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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 maimer, 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 Buggies, 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 n 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 
corn, &c., a new invention ; Corn Shelter for hand or horse 
power, the latter shelling 200 bushels <5F 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, Peekskill, 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. 
Wire-Cloths and Sieves .—Different kinds and sizes constantly 
on hand. 
Fertiliz ers .-—Peruvian and African Guano, Lime, Plaster of 
Paris, Bone-dust, &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 all kinds, to the best advantage. 
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 & CO., 187 Water Street, N. Y. 
AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Jewett City, Ct. .Chas. B. Ayer. 
New Haven, Ct ..... F. Trowbridge. 
Newark, N.J ...B. Myers. 
Philadelphia .J. M. Campbell and David Landreth. 
Washington, Pa ... Dr. R. R. Reed. 
Albany, N. Y .....E. H. Pease. 
Syracuse, N. F... .Stoddard & Babcock and L. W. Hall. 
Auburn, N. Y ...Alden & Markham. 
Rochester, NY. .... .C. F. Crossman. 
Buffalo, N. Y. ...J. H. Butler & Co. 
Boston, Mass ......Saxton & Kelt. 
Lowell, Mass .... .... .Milton Bonney. 
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. 
t Morton & Griswold. 
Louisville, Ky ... { George Lapping & Co. 
( A. G. Munn. 
I D. Baker & Co. 
New Orleans, La. ..< 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. 
Wheatland. Va.... ....Robt. L. Wright. 
Natchez, Miss.. ... G. S. Tainter. 
Rodney, Miss.. ...R. W. Worthington. 
Woodland, La., East Feliciana. .Rev. A. W. Pool. 
Genera, Travel,ing Agents, j ^Ja. , 
Bound volumes can be obtained at any of our Agents at $1.25 
per volume. 
CHEAP PLOWS. 
SINGLE-HORSE Plows, from $2.00 to $3.00 each. 
Double-horse do. “ $3.00 to $6.00 “ 
The woods of these Plows are made of the best of White Oak. 
The handles are steamed and then bent crooked, instead of being 
sawed out. This makes them much stronger and more durable. 
The castings are made from good new pig iron, without any ad 
mixture of old scrap. The wrought iron work is of excellent 
quality, with extras attached to the plows. A liberal discount 
to dealers. A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water st. } New York. 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
ISSUED Monthly, by C. M. Saxton, 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. 
Each number of the Agriculturist contains but one sheet, and 
is transported by mall under the same regulations as newspapers, 
viz.; free any distance not over 30 miles from its place of publica¬ 
tion ; 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. 
The subscription books of the Agriculturist will continue to be 
kept at the old office of publication, 205 Broadway, by Charles 
M. Saxton, of the late firm of Saxton & Miles. Our former 
Travelling Agents wanted, to whom the most liberal compen¬ 
sation will be allowed. 
CORN MILLS. 
THE subscribers are now supplied with a newly invented 
Cast-Iron Mill, for grinding Corn and other Grain, either by hand 
or horse power. It will grind from 3 to 4 bushels per hour. Price 
$30.00. 
Also the hand Corn-Mill, which grinds from 1 to 1| bushels per 
hour. Price $6-50. 
These Mills are highly economical and convenient, and every 
farm and plantation ought to have them. They are simple in. 
construction, not liable to get out of repair, and are easily opera¬ 
ted. When one set of plates is worn out, they can be replaced 
by others at a trifling cost. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water st., N. Y. 
NOTICE. 
THE Subscribers have this day entered into a copartnership 
under the firm of A. B. ALLEN & CO., for tbe purpose of trans¬ 
acting a commission business in the purchase and sale of Agri¬ 
cultural Implements, Produce, &c., &c. A. B. ALLEN, 
New York, January 4th, 1847. R. L. ALLEN. 
BAGLEY'S CELEBRATED GOLD PENS. 
A. G. BAGLEY & CO.’S Ever-pointed Gold Pen, the best 
article of the kind ever offered to the public, together with a 
large assortment of Pencils, Pencil Cases, and their Patent Ex¬ 
tension Cases for Pen and Pencil, may be found at the office of 
the manufactory, 189 Broadway, N. Y. a2t 
ANCIENT AND REAL 
LINN/EAN BOTANIC GARDEN 
AND NURSERY, late of William Prince, deceased, Flush¬ 
ing, L. I., near New York.—The New Proprietors of this cele¬ 
brated Nursery, known as Prince's , and exclusively designated 
by the above title for nearly fifty years, offer for sale every de¬ 
scription, including the newest and choicest varieties, of FRUIT 
AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, Shrubs, Vines, Plants, Roses, 
&c., the genuineness of which may be depended upon ; and they 
will unremittingly endeavor to merit the confidence and patron¬ 
age of the public, by integrity and liberality in dealing, and mo¬ 
deration in charges. 
Descriptive Catalogues gratis, on application, post paid. 
WINTER & CO., Proprietors. 
April 1st, 1847. _alt__ 
CONTENTS OF APRIL NUMBER. 
Culture of Horse-radish ; Farm of General Johnson. 105 
Coleman’s European Agriculture... 106 
Hay-Crib; Beautiful Engravings of Animals ; Waste ) 110 
Manures ; To our Southern Subscribers J * “ u 
Transplanting Trees, Wm. Bacon; To the Public, > ,,, 
A Member; Lard Lamps, E. S. (. 
Preservation and Application of Manures, A. ) 
Beatty ; Culture of Barley J .. 
Letters from the South, No. 5, R. L. Allen.. 113 
Management of Honey-Bees, No. 8, T. B. Miner.... 115 
The Horse, No. 4 .... 116 
The Marl District of Virginia, L. ........ 118 
Culbertson’s Dry-Clay Brick Machine; Now York ) 120 
Farmers’Club I.. 
Construction of Hot-Houses, No.2, Polmaise Heating.. 121 
Culture of Potatoes, A Farmington Farmer; Origin ) 122 
and Application of Guano in Peru 1 ..... 
Mount Airy Agricultural College........... 123 
Letters from the South, No. 6, R. L. Allen... 124 
Review of October Number, Reviewer.. 125 
Mr. Norton’s Letters, No. 4... 127 
Renovation of the Potatoe, N. S. Smith... 128 
Ladies’ Department : A Feather House; Treatment 1 
of Canary Birds under Disease, Z ; To Cure Her- >... 129 
rings 5 
Boys’ Department : Chapter on Grasses, No. 4, E. S. ) -.oq 
F acts in Natural History for Boys to Leam I * ‘ * 
Foreign Agricultural News......... 131 
Editor’s Table-- • .... 132 
New York State Agricultural Society ; ( .. 133 
Review of the Market ^ . 
