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ADVERTISEMENTS.—TERMS.—CONTENTS. 
AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE, 
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. 
The Rev. B. G< Noble proposes to establish an Agricultural 
Institute, on his Farm in the town of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The 
Location is on the east bank of the harbor, within a few minutes 
walk of the churches, surrounded by agreeable rural scenery, 
The full course of instruction will embrace the natural sciences, 
With their application to agriculture, and all the branches of a fin¬ 
ished English education. 
The winter term will commence on the first Wednesday of Octo¬ 
ber, and the summer term on the first Wednesday of May. The 
spring and autumn vacations will be each four weeks. 
Expenses. For Board, Tuition, Washing, and Fuel, will be 
for each term of twenty-two weeks, $80, 
Payment to be made for each term in advance, 
The pupil should be provided bed and bedding. Application to 
be made to the Rev. B. G. Noble, Bridgeport, Connecticut, or to 
the Editor of the American Agriculturist. 2t 
FARM TO LET. 
Wanted to let on shares a Farm of 480 acres, 80 of which are 
Well fenced and under good cultivation. It is well stocked with 
horned cattle and horses, and has a good supply of farming utensils, 
a two-story frame house, and large barn. The land is of the best 
quality, and well watered by two never-failing streams. It lies in 
a perfectly healthy region, on a high rolling prairie, 18 miles from 
Springfield, the capital of the State, and 35 miles from Pekin, on 
the liver Illinois. The person making application for it must be 
a man of family, possess some capital, and give satisfactory refer¬ 
ence as to character. 
Apply post paid to the Editor of this paper, 205 Broadway, New 
York. It 
Prince’s Descriptive Catalogue of the Liimaban 
Botanic Garden and N urseries at Flushing. 
This extensive publication is now in press, and will be speedily 
issued, and sent to every post-paid applicant. It comprises ample 
descriptions of all the estimable varieties of Fruit Trees cultivated 
in the Nurseries of the Establishment, also a list of the bad and 
inferior varieties of every class that have been rejected during the 
long period of investigation, more than 200 of which are still un¬ 
wittingly cultivated in various collections. The Catalogue may 
be obtained gratis at 70 Nassau street, and orders for Trees, &c., 
per mail, will receive prompt attention. 
WM. PRINCE & Co. 
Flushing, Aug. 26, 1843. 2t 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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such notice to this Office. 
Volume 1 of The American Agriculturist, with table of 
contents complete, for sale at $1 ; handsomely bound in cloth, 
$1 25. It is a neat and tasteful book, and makes a handsome 
premium for distribution with Agricultural Societies; to which, 
when several copies are ordered, a liberal discount will be made. 
ITF To prevent confusion, all letters merely ordering this work, 
or enclosing money for subscriptions, should be addressed to Saxton 
& Miles, 205 Broadway, post-paid or franked by the Postmaster, 
Communications for publication, to be directed to the Editor ; 
and all private letters, or those on business disconnected with the 
paper, should be addressed, simply, A. B. Allen, 205 Broadway. 
New York. 
WHEAT-SHEAF FARM ON STATEN 
ISLAND FOR SALE. 
A recent domestic bereavement has induced the undersigned to 
offer his residence on Staten Island for sale. It is situated mid¬ 
way of the outer bay, on the sea-shore, eight miles from the Quar¬ 
antine ferry, three from that of Rossville, and equi-distant from 
two others—Seguin’s landing, and Port Richmond. 
The condition of the Farm, the extent, value, and practical use¬ 
fulness of the improvements, and its peculiar advantages, are suffi¬ 
ciently known. It has been improved in a way to render it sus¬ 
ceptible of six farming divisions of thirty acres and upward each, 
including an appropriate allotment of woodland ; each division 
offering a moderately elevated building location. The condition 
of the soil is well known to be in the best working order. 
Terms to suit the purchaser, as the object is merely to change 
the investment for another susceptible of equal product. 
W. A. SEELY, 
New York, Feb. 16,1843. 218 Fulton street. 
Sale of Durham Cattle, Hereford Bulls, and 
South Down Sheep. 
