, 1859-02-17
bang scSrco, remains firm. and nhoic@ samples
aru in demand ut $1.23@l25. Receipts are

! Flour Is mora active und dEmes. 5000 bb's
extra spring -four Of o country brand sold to-day
t'$8 |. "a. b. - ss'1s'
Oats, corn md barley are firm hut unchanged.
Hogs are very firm ond receipts light. The
receipts for the past two days add up GA head,
and for the season to date they are 81. Jas.
At 81 Louis on the 14th The receipts were:
Wheat, e.4oo ska; corn, 1910 bags; -four,
l,459 bbla and $50 bags; whisky, GIG hb1a. Tho
Democrat Of yesterday thus abridges the mar
kets:
. To-day several orders were had for -four.
which will probably be: filled IN few days,
though tE1nsauttuns were small that were made
public. Provisions were rather weak, though
sales were effected on private terms; quantity
Of meas pork was offered at 316.s for hsreh
lard holding rates Of bacon are lie for clear
sideB; $40 Tor ribbed and !7515c for shoulders:
Lard is not offered, nor Is there much demand
for it. Groceries are quiet; some art not Offer
ing, but Keeping in store. Whisky, T@s5c;
Corn, 75c,
4 correspondent, writing from Nsv York
city to the Detroit IrIaae, says: -.
On arriving at New York found ont thing
or two that will be of interest to mary at the
West. found that wheat and -four are dearer
in Detroit shan in New York, and can With
full faith inform your mercantile resders that
ruin il snrs to follow the insane attempts being
made 1t tho West to force up tho price ot pro-
dnoe. have seen and watched just snch pro-
csednge for the past thirteen years, and de-
structiou certain and surely has been the reault
in every case, so will it be next spring. Receipts
Of all kinds Of produce arc moderate, 30 aso Is
the demand No. large amount Of wheat, cora
or flour could bo sold At present rates Here
are the faets. White Aichigauwhest il: quoted
at $l.Go-non and then 500 to 1000 bushels
could ns worked Of at that; 5000 Or 10000
bushels in one lot could not b. sold-
no one would touch it. So with red
Western, $l35@1 81 is the quoted price, bat no
man can sell {, 600 bushels in one lot at these
figures. So with corn-nixed Western is held
at SIC, but there are 30 sales. ordered 5000,
10,0oo or 5000 bushels. sold a &c, but no
saes could be effected. These facts should
show Our produce dealing friends that the pres
ent excitement nt the West is without founda-
tion, reason Of judgment:
There is now in New York and Bostou ail t1e
hour, wheat and corn tha. will be needed until
the next harvest without an increase in the
present receipts. And in regard to sorn Will
state one tsct-the crop of the State Of New
York never wss 50 large in the memory Of man,
and she will make up the entire deficiency Of
the exports from Illinois during tho coming sen
sou. 50 whatever fools may do, wise men will
stand from under.
The Cincinnati Gasttte Of yesterday contains
the following synopsis Of the market Of the
14th inst
There was no important movement in the pro-
visipn ua1ket|to-day. Holders ware firm, but the
demand Has limited. Nothing trauBpired in Ness
Pork. which was held at SIG. 50@l8 rs for good
and first class brands. Bulk Meats we're held at
There were some orders for Bacon, mostly for
Gichmoud. Va, and 275 hhds. sold at 711S@sh
tor Shoulders and Sides. Lard WIS neglected.
Holders continued to ask 115S@l1A for prime
barrel There was good demand for Flour,
apd prices we're firm ut Is, 5o@5 80 for good 1us
perdna. A sale was made Of This description fur
March delivery at IS 80; indicating faith in tho
future.
The higher grades Of Wheat advanced 2@sc
per. .bushel, with an active demand. Other grams
were firm. Whisky unchanged. Sugar and No.
lasses dull and sli4huy lower, with outside sales
Of the lattsr Ut 81 &c.
At Buffalo. on The. 14th, 1000 bushels Illinois
White Wheat sold ut s1.4s@1,5o, and 500 bash
Chicago Spring at CSC; Corn 81 @82c. Timothy
seed $2 so.
O. Preason, President Of the Walworth Coun.
ty (WiA) Agricultural Society, belie7es "the
deterioration Of the grain crop is attributable
mainly to the nse Of bad sesd, Or at least to the
dsng seed not adapted to the diversifed soil"
BE urges farmers to "meet together in their
several school districts and Interchange vieYs
and talk over What experiments they;have found
profitable and promise the surest returns. 1t
'canno. result in sny additional mistakes, and
may very materially advance their interests"
An Iowa paper Of the 9Th instant aays:-
We have never approached .aq near a famine
We inhabft, Hs ne have the past year. The wet
weather which prevailed and characterized all
most the whole Of the season flied our soil md
kept 1t 80 tufi Of water as to prevent the growth
and maturity Of our crops the effects Of which
are now msntesting themselves in au unwonted
scarcity Of breadslufs, threatening rise IN
price which will occaaiou general distress. it
not ac,uaI want, to thousands of cur popuia-
ton.
A correspondent Of the Prairie Farmer writ
ing from paua, Ill, saJs:-
Wheat in this section is badly hurt by the
freezing and thawing. Weasher-not no bad on
nod ground as on oid ground, Tbs early eown
looks fair, but tha. seeded late late beieve
will amount to lite this season.
A heary sale Of pork was recently made at
Lexington, Mo. The Lexington Erprat saya
Of it:
Il few days since sale was effected for tha
delivery ut this polut, between now and the first
of April, Of II 900 sides, weighing about 440,-
600 pounds ut 811c per lh--foosiug up $37 900.
The sale Was nade by Col. Anderson, nnd the
purchasers are parties In St Louia. :.