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ADVERTISEMENTS. 
POTATOES. — A new and superior variety for winter use, 
which have always escaped the rot. 
feb A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
ILK WORMS' EGGS.— A few ounces of the best 
• peanut varieties, on consignment, for sale at $5 per ounce by 
feb A. B. ALLEN & CO. 
AMERICAN GABBED SEEDS, of all kinds, select- 
ed with care from last year's growth, at wholesale and 
retail by A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
feb 189 and 191 Water street. 
PUMPS. — A new article, not liable to freeze in the coldest 
weather, with revolving swivel, to work either right or left 
hand. 
Also, every variety of cistern, well, lift and force pumps, at 
manufacturers' prices. feb A. B. ALLEN & CO. 
INDESTRUCTIRLE CEMENT WATER 
Pipe, from one to 24 inches diameter, made with an 
iron tube, lined and covered with imperishable cement, which 
delivers the water free from any metallic taint, and just as received 
from the fountain. feb A. B. ALLEN & CO. 
FOREIGN SEEDS, of superior quality and late impor- 
tation. 
Grass Seeds.' — Ray Grass, Lucern, and White Dutch Clover 
Seeds. 
Bird Seed. — Canary, Hemp, Millet, and Rape Seeds. 
Garden Seeds. — A large stock selected with care, 
feb A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st. 
EAGLE PI/OWS.-Many Plows having- 
been sold under the name of the Eagle Plow, which are 
not genuine, this is to give notice that all plows sold in this city 
under that name, to ensure confidence, will have "Ruggles, 
Nourse, & Mason, Boston and Worcester, Mass.," and "A. B. 
Allen & Co., New York," marked on the beam, and no others 
purchased here, can be relied on as genuine without this brand. 
Jt^gF"* Be particular, also, as to the name, number, and street, 
which should be 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
MOCSt SALT.- This Salt is as hard as alum, and is 
the best known. It comes in large lumps, and is 
the most suitable and economical kind for stock. It may be 
placed on the ground in the open field where it will be 
exposed for years to the weather with but little waste. It is 
the best kind to put in a rack, manger, or trough, to be licked 
by horses, cattle, and sheep, as they may desire. By this means, 
stock never get an excess, nor suffer injury from its use. Price $1 
per hundred pounds, for a single barrel. 
jan . A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
CAUTION.— As certain itoiises in this city 
are in the habit of selling Agricultural and Horticultural 
Implements, and Field and Garden Seeds, representing them 
as coming from our establishment, the public is cautioned to 
be on its guard against imposition. All implements and par- 
cels sold by us, which it is possible to mark, will be found 
branded "A. B. Allen & Co., 189 and 191 Water street, New 
York." 
When designing to call at our warehouse, please to be careful 
and look for the right numbers, as above, otherwise impositions 
may be practised upon the unwary. 
jan A. B. ALLEN fc CO., 189 and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
4pi UANO AND OTHER FERTILISERS, con- 
^JT" stantly on hand and for sale on reasonable terms. 
Guano — Peruvian and Patagonian, best quality. 
Bone Dust — of superior quality, in barrels. Those in want 
will do well to secure it soon. 
Plaster. — Ground Plaster, in barrels. 
Poudrette — at manufacturers' prices. 
Combined Manure. — This is a valuable artificial manure, con- 
taining a considerable per centage of phosphate of lime, ammonia, 
and nitrogen, capable of affording ammonia by slow decomposition 
in the soil. On application to crops, it is immediately felt, and 
its effects continue for three or four years. Price, put up in 
barrels, $1 per 100 lbs. A. B. ALLEN &. CO., 
feb 189 and 191 Water street. 
SUGAR MILLS FOR GRINDING CANE.— 
These are furnished of all sizes, to work by horse or steam 
power. They are made with two or three rollers, and to work 
horizontally or vertically for horse power ; and with three hori- 
zontal rollers of larger dimensions for steam or water power. 
Great improvements have recently been made in the construction 
of these mills, both in economising power and the cane juice. 
Fifty per cent, is near the average of juice heretofore expressed 
from the cane, leaving about forty per cent, in the bagasse. Ma- 
chines are now constructed by which 75 to 80 per cent, of juice is 
extracted. 
Price of horse-power mills, with two vertical rollers, with geer- 
ing, brass boxes, and heavy, wrought shafts, $120 to $200. Hori- 
zontal mills, with three rollers, for steam or water power, $250 to 
§2,500. Address A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
feb 189 and 191 Water st,, New York. 
AMERICAN FIELD SEEDS, of the latest 
growth. 
Grass Seeds. — Timothy, Herd's Grass, (Red Top,) Blue Grass, 
and Clover (Red and White). 
