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®bitor ’0 Sable. 
The publishers of the American Agriculturist, with 
this number, send bills to all who are in arrears, and 
will expect them to remit the small amount promptly. 
It will be remembered that our terms are in advance ; 
and at. the first of the year we requested all who did 
not wish the paper to return the first number, and 
those who have not done so are considered as regular 
subscribers. The publishers are highly gratified at 
the promptness of subscribers in forwarding their sub¬ 
scriptions, and trust that the few who are still in ar¬ 
rears will find it convenient to remit at once by mail, 
that we may thus have clean books and renewed faci¬ 
lities of improving our Journal. Should any error 
arise in sending bills please inform us. 
Agricultural Institute. —We neglected at the 
time to call attention to the advertisement of this In¬ 
stitute in our last number. We are personally ac¬ 
quainted with the gentlemen concerned in it, and can 
recommend them with all confidence to the public. 
We like their plan of instruction accompanied with 
manual labor, and think it must be highly successful 
with their pupils. See Advertisement, page 167. 
Cortland County Ag. Society. —Henry S. Ran¬ 
dall, President; James S. Leach, Sec. We have re¬ 
ceived the premium list of this Society, and find it 
embraces a large number of prizes. The Show takes 
place at Cortland Village on the ‘23d and 24th of 
September next. It will doubtless be a highly spirited 
affair, and we hope it may be in our power to attend. 
Mowing Machine. —We are anxious to obtain one 
of these machines, and shall be obliged if any of our 
readers know of any which work well, that they will 
give us full information on the subject. 
China Tree, Dutton, Early Canada, and 
Sweet Corn. — Can any one inform us where we can 
purchase a first-rate rate quality for seed, at a mode¬ 
rate price, of these varieties of corn'? We should like 
some in the ear and some shelled. 
Munificent Donations. —Messrs. Sam’l Appleton 
& J. A. Lowell, of Boston, have each given One Thou¬ 
sand Dollars to the Massachusetts Horticultural Soc’y. 
When shall we have a Horticultural Society in this 
great emporium ? and will our wealthy citizens come 
forward arid endow it as liberally as the Bostonians 
have that of their city ? 
To prevent the Potato Rot. —Take salt, lime, 
and char coa l or ashes, mix them equally together, and 
apply about a gill of this mixture to each potato hill 
at the time of planting, or double the quantity round 
the stalks after the first time hoeing, and it will almost 
infallibly protect the crop from the rot. 
Sheep Farms and Husbandry in Missouri — 
Henry A. Ancrum, Esq., of Ashley, Pike Co., Mis¬ 
souri, informs us that he has a large tract of the finest 
kind of rolling prairie land, suitable for sheep pastures, 
and would be glad to make an arrangement with flock 
masters to occupy it. Ashley is SO miles from St. 
Louis. For further particulars please address Mr. 
Ancrum, who will be happy to give full information 
upon the subject. 
Quarterly Journal of Agriculture and 
Science. —We are glad to hail the appearance of this 
able and high toned journal again, for we feared it 
might not be continued another year. It abounds 
with valuable articles, both agricultural and scientific, 
and we earnestly commend it to the attention of our 
readers as worthy of their support. It is conducted by 
Dr. E. Emmons, State Geologist, and A. Osborn, 
Esq., Albany, N. Y. The present No. has a beautiful 
steel-engraved portrait of Governor Wright, and seve¬ 
ral other embellishments. It contains 160 pages, and 
is as well got up as the best European journals of the 
kind. The price is only $2 a yea^r. We shall think it 
a disgrace to the country if this work is not well 
sustained. 
An Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy: 
Comprising such subjects as are most immediately 
connected with housekeeping; as the construction of 
Domestic Edifices, with the modes of warming, ven¬ 
tilating, and lighting them ; a description of the vari¬ 
ous articles of Furniture; a general account of the 
Animal and Vegetable substances use.d as Food, and 
the methods of preserving and preparing them by 
cooking; making Bread ; materials employed in Dress 
and the Toilet; business of the Laundry; description 
of the various Wheel-carriages, preservation of 
Health, Domestic Medicines, &c., &c By Thomas 
Webster. Illustrated with nearly One Thousand 
Engravings; pp. 1238, octavo. Price $4. Harper & 
Brothers, 82 Cliff Street, N. Y. In presenting this su¬ 
perb and highly useful work to the public, the Messrs. 
Harper have done the country a great service. We 
consider it indispensable to the housekeeper, as it 
treats in a condensed and perspicuous manner of 
everything relating thereto. The ladies would do 
well to place it in their libraries for daily consultation. 
The knowledge it contains will not only be found 
eminently useful to them in their household avoca¬ 
tions, but of historical and general scientific interest. 
There are thousands of facts here we are sure it will 
greatly enlarge and enlighten their minds to be the 
possessors of, and the acquisition of which will add 
no little to their pleasures and usefulness. 
American Natural History. —By John D. 
Godman, M. D., to wdiich is added his last work, the 
Rambles of a Naturalist, with a Biographical Sketch 
of the Author. In two volumes. Third Edition. 
Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt & Son. Price $4 00. This 
is a beautiful edition of one of the most agreeable and 
useful books in the English language. The illustra¬ 
tions are numerous and exceedingly faithful to nature. 
We can never cease to regret the premature death of 
Dr. Godman ; but as it was, he ran a brilliant career, 
and during his short life added much to the records of 
American Natural History. 
Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Ad 
herents. By John Heneage Jesse. In two volumes 
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore. This beautifully printed 
work forms Nos. 1 and 2 of Moore’s Select Library. 
It combines in its truthful narrative the adventures of 
the wildest romance, and is particularly calculated to 
interest the youthful student of history. 
Journey to Ararat. By Dr. Friedrich Parrot. 
With Map and Wood cuts. Translated by W. D. 
Cooley, pp. 389, 12mo. Price 50 cents. Harper & 
Brothers, 82 Cliff Street, N. Y. It is a great misfor¬ 
tune that a taste for the lighter productions of the Eu¬ 
ropean press in this country has generally forbidden the 
republication of scientific voyages and travels, which 
are occasionally sent forth by eminently learned men 
abroad, and foreign governments. Among such is the 
work of Dr. Parrot’s journey to Mount Ararat; which, 
from its being the resting place of the ark, after the sub¬ 
siding of the awful flood that deluged the wrnrld, and 
its own intrinsic grandeur and importance, in what 
may yet become a highly civilized and populous region, 
must ever be an object of interest to the biblical stu¬ 
dent, the general historian, and the man of science. 
Ararat rises 17,230 feet above the level of the sea. Its 
top is covered with eternal snow, from the height of 
12,750 feet, and all around is grand and magnificent in 
the extreme. May it be our privilege one day to 
wander, at least, at its base ! The Messrs. Harper have 
issued this work in a style similar to English publica¬ 
tions, the print being very clear and distinct, and the 
paper of a firm velvety softness, that makes it a plea¬ 
sure to touch. 
