AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
85 
1870.] 
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 
Feb. 15, 1S70, and for the corresponding month last year. 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT TnK NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. meat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
26 daysttis m’th.164,500 136,000 101,000 1,650 96,500 141,500 
24 days last in’th.247;500 1S5,000 111,000- 173,000 237,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
26 days W/i'sm’th.178,500 1,629,000 934,000 34,000 139,000 1,018,000 
24 days tasim’th.214,000 1,756,000 995,000 32,000 133,000 768,000 
ti. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts, Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
26 days 1870.164,500 136,000 101,000 1,650 96.500 141,500 
26 days 1869.131,000 153,500 601,000 950 26,300 79,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
26 days 1870_178,500 1,620,000 934,000 34,000 139,000 1,018,000 
26 days 1S69. ...220,000 1,339,500 1,478,500 61,000 327,000 1,476,000 
3. Exports from New York, Jan. 1 to Feb. 13: 
Flour, Wheat, Corn, Bye, Barley, Oats. 
1870.195,853 1,212,227 40,888 —- 1,987 
1369.129,171 914,987 547.469 — 12,957 11,367 
18GS. 79,307 201,623 966,847 10,218 - 5,658 
4. 
Stock of grain in 
store at New 
York: 
Wheat, 
Corn, 
Bye, 
Barley, 
, Oats, 
Matt. 
1S70. 
hush. 
bush. 
bush. 
bush. 
bush. 
bush. 
Feb. 11... 
. ..2,992,638 
534,003 
62,112 
322,425 
1.199,672 
36,214 
Jan. 12.... 
.4,423.028 
591,903 
38,2S9 
34,900 
1,310,935 
85,405 
18119 
Dec. 11... 
.3,810,562 
833,909 
50,043 
285,906 
1,386,594 
77,097 
Nov. 10... 
... .1,610,030 
693,0S5 
31,709 
3I.5S4 
281.5SL 
66,782 
Oct. 11.... 
. 978,272 
445,068 
34,467 
5,918 
120,950 
67,094 
Sept. 6. 
. 745,121 
127,736 
56,081 
— 
183,920 
134.S70 
Au<r. 9_ 
_ G34,262 
253,155 
75,797 
351 
50,219 
105,458 
July 10... 
. 531,657 
328,613 
71,418 
2,966 
259.985 
97.177 
Juiie 7. 
. 637,877 
385,241 
107,546 
383 
555.993 
109.746 
May 11.... 
....1,056.018 
394,156 
107,592 
17,634 
613,166 
77,677 
Apr. 10_ 
.... 1,684,633 
1,080,769 
165,008 
48,281 
1,178,710 
66,664 
March 12.. 
.1,990,416 
1,301,167 
211,880 
81,616 
2,000.457 
50,095 
Feb. 10 . 
.2,703,609 
1,407.616 
225,182 
91,384 
2,390,529 
58.034 
Jan. 13_ 
.3,524,172 
1,509,233 
263,260 
54,740 
2,864,354 
236,001 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Price op Gold. 
Flour—S uper to Extra State 
Super to Extra Southern_ 
Extra Western. 
Extra Genesee. 
Superfine Western. 
P.tr Flour . 
Corn Meal.... . 
Whe at— All kinds of White. 
All kinds of Red and Amber. 
Corn— Yellow. 
Mixed. .. 
Oats— Western. 
State . 
Rye . 
Barley . 
Hay—B ale if) 100 lb. 
Straw, If) 100 lb. 
Cotton—M iddlings, if) lb ... 
Hops—C rop of 1869. ?) n>. 
Feathers —Live Geese, ?) lb 
Seed—C lover,if) lb . 
Timothy, if) bushel. 
Flax, iff bushel. 
Sugar—B rown, ?) lb . 
Molasses, Cuba. ?)cal .. 
Coffee— Ilio,(Gold, in bond) 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &c.,?)lb. 
