58 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[February, 
New York Live Stock Trade for 1882. 
Seeds for Free Distribution to all Subscri¬ 
bers for 1863 (Vol. 22.) 
See Descriptive Notes last month , page 4. 
Every subscriber to the Agriculturist for 1803, is invited to 
select three or four parcels of seeds from the list below, 
if he can not get them conveniently otherwise. 
The Live Stock Markets of New York city are by far 
the largest in this country. The importance of these 
markets is indicated by the fact that during last year, 
nearly two millions of live animals were brought here 
for slaughter. At the Forty-fourth street or Washington 
Yards alone, more than two hundred thousand (200,000) 
Tile Supply and Prices. 
Beef Cattle have run remarkably uniform during three 
years past. The receipts averaged 4360; then 4265, and 
last year, 4532 per' week. The total receipts, however, 
were about 10,000 head more last year than in any pre¬ 
vious year. The details in the table above, indicate the 
variations from week to week, and at different seasons, 
as well as the effect upon prices, of a larger or smaller 
supply.— The Prices have varied from 7c. to cents per 
pound, for the estimated weight of dressed carcasses. 
These seeds are all valuable. Of the 63 kinds offered, 
many are comparatively new varieties, but we include some 
common, useful sorts for the convenience of those without ac¬ 
cess even to common good seeds. 
Most of them are annuals (reproducing seed the first sea¬ 
son), and in all cases there will be enough to yield a supply 
of seed for future use. Our aim is, to furnish the germs oi fu¬ 
ture abundance in each locality where these seeds go. 
Many of these seeds were grown by ourselves, the past 
year; the others are obtained of the best growers. The 
distribution will begin in February. 
Mode of Distribution.—The seeds may be called 
for at the office, after March 1., or be applied for by mail at 
any time now, to be forwarded as soon as ready. The post¬ 
age is only 1 cent per ounce under 1500 miles ; 
and 3 cents per ounce wlien over 1500 miles. 
Those sending for seeds to be forwarded by mail, will 
please carefully observe the following 
DIRECTIONS—(1) Select from the list below, any three 
or four parcels desired, and write plainly on a slip of paper the 
numbers (only) of the kinds of seeds wanted. (These num¬ 
bers are used on our seed drawers, seed bags, etc.) 
(3) Enclose the slip in a prepared envelope—directed in full 
to your own address (not John Smith’s), and put on it post¬ 
age stamps to the amount of one cent for cacli ounce 
of seeds to be enclosed , if to go 
under 1503 miles, or two 
cents if to go over 1500 miles. 
(Most places West of the Mississippi 
river are over 1500 miles.) N.15.—The 
total amount of stamps required can 
be reckoned from the table of seeds 
below. Any fraction over even 
ounces will need an extra 1-c. or two 1-cent stamps accord¬ 
ing to distance. Forward the above prepared envelopes to 
this office, in a letter, and the seeds will be enclosed accord¬ 
ing to the numbers on the slip. To save postage, let there 
be no marks on the envelopes except the address and stamps. 
About 2 ounces will go in a common sized envelope. 
Field, and Vegetable Garden Seeds. 
Bo. Weight of package. 
191—Mammoth M llet... About one-lialf ounce. 
14:1—Darling’s Early.Sweet Corn. .. About one ounce. 
186— StowelPs Evergreen Sweet Corn.. . About one ounce. 
187— Conn. Broad Leaf Tobacco.Less than one-eighth ounce. 
188— Genuine Havana Tobacco.Less than one-eighth ounce. 
8— Daniel O’Rourke Pea.About one ounce. 
9— Champion of England Pea.About one ounce. 
13—Green Kohl Rabi. ... About one-fourth ounce. 
145—Flat Dutch (Winter) Cabbage.About one-fourth ounce. 
318—Early Sugar Loaf Cabbage;.. .About one-fourth ounce. 
199—Red Dutch Cabbage ..About one-fourth ounce. 
64—Extra early Round Turnip Radish ; one-fourth ounce. 
19—Round Spinach.About one-half ounce. 
