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ADVERTISEMENTS. CONTENTS. 
ALLEN'S IMPROVED PORTABLE RAIL ROAD 
HORSE POWER AND OVERSHOT THRESHER 
AND SEPARATOR. 
THE advantages of the above horse lowers 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 bo 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 avoided 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 
evershot 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. 
THE 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
PILKINTON'S IMPROVED PATENT SMUT MA- 
CHINE- 
THIS Machine has proved itself to be one of unrivalled ex- 
cellence, It is warranted to answer every purpose of the 
most complete and expensive machinery of screens, rubhing 
stones, fans, &.C., and will thoroughly clean the most smutty 
wheat. It is the best contrivance to take out chess, onions and 
heavy grit, that has been introduced to the notice of millers, 
being the most complete screen ever made. This machine is 
provided with self-acting oilfeeders to the journals, and wholly 
does away the small fan and runs at the rate of 1.000 revo- 
lutions per minute. It is of the greatest importance to the 
miller, as it takes far less power, and there is no danger of 
fire as it only wants oiling or greasing om?o a week. Price $50 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
189 and 191 Water street, N. Y. 
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. 
ENDLESff-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 
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AND 
IS PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH BY 
C. M. SAXTON, 121 PULTON STREET, NEW YORK, 
JOSIAH TATUM, 50 NORTH FOURTH ST., PHILA,, 
F. S. SAXTON, 19 STATE ST., BOSTON. 
TERMS. 
One Dollar a Year in Advance. 
Three Copies One year, or One Copy Three Years. .$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 post 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 
fur 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 Williamsburgh 
Ferry, on Jamaica turnpike road, or to H. Meigs, American 
Institute, N. Y. au 6t* 
CAUTION. 
AS certain houses in this city are in the habit of selling Ag- 
ricultural and Horticultural Implements, and Field and Garden 
Seeds, representing them as coming from our establishment, 
the public is cautioned to be on its guard against imposition. 
All implements and parcels sold by us, which it is possible to 
mark, will be found branded " A. B. Allen & Co., 189 and 191 
Water street, New York." 
When designing to call at our warehouse, please to be care- 
ful and look for the right numbers, as above, otherwise impo- 
sitions may be practised upon the unwary. 
A B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water St., N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF DECEMBER NUMBER. 
Notice to Readers and Subscribers 361 
Work for December, North and West ) 
Work for December, South \ db ~ 
Analysis of Florida Muck ; Thomas Antisell 363 
Hints on the Management of Horses, No. 8 364 
Fruit in the Country 365 
Mr. Robinson's Tour, No. 12 ; Solon Robinson 366 
Smith's Vertical Gate ; A Late Autumn ) „._ 
Yankee Farming, No. 10., Sergeant Teltrue 5 
The Cow— Her'Diseases and Management, No. 19 ; Far > , fil) 
mers, Stay at Home { a0J 
Mountain Mutton— Venison ; An Old Sailor turned Far- ) r,*rn 
mer \ 370 
A Bit of Practical Farming ; The Farmer is not Proper-') 
ly Estimated— Whose Fault is it?; Effect of the J ,-, 
N. Y. and Erie Railroad on the Butter and Poultry | 
Market ; Effects of Railroads on the Market j 
Blood Horse, Alexander ; A Flight through Massachu- ( „ 72 
setts, Solon Robinson \ 
Clover in Georgia ; A Profitable Sow 373 
Rearing and Management of Poultry, No. 4. ; American ) „-. 
Provisionsin England > 
Pilkinton's Improved Patent Smut Machine ; Analysis ) „ 7fi 
of New-Jersey Marl, Thomas Antisell $ 
Experiments of Agriculturists ; Cochin-China Fowls, { „ 77 
James C. Taylor-; New Whiffletree ; Guano > 
Ladies' Department ; Chamber 3irds, No. 2 378 
A new Premium for Household Products ; Washing ) „__ 
made Easy ; Fire Precautions 5 
Foreign Agricultural News 380 
Editors' Table 381 
Review of the Market 382 
