Contents of tf)is Numlifr. 



Wheat-culture in the United States and Canada, 201 



Decline in t!ie Price of Wool, 203 



The Study of tlie Calendar— July, 204 



Operations for July, 205 



Remedy for the Cut-worm, - 206 



The Coming Wheat Crop in Canada, 206 



Memorial, -- 200 



Notes on Experiments in the Botanical Garden of the Royal 



Agricultural College, England, '... 209 



Farming near Liverpool, 210 



Beans not an Exhausting Crop, 211 



Letter from Oregon, 212 



Agricultural Qualities of Nebraska, 213 



Illinois Wheat Crop, 213 



Imported Cattle, 214 



British Agriculture, 216 



Changing Population, 217 



Agrioulturnl Improvement of Ireland, 217 



How to Winter One Hundred Sheep from Two Acres of Land, 218 



Clover Hav, 218 



The Potato a Heathen, 218 



To Fix Carpets on Floors, - 218 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Calendar of Operations, - 219 



Southworth's Strawberries, - 219 



A Destructive Insect, 219 



llildew on Gooseberries, 220 



Ornamental Flower Stands, 220 



Hints on the Reai-ing and Management of Trees, 220 



Singular Dise:ise in an Orchard, 223 



The Black and Green Teas of Commerce, 223 



Propagation of Fine Roses, 224 



A California Garden, 224 



Loudon Crystal Palace, ^. 224 



The Pie Plant, J. 224 



Grapes, .' 224 



Strawberries, 224 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



A Few Words about Making Bread, 225 



A Fanner's Wife in the Olden Time, 225 



editor's table. 



Obituary,-.- 226 



Premiuins for 1854, 226 



Experiments upon the Properties of the Water of Salt Lake 



for Preserving Meats, 226 



Machine for Cutting Corn Stalks, 226 



American Wine, 226 



Vermont State _A.gricultural Society, 226 



The Practical Mechanic's Journal, 226 



Method of Relieving Choked Cattle, 227 



Flax-culture, 227 



Farm Implements, and the Principles of their Construction 



and Use, ._ 227 



Fern Leaves from Fanny Fern's Portfolio, 227 



Inquiries and Answers, 227 



ILLUSTRATIO.VS. 



July, 204 



Short-horn Bull, 214 



Holderness Cow, 215 



Ayrshire Cow, 215 



Flower Stands, 220 



HOME FEOTECTION. 

 TEMPEST INSURANCE COMPANY. 



CAPITAL, $250,000. 

 Organized December 24, 1852— Chartered March 1, 1853. 

 HOMES ONLY INSURED BY THIS COMPANY. 

 No one Risk taken for more than .?3000. 

 Home Office, Meridia:*, N. Y. 

 JIany distinguished persons have insured their homes to the 

 amount of SriOOO each in this Companv, among whom are Ex- 

 President VAN BURKN, Kinde:hook; Ex-Governor SEWARD, Au- 

 burn; D.iNIEL S. DICKINSON, Ex U. S. Senator, Binghaipton. 

 To whom it may concf-rn: ApnuRX, May 16tli, 1853. 



We are personally acquainted with many of the Officers and Di- 

 rect jrs of the Tempest Insurance Company, located at Meridian, 

 Cayuga county, N. Y. In our opinion they are among the most 

 wealthy and substantial class of farmers in this county. 

 J. N. STARIN, 

 ELMORE P. ROSS, 

 THOMAS Y. HOWE, Jr. 

 The above gentlemen will be recognized a.s the Cashier of Cayuga 

 County Bank, Aubura ; Postmaster, Auburn; and Ex-Member of 

 Congress, Auburn, Cayuga county, N. Y. 

 February 1, 1854 — Xy 



CHEAPEST AND BEST. J 



LEE, MANN & 00,, ROOHESTER, N. Y., 



Are the Publishers of one of the Largest and Cheapest Newspapers 

 in the countrv. 



THE WEEKLY AMERICAN 



Is a paper of large size, containing 36 columns. It contains th« 

 Latest News up to the day of publication, Important Public Intel- 

 ligence, a well-selected Miscellany and General Reading page, 

 Grain, Cattle, Wool and Iron Markets to the latest dates from Bos- 

 ton, New York, Albany, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Troy, Baltimore and 

 Rochester. 



