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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 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, directl}- 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 meajis of a brake, by which accidents are avoided. 2. In 
consequence of the spikes lifting the straw and doing the 
work 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 lhey and the machine are broken. 3. The 
overshot cylinder does not scatter the graia 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 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 packed for 
distant transportation by a wagon or otherwise. 
Price of single Power, 
" " Thresher, 
" Separator and fixtures, 
" Bands for driving, etc.. 
" "Wood-sawing machine, complete, and in run 
ning order, 
The price of the double power, thresher, separator, Sec., 
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. 
SSO 
$28 
$7 
$5 
$35 
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. Germaatowa, Pa. 
DORKING FOWLS, 
SUPERIOR Dorking Fowls will be furnished, caged, and 
put on board ship, with food for their vovage, at $5 per pair. 
by N. S. PRENTISS, 
s 3t. 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., suitable for fencing, 
&c. 
HORSE POWERS. 
ENDLESS-Chain or Railway, Taplin's or Circular, Bogar- 
dus', Warren's, and Trimble's Cast-iron Powers, for one to 
six horses. 
PLOWS. 
UPWARDS of Five Hundred Plows of the most approved 
patterns, both 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., 
139 and 191 Water street, N. Y. 
FITZGERALD 3 PATENT FLOUR AND GRAIN 
MILLS. 
BEING appointed sole agents. in this city, for the above 
excellent and economical mills, the subscribers offer them for 
sale at the manufacturer's prices. Also cast-iron and other 
mills. — 
, , 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 of 
wheat, suitable for fall sowing. 
RYE 
THE best kinds of winter rye. 
TIMOTHY SEE^. 
A PRIME article constantly on hand. 
TURNIP SEED. 
ABERDEEN-Yellow, Purple-Top, Globe, White-flat, a»d 
other varieties of turnip seed. Warranted fresh and pure. 
„.™ „ . RAY GRASS, LUCERN, 
AND all other European Field and Garden Seeds, suitable 
for the American climate, just imported. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
189 & 191 Water street, N. Y. 
~~~ FARM FOR SALE. " 
THi 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 parcel. 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 Williamsburgh 
Ferry, on Jamaica turnpike road, or to H. Meigs, American 
Institute, N. Y. au 6 t* 
A PACING STALLION. 
WANTED a fine, well-bred pacing stallion, about fifteen 
hands high, and from three to six years old. Please not to ap- 
ply, unless the horse is of handsome form, spirited, and has 
fine action. SAMUEL ALLEN.' 
189 Water si, N. Y. 
^ CONTENTS OF OCTOBER NUMBER. 
To Postmasters and others : Work for October, North ) -vw 
and West \ 297 
Work for October, South ; Dr. Cloud's Seed Wheat ; \ 0IM 
Whereabouts of Solon Robinson"".... : \ " 
Ninth Annual Show and Fair of the N Y. State Agricul- ) „„„ 
tural Society \ 30 ° 
Arrow Root — Its Sources and Cultivation ; Grafting — ( „ r . 
Fruit Culture in Mississippi, E. J. Capell J du ' 1 
Improving Light Soils, Henry A. Field 304 
Animal Charcoal, as a Manure, Thomas Antisell ; The ) „ n . 
Cow — Her Diseases and Management No. 17 $ 
French National Exhibition of Industrial Productions, ? „ nc 
Egrec ". .$ 306 
Implements for Draining ; Remarks on Draining 309 
To Drive away Rats and Crows, Frank ; Interesting Ex- ) 
periment with Peruvian Guano and other Manures : > 306 
The Food of Plants ) 
'A Chinese Summer House ; Pulse of Various Animals ; ) 
The Cotton Crop— Cotton Blooms— Early Frosts ; > 312 
Interesting Fact in Grafting ; A Happy Farmer.... ) 
Scragg*s Tile Machine ; Hints on the Management of ) ,,, 
Horses,— No. 6 j dld 
Mr. Robinson's Tour, No. 10 314 
Rearing and Management of Poultry, No. 2 31Q 
To Keep a Stove Bright; Ventilation ; Imported Cattle, ) „,» 
A. Stevens J dlT 
Death of Thomas Bates j Folding Ladder ; Farm of Mr. ) „i Q 
Lewis G.Morris { dls 
Alpacas for the United States 319 
Marshall Bugeaud, Duke of Isly, as a Farmer ; A Rustic ) „f. 
Poultry Pouse, J. B. D $ ^ 
A Flight through Connecticut, Solon Robinson 321 
Peeling and Boiling Potatoes ; To Green-Tea Drinkers. 322 
Ladies' Department: Brushing and Preserving Clothes: ) ooa 
Useful Receipts \ 6Mi 
Boys' Department : The Horse known by bis Ears ; ? ,03 
Gathering and Preserving Nuts ) 
Foreign Agricultural News 324 
Editors' Table 325 
Review of the Market 320 
