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Commercial Matters—Market Prices. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care¬ 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist., 
show at a glance the transactions for a month, ending 
Nov. 15, 1866, and the exports of Breadstuffs from this 
port thus far, since J.anuary 1 : 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW-TORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
27daysWii.5m’tli.331.000 1.21,3,000 1,496,000 167.000 2,181,000 849.000 
20dayslrt.«m’tli.288,000 519,000 4,101,000 136,000 311,000 817,000 
Sales, Flour. Wieat. Corn. Rye. Rarley, 
27 days month, 363,000 2,045.000 5,679.000 476,000 2,13.5,000 
20 d,ays last montli, 329,000 734,000 4,727,000 287,000 23,800 
3. Comparison tcith same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
27 days 1866.. ..331.000 1,213,000 1,496,000 167,000 2,184,000 849,000 
27 days 1865... .414,000 617,000 3,163,000 13S,000 1,329,000 1,175,000 
Sales. 
Flour. 
Wheat. 
Comi. 
Rye. 
Rarley. 
27 days 1866.. 
27 day-s 1865. . 
.... 363,000 
.... 317,000 
2,045,000 
1,616,000 
5,679.000 
2,629,000 
476,000 
141,000 
2,135,000 
838,000 
3. Export^ from New-York, January 1 to Nov. 15: 
Flour. 
Wheat. 
Corn. 
Rye, 
Oats. 
1866. 
1865. 
1S64. 
1863. 
1862. 
.. 811,066 
,. 1,761,342 
.. 2,683,086 
340,735 
1,947,424 
14,982,576 
14,199,328 
23,216,817 
10,656,000 
3,276,163 
814.608 
7,480,835 
10,542,556 
192,489 
170,694 
453 
41,5,249 
1,888,790 
1,067,567 
69,831 
39,613 
123,996 
144,165 
4. Receipts of Breadstuff's at the head of tide water at 
Albany, from the commencement of Navigation to Nov. 7. 
Flour. Wheat, Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
1866.. ..261.400 4.378,800 22,,546,000 910,100 4,059,400 8,330.500 
1865.. ..704.200 7,378,200 15,142,600 782,100 3,193,300 8.620,800 
1861.. ..970.400 13,415,600 9,035,500 525,500 2,078,700 9.440,000 
Current Wholesale Prices, 
Oct. 15. 
Pr.TCfE OF Gold. 153K 
Flour—S uper to Extra State $7 75 @11 75 
Super to Extra Southern.11 80 
Extra Western. 8 50 
Extra Genesee.11 80 
Superfine Western. 7 80 
Hyb Flour. 6 50 
Corn Meal. 4 75 ® 5 25 
Wheat—A ll kinds of White. 2 85 @ 3 30 
All kinds of Red and Amber. 1 70 
Corn—Y ellow. 96 
Mixed. 94 
Oats—W estern. .54 
State. 62 
Rye. 1 05 
Barley. 1 15 
Hay—B ale 100 Ib. 95 
Loose.•! 00 
@16 50 
@16 50 
@14 25 
@10 10 
" 7 GO 
@ 3 00 
@ 96 
@ 61 
@ — 
@ 1 28 
@ 1 32 
@ 1 45 
@ 1 50 
@ 1 00 
@ 44 
@ 60 
@ 82 K 
- 14 
Nov. 15. 
143K 
$8 75 @12 40 
12 25 @17 50 
9 50 @18 00 
12 50 @14 00 
8 75 @10 50 
6 75 
6 00 
3 00 
2 05 
1 30 
1 30 
67 
71 
1 30 
1 10 
1 00 
@ 3 75 
Straw, ^ 100 B. 05 
Cotton—M iddlings, 13 fb_ 41 
Hops—C rop of 1866, B. 35 
Feathers—L ive Geese, ^ B. 25 
Seed—C lover, B . 13 
Timothy, si bushel. 3 .50 
Flax. ?l bushel. 
Sugar—B rown, ^ B... 
Molasses, Cuba, ^igl. 
Coffee—K io,(Gold price)?! B 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &o., ^B. 
Seed Leaf, B. 
Wool—D omestic Fleece, ?! B. 
Domestic, pulled, ?! B... 
California, iinwaslied,... 
Tallow, ?! B . 
