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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[November, 
expose the roots for any length of time to the 
drying winds which usually prevail at this season. 
Bulbs .—If these have been neglected until this 
month, plant at once* else there will be danger of 
the ground freezing before it can be done. All 
tender bulbs remaining in the ground ought to be 
dug and stored now, if not attended to before. 
Pot a supply of hyacinths for winter flowering, and 
put into the cellar until the roots are well grown ; 
if the roots are not allowed to form, the bulb never 
makes a good flower. 
Dahlias .—Remove the roots from the ground, and 
as- soon as dry, store in the cellar. 
Chrysanthemums .—Stake before the wind breaks 
them, and take up some to flower in-doors. 
Protection must be provided for all half-hardy 
plants, but not applied until the weather becomes 
quite cold ; if covered before, they are liable to 
start into growth and be injured by the winter. 
Herbaceous Perennials may be divided up early 
this month, and planted out in new beds ; they do 
best if divided as often as every three or four years; 
when not set until late they will be benefited by 
having a thin covering of marsh hay, or litter. 
i*reeia2a«sese timet Window I’lsjstts. 
This department should be attractive at this sea¬ 
son, making up in part for the lack of display dur¬ 
ing the summer. Everything in the way of repairs 
ought to have been done earlier in the season, and 
not a.day must be lost now, in completing all 
changes which are to be made. If the houses require 
glazing, attend to this at once, and give the sash 
bars a coat of thick paint to fill up all cracks. 
Bulbs required for flowers during the holidays, 
ought to have been potted last month; a safe 
rule to follow, is to bring them into heat 5 or 6 
weeks before flowers are wanted. 
Camellias .—Keep cool, and syringe occasionally, 
lo retard the flowers as long as possible. 
Boses trained to the rafters should be tied up as 
fast as they grow, and a little weak liquid manure 
water given occasionally. 
Climbers, such as Passion-flowers, Tropieolums, 
etc., make very good plants for training on the 
rafter, as they furnish a good shade for other plants. 
Heliotropes for winter flowers are very flue, and 
should be grown in boxes or large pots where they 
will have an abundance of root room. 
Insects .—Fumigate weekly with tobacco stems, 
so destroy the green “fly.” Destroy mealy bugs 
by hand picking, and scale by whale oil soap wash; 
for red spider give the houses frequent syringings, 
sprinkling a plenty of water on the pipes. 
■ ■■ ■■ ' <gP IHM- 
Commercial Matters—Market Prices. 
Gold has been up to 117£, and down to 115f, closing 
Oct. 12th at 1161, as against 117 on Sept. 11th. 
There has been quite a free movement in the leading 
kinds of Domestic Produce.. The export inquiry has 
been good for Breadstuffs, Cotton, and Provisions. The 
home trade demand has been fairly active. Some specu¬ 
lative call has been noted toward the close for Corn, 
chiefly on western account. The speculative dealings in 
Cotton, Pork, and Lard, have been quite liberal. Prices 
have been very variable. Flour, Wheat, and Barley, 
closed heavy ; Corn, Oats, Rye, Pork, and Lard, left off 
more firmly. The recent arrivals of Barley have been 
large, and the market closed in favor of buyers. The 
offerings of Rye have been light, and have been ruling 
stronger. Only a few car loads of Buckwheat have yet 
been received and marketed, including State at 80 cents 
per bushel. Butter and Cheese and Eggs have been 
quoted, higher, but close less buoyantly_Tobacco, 
Wool, and Nava] Stores, have been in fair request, and 
quoted firmer — Petroleum closed at advancing prices, 
checking business, particularly for export... .Seeds have 
been quiet and irregular... .Hay and Hops declined, on a 
moderate business....Ocean freights have been more 
active, and quoted much stronger, but the later opera¬ 
tions indicated a somewhat easier range of grain rates. 
Flour by sail and steam to London, as. (j d. @.3s. per bbl.; 
Grain by sail, to do., 9 }d. @ 10 pi. per bushel; Grain 
by steam to Liverpool, 9i@9|ff., and by sail, to do., 
per bushel. Grain tonnage for Cork and orders, 
Os. 9 d. ; for Penarth Roads, and orders, Os. 3 d.; for the 
Continent, Gs. 9 d. per quarter. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care¬ 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist, 
from our daily record during the year, show at a glance 
tlie transactions for the month ending Oct. 12th, 1875, 
and for the corresponding month last year: 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Receii’TS. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Harley. Oats. 
