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AMERICAN AGRICULTUR1 ST. 
MARKET REVIEW, WEATHER NOTES, Ac, 
American Agriculturist Office, ( 
New-York, April 24, 1857, j 
The Produce Markets exhibited no remaika >le increase 
of activity, during the past twenty-four business days. 
River and Lake navigation has been resumed for the 
Season, and several of the Canals are open. The Penn¬ 
sylvania Canals were in working order about two weeks 
ago. The New-York Canals are to be ready for naviga¬ 
tion by the 6lhof May. When all the avenues of reach¬ 
ing the sea-board shall be free, we may look for fresh 
supplies of produce from the interior, now very much 
needed, to replenish our slocks, which, by the Winter 
consumption, have suffered a serious diminution-Bi ead 
stulls have been in good demand at rising prices, chiefl y 
for home use. Shippers having had no encouragement to 
purchase, save w hat unusually low rates of freight have 
ottered. Our available supply of Breadstufls is qni e 
limned—especially of desirable lots of grain_Cotton 
opened briskly and buoyantly, commanding Jc. p lb. over 
tin- c using rates of last month : but it is now freely oi- 
fered at a range not higher than four weeks since, yet it is 
not in much demand, either for home use, shipment, or 
on speculation. The present stock, here, is 81,5(10 bales, 
against Oil,OiiO bales same date last ) e >r.... Provisions 
weie freely deait in during the month.. With increased 
supple s. hog products have decreased in value. Beef 
and heef hains have found ready buyers at strengthening 
prices. Butler and Cheese exhibited no impoitant 
change .. Groceries have been more sought alter at 
somewhat firmer puces, with diminished supplies, avail¬ 
able_The reported sales included a lot of 800 hhds. of 
New-Oileans Sugar, of the coming crop, (the product of 
an estate in Louisiana.) for delivery here next season, at 
Tie , 4 mouths—quality as usual in round crops. This 
sale is w holly of an unprecedented and speculative char¬ 
acter—yd it betokens the confidence which is generally 
entertained in the future stability of the markets.... May 
is arriving and selling pretty Irtely at rather higher quo¬ 
tations_Hemp, Hops and Grass seeds are depressed 
and declining, th nigh ihe stocks in market are limited... 
Rice has been in lively demand at decidedly better 
prices, closing quietly, yet firmly, at the improvement in 
value_Tallow is heavy and lower_Tobacco is more 
inquired for at advancing quotations, with very moderate 
stocks, available. The latest accounts from Kentucky 
and Nortn Carolina ai e of a discouraging tenor in rela¬ 
tion to the prospects of the growing crop... Domestic 
Whiskey is somewhat brisker and dearer_Wool is dull 
and drooping, owners are willing sellers—but buyers 
will purchase only such lols as they can not do without, 
at the prevailing rates....No important change can be 
noticed in other commodities 
We annex a comparative list of the closing prices of the 
principal agricultural products, last month and this, show¬ 
ing the fluctuations since our previous issue: 
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April 21 
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4 ill (cu 5 50 
Fancy to Extra Genesee. 6 25 15) 
Mixed to Extra Soul hern " /= ' 
Rye Flour—F ine and Su] 
Corn Meal. 
Wheat—C anada White. 1 60 ® 
Western Wtiiie. 1 50 (5) 
Southern White. 
All kinds ol Red. 
Corn—M ixed.. 
Yellow. 
White. 
Oats—S tate and Western 
J ersey . 
Soul hern. 
R v F.. 
.♦titLEV . 1 50 (if) 1 62)4 1 45 (n) 1 65 
White Beans. I 75 ®-1 75 Ca) I 87)4 
Black eyed Peas, per 2 bush.. 4 00 (a- 3 75 j .7)* 
Cotton—M iddlings, per lb_ 13)1® 14% 137 c d u 1 ” 
Fair. 1 1 %a) 15% 
Rice, per 10U lbs. 4 25 fa) 5 25 
Hoes, per lb. 
Pork—M ess, per bbl. 
Prime, pei bbl. 
Beef—C ountry Mess. 
Prime . 
Moos. Dressed, per lb. 
Lard, in bills per lb . 
Butter— Western, per lb.. 
State, per lb. 
Cheese, per lb. 
Potatoes—C arters, per bbl 
Mercers, per bbl. 2 50 fa) 3 75 
Onions—R eds, per bbl. 3 00 ® 0 00 
While, per bbl. 3 00 fa) 4 00 
Apples, per bbl. 2 50 fa) 8 00 
Eggs, fresh, per dozen. 
Feathers, Live Gnese perlh. 
Seed—C lover, per lb.. 
Flux, per bushel. 
Timothy, mowed, per bushel.. 