This paper is published every Thursday, for ONE DOLLAR A 

 YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. It is the best and cheap- 

 est paper for farmers and others in this and the Western States. 

 They also publish 

 THE TRI-WEEKLY AMERICAN 

 Price $4 per annum, and 

 THE DAILY AMERICAN, 

 Price $6 per annum, to mail subscribers. 

 LEE, MANN & CO. have in operation SIX STEAM AND THREE 

 HAND PRESSES, by means of which they can give all orders for 

 BOOK OR JOB WORK immediate dispatch, while their large 

 a-ssortmeut of TYPES, BORDERS and ORNAMENTS, enables 

 them to execute orders in the BEST STYLE. Railroad Companies, 

 Banks, Insurance Offices, Manufacturing Establishments, Forward- 

 ers, Sliippers, Merchants and Lawvers, can have their work done 

 wiih PUNCTUALITY and ELEGANCE, and their Books ruled and 

 bound in any desired patterns and in the best manner. 



Address LEE, MANN & CO., 



Rochester, N. Y. 

 Office on Buffalo street, opposite the Arcade. 



[Auction Continued.] 

 PUBLIC SALE OF BLOODED STOCK 



THE subscriber having spent most cf the past winter and spring 

 in Kentucky, has selected from the choicest herds of Blooded 

 Cattle, upon the different plantations of that country, the best 

 specimens of the Durham Blood, a part of which are from the old 

 Ashland Estate of the Hon. Hexry Clay. 



A portion of these Cattle were offered and sold at public auction 

 by the subscriber, at Lima, on the 2d and 3d inst., some of the cowB 

 and heifers selling at near three hundred dollars each, and the 

 bulls at prices proportionably higher. 



Seventy head which did not arrive in time for that sale, together 

 with the remainder of the stock not then sold, will be offered at 

 Public Auction, at West Avon, on the farm known as the " Brooka 

 Farm," on Saturday, the first day of July next, at nine o clock In 

 the forenoon. 



The stock is conceded, by those who have seen it, to be equal, if 

 not superior, to anj' previous importation into Western New York, 



The sale is unconditional, and a liberal credit will be given to 

 purchasers. JOHN W. TAYLOR, 



July 1, 1854.— It East Bloomfield, N. Y. 



MANSFIELD'S PATENT CLOVER HULLING AND 

 CLEANING MACHINE 



WAS awarded the first premium at the World's Fair, New York. 

 Also, at the Ohio State Fairs for three successive years, and 

 all other places wherever exhibited. 



AVarranted to Hull and Clean from twenty to forty bushels per 

 day, and with a new improvement to be attached to the Machines 

 made in 1854, they will Hull and Clean one-fourth more in the 

 eame time. Cash price, $100. 

 For sale by M. H. MANSFIELD, 



Sole Manufacturer, Ashland, Ohio. 

 N. B. — Prosecutions ivill be promptly commenced for anj' in- 

 fringements of the rights of the patentee. July 1, 1854. — 2t* 



CIDER MILL AND PRESS. 



HICKOK'S Cider Mill and Press is considered now the best in 

 use ; simple in construction, portable (weighing but 275 lbs.), 

 and not liable to get out of order. Warranted "to work well, and 

 give satisfaction. The first premium of the American Institut« 

 and Crystal Palace has been awarded to this machine. Drawing 

 and description will be sent by addressing the agents for the B.alo, 

 in New York. Price of mill and press, $40. 



LONGETT & GRIFFING, 

 May, 1854.— 4t 25 Cliff street, near Fulton, New York. 



CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO. 



PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GROWING TOBACCO IN THE 

 NORTHERN STATES, just published. Pi ice, 25 cents. 



E. H. BAP-COCK & CO., Svracuse, N. Y. 



A 



SEED WHEAT AND RYE WANTED. 



THOSE having superior kinds of the above, will please addreai 

 the subscriber with samples and prices. R. L. ALLEN, 

 July 1, 1864.— 2t 189 and 191 Water st.. New York. 