25 cl’8 this m'lliSIT.OOO 3,971),000 3,711,000 19,700 329,000 1,411,000 
28 cl’s last m’th314,000 4,913,500 3,918,000 29,000 -11,000 1,001,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Ili/e. Harley. Oats. 
25 cl’s this m’Mi422,000 5,013,000 4,080,000 17,000 215,000 1,780,000 
28 tl’s last m’th378,000 5,771.U00 4,103,000 19,000 36,000 1,973,000 
g. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Harley. Oats. 
25 days 1S75. .347,000 3,976,000 3,771,000 19,700 329,000 1,411,000 
25 days 1874.-331,000 3,214,000 1,711,000 103,000 117,000 802,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. line. Harley. Oats. 
25 days 1875. .421,000 5.013,000 4,086,000 17,000 215,000 1,786.000 
25 clays 1871..317,000 4,807,000 4,218,000 48,000 129,000 1,911,000 
3. Stock of grain in store at New York. 
Wheat. Corn. Rye. Harley. Oats. Malt. 
bush. bush. bush, busli. bush. bush. 
Oct. 11,1875..2,382,502 1,682,246 10,910 21.688 439,698 261,128 
Sept. 6,1875.. 1,251,331 1,033,086 11,216 1,963 211,009 293,081 
May 11,1875.. 969,804 1,542,924 16,124 16.537 545,209 229,655 
Jail. 11,1875. .3,675,122 1,049,900 50,889 191,470 877,014 145,047 
Nov. 9, 1874..3,6S0,141 1,727,510 19,123 117,185 794,722 135,S82 
4. Exports .from New York, Jan. 1 to Oct. 6. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Harley. Oats. Reas. 
hbls. bush. busli. bush, busli. bush. bush. 
1815.1,404,189 20,070,070 10,142,607 154,510 225 101,133 239,857 
1874.1,637,033 29,693,058 16,676,486 563,181 3,320 91,438 285,699 
5. Receipts at head of tide-ioater at Albany each season 
to Sep. 30th. 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Harley. Oats. 
bbls. busli. busli. busli. bush. bush. 
1S75 .69,900 12,807,100 5.850,700 88,000 339.500 1,262,200 
1871 .7G.100 17,092,700 15.045,100 1S9.S00 210.000 1,506,200 
1873.98,000 14,981.200 12,570,700 828,800 133,400 2,378,400 
1872 .S3,900 5,670,800 22,562,500 336,700 635,900 4,760,700 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Price or Gold 
Sept. 13. 
117 
Oct. 12. 
116 1-3 
Flour—S uper to Extra State 45 15 
® 6 50 
$1 90 
@ 6 40 
Suocr t.o Extra Southern_ 
5 00 
(di 8 50 
4 90 
@ 8 75 
Extra Western. 
5 GO 
@ 8 25 
5 40 
@ 8 50 
Extra Genesee. 
6 00 
@ 7 25 
5 90 
@ 7 25 
Superfine Western . 
5 15 
(rQ 5 G5 
4 90 
@ 5 40 
Bye Flour.. 
4 50 
@ 5 75 
4 25 
<a 5 50 
Corn-Meal. 
3 50 
@ 4 50 
3 00 
@ 4 15 
Buckwheat Flour, ?! 100fts 
3 00 
@ 3 25 
2 90 
@ 3 25 
Wheat— All kinds of White. 
1 35 
ft 
1 58 
1 35 
@ 1 55 
All kinds of Bed and Amber. 
1 05 
6 
a l 48 
90 
@ 1 40 
Corn— Yellow.. 
75 
ft 
!> 78 
73 
@ 74 
Mixed.. 
65 
ft 
a 75 
67 
@ 73% 
White.. . 
Nominal 
76 
@ 77 
Oats— Western. 
40 
ft 
a 59 
36 
@ 55 
State . 
40 
ft 
a no 
42 
® 55 
Bye . 
