1864] 
AMERICAN ACRICULTURIST. 
'.on 
Millstone Dressing Diamond* 
For Rale by JOHN 
DICKENSON', [»ul Manufacturer, and I iii- 
inlrAl purpogoa. \' to M in- 
afliclurer ol Glazlera' Din ■ M Si--.u-t. Now- 
Y.Tk City. OldD N. B, Sen I po»l i :■■ A imp 
f,.r DeSCTlpUTG Circular of tha !»!» "I P f OM fl r. 
Premium Farm <»rist JBill. 
. ! durable— adapted to Horse rowers— 
all kinds of graiu rapidly. 
IMPROVED UaY. STRAW am> FODDER CUTTER, 
rertorto any in use, and adapted tor Horse or band 
; 
Burn fob l>Ksri:irTivK CntcuLAns, and address 
• WM, I. BOTEI1 & BRO.. 
Agricultural Implement Manufacturers, 
Pbll id Iplila, Pa, 
Bi'ucc'9 Cou^oiitratod manure. 
Thoeo who have used tin* ahovo valuable fertilizer the past 
[Ire it the preference over 
\«. I Peruvian Guano, Bone, or Poiulrrtto. 
In t!ie year 1883, conn 1 fifty torn were sold. Lasl year oin 
it of fonr hundred ton*, only 
half of which could be tilled. This voir wu shall manufac- 
ture ()\K THOUSAND TONS. 
it- "component" parts are: 
40 per cent, of Animal fibre and Blood. 
40 per cent of pure Ground Bones. 
ISO per cent, of Abeorl 
The absorbents are Charcoal and Gypsum. 
Price S4."» Per Ton, packed In barn-Is 230 Iba. In each. 
Send for Circular. Send yonr orders to 
GRIFFRJG BROTHER ft rn. 
53 and GO Courtlandt-st., New-Yorfr. 
Ammoniatcd Pacific Guano. 
A real guano, containing from seventy to eighty per cent 
of Phosphate of Lime ; to which has been added by a chem- 
ical pi ;e percentage of actual Ammonia, so fixed 
that it can not evaporate, making it equal, if not superior, to 
any other fertilizer. Price $S0 per nett ton. A liberal dis- 
count to the Trade. 
Pamphlets with copies of analysis by Or. Jackson, Mass, 
State Assayer. and Dr. Li..-big, of Baltimore, and testimonials 
from scientific agrlcnlturallsts, showing its value, ran be 
obtained from J. O. BAKES ft CO- Selling Agents. 
131 Pearl-st., New-York. 
M[CHIGAN LAND FOR SALE.— 560 acres in 
Barry County, 23 acres improved. Will he exchanged 
for an Eastern Farm. Address DIKSMORE ft CO,' 
2G Cedur-st., New-York. 
FARM FOR SALE.— One of the most desirable, 
ana best watered stock farms, of 632 acres. In the State, 
well wooded, and snpposed to contain coal. Price. £23 per 
acre, crop, stock, and implements Included. Forpartlcnlara 
Address DR. GILLIAM, Northampton, Peoria Co., Illinois. 
SUPERIOR FARM LAND.— 20,000 Acres at low 
prices and accommodating terms. — Franklinville and 
L'ikf Tract.— Gloucester County, New-Jersey, 25 miles south 
of Philadelphia on Railroad running from Philadelphia and 
i ; :i to Cape May. in lots to -nit onrchascrs. Circulars 
wiiti reports of Solon Robinson, Hon. win. Parry, and others, 
wirh lull information, sent tree by addressing JOHN !I 
roFFlN 6c CO.. or WILLIAM ABBOTT, FranMlnvUIc, 
New-Jersey. Also Improved farms from 20 Acres upward. 
Prairie View Farm for Sale. 
A beautiful form of 160 acres BUnated near the Fox River, 
In Kendall Co.. 111. Substantially improved with good fences, 
■ A-n. fruit, &c. 
A lino Durham stock, Horses, Tools, and Household Fur- 
nlnip- for ?;ile Willi the farm ii' desired. 
Add P. PORTER WIRGIN'S, 
Oswego, Jnne30tb, 1864. 40, Kendall Co„ 111. 
II 
MiR¥Li\» FAE5SS." 
"Wc are agents for the sal"; of nearly 
Fonr Hundred Farms 
In thi- State. A printed lUt of them can be obtained by 
sending postage stamp to 
IS. W. TEMI'I.EMAX & CO.. 
