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ADVERTISEMENTS.—CONTENTS. 
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 
The Subscriber has just opened an Agricultural Warehouse at 
New Orleans, where he will constantly keep on hand a very 
general assortment of plows suitable for the Southern planter, 
together with harrows, rollers, cultivators, horse-powers, grain 
threshers, rice threshers and hulling machines, fanning mills, 
burr stone and cast iron grain mills, corn and cob crushers, corn 
shelters and huskers, vegetable cutters, straw cutters, seed sow¬ 
ers, wheelbarrows, trucks, grain cradles, ox yokes, shovels, 
spades, forks, scythes, rakes, axes, hoes, picks, chains, chums, 
grindstones, &c., &c. 
Among his plows are those from the celebrated factory of Rug- 
gles, Nourse & Mason, of Worcester ; from A. B. Allen of New 
York; and R. Sinclair Jr., & Co. of Baltimore. 
Castings of all kinds of patterns extra for the above. 
Agricultural Books, a complete assortment. 
Orders will be received for fruit trees and shrubbery, and any 
other articles planters may wish to order from the north. 
R. L. ALLEN. 
New Orleans, Dec. 1,1846. 
RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS 
ON 
Natural History , Agriculture , #c., for Sale. 
Michaux’s Flora Boreali-Americana, 2 vols. quarto, with 
Plates. Price $14. 
Burmann’s Plantarum Americanarum, l vol. large folio, with 
262 Plates. Very rare. $18. 
Browne’s Natural History of Jamaica, 1 vol. folio, with nume¬ 
rous plates. $7.50. 
Aublet’s Histoire des Plantes de Guiane Frangoise, 4 vols. 
quarto, with plates. $ 22 . 
Humboldt’s New Spain, Zoology, &c., 3 vols. folio, with plates. 
$ 20 . 
Kalm’s Travels into North America, in 1751, containing its 
Natural History, &c., 3 vols. 8 vo. $6.50. 
Bartram’s Travels in Florida, 1 vol. 8 vo. $4.50. 
Garcilasso’s Description of Florida (in Spanish), 1 vol. folio. 
Very rare. $ 8 . 
Garcilasso’s Royal Commentaries of Peru, Translated by Ry- 
caut, 1 vol. folio, with plates. Rare. $10. 
Pliny’s Natural History of the World, Translated by Holland, 
1 vol. folio. Rare. $17. 
Tusser’s 500 Points of Good Husbandry, quarto edition of 100. 
Printed in Red and Black. $ 6 . Very rare and curious. 
Inquire of A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y. 
AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
J\Tew Haven , Ct .F. Trowbridge. 
Newark, N.J .B. Myers. 
Philadelphia .J. M. Campbell and David Landreth. 
Washington, Pa .Dr. R. R. Reed. 
Albany, N. Y .E. H. Pease. 
Syracuse, N. Y.. . .Stoddard & Babcock and L. W. Hall. 
Auburn, N. Y .Alden & Markham. 
Rochester, N.Y. .C. F. Crossman. 
Buffalo, N. Y. .J. H. Butler & Co. 
Boston, Mass .. Saxton &. Kelt. 
Milwaukie , Wis. Ter .Hale & Hopkins. 
Chicago, III . S. F. Gale & Co. 
Columbus, Oa.,and Montgomery, Ala .Hall & Moses. 
St. Louis, Mo .Halsall &. Collet. 
f Morton & Griswold. 
Louisville, Ky ...< George Lapping & Co. 
( A. G. Munn. 
New Orleans . D. Baker & Co. and N. Steele. 
Cincinnati, Ohio .W. H. Moore & Co. 
Charleston, S. C. .J. Thompson. 
Athens , Geo . J. J. Richards. 
Savannah, Ga .Denslow & Webster. 
Norfolk, Va .J. Vickery, Jr 
Richmond, Va .Wm. Palmer. 
Natchez, Miss .G S. Tainter. 
Woodland, La., East Feliciana .Rev. A. W. Pool. 
Genera. Travelling Agents, \ 
Bound volumes can be obtained at any of our Agents at $1.25 
per volume. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. 
Being a condensed Encyclopaedia of Northern and Southern 
Farming, embracing Soils, Manures, Draining, Irrigation, and all 
staple productions, as the grasses, grain, roots, and miscellaneous 
articles; cattle, the dairy, horses, sheep, mules, swine, and 
poultry ; their treatment, food, diseases, See., See. Price $1 retail. 
A liberal discount to the trade. For sale by 
SAXTON & MILES, 205 Broadway. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street. ' 
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 CENTS 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 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 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. _ 
THE TREES OF AMERICA, 
Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanicaliy Delineated 
and Scientifically and Popularly Described; being considered 
principally with Reference to their Geography and History,- 
Soil and Situation; Propagation and Culture; Accidents and 
Diseases ; Properties and Uses; Economy in the Arts ; Introduc¬ 
tion into Commerce ; and their Application in Useful and Orna¬ 
mental Plantations; illustrated by Numerous Engravings. By 
D. J. Browne, Author of the “ Sylva Americana.” Large 8 vo. 
pp. 532. Price—Superbly bound in gilt morocco, $ 6 —In muslin 
extra, $5. For sale by 
SAXTON & MILES, 205 Broadway, N. Y. 
PERUVIAN GUANO AT REDUCED PRICES. 
The subscriber keeps this superior fertilizer constantly on 
hand for sale, in bags, barrels, half barrels, and kegs. It comes 
direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Company, and is warranted 
genuine and of a first rate quality. 
Five tons and over.2 cents per lb 
One ton and under five tons.2 1-8 do. 
Half a ton and under one ton.2 1-4 do. 
Under half a ton.2 1-2 do. 
This Guano is packed in bags weighing from 120 to 150 lbs.; 
barrels, from 220 to 250 lbs.; half barrels from 115 to 130 lbs ; 
kegs about 60 lbs. each. When a larger quantity than one 
ton is taken, it is expected it will be in bags. No allowance 
for tare, and no charge for packages. Cartage extra. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y. 
PROUTY AND MEARS’ PLOWS. 
Quite a variety of the above plows can be had at the New 
York Agricultural Warehouse, together with the most complete 
assortment of all kinds to be found in the United States. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y; 
CONTENTS OF DECEMBER NUMBER. 
To Our Subscribers J «, ft1 
To Prepare Corn for Shipping to Europe {. 
Letters from the South, No. 1 , R. L. Allen. 362 
Present Crop of Corn in the United States. 363 
Mr. Norton's Letters.364 
Pigsties, J. M. C., Superior Whitewash ) op.e 
Show of the Berkshire, Mass., Ag. Society, W. Bacon J- 
Importation of Pure-Bred Merino Sheep ) 
The Late Epidemic among Horses >.366 
Transplanting Trees, An Inquirer ) 
British and Irish Flax Culture, No. 2 ) 
The Alpaca, No 7. )... a0i 
To Subscribers ) , 71 
The Strawberry Question, Wm. R. Prince i. ‘ 
Entomology, No. 2, L. T. Talbot.372 
Review of September No. of the Agriculturist, Reviewer.... 374 
The Corn Crop. 379 
Ladies’ Department: The Life of a Farmer’s Daughter) 
alike Physically and Mentally Useful; E. M. C.; To 1 qdq 
preserve the Green Color of Vegetables f ~ ^ 
Polish Manner of Preserving Tomatos J 
Foreign Agricultural News—Salt a Remedy for the $ 3 ^ 
Potato Disease; Paulownialmperialis i. 
Editor’s Table—Agricultural Statistics of the State of N. Y- • 382 
Review of the Market. 383 
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