Timothy, reaped, per bushel.. 
Sugar, Brown, per lb. 
Mot. asses. New-Orleans, prgl 
Coffee, Rio, per lb. 
Tobacco—K entucky, &c. pr lb 
Seed Leaf, per lb. 
WooL-Dumestic fleece, per lb. 
Domestic, pulled, per lb . __ 
Hemp—U mlr’d Amer'n pr ton. 180 00 ®200 
Dressed American, per ton .. .255 00 fa'265 
Hay, per loo lbs. 75 ® 95 
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Nominal- 
Nominal. 
Nominal. 
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Tallow, per lb. 
Whisky. Domestio,per ga). 
Oil Cake, perton. 
3 62)4® 4 00 
8 %® 11 % 
75 ® 76 
10 ® 12 
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255 00 ®265 00 
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1.777,813 
1 611.GO 
731,412 
The subjoined tabular statement presents summaries of 
the total receipts of the leading kinds of Breadstuff’s, by 
railroad, river and coastwise, and of the total sales, here, 
fortwenty-four business days, ending to-day, as well as 
of the exports from the port of New-\ T ork for the same 
period: 
Receipts Sales. Exports. 
Wheat Flout, bbls.153,000 280,970 84 882 
Wheat, bushels.121 000 204.550 149,38; 
Corn, bushels.334.800 920 700 5011949 
Rye, bushels. 15,80s 76.700 42,524 
Barley, bushels. 13,850 
These summaries enable us to make the following 
comparison of the receipts and sales : 
Receipts. Sales 
Total 24 days this month in bushels_1,236,U00 2 620,650 
Total 24 days last mouth in bushels. 1,155 850 2,471 200 
Increase this month, in bushels. 80,150 143,450 
They also afford the follow ing comparison of the ex¬ 
ports, from the port of New-\ T ork, for twenty-four busi¬ 
ness days last month, and twenty-four business days, this 
month: 
LAST MONTH. THIS MONTH. 
Flour, bbls. 96,687 84.882 
Wheat, bush. 204 015 1 19 382 
Corn, bush. 4.55 7 11 508.949 
Rye, hush. 20,314 42,524 
The amount ofgrain remaining in the hands of Wis¬ 
consin fanners from the last harvest is represented as 
being ihree limes as much as was held there at this sea¬ 
son last year, and the bulk of it will come .forward imme¬ 
diately on ihe opening of navigation. 
Imports of Breadstuffs into Great Britain, during 1856: 
From U. S. Other countries. Total. 
Flour, CWts.2,902,707 1.088,660 3,901,367 
Wheat, quarters. 1,279.130 2.793.683 4,072.833 
Indian Coro, qu i « rs.. 1,001.871 775.942 
Oats, quarters . 8,288 1.605,841 
Barley, quarters. 731,412 
Tins statement—compiled from a report recently pre¬ 
sented to the British Parliament—shows that three fourths 
of the total supply of foreign flour was obtained from the 
United States, in addition to three fifths of the quantity of 
Indian Corn and more lhan a fouith of the quantity of 
Wheat. 
Cattle Market.— The receipts of Beef Cattle for four 
weeks ending April 22, were 11,705, or about 700 less 
than during the preceding four weeks. Receipts for the 
week ending April 1st, 3,195 ; 8th,2,579; 15th, 3,326; 22nd, 
2,605. Prices varied as follows, April 1st, same as 
last report; 8th, lc. higher ; 15th, no change; 22ud, |o. 
higher—giving a total advance of 1-Jc.®2c. for the month. 
Wednesday, April 1st. prices ranged; Premium cattle, 
lllc.f® 14c.; First quality, 12Jc.®13c. Medium quality, 
ll jc.(®12c. Poor quality,1 lc.® 11 )c.; Poorest quality, lOjc. 
®Uc. General selling price, ll{c.®12fc.; Average of 
all tales 12c.® 12Jc. 
Receipts of Sheep during4 weeks were only 14.116, 
showing a decline of about 11,200 for the month. This 
falling off is altribufed to the fact that graziers obtain 
more lor their sheep stock when the fleeces and animals 
are sold separately, than when sold together, and they 
are holding back till after shearing. Prices now range 
at 13c.®15c., and for extra unshorn animals 16c. ^ lb 
dressed weight; the dressed weight being estimated at 
about one-ha If the live w eight—and a little more than 
this for superior fat animals. 
