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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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enough in northern localities. Let them be well 
hardened off. 
Bulbs— Set bulbs of Lilies, Gladioluses, Cannas, 
Dahlias, : etc., in good, warm soil, and provide 
stakes for such kinds as require them. 
Tuberoses may be started in the hot-bed or in a 
box in a sunny window, and set out next month. 
Wild Flowers.— Thefe are many wild flowers 
worthy of a place in the garden, and if persons who 
live in the country would mark these as they come 
into flower, observe their conditions of growth, and 
then in fall or spring transplant them to their gar¬ 
dens, they would find an abundance of pleasure as 
well as flowers, and that too at a slight expense. 
Castor-oil Beans.—' These make excellent plants 
for the ornamentation of a lawn either singly or in 
groups. The seeds should be started in the hot¬ 
bed, and the plants set in rich soil as soon as the 
weather is warm enough for these tropical subjects. 
€fii*eemlli<mse saasal Window ©aiMleia. 
Some kind of shade must be provided for the 
plants which remain in the greenhouse during the 
summer. This may be effected most readily by 
white-washing the glass ; adding a little milk to the 
wash will make it adhere better. 
Camellias and Azaleas do best if placed outside in 
the shade, but not under the drips of trees. A lat¬ 
tice-work shed is used where there are many plants. 
If kept in the greenhouse let them be well shaded, 
and the house cooled by copious waterings. 
Insects. —It will be a good time to clear the house 
of insects when the plants are partly removed, and 
all repairs should be done early, so that there will 
be no delay in-the fail. 
-- 
Horticultural Hotes for the Southern States. 
Vegetables. —The young crops of vegetables will 
require constant working; repeated hoeing will 
keep young plants in continuous vigorous growth ; 
the secret of success with most of our vegetables 
is to push forward their growth from the beginning 
and never allow a check of vegetation. A much 
neglected but most essential matter "is “watering 
with liquid manure. This is the 'most readily ab¬ 
sorbed food that can be applied to plants, and 
nothing will stimulate a healthy and rapid growth 
more than frequent applications of • weak solu¬ 
tions of manures. Fowl or fresh barn-yard manure 
put in a barrel and always kept filled with water, 
should always be at hand. We say use weak solu¬ 
tions, and here must impress the necessity of this. 
A strong liquid manure will bum up vegetation if 
the weather is dry, while a weak one, but repeated 
frequently, will vastly benefit young plants, 
_Strawberries will in most instances be through 
their yield toward the end of the month. So soon 
as the fruiting season is over, give a thorough 
working to the beds, and afterwards keep free 
from weeds. This is an important matter; nothing 
will help the ruin of a strawberry bed more than a 
crop of weeds. The only method to keep plants 
healthy and free from being burned up in summer, 
is clean culture. 
, Orchards require little care beyond sowing to 
Cow-peas. The ground must be kept shaded, and 
nothing will do this more effectually than a crop of 
C.ow-peas sown broadcast early in. May. Keep an 
eye to suckers on young fruit-trees and grape-vines. 
Pinch in shoots that have a- tendency to outgrow 
others, thus obviating a heavy pruning next fall. 
Flower-Garden. —Keep the beds clean and well 
worked to counteract effects of dry weather, which 
usually prevails in May. Bed out Coleuses and 
similar plants. Layer Boses towards the end of the 
month. Cut back deciduous spring blooming 
shrubs so soon as out of bloom. Plant Dahlias. 
Greenhouses. —Keep well ventilated, and free from 
insects, which now are apt to become numerous if 
neglected. Shade plants as much as possible; to 
counteract the effect of copious watering, which 
impoverishes the soil of pot plants, give occasion¬ 
ally a watering of weak manure water. 
Commercial Matters—Market Prices. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care¬ 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist , 
from oiir daily record during the year, show at a glance 
the-transaction's for the month ending April 13th, 1S76, 
and for the corresponding month last year: 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Hue. Jlarlei/. Oats. 
