1864.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
101 
Books for Farmers and Others. 
[Any of the following books can be obtained at the of¬ 
fice of the Agriculturist at the prices named, or they will be 
forwarded by mail, post paid, on receipt of the price. Other 
books not named in the list will be procured and sent to sub¬ 
scribers when desired if the price be forwarded. Ail of these 
books may be procured in making up a library. We in¬ 
dicate our opinion of their value by one or more Stars. 
American Bird Fancier.$0 25 
American Farmer’s Encyclopedia. 5 00 
American Weeds and Useful Plants—**. 1 50 
Allen on the Culture of the Grape . 1 00 
Allen’s (It. L.) American Farm Book*. 1 00 
Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals. 75 
Allen’s (L. F.) Kural Architecture....*. 1 25 
Barry’s Fruit Garden—***. 1 50 
Bement’s Poulterer's Companion—**. 2 00 
Bridgeman’s Fruit Cultivator’s Manual... 00 
Bridgeman’s Young Gardener’s Assistant. 1 50 
Bridgeman’s Kitchen Garden Instructor. 00 
Bridgeman’s Florist’s Guide.. . 00 
Brandt’s Age of Horses (English and German)_*_ 50 
Brock’s Book of Flowers... .*. 1 25 
Browne's American Poultry Yard. 1 25 
Buist’s American Flower Garden Directory. 1 25 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener—*...... 75 
Burr’s Vegetables of America_*.. 4 50 
Chorlton’s Grape-Grower's Guide. 75 
Cole’s (S. W.) American Fruit Book... .*. 75 
Cole’s Veterinarian. 75 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) Modern Horse Doctor. 1 25 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) American Cattle Doctor_*. 1 25 
Dana’s Muck Manual for Farmers. 1 00 
Downings Cottage Residences.** .. 2 50 
Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. ...***.... 2 00 
Eastwood on the Cranberry_*. 50 
Employment of Women—By Virginia Penny_*. 1 50 
Every Lady her own Flower Gardener. 25 
Fessenden's American Kitchen Gardener. 25 
French’s Farm Drainage_*. 1 25 
Field's (Thomas W.) Pear Culture. 1 00 
Fish Culture..... 1 00 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasse?_**. 2 00 
Flint’s Milch Cows and Dairy Farming_***.. 2 00 
Fuller’s Strawberry Culturist.*. 10 
Fuller's Grape Culturist.**. . 1 25 
Goodale’s Principles of Breeding.. .**... 100 
Gray's Manual of Botany and Lessons ia one Vol..***.. 2 50 
Gray's How Plants grow. 1 00 
Guenon on Milch Cows. 00 
Hall's (Miss) American Cookery. 1 00 
Haraszthy Grape Culture &c. 5 00 
Harris’ Insects Injurious to Vegetation, plain.**_ 3 50 
do. do. do. do. colored plates.** 4 50 
Herbert’s Hints to Horsekeepers—***.. 1 25 
Johnson on Manures_**. ■ 100 
Kemp's Landscape Gardening. 2.00 
Lanrstroth on the Honey Bee ...**. 1 25 
Loudon’s (Downing's) Ladies’Flower Garden—*— 1 50 
Leuchar’s Howto Build Hot-houses. 1 25 
Liebig's Lectures on Chemistry. 50 
Linsley’s (D. C.) Morgan Horses . .. 1 25 
Manual of Agriculture by G. Emerson and C. L. Flint. 1 00 
Mavhew’s Illustrated Horse Doctor ..***. 3 00 
McMahon's American Gardener.*.2 50 
Milburn on the Cow and Dairy. 25 
Miles on the Horse’s foot. 50 
Mistakes of Educated Men....**. 00 
My Farm at Edgewood_**... 1 50 
National Almanac and Annual Record—**. 1 50 
Norton’s Scientific Agriculture. 75 
Our Farm of Four Acres., (paper 30c.) bound—*. 50 
Onion Culture ...***. 20 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. 75 
Parsons on the Rose.1 25 
Peddcr’s Farmer’s Land Measurer . 50 
Phantom Bouquet, or Skeletal Leaves. 1 00 
Phin's Grape Culture . 1 25 
Quinby’s Mysteries of Bee Ateping—**. 1 25 
Randall’s Sheep Husbandry . 123 
do. Fine Wool Sheop Husbandry. 75 
Rand’s Flowers for Parlor and Garden_**. 2 50 
Richardson on the Dog. 50 
Richardson on the Hog. 25 
Robins’ Produce and Ready Reckoner. 00 
Shepherd’s Own Book, Randall & Youatt. 2 00 
Skillful Housewife . 25 
Smith's Landscape Gardening. 1 23 
Spencer’s Education of Children**. 1 25 
Stewart’s (John) Stable Book.. 1 25 
Tobacco Culture ...***. 25 
Todd’s (S. E.) Young Farmer’s Manual....**. 1 25 
Tucker’s Register Rural Affairs—* ... 25 
Turner’s Cotton Planter's Manual—. 1 25 
Watson’s American Home Garden-***. 1 50 
Warder's Hedges and Evergreens. 1 25 
Yale College Agricultural Lectures. 50 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse. 1 25 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle. 1 25 
Youatt on the Hog_*. 55 
Youatt on Sheep. 75 
Youmans’ Chemistry....*. .... 125 
Youmans' Household Science ..***. 1 50 
Comme rcial Notes. 
