1865.J 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Featiihrs. Live Geese, p. lb.. @ 801 75 ® 76 
Skkd—C lover, per lb. 2.5 ® 26 25 @ 26 
Tlmotby. per busliel. 5 75 @ 7 OO 6 00 ® 6 75 
Flax, per bushel. 3 60 @ 3 85 3 50 @ 3 05 
Sugar—IS rown. per 11). 17 @ 23 16 @ 22 
MoLASSES.New-Orleiuis, p.sb. 1.30 @ 1 50 1 35 @150 
CoFKEK. Kio. per lb. 42 @ 46 30 ® 44 
'I'OISAOOO—lventuolcy,&c,p.lb.. 12 ^® 40 10 @ 45 
Seed Leaf, per Ib. 16 @ 63 0 ® 50 
Wool—D omestic Ileece, p. lb.. 90 @ 1 12K 87X@ 1 16 
Domestic, pulled, per lb. 72K® 1 02X 65 @ 1 04 
California, unwashed. 25 "® 65 22K@ 63 
I’ALLOW, peril). 16>4@ ITX 153f@ 16)i 
On, Cake, per tun. 75 00 @80 00 70 00 @ 78 00 
Pork—.M ess, per bbl. 40 50 @41 50 34 00 @36 75 
Prime, per bbl. 33.50 @ 34 00 29 00 @30 00 
llEEF-Plain mess. 20 00 @22 00 18 00 @22 00 
Lard, in bbls., per lb ..._ 20 @ 24 19><@ 24 
Butter—W estern, per lb. 35 @ 4.8 32>t@ 47K 
State, per lb. 43 @ 60 42>4@ 57>^ 
CiiEKSE. 15 @ 24 14 @ 24 
Beans- per bushel. 2 75 @ 2 90 3 00 ® 3 55 
Peas—C anada, per Bushel... Nominal. 2 30 @2 35 
Kggs—F resh, per doren. 37 ® 42 45 ® 47 
Poultry—P' owls, per lb. 18 @ 21 22 @ 25 
I'nrlceys, per lb-.. 20 ® 23 24 @ 35 
Potatoes—J lercers. p. bbl.... 3 00 @ 3 75 3 73 ® 4 20 
Peach Blow, per bbl. 2 75 @ 3 00 3 75 @ 4 00 
Aprles— per bbl. 6 50 @ 7 00 
•Apples-Itussets, per bbl. 3 73 @ 4 50 5 30 ® 6 00 
'I'lie N. Y. BLiive Stoclc Marltets have 
been very lightly supplied for a month past, owing to the 
tdockade of the railroad by snow. Beef Cattle this 
week sold higher than ever before. Prices spasmodic 
fanging from 14c.®lCc. per lb., estimated dressed weight 
for very poor cattle, to 25c.i327c. for extra animals. Other 
/‘ve stock have been almost as high proportionally. The 
regular supply is so disturbed by the weather that the 
present rates are no oriterian for a week or two hence. 
Live Hogs are very scarce, the best bringing 14c.® 14%c. 
per lb., live weight. Milch Cows have ranged all the 
way fi'om $50®$60 for ordinary to $30®$90 for very good 
and even $100 and upward for extra. 
Containing- a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into small 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
'I'Ske Stra,wl»crry will be sent 
out to subscribers early in April to the warmer sections 
of the country, and later to the colder regions. Par¬ 
ticulars given next month. For all information about 
purchase of plants, see Mr. Knox’s Advertisement. The 
Publisher has no plants of any kind to sell. 
Cattle ISrceders Associatioss.—The 
Annual meeting takes place on Wednesday, March 1st, 
at the City Hall, Worcester, Mass. Numbers of repre¬ 
sentative breeders of each class of well bred cattle are 
expected to be present, the discussions will be valuable. 
Ebcatli of a Veteran Agricultaral liditox’. 
