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ADVERTISEMENTS-CONTENTS. 
EXTENSIVE SALE OF IMPROVED SHORT 
HORNED CATTLE. 
Having become overstocked, I find myself under the necessity, 
for the first time, of publicly offering my cattle for sale ; and that 
the opportunity to purchase fine animals may be made the more 
inviting, I propose to put in my entire herd —such a herd of 
improved Short Horns as has never before been offered by any 
individual in this country. The sale will embrace about fifty 
animals, Bulls, Cows and Heifers; all'either imported, or the im¬ 
mediate descendants of those which were so, and ot perfect pedi¬ 
gree. Those imported were from several of the best stocks in 
England, selected either by myself or my friends. 
It is sometimes the practice at sales of this kind, where the in¬ 
terest involved is considerable, for the proprietor to protect him¬ 
self by bye bidders, or some other kind of management, or for the 
owner to stop the sale if offers do not come up to his expectations 
or the requirements of his interest. Such practices have a ten¬ 
dency to lessen the interest in public sales of this character, es¬ 
pecially with those who cannot attend without considerable per¬ 
sonal inconvenience. But in this case, assurances are given that 
no disappointment shall arise to the company from either of the 
causes mentioned, and a good degree of confidence is felt that 
there will be no dissatisfaction from the character of the cattle 
themselves. They shall all be submitted to the company, and 
sold at such prices as they choose to give, without any covert 
machinery, effort, or understanding with any person; reserving 
to myself only the privilege of bidding openly on three or four 
animals, which shall first be designated. This reservation is 
made that I may not get entirely out of the stock of some particu¬ 
lar families which I highly esteem, and that could not probably 
be replaced. 
A full catalogue will be prepared and inserted in the May num¬ 
ber of the Cultivator. 
The sale will take place at Mount Hope, one mile south of the 
City of Albany, on Wednesday, the 25th day of June next, at 10 
o’clock, A. M. _ E. P. PRENTICE. 
Mount Hope , near Albany , March 15, 1845. 
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he respectfully tenders his services to such of his friends as wish 
to purchase from this herd, and who may find it inconvenient to 
attend personally to bid. Any instructions they please to give 
him as to choice of animals and prices at which to purchase, 
they may depend upon being faithfully executed. Mr. Prentice is 
a gentleman of honor and integrity, and whatever is stated above 
about his entire herd being sold strictly as advertised, the public 
may depend upon wiil be done. 
A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway, N. Y. 
NEW AND IMPROVED POUDREa TE. 
AURORA AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. 
This Institution, recently organized, is located on a farm of over 
200 acres, lying in and directly adjoining the village of Aurora, on 
the east bank of Cayuga lake, in Cayuga county, New York, 16 
miles from Auburn, by stage, and 12 miles South from Cayuga 
Bridge and the Auburn and Rochester Railroad, by steamboat 
direct, in summer. 
Its design is to afford every facility for young men to make 
themselves thoroughly acquainted with the principles of Agri¬ 
cultural science, and their judicious application to practical Hus¬ 
bandry ; and particularly to afford young men from our large 
towns the most favorable advantages for preparing themselves 
for Agricultural pursuits. 
Terms $150 a year, payable quarterly in advance. No person 
under fourteen years of age will, as a general rule, be received. 
Apply to B. R. Mcllvaine, 44 Great Jones st., New York, or Rev. 
W. Roosevelt, 413 Broome st. A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway. 
CHARLES C. YOUNG, A. M., Proprietor and Principal. 
Alexander Thompson, A. M., M D., Lecturer on 
Botany, Geology, Agricultural Chemistry, &c. 
David Thomas, Visitor and Adviser. 
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EXOTIC, NURSERY, AND HORTICULTURAL 
GARDENS, 
Flushing, L. I, near New York. 
The subscribers having established a Nursery with the above 
title, with the determination of conducting it in the Very best 
manner in all its departments, offer for sale, at reasonable prices, a 
select variety of 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, 
Hardy Shrubs. Herbaceous Plants, Grape Vines of all the best 
kinds, superior Strawberries, Fastolff Raspberry, Gooseberries, &c. 
BULBS AND TUBERS, SUPERB CARNATIONS, 
DAHLIAS, &c. 
AND A MOST EXTENSIVE AND CHOICE COLLECTION OF 
GREEN-HOUSE AND STOVE PLANTS, 
Embracing everything new and beautiful in that department, per¬ 
sonally selected in Europe during the past summer, of 
ROSES AMD CAMELLIAS. 
We have a very choice collection of the former, full 1,000 va¬ 
rieties, and of the latter nearly 300, all in fine order. 
