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ADVERTISEMENTS.—TERMS.—CONTENTS. 
FARMING LANDS FOR SALE. 
For sale, about 500 acres of choice farming' lands, lying on the 
Erie canal and Niagara river, 5 miles from, Buffalo, and one mile 
below the Hydraulic Works in Black Rock. There is a due pro¬ 
portion of cleared and timber land, and the soil is equally adapted 
for grain, grass, and roots. Its proximity to an extensive and 
growing market, as well as the convenience, beauty, and health¬ 
fulness of the location, vender this one of the most desirable situa¬ 
tions in western New York. The most liberal credit will be given 
to purchasers. 
Address, post paid, R. L. ALLEN, 156 Main st., Buffalo. 
LINNJEAN BOTANIC GARDEN AND NUR¬ 
SERY-LATE PRINCE’S. 
FLUSHING, L. I., NEAR NEW YORK. 
The New Descriptive Catalogue, not only of Fruit, but also of 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, cultivated and for sale at 
this ancient and celebrated Nursery (known as Prince’s, and by 
the above title for nearly fifty years), with directions for their 
culture, may be had gratis on application to the new proprietors 
by mail, post paid. The collection at this'establishment is unri¬ 
valled, and prices generally very much reduced; and the proprie¬ 
tors flatter themselves that the . catalogue will be found to surpass 
in extent of information and usefulness, anything of the kind ever 
before presented to the public, and to be worthy of a permanent 
place in the library of the horticulturist. Orders will be promptly 
executed. 
WINTER & Co., Proprietors. 
Flushing, Oct. 24th, 1843. 
A STOCK MAN WANTED TO GO SOUTH. 
A planter, in the state of Georgia, wishes to engage a faithful 
competent man to take charge of his stock. If he be married, and 
his wife be a good dairy woman, she will also find employment. 
The situation is in the interior of the country, and quite healthy. 
None need apply if above middle age, or who have not had some 
experience in their business in this country, and can bring the best 
of references. 
Address the Editor of this paper. 
BUSINESS AGENCY. 
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, 
$125. 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: 
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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; 
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paper, should be addressed, simply, A. B. Allen, 205 Broadway. 
New York. __ 
STOCK FOR SALE. 
R. 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 be furnished. 
None but choice specimens of any of the above stock will be sup¬ 
plied, and at prices corresponding with the times. Address, post 
paid, as above. 
Oct. 12th, 1843. R. H. HENDRICKSON & Co 
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¬ 
cantile pursuits in this city for ten years, and has an extensive 
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. 
A. B. ALLEN. 
205 Broadway, New York. 
CHEAP CASH BOOKSTORE, 
205 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
Saxton & Miles, Publishers, and dealers in Books in every de¬ 
partment of Literature, at very reduced prices for cash. 
S. & M. publish the following Book, which should be in every 
family in the United States: GUNN’S DOMESTIC MEDICINE, 
or the Poor Man’s Friend. 
Among the many publications of more than doubtful utility, with 
which our presses groan, it is pleasant to offer to the public one 
which, while it can not injure the mental and moral powers, is ca¬ 
pable of improving our health and prolonging our days. It is 
now about ten years since this work was first published, since 
which time it has passed through many large editions, and the 
astonishing number of one hundred thousand copies has been sold 
in the southern and western states, and the demand is increasing. 
It has just been revised and corrected, containing 900 pages, and 
executed in superior style. People maybe disposed to smile when 
we tell them that they can save money by purchasing this book, 
but we think we can satisfy them that such is the fact. In every 
family more or less is paid yearly for doctor’s bills. A child is 
taken with a fever, or some other complaint, and from ignorance 
nothing s or can be done effectually to check it. The physician 
is called, and a large bill is contracted; whereas, had Gunn’s 
Domestic Medicine been on hand, a remedy could easily have 
been found which would have checked the disease in its first stage, 
and not only have saved the purse, but perhaps the life. 
American Agriculturist Almanac for ISFF. 
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. 
AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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CONTENTS OF DECEMBER NUMBER. 
EDITORIAL. 
Fattening Poultry, - 
Fertility of Sea-Mud, - 
Sketches of the West, No. 2, - - 
Breeds of Fowls, j _ 
New York Farmers’ Club, ) 
Next Annual Show of the State Ag. Society, 
Tour in England, No. 15, - 
Agricultural Shows, ----- 
Sale of Rambouillet Merinos, 
Price of Sheep Dogs, 0 
Annual Meeting of the New York State Ag. Society 
List of Premiums of the American Institute (continued) 
Foreign Agricultural News. 
Review of the Market, 
To Correspondents, 
Acknowledgment, 
Terms and list of Agents, ------ 
EXTRACTS. 
Making Capons, ------- 
Grafting and Budding, ------ 
High Cranberry, - - - - 
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. 
H. D. Grove, Fine-Wool Sheep, - 
R. B. C., Sea-Mud as a Fertilizer, - - - r 
Henry Meigs, Farm of Hugh Maxwell, Esq., - 
Robert L. Wright, Mediterranean Wheat, ) 
C. McD., Topping Cotton—Marl, j 
R. L. Allen, Hints on the Cultivation of Wheat, 
S. A , A Pennsylvania Dairy,. 
Win. Partridge, Reply to the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
Amer. Ag. Almanac, Southern Calendar for December, 
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