382 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
PRICES CURRENT. 
Produce , Groceries , Provisions , 4*c., <$-c 
Cotton- 
Ordinary. 
Middling- Fair. 
Fair. 
Upland. 
Florida. 
Mobile. 
N. O. 
74 
7+ 
71- 
74 
84 
Si 
94 
9J- 
95' 
101 
104 
95 
10 
u> 
Uf 
Flour and Meal- 
State, common brands. 8 12 ®'8 25 
State, straight brands. 8 37 ffi- 
State, favorite brands. 8 50 ffi- 
Western, mixed do. 8 62jffi- 
Michigan,and Indiana, straight do. 8 75 © 9 — 
Michigan, fancy brands. 8 93 ©.- 
Ohio, common to good brands. 6 62J(@ 9 — 
Ohio, fancy brands..© 9 12 
Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, extra do...-© 9 50 
Genesee, fancy brands. 9 00 © 9 75 
Genesee, extra brands. 10 50ffil2 00 
Canada, (in bond,). 8 62 © 8 75 
Brandywine . 9 — ©- 
Georgetown. 9 — ©9 — 
Petersburg City. 9 — ©- 
itichmond Country..© 8 75 
Alexandria..© 8 75 
Baltimore, Howard-Street..© 8 75 
Rye Flour. 6 25 ©- 
Corn Meal, Jersey. 4 37 ©- 
Corn Meal, Brandywine. 4 75 ®- 
Corn Meal, Brandywine.p punch.-©22 — 
Grain- 
Wheat, White Genesee.^ bush. 2 50 ® 2 55 
Wheat, do. Canada, (in bond, ...® 2 20 
Wheat, Southern, White. 2 25 ffi 2 — 
Wheat, Ohio, White. 2 30 ffi- 
Wheat, Michigan, White. 2 32 ffi 2 40 
Rye, Northern. 1 25 ©- 
Corn, Round Veliow. 1 — © 1 02 
Corn, Round White..© 1 01 
Corn, Southern White..ffi— 99 
Corn, Southern Vellow.— 98 ®— 99 
Corn, Southern Mixed..®- 
Corn, Western Mixed.— 97 ffi—98 
Corn, Western Yellow.— — ffi- 
Barley. 1 25 ffi— — 
Oats, River and Canal.— 55 ffi— 57 
Oats, New-Jersey.— 55 ®— 59 
Oats, Western.— 65 ffi— 67 
Peas, Black-Eyed.^ bush. 2 12 ffi- 
Hay- 
North River, in bales.— 90 ffi— 95 
Lumber- 
Timber, White Pine.ip cubic ft.— 18 ffi— 24 
Timber, Oak. —25 ffi— 30 
Timber, Grand Island, W. O.— 35 ffi— 38 
Timber, Geo. Yel. Pine,...(by cargo)— 18 ffi— 22 
YARD SELLING PRICES 
Timber, Oak Scantling.p M. ft. 30 — (5)40 - 
Timber, or Beams, Eastern.17 50 ©19 75 
Plank, Geo. Pine, Worked ..ffi40 — 
Plank, Geo. Pine, Unworked. 20 — ffi25 — 
Plank and Boards, N. R. Clear.37 50 ©42 50 
Plank and Boards, N. R. 2d qual.25 — ffi32 — 
Boards, North River, Box.16 — ®18 — 
Boards, Albany Pine.p pee.— 14 ffi— 20 
Boards, City Worked.— 22 ffi— 23 
Boa ds, do. narrow, clear ceiling..ffi—25 
Plank, do. narrow, clear flooring.— 25 ffi- 
Plank, Albany Pine.— 24 ffi— 30 
Plank, City Worked.— 24 ffi—29 
Plank, Albany Spruce. — 17 ffi—24 
Plank, Spruce, City Worked.— 22 ffi— 24 
Shingles, Pine, sawed.pbunch. 2 25 ffi 2 75 
Shingles, Pine, split and shaved. 2 75 ffi 3 — 
Shingles Cedar, 3 ft. 1 st qual.p M.24 — ®28 — 
Shingles, Cedar, 3 ft. 2 d quality. 22 — ©25 — 
Shingles, Cedar, 2 ft. 1st quality.19 — ©21 — 
Shingles, Cedar, 2 ft. 2 d quality.17 — ©18 — 
Shingles, Company, 3 ft...-.32 — ffi- 
Shingles, Cypress, 2 ft.15 — ©16 — 
Shingles, Cypress. 3 ft.20 — ©22 — 
Staves, White Oak, Pipe.72 — ffi— — 
Staves, White Oak Hhd.90 — ©- 
Staves, White Oak Bbl.60 — ffi- 
Staves, Red Oak Hhd.35 — ffi- 
Heading, White Oak.70 — ffi- 
Provisions— 
Beef, Mess, Country,.p bbl. 8 50 ffill — 
Beef, Mess, City.10 — ffi- 
Beef, Mess, extra.16 — ffi- 
Beef, Prime, Country, .— — ffi 7 — 
Beef, Prime, City..ffi- 
Beef, Prime Mess . .p lce.23 — ©26 — 
Pork, Prime.12 25 ffi- 
Pork, Clear.14 — ffi— — 
Pork, Prime Mess.— — ffi— — 
Lard, Ohio, prime, in barrels.p lb.— 10 ffi-- 
