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ADVERTISEMENTS.—-‘CONTENTS. 
IMPORTATION OF ALPACAS, 
Societies, or individuals, contributing funds for the importation 
of the Alpaca from Peru into the United States, will be entitled 
to such share of the animals on their arrival as will correspond 
proportionately with the sums of money which shall or may 
have been invested by them. In case such fractions shall exist 
as will not allow an equitable division of the Alpacas to be 
made, a requisite number of the animals will be sold at public 
auction, and the net proceeds be divided among the contributors 
in proportion to the original amounts paid in. 
All persons disposed to encourage this enterprise, are invited 
to forward the amount of their subscription to A. P. Halsey, 
Cashier of the Bank of New York, and Treasurer of the Ameri¬ 
can Agricultural Association, at 48 Wall Street, N. Y. 
EDWARD CLARK, 
June 22, 1846. Chairman of Committee for Importation. 
PATENT SYRINGES AND GARDEN ENGINES, 
Manufactured and improved by M. Pool, and sold at the New 
York Agricultural Warehouse. Price of Syringes from $4 to $6. 
Garden Engine from $25 to $30. 
A. B. ALLEN, No. 187 Water Street, N Y. 
i NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE, 
Farmers, Planters, and Gardeners, will find the largest and 
most complete assortment of Agricultural Implements of all 
kinds, at this Establishment, ever offered in the New York Mar¬ 
ket. Most of these Implements are of new and highly improved 
patterns, warranted to be made of the best materials, put together 
in the strongest manner, of a very superior finish, and offered at 
the lowest cash prices. 
Among these implements are upwards of fifty different kinds 
of Plows manufactured by Ruggles, Nourse & Mason, of Worces¬ 
ter, Mass., also in New York—for the South as well as for the 
North; Harrows of different patterns and sizes ; Rollers of wood 
and cast-iron on a new principle; Seed Sowers for all kinds of 
seeds, a recent invention; Cultivators, with different kinds of 
teeth ; Horse powers of wood or of cast-iron, very strong and su¬ 
perior: Grain Threshers; Fanning Mills; Mills for grinding 
corn, &c., a new invention; Corn Sheller for hand or horse 
power, the latter shelling 200 bushels ofears per hour; Vegetable 
Cutters, will cut a bushel of roots for cattle in two minutes ; Hay, 
Straw, and Corn-stalk Cutters ; Scythes, Rakes, Shovels, Spade's, 
Hoes—indeed, Field and Garden tools of all kinds. 
Castings for the various kind of Plows manufactured in Wor¬ 
cester and New York. 
Seeds for the Farmer and. Gardener. —A choice assortment of 
the various kinds such as Improved Winter and Spring Wheat, 
Rye, Barley, Oats, Corn, Beans, Peas, Rutabaga,Turnip, Cabbage, 
Beet, Carrot, Parsnip, Clover and Grass Seeds, and improved va¬ 
rieties of Potatoes. 
Wire-Cloths and Sieves. —Different kinds and sizes constantly 
on hand. 
Fertilizers. —Peruvian and African Guano, Bone-dust, Lime, 
Plaster of Paris, &c. 
Fruit and Ornamented Trees and Shrubs. —Orders taken for 
these, and executed from a choice of the best Nurseries, Gardens, 
and Conservatories in the United States. 
Horses, Cattle . Sheep, and Swine — Orders executed for Stock of 
all kinds, to the besI advantage. 
A Descriptive Catalogue. —This will be sent to any one gratis, 
upon application, post-paid, to the subscriber. It comprises 80 
pages, and is illustrated with a great variety of wood cuts. 
The American Agriculturist Almanac. —32 pages, with wood 
cuts. Price $15 per thousand. 
Agricultural Books. —A general assortment of all kinds. 
A liberal discount made to dealers. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N.Y. 
DURHAM STOCK FOR SALE. 
The Subscriber has on his farm ne^r this city, more stock than 
he needs, and will sell two, two-year old, and two yearling 
heifers, one yearling hull, and four spring calves. The price of 
the latter will be from $50 to $75, when about 3 months old, and 
the price of the yearlings and two-year olds will be from $100 to 
$125. This young stock was got by the bulls Duke of Wellington 
and the prize bull Meteor, both possessing the blood of the herd 
of the celebrated breeder, Thomas Bates, Esq., of Yorkshire, 
England. This stock is out of first-rate milking Durham cows, 
and will carry its own recommendation. GEO. VAIL. 
Troy, June 1st, 1846. 2t 
POUDRETTE FOR SALE. 
