AMERICAN AGRICULT U HIST. 
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Hie Seeds to be Distributed.. 
We are aware it would be for our interest, could we at 
this time, announce the list of seeds for the next Annual 
Distribution, but it is impossible to do so, before the next 
number, as we are making constant additions. Had we 
not yielded to the anxieties or fears of subscribers last 
year, but delayed the distribution of Sugar Cane Seed 
until March, each of the first 10,000 packages would have 
been twice as large. The whole distribution this yeat 
will be completed in ample time for the Spring planting* 
We hope to effect such arrangements with the various 
Express Companies, as to send out seeds cheaper by Ex¬ 
press than by mail, to most points where there are ten or 
more subsbribers. 
MARKET REVIEW, WEATHER NOTES, 4c. 
American Agriculturist Office, i 
New-York, Nov. 25, 1857. j 
There has been a partial revival of activity in most branches 
of business during the past month. The pressure for money has 
not been so severe, and merchants have operated with more 
confidence. The General Produce Markets have been most sig¬ 
nally affected by this improvement in financial affairs, the 
irreat leading agricultural products liavo been sent forward to 
market and sold with mure freedom. There has evidently been 
an increased disposition among parties having supplies to dis¬ 
pose of to sell at prevailing rates rather than to hold on m an¬ 
ticipation of being enabled to secure higher prices at some 
future period The receipts from the interior have been quite 
extensive, and as they have met with prompt purchasers, there 
h is been very little accumulation here. The demand lias been 
generally active, as well for export as for home use, though re¬ 
cently the unfavorable news received from Europe, has lessened 
the inquiry su that buyers are now purchasing such lots as they 
immediately require, having no encouragement to extend their 
operations. This is especial ly the case with shippers, and unless 
a chau-e for the better should occur in the markets of the Old 
World “or prices fall to a lower average here, there is not much 
probability of a heavy expoit irade for some time to come.. ,. 
Our financial crisis is now a matter of history; while Europeans 
are iust experiencing very severe embarrassments, which will 
keen them from entering into any new engagements that they 
cm easily avoid The abundant crops ill the Old World, as well 
•is in our own country, this your, have given an ample supply of 
chean food- and if wo cannot afford to sell our produce at such 
low rates as will exclude all competition, we need not look for 
much of a demand from Europe. . . . As for Cotton, it is but 
suariuglv sought after, even by our own spinners, and prices are 
wholly unsettled. The last sales effected here were at 12c. for 
Middling Upland, 1234c. for Middling New Orleans, and propor¬ 
tionate cash prices for other grades, but large lots cannot be 
disoosed of at these quotations. Our available supply is veiv 
lmlit especially of ordinary and middling; but factors are quite 
willing sellers when they find customers. . . . The Provision 
trade has been quite tame. The supplies received from the m- 
I 1 ior have been moderate, hut as the demand from the trade, as 
well as for shipment, has been limited, prices have been un¬ 
steady In other branches of business, there has been no 
very remarkable change~~The following carefully prepared 
list of prices, will show the difference between the quotations 
given ill our lust, and the closing prices, to-day; 
Oct. 22. 
Nov. 25. 
4 75 (ffi 5 25 
5 00 (ffi 8 (10 
5 25 (ffi 7 75 
5 20 (ffi 7 50 
3 50 (ffi 4 00 
3 50 (ffi 3 75 
1 1734® 1 30 
1 15 (ffi 1 50 
1 2234(0) 1 50 
„ 95 ,ffi 1 32 
80 (ffi 
80 I® 
88 (® 90 
46 (ffi 48 
43 (ffi 46 
36 (ffi 1.40 
78 (ffi 79 
70 (ffi 86 
1 55 £(ffi 1 65 
2.75 (ffi 
50 (ffi 75 
Nominal 
Nominal 
2 75 (ffi 3 50 
Flour—C oni’n to Extra State $4 60 (ffi 5 20 SI 75 (ffi 5 20 
Common to Fancy Western.. 4 60 (ffi 5 10 
Extra Western. 5 00 (ffi 8 50 
Fancy to Extra Genesee. 5 20 (ffi 7 60 
Mixed to Extra Sunthem. 5 40 (ffi 7 50 
Kyf, Flour—F ine and Super. 3 50 (ffi 4 6234 
•Corn Meal . : . 3 25 (ffi 3 75 
Wheat—C anada White. 1 25 (ffi 1 35 
Western White. 1 15 (ffi 1 42 
Southern White. 1 25 (ffi 1 43 
All kinds of Red. 103 (3 127 
Corn—M ixed. 71 (ffi 72 
Yellow . Nominal 
White . Nominal 
OATS—Western. 48 ® 50 
giat.o. 46 © 48 
Southern &c. 33 © 40 
UVE . 78 © 80 
Harley. 75 © 8733 
White Beans. 1 62}#® 1 75 
Black-eyed Peas, per 2 bush.. 3 50 © 
Hay, inhales, per 100 lbs. 45 ©3 70 
Cotton—M iddlings, per lb— Nominal 
Fair. Nominal 
JIice, per 100 lbs. 3 00 © 4 25 
Hops, per lb... 
