THE CULTIVATOR. 
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1847 
they are capable of performing. They are made by T. 
D. Burrall, of Geneva, and by A. WheeLer & Bro¬ 
thers, Chatham 4 corners, Columbia Co., N. Y. 
Correction.- —In Mr. Prince's article on strawberries, 
in our November number, the crimson cone, was stated 
to be staminate. We are informed that it is pistillate. 
(fCp 3 Under the head of Domestic Economy, we give 
this month several communications, with which we have 
been favored by our female correspondents. We shall 
continue this as a separate department, and shall at all 
times feel obliged for any contributions in reference to 
household concerns. 
Orange Quinces. —We accidentally omitted to ac¬ 
knowledge in our last, the reception of a dozen very 
large and beautiful Quinces from Mr. Bradford Wal¬ 
ker, of Canandaigua. Finer specimens of this fruit, we 
never saw. We are also indebted to Samuel Hamilton, 
Esq., Rochester, for a bushel of the Portugal Quince. 
Superior Swine. —We have before spoken of the 
stock of swine kept at the Insane Hospital, Worcester, 
Mass., known as the “ Hospital breed.” Two very 
line breeding sows have lately been procured from the 
Hospital, and brought into this neighborhood. They 
are about as nice a model ill form and points, as any¬ 
thing we have seen of their species, We have no doubt 
their introduction here will be highly beneficial. 
To Emigrants. —Such of our readers as contemplate 
removing to the west, are referred to the advertisement 
of some fine land in Illinois, which will be found in this 
paper, which will be sold in lots to suit purchasers, at 
low rates and on favorable terms. 
Root or Vegetable Cutters.— •“ J. B., J> (Wash¬ 
ington, D. C.) The best machine we have ever seen 
for cutting Vegetables for stock, especially for sheep, is 
Gardner’s, an English invention. It cuts the roots in 
pieces, or rather strips, three-fourths of an inch wide 
by half an inch thick, and at the rate of a bushel per 
minute, with one band. Its cost in England is about 
£5, or $25. Mr. Thomas Noble, of Massillon, Ohio, 
has several of them in use, The best machine for this 
purpose, made in this country, as far as we know, is 
Ruggles, Nourse & Mason’s. It cuts into pieces 
one and a quarter inch square, by any thickness desired, 
and with great rapidity. The price is $12. It is for- 
sale at the Albany Agricultural Warehouse. See ad¬ 
vertisement. 
THE MARKETS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. 
By the Cambria, arrived at Boston on the 16th ult. 
we have English papers to the beginning of December. 
The intelligence in regard to the demand for bread- 
stuffs, has not had much influence on our market. The 
English trade was animated and prices were maintained; 
but the supply of provisions in Europe is greater than 
what was at one time expected. The potato disease is 
said to have been less destructive on the continent last 
year, than in 1845, and potatoes were being sent to 
England from St. Petersburgh. The wheat harvest is 
said to have been magnificent in the ancient Polish 
provinces, and in those districts of Russia and other 
countries which supply Odessa, and the ports of the 
Black sea, and as the people of Poland and Russia live 
chiefly on rye, it permits nearly all the wheat to be ex¬ 
ported. The peasantry in some parts of Ireland are 
still suffering from want of food ; but it is stated that 
the progress of destitution has been less rapid and de¬ 
structive than some accounts might have led us to ex¬ 
pect. Corn and provisions of all kinds, were becoming 
more abundant. The destitute peasantry were being 
employed on the public works to a great extent, 150,- 
000 being already engaged, and the number increasing 
rapidly. An English paper gives the following table of 
the stores of Grain in the principal Entrepots of Eu¬ 
rope, in the last fortnight of October ; 
Nice.. .qrs. 
[of 8 bushels] 20,793 
London. ...... 
Genoa . 
Liverpool. 
Leghorn... 
. 25,296 
Glasgow. 
Amsterdam. 
Rotterdam 
.. 431,021 
. 46,224 
Leith.. 
. 40.077 
Hamburgh. 
... 18.300 
Total... 
