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AMERICAN AGKIC ULTURIST 
MARKET REVIEW, WEATHER NOTES, 4c. 
American Agriculturist Office, i 
New-York, May 22, 1857. ) 
The Produce Markets have generally been brisker, dur¬ 
ing the past month, the opening of inland navigation con¬ 
tributed to the activity. Tne reports of much reduced 
supplies, of Breadstuffs, and of the poor appearance of the 
growing crops, has also served to stimulate business. 
These reports have been used to influence our maiket, so 
as to benefit speculators alone, the true state of the stock 
of Produce in the country, and the real condition of the 
growing crops, are not near as bad as interested parties 
have represented, speculators, however, have diligently 
labored to spread the gloomiest predictions ; and for a 
while they succeeded in deceiving both producers and 
consumers. They had previously secured large quanti¬ 
ties of produce, and they calculated that they could rule 
the markets. But in developing this project, they mis¬ 
calculated the extent of their means, and when pressed 
for money, they have been obliged to surrender to the 
potent influence of the legitimate laws of supply and de¬ 
mand. The effort to create a famine panic proved abor¬ 
tive,—and though prices of the leading kinds of flour and 
grain have advanced considerably during the month, they 
closed heavily and languidly—buyers having at this date 
any existing advantage. The home demand is now the 
main reliance of factors ; speculation has partially ceased, 
and the export movement is insignificant.Cotton is 
slowly improving in demand and value.Provisions 
are in good request, and the leading articles are quoted 
higher.Butter and cheese being the only commodi¬ 
ties that are cheaper. Groceries are generally brisker 
and dearer, with reduced supplies available.Hay is 
less abundant, and is in lively request at decidedly better 
pnees.Hemp, Hops and Grass Seeds are quiet and 
rather languid.Tallow.is saleable and steady. 
Tobacco is in poor supply and fair demand at full rates... 
Wool rules quite dull and heavy, though the available 
stock is not large. The very limited inquiry for all de¬ 
scriptions disheartens owners. These are desirous to 
sell, but they can not find buyers unless at prices which 
they are not disposed to accept. Quotations are wholly 
nominal.Other commodities are moderately inquired 
for at about former prices. 
As we go to press—business on the Corn Exchange, es¬ 
pecially in Indian corn, is seriously impeded by the dis¬ 
agreement of dealers about the number of pounds of 
corn which should now constitute a bushel. It has been 
customary to allow 56 tbs. to the bushel, and sellers gener¬ 
ally refuse to exceed this allowance. An act passed dur¬ 
ing the recent session of the State Legislature, however, 
decreed lhat 58 tbs. of corn should constitute a bushel, and 
most buyers contend for this amount. So far no reconcili¬ 
ation of opinion has beeneffected on the subject, and the 
protraction of the dispute serves only to obstruct business. 
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: 
April 24. May 22. 
Flour—C ora'n to Extra State $5 65 
Common to Fancy Western.. 5 70 
Extra Western. 5 95 
Fancy to Extra Genesee... 
Mixed to Extra Southern.. 
Rye Flour—F ine and Super. 
Corn Meal. 
Wheat—C anada White. 
Western White. 150 
Southern White. J 54 
All kindsof Red. 1 50 
Corn—M ixed. 
Yellow. 
White. 
Oats—S tate and Western 
Jersey . 54 
Southern. 
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Barley. 
Wlme Beans. 
Black-eyed Peas, per 2 bush.. 
Cotton—M iddlings, perlb — 
Fair. 
Rice, per 11)0 lbs. 
Hops, per lb. 
Pork—M ess, per bbl. 22 50 
Prime, per bbl. 
Beef—C ountry Mess.. 
Prime. 10 75 
Hogs, Dressed, per lb. 9 
Lard, in bbls per lb. 13)4® 
Butter—W estern, per lb.. ~ 
State, per lb. 
Cheese, per lb. 
Potatoes—C arters, per bbl 
Mercers, per bbl. 2 75 
Onions—R eds, per bbl. 3 50 
White, per bbl. 4 50 
Apples, per bbl. 3 00 
Eggs, fresh, per dozen. 15)4® 
Feathers, Live Geese per lb. 