Pork—M ess, per bbl.21 00 
Prime, per bbl. 17 00 © 
Beef—R epacVed Mess. 13 00 
Country mess .... 
“ prime.. ..... 
Hogs, Dressed, per lu... 
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, Brown, per lb. 
Molasses, New-Orleans,prgl 
Coffee, Rio, per lb. 10%© 
Hyson Teas, per lb. 
CongouTeas. 
Tobacco—K entucky, &c. pr lb 
Seed Leaf, per lb. 
WooL-Domestic fleece, per lb. 
Domestic, pulled, per lb. 
Hemp—U ndr’d Amer’n pr ton. 
Dressed American, per ton- 
Tallow, peril). .„ „ 
Oil (Jake, per top. 30 00 ©35 00 
Potatoes—J unes, per bbl. 1 87 © 2 00 
Dykeman, per bbl. 2 25 © 2 75 
Carters, per bbl.. . 
Nova Seotiae, per bushel. 
fcHveet, Del., per bbl. 
Mercers, per bbl. 2 50 © 3 00 
Sweet, Va,. nor bbl. 2 00 © 3 00 
Onjons— lied, per bbl. © 1 25 
White and yellow,per bbl. 1 50 © 1 75 
Cranberries—P er bbl. 6 00 ©10 00 
Quinces, per bbl. 4 00 © 4 50 
Apples—C ommon, per blil— © 1 50 
Spitzenburgs, per bbl. 
Newtown Pippins per bbl. 
Greenings, per bbl. 
Fall Pippins, per bbl. 2 50 (a) 3 00 
Pears—C ommon, per bbl. 1 50 © 3 00 
Turnips—R ut a biigas, per bbl 76 © 1 uo 
Pumpkins—P er 100. 4 no ©10 00 
6 © 
9 
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6 %(ffi 
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44 (ffi 
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40 (ffi 
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2 50 (ffi 
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11% 
9 \(a) 
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70 
33 (ffi 
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32 © 
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30 (ffi 
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20 
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13 © 
35 
13 r® 
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27 (ffi 
45 
Nominal 
20 (ffi 
31 
Nominal 
N ominal 
Nominal 
Nominal 
8 © 
9 
9 %(a) 
10 
Squashes —Marrow, per bbl 1 25 © 1 50 
26 00 ©42 00 
2 25 © 2 37 
Nominal 
2 50 © 3 00 
85 © 90 
3 25 © 4 00 
2 25 © 3 00 
2 00 © 2 50 
1 25 © 1 50 
1 25 5© 1 75 
5 00 w© 7 50 
3 00 • © 4 50 
2 00 © 3 00 
3 25 © 3 50 
3 50 © 4 UO 
2 50 © 3 00 
3 00 © 3 50 
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1 75 © 2 on 
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of the leading 
Cabbages—P er 100. 
Cauliflower—P er dozen— 
Cei.ER y—P er dozen. 
Poultry—F owls, per pair.... 
Chibkens, per lb. 
Ducks, per pair. 
Partridge, per pair. 
Grouse, per pair. 
Turkeys,per lb. 
Geese, each.... 
Pigs—R oasters. 
Venison—C arcass, per lb. 
Wo annex a statement of the total receipts 
kinds of BreadstufTs, by railroad, river and coastwise, and oi the 
total sales, herd, for live weeks, ending to-day: 
Receipts. 
