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ADVERTISEMENTS.— CONTENTS. 
NEW-YORK AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE, 
BY A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
189 $-191 Water Street, JVcto York . 
THE Implements kept, embrace upwards of FIFTY different 
kinds of Plows, a great variety of Harrows, Cultivators, Rol- 
lers, Seed Sowers. Horse Powers, Grain Cradles, Threshing 
and Fanning Machines, Mills, Hay Cutters. Corn Shellers, 
Shovels, Spades, Hoes, Scythes, Rakes. Wagons, Wheels, 
Cart?. Wheelbarrows. Pumps. Rice Threshers and Hullers, 
Road 'Scrapers, Axes, Chains. &c , &c. These implements are 
mostly made up from new and highly-improved patterns, and 
arc warranted to be of the best materials, and put together in 
the strongest manner, and of a superior finish. 
Horticultural Tools— A complete assortment. 
Castings, Skeleton Plows, Harrow Teeth, and Iron Work of 
all kinds'done to order in the cheapest and best manner. 
Steum Engines, Sugar Boilers, Sugar Mills, Saw Mills, Ket- 
tles, Cauldrons, &c, for Plantations. 
Wire Cloth and Sieves — Different kinds and sizes, kept con- 
stantly on hand. 
Seeds for the Field and Garden— Such as Improved Winter 
and Spring Wheat, Rye. Barley, Oats, Corn, Beans, Peas, 
Turnip, Cabbage, Beet, Carrot, Parsnip, Clover and Grass 
Seeds, Improved varieties of Potatoes, &c, &c. These are 
waranted fresh and superior of their kind. 
Fertilizers — Peruvian and African Guano, Lime, Plaster of 
Paris, Bone Dust, &c, &c. 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs — Orders taken for 
these, and executed from a choice of the best Nurseries, Gar- 
dens, and Conservatories in the United States. 
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Swine — Orders received for stock 
of all kinds, to be executed to the best advantage, and shipped 
ia the most careful manner. 
Agricultural Books — A general assortment of these for 
sale. 
Produce on Consignment — All kinds of Agricultural Produce 
will be received for sale on consignment. 
Jl Catalogue of the above Implements, Seeds, &c. of 100 
pages, handsomely illustrated with plates, will be forwarded, 
by mail, when requested, post paid. 
EAGLE PLOWS. J 
CAUTION. — Many implements having been sold under the 
name of the Eagie Plow, which are not genuine, this is to give 
notice that all plows sold in this city under that name, to en- 
sure 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 upon as genuine without this brand. 
QCf^Be particular, also, as to the name, number, and street, 
which should be 
A. B. ALLEN & Co., 189 and 191 Water st., N Y. 
MINER'S EQUILATERAL BEE HIVE. 
THIS is the most beautilul and practically valuable hive 
ever before offered to the public. It only needs to be seen in 
all its parts, to convince any man of its merits over anything 
of the kind in existence. Price $5, with an individual right, 
aud full engravings of it, with ample directions in pamphlet 
form to make the same ; together with the right, as above, for 
$2, only. Monies remitted by mail at our risk. Sent to any 
part of the United States or Canada. 
mr3t A. B. ALLEN, & CO.. 1S9 & 191. Water st.. N. Y. 
ALLEN'S FARM BOOK. 
THE AMERICAN FARM BOOK, or compendof American 
Agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, 
draining, irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, 
sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United 
States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and pre- 
paration for market. Illustrated by more than 100 engravings. 
By R. L. Allen, author of Diseases of " Domestic Animals," 
and editor of the ''American Agriculturist." Published and 
for sale by C. M. SAXTON, 121 Fulton st., N. Y. 
ALLEN ON THE GRAPE VINE. 
A PRACTICAL Treatise on the Culture and Treatment of 
the Grape Vine ; embracing its history, with directions for its 
treatment, in the United States of America, in the open air, 
and under glass structures with and without artificial heat, 
illustrated by views of Grape Houses, with minute descriptions 
of the manner of building, and warming them, and every lit- 
tle matter which could be supposed to occur to one unaccus- 
tomed to the subject. By J. Fiske Allen. 
Price in cloth, $1.12)£ 
<• " boards, $1.00 
u " paper, 0.87M 
For sale wholesale and retail by 
apr C. M. SAXTON, 121 Fulton st., N. Y. 
BONE DUST. 
FOR SALE, 5,000 bushels of bone dust, from 40 to 50 cents 
per bushel, according to quality. 
A- B. ALLEN &. Co., 18!) aud 191 Water st, N. Y. 
WIRE FOR FENCES, 
OF all sizes, bright or annealed, of the best quality, and 
at the lowest prices. For sale at the agricultural warehouse 
and seed store, by - 
rah A. B. ALLEN 8c CO., 189 & 19lfWater st 
POUDRETTE. 