2t d’s this m’t;li281,000 1,06'1,000 437,000 31,000 19S,000 783.000 
24 d’s last 111'10293,000 739,000 1,471,000 33,000 151,000 1,010,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Hue. Harley. Oats. 
27 d’s this m’tli329,000 2,014,000 SSI,000 68,000 204,000 071,000 
24 d’s last m’th846,000 1,911,000 1,617,000 35,000 336,000 S11,000 
‘i. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Four. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Outs. 
27 (lavs 1876. .281,000 1,062,000 437,000 31,000 19S.O00 783,000 
26 days 1875. .242,700 601,200 1,782,000 9,000 207,000 529,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Hue. Barley. Oats. 
27 clays 1S76. .329,000 2,014,000 891,000 68,0(10 264.000 971,000 
20 days 1375..397,000 2,910,000 2,6SG,000 61,000 315,0.0 1,763,000 
3. Stock of grain in store at Few York. 
Wheat. Corn. Hye. Barley. Oats. Malt. 
bush. Imsli. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
Apr. 10,' 1876..3,393,074 232,140 68,429 200,381 706,282 436,942 
Mar. 6, 1876. .4,473,653 302,026 82,562 441.07S 757,457 377,278 
.Jail. 10, 1876. .5,802,293 663,982 100.74L 325,191 1,080,300 307,438 
J)ec. 7. 1875..5,878,036 816,963 99.908 305,961 1.252.005 258,361 
Oct. 11,1875..2,382,502 1,682,246 10,910 21.6S8 439,693 261,428 
May 11, 1875.. 960,804 1,542.924 16,124 16.537 545,209 229,05.7 
Mar. 8. 1875. .2,065,775 2.274,614 45,756 234,071 854,601 1.54.978 
Jail. 11, 1877. .3.675,122 1,019.900 50,889 191,470 S77.014 145,647 
Nov. 9, 1874..3.630,141 1,727,510 19.123 117,185 794,722 135,SS2 
4. Exports from New York. Jan. 1, to April 10. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. Peas. 
bbls. hush. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
1876.. .GO 1,000 5,212,000 3,815,000 67,000 65,000 261,000 
1875.. .491.415 4,056,892 3,249,570 83,063 90 33,084 127,000 
1874.. .612.380 7,330,021 3,048,833 254,310 39,581 -- 
1873.. .296.843 1,050,712 3,182,533 1,004 11,S30 6,162 - 
1872.. .217.804 1,873,515 3,579,919 179,320 8,730 - 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Fell. 14. 
Price op Gold.. 114 5-8 
Flour—S uper to Extra State $4 00 @ 5 65 
Super to Extra Southern_ 4 00 
Extra Western . 4 
Mar. 13. 
113 
Extra Genesee. 
Superfine Western. 
Rye Flour... 
Corn-Meal. 
Buckwheat Flour, 11100 n>s 
Wheat— All kinds ol White. 
All kinds of Red and Amber. 
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Hops—Crop of 1875, ft lb. 
Feathers— Live Geese, 78 Ik 
Seed—C lover. 79 lb 1. 
Timothy. 78:bushel. 2 45 
Flax. 78J.mslrel... 
Sugar— Refi’g& Grocery 79 Ik 
Molasses. - C uJui.-79jttal. 1 - . 
New Orleans, hew crop,79 gal 
Coff ee— Rio (G old) if. 
Tobacco. Kentucky, Ac.,781b. 
Seed Leaf, 79 It. 
Wool—D omestic Fleece, 79 lb 
Domestic, pulled, 79 lb. 
California, clip. 
Tallow, 79 it, . 
Oil-Cake— 79 toil.. 36 50 
Pork—M ess, 79 barrel_ 22 75 
Prime Mess. 79 barrel . 20 50 
Beef—P lain mess. 16 50 
Lard, in tres. & bbls, 79 100 lb 13 65 
Butter—S tate. 7f* Tt.. 22 
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Cheese.. . . 5 
Beans— 79 bushel. 