Wheat-flour, bbls. 521,000 
Wheat, busn. 1,803 375 
Corn. 360,913 
Rye. 13*375 
Barley. 33 C25 
Oats. 107,332 
This statement affords the following c omparison of the total 
receipts, in each of the last two months: 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Ry p . Barley. Oats. 
24 bus.days last mon., 387,000 719,000 371,000 5,300 68,000 76,500 
30bus.daysthismon ,521,000 1,803,375 360,943 13,375 33,625 107,332 
It also enables us to give the following comparison of the total 
sales in eacli of the las*, two months: 
Hour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley 
24 business days last month, 281,800 1.037,700 679,500 17,700 16.000 
30 business days tins month, 493,362 1,799,125 666,250 23.375 84,375 
We add a comparison of the Receipts and Sales, here, for the 
five weeks ending Nov. 25, in each of the last two years: 
1856. 1857. 
* Home of the Friendless,” Thirtieth 
Corn, bush.... 
Rye, bush. 
Barley, bush.. 
Receipts. 
Sales. 
Receipts. 
Sales 
. 662,250 
435,045 
521.000 
493,362 
’.2,848,000 
2,653,400 
1,803,375 
1,799,125 
. 1,144.000 
1,160,500 
360,943 
666,250 
. 32,750 
119,900 
13,375 
23,375 
. 83,300 
57,750 
33,625 
84,375 
. 109,000 
-T - 
107,332 
— 
• ard Wheat Shipments during eadi of the last 
two seasons to Nov. 1. 
1856. 
1857. 
126,457 
177,574 
. 2,166,649 
2,163,715 
Flour, bbls.. 
" T heat, bush. 
A sufficient number of cargoes are now on board at Milwau 
kee to carry the shipments of Wheat beyond those of last year 
to the same date. 
Buff alo Breadstuffs Receipts by Lake from the opening of Naviga- 
. tion to Nov. 1, in each of the last three years. 
1855. 1856. 1857. 
Flour, bbls. 690,443 900,691 551,956 
W heat, bush. 5,077,268 5,750.268 5,473,617 
Corn, bush. 8,377,030 8,730,894 5,524,656 
Oats, bush. 2,238,684 1,601,643 992,505 
Buffalo Breadstuff's Shipments during October, 1857. 
Flour bbls. 25,221 I Corn, bush. 365,911 
Wheat, bush. 1,744,752 | Oats, bush. 171,683 
Oswego Breadstuff Receipts from the opening of Lake Navigation 
to Nov. 1. 
1855. 1856. 1857. 
Flour, bbls. 196,141 144,902 77,544 
Wheat, bush. 4,228.749 0,585,400 3,911.404 
Corn, bush. 2,797,370 3,423,788 1.982,812 
Live Stock Markets/— Receipts of Beeves for the four 
weeks ending Nov. 18; were 12,773 against 13,996 for the prece¬ 
ding four weeks. But these are more than sufficient for the de¬ 
mand during the present time, while the rich are curtailing 
their expenses, and the poor are not able to buy meat. Receipts 
for the weeks ending Oct.*28, were 2,981; Nov. 4, 3,433; Nov. 11, 
3,978; Nov. 18, 2,381. Prices varied as follows: Oct. 28, no 
change; Nov. 4, %o. low^r; Nov. 11, *%c. lower; Nov. 18, lc. 
higher — making a decline of %c. during the month. The 
latest sales range: Premium Cattle, 10%©llc.; First quality, 
9%©10%c.; Medium quality, 8%©9c.; Poor quality, 73$©7c.; 
Poorest quality, 6%©7c.; General Selling Prices, 8©10c.; Ave¬ 
rage Selling Prices, 8%©8%c. These prices are for the esti¬ 
mated net weight of the meat, which is ordinarily about one- 
half the live weight. Very fat animals dress 55 to 60 lbs. beef 
to the 100 lbs. live weight. 
Sheep <iid Lambs. —The receipts of the five weeks reported 
last month should have been 58,537. The footings for the four 
past weeks give 43,294. Prices have declined during the month. 
Sheep are now worth 3%©4c. per lb. live weight. Lambs bring 
%©%c. more. The trade is dull at the present time, with free 
arrivals. 
Swine are in good supply at 6©6%c. gross weight for corn-fed, 
and 5©5%c. for distillery hogs. 
The Weather during the latter part of October was wet. 