Seed Leaf, if) lb. 
Wool—D omestic Fleece,¥ lb. 
Domestic, pulled, f) lb. 
California, unwashed,. 
Tallow, If) lb . 
Oil-Cakr—V ton. 
Pork—M ess, if) barrel. 
Prime, if) barrel . „ 
Beef—P lain mess.. S 00 @14 00 
I,ard, in tres. & barrels, if) lb. 
Butter —Western, if) lb. 
State, # lb . 
Cheese . 
Beans—|) bushel. 
Peas—C anada, in bond, if) bn. 
Eggs—F resh, if) dozen 
Poultry—F owls & Chickens 
Turkeys, i8 lb . 
Geese, ?) Pair. 
Potatoes, New—7) bbl. 
Apples— 19 barrel.. 
Savf.et Potatoes, ?) bbl. 
Turnips—?) bbl. 
Cabbages—7) 100. 
Onions—B bbl. .. 
Cranberries— 7) bbl. 
Broom-corn— t) lb. 
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Gold has been less active and less buoyant in price, 
closing at 12054.There has been a pretty fair trade 
reported on low and high grades of Flour, prices of 
which opened weak, but closed with more steadiness, on 
reduced offerings. The medium grades have been par¬ 
tially neglected, and have been very irregular.Wheat 
has been in quite moderate demand, and heavy, though 
closing pretty firmly, with loss of prime Spring and Am¬ 
ber Winter available.Corn has been less sought after, 
and has been depressed... . .Rye, Barley and Oats have 
been lightly dealt in, at lower and variable figures. 
Provisions have been offered freely, at easier rates, lead¬ 
ing to a livelier business towards the close.Pork 
rallied sharply, under extensive speculative purchases, 
chiefly for forward delivery.Cotton has been fairly 
active, but cheaper.Wool has attracted rather more 
attention, at steadier prices..,.. .Seeds have been in de¬ 
mand, and held with more confidence.Hay has been 
salable and buoyant..... .Hops and Tobacco have been 
quiet, and irregular in prices. The total stock of new 
Hops here is given at 18,S12 bales; of old, at 12,040 bales. 
Beef Cattle. —The market, for a month past, has 
been quite steady, with much uniformity in quality of 
stock and valuation. The very mild weather for the 
season, with no snow blockades, lias prevented the usual 
rich range in receipts and prices. The best “ tops ” have 
generally sold at rates equivalent to 17c. per lb. for 
dressed weight, of the fore-quarters ; “ good ” qualities, 
10c. Medium and lower grades have varied not more 
than Hc.@,y 2 c. The general quality is about as in former 
months, except an absence of the poor Texas “ hop¬ 
pers,” so abundant last fall. There has been a considera¬ 
ble sprinkling of very poor cattle from the far West, 
which the owners say have lost them money, as they 
could only realize 10c.@llc. net—often not that. 
J an. f9, ranged 9 @17c. Av. 1454c. Large sales 13 @1354 
do. 24th do. 10 @17c. do. L4%c. do. do. 13%@15% 
do. 31st do. 10 @17c. do. 1454c. do. do. 13 @1554 
Feb. 7th do. 10 @17c. do. 1454c. do. do. 13 @1554 
New York Live-Stock Markets.— 
week ending. Beeves. Cows. 
Jan... 
.. 6,743 
72 
do 
24th. 
110 
do... 
...31st. 
.. 6,938 
109 
Feb. 
7th. 
.. 6,817 
125 
Total 
in 4 Weeks.. 
..25,865 
407 
do. forprev. 4 Weeks 23,256 
471 
Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tot'l. 