No. 43 Lcxlngton-st., (up stairs) Baltimore City, ML 
S. B, CONOVER, 
Coinsiai§sioai Dealer, 
260, 261 &. 262 West Washington Market, 
FOOT OF FITLTOX-ST. 
Particular attention paid to selling all kinds of Fruit and 
other Farm Produce. 
Kefers to the Editor of the American Agriculturist. 
XOTICE TO SHIPPERS 
OF 
Tallow, Lard, Bacon, Pork, Beef 
GFNERAI WESTERN PRODUCE. 
undersigned pay their particular attention to the sale 
of the above articles, and 
Consignments sent to them "will be 
PROMPTLY DISPOSED OP 
AND 
QUICK RETIRXS 5IA3>E 
on very advantageous 
We issue a WEEKLY PRICE CURRENT of the above ar- 
ticles, which we mail gratis to those Bending their address. 
ABRAM K.3IGIIT & SO.\, 
32 Water-st., New- York City. 
Farmers, Countrymen, and 
Country Merchants 
Can send t heir 
Rnttcr, Clioo*e, Eggs, Lard, Tallow, It.:, it-.. 
Hop*, Flax, Cotton, Flour, Grata, meal, 
Green and Dried F1-11IM, Fur*, Sklnx, 
Poultry, Game, Provlxlonx, Scedx, 
Sor^lium, Wool, Potaxli, Tobac- 
co, Oils, and other produce to 
JONIAII CARPEXTKR, 
COMMISSION MERCHANT, 
323 Washington-street, New-York. 
Near Bile Ball Road Depot. 
To be sold at the highest market price. Every shipper to 
him will receive his valuable Weekly Price Current of the 
New- York Market free. 
BOARD WANTED for a lady and two children, 
■ ne healthy place, within a hundred miles of N. Y.. 
wtrh a private family where there are no children. Soft 
drinking water preferred. Address Mrs. A. wood, cioster, 
Berg in Co., X. •>., stating size of rooms, terms, etc. 
TBl'SSES.- Radical Core 
J >f Hernta oil HrpTruH.— Dr. S. N. 
Marsh, of the well-known house of 
Marsh & Co., No.SVesey-stH Astor House, 
opposite thn church, devotee special at- 
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Radical Cure Truss, Also every kind of Trusses, Support- 
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appliances for Deformities. (A lady attendant.) 
$275. SEVEN OCTAVE. $£75. 
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New. enlarged Scale Piano Fortes, with latest Improvements. 
Thirtv years 1 experience, with trrcatlv increased facilities 
for manufacturing, enahle ns to sell forCA^H at Hie above 
unusually low price. Onr instruments received the lii-.-lii^t 
award at the world's Fair, and for five successive years at 
the American Institute. Warranted five years'. 1'crms 
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Nearly Fifty Thousand Copies of this snperior hook were 
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SS9 Broadway, New- York. 
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BOOKS FOR FARMERS and OTHERS. 
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forwarded by mull, post-pai-t, on receipt or the price. All of 
tliese books may be procure** In making up a library. We 
Indicate our opinion of their value by one or more Starr..] 
