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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[April, 
port ...Hops, Seeds and Tobacco bare been compara¬ 
tively quiet at about previous figirres. ' 
: CUKRKNT AVhOLESALK PKICKS. 
Feb. 16. March 15. 
Prick op Gold. 13G^ 
Flour—S uper to E.vtra State $3 90 (<|ll 85 
Super to Extra Southern..,. 10 69 .fiO 
9 90 @16 25 
11 85 @15 00 
8 90 @10 10 
7 00 @ 8 00 
@ 5 75 
@ 3 25 
@ 3 00 
@ 1 15 
@ 1 12 
@ 63 
67 @ 69 
‘ @ 1 30 
@ 1 25 
@ 1 85 
@ 1 90 
@ 1 50 
134 .^ 
$8 60 @12 40 
10 30 @16 50 
10 00 @16 50 
12 00 @14 50 
8 65 @10 15 
6 80 @ 8 00 
4 90 @ 5 50 
2 90 @ 3 25 
2 00 @ 3 10 
1 11 ® 1 14 
1 13 @1 15 
62 @ 69 
72 
1 35 
@ 1 25 
_ 1 85 
1 50 @1 95 
1 20 @ 1 KO 
70 
1 20 
1 45 
Extra IVestern 
Extra Gcne.see..... 
Superfine tVesteru...... ... 
Rye Flour. 
CoRii Meal. 4 90 
AVHE.A.T—All kinds of White. 2 90 
All kinds of Red and Amber. 2 00 
Corn—Y ellow. 1 10 
Jlixed...;. 1 10 
Oats—W estern . 59 
State 
Rye...... 115 
Barley... 80 
Hay—B ale 1? 100 ft. 1 35 
Loose... 1 50 
Straw, ^ 100 lb. 1 00 
Cotton—M iddlings, IR Jb_ 
Hops—C rop of 1866, fl B). 
Feathers—L ive Geese, a. 
Seed—G lover, ^ a ... 
Timothy. Ifl bushel..-.. 8 20 
Flax. W bushel... 2 50 
Sugar—B rown, a. 
Molasses. Cuba, ftgl.. 
COFPEE—Rio,(Gold price)i!l a 
Tobacco, Kentucky, &c., V a. 
Seed Leaf, a. 
Wool—D omesticFleece,?! a. 
Domestic, pulled, ?? a. 
California, unwasiied,. 
Tallow. a .. 
Oil Cake—^ ton. 
Pork—M ess, ^ barrel_... 19 6' 
Prime, barrel 
Beef—P lain mess. 12 00 
Lard, in barrels, ^ a.., 
Butter— tvestern, ^ a 
State, ?ta. 
Cheese.... 
Beans—^ bushel. 2 2i 
Peas—C anada. bushel. 
Eggs—F resh, ^ dozen_.... 
Poultry—F owls, a. 
Turkeys, ^ a. 
Potatoes-M ercers, f) bbl... 
Peach Blows, barrel. 2 25 
Potatoes—B uckeye, bbl.. 
Apples—?! barrel. 3 50 
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The supply during the past four weeks has been only 
moderate as is shown in the following table of receipts: 
WEEK ENDING. 
Beeves. Cows. 
Calves. 
Sheep. 
Swine. 
Feb’y. 19.. 
Feb'y. 26 .. 
March 5. 
March 12. 
.-4,714 68 
..4,463 94 
....6,189 69 
.5,018 72 
537 
606 
646 
702 
1.5.838 
9,967 
18,050 
13,000 
15.250 
13,790 
13,900 
10,860 
Total in four Weeks. 
. ,.20,384 303 
2^491 
56,843 
59,800 
Average per Week .. 5.090 76 
do. do. last Month 4,737 62 
do. do. prev's Month. 4,840 60 
623 
510 
436 
14,211 
19,753 
17,270 
14,950 
11,345 
19,850 
Average per Week, 1866.5,718 94 
, do. do. do. 1865 . 5,255 118 
do. do. do. 1864. 5,161 145 
do. do. do. 1863. 5,150 129 
1,200 
1,500 
1,511 
694 
20,000 
10,091 
15,315 
9,941 
13,000 
11,023 
12,676 
21,670 
Total in 1866. 