S K p:i)—clover, per lb. 
Timothy, mowed, per bushel. 
Timothy, reaped, per busliol... 
Sugar, Brown, per lb.. 
Molasses, New-Orleans, prgl 
Coffee, Rio, per lb. 
Tobacco—K entucky, Sic. pr lb 
Seed Leaf perlb. 
WooL-Domestic fleece, per lb. 
Domestic, pulled, per lb ... 
Hemp—U mir’d Amer’n pr toi 
Dressed American, per ton.. 
Hay per 100 lbs. 
Tallow, per lb. 
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The subjoined tabular statement presents summaries of 
the total receipts of the leading kinds of Breadstuffs, by 
railroad, river and coastw ise, and of the total sales, here 
(or twenty-four business days, ending to-day, as well as 
of the exports from the port of New-York for the same 
period: 
Receipts. Sales. Exports. 
Wheat Flout, bbls.181,600 328,355 68,051 
Wheat, bushels.134,500 231,150 . 88,327 
Corn, bushels.219,500 697,000 152,049 
Rye, bushels. 2,000 57,200 1,004 
Barley, bushels. 12,450 
These summaries enable us to make the following 
comparison of the receipts and sales : 
Receipts. Sales 
Total 24 days this month in bushels... .1.264.000 2,639.575 
Total 24 days last monthin bushels. 1,236,000 2,620 650 
Increase this month, in bushels. 28,000 18,925 
They also afford the follow ing comparison of the ex¬ 
ports, from the port of New-York, for twenty-four busi¬ 
ness days last month, and twenty-four business days, this 
month: 
LAST MONTH. THIS MONTH. 
Flour, bbls. 84,882 68,051 
Wheat, bush. 149,382 88,327 
Corn, hush. 508,949 152,049 
Rye, bush. 42,524 1,004 
Cattle Market.— The receipts of Beef Cattle for four 
weeks ending May 20, were 12,266, or 761 less than during 
the preceding four weeks. Receipts for the week ending 
April29, 3,417 ; May 6, 2,948 ; 13, 3,158 ; 20, 2,743. Prices 
varied as follows ; April 29, ic. decline; May 6, fc. de¬ 
cline : 13th, ic. decline, May 20th, lic.tolic advance; 
making a total advance for the month of lc. Wednesday 
May 20th, prices ranged : Premium cattle 14c.®15c.: 
First quality, 13fc.(®14c.: Medium quality, 13c.i®13}c : 
Poor quality, 121c,® 13c.: Poorest quality, 12c.®12Jc. 
General selling price, 121c .®14c.: Average of all sales 
13c.tol3ic.: These prices are higher than have been ob¬ 
tained in two if not in twelve years past: and, as there is 
a scarcity of cattle in the country prices must rule high 
during the season. 
Receipts of Sheep and Lambs for the four w eeks ending 
on the 20th were 15,783, giving an increase of 1,667 over 
the same period of last month. Prices now range at 13c. 
®15c. p ft. for the dressed carcasses, or almost 6Jc ®8c. 
for sheep with wool on, and 11c.® 13c. dressed, or 5Jc.® 
7c. p ft. live weight, for shorn animals. Lambs are yet 
scarce, selling at prices equal to 18c.®25c. P ft. for the 
meat. 
The Weather thus far, during the present month, ex¬ 
cepting one week commencing with the 6th, has been 
more like April than May. Cold and rain have been the 
chief elements of the weather. As late as the 19th snow 
fell in the central part of New-York, and the cold rain 
here was interspersed with snowflakes. The Spring is 
very backward, and much seed now in, must decay 
through excessive moisture and cold. Our condensed 
weather notes read: April 24, rain ; 25, and 26, clear and 
warm ; 27, rain ; 28, 29 and 30, clear. May 1, clear and 
fine ; 2,heavy rain ; 3, foggy; 4 and 5 heavy rain ; 6 lo 10 
clear, fine and warm ; 11 and 12, clear but cooler; 13, 
warm.—Plum, Peach and Cherry trees in bloom ; 14 and 
15, rainy ; 16, rain A. M., clear P. M.; 17, clear and cool, 
with frost, 18, cool and cloudy; 19 and 20, cold North- 
East rain storm—a little snow here, and considerable at 
the North, 21 ; cloudy, with rain A. M., clear P. M. 
