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ADVERTISEMENTS.-CONTENTS. 
SHEPHERD DOGS FOR SALE. 
Two very fine young Scotch Shepherd Pups can be had by 
applying post paid at this office. They are of the very best of 
the Colly kind, strong, active, and hardy, and may be trained to 
drive cattle as well as sheep. They are also excellent animals 
to watch, and among the most useful on the farm for general 
purposes. Price $10 each. A. B. ALLEN, New-York. 
DURHAM BULLS. 
Three very superior Durham Bulls, from one to two years 
old, are offered for sale, or exchange for other stock. They were 
bred in this vicinity, and are of the best Herd Book pedigrees. 
Apply post paid to A. B. ALLEN, New-York. 
IMPORTANT SALE OF FIRST-CLASS SHORT¬ 
HORNS. 
Mr. Wetherell will sell by auction, without reserve, at Wise ■ 
S'on, near Bawtry, Nottinghamshire, on Saturday, the 13th 
day of September next, about fifty cows and heifers, and 
about eight bulls and bull calves (including the Bull Wizard), 
the property of the Right Hon. Earl Spencer. 
This sale presents to breeders of first-class Short-Horns of the 
purest blood an opportunity not to be lost; and, for the satisfac¬ 
tion of purchasers that a fair average of the herd will be selected 
for sale, Mr. Wetherell takes this opportunity of giving a copy of 
a letter he has received from his lordship in answer to his inqui¬ 
ries as to the animals for sale :— 
“ Wiseton, February 17, 1845. 
“ Sir,—You ask me what is the sort of sale I intend to have. 
I had long endeavored to raise the number of my breeding cows 
and heifers to 100. I succeeded in this about three years ago; 
but I find, from the experience I have had since, that my farm 
here is not equal to carry so many. Even, indeed, i^f it was, I 
should be very much overstocked, as by next September I shall 
probably have 132 cows and heifers old enough to breed from, 
and between 60 and 70 younger heifers. I intend, therefore, to 
offer about 50 cows and heifers, and some bulls, to be sold by 
auction, on the 13th of September. I intend that those offered 
should be a fair sample of my herd—some as good as any I keep 
for myself—and I shall also keep several for myself not so good 
as the worst I offer for sale. They will not all have long pedi¬ 
grees, but as large a proportion of them will as there ever has 
been in my general herd. In short, my endeavor will be, as I 
have said, to make those offered for sale a fair average sample of 
the whole number I now have. 
“ I am, sir, yours, &c., SPENCER.” 
Catalogues, with every information, will be ready by the early 
part of July, and may be had gratis, on application to Mr. Hall, 
Wiseton, or to Mr. Wetherell, Durham. 
Durham, England, 20th February, 1845. 
AFRICAN GUANO. 
For sale, a superior article of African Guano, just received 
from the island of Ichaboe. Price, $40 per ton of 2,000 lbs., or 
©2.50 per 100 lbs. This Guano has been analyzed by Mr. J. E. 
Teschemacher, of Boston, and the same can be seen at our 
office. ASHBEY POOL & CO., 
105 South street, N. Y. 
SCGiCH PLOW, 
Just imported, and for sale, a very superior Scotch plow, made 
entirely of iron. An extra point, mould-board, &c., accompanies 
it. A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway. 
SIMMOND’S COLONIAL MAGAZINE 
AND FOREIGN MISCELLANY, 
Price 2s. 6 d. 
published on the 1st of every month, 
Will be found to be the only Register and Chronicle of Recent 
Occurrences in 
British North America, 
The West Indies, 
Cape of G. Hope & Mauritius, 
New South Wales, 
South & Western Australia 
All persons having friends abroad, or interested in the British 
Colonies, may rely upon receiving through this medium the 
latest and most authentic accounts from each on the 1st of every 
month. 
Office, 18 Cornhill, London. 
Van Diemen’s Land, 
New Zealand, 
Malta and Gibraltar, 
The East Indies and China, 
&c. &c. 
EXTENSIVE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF FIRST 
RATE SHORT-HORNED CATTLE. 
Mr. Wetherell will sell by auction, without reserve, at 
Walkeringham, near Bawtry, Nottinghamshire, on Mon¬ 
day, the 15th of September next, the entire herd of short¬ 
horns, the property of Mr. Henry Watson, consisting of upwards 
of 60 Cows, Heifers, and Bulls, of different ages, including the 
well known bull Lord Adolphus Fairfax, and many of his progeny. 
Durham, England, Feb. 20, 1845. _ 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
For sale, a few bags of a very choice article of Peruvian 
Guano, direct from the island of Chineha. Price $3 per 100 lbs. 
A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway, N. Y; 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Published Monthly, each number containing 32 pages, royal oc¬ 
tavo. 