Oil Cake—^ ton. 
Pork—M ess, ?! barrel... 
Prime, ^ barrel . 
Beef—P lain mess. 
Lakd, in barrels, ^ B.... 
Butter—W estern, ?! B., 
State, ?! B. 
Cheese. 
Beans—^ bushel.. 
Peas—C anada. ?! bushel. Nominal. 
Eggs—F resh, ?! dozen. 30 @ 34 
Poultry—F owls, ?! B. 19 ® 23 
Turkeys, ?! B. 18 @ 23 
Potatoes—M ercers, ?! bbl... 2 50 @ 2 75 
Peach Blows, ?! barrel. 2 25 @ 2 50 
Potatoes—B uckeye, ?! bbl.. 150 @175 
Apples—?! barrel. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Pears, ?! barrel. 4 00 @20 00 
8 25 
@ 6 25 
@ 3 45 
@ 3 20 
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@ 73 
@ 1 50 
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® 1 45 
1 10 @ 1 55 
70 @ 1 00 
31 @ 37 
30 @ 03 
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33 ® 36 
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1 50 @2 00 
3 25 @ 4 no 
4 00 @20 00 
16 
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2 25 
Gold has declined materially since our last, more or 
less adversely influencing all commercial values. But 
the abundance of money, available to speculative oper¬ 
ators on easy terms, lias tended to foster a speculative 
inquiry for most kinds of produce, especially for Bread- 
stuffs, which have been in unusually active request, partly 
for home use and export, but chiefly for investment, at 
much higher but irregular prices. Witliin a week or so, 
the demand has been less urgent, and as some holders 
have been eager to realize on their supplies, there lias 
been less buoyancy in the market. As we write, the dis¬ 
position to buy freely is reviving again, encouraged by 
the favorable foreign advices, particularly for Corn, and 
the tendency of prices of Flour, Wlieat, and Corn is 
once more upward. There has been an unusually good 
export inquiry for Barley, chiefly the Canada, which has 
arrived in liberal quantities. Oats have been less actively 
dealt in by shippers. We enter on the winter months 
with a comparatively moderate stock of grain in store 
here, including, of Wheat, 703,855 bushels ; Corn, 2.812,- 
909 bushels ; Rye. 271,727 bushels ; Bailey, 1,078,675 bush¬ 
els ; Oats, 1,597,245 bushels, and Malt, 57,404 bushels. 
The principal holders are firm in their views, anticipating 
a further rise in prices_There has been a very exten¬ 
sive business transacted in Provisions, chiefly in Mess 
Pork, on speculative account, opening at rapidly advanc¬ 
ing prices, but suddenly breaking down about the begin¬ 
ning of November, and since fluctuating widely. Toward 
the close the demand was becoming brisk again, and 
prices were quoted steadier. Mess Pork sold as higli as 
$36 a barrel on tlie 31st of October, iiaving been engi¬ 
neered up lo that figure by a clique of speculators ; it sold 
as lotv as $24.25 a barrel on Monday, Nov. 12th, un¬ 
der a pressure to realize. The coyapse in the speciila- 
live movement led to the failure of one large house, and 
several small concerns, whose means were wiped out by 
the reaction_Cotton has been more freely offered, and 
has been in less request, closing decidedly lower-Hay, 
Seeds, and Tobacco, have been less souglit after at irre¬ 
gular prices_Hops have been in good demand at buoy¬ 
ant rates_Wool has been in very slack request, espe¬ 
cially for manufacturing purposes, and as stocks have 
been steadily increasing, prices have favored buyers de¬ 
cidedly, the market closing very lieavily. 
r^’ew Yoi'lc Elive Sf.ocls: JHarlsets.— 
The supply during the past four weeks has been very 
large for the season, as is shown in tlie following table : 
WEEK ENDING. 
Reeves. 
Cozes. 
Calves. 
Sheep. 
Swine. 
Nov. 13 . 
. ..7,137 
76 
1,026 
27,420 
17,774 
Nov. 6. 
100 
1,126 
32,688 
23,236 
Oct. 30. 
133 
1,324 
29,760 
22,487 
Oct. 23. 
98 
1,416 
27,754 
20,503 
Total in four Weeks. 
...27,080 
407 
4,882 
117,626 
84,000 
Average per Week.. 
