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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
MARKET REVIEW, WEATHER NOTES, to. 
American Agriculturist Office, ( 
New-Yobk, Oct. 22, 1857. ( 
The Breadstuff Markets have been seriously disturbed 
by the recent money panic, and sales of Western crops 
came to a dead halt for want of cash or credit to move 
them Eastward. The Banks which had hitherto played 
an important part in this trade, by loaning funds for sixty 
or ninety days, were compelled by failures at. home to 
withdraw the usual facilities to grain dealers. We are 
glad to announce that an arrangement has just been en¬ 
tered into by the Banks of this City, which will tend to 
set the crops in motion, and bring forward large 
quantities this season, if the canals do not close under 
four or five weeks. Farmersin debtshould sell atonce and 
pay uptheir“store debts,” thusenablingcountry merchants 
to pay the jobbers, and through them the importers and 
manufacturers. If this be done speedily, hundreds if not 
thousands of failures will be averted, the Banks will be 
able to resume specie payments, and the country be saved 
from an otherwise far worse financial condition than now 
prevails_Yesterday witnessed a decidedly better feel¬ 
ing at our Corn Exchange, with a little advance in the 
price of flour and grain. Prices, however, will go little 
above present figures, unless the Canals be speedily closed 
by cold w eather, in w hich case Breadstuffs will be higher 
here and lower in the country. 
Cotton has fallen greatly in price ; there is now nothing 
doing, and no quotations can be given. It is scarcely 
possible to name the selling rates for Hay, Hops, Molas¬ 
ses, Potatoes, Provisions, Rice. Sugar, or Tobacco, since 
the’ entire market was thrown into confusion by the 
money crisis, and several days must elapse before regu¬ 
lar prices can be established. Wc present, however, the 
following carefully prepared quotations of prices as they 
are to-day, with those given at our last report, for com¬ 
parison : 
Extra Western. 5 ' 
Fancy to Extra Genesee. 
.Mixed to Extra Southen 
Rye Flour—F ine and Si 
Corn Meal. 
Wheat—C anada White. 
Western White. 
Southern White.-. 
All kinds of Red. 
Corn—M ixed. 
Yellow. 
White. Nominal 
Oats—W estern. 
State. 
Southern &.c. 
Rye.. 
Barley . 
White Beans.. Nominal 
Black-eyed Peas, per 2 bush.. Nominal 
11 ay, inhales, per 100 lbs. 50 (a) 
Cotton—M iddlings, per lb.... 
Fair. 
Rice, per 100 lbs. 
Hops, per lb. 10 (a) 13 6 (5) 9 
Pork—M ess, per bbl. 25 00 (a) 21 00 (a)21 50 
Prime, per bbl. (a) 20 00 17 00 (a) 
Beef—R epacked Mess. 15 50 (a) 17 00 13 00 (5)14 00 
Country mess. Nominal 12 50 (5)13 00 
Sept. 23. 
Oct. 22. . 
S5 55 ® 0 00 
$4 60 
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5 45 fit) 5 05 
4 60 
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5 75 fa) 8 25 
5 00 
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5 95 (a) 8 00 
5 20 
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5 70 fa) 8 00 
5 40 
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4 10 (a) 5 35 
3 50 
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4 HI (a) 4 50 
3 25 
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1 35 (a) 1 52)4 
1 25 
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1 30 (a) 1 55 
1 15 
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1 25 
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1 00 ,5) 1 35 
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79 fa) 80 
71 
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80 («) 85 
Nominal 
Nominal 
Nominal 
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48 
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45 fa) 47 
46 
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30 (a) 43 
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80 (it) 
78 
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90 fa) 95 
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Nominal 
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50 
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Nominal 
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Nominal 
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prime 
Hogs, Dressed, per lb. 
Lard, in bbls. per lb. 
Butter—W estern, per lb. 
State, per lb. 
Cheese, per lb. 
Feathers, Live Geese per lb. 
Seed—C lover, per lb. 
Timothy, mowed, per bushel.. 
Timothy, reaped, per bushel... 
Sugar,"B rown, per lb. 
Molasses. New-Orleans, prgl 
Coffee, Rio, per lb. 
Hyson Teas, per lb. 
CongouTeas. 35 (5) 
Tobacco—K entucky, &c. pr lb 
Seed Leaf, per lb. 
WooL-Domestic fleece, per lb. 
Domestic, pulled, per lb. . 32 (a) 
Hemp—U ndr’d ‘ . 
Dressed A meric 
Tallow, per lb 
Oil Cake, per ton. 
Potatoes—.T unes, per bbl. 
Dykeman, per bbl. 
Mercers, per bbl. 
Sweet, per bbl. 
Onions—R ed, per bbl. 
White and yellow,per bbl. 
Beets—P er 100 bunches. 
Cranberries—P er bbl. 
Quinces, per bbl. 
Apples—C ommon, per bbl_ 
Table, per bbl. 
Fall Pippins, per bbl. 
Pears—C ommon, per bbl. 
Pigeons, wild, per dozen. 