Hon. Ezekiel Holmes, M. D., Editor cf the Maine Far¬ 
mer, died at his home in Winthrop, Me., on the 9lh ull., 
in the 64th year of his age. His life has been a very useful 
one. He has been the Editor of the Maine Farmer since 
its commencement in 1833, and identified with Agricul¬ 
tural progress in his own Stale, and throughout the coun¬ 
try. The loss of his counsels and co-operation will be 
very seriously felt, especially by the agriculturists of 
Maine and New-England, and his memory will be hon¬ 
ored by all who have ever known him. 
New York State Agricultural Society. 
The Annual meeting of this Society was held on the 8th 
and 9lh ultimo, at Albany. A severe snow storm delayed' 
the trains in almost all directions, so that the attendance 
was small, and the exhibition of dairy products, etc., mea¬ 
gre. The cordial greeting of the veteran Secretary, Col. 
Johnson, and the pleasure of meeting with so many of 
the tried friends and officers of the noble Society, aside 
from tlie interest attaching to the exercises, were 
pleasant. We ought to have more farmers’ gatherings. 
Certainly there is no cla.ss of the community more bene- 
fitted by a holiday, or.who enjoy social intercourse more 
than intelligent farmers. But we heartily wish this 
Annual Meeting, calculated as it is to be very interesting 
and instructive, could be held at a season of the year 
when farmers might risk a journey of a hundred or two 
miles, with bur ability to calculate within forty-eight 
hours when they would get there, and when home again, 
and where they couM get board for less than $5 a day. 
We had the pleasure of meeting several gentlemen from 
without the State, distinguished for their writings or in¬ 
terest in Agriculture. Among them Dr. J. A. Warder, 
of Cincinnati; Col. Stone, of Vermont; Col. Harris, of 
the Ohio Faraner ; and Mr. Greer of Ohio. 
The officers elected for the present year, are ; Pres't. 
Hon. T. C. Peters, of Darien, Genesee Co. Vice Prest's. 
Thos. H. Faile, Jr., West Farms, Westchester Co. Sam’l 
Thorne,W.TShington Hollow, Dutchess Co.,Hon J. Staun¬ 
ton Gould, Hudson, Columbia Co., T. L. Harrison, 
Morley, St. Lawrence Co., John Butterfield, Utica, Onei¬ 
da Co., Wm. Ely, Binghamton, Broome Co., D. D. T. 
Moore, Rochester, Monroe Co., Homer S. Huntley, Ca- 
taragus Co. Cor. Secretary, Col. B. P. Johnson, Albany. 
Rec. Secretary, E. Corning, Jr. Treasurer, Luther H. 
Tucker; Executive Committee, Elon Comstock, N. Y., 
Geo. H. Brown, Dutchess Co., Clark /. Hayes, Otsego 
Co..H. J. E. Foster, Senaca Co., L. Blakesley, Oneida Co. 
Utica is proposed as the place of holding the next fair, 
but the decision is with the executive committee. Dr. 
Fitch continued his reports on noxious insects, treating 
of the hop-louse, currant worms, enemies of the potato, 
and the “ bee-killer” fly. Dr. Warder and Mr. Gould ex¬ 
plained the efforts making to prepare flax so that it can 
be worked on cotton machinery. After the evening meet¬ 
ing of the first day, the members of the Society attended 
the reception of Gov. Fenton by special invitation. On 
the second day a discussion was had in the hall of the 
Societv, in regard to the best way to establish a good dai¬ 
ry herd, at whichw'as elicited interesting information, and 
after which the following resolution was passed, viz.:— 
“That it is both excellent and profitable for the dairymen 
of the State of New York to pursue the policy as far as 
practicable, of obtaining their cows by rearing their own 
stock for dairy purposes : and that heifers should be al¬ 
lowed to have calves at two years old.” In the evening 
the retiring president gave the annual address. 
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Notice—Increasing Clubs. 
Any number of subscribers can be added to a Club al- 
lady sent in, at the same rates as the original Club, if 
v.ie added subscriptions begin at the same time. Thus, 
U a Club of four names at $5, other names can be added 
at tl 25 each ; and so of other rates. Can not each of 
unr present Club subscribers add another name or two ? 
