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[January, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Commercial Matters—Market Prices. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care¬ 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist , 
show at a glance the transactions for the month ending 
Dec. 14,1SU9, and for the corresponding month last year. 
1. TRA.N8ACTIO.VS AT TIIE NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour, meat. Corn. Bye. Farley. Oats. 
21 (lavs this mV...510.000 3.173,000 729,000556,500 1,558,000 2.117,000 
29 days last in' tl. .471,000 3,763,000 1,656,000 35,000 853,000 1,645,000 
Sai.es. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
21 days this m’th.336.000 3,018,000 1,609.000 47,000 763,000 1.656,500 
29 days last m’tli .312,500 3,811,000 1,965,000 38,500 SSI,000 1,537,000 
!i. Comparison with same period at this lime last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheal. Corn. Bye. Farley. Oats. 
24 days 1869.519,000 3.173.000 729,000 56,500 1,55S.000 2,147.000 
26 days 1868.428,000 3,297,000 988,500 241,000 741,000 2,306,000 
Sai.es. Flour. Wheal. Corn. llye. Farley. Oals. 
24 days 1869_336,000 3,018,000 1,609,000 47,000 763,000 1,656,500 
26 days 1S6S.289,000 1,786,000 1,639,009 201,000 268,000 2,701,000 
3. Exports from New York, Jan. 1 to Dec. 11: 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oals. 
1869. 
1868. 
4. 
18(>9. 
Dec. 11... 
Nov. 10.. 
Oct. 11... 
Sept. 6.... 
Aug. 9... 
July 10.. 
June 7.... 
May 11... 
Apr. 10... 
March 12. 
Deb. 10 .. 
Jan. 13... 
.1,461,664 17,661,617 1.616,801 143,542 40,594 48,463 
. 967,977 5,535,844 5,785,037 153,093 - S2,537 
Stock of g, 
mill in . 
store at New 
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Wheat, 
Corn , 
Bye, 
Barley, 
Oats, 
Malt. 
bush. 
bust). 
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bush. 
bush. 
bash. 
833,909 
50,043 
285,906 
1,386,594 
77,097 
...1,610,030 
693,085 
31,709 
31,581 
281.581 
06,782 
.... 978,272 
445,068 
34,467 
5,948 
120,950 
61,094 
. 745.121 
127,736 
56,081 
— 
183,920 
134,870 
.... 634,262 
253,155 
75,797 
361 
50,219 
105,158 
. 531,657 
328,613 
71,418 
2,966 
259,985 
97,177 
.... 637,877 
385,241 
107,546 
383 
555,993 
109,746 
...1.056,018 
394,156 
107,502 
17,684 
613,166 
77,677 
,...1,684,633 
1,080,769 
165,008 
48,281 
1,178,710 
66.664 
....1,990,416 
1,301,167 
211.880 
81,616 
2 , 000,457 
50,095 
....2,70S,609 
1,407,6-16 
225.182 
91,384 
2,390,529 
58.034 
.3,524,172 
1,509,233 
263,260 
54,740 
2,864,354 
236,001 
1808. 
Dec. II .3.475,541 2,005,819 2S7 101 3I2.92L 3,014,59 1 99,526 
Nov. 10.1,821,057 2,773,309 123,248 371,055 2,082,798 23,691 
5. Receipts at tide-water at Albany to Nov. 30 th : 
Flour, meal, Corn, I!ye. Barley, Oats. 
bids. hush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
1869....521,300 18,028,800 7,038,800 251,460 3,159,300 4,831,300 
1868. ...410,900 13,759,900 16,310.500 848,900 3,537,600 11.016,600 
136.331,100 7,054,000 14,582,400 735,200 2,626,400 6,876,100 
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Current Wholesale Pricks. 
Price or Gold. 
Flour—S uper to Extra State 
Super to Extra Southern. .. 
Extra Western.. 
Extra Genesee. 
Superfine Western. 
P.te Flour . 
Count Meal. . 
Wheat— All kinds of White. 
All kinds of Red and Amber. 
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Oats— Western. 
State . 
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Barley .. 
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S traw, 100 ih. 
