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ADVERTISEMENTS. CC NTENTS. 
ALLEN'S IMPROVED PORTABLE RAIL ROAD 
HORSE POWER AND OVERSHOT THRESHER 
AND SEPARATOR. , , 
THE advantages of the above horse powers are— 1. They 
occup v but little more space than a single horse. 2. They 
can be' moved bv 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 oat 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 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, bv 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 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, $80 
" '• 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. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
AND 
IS PU3L1SHED ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH BY 
C. M. SAXTON, 121 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, 
JOSIAH TATUM, 50 NORTH FOURTH ST., PRTLA., 
F. S. SAXTON, 19 STATE ST., BOSTON. 
TERMS. 
One Dollar a Year in Advance. 
Three Copies One year, or One Copy Three Fears.. $2 
NEW SUBSCRIBERS will be furnished with the back 
numbers of all or any of the volumes. Seven volumes now pub- 
lished. 
BOUND VOLUMES in complete sets, or in separate volumes, 
furnished at One Dollar Twenty-five Cents each. 
ADVERTISEMENTS.— Any advertisement not exceeding 
12 lines for one insertion, §1 ; and 50 cents for each and every 
additional insertion. 
*** ALL LETTERS, making inquiries, &c, for the benefit 
of the writer, must be jjost paid, to receive attention. 
ORDERS for change of address, or stoppage, should be free 
and contain the name of the person and post office at which 
the paper is now mailed. 
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 Done 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 Williamsburga 
Ferry, on Jamaica turnpike road, or to H. Meigs, American 
Institute, N. Y. au6t* 
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 St., N. Y. 
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, 
s St. 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}i 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., 
189 and 191 Water street, N..Y. 
CONTENTS OF NOVEMBER NUMBER. 
Work for November, North and West 329 
Work for November, South ; Fair at Bridgeport, Connec- ? 33 ^ 
ticut. Observer £ 
Twenty-Second Annual Show and Fair of the American ) ,„, 
Institute . ) 
Farriery, F.; A Profitable Orchard 332 
Mr. Morris' Sale of Stock ; Value of Berkshire Swine ; 1 
Southern Tour of Solon Robinson ; Cost of the Eng- > 333 
lish Herd Book ) 
Average Prices of Agricultural products of Ohio ; ) „, 4 
Dutchess-County Fair ; Capons ; Polar Plant J 
Hints on the Management of Horses, No. 7 335 
Sugar Making 336 
Value of Annealed Wire for Fence ; Sabin's Washing > g37 
Machine; Mr. Robinson's Tour, No. 11 J 
Cutting and Curing Sumach ; Raspberries 338 
Small vs. Large Calves. Win. H. Sotham ; Animal Food ) -^ 
for Herbivorous Animals — Bone Meal for Cows \ 
The Cow — Her Diseases and Management, No. 18 340 
New Things at the State Fair— Household Manufac- > _ ., 
tures ; Experiments with Manure ; Cement \ 
Rearing and Management of Poultry, No. 3 ; Orange- i -^ 
County Agricultural Fair, R J 
Massachusetts Horticultural Show ; Brown's Early ) 
Corn, H. A. F. ; Imported Cattle ; A Valuable Ap- > 343 
plication to Peach Trees ) 
Obituary Notice of Col. Kirby ; Premium Farm House. 344 
Arrow Root ; Transplanting Large Trees ; Flight ) 3 . g 
through Connecticut, Continued, Solon Robinson.. J 
Rensselaer-County Fair 347 
Conversation with Mr. H. L. Ellsworth ; Review of the \ „,„ 
July Number cf the Agriculturist, Reviewer \ 
Trenching; To Clear Willows of Worms 350 
Agricultural Chemistry, No. 16., J. McKinstry 351 
History of Shorthorn Cattle, No. 1 ., A. Stevens 352 
Strong and Steady Milkers the Best ; American Porno- \ „-„ 
logical Congress \ ™ 
Sale of Stock at the Ne w- York State Fair ; Flavor of \ ,,. 
New-England Peaches \ dd4 
Ladies' Department : Chamber Birds, No. 1 855 
Foreign Agricultural News 366 
Editors' Table 857 
Review of the Market 858 
