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believe. Thirty six South Down Ewes, were 
sold at prices ranging from $6 to $15 each. 
Two Backs brought $18 each. Some thirty 
Cotswolds Ewes, &c., sold for $10 to $15. 
Ayrshire Cattle .—Bull “Malcolm,” three 
years old, was struck off to P. Powers Esq., 
of Amenia, N. Y., at $130—considered to be 
but half his value. Tow, “ Flora ” 4 years 
old, was taken by Mr. Alfred M. Treadwell, 
of Morristown, N. J., at $135. Mr. T. also 
bought one of her calves, “ Effie,” got by 
Malcolm, 2 years old, at $125, “ Roderick ” 
a fine 8 months old calf, was bought by Mr. 
Geo. T. Concklin, of N. Y. city, who has 
recently purchased the farm of Mr. Coffin. 
It will be remembered that this farm took the 
first prize of the N. Y. State Agricultural 
Society. 
A number of Suffolk pigs, six to nine 
month’s old, sold for $12 to $20 per pair. 
American Herd-Book, Vol. III.—Those 
who have addressed inquiries to us, are in¬ 
formed that it is proposed to issue the 3d 
Volume, May 1st, 1857. All pedigrees to be 
entered must be sent in before Dec. 1st, 
1856. A circular giving full particulars can 
be obtained by addressing the editor— Lewis 
F. Allen, at Black Rock, Erie Co., N. Y. 
POSTAGE ON THE AGRICULTURIST. 
Notwithstanding our frequent statements that the post¬ 
age on this journal is but six cents a year, when prepaid by 
subscribers, yet, in violation of the plain letter of.the law, 
several Post-Masters have persisted in charging 12 to 
36 cents a year. The following official document will set 
the matter at rest hereafter we trust.— Ed. 
Post Office Department. 
Appointment Office, 
Washington, D. C., Nov. 18,1856. 
Sir In answer to your communication of the 15thinst 
I have to state that the postage on the monthly “ Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist,” (each number weighing under three 
ounces) when paid quarterly in advance, is 1} cents, or 6 
cents a year in advance. Horatio King. 
1st. Asst. P. M. Gen. 
Orange Judd, Esq. 
Am. Agriculturist. New-York. 
MODEL LETTERS. 
During the past month, we have been favored with some 
two thousand letters, from almost as many different Post 
offices, nearly all of which we have personally opened and 
read, besides attending to our usual other labors. For 
brevity and yet clearness of expression, these letters could 
hardly be excelled. Few of them have exceeded three 
lines, and not half a dozen have omitted to give Post Office!, 
County and State. While most of them hTiVe contained 
remittances in various sums, from all over the l/m° n , w? 
have received but a single “pad bill/’ and we have,heard 
of only one loss by mail, thus, far. Few publishers cay say 
as much for one month’s work ? We are increasing bur 
office help, and shall be able to attend tb as many more 
such letters as our friends will favor us with- , 
We may as well say here, that itis a standing rule of our 
office, that every subscriplidh received, rriil'A be’ pfb'pdrfy 
entered on the dhy of reception,, and; all back numbers 
culled for bemejled on the. same ,day,.asj inwn,e$atp 
acknowledgment of the arrival of money. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. ’ lV: 
I . -.ill lutif 
Our friends have highly favored us the past month. We 
have before us communications enough to entirely fill this 
number, but have bee^ obliged fo lay very, .many, over. 
Will all who write us please bear in mind that the prin¬ 
cipal matter for each number is plahned' 'bejfb'rd the’ mid¬ 
dle of the preceding month. Short communications, 
yvit}\ ( the.principal facts in a condensed,. but ffiain ., style, 
are always preferable. The experience of actualcultiva- 
with OmaAlf ne 1 ififh ITAft amrmli’, &c\ ) 'aAfe 
highly valuable. The more of these the better. No two 
men do the same thing in precisely the same way. The 
description of any one man’s practice will afford hints to 
hundreds, perhaps thousands of others. Let no one fear 
to describe his own methods and the results, for fear of 
lacking novelty. We will try and look out for that mat¬ 
ter.— Ed. 
THAT “BAKER’S DOZEA.” 
In our last we offered to all new subscribers for 1857, 
the last two numbers of this year without charge. We 
have several amusing letters upon what constitutes a 
“ Baker’s Dozen.” Most of these argue that a baker’s 
dozen is only thirteen, whereas, our offer implied that it is 
fourteen. As you like it gentlemen. We can’t stop to 
argue the matter. Our baker is a moie liberal one than 
your’s, we suspect. We will still offer your baker’s dozen 
(13 months,) to all new subscribers, who reach us before 
our extra edition of this number is exhausted. We kept 
the type of the November number standing until the last 
moment, and struck off a large supply of extra copies. 
While these last, they are still offered together with the 
December number ,free to new subscribers for 1857. No 
difference in this respect between single and club subscri¬ 
bers. _ 
TO OUR NEW SUBSCRIBERS. 