Cotton—M iddlings, 10 Jb.... 
Hops—Crop of]869. ?Mb. 
Feathers —Live Geese, 71 16 . 
Seed—C lover, 10 16 . 
Timothy, 7R bushel. 
Flax, 71 bushel. 
Sugar—B rown, 7) lb . 
Molasses, Cuba, tOgal 
Coffee— IiioJGobb in bond) 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &c., 7m>. 
Seed Leaf, 71 !t>. 
Wool—D omestic Fleece,71 16 . 
Domestic, pulled. 71 16 . 
California, unwashed,. 
Tallow, 71 16 . 
Oil-Cake— 7* ton . _ 46 
Pork—M ess, 71 barrel. __ 29 
Prime, 71 barrel ..... 23 
Berk—P lain mess. ... 3 
Lard, ill tres. & barrels, 71 16 . 
Butter — Western, 7116. 
State, 71 16 .. 
Cheese . . 
Beans— 7< bushel. 2 
Peas—C anada, in bond, 71 bit. 1 
Eggs—F resh. 71 dozen .. . 
Poultry — Fowls & Chickens 
Turkeys. 781>>. 
Geese, 7* Pair . —. 1 
Potatoes, New—71 bid. 1 
Apples— 71 barrel. . . 2 
Sweep-Potatoes, 71 ldil. 
Turnips —71 bid. 1 
Cabbages— 71 100. 
ONIONS —71 1)1)1. 2 
Cucumbers—71 100. 
Grapes—7* 16. 
Broom-corn —71 n>. 
Gold has been as low as 121, blit rallied to 123?i 
closing at 121 !4- BrcadstnfFs have been arriving freely, 
more so than during any preceding month of the season, 
and prices have been further depressed, influenced in 
part, by the decline in gold. At the reduced figures, there 
lias been a restricted business transacted. Export buyers 
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erate home trade movement. Some speculative inquiry 
has been noted for low grades of Flour, spring and amber 
winter Wheat, mixed Corn, and Barley. The general 
market has shown a little more - steadiness toward the 
close; but has been without remarkable animation. 
Cotton has heen more'sottght, after, and, on the whole, 
firmer. Thb'available supply here has been quite limited. 
.,.. Wool lias been in slack request at drooping rates. 
The auction gale of the 9th inst. was not very suc¬ 
cessful, though the prices realized were up to a fair aver-, 
age of tlie open market rates for grades, similar to those 
offered at auction.Tobacco lias been quite dull, at 
about former quotations.Provisions have been in 
moderate demand at irregular figures.Hay has been 
held with more firmness, since the closing of river and 
canal navigation, but has been quiet.Seeds have 
been quoted stronger in price, but have been slow of sale. 
.Hops have attracted less attention, and prices have 
favored buyers. 
IVew York Live Slock Miirlcets.— 
week ending. Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tot'l. 
Nov.. 
..14th. 
6,480 
113 
1,300 
32,478 
16,110 
56,481 
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22d... 
.. 6,073 
103 
859 
35,888 
14,695 
57,618 
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..29th. 
.. 5,892 
84 
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38,171 
18,453 
63,083 
Dec.. 
....6th. 
.. 5,040 
139 
1,358 
24,125 
20,133 
50,801 
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13th. 
.. 6,594 
125 
577 
38,483 
12,327 
58,106 
Total 
in 5 Weeks .. 
..29,5S8 
564 
5,077 
169,145 
81,708 
286,092 
do. forprev. 1 Weeks 31.960 
459 
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172,218 
S2,965 
295,634 
Beeves. 
Cows. 
Calves 
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Sicine. 
Average per Week 
113 
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33,829 
16,341 
do. do. last Month.. 
...7,990 
115 
2,020 
43,054 
20,741 
do. do. prev's Month. 
.. .6,936 
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1,734 
37,371 
17,338 
Average per ireefc,186S 
5,733 
105 
1,583 
27,182 
18,809 
do. do. do. 
1867. 
5,544 
61 
1,320 
22,154 
20,605 
do. do. do. 
1866. 
5,748 
94 
1,200 
20.000 
13,000 
do. do. do. 
