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RECENT PUBLICATIONS 
ON AGRICULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, &c. 
BY HARPER & BROTHERS, 
82 Cliff Street, New York. 
BRANIJE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SCIENCE AND ART; 
A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art; comprising the His¬ 
tory, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of 
Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all 
the Terms in general Use. Edited by W. T. Brande, F. R. S. L. 
and E., assisted by Joseph Cauvin, Esq. The various Depart¬ 
ments by eminent Literary and Scientific Gentlemen. Illustrated 
by numerous Engravings on Wood. 8vo, Sheep extra. $4.00. 
It will prove of the greatest value as a book of reference, and 
deserves to find a place on every library table. Clear and au¬ 
thentic, copious without prolixity, it furnishes an explanation of 
facts and terms, and a development of principles well illustrated 
and explained.— London Times. 
An admirable work, supplying what all scientific and literary 
men must have long felt to be a desideratum in our literature. 
He who has no encyclopaedia will find it an excellent substitute 
for one, and he who has will find a valuable supplement.— Eclec¬ 
tic Review. 
CHAPTAL’S CHEMISTRY APPLIED TO AGRICULTURE ; 
With a preliminary Chapter on the Organization, Structure, &c., 
of Plants, by Sir Humphrey Davy. An ISssay on tho Use of 
Lime as a Manure, by M Puvis ; with introductory Observations 
to the same, by Prof. Renwick. Translated and edited by Rev. 
Wm. P. Page. 18mo, half Sheep. 50 cents. 
COCK’S AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; Being a practical 
Treatise on the Management of Domestic Poultry. Engravings. 
18mo, Muslin. 35 cents. 
ARMSTRONG’S TREATISE ON AGRICULTURE ; Com¬ 
prising a concise History of its Origin and Progress; the present 
Condition of the Art Abroad and at Home ; and the Theory and 
Practice of Husbandry. With Notes by Jesse Buel. To which is 
added a Dissertation on the Kitchen and Fruit Garden. 18mo, 
half Sheep. 50 cents. 
BEECHER’S (Miss C. E.) TREATISE ON DOMESTIC 
ECONOMY; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at 
School. Revised Edition, with numerous Additions and illustra¬ 
tive Engravings. 12mo, Muslin gilt. 75 cents. 
We entreat every fatner who loves his daughters, and desires 
to promote the comfort of his family, to procure this book.— Bal¬ 
timore Commercial Advertiser. 
BEECHER’S (Miss C. E.) HOUSEKEEPER’S RECEIPT- 
BOOK ; designed as a Companion to the “ Treatise on Domestic 
Economy.” !2mo, Muslin. 75 cents. 
Practically studied, this book is better than most boarding 
schools, with their long train of accomplishments.— Democratic 
Review. 
It is highly useful and practical, conveying in a simple straight¬ 
forward style the results of actual observation and experience.— 
News. 
SENECA LAKE FARM. 
AN excellent and beautiful Farm for sale, lying on the east 
side of Seneca Lake, in Seneca County, N. Y., about seven miles 
south of Geneva, containing about 159 acres of the best quality 
of land. There are about 50 acres of excellent wood and timber 
land, and the arable and meadow land is of the first quality and 
in good condition. Lowest price, $50 per acre. The one-half of 
the purchase money may remain on bond and mortgage for many 
years. Title good. The farm may be viewed at any time. Ap¬ 
ply to RICHARD DEY, on the premises, or to JAMES A. DEY, 
No. 51, Liberty street, New York, or to JACOB C. DEY, Fulton 
street, Brooklyn. 
Fayette, N. Y., February 16th, 1847. 3t 
CREAM HILL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL. 
THE Summer Term of the Cream Hill Agricultural School 
will commence the 1st Wednesday in May. The design is to 
give instruction to a limited number in Practical and Scientific 
Agriculture and Horticulture, Theoretical and Practical Survey¬ 
ing, Chemistry, Botany, and the kindred Sciences. 
T. S. GOLD. 
West Cornwall, April 1st, 1847. a2t 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES, of the best kind, for sale.— 
Price $1.50 per bushel. A. B. ALLEN & CO 
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 
ICHABOE GUANOo 
TWO Hundred Tons Ichaboe Guano, balance of Ship Shak- 
spe are’s cargo, the best ever imported in this country, for sale in 
lots to suit purchasers, by E. K, COLLINS, 
56 South street. 
THE ROSE CULTURIST. 