?The Lodi Manufacturing Company offer Poudrette for sale at 
the following prices. At the Factory on the Hackensack River, 4 
miles from New York in bulk, 35 cents per bushel, and $1.63 cts. 
per barrel. Delivered in New York from 1 to 6 bbls., $2 00 per 
bbl.; 7 bbls. and over, $1.75 per bbl. Apply to the office of the 
Company, 51 Liberty Street, or to A. B. Allen, 187 Water Street, 
where printed directions and other information may be obtained. 
May, 2t 
DURHAM BULL FOR SALE. 
Not having sufficient use for him, the subscriber offers for sale 
his thorough bred imported lnll, Prince Albert. His sire was the 
celebrated bull, Sir Thomas Fairfax, and his pedigree can be seen,, 
in the British Herd book, Vol. 4, page 382. He is five years old, 
a red roan, of medium size, and of quiet temper. If not previously 
disposed of, he will be offered for sale at the next show of the 
New York State Agricultural Society. 
Letters on the subject can be addressed to the subscriber at Red 
Hook, Dutchess County, New York, where the bull may be seen. 
ROBERT DONALDSON. 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Published Monthly, by Saxton & Miles, 205 Broadway, New 
York, containing 32 pages, royal octavo. 
TERMS—One Dollar per year in advance ; three copies for Two 
Dollars ; eight copies for Five Dollars. 
When Agricultural Societies order the work for distribution, 
among the members, the price will be only FIFTY GENTS a 
year, for the Monthly Numbers, and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS 
per copy for bound volumes. It will be expected that these 
orders come officially, and be signed by the President or Secretary 
of the Society. The object in putting our periodical at this very 
low rate is, to benefit the farming community more extensively 
than it could otherwise be done. We hope, henceforth, to see 
the Agriculturist in the hands of every Farmer and Planter in the 
country. 
Each number of the Agriculturist contains but One sheet, and 
is transported by mail tinder 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 and a half 
cents if over 100 miles, without the State. 
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. 
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. 
GUANO. 
The Subscribers offer for sale, on very accommodating terms, 
the balance of the ship Shakspeare’s cargo, the only direct im¬ 
portation into this port from Ichaboe. Much guano from other 
parts of Africa has been sold as Ichaboe, which on trial has pro¬ 
duced unfavorable results. To prevent the loss ofammonia, this 
cargo has been put in air-tight casks. Apply to 
Feb. 6, 1846. E. K. COLLINS & CO., 56 South St. 
CONTENTS OF JULY NUMBER. 
Economical Mode of Preserving Cherries \ ! 1 oni 
National Fair; Sexes in the Strawberry Plant \ . 
Cylindrical Churn ; Agriculture in China 1 
Friction Rollers applied to Grindstones V-. 202 
Imported Saxon Sheep ) 
New York Farmers’ Club ; The Revolving Hay-Rake.203 
Culture of Strawberries ; Foreign Cattle.204 
Lime Applied to Vegetable Matter— . 205 
Canada Gypsum ; Dissolving Bones in Sulphuric Acid...... 206 
Properties of Indian Corn, from Dr. Jackson. 208 
Gardening, No. 5, L. T. Talbot; Italian Mode } ann 
of Cooking Maize, An Old Traveller ). * J 
Cherokee Rose Hedge, M. W. Philips.210 
New Compost Manure ; Scraps from my Note l 011 
Book, No. 3, Solon Robinson J. 
Remedy for the Weevil in Wheat, X f ol .. 
Management of Honey Bees, No. 1, T. B. Miner ). 
Domestic Fish Ponds, No. 2, D’Jay Browne... 214 
The Alpaca, No. 2. 216 
A Good Grazing District, Western; Canada Thistle, £ oia 
Burrweed, and Spurry, Canadian Naturalist j.. 10 
Colic in Mules; A Review of the March No, of } 
the Agriculturist, No. 3, Reviewer t. 
Important Fact. 223 
Transplanting and Grafting Trees, T. S. W. Mott... 224 
Rambouillet Merinos, L. G. Bingham; Items. 225 
Ladies’ Department : Choice of Business ? oq P 
Pursuits for Children, E. M. C. j. 
Boys’ Department : Agricultural Education, *W* . 227 
Foreign Agricultural News.228 
Editor’s Table ; Contemplated Mission to Japan ; Iinporta-1 
tion of Ayrshire Cattle ; Executive Meeting for July of ( qoc 
the N. Y. State Ag. Soc.; Show of the Long Island I - 
Horticultural Society ; Review of New Works, &e. J 
Review of the Market...... • 23 1 