1865. 
5,255 
118 
1,500 
16,091 
11,023 
do. do. do. 
1864. 
5,161 
115 
1,511 
15,315 
12,676 
Total in 1S6S. 
..298,128 
5,466 
82,571 
1,413,479 
978,061 
Total in 1867. 
3,369 
69,911 
1,174,154 
1,102.013 
Total ia 1866.. 
298.880 
4,885 
62.420 
1,010,000 
672,000 
Total in 1865. 
270,271 
6,16! 
71,991 
836,733 
573,190 
Total in 1864. 
267,609 
7,603 
75,621 
7S2.462 
660,277 
There has heen a constant decline in the supply of 
beef cattle since our last report. Instead of an over¬ 
stocked market, we have a light and lively one. Prices 
have not advanced from week to week, <is many drovers 
anticipated, and much of the stock was bought too high 
to allow the owners to realize a large profit. The quality 
of the stock has much improved for the last two months, 
and now it presents a fair average. Leaving out a large 
proportion of Texan stock, the average quality would 
be called good. The lean Texan cattle are far too plenty, 
and .sell at too low a figure to place the average price 
high enough to he an indication of the value of good 
Ohio and Illinois Steers. Butchers still complain of dull 
trade, and are desirous of buying in small lots only, and 
of the best. Good fat bullocks sell quickly, at a little ad¬ 
vance on last month’s prices, while thin, bony Texans 
fall a little below. Below is the list of prices, average 
price, and figures at which the largest lots were sold. 
Nov. 14. ranged 9)i©17c. Av. 13 " 4 c. Large salesl3J^@ U'A 
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There has been quite a quantity of dressed beef and 
mutton brought from Chicago and sold in our market. 
The freight on dressed beef is much less than for the 
same alive, and it sold cheap, the owner getting from 
7@9c. per pound by the quarter or side. This fact, to¬ 
gether with an abundance of cheap poultry, had its in¬ 
fluence on the market price of livestock, so that really 
the advance is not so much as the diminished supply 
would indicate. We place the advance at about lie. per 
pound, since our last report, on good grades, and none 
on medium or poor cattle_Milck Cows. —The de¬ 
mand has been quite lively in tills department, and better 
prices are paid for fresh cows. The light run of beef ena 
tiled city milkmen to sell their dry cows for nearly 
enough money to purchase fresh ones. The very best of 
each market sold for $100 each, and upwards, including 
the calf. Good cows range from $85@$95; medium, 
$G5@$S0, and poor ones all the way down to $40 each. 
_Veal Calves have been less plenty, and prices are 
fair. Fresh, young calves, if fat, sell quickly; but if 
poor, and have been kept long from the cow, much less 
is offered for them. “ Hog-dressed” calves have come in 
quite plenty during the cold weather, and influenced the 
market somewhat. Fat calves are scarce, and go quickly 
at 12*/£c@13c. per pound. Common, 10c@llc. Grass-fed, 
from 4c.@6c., live weight, “ Hog-dressed ” sell from 
8c.@18c., according to quality and condition. .. Sheep. 
—We notice but little change in the market. Both sheep 
and lambs are plenty, and, we ought to add, poor. What 
our butchers want arc large, fat sheep, and we wish our 
farmers would learn this and send good mutton sheep to 
market. A sheep that weighs 120@130 pounds will sell 
a great deal more quickly at 7e.@Sc. per pound than one 
that only weighs 00 pounds will at 4c.; and a difference 
of $5 or $0 upon a sheep is something. Prices for the 
past month range from—Extras, 014c.@.714 c -1 Medium, 
5c.@Gc., and poor at 4c. or less per pound_ Swine.— 
There lias heen an advance in price since our last report 
of about RJc.@.! 4 c. per pound. The trade has been quite 
lively, and supply good. The quantity of “Western- 
dressed” lias been quite enough for the demand, and 
sell for from 13c.©13‘^c. City and “ Up-River dressed ” 
bringl3iic.@15c.per lb. Live hogs sell for 10c.@llc.per lb. 