Peaches—P er basket. 
Plums—P er bushel... 
Turnips—R uta bagas, per bbl 
Pumpkins—P er 100. 
Squashes—M arrow, per bbl.. 
Beans—L ima, per bushel. 
Cabbages—P er 100. 
Cauliflower—P er dozen.... 
Egg Plants—P er dozen. 
Celery—P er dozen. 
Poultry—F owls, per pair.... 
Chickens, per pair. 
Ducks, per pair. 
Turkeys-per lb. 
A statement of the total receipts of the leading kinds of 
Breadstuffs, by railroad, river and coastwise, and of the 
total sales, here, for four weeks, ending to-day. 
Receipts. Sales. 
Wheat Floui, bbls.387,000 281,800 
Wheat, bushels.719,000 1,037,700 
Corn, bushels .371,000 679,500 
. Rye, bushels. 5,300 17.700 
Barley, bushels...68,000 16,000 
Oats, bushels.76,500 
Live Stock Markets —The Cattle Markets have been 
much depressed, chiefly by the disturbance in finances. 
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out of the market. The sales on the 14th, a week ago 
yesterday, were the dullest and lowest we have seen 
at the cattle yards in many years. Yesterday matters 
brightened up a little, the yards were cleared out, and 
there is a better prospect ahead. The cattle are all 
wanted at the West to consume the corn crop, not very 
saleable now. The very low price of hides (4c.) and tal¬ 
low (5c.) is one cause of the decline in price of cattle- 
The receipts of Beef Cattle in this city for five weeks 
ending yesterday, were 17,031 against 18,732 for the pre¬ 
ceding five weeks. The market varied thus: Sept. 23, 
trifling decline ; Sept. 30, ic. ■P’ lb. decline ; Oct. 7. small 
decline; Oct. 14. lc. decline; Oct. 21,4c. advance—total 
variation for month, lc. decline. Prices ranged yester¬ 
day (Oct. 21)—First quality, 10Jc.®llc. P lb. for esti¬ 
mated dressed weight; medium qualty, 9c ffitlfc.; poor, 
7ic.i7i8Ic.; poorest, G\e.(a)~{c .; general selling prices, 
£c-®91c.; average of all sales, 8}c. to 9c. 
Live Sheep and Lambs received here in five weeks, 
29,752. Prices have ruled low, but have strengthened 
this week. Sheep and Lambs now range from 8c. to 10c. 
p lb. for the estimated dressed meat, which is a trifle 
more than half the live weight of fair Sheep. Pelts 
(wool Sheep skins) only bring 44e.®50c. each. The Hog 
market is dull, with arrivals exceeding the demand. They, 
too should be kept at the West consuming corn. Live 
Hogs are now worth, for corn-fatted, 5Jc.(a6ic. p lb. live 
weight; for distillery fed, 5c.®5ic. 
The Weather during the last week in September, and 
thus far in October, lias been generally very favorable for 
maturing the corn crop and keeping up a good supply of 
pasturage. (See closing remarks on page 248.) Corn has 
ripened well in most parts of the country, though touched 
by frost at the North on the last day of September. In 
this vicinity, corn, and especially lire sugar cane, is still 
green and growing. Late flowers are in full bloom, and 
the gardens are almost as green as in August. 
Our Weather Notes, condensed, read: Sept.24, 25, clear, 
cool ; 26, 27, 28, clear, mild, even warm; 29, 30, cooler, 
with frost on morning of Sept. 30. Oct. 1, clear, cool, 
mercury 28° at sun-rise, with a little white frost; 2, 3. 
mild and pleasant; 4, clear, warm, cool night; 5, 0, 7, 8, 
9, 10, 11. 12, clear, mild, and very pleasant; 13, cool, 
heavy fogs, but clear afternoon; 14, showery; 15, warm 
rain; 1C, clear, rainy P M.; 17, 18, clear, cool; 19, 
cloudy ; 20, 21, cool, first chilly winds, an Autumn day; 
22, signs ol Winter’s approach, but still pleasant. 
A Word. Air ©lit Dloiney. 
Though “ Specie Payments” are nominally suspended 
throughout the country, we beg leave to inform our read¬ 
ers that we receive, at par, all notes of the unbroken 
banks of New-England ; also of all New-York State 
banks secured by pledge of public Stocks (all are so se¬ 
cured except a very few of the old Safety Fund banks); 
also of unbroken banks of New-Jersey and Pennsylvania. 
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Where sums of over five dollars are sent at one time, and 
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Bills of the following New-England banks are at present 
discredited in this city. 
Maine.— Canton; Exchange, of Bangor; Maritime; 
Monsum ; Rockland Ellsworth ; Hancock ; Hallowell; 
Sandford. 
In ew-Hamfshire.— Exeter. 
Massachusetts. —Bass River; Lee ; Western. 
Vermont.— St. Albans ; So. Royalton; Stark; Danby. 
