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ADVERTISEMENTS.—CONTENTS. 
NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 
ON COMMISSION. 
Farmers, Planters, and Gardeners, will find the largest and 
most complete assortment of Agricultural Implements of all 
kinds, at this Establishment, ever offered in the New York Mar¬ 
ket. Most of these implements are of new and highly improved 
patterns, warranted to be made of the best materials, put toge¬ 
ther in the strongest manner, of a very superior finish, and offered 
at the lowest cash prices. 
Among these implements are upwards of fifty different kinds 
of Plows, manufactured by Ruggles, Nourse & Mason, of Wor¬ 
cester, Mass , also in New York—for the South as well as for the 
North; Harrows of different patterns and sizes; Rollers of wood 
and cast-iron on a iv w principle ; Seed Sowers for all kinds of 
seeds, a recent invention ; Cultivators, with different kinds of 
teeth; Horse powers of wood or of cast-iron, very strong and su-, 
perior; Grain Threshers; Fanning Mills ; Mills for grinding 
com, &c., a new invention ; Corn Sheller for hand or horse 
power, the latter shelling 200 bushels of ears per hour ; Vege¬ 
table Cutters, will cut a bushel of roots for Cattle in two minutes ; 
Hay, Straw, and Corn-stalk Cutters ; Scythes, Rakes, Shovels, 
Spades, Hoes ; and Field and Garden tools of all kinds. 
Castings for the various kind of Plows manufactured in Wor¬ 
cester and New York. 
Seeds for the Farmer and Gardener, —A choice assortment of 
the various kinds, such as Improved Winter and Spring Wheat, 
Rye, Barley, Oats, Corn, Beans, Peas, Rutabaga Turnip, Cabbage, 
Beet, Carrot, Parsnip, Clover and Grass Seeds, and improved va¬ 
rieties of Potatoes. 
JVire-Cloths and Sieves. —Different kinds and sizes constantly 
on hand. 
Fertilizers. —Peruvian and African Guano, Lime, Plaster of 
Paris, &c. 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.—Orders taken for 
these, and executed from a.choice of the best Nurseries, Gardens, 
and Conservatories, in the United States. 
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Swine. —Orders executed for Stock 
of ail kinds, to the best advantage. 
A Descriptive Catalogue. —This will be sent to any one gratis, 
upon application, post paid, to the subscriber. It comprises 80 
pages, and is illustrated with a great variety of wood cuts. 
The American Agriculturist Almanac. —32 pages, with wood 
cuts. Price $15 per thousand. 
Agricultural Books. —A general assortment of all kinds. 
A liberal discount made to dealers. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y. 
AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
fewett City, Ct .Chas. B. Ayer. 
Hew Haven, Ct .F. Trowbridge. 
Newark, N.J .B. Myers. 
Philadelphia .J. M. Campbell and David Landreth. 
Washington, Pa .Dr. R. R. Reed. 
fHbany 1: N • J .E. H. Pease. 
Syracuse, N. Y.. ...Stoddard &. Babcock and L. W. Hall. 
Auburn, N. Y .Alden & Markham. 
Rochester , N.Y. ...C. F. Crossman. 
Buffalo, N Y - ..J- H. Butler & Co. 
Boston, Mass ..Saxton &Kelt. 
Lowell, Mass .Milton Bonny. 
New Bedford, Mass .Geo. A. Bourne. 
Springfield, Mass .Bagg & Parsons. 
Milwaukie , Wis. Ter ....Hale & Hopkins. 
Chicago, III .. S. F. Gale & Co. 
Columbus, Ga., and Montgomery, Ala .Hall & Moses. 
St. Louis, Mo.. ..J- Halsall. 
I Morton & Griswold. 
Louisville, Ky . { George Lapping & Co. 
( A. G. Munn. 
C D. Baker & Co. 
New Orleans. La .a N. Steele. 
( R. L. Allen. 
Cincinnati, Ohio .W. H. Moore & Co. 
Charleston , S. C. ... J. Thompson. 
Athens,' Ga.... .J. J. Richards. 
Savannah, Ga .....Denslow & Webster. 
Norfolk, Va .J. Vickery, Jr. 
Richmond, Va .Win. Palmer. 
Natchez, Miss ..G. S. Tainter. 
Woodland, La., East Feliciana .Rev. A. W. Pool. 
t Solon Robinson. 
General Travelling Agents.< Wm. H. Gardver. 
( J. Vanderbilt, Jr. 
Bound volumes can be obtained at .any of our Agents at $1.25 
per volume. 
FOR SALE. 
Barlow’s Hasty-Pudding, a Poem, together with a Memoir on 
the History, Mythology, Properties and Uses of Maize or Indian 
Corn. By D. J. Browne. Price 12^cts. paper covers; muslin, 25 cts. 