These prices arc only good for orders sent previously to 
November 1st, 
American Bird Fancier «o •s 
American Farmer's Enryiinpi tiii (i M( 
American Weeds and Oscnil Plants... •*. i 50 
Allen on the Culture of the Grape '.. 1 25 
Allen's (K. L.) American Fann nook* '" 1 X"i 
Allen's Diseases of Don 1 (^ 1 io Animals 100 
Allen's (L. K.) Hural Arch I lecture ■ " t 50 
Barry's Fruit Garden.... •■• [ \ 50 
Bement's Poulterer's Companion....'* ., 2 00 
Bement's Babbit Fancier 50 
Bridge-nan's Fruit Cultivator's Manual ,'"" 75 
Brfdgeman's Younj: Gardener's Assistant 2 00 
Brldgeman's Kitchen Garden Instructor. 75 
II rl- 1 ueman'8 Florist's Guide 75 
Brandt's Age of Horses (EngJ^sh and German)....*.. ' 50 
Breck's Book of Flowers * 1 59 
Browne's American Poultry Yarn \/ t 1 25 
Bulat's American Flower Garden Directory 1 .*>o 
Bufst's Familv Kltclien Gardener ...• .... 1 r« 
Burr's Vegetables of America....* 450 
Chorlton's Grape-Grower's Guide 55 
Cole's (S. W.) American Fruit Book....* ob 
Cole's Veterinarian 60 
Dadd's (Geo. II.) Modern Horse Doctor '. ". 1 no 
Dadd's .Geo. II.) AiiKTicnn (.';i!(le Doctor * 1 "4) 
Dana's UQCk Manual for Farmers 1 2f, 
Downing s Cottage Residences..... •* ,'. 2 i50 
Down lug's Fruit? and Fruit Trees of America ■"... 3 00 
Emplovmcnt of Women— By Virginia Penny....' 1 50 
Every Lady her own Flower Gardener 25 
Fc^enden a American Kitchen Gardener 25 
Fesscnden's Complete Farmer and Gardener. t 50 
French's Farm Drainage ■ 1 50 
Field's (Thomas W.) Pear Culture 1 >5 
Fish Culture j 50 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses •* 2 00 
Flint's Milch Cows and Dairy Farming •••.. .7.7. 2 00 
Fuller's Grape- Culturist *** ' j 50 
Fuller's Strawberry Culnirht " 15 
Goodale.'s Principles of Breeding . .»*. .. j qq 
Gray's Manual of Botany and Lessons In one Vol •••" 8 00 
Gray's How Plants Grow "_* j oq 
Guenon on Mflch Cowb 75 
Hall's (Miss) American Cookery , 1 25 
Haraszthy Grape Culture &c. ...... " 5 00 
Harris' Insects Injurious to Vegetation, plain *• 3 50 
do. do. do. do. colored plates." 4 50 
Herbert's Hints to Horpekeepers *** 1 po 
Hints to Riflemen, by Cleveland 1 50 
Hooper's Dog and Gun 25 
Johnson on Manures ** 100 
Kemp's Landscape Gardening 2 00 
LaniTstroth on the Honey Bee ...*" \ sn 
Loudon's (Downing's) Ladles' Flower Garden *.... 1 75 
Leueliar's Howto Build Hot-houses 1 50 
Lleblg's Lectures on Chemistry 50 
Llnsley's <D. C.) Morgan Horses ., 1 50 
Manual of Agricultrire by G. Emerson and C. L. Flint. 1 00 
Mavhew's Illustrated Horse Doctor .. "•• s 50 
MaybeWe Illustrated Horse Management •»•. .. 350 
McMahon s American Gardener * 2 50 
Milburn on the Cow and Dairy 25 
Miles on the Horse's foot 50 
Mistakes of Educated Men *• 60 
Morrell's American Shepherd 1 25 
My Farm at Edge wood **.... l 75 
National Almanac and Annual Record *• 1 50 
Norton's Scientific Agriculture », 75 
Our Farm of Four Acres., (paper 30c.) bound....* 60 
Onion Culture ...'**.. 20 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture 75 
Parsons on the Rose 1 50 
Pedder'S Farmer's Land Mensnrer 50 
Phantom Bouo.net, or Skeleton Leaves 150 
Pbln's Grape Cnlture I 3 
Qoinby's Mysteries of Bee keeping *■. 1 50 
Randall's Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry 1 00 
Rand's Flowers for Parlor and Garden " 3 00 
Richardson on the Dog 50 
Richardson on the Hog 25 
Robins' Produce and Ready Reckoner 75 
Sklllfal Housewife 50 
Smith's Landscape Gardening 1 50 
Spencer's Education of Children 1 • 1 25 
Stewart's (John) Stable Book 1 50 
Ten Acres Enough. . 1 50 
Tobacco Culture ...*** 25 
Todd's (S. E.) Voting Farmer's Manual....** 1 50 
Tuckers Register Rural Affairs * 25 
Turner's Cotton Planter's Manual t SO 
Vaox'8 Villas and Cottages 3 00 
Warder's Hedges and Evergreens 
Watson's American Home Garden ••* 
Wax Flowers (Art of Making) l .10 
Vale College Agriculturi; In iHi.-. 50 
Vouatt and Spoon er on the Horte I 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle 1 60 
Youatton the Hog....' 1 00 
Youatt on Sheep 1 00 
Youmans' Chemistry — * l 7:, 
Youmans' Household Science ..••• 1 75 
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