147—Neapolitan Cabbage Lettuce .About one-fourth ounce. 
101—Improved Long Orange Carrot. ..About one-half ounce. 
149—Extra early Bassano Beet.About one-half ounce. 
95—Hubbard Squash, pure .About one-fourth ounce. 
193— Fejee & Italian lied Tomato...About one-eighth ounce. 
154—Ice Cream Water Melon.About one-eighth ounce. 
317—Fine Nutmeg Melon. .About one-eighth ounce. 
194— Hollow Crown Parsnip. _About one-fourth ounce. 
153—Fine Large Cheese Pumpkin About one-fourth ounce. 
17—Red Strap-Leaf Turnip..About one-fourth ounce. 
195— Early Short Horn Carrot_About one-fourth ounce. 
196— Green Curled Kale.. ..About one-fourth ounce. 
198—Improved Purple Egg Plant ..About one-eighth ounce. 
197— Linnaeus Rhubarb.About one-naif ounce. 
Flower and Ornamental Seeds. 
John Smith, 
Albicc 
Monroe County, 
Iowa. 
m 
89—Cotton Plant (2 kinds, mixed).One-lialf ounce. 
Ill— Castor Oil Beau . . One-lialf ounce. 
On an average, any live of the following varieties will go 
under one 1-cent stamp , (or two stamps if over 1500 miles.) 
200—Fancy Gourds, (mixed 
varieties) ( ha)* 
23—Mignonette, (ha) 
30— Tassel Flower, (ha) 
31— Chinese Pink, (ha) 
3Y—Beautiful Zinnias, (Mix¬ 
ed I (ha) 
49—Candytuft, (ha) 
51—Drummond’s Phlox(Ao) 
123— Gilia nivalis, (ha) 
124 — Whitlavia, (ha) 
126—Long tubed Centran- 
thus, (ha) 
164—Sweet-scented Agera- 
tum, (ha) 
169—Clarkia pulchella, (ha) 
173—Mixed Larkspur, (ha) 
177—Graceful Quaking 
Grass, (ha) 
182— Sweet Alyssum, (ha) 
183— Fine Mixed German 
Asters, ( ha) 
203— Mixed G’n Poppv, (ha) 
204— Mixed Fr’li Poppy (ha) 
20.5—Double French Mari¬ 
gold, (ha) 
206—Golden Straw Flower, 
(everlasting) (ha) 
210—Convolvulus minor, (ha) 
212—Fine Sweet Peas, (ha) 
219— Martynia in var. (ha) 
2.20—PerillaNankinensis(/*.a) 
221— Striped Mirabilis (ha). 
27—Cockscomb, (la) 
222— Convolvulus variega- 
tus, (ta) 
216—Acroclinium roseura, 
(hha) 
122—Mixed Canterbury 
Bells, (hh) 
170—Evening Primrose, (hb) 
42—Foxglove, (hp) 
209— I) w’iBIue Larkspur, (/ip) 
223— Mourning Bride, (hp) 
* (ha,) hardy annual; (hha,) half hardy annual; (ta.,) tender 
annual; ( hhb .,) half hardy biennial; (tb,) tender biennial; 
(hp,) hardy perennial; (hhp,) half hardy perennial; 
(Ip,) tender perennial. 
GT Special to Canada Subscribers.— Owing to 
the fact that some Postmasters in the British Provinces insist 
upon collecting 20 cents an ounce on Seeds and Plants, pre¬ 
paid here at the U. S. rates, It is hardly safe to send for seeds 
not worth that cost. Those living near the lines can usually 
have them mailed to somo U. S. Post Office, where they can 
get them by private hands. Where clubs of considerable size 
are formed, it will pay to have seeds for all come together in 
a parcel by express. 
beef cattle were received and sold. The principal transac¬ 
tions are confined to a few points. Beef cattle are sold 
mainly at the Washington yards, kept by A. M. AUerton. 