The following condensed, comprehensive Tables, made 
up to March 14tb, show the transactions the past month. 
i, TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW-YOKK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
24 days this m’th 201.000 46,500 147,000 6,100 91.000 222.000 
28 days last m’th 308.000 26,500 191,000 6,500 68,000 282,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. 
24 days this month, 432,000 2,501,000 1,154,000 16,500 287,000 
28 days lost month, 415,000 3,S91,000 1,833,000 13,400 98,500 
a. Comparison with same time last year. 
receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
24 days 1864.201.000 46.500 147,000 6.100 91,000 222,000 
24 days 1863 .235,000 41,000 173,000 57,000 78,000 294,000 
sales. Flour. Wheat. Com. Rye. Barley. 
24 days 1861. 432,000 2,501,000 1,154,000 16,500 287,000 
24 days 1833.... 350,000 1,810,000 2,031,000 139,000 121,000 
3. Exportsjrom New-York Jan. 1. to March 16. 
• Flour, Wheat Corn, Rye, Oats 
bbls. bus. bus. bus. bus. 
1861 .390,031 3 076,924 51,905 255 5,307 
1863.514,740 3,15G,S90 1,398,054 59,106 96,382 
1862 .619,675 2,091,781 2,712,801 305,005 6,408 
The Current Price Table shows the present value of 
the principal agricultural Products, with variations from 
[aft month. There has been little excitement in the 
Breadstuff Markets during four weeks past, the prices 
rising and falling with the premium on gold, which, on 
March 9lh rose to 169, but is again down to 160. The 
foreign demand for Breadstuffs is fair, about consuming 
the surplus in market- Wool was depressed for a time, 
but is more active now — Provisions are not in large 
supply, and are firmly held....The Markets of all other 
kinds of produce are steady at the quotations below. 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
February 18. March 15. 
Flour—S uper to Extra State $G 25 @ 7 20 $6 30 ® 7 10 
Super, to Extra Southern_ 7 65 @11 00 7 00 @1100 
Extra Western. 6 85 @11 50 6 75 @1100 
Extra Genesee. 7 23 @ 9 25 7 15 @9 00 
Superfine Western. 6 30 @ 6 50 6 30 @6 55 
Rye Flour. 5 50 ® 6 50 5 50 @ 6 30 
Corn Meal. 5 35 @ 6 25 5 28 ® C 20 
Wheat—A ll kinds of White.. 1 75 @ 1 95 1 75 @ 1 93 
All kinds of Red. 1 56 @ 1 75 1 60 @ 1 74 
Corn—Y ellow. 1 20 @ 1 24 1 25 @ 1 27 
Mixed... .. 1 27 @ @ 1 31 
Oats—W estern. 91 @ 93 90 ® 91 
State. 90 @ 92 89 @ 90R 
Rye. 1 28 @ 1 S3 1 27 ® 1 30 
Barley.. 1 20 ® 1 43 1 23 @ 1 55 
Cotton—M iddlings, per lb.... Siy@ 83 77 @ 78 
Hops, crop of 1863. per lb. 25 "@ S3 23 @ 32 
Feathers, Live Geese, p. lb.. 63 @ 6S 63 ® 65 
Seed—C lover, per lb. 14 ® 14M 13 @ 13U 
Timothy, per bushel. 3 00 @ 3 25 3 00 ® 3 25 
Flax, per bushel. 3 25 @ 3 50 3 37 y.® 3 55 
Sugar—B rown, per lb. lljf® 15 12 y 2 ® 15U 
MoLASSES.New-Orleans, p.gl.. 65 @ 75 63 @ 80 
Coffee. Rio, per lb. 33X@ 34 35 @ 37 
Tobacco—K entucky,&c,p.lb„ 15 @ 35 15 © 35 
Seed Leaf, per lb.... 16 @ 50 16 @ 50 
Wool—D omestic fleece, p. lb.. 72K@ 85 68 ® 83 
Domestic, pulled, per lb. 65 @ 78 60 ® 77 
Wool, California, unwashed.. 25 ® 55 25 @ 55 
Tallow, per 11). 12><@ 12V 12V@ 13 
On. Cake, per tun. 49 00 @55 00 48 00 @ 53 00 
Pork—M ess, per bbl.21 00 @23 75 22 00 @ 23 75 
Prime, per bbl. 16 25 @18 25 18 25 @‘20 50 
Beef—P lain moss . . 12 25 @14 50 13 00 @15 50 
Lap.d, in bills., per lb . 13 @ 14 13 @ 13)4 
Better—W estern, per lb. 21 @ 30 25 @ 34 
State, per lb... 23 @31 32 @ 40 
Cheese. 13X@ 17 15 @ 18 
Beans— per bushel. 2 60 @ 3 00 2 60 @ 2 80 
Broom Corn—ner ft. 08 @ 10 8 @ 10 