TERMS—One Dollar per year in advance ; single numbers, Ten 
Cents ; three copies for Two Dollars. 
Each number of the Agriculturist contains but One sheet, sub¬ 
ject to newspaper postage only, which is one cent in the State, or 
within 100 miles of its publication, and one and a half cents if over 
100 miles, without the State. 
9CF *Remit through Postmasters, as the law allows. 
Editors of newspapers noticing the numbers of this work month¬ 
ly, or advertising it, will be furnished a copy gratis, upon sendin/ 
such notice to this office. 
VERY IMPORTANT SALE OF FIRST CLASS 
SHORT-HORNED CATTLE. 
Mr. Wetherell will sell by auction, without reserve, at 
Gate Burton, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on Friday, 
the 12 th of September, the entire herd of short-horned cat¬ 
tle, the property of Win. Hutton, Esq.; consisting of upwards 
of 60 Bulls, Cows, and Heifers, of different ages, which are prin¬ 
cipally descended from the following first-class Bulls, viz.Sir 
Henry (1446), Cossack (1880), Rockingham (2550), Ganthorpe 
uiu49), Gracchus (3917), and Lictor (6128.) 
2Dqm, England, Feb. 25,1845. 
HONEY BEES AND HIVESt 
E. Townley, 124 Canal street, has the pleasure to inform the 
public that he has manufactured an entirely new and elegant 
Bee Hive, which has been awarded the first premium for several 
successive years, and has been found, by numbers who have 
them now in operation, to be the most effectual preventive 
against the Bee Moth of any now in use. 
Bees can be taught to work in glasses of various kinds, such as 
tumblers, jars, globes and shades. They can be adapted to family 
use, either in town or country; in parlors, bedrooms, attics, yards, 
or where fancy dictates, with perfect safety. Information can be 
had at the above place as to the best manner of changing bees 
from one hive to another, and also of making two swarms from one 
And should any cause of complaint arise, it will be immediately 
rectified gratis. 
Individual rights for constructing the above hive may be ob¬ 
tained for $5 cash, by addressing the subscriber ; all letters to be 
post paid. Also, rights for towns, counties, or States, will be 
sold at liberal prices. 
Also for sale, a Treatise on the cultivation and management of 
Honey Bees, by the subscriber. Price, 50 cents. 
al 3t _ EDWARD TOWNLEY. 
tt . BONE DUST FOR SALE. 
Having been appointed Agent of the Portchester establish 
ment, the subscriber will be ready at all times to supply order? 
for Bone Dust. It is ground entirely from fresh unbleached ma 
terials, and is of a superior quality. 
_ A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway, N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF JUNE NUMBER. 
Food for the Hard Working Season; ) 
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents ). 
Resignation of Mr. Ellsworth ; Mildew or Rust; ) 
Importation of Alpacas j. 
Stables; Fences No. 3. 173 
American Ag. Association; Grinding Bones. 174 
Liebig and the University of Giessen. 175 
Imported Stock from Great Britain ; Swine for ) 
the South; Cotton-Seed Oil-Mill; v. 176 
Mr. Taintor in Europe ) 
Schooley’s Mountain Farming, A. R. D. 177 
Culture of Truffles, R. L. Colt. 178 
Inexhaustible Supply of Guano, Edwin Bartlett \ 
Historical Notice of the Isabella Grape, D’Jay Browne J * * 
Agriculture in Scotland, No. 8 , John F. Norton. 180 
Bone Manure, R. L. Allen... 181 
Aurora Ag. Institute, Charles C. Young. 182 
Farming in Alabama, Alexander McDonald \ 
Raising Wheat in New Jersey, E. P. $. 
A Grade Berkshire, Z. B. Wakeman. 184 
Stalls of Mr. Pell. 135 
Under Draining and Subsoiling in Georgia, Thos. Spalding j 
Packing Provisions for the English Market, F. Rotch 1 ,,,- 
Cream Hill School, Theodore S. Gold f 
Rural Architecture, A Recent Subscriber J 
The Geddes Harrow, Ruggles, Nourse, & Mason 1 
“ “ T. M. Mason \ . 187 
Western Calendar for June, A. Beatty ) 
American Ag. Association } 
American Agriculturist Almanac for 1846 j. ^83 
Ladies’ Department : 
Sweetmeats and Preserves by Mrs.Affleck. lgg 
Preserving Fresh Meat; Cutting Cauliflowers 1 
Boys’ Department: Another Great Egg-laying >... 190 
Story; Be Kind to the Birds $ 
Foreign Agricultural News. 191 
Editor’s Table. 193 
New York State Ag. Soc.—Premium List. 195 
Review of the Market. 197 
