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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
REVIEW OF PRICES. WEATHER, &c. 
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American Agriculturist Office, ) 
New-York, July 29, 1856, j 
Since our last review, (June 28.) the fluc¬ 
tuations in Breadstuff's have been similar to 
those of June, that is, a decline during the 
first part of the month, and an advance for 
the last part. This resulted mainly from 
favorable and unfavorable European advices. 
As will be seen below, the transactions have 
been large, the transpiring sales of Wheat 
being nearly one and three-fourths millions 
of bushels (1,727,000,) and of flour 423,500 
bbls. Reckoning a barrel of flour as five 
bushels of Wheat, the total sales are equiv¬ 
alent to nearly five million bushels of Wheat. 
For some days past trade in Breadstuff's has 
been very active, and while we write a re¬ 
port reaches us of a small advance in Liver- 
pool, which will doubtless stimulate prices 
here. 
In regard to the prospect in this country, 
for the Wheat and Corn crops, so far it is 
apparently very good. There are just now 
extensive complaints, fears rather, of a se¬ 
vere drouth. Almost all parts of the coun¬ 
try have been without rain for two weeks 
past. The warm weather was needed by 
corn at first and it has come forward very 
rapidly, but is beginning to suffer. Should 
a general rain occur soon, this crop will be 
very large. 
Wheat has been generally gathered in ex¬ 
cellent condition where harvesting is com¬ 
pleted, which is the case over a large por¬ 
tion of the great wheat-growing regions. 
We have been surprised at the small num¬ 
ber of complaints of loss from insects, 
drouth, or wet, that have reached us during 
the past month. After much inquiry, and 
an extensive correspondence, embracing 
prominent points in all the wheat, producing 
States, we are led to conclude that the yield 
has been quite good, and the quality unusu¬ 
ally so. We have little doubt that the 
amount of first quality Wheat is largely in 
excess of that of last year. One year ago 
we urged farmers to sell their wheat as 
soon as they could get it to market. If any 
body lost by so doing we should like to hear 
of it. This year we have no advice to give. 
If we had wheat to sell now, we should not 
have it long, if anybody would buy it at 
present prices, or at least at the highest 
prices attainable within the month of Au¬ 
gust, but we urge no one else to that course. 
To our numerous correspondents 
who have liberally supplied us with “notes 
of the crops” in their respective localities, 
we return our sincere thanks, and beg a 
continuance of similar favors. 
We find upon our note-book, records of 
sales in this City for 27 business days, end¬ 
ing yesterday : of Flour, 423,500 barrels ; of 
Wheat, 1,727,000 bushels; of Corn, 1,259,500 
bushels; of Rye, 210,600 bushels. Our 
last report, (June 28,) for 26 business days 
gave of Flour, 418,470 barrels ; of Wheat, 
1,403,250 bushels ; of Corn, 1,259,800 bush¬ 
els ; of Rye 218,000 bushels. 
The following figures show the present 
prices of some of the principal agricultural 
products, and also the variations since our 
last report. 
June 28. 
July 29. 
Flour—Superfine No. 2. 
$4 50(5) 
5 25 
S5 25(5)5 90 
Ordinary State. 
5 25(5) 
5 50 
5 90(5) 6 00 
Mixed Western. 
4 85(5) 
6 25 
5 25(5) 7 00 
Favorite and Ex. State.. 
5 75 (a) 
6 35 
6 10(5) 6 40 
Extra Genesee. 
6 25(5) 
8 25 
6 75(5) 7 75 
Wheat—Canada White. 
1 50(5) 
1 75 
1 70(5) 1 81 
Southern White. 
1 37(5) 
1 67 
1 60(5) 1 80 
Southern Red. 
1 50(5) 
I 58 
1 50(6) 1 68 
Western Red and White 
1 25(5) 
1 50 
1 30(5) 1 55 
Corn—Western Mixed. 
40(5) 
56 
55(a) 62 
.Yellow and White. 
45(5) 
65 
63(6) 85 
Rye. 
84(5) 
86 
70® 85 
Barley. 
Oats—Western, &c. 
Cotton—Middling. 
(a) 
30(5) 
39 
® 
34® 45 
11(5) 
m 
111® Ilf 
Rice.piCOlbs 
3 62(5) 
4 50 
3 75® 4 50 
Pork—Mess.ip bbl... 