A welcome to you individually, ladies as well as gentle¬ 
men, for there are not a few of the former. Well! many 
of you have seen the first copy of our sheet. How do you 
like it? We will not “ pause for a reply.” We trust you 
will like us better before another year is out. If you like 
the last two numbers of this volume, we know you will be 
better pleased with at least some of the twelve numbers 
yet to come. 
The November and December numbers are offered free 
as an introduction. If you like our acquaintance, 
please introduce your friends and neighbors. We will be 
pleased to serve them to the best of our ability. Not a 
few of those sending for the “ Baker’s Dozen,” have al- 
already forwarded other new names, and promised more. 
They have our thanks. How many others will do like¬ 
wise ? There is still a chance for others to get the “ Ba¬ 
ker’s Dozen.” The next volume will be a “ Baker’s 
Dozen ” of itself. 
A SPECIAL REQUEST. 
Stitching the Numbers. —All the future numbers of 
the Agriculturist will be accurately folded ready for bind¬ 
ing, and stitched, as heretofore. This involves an extra 
expense of near $200 annually, but we think it pays. The 
sheets are better kept together, and each subscriber is 
saved the necessity of hunting up pins, or needle and 
thread, or calling upon “ Mother,” “ Wife,” or “ Sister,’’ 
to “ sew the paper.” 
REVIEW OF PRICES, WEATHER, &C. 
American Agriculturist Office, ) 
New-York, Nov. 28, 1856, j 
There have been at least three ups and downs in the 
Bread-Stuff Markets, resulting from alternate large and 
small receipts, ease and stringency in the Money Market, 
and favorable and unfavorable news from Europe; on the 
whole there has been a decline in prices. The tables be¬ 
low will show the amount of changes during 30 days. 
Our Index and Title page, leave us no room for further 
general remarks in this number. 
The following table shows the total receipts of flour and 
grain in this city by Railroad, River, Canal and Coastwise 
for 27 business days ending to-day: 
Flour.607.000 bbls. 
Wheat.2.587.000 bush. 
Corn.957.000 bush. 
With this number we send out ‘ ‘ notices ” to a consider¬ 
able number of persons whose term of subscription now 
expires. We believe all understand that the Agriculturist 
is newer forced upon any one, but is stopped when the 
time is up for which it has been ordered. There is no 
more justice in sending a paper where it is not been called 
for, than there would be in sending two, three, or four 
plows, where but one had been ordered. We have, how¬ 
ever, a confident belief that all present readers of this 
journal, will call for it another and still another year. 
What we particularly request now, is, that those intend¬ 
ing to renew, and to send other names with their own, 
will do so at once, so that we may in the early part of this 
month get the names arranged upon the new mail books, 
and the wrappers written ready for maiUngt,he next num¬ 
ber as soon as issued ; and also know how many to print. 
Where clubs are foirned, new names' mdy be added after¬ 
wards at the sarhe rates as-thPSe fiDt dent. • > v: r -v 
SijEDs,, ,&c,—Seypraisubsqjjhers, write us for various 
kinds of seeds, implements, &c. We will do what we 
canifo bblfge such, but, fdr Wife present), unless' to accbrhL 
modate persons living in remote towns, we would prefer 
to have them send direct to-dealers, as we have little 
tjme to, attend to any otljer business, than that legitimate, 
ly connected with the paper. Our advertising columns 
Will usually contain full ihform'atifen -on agricultural And 
horticultural matters.. In order to make room for -the 
Jfldejc ip the present nutpher we were cpmpqfled to re 
fuse nearly all advertisements not actually engaged be¬ 
fore the first of the month .___ 
King Phillip’s corn, several times enquired for, is quite 
coihmon,' and will doubtlfefes be advertised by dealers in 
time to bo procured foo Spring planting.— Ed. 
, - ,,<l in .■ i .0 11" 1 -lyrrl d» 
Stove .iBlacking.—W e Jiay? ^ied several kinds and arp 
quite free to say that the best we have yet found is that 
made by Messrs.’QuaftetmAh <& lildn, at ‘lflf John-st.; in 
this city. It is used witlTvfaTer in the same manner as! 
boot blacking, and Can betput cabahot or Cold stove ; and 
.being free Iron) pcids. apd of an, ojly na£pj;e, it is ,qy,ep,p 
preventive against rust. We give thisnotice without solici¬ 
tation, simply to advise our readers of’wfiat’ i we®nfid-i 
er a valuable new preparation.— Ed. 
Rye.26.000 bush. 
Oats.91.500 bush. 
Barley.75.600 bush. 
We find upon our note-book records of the following 
sales in this city for 27 business days ending to-day : 
Rye.110.000 bush. 
Barley.53.000 bush, 
Flour.389.145 bbls. 
Wheat.2.362.400 bush. 
Corn. 1.059.500 bush. 
The following figures show the present prices of some 
of the principal agricultural products, and also the varia¬ 
tions since our last report: 
Various Western brands 
Favorite and Ex. State.. 
Wheat—Canada White... 