Peas—C anada, free, 79 bu ... 
Eggs—F resh.79 dozen ....... 
Poultry—F owls.. 
Capons, ?! It,. 
Turkeys—79 lb. 
Geese, 79 pair. . 
Geese, 79 lb. 
Ducks, 79 pair,.1. 
Ducks, 79 lb. 
Roosters, ?9 it,. 
Ducks, Wild, 79 pair. 
Snipe, per doz..... 
Pigeons, wild,.79 dozen . .. 2 00 
Lettuce, liot-lionse, 71 doz.. 50 
Cucumbers, liot-liouse,79 doz 1 50 
Turnips 79 bbl . 75 
Carrots. 73 bbl... 
Beets, 78 bbl. 
Cabs ages —'79 100 
Onions— 73 bbl. 121 
Potatoes— 73 bbl. 75 
New Bermuda, 73 bbl. 7 00 
Sweet Potatoes— 7! bbl. 2 25 
Broom-corn. 3 
Green Peas, Florida, 79 ete. 4 25 
Tomatoes, Bermuda, 78cte.. 3 00 
Radishes, 7! 100 bunches_ — 
Gp.apes, 79 lb.. 5 
Apples— 78 barrel. 175 
Gp.anberrtes— 71 bbl. 10 00 
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less satisfactory. The ocean freight market has been 
unusually depressed, and much lower rates have been 
accepted by sail and steam. Grain rates by steam to 
Liverpool, closed 011 the 12th April at 4 d., to Bristol at 
0%(i.; to Glasgow at 6%<L; to Hamburgh at equal to Id. 
per bushel. Provisions by steam to Liverpool, 25s. Cib 
30 s. per ton; Cotton at 'id. fp ib. Grain tonnage for Cork 
and orders, at 5s. 6d. (a) 5s. 9d., though a re-charter of a 
vessel for 5,000 quarters grain was made on the 11th Inst, 
at the exceptionally low rate of 4s. t )dt -per quarter. 
Grain rates from San Francisco to Liverpool, for the 
maturing crop, opened at 00s_Breadstuff's in this mar¬ 
ket have been fairly active, lint variable as to price. 
Flour closed steady, 011 ample supplies. Wheat, Rye, 
and Oats left off stronger, on a better demand. The latest 
cable reports were of very unfavorable weather in the 
Brit ish Islands for the farming interests, tending to stimu¬ 
late purchases of Wheat here for shipment, and to 
strengthen prices. The arrivals of Corn have been re¬ 
cently light, checking transactions. Much of the advance 
in Corn during the month, was due to speculative manipu¬ 
lations. Rye has been very scarce, and much wanted for 
home use and exports. Barley has been depressed and un¬ 
settled, on liberal offerings, particularly of Canada product, 
in good part on account of speculative holders.The 
Provision business lias been active in the line of Pork, 
Lard, and Bacon, but otherwise comparatively moder¬ 
ate, prices as a rule favored buyers at the close... .Cotton 
lias fluctuated considerably, on an active market, but 
closed heavily....Hops have been in good request, and 
bold more firmly toward the close_Seeds have attracted 
less attention, the demand having been almost wholly for¬ 
borne trade purposes_Tobacco has been in more re¬ 
quest, but without improvement as to values... Wool 
lias been offered more freely, and quoted lower, without 
leading to much activity. Holders have been desirous of 
closing out supplies of old, before the new clip shall have 
begun to arrive in any considerable amounts... .Hay has 
been in better demand at stronger prices_Straw quiet. 
ISecoi-cl of the S*oi*k Pacliiiag; Sea. 
son of 18 75-6.—The Cincinnati Price Current thus 
sums up the packing season, now virtually ended: The 
detailed returns of packing at the six leading cities com¬ 
pare with last year as follows : 
NUMBER OF UOGS PACKED. 18 75-6. 1874-5. 