These occupy the squares bounded east by Fourth 
avenue; west by Fifth avenue ; south by Forty-third 
street; and north by Forty-sixth street. Lesser numbers 
are sold at Browning’s and O’Brien’s, on Sixth street, 
near Third avenue ; at Chamberlin’s on Robinson street, 
(nearly west of our office); and over the Hudson river at 
the Bergen yards, near the old terminus of the Erie Rail¬ 
road.Milch cows, sheep, and veal calves are sold 
at all the four city markets. Hogs are mainly sold at 
West Fortieth street near the Hudson River. 
At present the principal weekly market day for beef 
cattle is on Monday ; the sales, however, are continued 
into Tuesday, the yards being generally cleaned out 
at about the middle of the afternoon of that day. 
Veal calves are mainly sold on Wednesdays. Cows, sheep, 
and live hogs are sold on all days, the largest transac¬ 
tions being on the first two days of the week, especially 
for sheep. A careful reporter, of long experience, from 
the office of the American Agriculturist, is always pres¬ 
ent at these sales, and with proper assistants, gathers up 
all items of interest, the number and derivation of the 
cattle, the number of other animals in, the prices real¬ 
ized, notes upon sales, etc., etc. These are furnished to 
some of the journals regularly, including the Daily, 
Semi-weekly, and Weekly Times, and the Methodist, and 
we also publish a condensed report for this Journal. 
Below isasummary for the past year, which will be found 
interesting, and useful for reference. Many of these 
figures we have already furnished to other journals. 
WEEKLY AND TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR 1862. 
Week 
Beef 
Net 
Milch 
Veal 
Sheep , 
Live 
Total 
ending 
Cattle, price. 
Cows. 
Calves 
; Lambs. 
Bogs. 
all kds. 
Jan. 
7.. 
. .40-14 
8 
133 
312 
7,618 
42,888 
55,055 
Jan 
14.. 
..3008 
lx 
123 
314 
8,593 
46,713 
59,411 
Jan. 
21.. 
...4392 
1‘A 
94 
362 
9,623 
30,037 
44,508 
Jan. 
28., 
...2384 
8 
46 
223 
7,106 
24,590 
34,354 
Feb. 
4.. 
,..4733 
8 
90 
346 
5,717 
27,820 
38,706 
Feb. 
11., 
.. .3190 
8 'A 
117 
314 
9,383 
12,319 
25,323 
Feb. 
18., 
,..3894 
8 
119 
313 
8,270 
16,080 
28,676 
Feb. 
25.. 
..3329 
K!< 
316 
301 
4,160 
9,188 
17,694 
Mar. 
4. 
...3965 
8 
135 
335 
6.695 
17,395 
28,525 
Mar. 
11. 
...4414 
7X 
121 
592 
6,262 
14,011 
25,900 
Mar. 
18., 
...3537 
75f 
156 
553 
4,695 
15,172 
24,103 
Mar. 
25. 
...3299 
8M 
155 
551 
2,978 
13,492 
20,475 
April 
1., 
...3477 
8 
167 
604 
5,363 
11,031 
20,642 
April 
8., 
,..4001 
8 
100 
855 
4,717 
12,333 
22,006 
April 
15.. 
,..3517 
8 V 
127 
991 
6,170 
9,623 
20,428 
April 
22., 
...5059 
'1% 
98 
916 
6,597 
13,291 
25,961 
April 
29., 
...3923 
8 
129 
1070 
5,124 
13.567 
23,813 
May 
6. 
...4116 
8 '4 
115 
908 
5,074 
9,984 
20,257 
May 
13 
TV, 
104 
769 
5,874 
11,147 
22,672 
May 
20. 
...3393 
814 
98 
1025 
7,006 
7,713 
19,235 
May 
27. 
..5362 
8 
119 
957 
6,712 
8,244 
21,394 
June 
3. 
...3564 
m 
106 
537 
8,347 
10,873 
23,427 
June 
10. 
.. .4426 
824 
101 
533 
7,906 
11,660 
24,596 
June 
17. 
...4485 
8 
115 
757 
8,639 
11,263 
25,259 
Juue 
24. 
.. .4427 
8M 
92 
489 
8,376 
6,408 
19,792 
July 
1 
...5187 
IX 
140 
758 
11,778 
13,918 
31,781 
July 
8. 
