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advertisements.—teems.*—contents. 
STOCK FOR SALE, 
EL H. Hendrickson & Co., of Middletown, Butler county, Ohio, 
will promptly attend to orders for Short-Horn Cattle, Bakewell, Me¬ 
rino, South-Down, and Saxon Sheep ; also for Berkshire pigs from 
Windsor Castle, imported from England, and twenty choice Berk¬ 
shire sows, a part of which were also imported. Windsor Castle 
stands 3 feet high, and is estimated by competent judges to weigh 
1000 lbs< Pigs of crosses with the imported Kenilworth,-the large 
Miami, Byfield, and Grazier Stocks, will likewise he furnished. 
None hut choice specimens of any of the above stock will be sup¬ 
plied, and at prices corresponding with the times. Address, post 
paid, as above. 
R. H. HENDRICKSON & Co. 
Oct. 12th, 1843. 
SOUTH DOWN AND LONG-WOOLLED 
SHEEP FOR SALE. 
Will be sold at Auction on Monday the 23d of October next, 
at 11 o’clock A. M., at Coldenham, 8| miles west of Newburgh, 
about 70 head of South-Down Sheep, consisting of JBucks, Ewes, 
and Lambs. They are all bred from stock selected from the most 
celebrated flocks in Sussex, England, and imported by the sub¬ 
scribers. 
Also 30 head of choice Long-Woolled Sheep, several of them 
imported. S. & J. WAIT. 
Coldenham, August 24, 1843. 2t 
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pable of improving our health and prolonging otir days. It is 
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astonishing number of one hundred thousand copies has been sold 
in the southern and western states, and the demand is increasing. 
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but we think we can satisfy them that such is the fact. In every 
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THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Published Monthly, each number containing 32 pages, royal 
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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. 
10 s To prevent confusion, all letters merely ordering this work, 
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& 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. 
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The Subscriber will attend promptly to the execution of all or¬ 
ders for the purchase of stock, agricultural implements, or mer¬ 
chandise of any kind ; also the negotiation of loans, sales of lands, 
payment of taxes, &c. He has been more or less engaged in mer¬ 
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acquaintance With moneyed men, and a thorough knowledge of 
business in general. Cash or produce must invariably be in hand, 
before orders for purchases can be executed. 
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AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
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R. H. Hendrickson, Middletown, Ohio. 
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H. Kirkland, Northampton, Mass. 
CONTENTS OF SECOND OCTOBER NUMBER. 
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 Amer i can Agriculturist. _ 2t 
American Agriculturist Almanac for 1844. 
This work comprises 64 pages, double columns octavo, with 
numerous wood cuts, price $8 per hundred, 12£ cents each. In 
the contents will be found—Agricultural Statistics of the United 
States—Aspects and Nodes—Astronomical Calendars for Montreal, 
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, and New Orleans— 
Characters and Names of the Planets, &c.—Farmers’ Northern 
Calendars, with particular directions for the management of the 
Farm, Cattle, Fruit and Flower Garden, &c .—Southern Calendars 
for the Planter and Farmer, with explicit directions for the cul¬ 
ture and harvesting of Cotton, Rice, Tobacco, &c., &c. 
AYRSHIRE AND YORKSHIRE CATTLE. 
Superior cows and great milkers, of the Ayrshire and Yorkshire 
stock, recently imported from Scotland and England, can be had 
on reasonable terms. They are in the vicinity of this city, andean 
be seen any time, upon a few hours’ notice. 
Apply, post paid, to the Editor of this paper. 
EDITORIAL. 
Maple Sugar, j 
Scarcity of Swine, and their Prices, ) 
Mediterranean Wheat, ) 
Diseases of Sheep, j 
The Yak, ) 
New-Haven County Agricultural Show and Fair, j 
Silk Convention, - 
Show and Fair of the New York State Agricultural So- ) 
ciety for 1843, j 
Buffalo Grass, --------- 
Mr. Rotch in Europe, ~j 
Obituary, Wm. Lincoln, j 
Dorking Fowls l 
The New England Farmer, [ 
Stock for Sale, 
Miscellaneous, J 
Foreign Agricultural News, ------ 
Editor's Table, - -------- 
Review of the Market, ------- 
Agents for the American Agriculturist, - - - - 
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. 
A. R. D., Prognostications of the Weather, ) 
R. L. Allen, Wisconsin, ] 
Wm. H. Sotham, Cotswold Sheep, - - 
Wm. Partridge, Culture of Sumach,. 
John Lewis, Virginia Churning Apparatus, ) 
P., Is Chess the Original of Wheat, j 
D. Stebbins, Culture of Silk, - ' 
T. C. Peters, The Provision Trade with England, - 
C. N. Bement, Rensselaer County Show, - - - - 
L. F. A., The Crops of western New York.—Cattle, &c. 
An old Reader, African Maize, - - - - - 
R. L. Allen, Hints, for the Management of Hens 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, Review of Leibig - - - - 
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