90 
) 1 00 
90 
® - 
1 15 
1 30 
1 00 
® 1 30 
Buckwheat, i8 hush. 
— 
ll — 
80 
@ - 
IIay —Dale, ^ 100 lbs . 
65 
1 10 
GO 
@ 1 00 
Straw, 18 100 fts. 
50 
85 
50 
@ 90 
IZ%® 
10 @ 
35 @ 60 
13 @ — 
2 60 ® 3 00 
1 60 @ 1 75 
6%@ 9 '4 
Cotton— Middlings, ?! n> ... 14%0 
Hops—C rop ofl875, V m. 15 @ 
Feathers—L ive Geese, iff lb 35 
Seed—C lover, 10 lb .. 13 
Timothy. 18 bushel. 3 00 
Flax, 18 bushel. . 1 75 
Sun a R— Refi’g & Grocery ?! lb 
Molasses. Cuba. 11 gai. 
New Orleans, 18 gal. 
Coffee—R io (Gold). 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &e„ Vlb. 
Seed Leaf, 18 lb . 
Wool—D omestic Fleece, 18 lb 
Domestic, pulled, 18 lb. 
California, clip. 17 
Tallow, 18 lb 
Oil-Cake— f< ton ... 
Pork—M ess. IS barrel 
Prime Mess. 18 barrel 
Beef—P lain in 
Lard, in tres. & barrels, ?! lb 
Butter—S tate, 18 lb. 
Western, IS lb .. 
CnKKSE.. ... . 
Beans— 18 bushel. 
Peas—C anada, free, ~ 4 < bu ... 
Egos—F resh, 18 dozen. 
Poultry—F owls__ 
Turkeys—18 lb. 
Geese, 18 pair.. 
Ducks, 18 pair. 
Pigeons, 18 doz. 
Woodcock, per pair. 
Spring Chickens, 18 lb_ 
Grouse, 18 pair. 
Partridge, 18 pair. 
Ducks, Wild, 18 pair. 
Vknsion, 18 1®. 
Turnips 18 bbl . 
Cars ages—18 100. 
Onions—?! bbl. 
Potatoes—?! bbl 
Sweet Potato 
Broom-corn ... 
Pears, per crate. 
Pears, 18 bbl. 
Plums, 18 busli. 
Grapes, ?! lb. 
Apples— 18 barrel. 
Cranberries— 18 bbl— 
PEAonES, per orate. 
Green Corn, per 100 ... 
Green Peas. ?! bbl_ 
Tomatoes, 18 busli. 
String Beans, per bag. 
Squash, ?! bbl. 
Cauliflower, per bbl. 
Pumpkins, 18 100___ 
Egg Plant, 18 100. 
[Vcw York Livc-Slock Hurkols, 
RECEIPTS. 
Reeves. Cows. Caines. Shee.p. Swine. Tot'l. 
bbl., 
12Kft 
13% 
13 
@ 13% 
22 
35 
24 
@ 40 
15 
33 
10 
@ 37 
2 
10% 
4 
@ 13% 
1 65 
3 00 
1 50 
© 2 75 
1 20 
! 1 30 
1 15 
@ 1 20 
IS 
22 
27%@ 30 
S 
C 
17 
12 
® 18 
16 
c 
20 
14 
fta 19 
1 25 
ft 
2 50 
1 25 
@ 2 25 
60 
c 
) 95 
55 
@ 80 
1 50 
ft 
2 37 % 
1 00 
@ 1 75 
80 
® 95 
80 
@ 1 00 
14 
ft 
IS 
14 
@ 19 
— 
@ - 
90 
@ 1 00 
— 
@ - 
50 
@ 1 00 
— 
@ - 
30 
@ 70 
— 
ft 
— 
13 
@ 15 
75 
ft 
1 25 
1 25 
@ 1 75 
1 75 
ft 
3 75 
2 00 
® 8 00 
1 25 
ft 
1 75 
1 00 
© 1 75 
75 
1 50 
1 00 
@ 2 00 
1 25 
a 3 50 
1 50 
@ 2 50 
7 
13 
6 
@ 12 
50 
4 00 
—. 