Eggs—F resh, per dozen. ‘28 26 ® 27 
Eggs, Limed, per doz. 22 © 24 20 @ 21 
Poultry—F owls, per lb. 16 @ IS 15 @ IS 
Ducks, per lb. 18 ® 20 IS ® 22 
Geese, per lb. 10 @ 12 li @ 13 
Turkeys, per lb. 16 @ 20 17 @ 20 
Potatoes—M ercers, p.bbl.... 2 25 @ 2 50 2 25 @ 2 50 
Buckeyes pel- bbl. 1 75 1 50 @ 1 75 
Peacli Blow, per bbl. 2 00 © 2 25 1 75 ® 2 00 
Nova Scotia, per bushel. 50 @ 60 55 @ 65 
Turnips—K uta baga, per bbl 1 00 @ 1 25 1 00 @ 1 ‘25 
Onions, Red & Yellow p.bbl. 5 00 5 00 @ 6 00 
Cabbages, per 100. 8 00 @11 00 7 00 @11 00 
D ried Apples, per lb. OS @ 11 7K@ 11 
Dried Peaches, per lb. 24 ® 25 25 ® 2S 
Dried Raspberries, per lb„ 24 @ 26 24 ® 25 
Apples, choice, per bbl. 3 00 2 75 @ 3 00 
Apples, mixed lots, per bbl.. 2 50 @ 2 75 2 00 @2 50 
Cranberries, per bbl . 7 00 @ 9 00 7 00 @9 50 
Prairie Chickens, per pair. 44 @ 50 45 @ 55 
Live Stock .—Beef Cattle have been in moderate 
supply. March 9th, prices were higher than we ever knew 
them before ; the best cattle selling at prices equivalent 
to 16 cents per lb. for the estimated dressed weight, and 
from that down to 13c.(5)llc. for the poorest grades. This 
week prices are down I to 2 cents per lb.... Cotes are 
very high ; it is a poor animal that does not bring $45 to 
$50, if a fresh milker ....Sheep are in fair demand at 
8c. to 8)£c. per lb. live weight ....Live Hogs are rather 
scarce, and sell quickly at 8Jfc. per lb. for good corn-fed. 
Containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we give here in small 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
Basket Bunning; Over-Personal 
Letters. — Scores of queries are answered in the 
Calendar, Basket, and other parts of this paper, without 
referring to the letters directly.—Still, many other items 
ready prepared, are crowded over to next month, by the 
lengthy Calendar of Operations required at this opening 
season of work.—Letters asking personal information are 
too numerous to be answered “by first mail’’—if at all. 
We can not give advice for pay, on patent matters, imple¬ 
ments, etc.—having not a spare hour to sell at any price. 
Some such letters would require many hours of study or 
investigation, and yet do not contain postage for the reply. 
Erratum.— In March, p. 68, under “ Present to 
Sanitary Fair,” read N. P. Boyer & Co.,—not Burger. 
Tlie Strawberry Plants — When 
Sent.— A few recent inquiries indicate an expeclation 
on the part of some, that the “Agriculturist Strawberry” 
will be distributed this spring. We have already stat¬ 
ed that owing to the excessive drouth last autumn, the 
plants did not multiply as rapidly as in ordinary seasons. 
We have over an acre set out, but every plant taken up 
now, would materially lessen the production, and it is cer¬ 
tainly better for all, that they should stand where they are, 
until the latter part of August, when the distribution will 
begin on a large scale. We shall, therefore, not send 
any until August. We have 50,000 to 60,000 names en¬ 
tered for them, which will probably all be supplied in 
August and September, beginning in the order the names 
stand on the subscription books. If the growing season 
proves favorable, probably a good many thousand more 
may be supplied. Every subscriber for the entire present 
volume, who desires the plants, will he supplied as early 
as may be, if the 5 cents for postage and packing mate¬ 
rial be furnished ; but late applicants may have to wait 
over—we hope not. 