W. H. GRAHAM, Tribune Buildings, N. Y. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y. 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Published Monthly, by Saxton & Miles, 205 Broadway, New 
York, containing 32 pages, royal octavo. 
TERMS—One Dollar per year in advance ; three copies for Two 
Dollars ; eight copies for Five Dollars. 
When Agricultural Societies order the work for distribution, 
among the members, the price will be only FIFTY CENTS a 
year, for the Monthly Numbers, and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS 
per copy for bound volumes. It will be expected that these 
orders come official ly, and .be.signed by the President or Secretary 
of the Society. The object in putting our periodical at this very 
low rate- is, to benefit the farming community more extensively 
than it could otherwise be done. . We hope, henceforth, to see 
the Agriculturist in the hands.of every Farmer and Planter in the 
country. - 
Each number of the Agriculturist; contains hut One sheet, and 
is transported by mail under, the same regulations as newspapers, 
viz.: free any distance not over 30 miles from its place of publica¬ 
tion i over this and within 100 miles, or to any town in the State 
of New York, one cent postage on each number, and one and a half 
cents if over 100 miles, without the State. 
FINE SHEEP FOR SALE, 
Two rams, 40 breeding ewea and 13 ewe lambs, a cross of Me¬ 
rino' and-Saxon Merino blood. It is believed by their owner that 
they ar & fully equal, .for. a stock breeding flock or for their 
wool, to any flock of sheep that may have been puffed as pure 
Paulars, or have any humbuggish name appended to them by 
their owner, or certificates of their pedigree, tracing their origin 
to any particular importation. 
Price for the whole, $200. 
Apply to HENRY WATSON, East Windsor Hill, Conn. 
THE AMERICAN HERD BOOK. 
This highly valuable work was prepared for the press by L. F. 
Allen, of Buffalo. In addition to containing the pedigrees of most 
of the well-bred Short-Horn cattle of America, it is prefaced with 
an admirable history of the Short-Horns of this country and 
England. Price with plates $3. 
A. B ALLEN, 187 Water Street.. 
STOCK FOR SALE. 
Match! and single horses, some of which can trot their mile 
under three minutes, others rack and gallop easity, making admi¬ 
rable saddle-horses for ladies and gentlemen ; Durham, Devon, 
Hereford, and Ayrshire, Cattle ; Merino, Saxon, Southdown, and 
Leicester Sheep; the large white English breed of Swine, 
Berksbires, &c., &c. Apply to 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street. 
CONTENTS OF JANUARY NUMBER, 
The New Vignette ; Cold Water for Stock \ 
Pumpkins and Apples for Swine 
New York State Ag. Society 
Preservation of Seeds for Shipping 
An excellent and cheap Pudding ; Items 
The Horse, No. 1.. 
American Agricultural Association ) 
Blood Horse, Hornblower 
Defective Stables ; Rock Salt 
Corn Crop of the South West 
New York Farmers’ Club 
Gases of Brick-kilns, C. T. Jackson ; Steaming Food. 
Seneca County Ag. Society.... 
Gardening, No. 10, L. T. Talbot _ ( 
Improvement of Worn-out Lands, David Tomlinson 1. 
County Fairs—Wyoming, Genesee, Monroe, T. (J. Peters... 
Sketch of West Chester, Pa., E. S. ) 
The Monthly Alpine Strawberry, Wm. B- OJdie ) . 
Management of Honey-Bees, No. 6, T. B. Miner. 
Letters from the South, No. 2, R. L. Allen. 
The Cotton Moth, M. ; How to boil Salt Meat Tender. 
Hall’s Brick-Making Machine. t .. 
Pennsylvania Barn, Rural Register. 
The Trees of America, Browne’s Reply to Downing. 
Grinding Corn, B.; The Strawberry Gluestion, ) 
N. Longworth ; Experiment of Manures on >. 
Corn, Daniel K. Youngs ) 
Facts about the P udownia imperialis, Wm. R. Prince ) 
& Co.; Susquehannah Ag. Society, Americanus j 
British and Irish Flax Culture", No. 3, Warnes. 
Show of the Queens County Ag. Society, Winter & Co. > 
| Cultivation of Fruit-Trees, An Amateur j ” 
1 White-China Geese, A Traveller.. 
j Alderney Cows, Cato ; Havre Blue Potatoes, J. H. Beale.... 
i Ladies’ Department: Natural History of the Chinche, ) 
j Old Lady’s Diary j ‘ 
| Boys Department : Sundry Items, E. S. ; Snow—Its 
, Wonders and Uses, Council of the Young Natu- 
) ralists, B. 
I Foreign Agricultural News.. 
j Editor’s Table...... 
j Review of the Market. 
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