17 25(5)20 50 20 25(5)20 37 
Dressed Hogs.p lb_ 
7(,-6) 
81 
71® 81 
Lard, in bbls.p lb_ 
11(5) 
12 
12j® 13 
Butter—Western... P lb_ 
] 5(a) 
19 
12® 18 
State.p lb.... 
18(5) 
25 
14(a) 22 
Cheese.ptb.... 
6(5) 
9 
51® 81 
Potatoes- Carters.. P bbl.. 
2 25(5) 
2 50 
® 
Mercers.P bbl.. 
2 00(5) 
2 25 
® 
Onions—Reds.Pbhl.. 
1 50(5) 
1 75 
® 
White.Pbhl.. 
2 (10(5) 
2 50 
® 
Apples.p bbl.. 
1 50(5) 
3 50 
® 
We omit quotation of Potatoes and Onions, 
as the new crops now in have settled upon 
no standard price as yet; the rates change 
from day to day with the variations in the 
receipts. 
Beef cattle have come in quite freely, 
mostly from the West, and chiefly from 
Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. The City re¬ 
ceipts for four weeks, ending July 23, were 
14,906, or an average of 3,725 a week. 
This is an excess, even during the hot 
weather, of 500 a week over the weekly 
average for 1855. Better times, however, 
have called for a larger amount of meat for 
consumption, than at the same period last 
year. For the corresponding four weeks 
last year the receipts of beeves were 11,128, 
showing an excess this year of 3,778, or 944 
a week. These larger receipts have kept 
beef cattle at a pretty low figure during the 
month, though they closed a little more firm. 
On Wednesday, July 23, the prices ranged 
at Forty-fourth street : Premium cattle 10c. 
alOic. per lb. net or dressed weight; First 
quality 9&c.a9ic. ; Medium quality, 82c.a 
9ic.; Poor quality, 8c.a8Ic.; Poorest qual¬ 
ity 72c.a8c.; General selling prices, 8Jc.a 
92c. Average of all sales about 9c.a9Jc. 
Sheep have been abundant, but with a de¬ 
mand sufficient to keep prices high. The 
receipts of Sheep and Lambs for 4 weeks, 
ending July 23, were 45,464 or a weekly 
average of 11,366; the weekly average for 
1855 was 10,940. 
The Weather. —Our weather notes con¬ 
densed, read : June 28, 29, 30, clear and 
warm; thermometer at 98° on 29th. July 
1, 2, 3, clear, warm and dry; 4, showe¬ 
ry ; 5, warm and pleasant; 6, showers, hail 
in some places ; 7, fair, rain in evening ; 8, 
9, showery A. M., and pleasant P. M.; 10, 
cloudy A- M., clear P. M.; 11, clear and 
fine, rain at night; 12, rain until noon, clear 
P. M.; 13. showery; 14, 15, 16, clear and 
warm; 17, 18, very warm, 98° and 99° in 
shade; 19, 20, 21, clear, cooler weather; 
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, clear, hot and dry ; 
Sunday 27, thermometer at 99° and 100° in 
shade. Rain much wanted. 
From the above it will be noticed that 
after a few days of hot weather, we had fre¬ 
quent showers from the 4th to the 13th in¬ 
clusive. Hay-making was considerably re¬ 
tarded and fears of another wet harvest sea¬ 
son were entertained. On the 14th it clear¬ 
ed up, and continued to grow warmer until 
the 18th, when the thermometer went up to 
98°, and in some places hereabouts to 100° 
in the shade. During this time corn shot 
upward with surprising rapidity. The next 
three days of cool weather was not cold 
enough to check its growth. Since the 22d 
the heat has increased from day to day, and 
almost everything is suffering from drouth. 
If this weather continues, corn willbe-mate- 
rially checked and pasturage will be scarce. 
We see the corn leaves are already begin¬ 
ning to curl on fields not deeply tilled. 
Those who have provided a plot of corn or 
millet for feed will now “ find their money 
in it.” 
P. S., July 29.—The above was written 
last evening. We hear by telegraph this 
morning of extensive rains in different parts 
of the country yesterday, and at the hour 
we go to press (9 A. M.) a heavy rain has 
just commenced. 
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