198 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[April, 
Prizes for Remodelled Houses and Barns. 
Wc direct the attention of our readers to the 
prizes offered in the March issue (page 110) for 
plans and specifications for remodelled houses and 
barns. In order to accommodate even the busiest 
person, who may desire to compete, the date when 
all the responses to this call shall be in the judges’ 
hands, is fixed at July 1st, 1883. 
Wheat—Corn—Oats—Pork—Lard. 
Prices Still Advancing a Little. 
The carefully prepared table herewith, condensed 
from our daily memoranda of the transactions in 
the Chicago markets, will give a bird’s-eye view of 
the change in prices of the leading farm products 
named. There have been speculative fluctuations 
on the omitted days, but the general condition can 
be seen by comparing the first three columns with 
the last, and the change for a month by comparing 
the third and last columns. Comparing January 2d 
with March 6th,we have an advance of 141c. in wheat 
deliverable in March, and 14c. deliverable in May. 
For corn an advance of 9c. for March, and 10c. for 
May. For oats 41c. for March, 3ic. for May. Pork 
90c. per bbl. for March, $1.00 for May. 
During the month past (from February 6 to 
March 6) the advance has been: Wheat for March 
2c., for May lc.; Corn for March ljc.,forMay 4c.; 
Oats for March 4ic. for May 34c.; Pork for March 
declined 15e. per bbl., for May, up 15c.; Lard, March 
and May, a trifling change only. The prices in the 
New York markets have ranged nearly the same, 
adding freight, but lower for the later months, 
as water-carriage will then decrease cost of freight. 
CURRENT PRICES IX CHICAGO. 
Wheat, bit. Jan. 2. 
Feb.1. 
Feb. 6. 
Feb. 20. 
Mar. 1. 
Mar. 6. 
Feb. $ 94 
$1.07 
$ 1.10 
$ .... 
$ .... 
March. 95 
1.0514 
1.07% 
1-10>4 
1.08% 
1.09% 
April. 
May. 1.00 
1.00 
1.0814 
1.1114 
1.09% 
1.09% 
4.10 
1.13K 
1.1581 
1.14% 
1.14% 
Corn, bu. 
Feb. 49 
57 
5714 
58% 
Marcli. 49J4 
5514 
57 
57M 
57?f 
April. 
May. 53 
55% 
57 
58 
58% 
58% 
57% 
59 
62 % 
6214 
63 
Oats, bu. 
Feb. 38% 
38% 
3951 
43% 
March. S9 
3814 
40 
41% 
April. 
May. 41K 
4014 
41% 
43% 
4114 
42% 
43% 
44% 
Pork. bbl. 
Feb. 10.05 
18.20 
18.25 
March. 17.20 
17.95 
17.25 
18.2214 
18.20 
18,10 
April. 
May. 17.55 
18.10 
18.30 
18.4214 
18.45 
18.27 
18.35 
18.40 
18.60 
18.67 
18.55 
Lard, 100 lbs. 
Feb. 10.30 
11.30 
11.50 
March. 10.42 
11.20 
11.30 
11.50 
18.40 
1127 
April. 
May. 10.65 
31.30 
11.62 
18.60 
11.40 
11.40 
11.50 
11.42% 
18.72 
11.55 
P. S.—March S: The figures in the last column (March 
6 .) are all a little lower yesterday and to-day, owing part¬ 
ly to speculation and partly to a tight money-market. 
The most notable advance is in the price of pork 
and lard since the beginning of the year, viz.: 90c. 
per bbl. in pork, and 85c. per 100 lbs. in lard. This 
is partly due to the advance in corn, and partly to 
speculation in and especially the advance of 14c. 
per bushel for wheat, and 5c. in corn. The sup¬ 
plies of both are liberal, and the country reserve, of 
corn particularly, is believed to be large. The ad¬ 
vance in wheat which no one looked for during 
autumn and early in winter, is almost wholly due 
to the changed condition and prospects in Europe. 
The disastrous floods injured the crops in many of 
the fertile valleys. But more serious than this has 
been the continuation of bad weather generally, all 
through the winter. The effect of this upon winter 
grain and early spring sowing, is so great that it is 
now thought there will be a fair demand for all our 
surplus from last year’s crop, with bare granaries 
ready for drafts upon our crop of breadstuffs for 
1883. While we can not congratulate ourselves 
upon the losses of the people of other lands, the 
outlook for American farmers is veiy good, and 
they may well and hopefully plan for sowing and 
planting the largest possible area of spring wheat, 
and of corn, with the expectation that they will re¬ 
ceive remunerative returns for their labor. 
Our Foreign Trade Favorable. 