We have ste>eotvne Plate? to piint all back Nos. desired 
Tlais I^saiBi^Fcr oTExlra, Size.—In order 
to make room for the lengthy and valuable article on 
Hop Culture, without curtailing other matter, we add four 
extra pages this month at large expense. Probably this 
maybe done in other numbers, especially next month, 
when we shall give a prize chapter on Flax Culture. 
dsamcleB’cd. Horses frojas tlae Arssay. 
This terrible disease is fearfully prevalent in some of 
the Government Horse Hospitais. We have feared that 
it would spread from them, and now publish a commu¬ 
nication from J. C. Meyer, V. S., Cincinnati, O., which 
asserts that it has spread most alarmingly. He writes us : 
“I would direct your attention to a great evil, which by 
your extended influence, you may be able to check some¬ 
what. Since the Government has been selling its unser¬ 
viceable army horses, the glanders have made their ap¬ 
pearance in my practice, and are extending to such a de¬ 
gree, that I fear, if the sale of such sick horses is not 
stopped, not only an immense loss will be sustained by 
the State, but also, that in a short time we may be unable 
to obtain the necessary horses for war purposes. Some 
regulation prohibiting the sale of such horses, which 
would be respected by the Government agents, as well 
as by private individuals, is most desirable, as the lives 
of men as well as horses are jeoparded Ihei eby.” 
l®etrolcHm Advei-tiseaaicMts—WSsy 
not Admitted. —The newspapers are getting rich on 
the broadside advertisements of Petroleum Companies ; 
some of the Daily papers of this City receive $1000 to 
$2000 a day from this source. We have a full share of 
these offered at tempting prices, which we would gladly 
accept, not only for the profit, but because tlie discovery 
of Petroleum is a good thing—we may say a providen¬ 
tial interference in behalf of the country, as the heavy 
exports of this article are materially aiding our National 
finances at this eventful period. But we are not able to 
distinguish the good Companies from the bad, without 
more personal investigation than we can possibly find 
time for at present. The best Companies are usually 
those which make the least show in the newspapers; 
the operators who know they have a good foundation 
generally try to keep the stock in the hands of them¬ 
selves and friends. So, to avoid the danger of leading 
our readers into unprofitable or fraudulent enterprises, 
we feel compelled to decline all these advertisements. 
An Interesting and YaltsaMe de¬ 
partment of this paper the pre.?ent month, is the adver¬ 
tising columns, which are filled with the business an¬ 
nouncements of reliable dealers. No advertiser is ad¬ 
mitted whom we would not send an order to, if wanting 
what he advertises, and at the prices asked. Large 
numbers have been excluded, and we are sorry to say 
that many columns from good men were necessarily left 
out because they came after all the space we could pos¬ 
sibly spare was filled up. See what a store of good 
things are offered to select from. Seeds and small plants 
go so cheaply by mail (only 16 cents per lb. to any place 
in the United States), that one taking the Agriculturist 
in hand and looking through the advertising pages will 
find himself almost as well accommodated as if most of 
the leading establishments in the country were brought 
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together at his door. It is well to look all Ihrougli me 
business pages ; they ;ire made up at the convenieni'c .d 
the printer, so that one place is as valuable as :inoUier.— 
When sending orders, or for circulars, cata|og\ic:. eii-. 
please remember the previous request to state wheie the 
advertisement was seen. Several business men have 
expressed great pleasure at hearing from the A grim liar 
ist subscribers in every part of the country — froj]i av\:iy 
down in Maine and Nova Scotia, to the most di-i.aiii 
hamlet in the far West. Said one of llieso to us. ■■ Umll 
I heard from my advertisement in your journal. I had nr, 
adequate conception of the vast number (,f people ioter- 
ested in growing fruits, and planting see ls I uoer 
before so fully appreciated the greatness, Ihe boiinilles.* 
extent of our country, and the unity of interesis and i»ir- 
poses pervading the whole_I have heard from thou 
sands of individuals on a single subject, and they all 
unite and seem to think alike. How in the world the 
Agriculturist found its way into so many thousanils of 
the most distant towns, is more than I can imagine . ” 
Why, we advertised it every where, just as we should 
advise any man to do who had an unlimited supply of a 
good thing—let all the people know it. It your neighbor 
close at hand wants it, so does your neighbor in Iowa, 
and Nebraska, and way beyond. 