Western Red and White 
Corn—Mixed. 
Yellow and White. 
Rye—New. 
Barley. 
Oats—Western, &c.. . 
Cotton—Middling and Fair . 
Rice.ipiOOlbs 
Oct. 
Nov. 
$6 50®6 00 
0 10® 6 25 
6 70® 
8 50 
6 30® 8 00 
6 75® 7 00 
6 40® 6 70 
7 25® 9 00 
7 00® 8 75 
1 70® 
1 73 
1 67® 1 71 
1 60® 
1 75 
1 60® 1 66 
1 53® 
1 60 
1 45® 1 54 
1 65® 
1 80 
1 35® 1 70 
62® 
69 
70® 73 
69® 
75 
73® 75 
85® 
87 
88 ® 90 
1 15® 
1 30 
1 10® 1 30 
38® 
47 
40® 50 
12}® 14 
12 ® 13} 
3 87® 
4 87 
3 62®4 50 
20 75®21 00 
17 87® 19 25 
7}® 
8 } 
75® 7} 
12 }® 
14 
12® 13 
16® 
21 
16® 22 
19® 
25, 
20® 29 
25® 
30 
28® 31 
8 ® 
10 } 
8 ® 10 } 
1 50® 
1 62 
2 00® 2 50 
1 50® 2 50 
1 75® 2 75 
1 25® 
1 37 
1 62® 1 75 
2 00 ® 
2 50 
1 50® 2 00 
1 00 ® 
3 50 
2 00® 4 50 
21 ® 
2H 
24® 25 
18® 
20 
20 ® 21 
Dressed Hogs.IB 1 lb. ... 
Lard, in bbls.^ tb— 
Butter—Western... P lb— 
State.ip tb— 
Orange Co.P lb- 
Cheese. p lb.... 
Potatoes—Carters.. P bbl.. 
Mercers.Pbbl... 
Onions—Reds. P bbl.. 
White,..pbbl.. 
Apples.P bbl.. 
Eggs, fresh, per dozen. 
Limed, “ “ . 
Beef Cattle have been less abundant during the month. 
The receipts for five weeks, ending November 26, com¬ 
pare as follows : 
1855. 1856. 
Total of Beeves for 5 weeks.22.283 19.2.39, 
Weekly average. 4 457 3^8 
The receipts were, for week eliding October 29, 4,§46 ; 
November 5, 3,693 ; Novembeii 12, 3,5571;- .NovemberdU, 
3,845 ; ; INoYqrpbpTS?- , 5T#p,prjfi?s deqlinefl * trifle 
Optobey 20 ; advanced a shaeje, November 5, and.ip,; 
advanced'lc. Noveniber 19 ; and declined {c. November 
26. 'Wednesday lhsti Nbvernber 26, tHe’prifces raAgted : 
Premium cattle lOlcialQic. per lb. net; mr. dressed weight; 
Pirst qualify,- eicalOc.; iJVIedium quality,,8ic,a9{*c,; Poor 
quality,- 8 c.a 8 j;c.; Poorest quality, 7}c,a7,}c..; General spi¬ 
ling prices, 8-lc.a9Ic.’ Average of all saips about 9c.—an 
advance of fci'duHiig the rn'onth.' ' 1 . ' 
1 The supply bf shfeep and lambs has been pretty fair; but 
tess/thanilast,year, with no material change in prices. 
Receipts forfivq weeks ending November 26. .. ., ., 
' 2 ' . .. t ,. .. , 1 , 855 ., ' 1 & 6 . 
Total of seeep and ’ lambs. V. .... i ...79.315. 61.667 
’We'eitiy'avefh^e:..... A 15.863. ’ 12.301 
The above figures refer to live animals- i There: is an 
unusq^l, nufnbqr of carcasses prpught i in -vyljich keeps 
prices moderate. ,. . | 
Hogs, are juSt now a drug; 16,722 were received here 
during ‘the’'phbt w’Cdk; ’selling at 6 c:a 6 fc. per lb. 1 ,' live 
■weight,-but sales dull, o : > •<" -• ;i:i sttiul 
The Weather.—T here, have, been some snows .gnd 
hard;frosts at fhp North ’.and, North-West, but generally 
the Weather has been mild and pleasant, with no freezing 
in this latitude sufficient" to'retard Working the ground. 
Farmer’s have had a fine time to “ finish up ”■ their fall 
work. Our weather notes condensed, re ad 1 : October 29 
to November 2, clear and fine \vith frost .November 1st ; 
November 3, Cloudy ; 4, rainy 5‘, clear, cool; 6 , i, clear, 
‘f^tytkffi’nfhgs V ; 9 to 20 1 ,''clear', fine. fi’oAfy Hibrniiigs— li 
Thermometf r at 26°—21, coldest:^!'miof -; m.onth-r-gb?— 
milder and rain P. M.; 22, rain A. M.; 23, 24,' clear, mild; 
25. rain P. M.; 26, 27. 28. clear; mild, even warm. 