Connecticut.— Bridgeport City ; Exchange, Hartford ; 
Charter Oak; Hartford Co. ; Mercantile, Hartford ; 
Wooster; Hatters; Pahquioque ; Colchester; Merchants’ 
Exchange, Bridgeport; North America; Pawtucket; 
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Connecticut Banks here named will doubtless soon be 
good. 
Rhode Island.— Republic; Farmers’ Bank, Wickford ; 
R. I. Central; Tiverton ; Warwick. 
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Contents 4'®r November 1857. 
Agricultural Journals—What they are doing.244 
Agricultural Shows turned to Horse Races.247 
American Institute Exhibition.207 
Arranging rooms, &c .565 
Asparagus—Treat youselfto it.263 
Austria. .Agricultural Statistics.254 
Aquariums—Described.: .four Illustrations. .256-7 
“Bakers Dozen,” Offer.269 
Barn—Remodelling the old—One to a Farm.242 
Bees—An Observing Hive—Queens, Drones and 
Workers, Described.three Illustrations.. .249 
Blackberries-New-Rochelle named. 264 
Book Notices—Climatology of the United States— 
Fruit and Fruit Trees of America—Central Park of 
N. Y. City—M’Alahon’s American Gardener.267 
Bones in the manure Heap.250 
Boys and Girl’s Page.six Illustrations. .268 
Cabbages—Keeping in Winter.262 
Calendar of Operations for November 1857.242 
Celery—Keeping in Winter. 262 
Chimneys, Smoky—Eemedying.244 
Chinese Sugar Cane—How promising?.269 
Cooking—Chapters on.2G5 
Corn Ilusker—Holmes’.Illustrated. .253 
Draining—Stones and Tiles.ten Illustrations. .245 
“ Practical Drainer’s Suggestions.246 
Deutzia Gracilis. 263 
Dogs—Rat Terriers.248 
Epitaph—Curious and Instructive. 264 
Fly and Ant Trap—A Simple One.219 
Fruit Grower’s Convention in Western N. Y., 1857.. .259 
Furniture—Selecting, Arranging, &c.......x.265 
Garden—A good fall iob in.263 
“ Clean up in” Autumn.263 
Grape Culture, No. 11, Work in November.I_259 
“ Rebecca, Delaware, Clinton and Under¬ 
hill’s.two Illustrations. .260 
Grape Vines—Fall Pruning.seven Illustrations. .260 
Hall’s Sayings—One of... .264 
Hard Times—Hard Times. 269 
Hop Tree, (Ptelea trifoliata).201 
Horses—Accommodation for.244 
Horses—Best form of.250 
“ Watering w hile w arm.249 
Ice Houses—A cheap Ice room_two Illustrations. .251 
Illinois Farmer's Experience—Product of 12 acres.... 253 
“ Picture of farming in Central Illinois.252 
Improvements—Permanent.241 
In Door Work.265 
Kitchen and Fruit Garden, calendar for November... .243 
Long-Island Market Gardeners and Farmers.253 
Manure, Leaf.242 
Muck—Carting directly to fields. 250 
Mushrooms—Directions for Culture.262 
Osage Orange Hedges—Plea for, details of culture..254 
“ Companies in Law.255 
Orchard and Nursery, calendar for November.243 
Peas, Choice Garden Varieties.263 
Petunias—Double-flowered...Illustrated. .264 
Poetry—The Garland of Wild Flowers.268 
“ Who Stole the Bird's Nest.268 
Poultr)—Preparing, Killing, Dressing, Marketing_246 
“ Peacocks, Guinea Hens .248 
Recipes—Apple Dumplings—Cabbage Pickled raw— 
do. Boiled—Cauliflowers, Cooking—Flies—Frit¬ 
ters—Hams, Pickling and Keeping—Lima Beans, 
Salting down— Pumpkins, Drying — Pancakes, 
Rhode-lsland—Starch, Home-made from Corn— 
Starch, to make in quantity—Tomatoes, Drying- 
Tomato (Green) Catsups—Yellow, to dye a bright 
and lasting color—Merino Wool, to Scour.266 
Rural Surroundings, No. VIII—Poultiy—Dogs.248 
Seed Distribution.269 
Soot—Save it for Manure.242 
Strawberries—Seven points of Excellence .259 
Sugar from Watermelons.247 
Sugar Cane—Reports.269 
Tan Bark—Analysis and value as a manure.250 
“The Times”—Whatofthem ?.248 
Thirty-two Quarto Pages !! !.209 
Timothy Bunker Esq., on a Journey.255 
Trees-Ornamental, Judas, Cucumber, Tulip.258 
“ Frozen in moving—Treatment.258 
“ Planting in Hard Pan.258 
Wasps—To Destroy.251 
Watermelon—The'Green, The Orange, The Bradford 262 
Where is New-England 1 .267 
Winter, “ Look Out for”.247 
Work for the Month. 241 
Oun Basket; or Notes to Correspondents and Glean¬ 
ings:—Apples Rotting—Early Potatoes—Flowering 
Bulbs—Italian Rye Grass—Mice vs. Trees—Saw- 
Dust—Sugar Cane Seed Thresher.267 
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