Mams, Pickled.— —ffi- 
Shoulders, Pickled ..ffi- 
Beef Hams, in Pickle..p bbl.-ffi- 
Beef, Smoked ..p 11>.-ffi— — 
Butter, Orange County.— 21 ffi— 26 
Cheese, fair to prime.— 9jffi— 10} 
Rice- 
Ordinary to fair..P 100 lb 2 50 ffi 3 — 
Good to prime .. 3 87 J® 4 871 
Salt— 
Turk’s Island.p bush.-ffi— 52 
St. Martin’s..©- 
Liverpool, Ground.p sack. 1 — ffi- 
Liverpool, Fine. 1 30 ffi 1 40 
Liverpool, Fine, Ashton’s. 1 40 ffi- 
Sugar— 
St. Croix. p lb. — — ffi- 
New-Orleans.— 4 ^®_ 5 $ 
Cuba Muscovado.— 4 iffi— 5 } 
Porto Rico.— s’ffi— 6 * 
Havana, White.— 7 fcffi— 8 
Havana, Brown and Yellow.- 5 ffi— 7£ 
Tallow— 
American, Prime.pit.— 115©— 131 
Tobacco— 
Virginia.p lb —ffi— 61 
Kentucky.— 7 ffi— 10 
Maryland... ffi- 
St. Domingo. .— 12 ffi— 18 
Cuba.— 17 ffi— 20 
Yara.— 40 ffi— 45 
Havana, Fillers and Wrappers..— 25 ffi 1 — 
Florida Wrappers.— 15 ffi— 00 
Connecticut, Seed Leaf,.— 6 ffi— 15 
Pennsylvania, Seed Leef..ffi- 
Wool— 
American, Saxony Fleece.p lb.— 38 ffi— 42 
American, Full Blood Merino.— 36 ffi— 37 
American, } and i Merino.— 30 ffi— 33 
American, Native and i Merino.— 25 ffi— 28 
Superfine, Pulled, Country.— 30 ffi— 32 
No. 1, Pulled, Country....— 21 ffi— 23 
'TUmevltsements. 
Terms —(invariably cash before insertion) : 
Ten cents per line for each insertion. 
Advertisements standing one month one-fourth less. 
Advertisements standing three months one-third less. 
Ten woids make a line. 
No advertisement counted at less than ten lines. 
F or sale—a valuble farm, situ- 
ated in Willingford, New-Haven County, Conn , within 
half a mile of the center of the village. Said farm contains 70 
acres, suitably divided into wood, pasture, meadow and plow 
land. A never-failing stream of water runs through it. On it 
is a fine Oichard of grafted Apple trees ; also a variety of Cher¬ 
ry, Pear and Plum trees. Said farm is in a high state of cultiva¬ 
tion, and is located on one of the pleasantest streets in the town, 
and is one of the best farms in the county. The buildings are a 
two-story dwelling with ell and wood-house, all built in the 
most substantial manner, four years since, and a barn 28 by 64 f 
with cow-houses and waggon-house. There is a first-rate well, 
also water brought in pipes to barn and house, and capabable of 
being carried to every room in the house. For further particu¬ 
lars inquire of ELIJAH WILLIAMS, on the premises. 
76—80nll62. 
F 
INE ANGERS QUINCE CUTTINGS, 
from one to two feet in length, for 
SEVEN DOLLARS PER THOUSAND 
READY PACKED, 
At the South Norwalk Nurseries. 
Address, GEO. SEYMOUR & CO., 
G—88nll63 South Norwalk, Conn. 
TO NURSERYMEN.—10,000 CHERRY 
-*- STOCKS for sale, in prime order, 2 and 3 years old. stocky 
and suitable for working this season. WM. DAY, 
76-81f Morristown, N. J. 
rfm FARMERS.—A YOUTH 10 years of 
age is desirous of becoming thoroughly acquainted with 
agriculture, and wishes to connect himself with a competent, 
practical and energetic Farmer. He is robust, healthy and 
strong, and has received a good common English education. He 
is respectably connected, and wishes.to remain with a pleasant 
family where he will haveplentv of farm-work and good treat¬ 
ment until he is 21 years of age. His object is to become a 
armer. Address YOUTH, at this Office. 73-77 
t |3 U R E BRED A N I M A L S 
AT 
PRIVATE SALE. 