... 0,770 
102 
1,220 
■ 29,400 
21,000 
do. do. last Moiith. 
... 6,793 
103 
1,387 
2.5,514 
14,,326 
do. do. prev's Month. 6,227 
92 
1,209 
23,300 
11,908 
do. do. do. 1865... 
... ,5,235 
118 
1,500 
16,091 
11,0^3 
do. do. do. 1864... 
... 5,161 
145 
1,511 
1.5,315 
12,676 
do. do. do. 1863... 
129 
694 
9,941 
21,070 
Total Animals for Slaughter in past 5 Weeks.380,000 
The weekly receipts of beef cattle and cows have been 
nearly the same as the previous month ; veal calves 367 
per week less ; sheep nearly 4,000 per week more ; live 
hogs nearly 7,000 per week more. It will be seen that, as 
compared with the weekly average for all of last year, 
the weekly excess the past month lias been 1,515 beef 
cattle, 13,315 sheep, and very nearly 10,000 hogs. Tins 
enormous weekly increase, which has continued now for 
above tliree months, readily explains the material decline 
in prices — JBccC Cattle, under the continuous lieavy 
receipts noted above, have gone downward in price, un¬ 
til to-day (Nov. 13,) “ the bottom has dropped out,” as 
the dealers say. Tlie present rates are no more tlian 13c. 
(S)14c. per lb., estimated dressed weight, for the most of 
fair cattle; 14ji’c.®15Xc. for superior quality ; 16c.(n) 
16J^c. for an occasional extra ; 13c.(®12«. for common 
thinnisli steers, oxen, and dry cows; llXc.fa)10>4’c. for 
poor ; and even 9c., or less, for some of the worst. Deal¬ 
ers who bought a few weeks ago are losing large sums. 
-milcU Cows have recently been in better demand 
for families. The .advance of milk to 12c. per quart, re¬ 
tail, makes it profitable for families to keep tlieir own 
cows where they have barn or yard room. Really good 
cows go at $80®$100, young calf included; extras $100 
to $110; anuccasional fancy $10 to $20 higher ; fair $05 
to $75 ; poor ,$60 to $50_Veal Calves are always in 
demand lo keep up on the liotel and restaurant bills of 
fare the “ veal cutlets,” and so with diminislied supplies 
the best, prime, large fat calves bring 12Xc. to 14c. per 
lb., live weiglit, despite the fall in lieef ; common calves 
12c. to 10c.; poorest, 9c. and even lower_Slieep and 
Lambs have far exceeded in supply anything previously 
known liere—29,400 per week, against a weekly average 
last year of 16,000 ! November 1st, prices were down lo 
4%c.®6c. per lb., live weight, for sheep. Witli a little 
decline in recei|)ts prices are better this w-cek. Those of 
good quality range at 6c. to 7c., and occasional extras 
to Tj^c.; medium to inferior 6o. to 5c. Lambs 6Xc. 
to8Xc., for poor to extra quality_Live Hoa;s have 
had a great fall in value, partly from tlie lieavy receipts 
and warm weather, but mainly from tlie heavy decline in 
packed pork, hams, and lard, in the commercial market. 
To-day live hogs are bringing only "yc. to Sj^c. per lb., 
live weight, against lCj^o.®nj^c. in our last report, but 
there is apparently an upward turn in the market. 
----aots.--- 
A Horse SBosinitsil.—Ev'ery one who keeps 
only two horses should be able to separate them if one 
is,sick, and it is hardly the fair thing lo turn tlie well one 
into the yard. If possible, liave a box 10 feet square, 
8X10 will do. The floor should be slightly sloping and 
tight, so that no air currents can draw up through it. 
Provide a window, good ventilation independent of tlie 
window, and a substantial trough which should be mov¬ 
able, and supply a great abund.-ince of clean straw litter. 
All the sides of tlie box should he tight, so that the ani¬ 
mal will be shielded from blasts of .air, and there sliouUl 
be a padlock on the door. This box (and it may be well 
to have more than one) should be entirely removed from 
the other stalls. AVhen a horse shows anything ailing 
him, after thoroughly cleaning, sponging off and rubbing 
him dry, turn him in here, for such food and treatment as 
the case demands. Never curry or clean a horse in the 
loose box, that is able to walk out of it. 