Whatever effect the changed tariff may have upon 
the future, the recent changes in our relative ex¬ 
ports and imports has been a relief from that of a 
year ago. For the seven months ending February 
1st, to which date official figures have just been 
brought up, the excess of exports over imports 
amount to fully seventy-eight million dollars, as 
against only forty-seven million dollars for the 
corresponding period last year. 
More Hogs 'Wanted. —At the present 
prices paid for corn and live hogs in most of the Western 
States, especially in the interior of Indiana, Illinois, 
Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, corn would bring consider¬ 
able more money if fed to swine, to increase their weight. 
Shelling the corn would be saved, and the hauling to 
market of equal values of corn and pork is much less 
for the latter, and there is a large saving in freight all 
the way to the seaboard. The trouble is, there are not 
nearly enough swine to consume the corn. The lesson 
is, that it will pay to produce more stock hogs; to take 
good care of the pigs and to increase their number as 
much as possible. 
Catalogues Acknowledged. 
SEEDSMEN. 
All of the leading dealers keep horticultural imple¬ 
ments and many now offer green-house plants and small 
fruits. If separate catalogues are issued they are noticed 
under their proper heads, but if all departments are com¬ 
prised in one catalogue, it is acknowledged under that 
which appears to be the leading business and the other 
departments mentioned. 
R. II. Allen & Co., Nos. 189 and 191 Water St., N. Y. 
City. Full in grass and field seeds. Small fruits. 
C. W. Dorr & Co., Des Moines, Iowa. Full in pota¬ 
toes; fruits, flowers and implements. 
Henry A. Dreer, No. 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. Many specialties; full plant list, small fruits, etc. 
J. A. Everitt, Watsontown, Pa., Potatoes a specialty, 
with novelties. 
J. C. Everitt, Ontario, Ind. Special seed potato 
catalogue. 
Robert & James Farquhar, No. 19 South Market 
St., Boston, Mass. A new house with a full first cata¬ 
logue. 
H. A. Fielding, Lowell, Mass. With a very large im¬ 
plement department. 
Graham & Johnson, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Also vege¬ 
table plants in great variety. 
Joseph Harris, Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
Full in farm seeds and much pleasant talk about them. 
Henry Lee, Denver, Colorado. A wonderful catalogue 
from a wonderful State. Green-house and other plants. 
John R. & A. Murdoch, Pittsburgh, Pa. Also green¬ 
house and nursery stock. 
C. B. Rogers, 133 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. Farm 
seeds have special attention. 
John Saul, Washington, D. C., sends a separate seed 
catalogue, which has a long list of the new and rare. 
J. C. Vaughn, Chicago, Ill., in his corn and potato 
manual, treats both plants in full. 
NURSERYMEN. 
The mention of “ Small Fruits ” indicates that the fist 
is restricted to that class of stock. 
Irving Allen, Springfield, Mass. Small fruits, with 
the newer kinds. 
Francis C. Biddle, Chadd’s Ford, Pa. Cattle and 
poultry are added to nursery stock. 
A. T. Blauvelt & Co., Blauveltville. N. Y. Includes 
the newer varieties of orchard and small fruits. 
J. S. Collins, Moorestown, N. J. Baskets and crates 
to market the fruit as well as the trees to raise it. 
Hance & Borden, Red Bank, N. J. A trade list of 
the Rumson Nurseries. 
T. S. Hubbard, Fredonia, N. Y. A wholesale fist of 
grape vines; the “Prentiss” a specialty. 
Geo. S. Josselyn. Fredonia, N. Y. Small fruit; a very 
full fist of grapes, “ Fay’s Prolific ” currant. 
C. P. Lines, New Haven, Conn. General stock, with 
colored plates of the newer grapes. 
William Parry, Parry, N. J. Small fruits, with sev¬ 
eral Oriental pears, including “ Keiffer’s Hybrid.” 
John Perkins, Moorestown, N. J. A general list 
with several novelties. 
F. K. Phoenix, Delavan, Wis. To see once more a 
full catalogue from our old friend recalls the fabled bird 
which renewed its life. Success to him. ■ 
E. P. Roe, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. Characteristic¬ 
ally full of new and the best old small fruits and in¬ 
structive. 
Delos Staples. West Sebewa, Mich. Small fruits 
including the Blueberry 
H. M. Thompson, Lake Preston, Dakota. Wholesale 
fist of evergreen and other forest trees. 
E. B. Underhill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. A condensed 
and classified list of small fruits. 
II. K. Vickroy, Normal, Ill. Small fruits and vegeta¬ 
ble plants. 
FLORISTS. 
C. E. Allen, Brattleboro, Vt. Green-house and bed¬ 
ding plants: also seeds and small fruits. 
P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga., Green-house and 
other plants, especially suited to a warm climate. 
Jos. E. Bonsall, Salem, Ohio. A full list with many 
new things. 