Oats. — Imperial, Hopetown, and Black Oats. 
Spring Wheat. — Italian and Black-Sea Spring Wheat. 
feb A. B. ALLEN fc CO., 189 and 191 Water st^_ 
4p1 BEAT SALE OF S0ORTMOENS. — Mr. 
Q^W Sheafe, of Dutchess Co., N. Y. will offer his superior 
stock of Shorthorn Cattle at public sale, in June next. This is 
one of the finest and best-bred herds in the United States. The 
cows greatly excel as milkers, especial pains having always been 
taken to select and perpetuate this important point in breeding. 
The cows will probably all be in calf by the superb bull Exeter, 
imported last year, from Mr. Stephenson, of Durham, England. 
Mr. Stephenson's stock is of the Princess tribe of Shorthorns, which 
take the same rank in England as Mr. Bates' celebrated Duchesa 
tribe. For further particulars address 
_ A. B. ALLEN, New York. 
FARM IN DUTCHESS COUNTY.— The farm of 
J. F. Sheafe, Esq., situated near New Hamburg, Dutchess 
county, seventy miles from New York, is now offered for sale. It 
contains about 160 acres of an excellent quality of soil, in first- 
rate condition, and an extensive and complete set of farm build- 
ings. The whole will be sold together, or divided into lots to suit 
purchasers. 
This farm can be reached in three hours from New York, by 
the Hudson-River Railroad. The depot at New Hamburg is only 
one mile distant. 
Gentlemen wishing to possess a first-rate farm, under a high 
state of cultivation, or to obtain beautiful sites for country resi- 
dences, will find this one of the most desirable locations on the 
Hudson. The ground is elevated, and commands varied and 
delightful views of the river, the highlands, and adjacent village* 
and country. The location is healthy, the roads uncommonly 
fine, and good schools and churches in the immediate neighbor- 
hood. For further particulars, address A. B. ALLEN, 
jan 189 Water st. 
ALLEN'S IMPROVED PORTABLE RAIL- 
ROAD Horse Power and Overshot Thresher and 
Separator. — The advantages of the above horse powers are — 
1. They occupy but little more space than a single horse. 2. They 
can be moved by the weight of the horse only, by placing them 
at an angle of 10 or 15 degrees. 3. They are comparatively light 
and portable, and can be easily transported. 4. They are simply 
constructed, not liable to get out of order, and move with little 
friction, the revolving plane gearing without any complex or in- 
termediate wheels, directly into the pinion upon the shaft on which 
the pully belt runs. 
Price of single Power, $80 
« " Thresher, $28 
" Separator and fixtures, $7 
" Bands for driving, etc., $5 
" Wood-sawing machine, complete, and in 
running order, $35 
The price of the double power, thresher, separator, &c, com- 
plete, is $145, including right of using. The above are sold 
singly or together, as desired. 
These machines are warranted to work well and give satis- 
faction. A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
jan 189 and 191 Water street. 
PLOWS. — A very large Assortment of more 
than one hundred different patterns. 
Harrows. — Triangular, folding, and square ; single and double 
harrows. 
Seed Planters. — A good and simple machine. They open 
the drills — sow seeds of various sizes, at any distance apart — then 
cover the seed, and press the soil over it. 
Cultivators — of at least a dozen of the most approved kinds. 
Corn Siiellers— of various kinds, both for horse and hand 
power. They will shell from 150 to 1,200 bushels per day, do- 
pendent on the size of the machine. 
Fanning Mills.— Allen's, Grant's, Bryan's, and various other 
manufacturers'. 
Mott's Boilers. — A boiler setting into an iron case over a 
furnace, so that the inside boiler is surrounded by fire and no heat 
lost. This is an excellent arrangement for boiling food for stock. 
It can be used in-doors or out. 
Folding Ladders — a new article, very light and convenient. 
Water Rams — of various sizes, for raising water. 
Horticultural Tools.~A very large and complete assortment. 
Grindstones — on frames with friction rollers. 
Garden and Field Rollers — made of cast-iron sections, a 
foot in diameter. 
Pumps.— Chain, Force, and Iron and Wood Suction Pumps. 
Sausage Cutters.- — A new and valuable article for the use of 
grocers, -tmtchers, hotels, and families. A boy can cut several 
hundred pounds of meat per day in this machine. — Price $5 to $10. 
Sausage Stuffers.— With one of these, a person can put up 
more sausages than twenty can do without it. 
Horse-Radish Grating Machine, with single and double 
cylinders, to work by treaddle power. A convenient article for 
market men and hotel keepers. 
jan A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st. 
