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ADVERTJ SEMENTS.—TERMS. —CONTENTS. 
AGRICULTURAL WORKS, 
For sale by SAXTON & MILES, 205 Broadway, 
New York. 
Clater and Youatt’s Cattle Doctor, containing- the causes, symp¬ 
toms, and treatment of all the diseases incident to Oxen, Sheep, 
and Swine. Price 50 cents. 
Dumas & Boussingault’s Chemical and Physiological Balance of 
Nature. Price 50 cents. 
The American Race Turf Register, Sportsman’s Herald, and 
General Stud Book. By P. N. Edgar. Price $2. 
Liebig’s Agricultural and Animal Chemistry. Price 50 cts. 
Liebig’s Familiar Letters on Chemistry. Price 12^ cts. 
Loudon’s Encyclopaedia of Agriculture, English. Price $10. 
Loudon’s Encyclopaedia of Gardening. Price $10. 
Bridgeman’s Young Gardener’s Assistant, new edition, much 
enlarged. Price $2. 
The Farmer’s Mine ; being the most complete work on Manures 
ever published. Price 75 cts. 
The Vegetable Kingdom, or Hand-Book of Plants. Price $1. 
Youatt on the Horse ; a new edition. Price $2. 
The Complete Farmer, and Rural Economist, by Thomas G. 
Fessenden. Price 75 cts. 
The New American Orchardist, by Wm. Kenrick. Price 87i cts. 
The Honey Bee, its Natural History, &c., with 35 engravings. 
Price 31 cts. 
Bees, Pigeons, Rabbits, and the Canary Bird, familiarly de¬ 
scribed. Price 50 cts. 
The American Poultry Book ; being a practical treatise on the 
Aianaaement of Domestic Poultry. Price 35 cts. 
A Treatise on Sheep, with the best means for their general 
management, improvement, &c.; by A. Blacklock. Price 50 cts. 
The Theory of Horticulture ; or an attempt to explain the prin¬ 
cipal operations of Gardening upon physiological principles ; by 
John Lindley. Price $1,25. 
Gardening for Ladies, and Companion to the Flower Garden, by 
Mrs. Loudon. Price $1,50, 
American Husbandry. Price $1. 
The Farmer’s Instructor; consisting of Essays, practical direc¬ 
tions, and hints for the management of the Farm and the Garden. 
By J. Buel, 2 vols. Price $1. 
A Muck Manual for Farmers ; by Samuel L. Dana. Price 50 cts. 
Chemistry Applied to Agriculture ; by M. Le Comte Chaptal. 
Price 50 cts. 
The American Gardener; by William Cobbett. Price 75 cts. 
A Treatise on the Vine ; embracing its History, and a complete 
dissertation on the culture and management of Vine Yards; by 
Wm. R. Prince. Price $1,50. 
The Farmer’s Encyclopaedia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs ; 
by Cuthbert W. Johnson. Adapted to the United States by Gouver- 
neur Emerson. Price $4. 
Cattle ; their Breeds, Management, and Diseases. Price $2. 
IN PRESS. 
The American Poulterer’s Companion, by Caleb N. Bement, 
with numerous illustrations. 
MADDER SEED. 
The very high prices which the Madder Dyes of France and 
Holland have attained, are sufficient to excite the attention of our 
intelligent agriculturists. It is only necessary to take into con¬ 
sideration the immense quantity of Madder consumed in the vari¬ 
ous manufactories of the United States, to be convinced that the 
cultivation of this plant would be attended with great advantages, 
and that it may be undertaken with certainty of profit. 
The Madder root can be cultivated in almost every climate. The 
sands of Silesia, the marshes of Zealand, the arid soils of the south 
of France and Persia produce it, and of almost equally good quality. 
It is well known that atmospheric influences make but little impres¬ 
sion upon a root, the valuable part of which grows beneath the 
surface of the soil; and what a powerful guarantee does this cir¬ 
cumstance afford to the cultivator of the Madder. It protects him 
from all varieties of temperature, which so frequently destroys 
crops of a different nature. For those who cultivate this root, a 
crop is assured as soon as the seed which they have put into the 
ground begins to germinate. 
A special report upon the cultivation of this plant was laid before 
the Academy of Sciences at Paris, and a prize awarded to the au¬ 
thor. It was written by M. de Gasparin, Peer of France, Member 
of the Institute, and formerly Minister of the Interior. French 
Madder Seed, obtained from last year’s crops, may be had of the 
subscribers, who have received a consignment of a considerable 
quantity. Price $1 per lb., or at reduced rates when a quantity 
is taken. J. M. THORBURN & CO., 15 John st., N. Y. 
JUST PUBLISHED, 
COLMAN’S AGRICULTURAL TOUR. 
