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ADVERTISEMENTS.—CONTENTS. 
AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 
The Subscriber keeps constantly on hand the best and most 
complete assortment of Agricultural Implements, Field Seeds, 
and Fertilizers, to be found in the city. A few of the articles he 
enumerates below, via. :— 
Plows.— Cotton, Rice, and Sugar Plows,.$2.00 to 4.50 
Some of these plows are made expressly for light sandy soils, 
others fur a loam or stiff clay, which they work in the best 
manner. Being made by patent machinery, they are superior to 
anything of the kind ever before sold in this market. 
One-horse Plows for the North, with single and double mould 
boards. These last are admirable to work in between the rows 
of root crops and corn, when not over 3§ feet apart, as they turn 
the furrow both ways to the crop at once, thus doing double the 
work of a single mould board.3.00 to 5.00 
Rice Trenching Plow. This does the same work as the hands 
perform on a rice plantation with trenching hoes, and equally as 
well, and with five times the rapidity that a negro can work. No 
rice planter should be without them.6.00 to 6.50 
Two and Four-horse Plows, of different sizes, and for all kinds 
of soil—stony, sandy, loam, or clay ; also for stubble and sward 
land. Some of these have crane-clevies attached to them, thus 
enabling the off horse, in plowing a wet meadow, to walk on the 
solid sward, instead of a miry fresh plowed furrow. Others are 
adapted to trench plowing, enabling the farmer to turn up virgin 
earth in a deep soil. These plows are strong enough to grub up 
bushes with their roots, heavy bogs, &c. They likewise answer 
for partial ditching..5.00 to 20.00 
Paring Plows for shaving off the turf preparatory to! 
burning.) 
Harrows. A complete assortment of square, triangle, and 
double triangle folding harrows, with wrought iron or steel 
pointed teeth. The last are very superior.6.00 to 16.00 
Rollers of various kinds, wood, stone, or iron, single or double, 
and to move by hand or horse power.16.00 to 65.00 
Cultivators, hand or horse, of various patterns.3.00 to 8.00 
Horse Powers. Endless chain single horse.85.00 
“ do. Jwo-horse... . 110.00 
“ Cast-iron, single or two-norse.50.00 to 60 00 
“ do. four-horse.95.00 
Grain Threshers-$25.00 to 40.00 Beaters-20.00 to 25.00 
Threshers, with Separators.35.00 to 50.00 
Clover Mills.30.00 to 65.00 
Fanning Mills.12.00 to 27.00 
Burr Stone Mills, for grinding grain.30.00 to 125.00 
Cast-iron Mills, a new and most admirable invention. They work 
either by hand or other power, and are well adapted for grinding 
all kinds of grain, except flouring wheat for market.. .7.00 to 25 00 
Corn and Cob Crushers, for grinding cob in the ear,30.00 to 35.00 
Sugar Crushers.7.50 to 20.00 
Paint Mills of various patterns.7.00 to 17.00 
Corn Shellers and Huskers. Will shell from 100 to 200 
bushels of ears per hour, in the best manner. These work by 
horse or other power.25.00 to 50.00 
The same worked by hand, made of wood or ) , nn . nr , 
cast iron ...i ' 00 t0 10.00 
Vegetable Cutters, for slicing up potatoes, beets, ) a no 
turnips, &c . \ 8 UU 10 ^ ,uu 
Straw Cutters. Common hand kind.3.00 to 8.00 
“ Ilovey’s, with spiral blades.10.00 to 30.00 
“ Stevens’ do. cut from 1 inch to 1£ in. long . 10.00 to 15.00 
Com stalk Cutters, Thorn’s. Sinclair’s, a nd others25.00 to 45.00 
Cotton Gins of various patterns.25.00 to 150.00 
Ox, Road, or Dirt Scrapers.4.50 to 5.00 
Self-Acting Cheese Press, a neat and very superior and \ F 
simple article.j c.oo 
Seed Sowers, various patterns.2.50 to 5.00 
Horticultural Tool Chests complete.18.00 
Wheel-Barrows for Gardens.4.50 
Common ditto.2.25 to 3.50 
Tree or Bush Pullers, $3.00to 5.00; Garden Syringes, 3.00 to 3.50. 
