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ADVERTISEMENTS. CONTENTS. 
WHEELER'S PATENT IMPROVED PORTABLE 
RAIL ROAD HORSE POWER AND OVERSHOT 
THRASHER 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 compara- 
tively 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 piano geering 
without any complex or intermediate wheels, directly into 
the pinion upon the shaft on which the pully belt runs. 
The Threshers consist of a small spiked cylinder with a 
concave plane over it. and a level feeding table. There are 
several improvements in the overshot threshers. 1. They ad- 
mit of a level table for feeding, thus enabling the tenders to 
stand erect, and control the motion of the horse and machine 
by moans of a brake, by which accidents arc avoided. 2. In 
consequence of the spikes lifting the straw and doing the 
work on the top. heavy substances such as stones, blocks Sec 
dropat the end of the table, and are not carried between the 
spikes, by which they and the machine are broken. 3. The 
overshot cylinder docs not scatter the grain but throws it 
within three feet of the machine. 4. This arrangement also j sa i e \jZ 
1 PREPARED GUANO AT HALF A CENT PER 
POUND! 
WE advise every farmer to make his own ''• Prepaied 
Guano ;" for, by so doing, he will save money, know what he 
gets, and prevent himself being cither humbugged cr cheated. 
The most simple receipt is as follows : — Take 100 lbs. of Peru- 
vian Guano, to which add 900 lbs of light earth, and mix the 
two well together. This will make an excellent " Prepared 
Guano." costing not over half a cent per pound, and better 
than any which can be purchased in this city for twice tha 
price! I;" a little charcoal dust or plaster of Paris be added, 
it will bo all the better for it. A. B. ALLEN & CO. 
139 and 191 "Water St., N. Y. 
N. B.— No charge for Patent Right. 
SCYTHE AND 'GRAIN CRADLES. 
A LARGE assortment of the best kinds of the above imple- 
ments. A. B. ALLEN & CO.. 
jy ISO and 191 Water st, N. Y. 
SALAMANDER SAFES OF ALL SIZES. 
A FULL assortment of the best safes, from §16 to §300, for 
edmits of attaching a separator high enough from the floor or 
ground to allow all the grain to fall through it, while the 
stidw is deposited by itself in the best conditipn for binding. 
5. Neither grain nor straw are broken by this machine. 6. 
The cylinder is longer, which admits of faster and more ad- 
vantageous feeding ; it is smaller and with fewer teeth than 
ordinary threshers, thus admitting of more rapid motion and 
faster work with less power ; and the diminution of teeth in 
the cylinder is fully made up by those in the concave, which 
is stationary. 7. The separator is a great advantage in dimin- 
ishing the labor of raking out the straw, as it leaves the grain 
in the best condition for the fanning mill. Three men, with a 
singie power, can thresh 75 to 100 bushels of wheat or rye ; or 
four men with a double power, 175 to 225 bushels of wheat or 
rye. or double that quantity of oats or buckwheat, per day. 
All the above are compact and can be carried where wanted 
complete, or they may be readily taken apart and packed for 
distant transportation by a wagon or otherwise. 
Price of single Power, $80 
" •• Thresher, §28 
Separator and fixtures, $7 
" Bands for driving, etc.. $5 
K Sawmill, complete, and in running order, $35 
The price cf the double power, thresher, separator, fee., 
complete, is $145, including rights of using. The above are 
sold singly or together as desired. 
The above power is warranted to work well and give sat- 
isfaction. 
Among the large number who have purchased the above- 
Mimed horse powers of us, we would enumerate the following . 
E. H. Haight 
Edward Dunn 
A. C. Munson 
T. C. Winthrop - 
Wrn. S. Mc Coun 
Thos. F. Young 
G. I. Slocum 
P. P. Swartwout 
J. H. Anderson - 
D. B. Campbell - 
S. S. Ilowland 
.James Wilson 
L. Onderdonk 
Lawrence Davenport 
G. Butler 
Thos. W. Carpenter 
A. Gregory 
N. A. Topping 
Wm. Silliman 
Samuel Decker 
David Brown. 