A VALUBLE Practical Treatise on the Cultivation and 
Management of the Rose in all its varieties, including Hybridiz¬ 
ing, Budding, Grafting, Root Grafting, Forcing, and Producing 
Seedling Roses, with an enumeration and description of more 
than 200 varieties of this beautiful flower. Embellished with 
numerous engravings. Muslin Gilt. 31 cents. Mail edition 
25 cents. 
Published and for sale at the Office of the Farmer and Me¬ 
chanic, 135 Nassau street. a3t 
IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES. 
GUNN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINE, 
OR POOR MAN'S FRIEND, 
(Raymond’s Copy.) 
FOR SALE BY C.M. SAXTON, 205 BROADWAY, N. Y. 
THIS valuable work has gone through many heavy editions, 
most of which were circulated in the Southern and Western 
States. Raymond’s copy is a revision and correction of the 
original work, with a good deal of valuable new matter added by 
the author; it is printed on fine paper, and well bound. Each 
copy is accompanied with the recommendations of’’some of the 
most distinguished medical professors and practitioners in our 
country ; much of it being selected from the practice of the most 
celebrated medical men of Europe ar.d America, viz : 
America ---Drs. Rush, Physic, Brown, Chapman, Dorsey, Davis, 
Mott, Hosack, M’Nevin, Mitchell, Anderson, Eberle, Drake, Pat- 
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Goodman, McConnochie, Wellford, Archer, King, Fisher, Bigelow, 
Kinlock, Hopkins, Cutler, Sigmond, Cutbush, Jenner, Paris, Te¬ 
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Europe —Drs. Dunglison, Cook, Bell, Reece, Astley Cooper, 
Gardiner, Abernethv, Harnett, Johnson, Carmichael, Dick, Cur¬ 
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The diseases peculiar to both cold and warm climates are 
plainly described, with the means to be used in their cure ; in 
short it is the regular practice of medicine, wholly divested of 
all professional or doctor’s terms, and is intended chiefly for the 
use of families, managers of farms and plantations, ship-masters, 
manufacturers, &c., pointing out in plain and simple language 
for preventing as well as curing contagious diseases, and pro¬ 
longing human life. 
It also contains descriptions of the medicinal roots and plants 
of the United States, and the manner of using them in the cure 
of diseases, arranged on a new and simple plan. 
Price— Single copies, $3.00. Four copies, $10.00. Eleven co¬ 
pies, $25.00. 
93* Agents wanted to sell the above work, to whom a liberal 
discount will be made. Inquire, post paid, of C. M. SAXTON, 
205 Broadway. 
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 
THE subscriber has just opened an Agricultural Warehouse at 
New Orleans, where he will constantly keep on hand a very 
general assortment of plows suitable for the Southern planter, 
together with harrows, rollers, cultivators, horse- powers, grain 
threshers, rye threshers and hulling machines, fanning mills, 
burr stone and cast iron grain mills, corn and cob crushers, corn 
shellers and huskers, vegetable cutters, straw cutters, seed sow¬ 
ers, wheelbarrows, trucks, grain cradles, ox yokes, shovels, 
spades, forks, scythes, rakes axes, hoes, picks, chains, churns, 
grindstones, &c., &c. 
Among his plows are those from the celebrated factory of Rug- 
gles, Nourse & Mason, of Worcester ; from A. B. Allen of New 
York ; and R. Sinclair Jr., & Co. of Baltimore. 
Castings of all kinds of patterns extra, for the above. 
Agricultural Books, a complete assortment. 
Orders -will be received for horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, 
fruit trees and shrubbery ; and any other articles planters may 
wish to order from the north. 
R. L. ALLEN. 
Now Orleans, Dec. 1, 1846. 
TO EMIGRANTS. 
ONE Hundred Thousand Acres of Illinois land for sale, in lots 
to suit purchasers, from 80 acres and upward. These lands are 
of a choice quality, and are eligibly located in the most flourish¬ 
ing Counties of the State. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO. 187 Water street, New York. 
NOTICE. 
THE Subscribers have this day entered into a copartnership 
under the firm of A. B. ALLEN & CO., for the 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. 