Grain Cradles, 3.00 to 3.50 ; Sausage Stuffers, 4.50 to 5.00; Lac¬ 
tometers, 2.50; Bee Hives, 3.25; Ox Yokes and Bows, 2.50 to 
5.00 ; Manure Forks, 63 cents to 4.00 ; Hay ditto, 50 cents to 1.00 ; 
Grain and Grass Scythes, 75 cents to 1.00; Swingle Trees, 1.00 to 
3 50; Hay and Straw Knives, 1.00 to 2.00; Axes, Collins’, 
Hunts’ and Simons’, handled, 1.00 to 1.50; Grubbing Hoes, 50 cts. 
tc 1.00 ; Picks, 1.00 to 2.00; Trace Chains, 75 cts. to 1.00 ; Bud¬ 
ding ditto, 1.13 ; Ox chains, American 12i cents per lb., English 
ditto, 9 cts ; Shovels, 75 cts. to 1.50 ; Spades, ditto, ditto ; Tree 
Scrapers, 31 to 75 cents; Schuffling Hoes, 25 cts. to 1.00; Churns, 
various patterns, 2.00 to 4.00; Grafting Chisels and Saw, 
handled, 2.00 ; Hoes, all patterns, 25 to 63 cts.; Potato hooks, 50 
cts. to 1.50 : Do. Forks, 1.37 to 2.00 ; Garden Reels, 75 cts.; Sickles, 
37 to 63 cts ; Grass Shears, 1.25 to 1.50 ; Twig Cutters, 50 cts. to 
2.00; Vine Scissors, 63 cts.; Pruning Shears, 2.00; Screw Wrench- 
1.50 to 2.00 ; Sheep Shears, 75 cts. to 1.25; Strawberry Forks, 
37 cts.; Scythe Rifles, Rakes, various patterns and various 
£ rices ; Peat Knives 1.50; Ox Muzzles, 31 to 50 cts. per pair; Ox 
lows, 31 to 50 cts.; Hatchets, 50 to 75 cts.; Horse Brushes, 
Hammers, Axe Handles, Horse Rockets, Grindstones, Rollers, 
Crank and Shafts, Flower Gatherers, Flails, Edging Knives, 
Cattle Tie-chains, Bull Rings, Butter Boxes, Bush Hooks, Cater¬ 
pillar Brushes, Fleams, Scoops, Ox Balls, Post Spoons, Garden 
Trowels, Spinning-wheel Heads, Well Wheels, Oven Mouths, 
VaiUUr.g Knives, Pruning ditto. 
Castings of all the patterns for New York and Peekskill Plows* 
at 4 cents per lb. 
Worcester ditto, 6 cents. 
Seeds of the various kinds, for the field only ; such as Wheat, 
Rye, Oats, Barley, Corn, Beans, Peas, and Grass Seeds, Potatoes, 
Beets, Carrots, and Parsnips. No garden seeds are kept. 
Fertilizers, such as Guano, Poudrette, Lime, Plaster, Bones. 
Agricultural Books, a complete assortment. 
A liberal discount made to dealers. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y. 
TEE AMERICAN A G IC571.T37K.IS'BT 
TERMS—One Dollar per year in advance ; three copies for Two 
Dollars; eight copies for Five Dollars. 
Published Monthly, by Saxton & Miles, 205 Broadway, New 
York, containing 32 pages, royal octavo. 
Each number of the Agriculturist contains but One sheet, and 
is transported by mail under the same regulations as newspapers, 
viz.: free any distance not over 30 miles from its place of publica¬ 
tion ; over this and within 100 miles, or to any town in the State 
of New York, one cent postage on each number, and one andahalf 
cents if over 100 miles, without the State. 