Boxes for Bailing; Plants.— The note 
last month has called out at least a score of ingenious 
contrivances, and more are constantly coming in. The 
plans already received make it certain that a form will be 
brought out which will be of great value, not only in the 
mailing of our own strawberry plants securely and con¬ 
veniently, but one which will be of great practical use t» 
the country. A simple, cheap packing-box will put it in 
the power of residents at (he most distant points to 
receive almost all varieties of plants cheaply and aifely 
by mail from any part of the country. When the best form 
is developed, we shall publish an engraved description. 
Names Wanted. — Letters enclosing money 
for the A griculturist, or for books, sometimes come with¬ 
out address, and sometimes without signatures. In either 
case we cannot be blamed for not filling (he order. Names 
are wanted for letters from Siloam, N. Y., Reading, Pa., 
Westerville, O., Homer, O., Coulterville, III., Erwina, 
Pa., Wolcott, N. Y., Newville, Pa. Other letters are 
without any mark. How many misdirected letters or 
those undirected, are wandering around, we can not tell. 
Tobacco Culture—Onion Culture.— 
These two books are models of what might well be pub¬ 
lished on each important topic of agriculture and horti¬ 
culture, and they far surpass any thing else published on 
the same subject. The Tobacco Culture contains the 
plain, practical directions, as given by 14 experienced 
growers residing in different parts of the country, who 
each aim to give in a clear style, all the particulars, from 
selecting seed and preparing ground, to curing and mark¬ 
eting the crop. Not a necessary item is omitted. The 
modes of curing, packing, etc., are shown by engravings. 
We send it post-paid, to any address, for 25 cents ; it is 
worth its weight in silver to any one raising the smallest 
plot of Tobacco.—The Onion Culture is on a similar 
plan, containing in brief space, as the subject is less diffi¬ 
cult, the directions of 17 experienced growers. It will 
be found very valuable to every one raising even a small 
plot of onions, while it shows the profitable modes of 
growing on a large scale. We send it post-paid for 20 cts. 
The (irape Culturist, by A. S. Fuller, 
the well known Practical Horticulturist. This long 
promised work is at length issued. It forms a neat vol¬ 
ume of over 260 pages, and is amply illustrated with up 
ward of 100 engravings. This treatise covers the whole 
ground of garden and vineyard culture, from starting the 
plants from eyes or cuttings, to the established fruiting 
vine. The whole is told in a plain style and from the 
author’s own experience; his system of pruning is very- 
simple and easily understood, and the reasons are given 
for preferring it to others; he, however, gives the other 
modes in practice, and illustrates the whole in the most 
liberal manner. The descriptions of varieties are brief 
and pointed, and the list of valuable sorts is properly 
made very brief. The volume contains a list of all the 
works upon the grape heretofore published in this coun¬ 
try. This most useful manual, will be equally valuable to 
the one who cultivates a single vine, and to the vineyardist. 
We can send it post-paid by mail, on receipt of price, $1.25. 
Sundry Humbug's.— Our drawer for these 
is crammed full of letters, circulars, etc., from all parts 
of the country, but we are again without any room for 
details. Here are a score of different “ Prize Packages;» 
Jewelry, sold for 25 cts. to $1 each, without regard to 
value, (called $5 to $500 each,) or 100 parcels for $15 to $20 
and a silver(’) or a gold(?) watch thrown in. A lot of 
these examined, we find made up of the trashiest stuff. 
Don’t touch them—neither “ soldiers,” for whom they are 
put up, nor others. Here are some fifteen different “agen¬ 
cies ” of various lotteries in Kentucky and elsewhere, 
which will be non-come-at-i-bus when they get your mon¬ 
ey.—" Confidential ” Coupons for Jewelry prizes, etc., 
from M. B. Dean, and Lindsay & Co., (some of them 
sent on to us for collection).—A lecturing “ Professor ” on 
Fruit Trees.—Alexander Van Witter, ot Cairo, N. H. 
who offers to lie about a ticket in some sham lottery._ 
The Franklin Musical Benefit Association.—The " ex¬ 
press package ” waiting for the owner te send the swin¬ 
dler money for ‘expenses’.—Madame Somebody’s embroi¬ 
dery depot, with jewelry premiums.—Ticket “1649” 
again ; this time from Alexander Thompson, of Canaan, 
Ale.—Cure for Intemperance.—“ Splendid engravings;" 
with jewelry and other prizes, etc., etc., etc., etc., etp 