The Weather so far during this month has been very 
changeable, cold, with abundance of rain Two or three 
of the late storms noted as rain here have been snow 
North and West. Farm work is being delayed by the 
cold and wet, so that the Spring may now be called rather 
backward. Our condensed Weather Notes read : March 28, 
to 31, mostly clear and mild ; April I, rain P. M.; 2, 3, and 
4, clear with cool mornings, mercury 18° on morning of 
2nd; 5. cloudy ; 6, rain storm with wind and light snow 
at night one foot deep at Bullalo ; 7, cool, ground frozen ; 
8,9, clear and mild; 10 cloudy A. M. rain P. M.; 11, 
clear A. M., rain at night, 12,13, 14, very heavy rain 
storm, abundance of water falling: 15, clear A. M., ram 
squats P. M ; 16, clear and cool, ice A. M.; 17, 18, 19 cool 
with raw winds ; 20 heavy N. E. rain storm, snow West; 
21, cloudy A. M., rainy P. M., 22, cool and cloudy A. M., 
clear i’. M.; 23, clear and very flue. 
The storm on the 20th was a remaikable one, the snow 
fell lo the depth of a foot or more in some parts of Cen¬ 
tral Pennsylvania and New-Y'ork. At Reading, Pa., the 
weight of snow above, broke dow n the Railroad Depot, 
and the s ime result was produced upon the Suspension 
Bridge at Rochester, N. Y. 
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CONTENTS FOR MAY, 185?, 
Apiary—Hints for the month. 99 
Beans—How to start Limas .113 
Bee Culture—Talks about—Number If.llifi 
Bmers - Destioy them.Ill 
Books—New. 1)6 
Cabbage Patch.113 
Calendar of Operations for May. 98 
Canada Subscribers Notes to ... . ... |i” 
Carrots as a field crop. 102 
Catlle— Duke of Cambridge Illustrated.106 
(Chinese Potato and host— How valued in Europe, Ac 1 1 5 
Clover seed.103 
Corn—Him son Culture of.105 
Currants — Pruning, Ac. — Illustrated. 112 
Dahlia Culture-Good Varieties, Ac. ..115 
Draining.97.101 
Evergreens atihe North. 112 
Chapters on—The Best.108 
“ Dougla-s Fir-Illustrated. ... 108 
“ Snrubs—The Best.109 
“ Plant this month... 109 
Flowers—A Chapter on Annuals .113 
Garden, Kitchen—Hints on and Operations for. 98 
“ Vegetable . 11! 
Gooseberries—A Chapter on. .114 
Grafting. 98 
Grape Culture—No. V. in 
Grapes vs. DwarfPears. .10!. 
Grass- Seeding land .. 97 
Grass Fields—A job m. 105 
Green and Hoi-1 louse— Operations for May . 99 
Hodges, Plants Suitable for. 103 
Housekeeping in the Country.107 
Manures at the West. Mildew, Ac.loti 
Murrain in European Cattle.. IIP 
Orchard and Nursery-Operations for May..9s 
Pears D waif..1(19 
Plaster applied to Clover. P 3 
Potatoes—Editor’s experiments w ith six kinds.In -2 
Pruning, Time of. . 112 
Root Crops, A Chapter on. .... P 9 
Rural Art Associations .109 
Rural Surroundings— Number III—Sheep. 1(10 
Seed—Plenty lor Distribution. 117 
Sheep.lhu 
Short-Horn.Herd Book, American.H6 
Soap, Recipe far Making Cream . 107 
Soil—Mechanical Preparation—Draining—No. II. Mil 
Strawberries— Chapler V.... ..112 
Sugar Cane Seed—Large Premiums.116 
Sugars, High Prices of. 1(14 
Tim Bunker on Book Farming.. . IP7 
Tomato Cullure. II 2 
Water Elevator—Avre’s Illustrated.. ... 1U4 
Western II >mes-Good advice-Iowa.1 1 5 
Wheat Fields— Another Job m . P’4 
Winter Cherry— rhysalis Peruviana . .114 
WORK FOR THE MONTH. 97 
Correspondents, Notes lo and Gleanings, 115. 116, 
Apples mid Salt Junk—Berry Plaids from Seeds—Corn, 
King Phillip—Corn for Fodder—Coffee Making 
Country Dwellings—Cucumber Bug.—--Dourah Corn- 
Drain Outlets—Exhibitions, Agricul urul—Flowei:— 
Fowls, Spanish and Dorking—Gilifting Wax— Hay s.i i- 
ing—Hot, Beds —Indian Bread —Manures : lien Guano 
and Yellow Lupine, Chip—Manure Equities New 
Seeds—I'arsnep Wine—Pickle for Meats Pies. Urn d 
Apple—Production. Increasing—seeds, Lossi s ny ‘/lads 
—Silk Worm Eggs Wanted—Soap and Candle .Making 
—Taking ihe Papers—Tools, unproved Farming 
Toothache Remedies. &c. 
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