Editors of newspapers noticing the numbers of this work month¬ 
ly, or advertising it, will be furnished a copy gratis, upon sending 
such notice to this office. 
Back Volumes of The American Agriculturist, with 
tables of contents complete, for sale at $ 1.00 each ; ele¬ 
gantly and uniformly bound in cloth, $1.25. These are hand¬ 
some, tasteful books, and make very desirable premiums for dis¬ 
tribution with Agricultural Societies, and should also find place 
in all our District School Libraries. They constitute the best and 
most complete treatise on American Farming, Stock-Breeding, 
and Horticulture, extant. When several copies are ordered, a 
liberal discount will be made. 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
Shipped by the Peruvian Guano Company of Lima , received 
per ship Orpheus.. 
Caution.—T his is the only parcel of GENUINE PERUV IAN 
Guano now in this country, and may be had of the following 
persons : , 
SAML. K. GEORGE, Baltimore. 
W. WOODBRIDGE, Savannah. 
G. CLEEMAN. Philadelphia. I Agents of the 
SECCOMB, BARTLETT & Co., Boston, f Undersigned. 
A. B. ALLEN, New York. 
THOMPSON & CO., Brooklyn. 
The Coquimbo is expected at this port, and the Troy at Balt 
more, with cargoes of this article. Farmers and others are cau 
tioned against purchasing any as Peruvian, not imported intotAi« 
port by the undersigned, or into Baltimore by Sami. K. George. 
EDWIN BARTLETT. 
Agent of the Peruvian Guano Company. 
JVo. 42 South Street , JVcw York, Dec. 27.1845. 
CONTENTS OF JANUARY NUMBER. 
To Subscribers ; To Exchange Papers; To the Legislature.. 9 
The Alpaca; Cisterns; Clearing Swamps and Marshes. 10 
The Stable, No. 6 . 11 
Mixed Food for Stock. 12 
The State Agricultural Society. 13 
Farms of the Messrs. Hallock ; Cast of a Prize \ ^ 
Short-Horn Heifer J. 
A Potato Washer; Spanish and French Merinos, T. H. N.... 15 
Mr. Norton’s Letters, No. 15 ; Working Oxen, N; ) 
Curiosity—Grafting, Robert Hamilton )*" 11 
Agricultural Chemistry and Geology, No. 4; f 
Diseases of Animals, No. 1, Andrew Stone $. 
Cliques as Opposed to Honorable Competition, Agricola f in 
Fine Clay in Georgia, Wm. Partridge ). y 
Curing Meat, Henry J. Canfield.. 20 
Improving Land, W. D...21 
Cutting Roots, Jas. Winthrop; 1 
Agriculture in Alabama, Alexander McDonald ) . * 
Carrots versus Oats, S; \ 0<l 
Shipping Sheep, Wm. Jarvis J.*. 
Lime in Virginia, Calvin, Tomkins, & Co.; ) 
Cattle Handler, Wm. H. Schermerhorn; >.-24 
Overseers for Farms and Plantations ) 
Description of a Poultry House, Wm. Leavenworth. 25 
Horticulture in Holland, S. B. Parsons.26 
Amer. Ag. Association: A Productive Farm ; ) . o~ 
Cattle Yards, &c. J. 
Davison’s Invention for Curing Provisions, A. S. ,. 28 
Two Items about Hay, A. R. D.30 
Raising Sheep at the West; Annual Meeting of the N.Y. ) g. 
State Ag. Society ; Save your Hay Seed 1 *’ * 
Paulownia Imperialis, Wm. R. Prince 1 
Hogs Running at Large, Guirk .. • - • 32 
Preserving Poultry and Game Fresh ) 
Ladies’ Department: Country Life; ) . 33 34 
Milking ; Making Stocking Yarn ) . 
Bovs’ Department : The Silky Fowl; ? 35 
A Chapter on Grasses, No. I ; Poultry Feeding Fountain { 
Foreign Agricultural News.36 
Editor’s Table.37 
Market- Transactions of the N.Y. State Ag. Society.38 