FOUR HUNDRED BARRELS OF POUDRETTE, of prima 
quality, direct from the manufacturers. 
A. 3. ALLEN &. Co., 189 and 191 Water St.. N. Y. 
MINER'S BEE KEEPER'S MANUAL. 
THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER'S MANUAL ; being a 
practical treatise on the history and domestic economy of the 
honey bee. combining a full illustration of the whole subject, 
with the most approved methods of managing this insect 
through every branch of its culture, the result of many years' 
experience. By T. B. Miner. Embellished by thirty-five 
beautiful engravings. For sale by 
C. M. SAXTON, 121 Fulton st., N. Y. 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
ONE THOUSAND TONS of Peruvian Guano just received 
from the Chinche islands for sale in lots tosuit purchasers. 
Also, THREE HUNDRED TONS Patagonian Guano. 
A. B. ALLEN & Co., 189 & 191 Water St. 
VIRGINIA LANDS. 
THE attention of Northern Farmers who wish to purchase 
in Fairfax County, Va., is invited particularly to two farms 
for sale, three miles east from Fairfax Court House, thirteen 
from Alexandria, and fourteen from the city of Washington. 
There are no buildings on either tract, but, by following the 
custom of the country, comfortable and temporary ones can be 
cheaply built. The soil is well adapted to farming purposes, 
and there is timber on them, near two sawmills. 
These farms would sell in the north, for from $50 to $100 
per acre, and can be bought here in a more pleasant and 
healthy climate, one for eight, the other ten dollars per acre, 
on easy terms, and a good title given. 
Further information given, if requested, by T. R. Love, trus- 
tee, either personally, or by letter, (postage paid,) directed to 
Fairfax Court House, Va. 
f. tf . H. FULLE R. 
CASTINGS MADE TO ORDER. 
CIN-GEAR SEGJV1EN TS, of all sizes, furnished. at-short no- 
tice, at low prices. 
BURR MILLSTONES of any size ; PATENT BURR MILLS, 
from 12 to 30 inches in diameter ; also, Nicholls' and Marsh's 
Burr Mills, 12 to 30 inches in diameter. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street. 
PERUVIAN GUANO • 
FOR Sale, at Bating Hollow, Long Island, by 
jy3t AZEI, DOWNS; 
CONTENTS OF APRIL NUMBER. 
Hints on the Work for the Month; Work for April. ) )f) . 
North and West. 'f IUd 
Work for April, South ; Cutting and Grinding Sugar ) ,q„ 
Cane ; Quantity of Seeds usually sown to an Acre. ) 
Economical Boe House. T. B. Miner 109 
Adulteration of Food, No. 10; The Cow — her Diseases ) .... 
and Management, No. 11. $ 
Percentage of Oil in Various Seeds ; Agricultural Edu- 1 
tion in Bavaria; Sugar Cane on Worn-out Cottor* > 111 
Lands J 
Review of the January Number of the Agriculturist,; ,,_ 
Reviewer i 
Rough Notes by the Way, No. 7, Samuel Allen 114 
Grasses, Meadows, and Pastures, No. 3 115 
Agricultural Tour, South and West, No. 4. Solon Robinson 117 
Rotation of Crops in Massachusetts 119 
Col. Randall's Merino Sheep 120 
Queries in regard to the Water Ram 121 
Mr. Allen's Agricultural Address 122 
Southern Farming 124. 
Adulteration of Guano ; Frost and Snow at New Orleans, > ,~- 
Solon Robinson. $ la> 
Letters from California, No. 2, * * * ; Danger of Using Ar- ) ,„„ 
senic as a Remedy for the Smut in Wheat. J 
New Form of Draining Tiles Proposed; Hereford vs. I .„« 
Devon and Shorthorn Cattle. ( ' 
A Word to the Disaffected, Plowboy ; The Value of? .,„ 
Bones as a Manure. ) "" 
Wheat Growing in Texas ; Cost of Manuring an Acre \ .,,. 
of Corn ; Sheep Shears. J 
Ladies Department : Origin of Soap ; Female Educa- ] 
tion — Amusements, Amanda ; Keeping Lemons | 
Fresh, Mother Hubbard ; Turnip Salad ; Antidote to , ,.,. 
Poison : How to Remove Dust and Lint from Velvet j ° 
or Woollen Clothes ; How to Remove Paint from 
Woollen Garments. 
Boys' Department : Agricultural Chemistry, No 12, ) ,.,, 
J. McKinstry ; Utility of Frogs, Rana. ] loi 
Foreign Agricultural News 132 
Editor's Table 133 
Review of the Market 134 