419 30,234 15,483 52,951 
507 26,410 12,246 44,640 
49S 25,780 12,768 46,0S4 
704 30,090 15,555 53,201 
2.128 112,514 56,062 196,976 
2,075 106,394 43,650 170,046 
Beeves. Coios. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Week .6,466 
do. do. last Month .5,814 
do. do. prev's Month _5,918 
Average per Week,\§<&. 6,275 
do. do. do. 180S 5,733 
do. do. do. 1867. 5,544 
do. do. do. 1366 . 5,748 
do. do. do. 1SC5. 5,255 
Total in 1S69.326,2S0 
Total in 1S68.293,128 
Total in 1SG7. 293,833 
Total in 1SGG. . 298.880 
Total ill 1865. 270,271 
Total ill 1864. 267,609 
102 
532 
28,128 
14.015 
118 
519 
26,598 
10,912 
113 
1,015 
32,829 
16,341 
92 
1,752 
28,836 
15,348 
105 
1,5SS 
27,182 
18,809 
64 
1,320 
22,154 
20,605 
94 
1,200 
20,000 
13,000 
118 
1,500 
10,091 
11,023 
4,827 
91,033 
1,499,509 
798,199 
5,466 
82.571 
1,413,479 
978,001 
3,369 
69,911 
1,174,154 
1,102,643 
4,885 
62.420 
1,010.000 
072,000 
6,161 
77,991 
838,733 
573,190 
7,603 
75,621 
782,462 
660,277 
The splendid fat cattle of Mr. Ayrault, of Poughkeep¬ 
sie, N. Y., have created much interest among the butch¬ 
ers. The particulars of these arc given in an item 
below. Itlilcli Cows.— The supply has been quite 
equal to the demand, with little change in prices. We 
notice more fresh cows for sale, “ with or without their 
calves,” hut they are not good enough to command ad¬ 
vanced prices. Good cows, if fresh, bring, with their 
calves, $SO@$100. Medium and half-milked, $70@$80, 
and poor ones a long way down, towards zero. 
Calves, —The supply of veal calves coming to market, 
alive, is still quite small, and the price is affected by the 
large arrivals of “Hog-dressed”—that is, carcasses with 
the skin on. Prices for live calves, ll!4c.@12c.@13c. per 
lb., live weight, according to quality. Ilog-dressed, if 
fat, sell at 14c.@lSc., and if very extra, 19c. per lb. 
Slieep still keep in plentiful supply, with hut little 
change either in quality or price. Some poor ones sell 
as low as 4%c.@5c. per lb., live weight. Fair lots, 
Gc.@6i4c. Prime, 7c.@7!4c,, with extra at 8c. per lb. 
.Swine.— A large proportion of the hogs now 
coming to market pass directly to the slaughterers, and 
we only hear of them as dressed pork. The market has 
been somewhat unsettled, and at the close of our report, 
we notice a decline in price. Within a week, live hogs 
have declined from 9J£c.@10)4c., to 9c.@10c. per lb. 
The closing rates for Western-dressed is ll)4@ll)4c., 
and for City-dressed, about lc. per lb. higher. 
Stock in Montana.— H. S. Clark writes : 
This is a wonderful country for stock. They fatten and 
thrive on the wild bunch grass all the year round, prefer¬ 
ring it even now, Jan. 13th to well-cured hay. Stock 
keep fat and sleek here on the “Backbone of the con¬ 
tinent,” all the year on hunch grass alone. A fact 
which seems incredible to many eastern stock-breeders. 
Tlae Ay rani t Fat tlxen. — George 
Ayrault, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., has the credit of fat¬ 
tening two of tlie heaviest pair of oxen that have ever 
been slaughtered in this country; and could we know 
tlie weights, we might, in accordance with the claims of 
the owner, and the butcher (Wit. Lalor, of Centre Mar¬ 
ket), announce them as the heaviest ever slaughtered. 
They were raised and fed by Mr. Ayrault, having simply 
grass in summer, and only grain enough, with some 
roots, to keep them growing well in winter, until their 
regular fattening was commenced, more than a year ago. 