Mount, Ford ham, Westchester County, 11 miles from City Hall, 
New-York,by Harlem Railroad. 
Having completed the sale of my domestic 
animals, as advertised in Catalogue of 1854. (excepting tlie Short 
Horn bull BALCO (9918), and at prices highly remunerative— 
for which patronage I feel grateful, not only to the public of 
almost every State in the Union, but to the Canadas, Cuba, and 
the Sandwich Islands—I will issue, about the 1st of MARCH 
next, A CATALOGUE FOR 1855, consisting of Short Horned 
hulls, and hull calves, (some of which belong to my friend and 
part associate, Mr. Becar); North Devon hulls, anil hull calves, 
Southdown rams, Suffolk, Berkshire, and Essex swine, now 
ready for delivery, of almost all ages, and both sexes. This Cat¬ 
alogue will be illustrated with portraits of mv Prize animals. 
Most of the original animals of nry breeding establishment 
were selected by me, in England, in person, and strictly in re¬ 
ference to quality, in mv judgment, best adapted to the use of 
this country. L. G. MORRIS. 
January 23, 1855. 78 — 
SHORT HORN BULLS.—I have for sale 
three young, thoroughbred SHORT HORN BULLS; ages 
—four mouths, seven months, eighteen months; colors—roan, 
red, chiefly red ; the get of SPLENDOR, a son of Vane Tern 
pest and imported Wolviston, 
JOHN R. PAGE, 
73— Sennett, Cayuga Co. N. Y. 
P ATENT TRUCK CULTIVATOR. 
THE HOE SUPERSEDED. 
The attention of Gardeners and Farmers is invited to a new 
Machine (patent applied for) for tending by hand all kinds of 
vegetables that are grown in rows, as soon as the plants can be 
seen. It cuts up the weeds within a half inch of the growing 
plant, without moving or covering it or injuring the root. 
IT IS BELIEVED THAT ONE MAN CAN DO MORE 
WORK WITH ONE OF THESE MACHINES THAN SIX 
MEN CAN DO WITH HOES, and do it better. 
Growers of Onions, Carrol s, Turnips, Parsnips, anil all garden 
crops, are invited to inspect a Machine at the store of 
73—76nI155 R. L. ALLEN, 191 Water-st., N. Y. 
AMERICAN HERD BOOK. 
CIRCULAR. 
B EAR SIR: During the past year I have beep in¬ 
quired of, by several Short Horn cattle breefleis, 
when I intended to issue a second volume of the American 
Herd Book. My reply has been, “ Not until the Short 
Horn breeders would come forward in sufficient number 
to patronize the work, by furnishing the pedigrees of their 
stock, and to buy the book to an extent sufficient to war¬ 
rant the expense of its publication.” The first volume of 
the American Herd Book, which I published in 1846, is 
still indebted to me in the cost of the book itself, throwing 
in the time and labor I spent upon it. 
At the late “ National Cattle Show,” held at Springfield. Ohio, 
a large number of Short Horn breeders were assembled, from 
ten or twelve States and the Canadas. The subject of a contin¬ 
uance of the publication of an American Herd Book was fully 
discussed by them. It was agreed that, with so large a number 
of Short Horn cattle as are now owned and bred in the United 
States, and the Canadas, a Herd Book, devoted to the registry of 
American Cattle, was imperatively demanded. The expense 
Lnd trouble of transmitting their pedigrees to England, and the 
purchase of the voluminous English Herd Book, now costing at 
least one hundred dollars, is no longer necessary: and that as 
the breeding of pure Short Horn Blood must depend much upon 
having a domestic record at hand, when the requisite informa¬ 
tion can be obtained, and that of a reliable character, a Herd 
Book is indispensable. 
In pursuance of the unanimous request of the gentlemen en¬ 
gaged in breeding Short Horns, above alluded to, together, with 
many individual solicitations, which I have received from other 
breeders during the past year, I have concluded to issue this, my 
Prospectus, for a second volume of “The American Herd Book/' 
and to request you, if you feel an interest in the work, to inform 
me at your earliest convenience, whether you will aid in its pub¬ 
lication by sending a record of your animals for registry, and to 
designate the number of volumes of the book you will take. The 
size of the work will, of course, depend upon the number of ani- 
mals registered, which, if this oppurtunity is embraced by the 
breeders generally, will be several hundred pages octavo, and 
illustrated with portraits of such animals, properly engraved, as 
the owners may be desirous to have inserted, they furnishing the 
cuts for the purpose. 