Chicago.. 
1,690,348 
Cincinnati. 
. 563,359 
560,164 
St. Louis. 
. 329,895 
362,246 
Indianapolis. 
_ 323,084 
278,339 
Louisville. 
. 223,147 
273,118 
Milwaukee. 
. 181,972 
236.596 
Total.3,213,522 3,500,811 
At interior points . 1,602,000 2,065.414 
At ail points.4,815,522 5,566,226 
. AVERAGE .WEIGHT AND YIELD OF LARD. 
Avergge : net weight. Average yield of lard. 
18 7 5-6. 
18 74-5. 1875- 
6. 1874.5. 
Chicago.-217.32 
. 212.42 36.32 
37.30 
Cincinnati_218.95 
222.60 37.80 
41.77 
St. Louis.214.78 
192. 3G.56 
30. 
Indianapolis. .201. 
196. 31. 
29.50 
Louisville_215.15 
209.27 32.40 
29.87 
Milwaukee_209.83 
208.56 30.63 
31.15 
Total.215.13 
209.47 35.47 
34.20 
MESS POEK MADE. 
Chicago. 
18 75-6. 
.201.521 
18 74-5. 
216.515 
Cincinnati. 
. 36.735 
38.202 
St. Louis. 
. 27,022 
30,000 
Indianapolis. 
.none. 
none. 
Louisville. 
. 15,014 
18,628 
Milwaukee. 
. 19,791 
25,950 
Total. 
_ 300,086 
329,655 
The figures above given show a material falling off in 
the number of bogs packed, or about 750,000 less this 
season than last. The better condition of the hogs is 
shown by the increased average net weight and weight 
of lard per bog this season. What.prospect for. fanners 
for the coming season is foreshadowed by the result of 
the past one is worth consideration. Hogg are remarka¬ 
bly scarce and many parts of the west are bare of stock. 
For the past two or three years pork has brought more 
net profit to the farmers of the west than any other pro¬ 
duct, and the prospect for the coming season is equally 
favorable. If nothing occurs to mar this prospect it 
will clearly be to the interest of farmers to feed all the 
hogs they can, to push them forward by the best care, 
and to avoid loss by the prevalent diseases, which, un¬ 
less prevented by timely precaution, promise to become 
more destructive than ever before. 
Gold has been up to 11498, and down to 112%, closing 
April 12 at 113, as against 114% on March 11, and 112% 
on Jan'. 13... The general course of trade has been indi¬ 
cative of more animation, hut witli much irregularity in 
values. The inquiry for supplies for home use have been 
on a moderate scale, rarely exceeding the limits of urgent 
wants. The export demand lias been comparatively fair, 
chiefly for-Breadstuff's. Provisions, Cotton, Petroleum, 
Naval Stores, Hops, and Tobacco. The outward move¬ 
ment in Seeds; Leather; Lumber, and Oil-Cake, has been 
Kcd 1'ork liivoSKH-k JIarkels. 
WEEK ENDING 
March 20 
March 27. 
April S. 
April 10. 
Total for 
O.S73 
.. 8,087 
.......... 8,435 
. 8,161 
I Weeks. .31,556 
RECEIPTS. 
Beeves. Cotes. Calves. Sheep. Sicine. Tot'l. 
90 
57 
65' 
23 
23; 
1,035 
1,225 
1,183 
1,686 
5,130 
Ao.forprevAWeekS 32,064 320 3,190 
13.831 
17,193 
13,238 
15,513 
59,275 
80,403 
19,2(8 40,538 
20,023 46,585 
22,825 45,746 
IS,683 44,066 
80,739 176,935 
91,942 211,525 
Reeves. Cows. 
Average per Week . 7,889 53 
do. do. last Month... 8.1C0 81 
do. do . prev's Month.. 8,233 105 
Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
1,282 14,819 20,184 
-707- 20.100 23,733 
859 26,262 25,337 