In November a fine moderately cool atmosphere prevailed until 
near the middle of the month, when the first heavy frosts occur¬ 
red, since which time it has been quite cool,with alight sprink¬ 
ling of snow. . . . Our condensed notes read: Oct. 23, cool, 
frostv morning, day cloudy; 24, mild; 25 to 27, heavy wind and 
North-east rain storm; 28 and 29, cloudy; 3U, clear and mild; 
31, rain; Nov. 1 to 4, clear and fine; 5, clear a. m., rain at night: 
6 and 7, fine and mild; 8, cloudy and light rain; 9, clear and 
pleasant; 10, raining a. m., clear p. m.; 11, clear and fine; 12, 
hard frost, mercury 32° at sunrise; 13 and 14,.clear and growing 
cooler; 15, very cool morning, mercury 22°, and ground frozen 
quite hard; 16, cool a. m., rain p.m.; 17, clear and warm; 18 and 
19, mild, cloudy; 20, clear and growing cool; 2 1 , coldest morning 
of the season; mercury 20°, heavy snows at the West; 22, 
ground nearly covered with snow, a. m., the first of 1 lie season; 
23, milder, rain p. in.; 24, cool and pleasant* though considera¬ 
ble cold wind as on several days past. 
AN APPEAL 
TO FARMERS, MECHANICS. HOUSEKEEPERS AND 
OTHERS WHO NEED LABOR IN THE STATE OF 
NEW-YORK AND ELSEWHERE. 
New-York, November, 1857. 
Owing to the present severe pecuniary pressure, great num¬ 
bers of persons in this city, who have been thrown out of em¬ 
ployment, are willing to go into any part of the country where 
occupation can he obtained. As their desire is to earn their 
subsistence the coming Winter,rather than sutler or be depend¬ 
ent on charity, they would engage for low wages. Among them 
are persons of almost every age and variety of pursuit. Child¬ 
ren of both sexes, young men and women, those with and with¬ 
out families, steady mechanics, reliable laborers, and many 
sewing women and girls, who would turn their hands to any 
work for which they might be competent. The persons referred 
to mostly belong to the respectable industrious classes. They 
have.hitnerto been self supporting, and by causes'beyond their 
control are now reduced to the necessity of subsisting on alms, 
or of finding employment out of this over-crowded city. Nobly 
preferring the latter, they ask a home, or temporary asylum, in 
any accessible part of the country where they may earn their 
daily bread, until the present calamitous times are overpast. 
The persons in question having no means for traveling, these 
must he supplied by those who may require their labor. The 
cost of the best and cheapest route from the City of New-York 
to any desired place may he readily ascertained, and the proper 
sum lining sent to the Society applied to, the order will receive 
immediate attention. 
Persons requiring labor will please direct, their orders as fol 
lows : 
For Girls and Women- 
street, New-York. 
For Children of both Sexes— To N. C, PearcY, Juvenile Asy¬ 
lum, No. 23 West Thirteenth street, New-York. 
For Children and Young Women —To C. L.BltACE, “Children’s 
Aid Society,” Astor place, New-York. 
For Children, Young Men and Women, Families, Mechanics and 
Laborers —To N. Mead, “Five Points Mission,” New-York 
L M. Pease, “ Five Points House of Industry,” New-York. 
This circular appeal is the result of conference with the 
above-named Societies and the Association which the under¬ 
signed represents. It is earnestly hoped that the hearts of 
many may be moved to give it an early and favorable response, 
and thus afford some little relief to the poor and to this overbur¬ 
dened city. As stern Winter will soon again be upon us, what¬ 
ever may be dona for the benefit of the destitute in this way 
must be done quickly. 
Papers in the interior friendly to the object, will please repub¬ 
lish this circular. li. M. HARTLEY, 
Seoretary.of the Association for Improving the Condition 
of the Poor, No. 39 Bible House, Astor-place, New-York 
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Whitehall, Ky., Sept., 1857. 
Messrs. Grover <5* I! alter: 
Gents.— The Sewing Machine is received, and we put 
it at work at once. It is a beautiful thing, and puts every¬ 
body into an excitement and good humor. Were I a Ca¬ 
tholic, I should insist upon Saints Grover A Baker having 
an eternal holiday, in commemoration of their gootx 
deeds for humanity. 
With respect, I am yours, 
CASSIUS M. CLAY. 
GROVER & RAKER, 
Sowing Machine Co.. 
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