1876.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
125 
higher and in good demand... .Tobacco quiet, and quoted 
cheaper... Wool has been in very moderate request, and 
with more urgency on the pavt of sellers to realize, 
prices have favored buyers, decidedly so in the instance 
of Western Texas, and California Pall, which grades 
have been offered most freely... Hay has been fairly 
active at firm prices. The purchases for shipment to 
coastwise ports, and to Havana, have been liberal. Straw 
has been inactive at former rates. 
CURRENT WUOLJCSALE I’KICJCS. 
Pel). 14. 
Price of Gold . 127 l-S 
Flo'ur—S uper to Extra State $4 15 @ 5 8 .' 
Super to Extra Southern. .. 1 25 
Extra Western . 4 90 
Extra Genesee. 5 75 
Superfine Western. 4 25 
Rye Floor.. 4 10 
Corn-Meal.. 275 
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All kinds of lied and Amber. 90 
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State. 45 @ 
Kye.. 80 @ 
Barley. 70 @ 
Buckwheat, Shush. 58 @ 
Hay—B ale, if) 103 lbs.. 70 @ 
Straw, 100 lbs. 60 @ 
Cotton—M iddlings, if) lt> ... 
Hops—C rop of 1875, if) lb . 
Feathers—L ive Geese, if) ft 
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Timothy, if) bushel. 
Flax, if) bushel. 
Sugar— Reft ’g& Grocery if) lb 
Molasses, Cuba, if)sal. 
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Coffee— llio (Gold). 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &c„ fills. 
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Wool—D omestic Fleece, if) ib 
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California, clip.. 13 
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Oil-Cake— if) ton.. 
Fork—M ess, if) barrel .. 
Prime Mess, if) barrel _ 20 75 
Beef—P lain mess. 10 50 _ 
Lard, in tres. & hbls, if) 100 lb 12 37 '/.® 13 25 
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Western, poor to fancy, id lb. 
Cheese.. . . 
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Eggs—F resh, id dozen . _ 
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Capons, id K.. 
Turkeys—id lb. 12 
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Ducks, id lb. 
Roosters, id ft. 
Ducks, Wild,?) pair. 
Hares, ?)pair. 
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Lettuce, hot-house, ?) doz.. 
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Turnips ?! bbl . 
Carrots, ?) bbl. 100 
Beets, id bbl. 100 
Cabbvges— ?! 100. 
Onions—?) bbl. 
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New Bermuda, ?) bbl. 
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Tomatoes, Bermuda, id cte.. — 
Pears, per Box. 4 00 
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week ending Beeves. Cows. Caines. Sheep. Swine. Toil. 
Feb. 21. 9,406 74 646 15.459 23.611 48,196 
Feb. 28 . 8,583 114 797 20,129 27,555 63,178 
Mar. 6 . 7,170 55 868 IS,399 25,168 51,669 
Mar. 13 . 7,490 83 879 20,416 19,60S 48,482 
Total for 1 Weeks . .32,661 320 3,190 SO,403 94,942 211,525 
do. for prev.5 Weeks 41,267 524 4,296 131,310 126,CS4 304,021 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Week . .8,166 31 797 20,100 23,733 
do. do. last Month... 8,253 105 859 26,262 25,337 
do. Ao.’prev's Month.. 6,871 67 797 19,035 21,193 
The prices for the past four weeks were as follows: 
week ending Range. 
Feb. 21. 8%@13 c. 
Feb, 28. 8%@13 c. 
Mar. 0 . 9 @13 c. 
Mar. 13...:.8%©13 c. 
Large Sales. 
Aver. 
9%@11 c. 
104c. 
9%@10c%. 
10 c. 
9K@11 c. 
10 %c. 
9%@10j?fc. 
10 c. 
JSeeves.—The market for tlie past month has been 
slow, and prices have fallen, except for fat stock. 300 
carcasses of fat beeves have been shipped to England 
during the month, and this lias helped to keep up the 
price of the best stock, of which alone the shipments 
consist. Half fed and poor stock has been in excess, and 
has given way %c. lb. As wc close, extra cattle sold 
for 12@ 13c. $ lb., to dress 58 lbs.; good native steers at 
S%@103Cc., for 56 to 57 lbs., and poorer stock estimated 
at Softs., at 8 %, with some fat bulls at 4?|c. ^ lb., live 
weight — Cows,—Milk cows have been dull of sale all 
through the month, closing prices are from $50 to $80; 
but it needs to be a very good cow to bring the outside 
price — Calves. —This class of stock suffers from the 
abundance of small untimely calves, some of which 
weigh less than 100 lbs. alive, and are hard to sell. Poor 
calves sell at 6 @ 8 c. lb., and fair to good, at 9 @ 10 c., 
live weight. Prime hog dressed bring (a) 13c. ^3 lb. 
... Sheep have been in good demand, and excellent in 
quality, and prices have advancad fully %e. $ lb. 8 %c. 
Til lb. was paid for 112 head of Ohio sheep, averaging 
145 lbs., and SJj for a lot weighing 120 lbs. Medium 
Sheep sell for 014 @ 7c. lb., and thin at 5% (a) 6 ) 4 . 
The first lamb of the season came from Kentucky, and 
brought $7 for 40 lbs. Jersey lambs are expected soon, 
and $9 is to be the price of them_ Swine. —Hogs are 
scarce, and prices touched 11 c. for dressed, the market 
closes easier at 10 )s @ 10 % for city dressed, and 10% @ 
10J4 for western. The arrivals in January and February, 
1876, were 213,263, against 235,154 for same time last year. 
Prices oi' Feed. 
Bran, per ton.$1S.00@$20.00 
Middlings, per ton. 22.0l)@ 21.00 
Ground Feed, per ton. 22.011® 21.00 
Linseed-oil-cake, western, per ton. 45.00® 16.00 
Cotton-seed-cake, per ton. 25.50® 40.00 
Chandler’s Scraps, per ft. 3® 4 
Prices of Fertilizers. 
No.l. Peruv. Guano (10 p.ct. ammonia), P'ton.. $34.00®$55.50 
“ “ (Rectified), per ton. 61.50 
Mapes’ Superphosphate (mineral), per toil. 30.00® 35.00 
“ Bone Superphosphate, per ton. 40.00© 45.00 
“ Prepared Fish Guano, per ton. 33.00®, 40.90 
Fish Guano (crude in barrels), per ton. 24.00 
Bone Black, per ton. ... 25.00® 28.00 
Bone Flour, per ton. 40.00® 45.00 
Ilawbones Ground (pure), per ton. 33 . 00 ® 40.00 
Rough Bones, per ton.. 22.00® 25.00 
German Potash Salts, (25@35 per cent), per ton. 20.00® 25.00 
Gypsum, Nova Scotia, ground, per ton. 8.00© 9.00 
In barrels, per bbl. 1.25 
Wood Ashes, per bnshel.. .. ...16 e.@18 c. 
Nitrate of Potash (95 per cent.), per lb. 8 %c.@ 9 c. 
Chloride of Potassium, (muriate of potash), lb.. ’ s;(c. 
Nitrate of Soda, per lb. 3%c.@ 4%c. 
Sulphate of Ammonia (25 percent.), per lb_ 5 c.@ 54c 
Dried Blood or Dried Meat per unit olammbnia.$3.00 @ 84.00 
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Essex “H. G. E.,” Henderson, N. C. 
Some Essex pigs are rather light haired, and of a bluish 
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still some variety in the different strains of this breed. 