1 
The cotton and wool trade, (except for very coarse 
wools) was said to be brisk ; but in the manufacturing 
districts trade was represented as exceedingly dull. 
The Mark Lane Express, of November 30th, states, 
that 36 bales of “United States •wool” were sold at 
public auction in London, on the 25th of that month, at 
Is Id, to Is 2id, or 27 to 30 cts. per lb. 
The same paper states, that the imports of Wool into 
London, for the w^eek ending Nov. 30th. were 3,576 
bales. Of this quantity 2,363 were from Russia, 514 
from Sydney, 337 from Germany, 160 from Spain, 30 
from Italy, 41 from the Cape of Good Hope, 7 from 
Austria, 55 from Calcutta, 26 from the United States, 
3 from France, and 40 from Monte Video. 
Inquiries are sometimes made in regard to the rela¬ 
tive value of different kinds of wool in the English mar¬ 
kets. The following extract from a table which we 
find in the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture for Octo¬ 
ber. shows the prices of Merino, South Down, Leicester 
and Cheviot 
Merino.... 
“ in grease,. 
South Down,... 
Leicester Hogg, yearling, 
“ Ewe & Hogg,. 
Cheviot white, 
s. 
d. 
s . 
d. 
14 
0 
to 
20 
0 
per 14 lbs, 
12 
0 
to 
16 
6 
ct 
14 
0 
to 
20 
0 
(C 
12 
6 
to 
19 
6 
u 
11 
6 
to 
16 
6 
a 
10 
6 
to 
14 
6 
a 
From this it appears that Merino wool, washed, was 
worth from 25 to 35 cts. per lb.; South Down the 
same; and Leicester Hogg, (or yearling's,) fleeces, 23 
to 34 cts. per lb. 
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
New-York, Dec. 19, 1846. 
FLOUR—Genesee, per bbl , $5.56^a$5.62|‘—Ohio and Michi¬ 
gan, $5.37£a$5.44. 
GRAIN—Wheat, inquired for, and $1.25 per bushel demanded 
for Genesee, but no sales reported.—Rye 84 c,—Barley, 65c.—Oats, 
39a40c.—Corn, Northern and Jersey, 75aS0c—market closed firm 
at 80 c. Purchases mostly for England. 
BUTTER—Orange County, per lb., 16al8c.—Western dairy, 
13ul5c.—Ohio, 8a9c.—Shipping, 6|a7c. 
CHEESE—Best shipping, per lb., 7a7fc. 
BEEF—Mess, perbbl.. $8a$8.25—Prime. $5 75a$5.87£. 
PORK—Mess, perbbl., $10—Prime, $8.12 £oSb.25. 
HAMS—Smoked, per lb.. 8a9 cts 
LARD—Per lb. 7£«8c.—Ohio, 7-Ja7|. 
HEMP—Russia, clean, per ton, $210—American, dew-rotted, 
$90a$95—American water-rotted. $130a$135. 
HOPS—Per lb., first sort, lOallc.—Second do., Salic. 
TOBACCO—Connecticut, per lb., lOallc—Kentucky, 2|a4^c. 
SEEDS—Flax, per bushel, $1.25—Clover, per lb., 6|a7c.— 
Timothy not in demand. 
COTTON—New Orleans and Alabama per lb., S^alllc.—Flori¬ 
da, SjalOf—Upland, Sj-alOf cts. 
WOOL—(Boston prices.) Dec 19 : 
Prime or Saxon fleeces, washed per lb.-. 38a40 cts. 
American full blood fleeces,.*. 82a33 u 
“ three-fourths blood fleeces,. 25a28 ‘ c 
“ half blood do .. 23a25 “ 
“ one-fourth blood and common,. 20a22 “ 
Remarks.— The tendency of the news by the Cambria, has been 
to give flour a slight advance, and to render the holders of grain 
more firm. Cotton has advanced half-a-cent per lb. Butter of 
good quality is in demand. The demand for cheese for exporta¬ 
tion is likewise good- Pork is doing better. 
