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ADVERTISEMENTS.—TERMS.—CONTENTS. 
AGRICULTURAL AND BUSINESS AGENCY. 
Knowing- the convenience that such an agency will be to his 
distant friends, the subscriber offers his services for the purchase 
of Wagons, Carriages, Match and Single Horses, Cattle, Sheep, 
Swine, Agricultural Books and Implements, Seeds and Merchan¬ 
dise of any kind ; also, the buying and selling of land, the pay¬ 
ment of taxes, &c., &c. 
From his long experience as a farmer and stock-breeder, and 
general acquaintance with lands and merchandise, the subscriber 
trusts that he shall be able to give general satisfaction. The com¬ 
mission charged for his services in purchasing or selling, will be 
moderate. Cash or produce must invariably be in hand before 
orders can be executed. 
A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway, New York. 
A PROFESSOR OF SCIENTIFIC 
AGRICULTURE AND MATHEMATICS. 
The Trustees of Franklin College, situated at Elm Crag, near 
Nashville, Tennessee, are desirous of engaging a Professor as 
above* A. graduate of a college would be preferred, and one who 
understands French and German. Five hundred dollars with his 
board will be guaranteed the first year, with a probable increase of 
this sum thereafter. Address T. Fanning, Nashville, Tenn. 
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 bo 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. 
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 Cornstalk 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 
t wenty gentlemen having been present at an exhibition of the op¬ 
eration of these machines, state that “ having witnessed the prac¬ 
tical utility of 4 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. 
THORP’S THREE-SHARE PLOW. 
One of Thorp’s Three-Share Plows, for which a premium was 
awarded at the late Fair of the American Institute, for sale, price 
$10. Inquire of the Editor of the American Agriculturist, or at 
the office of the American Institute in the Park. 2t 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Published Monthly, each number containing 32 pages, royal 
octavo. 
TERMS—One Dollar per year in advance ; single numbers, Ten 
Cents 
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. 
HU” Remit through Postmasters , as the law allows. 
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. 
Volume I. and II. of The American Agriculturist, with ta¬ 
bles of contents complete, for sale at $1,00 each; elegantly bound 
in clothy $1,25. These are handsome, tasteful books, and make 
very desirable premiums for distribution with Agricultural Socie¬ 
ties, 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. 
HD 3 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 he addressed, simply, A. B. Allen, 205 Broadway. 
New York. IT~P F. W. Wilcox, travelling agent. 
SULPHATE OF SODA. 
A maker of Sulphate of Soda has requested me to offer the ar¬ 
ticle, fine-ground, at about one cent per pound. Any farmer, de¬ 
sirous of trying the article, can obtain a supply by calling at 34 
Cliff street, N. Y. Extracts from Professor Johnston’s work on 
Chemical Manures, as to the value of this sulphate, will appear ;u 
May number of the American Agriculturist. 
2t WM. PARTRIDGE. 
PREMIUM EAGLE, SUBSOIL, AND OTHER 
PLOWS. 
The subscriber having been appointed agent in this city for the 
sale of the celebrated Premium Plows, made by Ruggles, Nourse, 
& Mason, of Worcester, Massachusetts, now offers them at the 
manufacturers’ home prices. They are calculated alike for the 
northern farmer and southern planter, and embrace every variety. 
Cotton and Rice plow, Stubble, Sod, Road, and Subsoil. Prices 
from $3,50 to $15,00, according to the kind. 
The great number of premiums which these plows have obtained 
at the most important plowing-matches, and the universal satisfac¬ 
tion they have given wherever introduced, render it unnecessary to 
particularise their merits. They are made of the best materials, 
are highly finished, and combine light weight and easy draught, 
with great strength and durability. 
A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway, N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF JULY NUMBER. 
Cutting Grain, ) 
American Agriculturist Almanac, J 
Farm of the Messrs. Lathrop, - - - 
Cutting Hay,. 
Large Conservatory, ------- 
New York Farmers’ Club, 
Stirring the Ground in Dry Weather, 
Show of the Ag., Hort., and Botanic Soc. of Jeffer¬ 
son College, Thomas Affleck, 
Polled Grade Durhams, John W. Knevels, 
Review of Mr. Dana’s Geology of Soil, Win. Partridge, 
Profits of Poultry, C. N. Bernent, - - - - 
Culture of Tobacco, No. 2, D. P. Gardner, 
Culture of the Sugar-Cane, No. 2, Thomas Spaulding, 
The Physician an Agriculturist, Putnam, - - - 
Massachusetts Farming, A Traveller, - 
Budding, D. Jay Browne, ------ 
Norman Horse Diligence, Central Farmer, - 
Keeping Fowls in Winter, Henry A. Field, 
Eggs Hatching after Transportation, Chas. H. Tom¬ 
linson, 
Organic Improvement of Domestic Animals, D. Lee, - 
Southern Products, A Northern Farmer, - 
Pigs Sucking a Cow, Jos, C. G. Kennedy, 
Mineral Phosphate of Lime, R. L. Allen, - - - 
Paular Merinos, No. 5, Examiner, - 
Southern Calendar for July, - - j - - 
Northern do. do. - - - - - 
Foreign Agricultural News, Guano, &c. 
Editor’s Table—Stealings—Marling Light Sandy ) 
Soils—Mode of Applying Guano, &c. J 
Review of the Market, 
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