The first part of Rev. Henry Colman’s Report on European Ag¬ 
riculture and Rural Economy, is received. The work will be com¬ 
pleted in ten numbers, at $5,00, $2.00 to be paid on the delivery 
of the first number. SAXTON & MILES, 
205 Broadway. 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Published Monthly, each number containing 32 pages, royal 
octavo. 
TERMS—One Dollar per year in advance ; single numbers, Ten 
Cents ; three copies for Two Dollars : eight copies for Five Dollars. 
Each number of the Agriculturist contains but One sheet, sub¬ 
ject to newspaper postage only, which is one cent in the State, 
or within 100 miles of its publication, and one and a half cents, 
if over 100 miles, without the State. 
Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar, if not exceed¬ 
ing twelve lines, and in the same proportion, if exceeding that 
number. 
DZ? Remit through Postmasters, as the law allows. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, &c. 
The subscribers are agents in this city to sell the following cel¬ 
ebrated Machines, viz: 
Hussey’s Premium Corn and Cob-Crusher, price from $25 to $40. 
Dickey’s “ Fanning-Mill, “ $20 to $30. 
Platt’s “ Portable Grist-Mill, &c., $30 to $100. 
Also for sale, Hovey’s Premium Straw-Cutter, (spiral 
knives,) prices from $15 to $25 
Warren’s Premium Straw-Cutter, $15 to $25 
Hull’s Cdrnstalk and Straw-Cutter, $20 
Being proprietors of the now celebrated “Warren’s Improved 
Portable Horse-Powers and Thrashing-Machines,” they continue 
to manufacture and sell them with increased success. Some 
twenty gentlemen having been present at an exhibition of the op¬ 
eration of these machines, state that “ having witnessed the prac¬ 
tical utility of ‘ Warren’s Improved Horse-Power and Thrashing- 
Machines,’ they cheerfully recommend them to the attention of ag¬ 
riculturists as the most perfect inventions of the character that have 
ever fallen under their observation.” 
With the Two-Horse Machines, 30 bushels of oats or barley is 
easily thrashed per hour, and wheat and other small grain in pro¬ 
portion, clean and excellent, leaving the straw unbroken so that it 
may be gathered into bundles ; and not more than three persons are 
required to tend them. One, two, and four-horse Machines are man¬ 
ufactured. Prices very low. Two-Horse Power and Thrasher to¬ 
gether only $75.—One-Horse $60.—Four-Horse from $100 to $110. 
Terms, cash in this city on delivery. Liberal deductions made to 
dealers on all kinds of such machines as we sell. 
L. BOSTWICK & CO. 
146 Front street, New York. 
FARMS AND REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. 
Several very fine farms in different parts of the United States 
can be had upon the most reasonable terms. Also, beautiful coun¬ 
try seats in this vicinity, at very cheap rates, and real estate in the- 
city. A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway. 
CONTENTS OF JUNE NUMBER 
Culture of Corn, 
Sketches of the West, No. 4 
Culture of the Potato, 
Farm of Mr. Woolsey, 
Dorking Fowls, -' 
Culture of the Sugar-Cane, No. 1, Thomas-Spaulding, 
Saxon Merino Sheep, Samuel F. Christian, ( 
Odd Rows of Corn, J. S. S., j 
Culture of Tobacco, No. 1, D. P. Gardner, - 
To Destroy Worms on Rose-Leaves, M. Van Beuren 
The Physician an Agriculturist, Dr. Stevens, 
Agricultural Errors, Wm. Partridge, - 
The English Oak in America, B., } 
Tornillo or Screw-Grass, J. H. Lyman, ) 
Clearing Forest Lands, E. Carpenter, ) 
The Georgia Table-Pea, D. B., ) 
Berkshire Pigs, L. F. Allen, ) 
Grafting, D. Jay Browne, ) 
A Moveable-Fence, R. L. Allen, - 
A Piggery, T. C. Peters, ) 
To Kill Lice on Cattle, ) 
A Pennsylvania Dairy, Henry Chorley, 
The Best Sheep Country, Jeremiah F. Hunt, 
Value of Agricultural Papers, Alexander McDonald, 
Additional Premiums, 
A New Variety of Spring Wheat, Jos. C. G. Kennedy, 
New Jersey Fences, A. R. D., - 
The Cow-Pea, Peach, Cuba-Tobacco, &c., T. Affleck, 
Long-Wool Sheep, Leonard D. Clift, - 
Fatting Steers, Jno. M. C. Valk, ") 
Elder-Berry Wine, Mrs. S., J 
Statistics of Fruit, S. C. Higginson, 1 
Northern Calendar for June, J 
Southern do. do. ----- - 
Foreign Agricultural News, Chinese Agriculture, &c., 
Editor’s Table, Annual Report of Hon. H. L. Ells¬ 
worth, European Agricultural Tour of Henry 
Colman, Esq., &c., &c., 
Review of the Market, ) 
Answer to Correspondents, J 
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