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ADVERTISEMENTS. CONTENTS. 
ALLEN'S 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 degtees. 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 
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 means of a brake, by which accidents are avoidod. 2. In 
consequence of the spikes lifting the straw and doing the 
work on the top. heavy substances such as stones, blocks Sec, 
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 ; ami 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 
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 paoked for 
distant transportation by a wagon or otherwise. 
Trice of single Power, S80 
" •• Thresher, §28 
" Separator and fixtures, $7 
" Bands for driving, etc.. $5 
" Wood-sawing machine, complete, and in, run-> 
ning 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 above power is warranted to work well and give sat- 
isfaction. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street 
FARM SCHOOL. 
THE MOUNT AIRY AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE will 
commence its Winter Session on the first Thursday of Octo- 
ber next. 
The course of instruction pursued is such as to insure to the 
student a thorough knowledge of the Natural Sciences, with 
a full practical course on the farm, in all the labor of which 
the students participate. 
For further particulars address the Principal. 
JOHN WILKINSON, 
Sept 2t Germantown, Pa. 
DORKING FOWLS. 
SUPERIOR Dorking Fowls will be furnished, caged, and 
put on board ship, with food for their voyage, at $5 per pair, 
by N. S. PRENTISS, 
Sept. Astoria, New York. 
PERUVIAN AND PATAGONIAN GUANO. 
JUST RECEIVED, a fresh cargo of each of the above kinds 
of Guano, which will be sold at wholesale and retail, at the 
lowest prices. 
WIRE FOR FENCES, 
OF all sizes, from 6}£ to 10 cents per lb.; galvanized 2>£ cents 
per lb. extra. 
HORSE POWERS. 
ENDLESS Chain or Railway, Taplin's or Circular, Bogar- 
dus, Warren's, and Trimble's Cast Iron Towers, for one to 
six horses 
PLOWS. 
UPWARDS of Five Hundred Plows of the most approved 
patterns Doth for the south and the north. 
STRAW CUTTERS. 
THE Spiral Blade and Cylindrical Straw and Hay Cutters, 
of various sizes, either for hand or horse power. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO.. 
189 and 191 Water Street, N. Y. 
FITZGERALD'S PATENT FLOUR AND GRAIN 
MILLS. 
BEING appointed sole agents, in this city, for the above 
excellent and. economical mills, the subscribers oft'jr them for 
sale at tho manufacturer's prices. 
. _ , CORNSHELLERS. 
HAND and horse-power cornshellers of the various kinds, 
made in a superior manner. 
FANNING-MILLS. 
GRANT'S Patent and several other kinds of fanning-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 Cf 
wheat, suitable for fall sowing. 
RYE 
THE best kinds of winter rye. 
. „m„ 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., 
189 Sc 191 Water street. N. Y. 
FARM FOR SALE. 
THE Dairy Farm of 200 acres, belonging to David S. Mills, 
at Newtown, L. I., upon which he now resides, is offered 
for sale— the whole, or in parcels. The well-known 
reputation of the above farm furnishes fully its character and 
advantages, it being second to none in the Union ; also, the 
entire stock. &c, belonging to the same. For terms, apply to 
David S. Mills, on the premises, 5 miles from Willamsburgh, 
Ferry, on Jamaica turnpike road, or to H. Meigs, American 
Institute, N. Y. • au 6 t* 
CONTENTS OF SEPTEMBER NUMBER. . 
To Postmasters and others : Work for September, North } a „ 
and West . \ 2w > 
Work for September, South 266 
The Next Annual Show and Fair of the N. Y. State Ag- ) 
ricultural Society ; North American Pomological > 267 
Convention ; Analyses ol Soils ) 
Fruit Gatherer ; Review of the June Number of the Ag- > 
riculturist, Reviewer ( 263 
Potash for Agricultural Purposes from Granite 269 
Agricultural Science in Colleges : Queries Relative to ) „-„ 
Barley, T. S. W. M ;.... { 2/0 
Amount of Mineral Matter Assimilated by' Various ) 
Crops ; The Cow— Her Diseases and Management, > 271 
No. 16 I) 
Fresh Air ; Hints on the Management of Horses, No. 5.. 272 
Cultivation of the Plum, W. D 273 
Camels for. Texas and California: Cause of Decay in ) ,., 
Timber— Season for Felling, B \ 2 ' 4 
Stump Puller; Do King Birds Eat Bees? .' 275 
Topping Indian Corn, J. B. L.; Butcheries of New York 276 
Southern Planting— Cow Pea— Cotton Seed, etc., M. W. > „.. 
Philips; Curing Pork in Warm Weather, D ] 2 " 
Programme of the Twenty-Second Annual Fair of the "| 
American Institute ; Cheap Mode of Fattening I 
Hogs ; Comparative Analyses of Bones Prepared by \ 27S 
Steam and by Ordinary Crushing J 
Remarks on the Nutritive Value of -Corji Cobs ; Rules ) 
for Constructing Chimneys , I 279 
Shorthorns vs. the Native Breed, Samuel Allen ; Tap. ) 
lin's Horse Power; Raising Sweet Potatoes from > 230 
Seed ^ 
Rearing and Management of Poultry, No. 1 '..'.'.'. 281 
Expense and Profit in Raising Indian Corn ; Extraordi- ) 
nary Yield of Barliy '. j ~ b -* 
Mr. Robinson's Tour, No. 9 '...*.'. 283 
Directions for Riding ; The Manner the Wood Pigeon ) „ e , 
Obtains its Food ' 7 ... \ 2S4 
Agricultural Statistics, Thomas Ewbank 2S5 
Green Manures 286 
Exhibition of Strawberries ; Small vs. Large Calves— ) OS7 
Reply to Reviewer, Wm. H. Sotham j ~ ' 
Ladies' Department : Apple-Paring Bee ; E. S 288 
Epigram ; Conserve of Peaches 289 
Boys' Department ; Agricultural Chemistry, No. 15, > oon 
J. McKinstry j ^ 
Interesting Experiment with Wheat, E. S 290 
Foreign Agricultural News 291 
Editors' Table 292 
Review of the Market 293 