Ground full of water ; 22, clear and warm. 
Contents far .tfiine, 1857. 
Bees—Apiary in June.123 
Bees—Artificial Swarming of.129 
Book Notices—Bees, Langstroth’s Work—Hot¬ 
houses—Chemistry—Dictionaries—Devon Herd 
Book..123-141 
Boys and Girls—Problems fur—Illustrated.138 
Bushel Weights in different Stales.127 
Calendar of Operations. 122 
Candle-inaking.138 
Cattle—Double Duke—Illustrated. 128 
“ Summer Feed for.128 
Colts—Breaking of.128 
Corn for Soiling.128 
“ Plant Sweet. 1 36 
Cranberry—Propagation by Cuttings.130 
Dielytra Spectabilis.136 
Editor’s Basket.139 
Exhibitions-Agricultural for 1857.123 
Fanning—Does it Pay..non 
Farms, Villages, &c., Waste Places around.131 
Flowers for Farmers.137 
Grape Culture—No. VI.... 135 
Hedges—Management of. l:i;i 
Heifers and Cows—Spaying. 139 
Hogs—Lice on.. 130 
“ Pigs for the Farm. 124 
Housekeeping in the Country.137 
Implements—Trial of. 142 
Imptiee—What is it. 142 
Insects injurious to Fruit—Curculio, Apple Worm, 
Caterpillar, Cherry Slug, Bark Lice.134-135 
Lessons in Life—No. II.—Farm Conveniences.131 
Manures—Barn-yard vs. Concentrated.127 
Michigan Agricultural College.142 
Plaster and Ammonia.126 
Pumpkins.129 
Rainy Day Rambles—Among Milkmen—No. IV.130 
Rape Culture. 139 
Recipes—Baked Apples—Batter Pudding—Bread and 
Butter Pudding- Cookies—Doughnuts—Excellent 
Cake—Ginger Snaps-Lemon Pie—Mince Pie- 
Sally Lunds—Sponge Cake —Superior Cake ... 138 
Roller for the Farm—Illustrated .132 
Rural Surroundings—Number IV.—Pigs.124 
Sheep. Washing and Shearing... 121-122 
Shrubs—Desirable Hardy ones. 133 
Soap Making..138 
Soil—Mechanical Preparation—No.3—Draining—Ill.. . 124 
Strawberries—Chapter VI.130 
Sugar-Cane—Chinese for Soiling.128 
“ “ Syrup—Estimate of Cost.131 
Tools and Carts—Housing of.132 
Tomatoes.136 
Turnip Crop—Provide for.120 
Weather! Weather!! .132 
WORK FOR THE MONTH.121 
Our Basket ; or, Notes to Correspondents, and Glean¬ 
ings.—Ants among Flowers—Bean Poles, cheap—Bees, 
tiansporting—Brussels Sprouts—Bugs on Squashes— 
Bushel weights—Canal Sediments—Chess—Coffee of 
Corn—Corn, late vs. early planting;' King Philip 
wanted—Com Smut—Cows, Spaying with Sulphuric 
Acid—Cut Worm —Deep Plowing—Drain Tile—Flow¬ 
er Gardening Books—Grapes, native—Green-house 
Books—Hot-bed covering—Iinphee, What is it!—Im¬ 
proved tools and farming—Kohl Rabi—Lice on Rose¬ 
bushes—Manure on Grass lands—Mapes’ and'Gibbs’ 
Rotary Digger—Martynia—Matting around fruit trees— 
Millet nnd grass seed fur soils—Mock Turtle Soup, how 
made—Osage Orange, two items—Potatoes, planting ; 
more wanted ; keeping early—Prairie Fences—Sand 
for Manure—Seed, acknowledgements—Sheep, Tees 
water—Subsoil Plow—Sugar-cane Seed for Soiling- 
Trials of Implements —'Turkey Raising—Vegetable 
Nutrition ; Tull, &c.—Vineyard Trenching—Wife 
Wanted.139—140 
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