...4249 
•714 
113 
503 
9,796 
9,562 
24,223 
July 
15. 
...3552 
’<% 
97 
600 
9,592 
5,871 
19,712 
July 
22 
7'4 
104 
577 
11,302 
11,142 
28,707 
July 
20. 
...38S7 
'•'A 
90 
593 
12,725 
10,280 
27,485 
Aug. 
5. 
...4629 
7 If 
62 
547 
9,472 
11,294 
26,004 
Aug. 
12. 
...4148 
7 
94 
576 
11,124 
14,814 
31,056 
Aug. 
10. 
...4130 
714 
70 
350 
112,54 
12,663 
28,467 
Aug. 
20 
...5022 
7 V 
87 
487 
12,379 
15,197 
33,172 
Sept. 
2. 
.. 4698 
IX 
78 
441 
13,546 
14,210 
82,973 
Sept. 
0. 
...5269 
7 A 
80 
525 
13,752 
14,204 
33,830 
Sept. 
10. 
...6410 
■IV, 
50 
503 
15,7:34 
16,479 
39,176 
Sept. 
23. 
...4890 
IV 
83 
473 
14,030 
21,316 
40,792 
Sept. 
30. 
.. .5245 
7)4 
91 
660 
12,191 
21,252 
37,442 
Oct. 
7. 
7‘4 
96 
499 
12,546 
23,906 
42,180 
Oct. 
14. 
...5346 
IV 
100 
746 
13,931 
29,534 
49,657 
Oct. 
21. 
.. .5417 
IV 
88 
750 
14,528 
23,825 
44,636 
Oct. 
28. 
...5360 
IV 
82 
717 
13,215 
29,599 
48,973 
Nov. 
4. 
...5567 
IV 
105 
767 
8,973 
31,672 
47.084 
Nov. 
11, 
IV 
107 
791 
12,466 
40,662 
59,359 
Nov. 
18. 
...5723 
7)4 
93 
855 
10,0S5 
34,488 
51,244 
Nov. 
25 
7 
62 
576 
10,116 
32,671 
43,886 
Dec. 
2. 
...4266 
IX 
86 
420 
10,421 
62,636 
67,829 
Dec. 
0 . 
...5365 
8 
64 
318 
10,749 
49,5S0 
66,076 
Dec. 
10. 
...6276 
7 >4 
69 ** 
1 406 
8,871 
53,778 
69,400 
Dec. 
23. 
IV 
63 
4:33 
7,924 
35,154 
48,586 
Dec. 
30. 
...4809 
7)4 
120 
392 
4,957 
62,165 
71,443 
Totals, 1 
235,660 
_ 
5,253 
30,258 
475,722 1 
,098,712 
1,315,605 
Weely av. 4532 
7& 
101 
582 
9,149 
221,129 
85,492 
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF LIVE ANIMALS FOR 3 YEARS. 
Veal 
All 
Beef Cattle. 
Cows . 
Calves. Sheep. 
Hogs. 
Kinds. 
1862.. 
..235,660 
5253 
30,258 475,722 
1 098,712 
1,845,605 
1851.. 
..226,023 
5S16 
33,388 527,358 
598,509 
1,387,327 
I860 .. 
..226,747 
7154 
40,162 514,191 
319,628 
1,107 882 
AVERAGE WEEKLY RECEIPTS FOR 3 YEARS. 
Veal 
All 
Beef Cattle. 
Cows. 
Calves. Sheep . 
Hogs. 
Kinds 
1362... 
...4532 
101 
582 9149 
21,129 
35,492 
1861 .. 
.. .4265 
110 
630 9950 
11,392 
26,176 
I860 .. 
...4360 
138 
772 9888 
6,147 
21,305 
AVERAGE PRICE PER. 
LB. FOR THE NET OR ESTIMATED 
DRESSED WEIGHT 
OF ALL THE BEEF 
CATTLE SOLD. 
1862.. 
1 1801.. 
