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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 JO 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 plane geering 
without any complex or intermediate wheels, directly into 
Ihe 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. Thoy 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 means of a brake, by which accidents are avoided. 2. In 
consequence cf the spikes lifting the straw and doing the 
woik on the top. heavy substances such as stones, blocks &c, 
drop at the end of the table, and are not carried between the 
spikes, by which they and the machine are broken. 3. The 
overshot cylinder does not scatter the grain but throws it 
within three feet-of the machine. 4. This arrangement also 
admits of attaching a separator high enough from the floor or 
ground to allow all the grain to fall through it, while the 
straw is deposited by itself in the best condition 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 mili. Three men, with a 
single 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 
" Sawmill, complete, and in running order, $35 
The price of the double power, thresher, separator, &c, 
complete, is $145, including rights of using. The above are 
sold singly or together as desired. 
The abo've power is warranted to work well and give sat- 
isfaction. 
Among the large number who have purchased the above- 
camedhorse powers of us. we would enumerate the following : 
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E. H. Huight 
Edward Dunn 
A. C. Munson 
T. C. Winthrop - 
Wm. S. Mc Coun 
Thos. F. Young 
G. I. Slocum 
P. P. Swartwout 
J. H. Anderson 
D. B. Campbell - 
S. S. Howland 
James Wilson 
L. Onderdonk 
Lawrence Davenport 
G. Butler 
Thos. W. Carpenter 
A. Gregory 
N. A. Topping 
Wm. Siliiman 
Samuel Decker 
David Brown. - 
Mr. Taylor Perrine ... 
Mr. Barton - 
James M. Cross .... 
C. Cox 
J. C. Garretson, 2 sets of Horse Powers 
Mr. Guion - 
Mr. Parkerson ... 
D. Latourette .... 
C. Mc Lean .... 
D. L. Clawson 
James M. Brush - 
Tho's P. Craven - 
John Burke - 
E. Merrill - 
Mr. Maynard 
R. A. S. Johnson 
Henry Talcott 
R. S. Griswold - 
N. B. Weed - 
Lewis Reymond 
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. 
AVest Chester, N. Y. 
New Rochelle, N.Y. 
Fordham, N. Y. 
Harrison, N. Y. 
Liberty, Sullivan Co. 
Phillips Port, Sul.Co. 
Tuckahoo 
Staten Island. 
Huntington, L. I. 
Boundbrook, N. J. 
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Belville, N. J. 
N. Brunswick, N. J. 
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Hartford, Ct. 
Lyno, Ct 
Darien, Ct. 
Lewisboro, Ct. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street. 
FITZGERALD'S PATENT FLOUR AND GRAIN 
MILLS. 
BEING appointed sole agents, in this city, for the above 
excellent and economical mills, the subscribers offer them fur 
sale at the manufacturer's prices. 
CORNSHELLERS. 
HAND and horse-power cornshellers of the various kinds, 
made in a superior manner. 
FANN!NG=MILLS. 
GRANT'S Patent and several other kinds of Tanning-mills, 
suitable for cleaning rice as well as grain. 
RICE HULLERS. 
THE different sizes of rice hullers, with recent improve- 
ments, manufactured expressly'for us. 
WHEAT. 
THE celebrated white-flint, and other improved varieties of 
Wkwat, suitablefor fall sowing. 
RYE. 
THE best kinds of winter ry-e. 
TIMOTHY SEED. 
A PRIME article constantly on hand. 
TURNIP SEED. 
ABERDEEN Yellow, Purple Top, Globe, White-flat, and 
other varieties of turnip seed. Warranted fresh and pure. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
1S9 & 191 Water street, N. Y. 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
JUST 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. Jt is particularly 
valuable for wheat and other winter grain, grass, and in fact 
all the crops grown. A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
jy 1S9 and 191 Water St., N. Y. 
WIRE FOR FENCES, 
OF all sizes, bright, annealed, or galvanized, of the best 
quality. Prices from $9 to $12 per 100 lbs. For galvanizing 
the wire, or coating it with tin, 2)£ cents per pound will be 
charged in addition. Wire is best galvanised, as this keeps it 
bright and makes it last much longer. 
jy A. B. ALLEN St. CO., 189 and 191 Water st, N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF AUGUST NUMBER. 
To Postmasters and Others ; Work for August North ) „,.„ 
and West J M6 
Work for August, South 234 
To Wool Growers, A. L. Bingham ; National Conven- } c,^ 
tions of Fruit Growers in the United States ] ~'~ 
The Cow — Her Diseases and Management, No. 15 ; Mr. ) «„,. 
Holbert's Dairy, Cheming, N. Y. J 
Construction of Wheelbarrows ; Preservation of Timber, ) gos 
A. L. Elwyn ) 
Suggestions in the Improvement of Slanghter-Houses 233 
To Raise Gooseberries ; Setting out Trees in Sandy ) „.» 
Soils ; Summer Management of Sheep, No. 2 S 
In-and-in Breeding ; Importation of Shorthorn Cuttle, A. ) „. ■ 
Stevens 5 
How to Catch a Sheep 242 
Review of the May Number of the Agriculturist, Re- ) 24 , 
viewer 5 
Apples, as an Article of Human Food ; Hudson-River t 245 
Farming I 
Cider Making *. 247 
Construction of a Granary, or Corn House, J. B. Davis... 249 
Visit to Col. Capron's, Solon Robinson ; Glory vs. Good 1 
Husbandry ; Fact in Planting Lima Beans ; Effects V 250 
of Certain Manures on Plants ) 
Hints on the Management of Horses, No. 4 251 
Profits of Orange-County Farming ; Mr. Robinson's } „t.«. 
Tour, No. 8. i ■"" 
Farm of Mr. Boiling, in Virginia, Solon Robinson 254 
Horizontal Plowing ; Col. Capron's Improved Wire ) 2 5? 
Fence. S 
Ladies' Department : Directions for Boiling Rice ; To i 
Prevent Milk Souring during Thunder Storms); S 257 
Pithy Hints; House Bugs; Working Women ) 
Boys' Department : A Docile, Sagacious Bull 267 
Swimming 258 
Foreign Agricultural News 260 
Editors' Table 261 
Review of the Market 262 