YurscTjincii urnl Seedsmen. —A list 
of the principal dealers in all kinds of horticultural stock 
will he found in the Horticultural Annual for 1S70. 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
| IPostag-c IS tennis a Yestr in A<!- 
jVance. —The postage on the American Agriculturist 
anywhere in the United States and Territories, paid in 
I advance, is 3 cents a quarter, 12 cents a year. If not paid 
in advance, twice these rates may be charged. 
Mow to IgoBBsIt :—Cheeks on .lew 
York Hanks or Bankers are best for large sums ; 
made payable to the order of Orange J udd «fc <0. 
Post-Office Money Orders may be obtain- 
I cd at nearly every county seat, in all the cities, and in 
many of the large towns. We consider them perfectly 
safe, and the best means of remitting fifty dollars or less, 
as thousands have heen sent to us without any loss. 
SJeg'istcred JLettevs, unties- Use new 
[system, which went into effect Oct. 1,1SGS, are a very 
j safe means of sending small sums of money where P. O. 
[Money Orders cannot be easily obtained. Observe, the 
[Registry fee, as well as postage, must be paid in stamps at 
[the office where the letter is mailed, or it will he liable 
[to be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Buy and affix the 
{stamps both for postage and registry, put in the money, and 
{seal the letter in the presence of the postmaster, and take his 
receipt for it. Letters thus sent to us are at our risk. 
C’I,asl»s can at any time be increased by remitting 
for each addition the price paid by the original members, 
if the subscriptions all date at the same starting point. 
The hack numbers will, of course, be sent to added names. 
'I' lie “ B B e;»e!i Grub Man.”—L. E. K. 
of St, Joseph, Michigan, says of the “ Peach grub man:” 
“lie has been around here selling a private plan for 
keeping grubs out of peacli trees, which seems nothing 
more nor less than banking up the earth around the col¬ 
lar of the tree ten or twelve inches high in June and leav¬ 
ing it there until freezing weather in the fall. Yet simple 
as it may appear, it would seem by his subscription list 
that he has carried off a considerable amount of money 
from these parts. The dose was administered at various 
prices, varying from 8 to 20 dollars according to the num¬ 
ber of trees owned by the victim. The same plan lias 
long been in use I believe by some of our good cultiva¬ 
tors. Now it strikes me that it is bad enough to have our 
trees injured by the grubs themselves without having 
them attacked by a human vampire, who has filched the 
experience of others and then bartered it as his own for 
gold or greenbacks.” L. E. K. evidently takes the papers, 
and is not to be caught. 
Sundry —Wc are obliged to 
begin this year with a continuation of the same work 
that has cost so much time, investigation, and annoy¬ 
ance for many years past, viz., the exposures of the 
operations of the swindlers who prey upon the simple 
and unsuspecting, and very often upon intelligent people. 
Farmers, as a class, are subject to the attacks of these 
thieving operators, because, being honest themselves and 
accustomed to deal honestly with each other, they more 
naturally trust to the representations of others outside 
their own circle. We have abundant reason to know 
that the warnings and explanations of the American 
Agriculturist have saved many millions of dollars to its 
readers, and through them, to a multitude of others. 
Yet there is so large a class who do not yet read this 
paper, or come within the influence of those who do, 
that the swindlers still find their operations remunera¬ 
tive, though greatly less so than they would if this jour¬ 
nal could be bought off or frightened off—a thing very 
often attempted. Unwilling to advertise or give notoriety 
to these parties, or to give them the credit of pretending 
to justify their operations, we never publish any accounts 
of their various lawsuits commenced against us, though 
they are frequent. We should fear we were not do¬ 
ing our whole duty to our readers if there were not more 
or less suits pending against us by those whom we have 
daguerreotyped in these columns. It would ho unfor¬ 
tunate should this class ever come to speak well of us. 
.To our new readers let us say that the names and 
Post-Office address jjf nearly every man having a settled 
residence in this country, and also of most unmarried 
young men and women, including multitudes of boys and 
girls from 10 years old upward, have been obtained by 
various parties, in one way and another. These names 
arc kept on lists, from which copies are purchased by 
the swindling operators—often under false pretences, as 
that they wish to send out specimen copies of news-, 