This is the average of all sales in every week. The range 
has been from 4Xc. to 11c. for the different grades. It 
will be noticed that for exactly the first half of the year, 
the average weekly rates were nearly always at 8c. ot 
above ; w hile for the second half they w ere always below 
8c., except one week. The average of the weekly aver¬ 
ages is 1% cents. As larger numbers were sold at the low¬ 
er rates, the average of all the cattle sold lias been at 
about 7 cents and 6 ljiills. Owing to the short, dry pas¬ 
tures last Summer, in many localities, and to the general 
advance in other commodities, it is believed that higher 
prices will prevail during 1863. 
Milch Cows. —The receipts for 1862 were considerably 
less than during the previous two years, and until just at 
the close, the prices rated very low’. The stringent laws 
against switl milk from distilleries, and the increased fa¬ 
cilities for bringing milk from the country, have lessened 
the demand for cows at the city markets. 
Veal Calves. —The number received in 1862, was 
smaller than for the two previous years. The prices 
ranged fully as high as in 1861. 
Sheep. —The receipts of sheep and lambs for 1862 were 
51,636 head less than in 1861, and the markets have gener¬ 
ally been unsupplied. This has resulted from the high 
price of wool, and the consequent increased attention to 
wool growing. Both mutton and pelts have been much 
higher than previously. Sheep for slaughter, and for 
farm purposes, are probably higher now than ever before. 
Live Hogs. —These have come to this market for a 
year past, in numbers beyond all precedent. The closing 
of the Mississippi, the trouble in the southwestern borders 
of the great corn producing regions, and the scarcity ot 
barrel makers at the West, have caused a large shipment 
of live hogs to this market. The receipts for 1S62 reached 
11,098,712. Prices ruled very low during most of 
1862, and until the cool packing weather came on. 
All Kinds.—T he total number of animals of all kinds 
received in this city at the regular yards during 1862, 
reached theenormous figures of 8,845,005, or an av¬ 
erage for each week of 35,498. 
Derivation of the Beef Cattle. 
Of the 235,660 Beef Cattle brought here last year, 211,- 
060 were yarded at the great 44th-stl’eet markets, and of 
these our reporters have gathered the origin so far as 
could be learned from personal inquiry among the drovers, 
and from the yard books. The following table shows 
where the cattle came from. 
From No. of. Head. | From No. of Head. 
Illinois.103,7291 Missouri.1,711 
New-York. 35,6401 Pennsylvania.1,585 
Ohio. 19,"05 Connecticut. 589 
Indiana. 15,840 Canada. 505 
Kentucky. 9,571 New-Jersey. 427 
Michigan. 7,346 Virginia . 117 
Iowa. 3,698 [ 
It is noteworthy that of the 211,060cattle at Forty-fourth 
street, 103,729, or nearly one half, are credited directly to 
the single State of Illinois ! But more than this; of the 
35,640 credited to New-York State, for example, a large 
proportion were raised and fed at the West, very many 
of them in Illinois, and brought on to be pastured awhile 
at the East. We may safely estimate, therefore, that to 
the single grazing and corn-growing State of Illinois, we 
are indebted for much more than half of the one hundred 
and sixty-fvemillion pounds of beef brought to New-York 
during the year 1862 1 
Railroads and Live Stock,— The following table 
shows the routes by which the cattle yard#d at Forty- 
fourth street have arrived here : 
Hudson River R. R..,78,283|Camden & Amboy R.R.1,844 
Erie Railroad.68,782'Hudson River Boats.. ,6,829 
Harlem Railroad.43,996|On Foot.6,251 
N. J. Central R. R ll,728|New-Haven R. R. 148 
The importance of our great railroads is illustrated by 
the receipts of Western stock, which form but a small item 
in their freight business. To say nothing of the million 
hogs and the half million sheep brought in mainly by rail¬ 
road, at least 200,000 cattle have come in by cars. The 
curious in figures may estimate how long a line of cattle 
would be formed, were these cattle to be all driven here 
from the West, in one continuous drove: how many 
drovers would be required , how much feed on the way ; 
how much the cattle would depreciate, etc., etc 