I shall also give an account of all the recent importations into 
the United States. A copy of the Catalogue of each separate 
herd will be given, whenever they can be obtained, togethe 
with the account of their sales, the prices at which they were 
sold, purchaser’s names. &c. In short, every matter of interest 
in relation to them, so far as it can be obtained, will be given. 
All papers relative to such information will be thankfully re¬ 
ceived, sent to my Post-Office address at Black Bock, N. V. 
As it is necessary t hat I get to work by the first of March next, 
you will oblige me by replying immediately, and informing me 
whether you will have your cattle recorded, and if so, what the 
probable number will be, and tlie number of volumes you will 
take. The lecording-fee for each animal will be fifty cents ; 
the price of tlie book five dollars. The recording fees will be 
expected to be remitted in advance, when the pedigrees of the 
cattle are forwarded, and the book paid for ondeliveiy. 
If, by any casualty, the book should not be issued, the ad¬ 
vance money will be promptly refunded. 
That there may be as little uncertainty as possible, I wish that 
the reply to this may be as prompt as convenient, that I may 
know whether I shall be justified in undertaking the work; if so, 
I will give you notice of tlie fact as early as the first of Februa¬ 
ry, 1855, on receiving which, your pedigrees and insertion-fees 
will be required to be sent immediately. 
Very Respectfully yours, 
LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
Buffalo, Black Rock Post-Office, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1854. 
P. S.—As I can not be presumed to knowtho name and address 
of every Short Horn breeder in the country, you will oblige me 
by sending one of these Circulars to every breeder with whom 
you are acquainted, or to whom you have sold “Herd Book” 
animals, and give me a list of others, that I may send them a 
circular, so as to give as extensive information as possible on 
the subject. L. F. A. 
(SP*Agricultural papers throughout the United States giving 
the above Circular one or more conspicuous insertions, shall be 
entitled to receive a copy of the Hern Book when issued. Aside 
from this, they will confer a favor on their several subscribers in 
thus giving them notice. 69—71nll40 
D EBURG’S SUPERPHOSPHATE, Pe¬ 
ruvian GUANO, BONE DUST, POUDRETTE, &<• , 
for sale by R. L. ALLEN, 
70—77 189 and 191 Water-st , N. Y. 
F ERTILIZERS.—Bone Dust, Guano. 
Poudrette Plaster, and Super Phosphate, all warranted o 
the best quality. R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
L AWTON BLACKBERRY.— Genuine 
Plants may be purchased of WM LAWTON, 
57 No 54 Wall-st.., New-York 
G uano outdone. —the gas 
WORKS TURNED TO GOOD ACCOUNT. 
C. B. DeBURG has the pleasure of announcing to his former 
patrons, and to other farmers who may wish to improve their 
lands, that he has, during the past year, succeeded in manufac¬ 
turing from the gas works, in and around New-York City, a 
superior quality of Sulphate of Ammonia, in large quantities, 
and he is now prepared to furnish 
C. B. BeBURG’S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, 
Highly charged with AMMONIA, which is now acknowledged 
to be the most valuable ingredient in Peruvian Guano and other 
concentrated fertilizers. Price $45 per ton. DeBURG’S Su¬ 
perphosphate is warranted to contain 
SEVENTEEN PER CENT OF AMMONIA. 
Agricultural Societies and distinguished farmers tried many 
experiments during the last season, and with almost universal 
success. Detailed accounts of several ot these will shortly be 
placed before the public for examination. 
The Proprietor is working for a future and lasting reputation, 
and will spare no effort to make every bag of Superphosphate 
bearing his name just what it purports to be. To avoid imposi¬ 
tion or deception, every bag will henceforth be distinctly marked 
C. B. DeBURG, No. 1 SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME 
Pamphlets with instructions for its use, &c., will be sent 
on application. C. B. DeBURG, Williamsburg, N. Y., 
70—82nll51 Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer. 
(fliSIER WILLOW, &C.—The subscriber 
will furnish cuttings of the SAL1X VIMINALIS, the best 
OSIER WILLOW, at $3 per 1,000. They can be sent during 
the winter and early spring to all parts of the continent. 
Orders addressed to the subscriber, cave of C. P. Williams, 
Albany, N. Y., will meet with prompt attention. 
Also all varieties of Fruit Trees, Foreign and Native Grapes, 
&c. Catalogues sent on application. 
S. P. HOUGH 
70-87nlll9 Hillside Nurseries, Albany, N. Y. 
