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ADVERTISEMENTS. CONTENTS. 
CAUTION ! 
AS certain house* ib this city are in the habit of selling 
Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, and Field and 
Garden Seeds, representing them as coming from onr estab- 
lishment, the public is cautioned to be on their guard against 
imposition. All implements and parcels, sold by us, which it 
is possible to mark, will be foundSranded •' A. B. Allen St Co., 
139 and 191 Water street. New Tor*.)) 
When designing to call at our warojouse, please to be care- 
ful and look for the right numbers, as^bove, otherwise impo- 
sitions may be practised upon the unwary 
A. B. ALLEN St CO., 
1S9 and 191 Water streev New York. 
CASTINGS MADE TO ORDER. 
GIN-GEAR SEGMENTS, of all sires, furnished at short no- 
tice, at low prices. 
BURR MILLSTONES of any »ize: PATENT BURR MILLS, 
rr<~. 12 to 30 inches in diameter; also, Nicholls' and Marsh's 
Burr ftliu, 12 to 30 inches in diameter. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 1S9 and 191 Water street. 
PATENT FANNING MILLS AN& ~"4IN 
CRADLES. 
GRANT'S celebrated Fanning Mills and Grain Cradles 
have beeii awarded six fiist premiums at the New-York State 
Fairs ; also, at the American Institute of New York and seve- 
ral County Fairs. Wherever txhibited, they have taken the 
first premium over all other mills. The great encouragement 
we have received from dealers and agriculturists has induced 
ns to enlarge our business. All orders 'will receive prompt 
attention. S. T. GRANT St CO.,g 
Junction P. O. Rens. Co., N. Y.. 8 miles north of Troy. 
The above mills are also for sale by A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
189 St 191 Water street, New York. mv 6t 
NEW WORK ON SHEEP. 
THE Breed, Management. Structure, and Disease? of the 
Sheep, with illustrative Engravings and an AppendJx. By 
Henry S. Canfield. Just published, and for sale, price $1. by 
C. M. SAXTON, 121 Fifton st. 
MINER'S BEE KEEPER'S MANUAL. 
THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPERS MANUAL; being a 
practical treatise on the history and domestic econony of the 
ioney 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. 
MINER'S EQUILATERAL BEE HIVE. 
THIS is the most beautiful and practically valuable hive 
ever before offered to the public. It only needs to be seen in 
^11 its parts, to convince any man of its merits over anything 
of the kind in existence. Price $5, with an individual right, 
and full engravings of it, with ample directions in pamphlet 
form to make the same ; together with the right, as above, for 
$2. only. Moneys remitted by mail at our risk. Sent to any 
part of the United States or Canada. 
jnr3t A. B. ALLEN. St CO.. 139 St 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 stort. by 
™ A^B^L LEN St CO , 189 St 191 Water st 
Pmn , „-.„._,„ -fOUDRETTE. 
FOUR HUNDRED Barrels OF POUDRETTE, of prime 
quality, direct from the mav^facturgrs 
A. 3. ALLEN St Co. 1S9 an j 191 "Water St., N. Y. 
DICKEY'S PATENT *ORN DRILL. 
I TAKE this method of introducing to agriculturists gene- 
rally my Improved Corn Drill, upon w-.; cn r have recently 
obtained letters patent. It is so construe.,} as to plant the 
corn in drills, each grain an equal distance fcjart which plan 
is now almost universally admitted by practical b.<n& experienc- 
ed corn growers to be the most certain and efficient means of 
raising a good crop. 
The operation of the drill is such that it seldom if ever 
misses a grain. The corn as it passes from the drill being 
brought immediately under the eye of the operator, he is en- 
abled at all times to see that the grains are regularly dropped 
in the row. It is capable of being regulated to drop th& 
"'-gins either 6, 7. 9, 12, or 14 inches apart as may bo desired, 
used this arrfl^Jtfificates can be shown from persons who have 
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, 7 ' 
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. Bv J. Fiske Allen. 
