AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
REVIEW OE PRICES, WEATHER, &c. 
American Agriculturist Office, ) 
New-York, August 28, 1856, j 
The Breadstuff's market still continues un¬ 
settled. The actual results of the past har¬ 
vest in Europe are not yet fully known, and 
it is unknown how great a demand may be 
made upon us. In our own country the 
yield of wheat has undoubtedly been a good 
one, though not an over crop. What is 
more important, the harvest occurred during 
fine weather, and this crop was gathered in 
excellent order. Everything considered, we 
do not see how the present prices can be 
sustained, though it is quite doubtful wheth¬ 
er a very low rate will be attained for 
wheat. The corn crop, put back and in 
some places severely injured by drouth, de¬ 
fect of seed, &c., is now coming forward 
finelj r . 
The following table shows the total re¬ 
ceipts of flour and grain in this city by Rail¬ 
road, River, Canal and Coastwise, for 27 
business days ending to day : 
Flour.. 297,000 bbls. Rye.. 50,000 bush. 
Wheat. 1,298,000 bush. Oats. .247,000 bush. 
Corn... 1,561,500 bush. 
We find upon our note-book records of 
the following sales in this city for 27 busi¬ 
ness days ending to-day : 
Flour.. .356,600 bbls. | Corn.1,662,000bush. 
Wheat. 1,436,300bush j Rye.. 100,650bush. 
The following figures show the present 
prices of some of the principal agricultural 
products, and also the variations since our 
last report. 
July 29. August 29. 
Flour—Ordinary State. 
$5 90® 6 00 
$6 00®6 10 
Mixed Western. 
5 25® 7 
00 
5 70(a) 7 50 
Favorite and Ex. State.. 
6 10® 6 40 
6 25® 6 00 
Extra Genesee. 
6 75® 7 
75 
7 00® 9 50 
Wheat—Canada White... . 
1 70® 1 
81 
1 50® 1 60 
Southern White. 
1 60® 1 
80 
1 58® 1 65 
Southern Red. 
1 50® 1 
68 
1 45® 1 53 
Western Red and White 
1 30® 1 
55 
1 25® 1 65 
Corn—Western Mixed. 
55® 
62 
55® 62 
Yellow and White. 
63® 
85 
60® 68 
Rye. 
70® 
85 
87® 88 
Barley. . 
® 
® 
Oats—Western, &c. 
34® 
45 
41(a) 50 
Cotton—Middling and Fair. 
111® 
113 
1H® 12 
Rice.piOOtbs 
3 75® 4 50 
3 65® 4 21 
Pork—Mess..p bbl... 
20 25®20 37 
19 25® 19 35 
Dressed Hogs.ip lb.... 
71® 
81 
71® 87 
Lard, in bbls.p ft.. . . 
12J® 
13 
13® 131 
Butter—Western... p lb_ 
12® 
18 
14® 19] 
State.pit.... 
14® 
22 
18® 24 
Orange Co.p lb_ 
® 
24® 28 
Cheese.plb.. , . 
51-fa) 
8} 
6® 9 
Potatoes —Carters.. p bbl... 
® 
® 
Mercers.pbbl.. 
® 
2 50® 2 75 
Onions—Reds. p bbl.. 
® 
2 00® 2 25 
White.pbbl.. 
® 
2 50(a) 2 75 
Apples.p bbl.. 
® 
75® 3 50 
Beef Cattle have arrived pretty freely, ex¬ 
cept during the week ending Aug 20. The 
receipts for five weeks, ending Aug. 27, com¬ 
pare as follows : 
1855. 1856. 
Total of Beeves for 5 weeks. 18,349 18,601 
Weekly average. 3,670 3,720 
Low prices prevailed on the first three 
market days, with an advance on the last 
two. A combination among sellers kept the 
price up yesterday, notwithstanding the 
large receipts for the week, amounting to 
4,402. A decline may be looked for. The 
prices yesterday at Forty-fourth street 
ranged : Premium cattle lOIc.allc. per lb. 
net or dressed weight; First quality 10c.a 
l<Hc. ; Medium quality, 9c.a9frc. ; Poor 
quality, 8£c.a9c.; Poorest quality, 8c.a8^c.; 
General selling prices, 9^c.al0)c. Aver¬ 
age of all sales about 10c. 
Sheep have been in fair supply, though less 
than for the same time last year, and prices 
are higher. Receipts for five weeks ending 
Aug. 27 : 
1855. 1856. 
Total ofsheep and lambs_73,942 61,841 
Weekly average.14,788 12,370 
Prices of Sheep and Lambs the past week 
have ranged from $1 62 to $5 per head, the 
majority of good animals bringing $2 50a$4 
per head. 
The Weather. —As we closed our last re¬ 
port (July 29) a rain commenced falling, after 
a long drouth. During this month (August) 
we have had frequent rains and generally 
very cool weather. On the whole this has 
been the coldest August in 68 years we be¬ 
lieve. A great amount of rain fell in differ¬ 
ent parts of the country during the third and 
first part of the fourth w r eek of the month, 
producing heavy freshets which did much 
damage. 
Our weather notes, condensed, read : July 
29, warm and showery ; 30, clear, hot (96°) ; 
31, heavy rain and lightning, struck in many 
places ; August 1, 2, 3, clear, warm ; 4, cool¬ 
er ; 5, heavy rain all day ; 6, 7, clear, cool; 
8, cloudy; 9, 10, 11, clear, fine ; 12, cloudy 1 
13, clear ; 14, showers ; 15, 16, 17, 18, clear, 
moderately cool; 19, heavy storm, rain and 
wind ; 20, clear; 21, cool, cloudy ; 22, 23, 24, 
25, 26, clear, cool and pleasant; 27, clear> 
cool nights and mornings, flannel quite com¬ 
fortable ; to-day (28), slight showers. 
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INDEX. 
Acknowledgements. — 283 
Advertising. _.,..284 
Barn-Building, a Yankee’s view’s on.279 
Birds, More about Sparing.279 
Bulbs Flowering, Directions for growing.281 
Calendar of Operations . .266 
Capital invested in improving poor soils, An Example.268 
Cisterns and Cistern Building.280 
Cockroaches, Destroying.278 
Connecticut State Agricultural Exhibition. .. .283 
Crocus.282 
Crown Imperials.282 
Editor’s Farm Notes.273 
Exhibitions, Agricultural for 1856, List of.272 
Exhibitions, Agricultural. ...... tivuowuati .277 
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Grape Growing, Important Inquiries and a suggestion283 
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Illinois Central R. R. Lands..283 
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Muck, the value ofTreatment, &c. 275 
Peas, Editors Experiments with New varieties of... .268 
Potatoes, the harvesting of.276 
Poultry, a relick of the Past.[Illustrated], .276 
Pudding, The Hasty.[Illustrated]. .277 
“ a first rate Suet. , .283 
Retraction, a Punctuated.274 
Sandy Soils, Improving Sands.268 
Scales, Agricultural.[Illustrated].. 273 
Snow Drops.282 
Strawberry Growing, More about.281 
Sub-Soiling Tim Bunker on.276 
Tulips. 282 
Waterloo Correspondence.280 
Western Land Societies—N. Y.Evangelist.277 
Wheat, Sbggestions on Sowing.269 
WORK FOR THE MONTH. .265 
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