The subscriber, desirous of reducing his stock, will offer foi 
sale at auction, on Wednesday, the 13th of September next, at 10 
o’clock a. m., at Three Hills Farm, 3£ miles west of the city of 
Albany, oh the Cherry Valley road, 25 head of cattle, consisting 
of bulls, cows, heifers, and calves, and between 70 and 80 head of 
South Down sheep, comprising bucks, breeding ewes, yearlings, 
and lambs, bred from the stock imported by Mr. Hawes, in 1832, 
and from bucks imported since. 
Messrs. Corning and Southam will also offer at the same time 
and place, some of their celebrated Hereford bulls of different 
ages. C. N. BEMENT. 
Three Hills Farm, Albany, June 1st, 1843. 
SHORT-HORN DURHAMS. 
Three or four Durham Heifers, one and two years old, and 
three young Bulls, from 10 to 13 months old, are offered for sale 
by the subscriber. Some of these young animals are got by his 
imported Bull, Duke of Wellington, bred by Thomas Bates, Esq., 
Kirkleavington, England. The stock of Wellington will carry its 
own recommendation. The two-year-old Heifers are, and will be 
in calf, by Wellington, or his son Meteor, out of his imported 
Heifer, Dutchess, which latter animal was also bred by Mr. Bates, 
and got by his prize Bull, Duke of Northumberland. Inquire of 
A. Clockie, on the farm, or of the subscriber, at Ins residence in 
Troy. GEO. VAIL 
Troy, July, 1843—2t. 
CHARLES STARR, Jr., 
MENDHAM, MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, 
Is prepared, at the present time, to execute orders for thor¬ 
ough-bred Berkshire Pigs, from the imported boar Hagbourn, and 
a superior boar of Windsor-castle family, and fifteen choice sows, 
lately procured from A. B. Allen, of Buffalo, New York. 
Pigs from this superior stock, from 2 to 3 months old, will be 
delivered, well caged, on shipboard, at New York, for $25 to $30 
per pair. Feed furnished, when desired, at $3 per barrel. 
Persons desiring either pigs or full-grown animals, can be sup¬ 
plied with all the advantages of Mr. Allen’s stock at Buffalo, with¬ 
out incurring the risk and cost of canal transportation—the adver¬ 
tiser’s residence being but half a day’s journey from New York. 
CONTENTS OF SEPTEMBER NUMBER. 
EDITORIAL. 
Rye for Soili ng, 
Venerable Pear-tree, j 
Farming and Gardening on Long Island, - 
Hoven in Cattle, 
Dairy Stock, | 
New Method of making Manures, } 
Show and Fair of the N. Y. S. Ag. Society, 
Adonis Flower, ) 
Rambouillet Merinos and their Prices, J 
The Locust-Tree for Plantations, 
Soils and Marls of Mississippi, ) _ 
The Sycamore Fig, | 
Best Time for Removing Stock to the South, 
Agricultural Survey of the State, 
New York Farmers’ Club, 
Directory for Shows and Fairs, ) 
To the Farmers, ) 
Miscellaneous, - - 
Foreign Agricultural News,. 
Editor’s Table, I 
To Correspondents, > - 
Agents for the American Agriculturist, ) 
Review of the Market, - - - 
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. 
E. Cornell, Plows for the South, and Great Milkers, 
Geo. Vail, Milking qualities of Durham Cows, 
M. W. Philips, Cultivation of Cotton, No. 5., 
R. S Stewart, Maryland Farming, - - 
Joseph Cope, Durham Cattle and South-Down Sheep, 
G. A. C., Virginia Lands, ) 
Sherman McLean, Farm Gate and Road Scraper, ) 
D. J. B., Evergreen Hedges, - - 
S. S. The Strawberry, 
New England Farmer, Analysis of Maize or Indian Corn, 1 
Americus, Sheep Husbandry, ) 
Chas. C. Williams, Paular Merinos, - - 
B. G. Noble, Agricultural Institute.. 
T. B. Wakeman, Programme of the American Institute, - 
New York State Ag. Show for September, - 
M. W. Philips, Southern Calendar for September, 1 
S. B. Parsons, Northern Calendar for September, | 
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