Price in cloth, S1.12&. 
" " boards, §L00. 
" " paper, 0.87^. 
For sale wholesale and retail by 
apr C. M- SAXTON, 121 Fulton st, N. Y 
propose keeping on hand a supply 
pared to sell county or state rights on reasonable 'errns ; or l 
will furnish full sets of castings fit up either with or without 
the screw bolts on terms that will afford a reasonable profit to 
any persons who may wish to make the woedwork, put up 
the drills and sell them. Stc. 
E. J. DlCKEY, Hopewell, Chester Co., Pa. 
N. B.— Allen Gawthrop, of West Grove, Chester county, 
Pa., is legally constituted an agent to manufacture and sell the 
above drills, to dispose of patent rights. Stc, and any orders 
sent to either address will be promptly attended to. 
my at* E. J. D. 
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BONE DUST. 
FOR SALE. 5.000 bushels of bone dust, from 40 to 50 cents 
per bushel, according to qualitv. 
A. B. ALLEN St Co.," 189 aud 191 Water st, N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF MAY NUMBER. 
Hints on the Work for the Month ; Work for May, North > 
and West \ 
Work for South ; Effects of Castration of Animals, *B.» 
The Cow — Her Diseases and Management, No. 12 
Rearing Calves — Reply to Reviewer, W. H. Sotham ; ) 
Experiments with Potatoes \ 
Miner's Patent Equilateral Bee Hive ; The Language of ) 
Nature; AdulterationofFood.No.il \ 
Agricultural Tour South and West. No. 5, Solon Robinson 
The Dog Distemper ; Virtues of Hemp ; Potato Disease ) 
— How Remedied J 
To Grow Fine Pears ; Domestic Fish Ponds 
Premium Beef; Application of Plaster and Ashes to J 
Meadows ; Southern Planting — Cow Pea — Cotton > 
Seed, etc.. W. Hampton ) 
Review of the February Number of the Agriculturist, 
Reviewer 
Race Horses vs. The Poor of Great Britain; Curiou 
Device in Grafting J 
Virginian Sumach — Red Cedar Posts, F. R. ; Mosses on > 
Meadows ) 
Hints on the Management of Horses, No. 1 
Special Manures for Ruta-Baga Turnips. Thomas Anti-J 
sell | North-American Pomological Convention, B. f 
P. Johnson — Herman Wendell ) 
A Cheap Compost — Application of Lime, Green Crops. ) 
etc, R. L. Colt ; Presidential Residences ' J 
Guano vs. Poudrette 
Coal Ashes ; New Mode of Preparing Bones for Ma- ) 
nure ; Protection of Grape Vines against Rose > 
Bugs, I. ) 
Very Important to Farmers, JohD Wilkinson ; Fattenin" i 
Poultry — Explanation. J. P. D. ; Fruits at the South ( 
Rolling Corn in Tar Previous to Planting, Isaac McReel ■ i 
Letters from California * * * ' \ 
Supposed Injury from Ploving under Green Corn Stalks ; ; 
Lactometer, or Crea' 1 Gauge ' j 
Profits of Farming: A* 1 }'*** oi Soils, Manures, etc., ( 
Thomas Antisell \ 
The Apple-Tree Bc. er ' Shelton Beach; New Mode of i 
Cultivating the v * lne J 
Successful Growt' 01 Cranberries on Upland; Driving; 
Hogs East ; reservation of Books against Mildew ; > 
Wellerism - * 0- ; 
Ladies' Df.pj T3IE>t : Recipes for the Ladies, Solon 1 
Robinso "' v> nat Can be Done by a Farmer's Wife ; > 
The W t0 ^*' n a Husband ; A Good Wife ) 
Bovi" Df"™ 01 : Experiment for the Boys; Game t 
and poking Fowls, K. j 
gusine^First. then Pleasure 
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