Paul Butz & Sons, New Castle, Pa. Besides flowers 
small fruits and seeds; roses a specialty. 
E. M. Fuller, Bismarck, Dakota. Nothing more 
strikingly shows the development of the “Far West” 
than this excellent catalogue. 
V. II. Hallock’s Son & Thorpe, Queens, N. Y 
Many novelties and specialties in flowers, and the 
stock of small fruits collected by Dr. F. M. Hexamer. 
Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. North Ameri¬ 
can perennial plants. 
Nanz & Neuner, Louisville, Ky. The supplement 
of novelties in plants is very large, also seeds, flower 
and vegetable. 
John Saul, Washington, D. C. An immense collec¬ 
tion, prefaced by a fine plate of the rose “A. K. Wil¬ 
liams,” also a special rose fist. 
L. Templin & Sons, Calla, Ohio. Green-house and 
bedding stock and seeds. 
Woods, Beach & Co., New Brighton, Pa. A large 
rose list with general green-house stock. 
Woolson & Co, Passaic, N. J. Hardy herbaceous 
plants, also bulbs, ferns, and hardy orchids. 
IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY & MISCELLANEOUS. 
Am. Vegetable Fibre Co., No. 213 S. Front Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. Describe their machine for treating 
flax, hemp, etc. 
H. J. Baker & Bro., No. 215 Pearl St., N. Y., in 
“ Facts for Farmers” describe their various fertilizers 
and give directions for their use. 
Dole Common-Sense Fertilizer Co., No. 42 Congress 
St., Boston, Mass., discuss the use of their manufactures 
and give many useful tables. 
Clipper Machine Works, Keene, N. H. The “ Her¬ 
rington Patent Improved Potato Digger.” 
Davis & Co., Ithaca, N. Y. The Buckeye Hand Corn 
Planters. 
Everett & Small, Boston, Mass., claim to make the 
only genuine “Matthews’ Seed Drill.” 
Gale Manufacturing Co., Albion, Mich. The “Gale 
Chilled Plow ” and the “Spring-Tooth Sulky Harrow 
and Seeder.” 
Geo. K. Hawley, Glens Falls, N. Y. Poultry and 
Poultry Houses. 
Indianapolis Machine & Bolt Works, Indianapolis, 
Ind., make Olsen’s Improved Hoop Planer. 
The Mapes Formula & Peruvian Guano Co., No. 
158 Front St., N. Y. City. Description of fertilizers 
and testimonials of those who have used them. 
Maywood Co., Maywood, HI. The “ Chicago Screw 
Pulverizer” and the “Chicago Scraper and Ditcher,” 
illustrated and discussed. 
Nonpareil Fertilizer Co., Taunton, Mass., set forth 
the claims of their product 
Ewald Over, Indianapolis, Ind., Maker of “Preston’s 
Binder Trucks.” 
J. B. Sardy & Son, No. 141 Water St., N. Y. City. 
“Phospho Peruvian Guano ” and other fertilizers. 
J. W. Sohn, Hamilton, Ohio. Describes in English 
and German pamphlets bis “improved method of cul¬ 
ture ” and the implements used. 
Geo. W. Taft, Abington, Conn. Hlustrates and de¬ 
scribes “ Taft’s Road Machines.” 
FOREIGN CATALOGUES 
CANADA. 
Pearce, Weld & Co., London, Ont. Seeds. 
Wm. Rennie, Toronto. Seeds. 
Stone & Wellington. General Nursery. 
FRANCE. 
Cusin et Guichard, Lyons. Seeds. The same pub¬ 
lish a pamphlet descriptive of the grasses and their uses. 
VrLMoniN, Andrieux & Co., Paris. A full fist with 
brief descriptions of the plants used for forage and in 
the aits . 
New Farm Implements and Appliances. 
The Willson Spring Single-Tree. 
Mr. Bergh is justly entitled to pedestal and monu¬ 
ment for his great services in behalf of dumb animals. 
If one would realize what he has done, he has but to con¬ 
trast the scenes in New York to-day, with those which 
transpired a few years ago, when every driver was per¬ 
mitted to abuse his horse to his heart’s content. Any 
contrivance or invention which forwards this good work 
of humanity to dumb animals, is deserving of considera¬ 
tion. It is because the “ Willson Spring Single-Tree ” is 
such an invention, that it is deserving of attention. It 
is a relief to the horse, because it brings him nearer his 
load, than does the common Tree. By its elasticity and 
spring, it prevents very much of the jar and wear upon 
the animal incident to the use of the common Tree. On 
examination, we find that its construction is simple, that, 
it can be readily attached and detached, and the spring 
is durable. In the interest of humanity to the horse, 
we ask our readers to try this Tree. 
See Elsewhere for NEW 
PREMIUMS for New Subscribers 
to the “American Agriculturist.” 
