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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
HOW TO RUIN A SON, 
1. Set him the example in the use of in¬ 
toxicating drink. 
2. Let him have las own way—the 
“ largest liberty,” so fascinating to the ima¬ 
gination of “ Young America.” 
3. Allow him the free use of money, 
without any restraining sense of responsibili¬ 
ty to parent or guardian. 
4. Suffer him to wander where he pleases 
on the Sabbath, and to spend his evenings 
from home. 
5. Give him the freest access to wicked 
companions, who make a mock of all that is 
good, and condemn all authority. 
6. Furnish him with no high'aim in life, 
and no steady employment. It might hinder 
the development of his genius. 
Pursue all, or any of these ways, and you 
will experience a most marvelous deliver¬ 
ance if you have not to mourn over a de¬ 
based and ruined child. 
Thousands of parents have practically 
adopted these rules in the management of 
their children, and the results are exactly 
what one might anticipate—“ Their gray 
hairs have been brought, down with sorrow 
to the grave.” 
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through the month. Many think we have 
seen the severest part of the winter, but of 
this we can tell better a couple of months 
hence. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Tueday, January 2, 1855. 
The prices given in our reports from week to week, are the 
average wholesale prices obtained by producers, and not those 
at which produce is sold from the market. The variations in 
prices refer chiefly to the quality of the articles. 
There is scarcely any change in the market to-day 
though there is less doing so soon after New Year. Pota 
toes have undergone no change since our last. One or 
two cargoes of Nova Scotias came in the last part of the 
week, otherwise there is only a moderate supply. 
In the fruit or butter market there has been no change 
worthy of mention. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes, New-Jersey Mercers, $3 75© 
$4 25 P' bbl.; Western Mercers, $3 25©$3 75 ; Nova 
Scotia Mercers, $1 15©$1 25 p bush. ; New-Jersey Car¬ 
ters, $3 50®$3 75 pbbl.; Washington Co. Carters, $3 50® 
$3 75; Junes, $3®$3 25 ; Western Reds, $2 50®$3 124 ; 
White Pink Eyes, $3 50®$3 75; Yellow Pink Eyes, $2 75 
©$3 25; Long Reds, $2ffi$2 50; Virginia, Sweet Pota¬ 
toes $3 25©$3 50 ; Philadelphia, $4 50 ; Turnips, Ruta 
Baga $2®$2 25 ; White, $1 25©$175; Onions, White, 
none ; Red, $2 50©$3; Yellow, $2 75©$3 50 ; Cabbages, 
$4®$7 p 100 ; Beets, $1 25 pbbl.; Carrots, $1; Parsnips, 
$1 50; Celery, $1®$1 25Pdozen. 
Fruits. — Apples, Spitzenbergs and Greenings, $2 25® 
$2 50 pbbl.; Russets and Gillifiowers, $2. 
Butter, Orange Co., 21©24c. pib. ; Western, 15©18c. ; 
Eggs, 23©26e. p doz.; Cheese, 10c.®llc. p ft. 
Particular Notice. —We daily receive 
new subscribers without any specification as 
to the time they are to commence. We 
have printed a large extra edition of this 
volume, up to this time, and, as long as we 
have them, will send back numbers from the 
commencement, (September 13th,) when de¬ 
sired. Subscribers can commence at any 
time they will name. 
Remarks. —Flour advanced the past week 
from 12(r to 25 cts. per bbl. Corn has im¬ 
proved 3 to 4 cts. per bushel. Wool is very 
dull. 
Cotton has fallen i to k cent per lb. No 
change in other Southern products. 
The weather opened mild and delightful 
for January, and we hope it will continue So 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET, 
Wednesday January 3, 1855. 
The whole number of'cattle in the Washington Yards 
to-day is 1,277, against 915 of the previous week. These, 
on the whole, present more than an ordinary appearance, 
and include some really choice specimens. The market 
is a little more active, though we mako no change in the 
prices. The best quality is selling as high as 11, which in 
these times is about as high as people can afford to give, 
but not as high as they must give, if they wish to have 
beef. In fact, there are but few good cattle to be found 
throughout the country, and the wonder is, that even now 
prices are not higher than they are. The prospect is, that 
beef-cattle of almost any kind will command a high price 
before spring. 
The following are about the highest and lowest prices : 
Superior quality beef is selling at.104®llc. ft. 
Fair quality do. .9®10}c. do. 
»Inferior do. do. . 7®9c. do. 
Beeves. 7c.ffiI0c. 
Cows and Calves.$28®$50. 
Veals. .—. 4fc.®6c. 
Sheep. $2® $6. 
Lambs. .$1 50®$4 50. 
Swine. 4L®44. 
Washington Yards, Forty-fourth-street. 
A. M. Allerton, Proprietor. 
RECEIVED DURING THE WEEK. IN MARKET TO-DAY. 
Beeves,. 1465 1277 
Cows,. 24 - 
Veals,. 255 - 
Sheep and lambs,. 2157 - 
Swine,. 2164 - 
Ofthese there came by the Erie Railroad. 100 
By the Harlem Railroad.468 
By the Hudson River Railroad. 200 
By the Hudson River Steamboats.•»-'* 
New-York State furnished, 668; Pennsylvania, 69 : 
Indiana, 31; Kentucky, 119; New-Jersey, 94. 
The following sale were made at Chamberlain’s ; 
365 Beef Cattle.8©10Jc. 
114 Cows and Calves.$20®$50 
4,962 Sheep. $2©$4. 
100 Calves.4i©7c. 
Mr. Kent reports the market good. 
The report of sales for the week, at Browning’3, are as 
follows: 
Sheep and Lambs . 
. 2814 
. 446 
Cows and Calves... 
. 10 
SHEEP MARKET.. 
Wednesday, January 3, 1855. 
The sheep market last week averaged about $1 per 
head better than formerly. There is to-day a larger stoc 