Mr. Taylor Perrine - " 
Mr. Barton " 
James M. Cross - " 
C. Cox " 
J. C. Garretson, 2 6ets of Horse Powers " 
Mr. Guion ----- " 
Mr. Parkerson ... " 
D. Latourette .... " 
C. Mc Lean .... 
D. L. Clawson 
James M. Brush 
Tho'a P. Craven 
John Burke - 
E. Merrill - 
Mr. Maynard 
R. A. S. Johnson 
Henry Talcott 
R. S. Griswold 
N. B. Weed - 
Lewis R&ymond - 
New- York City 
Cohooes. N. Y. 
Port Jarvis, N. Y. 
White Plains, N. Y. 
Schenectady, N. Y. 
Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. 
Port Chester, N. Y. 
West Chester, N. Y. 
New Rochelle, N.Y. 
Fordham, N. Y. 
Harrison. N. Y. 
Liberty, Sullivan Co. 
Phillips Port, Sul.Co. 
Tuckahoo 
Staten Island. 
jyst 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
189 fe 19,1 Water st. N. Y. 
HUSSEY-S REAPING MACHINE. — 
THIS machine will reap from 15 to 25 acres of grain per 
day in the best manner. Price §125. 
jy A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
JTJST arrived, fresh from the Chinche Islands, 730 tons first 
quality Peruvian Guano. Six years of experience in the use 
of this guano by our farmers in the states, bordering the At- 
lantic coast, has proved it far superior to any other, and the 
cheapest manure that they can purchase. It is particularly 
valuable for wheat and other winter grain, grass, and in fact 
all the crops grown. A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
jy 189 and 191 Water at., N. Y. 
WIRE FOR FENCES, 
OF all sizes, bright, annealed, or galvanized, of the best 
quality. Prices fromSC^to $10 per 100 lbs. For galvanizing 
the wire, or coating it with tin, 2>2 cents per pound will be 
charged in addition. Wire is best galvanized as this keeps it 
bright and makes it last much longer. 
jy A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF JULY NUMBER. 
To Postmasters and Others ; Work for July, North and i 
201 
Huntington, L. I. 
Boundbrook. N. J. 
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Belville, N. J. 
N. Brunswick, N. J. 
a ii 
'- '- Hartford, Ct. 
Lyne, Ct 
Darien, Ct. 
Lewisboro, Ct 
A. B ALLEN <fc CO., 189 and 191 Water street 
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206 
West 
Work for July, South 202 
Profits of Poultry Raising ; Dick's Anti-friction Cheese I ct{j? 
Press ; Sale of Mr. Yail's Shorthorns J 
The Water Ram 
Six Qualities of a Fool ; New Argument in Favor of? 
AVire Fence ; A Cow Depot J 
The Dog Distemper, P. A. Wray ; Valuable Lands in ) 
Eastern Virginia, Samuel S. Griseom : Review of the > 
April Number of the Agriculturist, Reviewer ) 
Fruit at the South, J. S. ; Spare the Birds ; The Do£ Dis- j ^ 3 
temper Again, A Constant Reader { 
Bogardus' Horse Powers ; Hogs Slaughtered West ; > _„„ 
Summer Management of Sheep, No. 1 S 
Clothes and Wool-drying Machine 210 
The Whortleberry and other Trees at the South ; On I „.. 
Breeding. No. 2., A. L. Elwyn S 
Preparation of Grain and Flour for Exportation ; Cot- ) 
ton Manufactures, South, Solon Robinson $ 
Adulteration ;of Food, No. 13 
Rough Notes by the Way, No. P., Samuel Allen 
The Kura-Quat ; Agricultural Progress, South, J. S. ? 
Peacocke J 
A Model Horse ; Vermicelli and Macaroni 
Rural Architecture, J. B. Davis 217 
Management of Swine, No. 1. ; A New Manure 218 
Agricultural Tour South and West. No. 7, Solon Robinson 219 
The Cow — Her Diseases and Management, No. 14.. 220 
Cultivation of Grasses at the South, J. B. Marsh : Let- j ojl 
ters from California, * * * \ 
Hints on the Management of Horses, No. 3 223 
To Dissolve Bones ; Prices of Special Manures in Eng- 1 
land ; Breaking Steers ; Guano ; Cure for a Horse > 224 
Pulling at the Halter ) 
Ladies' Department : Jellies for the Sick ; Beet Root i ^ 
Vinegar ; Cooking Meat S 
Boys' Department : Agricultural Chemistrv, No. 14 ; ) «- 
J. McKinstry ' \ ~ io 
Foreign Agricultural News 227 
Editors' Table 228 
Review of the Market < • 829 
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