Catalogues of the above will be sent gratis to all applicants, 
post paid, and every order promptly executed. From unknown 
correspondents, a remittance, draft, or satisfactory reference ex¬ 
pected. VALK & CO. 
£3” Such papers as we send the above advertisement to mark¬ 
ed, will please give it three insertions, and send bill to this office. 
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Made by the Lodi Manufacturing Co., may be had at the office 
of the Company, No. 43 Liberty Street, New York, or at their 
Factory on the Hackensack River, in New Jersey, or by letter, 
post paid , addressed to “ President of the Lodi Manufacturing 
Co., New York,” or from the several agents who advertise it for 
sale, in the country. 
Terms, Cash on Delivery. —For one Barrel, $2; 2 do., $3.50; 
3 do., $5 ; 4 do., and up to 6, at $1.07 each; 7 do., $1.50, is $10.50; 
and $1.50 per Barrel for any greater quantity—delivered at any 
wharf or place in the City of New York, free of expense. 
The Company have now on hand several thousand barrels of 
their new and improved article, composed of night soil, com¬ 
pounded with various other substances, every one of which is a 
good manure by itself. 
The Poudrette made by this Company, is different from that 
made by any other concern in Europe or America. It contains no 
raw-peat, turf, or meadow mud, or any other inert substance ; it 
is not like the old fashioned Poudrette, which will generally only 
last for a single crop, but its effects will last for years. It has 
been tried extensively for the last 2 years on Long Island, in Con¬ 
necticut, New Jersey, and elsewhere, and has answered to such a 
degree, that already a very large increased demand for the next 
season has been manifested. 
If used according to directions, it will be found according to 
experiments which have been made, to possess the following pro¬ 
perties :— 
1st. It is quicker in its operation upon vegetable matter than 
any other Poudrette or other Manure. It has ripened corn for 
table use in 60 days, and will ripen other crops several weeks 
sooner. 
2d. It is more fertilizing; and its fructifying Powers are greater 
as proved by the increased yield; its effects are lasting, and by 
its powers of attraction, it absorbs from the atmosphere, humidi¬ 
ty, ammonia, carbonic acid, and nitrogen, and retains their fer¬ 
tilizing properties, giving them out only as vegetation requires 
them for nutrition, thereby obviating the effects of a long 
drought. 
3d. It will be found to be the richest, cheapest, and best ma¬ 
nure now in use. It s-zves in labor, its whole cost, in comparison 
with the labor attending barnyard manure. 
4th. Potatoes manured with Poudrette, are not subject to Rot, 
or other disease, as when manured with barnyard manure. 
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CONTENTS OF APRIL NUMBER. 
Making Potash,. 
Value of Sugar,... 
A veteran Horse; The Alpaca; ) . 
Farm of General Washington.. $. 
Corn Mill ; Peruvian and African Guano. 
The Small Grains; Pricking Horses;... ) 
Preventives of Rot in the Pocato.). 
Corn Marker ; To Prevent Birds and Squirrels Destroying ) 
Corn ; Farm of Mr. Robinson;.j 
American Agricultural Association;./ 
Subsoil Plowing..-.j. 
The Black Tartarian Cherry, Robert B. Parsons.. .. j 
To get rid of Dead Logs; Ag. for Students of Divinity ( 
Raising Asparagus by the Arabs;.f 
To Remove the taint in Meat.J 
The Fox Grape, Jared P. Kirtland.. 
Home Made Guano, No. 3, R. L. A.. 
The Pleasures of Horticulture, W. W. Y. 
Sheep Husbandry in Spain, No. 4, D’Jay Brown. 
Virginia Lands, G. P. Lewis. 
Culture of Tobacco, P. 
Stables of Mr. Gibbons. 
Stock of Mr. Prentice. 
Different Qualities of Honey, II. Carpenter ,.... \ 
A Corn Plow, A Traveller.$. 
Agriculture in Scotland, No. 6, John P. Norton.. 
Making Drains, T. Clagwell. } 
Slaughtering Sheep for Pelts and Tallow, T. 
Penning Hogs ; To Make Whale Oil Soap;.. 
To Kill Crows. 
Western Calendar for April, A. Beatty. 
European Agriculture, No.6, S. B. Parsons. 
Ladies’ Deparment: 
For Farmers’ Daugnters. 
Silk Rags; Spring Work for Farmer’s Wives; Recipes. 
Boys’ Department: 
The Black Swan; China Geese, A. & H. Mesier; J 
Experimental Crops.J. 
N. Y. State Ag. Soc. Proceedings ; Guano Manure—Caution, 
Foreign Agricultural News. 
Editor’s Table. 
Review of the Market. 
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