@ - 
2 75 
8 00 
2 50 
@12 00 
2 DO 
4 50 
2 50 
@ 4 50 
2 
10 
4 
@ 11 
1 00 
@ 3 25 
1 75 
@ 3 37% 
— 
© - 
8 00 
@10 00 
25 
@ 1 25 
50 
® 2 50 
60 
1 00 
87 
@ 1 50 
@ - 
® - 
20 
60 
— 
— 
— 
— 
@ - 
50 
@ 1 25 
30 
@ 75 
— 
<s 
— 
2 00 
@ 7 00 
— 
© — 
3 50 
@ 4 00 
— 
© — 
3 50 
® 4 00 
WEEK ENDING 
Sept. 20. 9,373 
Sept. 27.10.160 
Oct. 4.10,752 
Oct. 11.10,307 
Total for 4 llVuR-s. .41,092 
do.fo'rjireoA Weeks 33,520 
65 3,330 32,736 20,572 66,126 
113 2,750 29,699 19,036 61,818 
109 2,553 36,282 22,034 72,730 
81 2,600 26,082 32,661 72,234 
376 11,233 124.SI9 94,353 271,903 
297 11,236 105,518 71,301 226,922 
Heeves. Cows. Caines. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Week . 10,273 04 2,808 31,212 23,588 
do. do. last Month... 9,630 74 2,S2L 26,379 17,825 
do. do . prev'S Month.. 9,216 100 3,336 27,222 22,265 
Beeves.— The market for beeves has been generally 
unsatisfactory throughout the month. Dealers have lost 
money through the constant shrinkage in prices which 
have steadily given way without any permanent recov¬ 
ery. Slaughterers have also lost by the poorer quality 
of the stock offered. The market has consequently 
dragged slowly, buyers bolding off for concessions which 
dealers could not afford. Each week has marked a loss 
of value up to the close, when the market lost a further 
1 to fc. U? fi), under the weight of a lot of poor coarse 
cattle, which butchers were not willing to purchase ex¬ 
cept at a reduction. Prices ranged from 71 to 12£c. $ ft 
on poor to prime native steers, to dress 04 to 58 fts. ip 
gross cwt. ; extra and fancy steers sold at 12Kail3ic. to 
dress 58 fts:, and common to fair Texans and Cherokees 
were forced off at 7I@9c. $ ft to dress 55 to 56 fts. $ 
112 fts. live weight. 
The prices for the past four weeks were as follows: 
WEEK ENDING 
Sept. 20. 
Sept. 27. 
Oct. 4. 
Oct. 11. 
Range. 
7%@13%c. 
8 @13Kc. 
7%@13%c. 
7M@13%c. 
Large Sales. 
Aver. 
io%@u%c. 
11 c. 
i0%@n%c. 
10%c. 
10 @11 c. 
10%e. 
10 @11 c. 
10%C. 
Milch Cows. —The offerings of cows for some 
time past have been very poor, while the enquiry for 
good stock has been active. The market has been dull 
for want of salable stock. Poor strippers have been sold 
as low as $16, and many poor cows for $30 fl head, which 
has injured the market for anything but extra stock. 
Good cows with calf have sold readily for $60@$80. The 
market closed dull at $30@$80 for common to choice, and 
$85 to $108 for extra good and fancy cows . . Calves. 
—This class of stock has kept very steady, wit-h fair de¬ 
mand. The prices of veals are now about lc. ft, and 
grass calves are $3 per head, less than at this time last 
year. The trade at these figures has been fair through¬ 
out the month, and as we close our report, fair to prime 
veals are selling at 7@9Jc. ft live weight, and grassers 
at $5@$9.50 head_ Sheep and Lambs. —There 
has been a very fair market through the month for sheep 
at slightly lower prices, which have been marked down 
Je. Lambs have given way -Jc. ^ ft on a generally dull 
market up to the close, when there was a better feeling, 
and a large business at E-J@7Jc. $ ft live weight for 
lambs, and 4J@6}c. for sheep . Swine.— The market 
for hogs has been active at advancing prices. The busi¬ 
ness of the past month opened at an advance of Jc. per 
lh. all round. Another lc. was gained on dressed soon 
after, with an active business. Prices at the close were 
lower, live hogs being quoted at 8c., and dressed at 10c. 
@10}c. per lb. 
Remember 
The Valuable Premiums. 
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