Total in 1865. 
Total in 1864. 
Total in 1863. 
..298,880 4,885 
..267,609 7,603 
62.420 
77,991 
75,621 
' 85,709 
1,040,000 
836,733 
782,462 
519,316 
672,000 
573,197 
660,270 
1,101.617 
The heavy snow storms reduced the supply of animals 
materially, the last half of February... .Beef Cattle 
run more than a thousand head below last year’s weekly 
average. Prices went up correspondingly, the best reach¬ 
ing fully 18c. ffi), estimated dressed weight, the last 
week in February, hut fell hack lc.@i;4c. ^ Jb, (March 
5th,) and continue about the same this week—viz: 
1614c.®17c. for first quality cattle, and 17;4c. for a few 
extras ; medium good qualities 16c., fair to inferior 1514c. 
@,14l4c.; low grades, 12c.@14c_ Mllcli Cows are in 
very little demand here. A really good milker with her 
young calf by her side, and sure of being sold for no de¬ 
fect, will bring $80<^$90, calf included, where a pur¬ 
chaser happens to come along, and an occasional fancy 
animal goes at $100 and upwards; hut the most of the 
sales are at $75@$70 for fair animals, and $65®$50 for in¬ 
ferior to lowest grade.. ..Veal Calves have been sell¬ 
ing well, 13c.@14c. i? fl) live weight for the best grades, 
hut the seizure Dy the Sanitary Police of some 600 car¬ 
casses of dressed young calves has turned the appetites 
of most persons against veal, and 12c.@13c. are the high¬ 
est present rates, with plenty of sales at 10c.@llc. for 
common, and. 9e, and below for poor. It will he useless 
hereafter to sencl a calf here under four or five weeks old 
at least—Slieep.—The new tariff on wool is leading 
farmers to keep their sheep, to get the spring clip of wool, 
and our markets are scantily supplied. Prices have rap¬ 
idly advanced to 9)4c.@10c. ^ fi) live weight for good 
sheep; 10 ) 40 .(^ 10 ) 40 . for extras, and 9c.@7)4c. for in¬ 
ferior to poorest....liive Hogs advanced materially 
two or three weeks ago, but with warmer weather ap¬ 
proaching, with the Lent season present, and with fair 
supplies, the market is declining. The latest sales stand 
at 7f4c,@8)4c. ^ ft live weight, for the different grades. 
Hop Cwltiirc.—There is increasing interest 
taken in this crop, which is frequently so profitable. We 
cannot better satisfy our readers than by referring them 
to our little manual of hop culture, for which see hook 
list. The authors of the prize essays will be able to give 
information as to how and where seta may he obtained. 
Ckmtaining a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we thiow into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
speciaia to AOVBRTISERS.— 
Owing to the greatly increased circulation of the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist, it is necessary to send the paper to 
press much earlier than formerly, in order to have the 
numbers reach all subscribers by the first of the month. 
For this reason, to insure the insertion of an advertise¬ 
ment, send it in by the lirsit of the month preceding puhli- 
cation,and never later than the 10th. Advertisers will please 
make a note of this, to prevent future disappointment. 
No Plants for Sale. No Seeds for Sale. 
No Cuttings for Sale.—We wish we had a thousand acres 
with hundreds of people with nothing to do hut make 
cuttings, save seeds, and do all sorts of kind things. But 
the trouble is we havn’t, and if we were to supply all the 
grafts of the BeurrC Clairgeau pear that have been asked 
for, our one tree would only, serve as a bean-pole. So 
with seeds; we notice a plant, and hundreds of people 
think we have seeds to sell or give away. We are not in 
the nursery or seed business, but have only private 
grounds for our own amusement and instruction. The 
dealers advertise, and each nursei-yman or seedsiuan is 
supposed to have a general assortment. Will our Mends 
just see how impossible it is to answer their many 
requests for plants, cuttings, seeds, and the like ? 
