37® 
1 
50 
2 25® 
2 50 
Mercers. 
P bbl.. 
1 37® 
1 
75 
2 00® 
2 25 
Onions—Reds. 
P bbl.. 
J 25(a) 
1 
50 
1 50® 
1 75 
White. 
P bbl.. 
2 00® 
o 
75 
2 00® 
2 50 
Apples. 
P bbl.. 
1 00® 
3 
50 
1 50® 
3 50 
Beef cattle have been in fair supply during 
the month and at fair prices on the second 
and fourth weekly market days. On the first 
and third market days, a successful combi¬ 
nation raised the prices materially, though 
not for the advantage of the producers. Ohio 
and Illinois furnish the main supplies. On 
Wednesday of this week the prices ranged 
at forty-fourth street : Premium cattle 10£c. 
allc. per lb. net or dressed weight; First 
quality 10c.al0£c.; Medium quality, 9)c.a 
10c.; Poor quality, 8ic.a9c.; Poorest qual¬ 
ity 8}c.a8)c.; General selling prices, 9c.a 
101c. Average of all sales about 91c.al0c. 
Sheep are getting more plentiful, but still 
bring fair rates. We weighed a number we 
saw sold this week and found them to range 
at 4c a5c. per lb. for live weight. Some ex¬ 
tras brought still higher prices. 
Strawberries have been about as abundant 
as last year. The common kinds are now sell¬ 
ing by the bushel at rates equivalent to 
about 12 to 15 cents per quart. 
Guano is unchanged from the rates given 
in detail last month. 
The Weather, for the past month, has 
been rainy and quite cool a part of the time, 
too much so for the rapid growth of Indian 
corn, but favorable to grass. Several days 
have been quite warm, and two days exces¬ 
sively so. We have letters from about every 
section of the country, which speak of In¬ 
dian corn as having failed to come up at the 
first planting, and in many cases it required 
a third planting. The later letters speak 
encouragingly for all kinds of crops. 
Our weather notes condensed, read : May 
31, very cold, and heavy snow reported at 
Pittsburg, Pa ; .Tune 1, clear and cold; 2, 
clear and warm; 3, 4, warm, (88°) with 
showers ; 5, 6, cold N. E. rain; 7, cleared 
up early, and pleasant; 8, rain in evening ; 
9, showery ; 10, 11, pleasant and warm (83°); 
12, cloudy, showery, P. M. ; 13, 14, warm 
and showers ; 15, 16, clear and warm; 17, 
warm, rainy, P. M. ; 18, rainy ; 19 , 20 , clear 
and warm (86°) ; 21, 22, very hot (95°) ; 23, 
showery; 24, cloudy ; 25, 26, cool and clou¬ 
dy ; 27, warm. 
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to publish, about August next, a list of all 
the periodicals, from monthlies to dailies, in 
the Wnited States—embracing California 
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such as shall contain the fullest accounts of 
the occurrences of that day.) These he 
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nian Institution—the other for his own sanc¬ 
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He also requests this notice may be in¬ 
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their papers containing it, will be furnished 
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