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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Mtch ; Charles C. Watson, Gihson Co . Ind. ; Simon Em- 
rich, Butler Co., 0.; John F. Miles, Erie Co.. Pa. ; R C. 
Fulton. Westmoreland Co , Pa. . P. E. Miller, Frederic 
Co., Md.; F. A Bliss. Bristol Co., Mass. ; Jefferson Booth, 
Bciota Co., O. ; E. Maurlioff, Butler Co., Pa., (very pret¬ 
ty) : G. H. La Felra. Clinton Co., O. ; Jonathan Bunsall, 
Columbiana Co., O. ; Abraham Myers, Ogle Co., III.; 
Daniel M White, Blair Co., Pa. ; David Brown, Ohio 
Co , Va ; Jacob Datesman. jr . .Northampton Co., Pa.; 
Samuel Strung, Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; S. E. Brown, Mon¬ 
roe Co.. N. Y. ; E C Selleck, Warren Co., Ill ; G. P. 
D rr, Washtenaw Co.. Mich. ; Frederick Clapp, Kings 
Co-, N Y. ; Mold. B. Cnwperthwait, Brooklyn, N. Y.; 
W M Clark, Guernsey Co.. O.; O. W. D.. Great. Falls, 
N H.; L. A. Ford, Marshall Co , 111 ; Cyrus K. McKee, 
Armstrong Co., Pa. 
P rob. 23. — To put the following pieces together, so as to 
<onn a perfect cross. 
i nswers substantially in this form have been received 
from: Purington Maryott, Tioga Co , Pa.; Wm, Chard. 
Waukesha Co., Wis.; Charles C. Waters. Gibson Co. 
Inr ., Wm. F. Law, Cumberland Co., Pa.; R. G. Adams, 
L., Mass ; A. B. Huffman, Hunterdon Co., N. J.; H. D. of 
N J. ; John Bridgeman, Geauga Co., O.; J. U. S., Craw¬ 
ford Co., Wis. ; G. H. La Fetra, Clinton Co., O. ; C. H. 
D., Chemung Co., N. Y. ; Julia Butler, Worcester Co., 
Mtms. ; Cyrus K. McKee, Armstrong Co., Pa.; David 
Brown, Ohio Co., Va.; Jasper N. Lantz ; L. A. Ford. 
Marshall Co., Ill. (“ representing a crowd of boys”), Jacob 
Datesman, Jr., Northampton Co., Pa.; G H Ireland, 
Middlesex Co., Mass.; J. C. B.. Oneida Co., N- Y ; Sam¬ 
uel Strong, Dutchess Co., N. Y.; G. P. Dorr, Washtenaw 
Co., Mich.; Frederick Clapp, Kings Co., N. Y. ; B. II 
Drown, New Haven Co., Conn.; Susannie, Kings Co, 
N. Y.; PeterS. Baylor, Hunterdon Co., N. J. ; O. W. D , 
Great Falls, N. H. 
The next six will see they united their pieces so as to 
form a cross, out differing from the model we now pre¬ 
sent: Abraham Myers, Ogle Co., Ill.; E. C, Selleck’ 
Warren Co., Ill. ; J- F. Williams, Fairfield Co , Conn.; 
C. H. Franklin, Kings Co., N. Y. ; Samuel Gillari, Erie 
Co., Ohio ; Jefferson Booth, Sciota Co., Ohio 
Note on the Seed Distribution. 
We republish the list of seeds offered, with slight correc 
tions. No. 22, Mammoth Squash, is changed to Boston 
Marrow Squash- a very valuable variety—having been 
disappointed in getting the Mammoth Squasr seed. 
Very few seeds have yet been mailed Several varieties 
from Europe are just in port, and it will take some days j 
to get them through the Custom House and put up in : 
packages. We shall scarcely overtake the demand before 
the middle of March. Sometimes persons will receive 
one kind at one time, and another at a subsequent date. 
IriT We must again request all applicants to read the 
entire “ regulations ” of the Distribution and fallow them. 
Our clerks have been sadly bothered already for want of 
this. 
|y Quite a number ol persons have added single 
penny stamps for packages marked “ one third of a 3 cent 
■tamp.” It should be understood that these penny stamps 
ar« valualui unless there be three of them together, letter 
postage being always rated by 3 cent stamps. We name 
| stamps to indicate that three such packages can go in 
opp lei t er under one 3-eent stamp. 
An ordinary envelope will contain as many seeds 
of any kind is will go under two 3-cent stamps. 
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African Imphee. 
Notwithstan ling the unfavorable reports of this variety 
of sugar cane, several persons indulge in strong hopes 
that it may prv ve superior to the Chin se variety (Sor¬ 
ghum). To gra.ify any desiring to experiment with it we 
have procured r small quantity, and placed it in otir seed 
distribution, No 52. Only small parcels of 100 to 200 seeds 
each will he furn shed. 
King Philip Corn Wanted. 
Many are inquiring where they can get this by the quan¬ 
tity for seed. Those who have it to sell should advertise 
the fact, stating amount, price, and guarantee of its 
purity. 
IVyandott Corn. 
Frequent applications are made to us. We have none 
to distribute. We have no faith in it for northern lati¬ 
tudes. South of say 39° it may be all that is claimed for 
it, lor aught we know. 
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Thanks to Contributors and Cor¬ 
respondents. 
Never before in our Editorial experience have we been 
favored with such an avalanche of communications, que 
ries, suggestions, Ac. We have a mountain pile of letters 
which we shall work over during the year, for we intend 
to let nothing go ungleaned—save the “ sugar cane re¬ 
ports,” which it would be utterly impossible to use in detail 
without publishing an extra sheet of 100 pages monthly for 
a year. 