Americaii. Pomologfy.—Part 1. Ap¬ 
ples, by Dr. J. A. Warder.—To pomologists a work by 
Dr, Warder will need no commendation. Though a citizen 
of Ohio, he is so sure to be at any pomological gathering, 
be it East or West, that the Avhole country claims him, 
and if any one has a right to entitle his work American 
Pomology it is certainly Dr. Warder. The present is the 
first instalment of a work that will cover the whole 
ground. The author has taken the “ bull by the horns,” 
and attempted to bring apples into something like order. 
We leave criticism of the work to other hands, and con¬ 
tent ourselves with giving an idea of its contents. This 
volume has over 750 pages, the first 375 of which are de- 
5mted to the discussion of the general subjects of propaga¬ 
tion, nursery culture, selection and planting, cultivation 
of orchards, care of fruit, insects, and the like. The re¬ 
mainder is occupied with descriptions of apples. With 
the richness of material at hand, the trouble was to de¬ 
cide what to leave out. It will be found that while the 
old and standard varieties are not neglected, the new 
and promising sorts have prominence. A list of selec¬ 
tions for different localities by eminent orchardists is a 
5'aluahle portion of the volume, while the Analytical 
Index or Catalogue Haisonne, as the French would say, 
gives evidence of a fearful amount of labor. This dif¬ 
fers from any fruit hook heretofore published in this 
country, in presenting a classification of apples. The au¬ 
thor gives principal European systems and modestly puts 
forth his oivn to he tested by practice. He divides ap¬ 
ples into four classes, according to their forms. Each 
of these classes is suh-divided by other obvious charac¬ 
ters, and it would seem that any apple described in the 
hook might be easily identified. Should this stand the 
test of experience it ivill prove a great advance in pomol- 
and we trust it will be given a trial. Fruit-growers 
5vill welcome this hook as a valuable and long-wished for 
addition to pomological literature, and it will prove 
equally useful to the novice and the experienced orchard- 
ist. The work has 293 illustrations, and is printed on 
good paper, well bound, and sent by mail at $3. Ready 
on April 1st, or shortly after. 
S. S. Quc^tioit-Xtoolcis—Advance in 
Price.—The manufacturers find it necessary, in order 
to cover cost, to increase the price of “ Lessons for Every 
Sunday in the Year" to 15 cents per copy. They are still 
the cheapest books in the market, however. The postage 
is 4 cents per copy, or 3 cents each in parcels |of ten or 
more. We send full sample copies, (Nos. 1, 2, 8, and 4,) 
post-paid, for 75 cents. 
A Horticultural “CJift Enter¬ 
prise,Several have sent us circulars of the “New 
England Vine Growers’ Association,” at South Norwalk, 
Conn., asking our opinion thereof. This circular, in brief, 
starts with the announcement that the object of the Asso¬ 
ciation is—we can’t use all their adjectives—the promo¬ 
tion of Grape Culture. It will receive “ subscriptions ” 
from everybody at $2 each. (It would’nt look well to say 
sell tickets.) For tliia $2, one gets 1 Iona, 1 Delaware, 
and 1 Concord grape vine. The circular says: “ This I 
being a discount from “Nursery prices,” which simply 
is not true. Besides these vines, a “subscriber” has a 
chance in the “award of premiums”—why not say lot¬ 
tery and he done with it ? These are : First, “ A farm of 
40 acres, title perfect; second, 15 acres of land near a 
thriving New England village.” We ivill not discuss the 
vagueness of these premiums as it is self evident. We 
have a letter frorq the secretary of this “Association” refer¬ 
ring to very respectable people. We advise him to get out of 
a disreputable scheme, or he will not he able to refer to 
some of these again. That precious humbug, the “ Or¬ 
phans’ Home Lottery,” leaves its slimy train behind it, and 
though it was countenanced by wives of ofiicers whose 
patriotism outweighed their discretion, it is now a com¬ 
mon hy-word of reproach. In behalf of horticulture we 
denounce this project, and beg every right-thinking man 
to withdraw his name from it. New England enterprise 
needs no such “stimulating” for any “ lucrative branch 
of husbandry.” (See catalogues.) Better that Connecticut 
should never hear grapes, other than on her State shield, 
than that their culture should be forced by a lottery, and it 
is “ only this and nothing more.” 