Msiplc SlBijs'SkB”.—Mr. Joel Page, West min 
ster, Windham Co., Vt., sends us a few more hints on 
sugar-making. He constructs his molds for caking Ihe 
sugar as follows ; He takes a plate of .'heet-iron or zinc 
18)^ by 23 inches, nails cleats about I inch wide and 
inch thick, thickest at the bottom, around the edges, and 
four lengthwise, equally distant, across the plate. The 
long divisions thus made he subdivides by zinc slips 
I inch wide and 3}^ inches long into small spaces of con 
venient size for cakes. Mr. P. has 11 molds one way, 
and 5 the other on one plate. In sugaring off he boils, 
stirring carefully till a drop on a bright ax-blade, when 
cold, will slide off w ithout leaving a trace ; then sets the 
vessel off the fire and stirs till the sugar begins to granu¬ 
late finely, when it is poured into the mold, which is pre¬ 
viously wetted, and set aside to cool. When the molds 
are inverted on a clean table the cakes drop out easily. 
'Tlsc Aa3ses*ic;&3i BSose 
This little hanilbook contains the necessary directions 
for planting, pruning and propagaling the Rose, and will 
be found convenient for the amateur. The list . ( 
varieties is a few years behind the time, as is the case it) 
all works enumerating the sorts of those flowers which 
are yearly changing and improving. The cultivators' 
annual catalogues give the newest varieties.—A now 
edition, in neat paper covers, just ready. Price 30 cents. 
EiSiott's '^Vesters* Ffsaat CJE-owes’s' 
Guide. —This has long been a favorite work of refer¬ 
ence, especially among Western fruit growers. Its de¬ 
scriptions are brief, and it has a list of varieties which 
have been found unworthy of cultivation. A new edi 
tionhas been prepared to meet the demand. Price $1 5n, 
Catalos'Bies, etc., E£eceiv4'4l. — The 
catalogues of nurserymen and seedsmen are, at present, 
often more than mere price lists. They frequently coulain 
descriptions of plants, with useful directions for culture, 
and in many cases are illustrated Cviili engravings. IJ. K. 
Bliss, of Springfiehl, hits issued his Spring C;iti)logue and 
Amateur’s Guide to the Flower and Kitchen GTirdcn. it 
contains the newest seeds and is very full of description 
and illustration. One commendable feature is, tluit it 
tells the extent of ground a given amount of vegetable 
seeds will sow.The catalogue of A. M. Purdy, South 
Bend, Ind., contains a good selection of small fruits. 
..The catalogues of Alfred Briilgeinau s well-known 
establishment, at 876 Broadway, contain all Ihe standard 
varieties of flower and vegetable seeds, as well as the 
novelties. ..J. W. Cone, Vineland, N. J., sends price 
list of grapes.The different catiilogues of Ellwanger 
and Barry, Rochester, N. Y., wouhl, if bound together, 
make a good sized volume. They seem to contain 
everything in the way of trees and plants.John Van¬ 
derbilt, 23 Fulton street, N. Y., has a full assortment ol 
agricultural implements, and choice flower and vegetable 
and tree seeds, as set forth in his catalogue.J. M. 
Jordan, St. Louis, Mo., offers a good selection of nursery 
seeds, and in his catalogue sensibly commends the vari¬ 
ous agricultural and horticullural papers to his custom¬ 
ers.The Reading, Mass., Nursery ot J. tV. Manning. 
has the usual viiriety. together with several Down-eiusl 
specialties.Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, publishes 
his Garden Calendar for 1865, being a catalogue of seeds 
and plants, with notes on their cultui'e.Reid's Nur, 
series. David D. Buchanan succeeds Ihe l;de William 
Reid in the proprietorshi)) of these celebiate.d nurseries. 
In his catalogue, he promi-es to maintain their reputa¬ 
tion for accuracy and good stock.J. M. Thorburn d 
Co., have issued their catalogue of flower seeds, and 
spring hulb-s. It oompri.ses a full assortment. 