They had meal morning and evening last summer, and 
lately have been eating twelve to sixteen quarts of dry 
corn-meal in three feeds, with a peck or so of sugar beets 
as an appetizer, and all the hay they needed. Thu light¬ 
est one is said to weigh over 3,300 pounds, but it is hu¬ 
miliating to say that we cannot give tlie weights of tlie 
others, because many bets depend upon tlie announce¬ 
ment of the weights of the quarters after hanging one 
week. These remarkable animals are well represented 
upon the first page by an engraving from a drawing taken 
from the living animals by W. M. Cary. Tlie two on the 
right are mates, and Mr. Ayrault challenges tlie world to 
produce another equally heavy pair. Some other remark¬ 
ably fat cattle, fed by Mr. A., were exhibited with them. 
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. 
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Registered Letters, nnder tlte new 
system, which went into effect Oct. 1,186S, arc a very 
safe means of sending small sums of money where P. O. 
Money Orders cannot he easily obtained. Observe, tlie 
Registry fee, as well as postage, must be paid in stamps at 
the office where tlie letter is mailed, or it will lie liable 
to he sent to the Dead Letter Office. Buy and affix the 
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receipt for it. Letters thus sent to us are at our risk. 
Clubs 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. 
Tire hack numbers will, of course, he sent to added names. 
Bound Copies of Yolninc XXVI11I 
(18G9) are now ready. Price, $2, at our office ; or $2.50 
each, if sent by mail. Any of the previous twelve volumes 
(16 to 28) will he forwarded at tlie same price. Sets of 
numbers sent to our office will lie neatly hound in our 
regular style at 75 cents pervol., (50 cents extra, if return¬ 
ed by mail.) Missing numbers supplied at 12 cents each. 
Good Success is attending the labors of 
those securing premium clubs. One lady is now sending 
in the names for her Twelfth Premium Steinway Piano \ 
This is a good month to gather names for new clubs or to 
complete those under way. See page 9S. 
TIte Seasonable Advertisements 
filling several pages of this paper, arc worth looking all 
through. Early orders to nurserymen, seed-dealers, etc., 
are likely to be more surely filled in time. All advertisers 
are pleased to hear from those writing to them, where 
their advertisements are seen. 
Tlie New Catalogues.— The Nursery¬ 
men, Florists, and Seedsmen have sent us their cata¬ 
logues in such numbers, that we acknowledge them in a 
lump. They vary from the simple enumeration of arti¬ 
cles for sale, to expensively illustrated treatises. Among 
several of the seedsmen, it would seem that each tried to 
excel the other in the elegance and pictorial character 
of Iris catalogue. This year one dealer outdoes the rest 
in putting in his portrait, and we expect, nhxt year, that 
some rival will give engravings of his wife and babies. 
One thing we are glad to note, in regard to tlie cata¬ 
logues—they show a nearer approach to correctness in 
nomenclature and spelling than we have been accustom¬ 
ed to see, and they bear witness to tlie enterprise of our 
dealers, who spare no pains in procuring novelties, and 
in presenting them to the public in an attractive form. 
Market Gardening and Floricul¬ 
ture. —Mr. Peter Henderson is widely known for his 
long and successful experience as a gardener and florist, 
as well as the author of those deservedly popular works, 
Gardening for Profit and Practical Floriculture. He lias 
been for some time engaged as a regular contributor to 
the American Agriculturist, and will present his experi¬ 
ence to the public exclusively through its columns. Mr. 
II. will find a large circle of appreciative readers, who 
will he glad to have his teachings come regularly, instead 
of occasionally. 
TSae X. Y. State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety, at its annual meeting on Feb. 9th, elected the fill¬ 
ing officers: President—Solon D. Hungerford, of Jef¬ 
ferson County; Vice Presidents—Thus. II. Faile, Jr., of 
New York; Samuel T. Taber, of Queens ; Julian Winne, 
of Albany; Frank D. Curtis, of Saratoga; James Geddes 
of Onondaga ; Win. M. Ely, of Broome ; B. F. Angels, of 
