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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 
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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 
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and cast-iron on a now principle; Seed Sowers for all kinds of 
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Castings for the various kind of Plows manufactured in Wor¬ 
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Seeds for the Farmer and Gardener ,—A choice assortment of 
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Rye, Barley, Oats", Corn, Bean?, Peas, Rutabaga Turnip, Cabbage, 
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Wire-Cloths and Sieves. —Different kinds and sizes constantly 
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Fertilizers. —Peruvian and African Guano, Lime, Plaster of 
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The American Agriculturist Almanac. —32 pages, with wood 
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Agricultural Books. —A general assortment of all kinds. 
ATiberal discount made to dealers. 
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A COMPANION TO THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Comprising original Designs of Country Residences, adapted to 
the Taste and Circumstances of the Merchant, the Farmer and 
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COUNTRY SEAT AND FARM. 
For Sale.—A Farm and beautiful Country Seat, at Flushing, 
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acres of land, under the best state of cultivation, having a fine 
view of the bay and surrounding country. On the premises are 
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For terms of sale, which will be reasonable and accommodat¬ 
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Broad Street, New York, or to the subscriber at Flushing. 
JACOB R. VALK. 
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. 
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is transported by mail 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 
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M. Saxton, of the late firm of Saxton & Miles. 
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 
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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 
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construction, not liable to get out of repair, and are easily opera¬ 
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by cithers at a trifling cost. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water at., N. Y. 
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THE cheapest and most valuable book for a Farmer ever print¬ 
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The reader can form some idea of what he is going to buy 
from the fact that this work treats, in a plain practical manner, 
of upwards of Eight Hundred different subjects, important ts 
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rist. It also touches on Geology, Chemistry, Botany, Anatomy, 
Physiology, and Mechanics, as applicable to Agriculture. 
This book contains 437 pages, beautifully bound in cloth gilt, 
suitable for a library. It would be a most valuable premium for 
distribution among Agricultural Societies, to which, and to the 
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For sale by A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water st., and 
tf C. M. SAXTON, 205 Broadway, N. York. 
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 
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factory, 189 Broadway, New York. jy2t 
CONTENTS OF JULY NUMBER. 
Transplanting Cabbages ; How to Make Good Vinegar.... 201 
How to Make Welsh Rare-bits ; Blackberry Mush \ OAO 
Cultivation of Turnips, No. 1 j ,M * 
The Barberry-Bush not injurious to Grain ; Patent \ 0/Vf 
Self-acting Cheese-Press ) . 
Mode of Draining and Reclaiming Sink-Holes, or ( on - 
Stagnant Pools ; Domestic Flora of China, No. 1 ). ^ Uo 
The Garden-Engine ; Northern Plows for the South. 206 
Revisit to Gen. Johnson’s Farm ; New York Farmer’s Club ) 
Special Premiums of the American Institute; Items J ~ u/ 
Review of February Number of the Agriculturist, Reviewer 208 
Management of Honey-Bees, No. 10, T. B. Miner. 211 
Letters from the South, No. 9, R. L. Allen. 214 
Design of a Farm-House, Mrs. James M. Ellis ; Choice of) 
Trees and Shrubs for Cities and Rural Towns, No. 1. > 215 
A Cheap Farm-House, Solon Robinson. 216 
Preservation of Peach-Trees from the Attack of Borers, ) 01Q 
B. F. Ward \ ^ 
Road Manure, J. S.; How to Make Sugar of Milk; ^ 910 
Saturation of Liquids; A Bog-Cutter, E. Jackson } . 
Mr. Norton’s Letters, No. 5, John P. Norton ; Zinc Pans ) o^n 
Injurious to Cream $ 
Wheeler's Horse-Power and Thrasher; Mode of Keeping £ 90 , 
Milk to Prevent Souring, A Traveller J 
Planting Cuttings in Vineyards, Pax ; Improved Candle- ? 
Wicks; Exhibition of the N. Y. State Ag. Soc. $ 
Ladies’ Department : Book-Farming—The Shrew-Mole ) 
and Cut-worm, Old Lady’s Diary; Rearing of Silk- > 223 
Worms, S. II. R. ; How to Make Good Tea ) 
Boys’ Department : Anecdotes of Animals, No. 1 ) 
Dr. Franklin’s Mode of Learning to Swim ; A Word > 225 
to Boys ) 
Foreign Agricultural News. 226 
Editor’s Table........ 227 
Review of the Market. 229 