We feel decidedly “ rich ” with such a store of material 
in all departments of soil culture as has been kindly con¬ 
tributed, but we will be able to use it all in due time, with 
as much more as our friends will supply. One hint, how¬ 
ever. Don’t forget the In-Door Department, which has 
been too much neglected in all time past Our “better 
halves” are entitled to at least some consideration in the 
efforts now making to lighten and facilitate human toil. 
Permit us to earnestly beg of our correspondents and 
contributors to write briefly and to the point. Dip right 
into the subject at once. Give the pith of the matter and 
stop. Long introductions and perorations are best omitted 
If a whole page of description can be thrown into an illusj 
tration, make a rough penciling and we will have it com¬ 
pleted and engraved. Large as is ' nr ~>aper, we have no 
room for a sentence that does not convey a thought useful 
to somebody. 
‘ Our Basket” is full, pressed down, ana running 
over. We shall “empty” a few columns into our next 
number. There is not an inch of room left in this one. 
Subscription Still in Order. 
We can supply all subscribers that may come, with the 
first two numbers of this volume, and new subscribers 
with the baker’s dozen when especially desired and so 
stated We hope our friends will continue to aid us by 
sending forward new names. We shall this year, at least, 
spend every dollar received for this paper in improving its 
character, enriching it wj^h beautiful engravings, valuable 
contributions, &c. Cannot every one sending in for seeds 
forward at the same time one or more new subscribers 1 
The Mimes,” though improving, are still hard, but will 
not the small price of a single or club subscription for the 
present volume be well expended ? 
Tlie Banks Good. 
There is such a decided improvement in the Exchanges, 
and in the consequent value of even the most distant bank 
bills, that we shall henceforth 'reely receive in payment 
for subscriptions the issues of any hank in good credit at 
home. Gold, or 3 cent stamps, or Eastern bills, are of 
course preferable, but not indispensable. 
The Past—The Present. 
The beautiful engraving on pagefil. while designed to 
show wnat the Sewing Machine will do for lhe In-door 
has two or l hree other points of interest that may be over, 
ooked In the upper outside corners will be noticed the 
Courier on horseback racing with the snail at his feet, 
contrasted with the Rail-cars, the telegraph wire, and 
with tlie flash of lightning from the cloud. Below, the 
Canoe and the St'-ainbb it are presented. On the inner 
corners art the Mowing Machine vs the Scythe, and the 
Printing Press vs. the Pen The whole picture is a beau- 
fnl one, worthy of study. The object that most struck 
our attention is the clock marking five minutes to twelve, 
-the candle indicating it to lie . ight -and yet the wea¬ 
ried mother is still at the everlasting “Stitch, stitch 
stich,” while the little one is kept up to an unseasonable 
hour to “ rock the cradle.” 
The Prize Dictionaries. 
Are being constantly called lor, but the publishers tell ns 
they can supply “ any number,” and we shall be ready to 
meet all drafts from subscribers entitled to them. 
Remember, that by running your list of names up to 
only forty, at the club rates, you secure the large una¬ 
bridged Webster’s Dictionary, containing 1,400 pages, of 
three columns each, giving afull meaning to every word 
in the English language. This Book should be second 
only to the Bible in every family. It will cost you $fi or 
$7 to buy it; but we present one to every subscriber ob¬ 
taining forty names, at 80 cents each—whether at one or 
at different. Post Offices The offer will hold good until 
furiher notice. 
business Uotim. 
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jy wheeler A- Wilson Manufact’g Co.’s 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, 
Office, No. 343 Broadway, 
Agencies in all oftheprincipalplac.es in the United States 
Highest Premiums again awarded by the American 
Institute, New-York; Maryland Institute, Baltimore; 
and at the Maine, Connecticut and Illinois State Fairs. 
“ We prefer the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine 
for family use.”— N. Y. Tribune. 
“ Wheeler & Wilson’s Machines are the favorites fot 
families.”- N. Y. Times. 
“ The Wheeler & Wilson Machine has secured and 
justly maintains the pre-eminence for sewing every kind 
of material.”— N. Y. Express. 
“There is notan invention of this inventive age that 
honors American genius more than the Sewing Machine. 
No family ought to be without its benefits "—Independent. 
“ Weuse in our own family one of the Wheeler & Wil- 
son Machines, and we can not imagine anything more 
perfect.”- Ed N Y. Evangelist 
“ A Sewing Machine is among the most useful and econ¬ 
omical articles a housekeeper can purchase. In .tanking 
out for the best, see the machines of Wheeler A WiPon.” 
— Examiner. 
“ Wheeler & Wilson is the machine par excellence fot 
family use, and we recommend it most emphatically.”— 
Advocate and Journal. 
“Wheeler* Wilson’s Sewing Machines combine every 
thing that can be required in the manufacture of garments. 
Our friends abroad may be assured that to purchase ore 
ofthem is a safe investment.”— Observer. 
“ Wheeler & Wilson is beyond all question the ma 
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HARROW AND CLOD CUTTER. 
This is a highly useful and valuable Karin implement.. for nre 
paring sod-lands for corn, or to redone cloddy lands to prope> 
tilth for seeding oats, wheat or rye. 
This Harrow drew a premium at tne las’ State Fan. ftn tne 
best harrow and harrowing. 
Farmers who may wn»t an important• unprov* morn for the 
harrow in 2 : of rough and eloddy ground, will do w* || ».<» oal 1 and 
examine this riatent Harrow and Clod Cutter 
Manufactured by J. WINEBRENNER & CO , Harrisburg 
Pa 
Sold also by P MORRIS & CO.. Philadelphia: and hr t 
WARIHtUP. Pi'Ul.iirg. Pa. 