The Orape Ciiltiirist, by A. S. Fuller, 
New and Revised Edition, N. Y., Orange Judd & Co., 
1867.—When this work first appeared in 1864, and before 
the publishers of the Agriculturist had any interest in it, 
the following appeared in a notice on page 101, vol. XXHI: 
“ This treatise covers the whole ground of garden and 
5'ineyard culture, from starting the plants from eyes or 
cuttings, to the established fruiting vine. The whole is 
told in a plain style from the author’s own experience ; 
his system of pruning is very simple and easily under¬ 
stood, and the reasons are given for preferring it to others ; 
he, however, gives the other modes in practice and illus¬ 
trates the whole in a most liberal manner. * * * This 
most useful manual will be equally valuable to one who 
cultivates a single idne and to the vinyardist.” After 
three years, and having in the interval read all its suc¬ 
cessors, we cannot express its character better than to re¬ 
peat and emphasize this commendation. Mr. Fuller, in 
his writings, as well as in his nursery, tells the “ secrets,” 
as some consider them, of horticulture so freely that 
some grape-growers blame him. This, however, only 
gives him the strpnger hold on “the people,” for whom 
he writes, as is seen by the large sale that attends every 
hook that hears his name. The new edition is brought up 
to the present time by additions. Some parts have been 
entirely re-written and new illustrations added. It still 
continues to he the Grape Book. Price, $1.50 by mail. 
Hum1>n^ Plants, (Seeds, Etc.—At 
this season it is well to avoid all circulars and advertise¬ 
ments of wonderful com, and other seeds and plants, 
brought before the public just at the planting season, 
too late to admit of an inquiry into their real merits. 
We see several such things advertised with got np “ cir- 
tificates,” and have rejected sundry such advertisements 
offered at prodigious pay. Don’t waste money, time, 
soil, and labor on any of these before unheard of things. 
SENHRY HEHBEOS.— Hundreds of 
letters this month show great actirity among the “ Tick¬ 
et” and Circular operators. Many ask an immediate 
answer by letter, hut we cannot respond individually to 
half of them. Many swindlers, previously shown up by us 
are still inquired about. We cannot repeat all we have 
MTitten; those interested should look over our back 
numbers ; several hundred operators have been described 
within a year. We give below the present names of sev¬ 
eral operators, hut most of these names will soon be 
changed to others, if not already done. .Three or four 
men, like Tuttle and Todd, have used quite a num¬ 
ber of different names within two years past... .A huge 
swindle, with large plans and employing a great many 
clerks, was receptly started at 62 Broadway, under the 
name of the '■' Banhers' and Merchants' Grand Presentation 
Entertainment," ostensibly by “ Clark, Webster & Co.,” 
hut probably by a large Chicago operator, with J. D. 
Miller, the “ Sand River Petroleum Prize Co.” man. The 
police stepped in and seized an immense mass of circulars 
etc.,and nipped the swindling scheme, though about 20,000 
circulars had already gone out. All of these Gift Enter¬ 
prises, etc., are to he carefully avoided, no matter how 
pretentious or plausible, or how good an object they may 
pro/fess to he aiming at_W;e continue to receive circu¬ 
lars issued by Harris Brothers,” of Boston, offering a 
copy of the American Agriculturist to subscribers to the 
so-called “National Distribution,” alias lottery, for a 
home for disabled soldiers.' In October last we exposed 
this swindling concern. The managers have been 
put under “ bonds ” in the Boston Courts. As before 
stated, 5ve recognize no certificate issued by them.... A 
5’ile villain, calling himself “A. B. Canning, M. D.,” 
sends circulars to young men, and even to lads as young as 
13 years, offering disgusting books, instniments, etc. ^He 
refuses to deliver those things in person, and can only ha 
