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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
253 
visions have been less active, though prices have favored 
buyers_Groceries have been in fair demand_Hay 
has been in moderate supply and request_Hemp, Hops, 
r and Seeds have been quiet... .Rice and Tobacco have 
generally been in rather limited demand—The demand 
for Wool, especially for Domestic Fleece, has been mod¬ 
erately active, and has been freely met by most holders, 
at prices which have been generally favorable to buyers. 
The receipts are gradually increasing... .Other branches 
of trade have exhibited no very remarkable changes. 
TRANSACTIONS AT THE N. T. MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
25 bus. days this mon., 138,700 110,000 302,000 3,600 7,700 290.000 
26bus. days last mon, 225,000 81,500 226,500 11,500 21,000 266,300 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. 
‘25business(lays this mon, 213.610 167,000 575,500 30,000 5,500 
26 business days last month, 235,000 239,250 521,700 43,800 19,000 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
AH kinds of Red. 
Corn—Y ellow.... 
White. 
Mixed. 
Oats—W estern. 
State. 
Southern. 
Rye. 
Barley . 
White Beans. 
Hay, in bales, per 100 lbs. 50 (a) 
Cotton—M iddlings, perlb_ 
Rice, per 100 lbs. 
Hops, crop of 1858 per lb. 
Pork—M ess, per bill. 
Prime, per bbl. 
-Beef—R epacked Mess. 
. Country mess . 
Hogs, Dressed corn, per lb .. 
Lard, in bids, per lb. 
Butter—W estern, per lb. 
State, per lb. 
- Cheese, per lb. 
. Eggs—F resh, per dozen. 
Feathers, Live Geese per I'd. 
•'Seed—C lover, per lb. 
Timothy, per bushel. 
Sugar, Brown, perlb. 
Molasses, New-Orleans, prgl 
Coffee, Rio, per lb. 
Tobacco—K entucky, &c. pr lb 
Seed Leaf, per lb. 
Wooi.-Domestic fleece, per lb. 
Domestic, pulled, per lb . 
Hemp—U rnlr d Amer’n pr ton. 140 
Dressed American, per ton.... 190 
Tallow, per 11). 
Oil Cake, perton. 
Apples—D ried, Per lb. 
Dried Peaches—pr lb.,South’n 
Poultry—F owls, per lb. 
Turkeys, per lb. 
Blackberries,per bushel. 
Gooseberries per bushel. 
Huckleberries per bushel. 
Cucumbers, per 100. 
Green Corn, per 100. 
Potatoes—L. Island, p. bush. 
Norfolk, per bbl '. 
Cabbages, per 100. 
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1859. 
7S0.613 
326,880 
. 4,256 
3,470 
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.2,105,631 
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117,751 
Breadstuff's exported from N. Y., from Jan. 1 to July 13. 
1858. 
Wheat Flour, bbls. 7S0,613 
Rye Flour, bbls. 4,255 
Corn Meal, bbls. 40,983 
Wheat, bush.2,105,631 
Corn, bush....1,231,051 
N. Y. ILive Stock Markets.— The Cattle 
Markets have been well supplied during the past four 
weeks of hot weather, as large numbers of beef eaters 
have sought cooler quarters in the country. The receipts 
foot up 14,359 head, or just about the figures of the former 
months. Prices have declined about. 4c. per lb., dressed 
weight, ranging July 13lh at 104c.(ffillc. for prime beef; 
91c.®10c. for medium animals ; 6ic.®8jc. for poor, with 
a general average of all grades at 9Jc. The total city re¬ 
ceipts for the week ending July 13th were 4,359. or sever¬ 
al hundred more than could be sold. The market closed 
heavy. 
Veal Calves. —The receipts begin to fall off with the 
approaching hot weather. For the past four weeks the 
arrivals in this city here have been 3,604. These were 
more than found ready purchasers, and on the last gen¬ 
eral market day, July 13th, calves sold slowly at 5Jc (a) 
6ie. tor the best, and 4}c.®5c. perlb. live weight, for very 
good veals. 
Sheep and Lambs. —Receipts of live sheep have been 
41.785 for the past four weeks, against 28,625 for the pre¬ 
vious month. The market is now pretty active, although 
prices are lower than they were at our last report. A 
large proportion of those now coming in are Spring lambs, 
which sell at $3®$4 each for light animals, and $44® 
$54 for fat heavy lambs. Sheep are worth 4c.®5c. per 
.lb. live weight. 
Hogs.— Receipts for the four weeks just ended, amount 
to 13,702, which are only about one half the number ofthe 
previous month, but quite sufficient for the requirements 
ofthe market during the hot Summer months. Prices 
are 6Sc.®04c. per lb. live weight, for com hogs, and 6c® 
6ic. for distillery fed. 
Tiie Weatlicr-—Commencing where we left off 
last month (June 17th), the latter part of the month was 
: mainly warm, and rather wet, followed by clear, cool 
weather during the early part of July, increasing to a 
“ heated term,” with a pretty severe drouth in some lo¬ 
calities. During a week past, a succession of showers 
and one good soaking northeast rain storm has revived 
the parching crops, which now look finely_ Our Daily 
Notes condensed read: Jane 18, clear and fine—19, 
clear A. M., cloudy P. M„ with rain at night, and during 
the 20th—21 still raining A. M., clear P. M., with shower 
towards night—22 cloudy, but warm—23 sunshine and 
cloudy—24 cloudy and dull—25 and 26cloudy A. M.,clear 
P. M., each day—27 and 28, clear and getting hot—29 hot¬ 
test day of the season thus far : some fatal cases of sun¬ 
stroke. Thermometer 80° at sunrise, and 96° at mid¬ 
day, in the shade. Thunder shower at night—30 fine, 
cool day. July 1 and2, clear and cool—3 cloudy A. M., 
thunder shower P. M.—4 clear, fine and cool—5 clear anil 
cold ; frost in some localities, doing a little damage—6 
to 11 clear, fine, warm growing weather—12 hot, mercu- 
90° in shade, several cases of sunstroke in the city—13 
hotter still, mercury 95° ; change in the afternoon, with 
heavy wind,rain, and thunder toward night; several deaths 
by lightning, and much damage done to trees and build¬ 
ings in its track—14 clear and fine—15 cool and cloudy, 
rain at night—16 very rainy, bad for hay-makers, but 
splendid for corn, potatoes, and oats, etc., which were 
becoming parched—17, warm—18, pleasant. 
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