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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Fifty Cents 
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Wliccler & Wilson JYEauu-fiact’gf Co.’s 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, 
Office, No 343 Broadway, New-York. 
Agen lies throughout the Union 
Highest Premiums again awarded bv the American 
Institute, New-York; Mar) land Institute, Baltimore; 
and at the Maine, Connecticut and Illinois State Fairs. 
“ We prefer the Wheeler kc Wilson Sewing Machines 
(or family use. They will force the industry of women 
into a thousand new channels, and emancipate her from 
the cramped posture and slow starvation of needle work.” 
— .V. Y. Tribune „ 
Wheeler & Wilson’s Machines are the favorites for 
families, being especially adapted to that purpose. They 
work more rap'dly, with less friction, and with a greater 
economy of thread than most, if not all others.”— N. Y. 
Timex. 
“The Wheeler & Wilson Machine has secured and 
ustly maintains the pre-eminence for sewing every kind 
of material. It works equally well upon silk, linen, 
woollen, and notion goods ; seaming, quilling, gathering, 
nemming, &c., with a strength and beauty superior to 
any hand-work.”— N.Y. Express. 
“ The sewing machine promises permanent relief to the 
wearisome bondage of the sewing woman. Its celerity 
is incredible. Each one of Wheeler and Wilson’s is cal¬ 
culated to do the work of ten ordinary sewers. Women’s 
powers, whatever theircultivation, are unable tocoinpete 
either in rapidity, precision, or finish ; from one to two 
thousand stitches per minute is not unusual. On shirt 
bosoms, the number per minute is about fifteen hundred.” 
— Journal of Commerce. 
“•Wheeler & Wilson’s is beyond all question the ma¬ 
chine for family use.”— Life Illustrated. 
“ Of the Wheeler & Wilson machine we can speak with 
entire clearness and confidence, after the use of one four 
years or more in our family. We look upon it as one of 
the benefactions of the age, and one which will constitute 
an era in the historv of woman.”— Putman's Monthly. 
“The Wheeler & Wilson is the machine pur excellence 
for family use, and we recommend it most emphatically.” 
— Advocate and Journal. 
“ In our own family we useone of Wheeler & Wilson’s 
machines, and we cannot imagine anything more per¬ 
fect.”—Ed N. Y. Evangelist. 
“The Wheel.-r & Wilson machine ranks high in the 
community for family use, for which purpose it is ad¬ 
mirably adapted.”— N. Y. Chronicle. 
“ There is not an invention of this inventive age which 
honors American genius more than the sewing machine. 
No family ought to be deprived of its benefits.”— Inde¬ 
pendent. 
“ A sewing machine is among the most useful and econ¬ 
omical articles a housekeeper can purchase. In looking 
out for the best, see the machines of Wheeler & Wilson.” 
— Examiner. 
“Wheeler & Wilson’s machines are the best ever 
offered to public patronage. They are simple and durable ; 
easily kept in repair; work without noise; sew with 
great rapidity ; make an even and firm stitch on both sides, 
that will not rip ; economise thread, and are applicable to 
every purpose and material common to the art in ques¬ 
tion.”— Christian Inquirer. 
“Wheeler & Wilson’s machines combine everything 
tnat can be required m the manufacture of garments. 
Our friends abroad may be assured that they will give 
entire satisfaction, and that to purchase one of them is a 
sale investment.”— Observer. 
“ For family use, the Wheeler & Wilson machine justly 
maintains the pre-eminence. It is remarkable for 
elegance of model and finish, simplicity and thoroughness 
of construction, lightness and rapidity of operation, ease 
of management, economy of thread, and firmness and 
durability of seam.”—Harr Book. 
“ The Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines are the 
principal supply of the vast demand of the fashionable 
world, and as they are adapted to every style of sewing, 
they are of vast importance.”— Daily News. 
' Wheeler & Wilson’s machines combine all the im¬ 
provements that have been invente 1 for sewing, and are 
the machines par excellence for family sew ing, and manu¬ 
facturers generally, indeed, we see nothing to add or 
abate, and consider them a triumph of mechanical 
genius.” — N. Y. Journal. 
“ The Wheeler & Wilson celebrated machines are pre¬ 
eminently calculated for family use, and for this purpose 
have no equal.”— Musical World. 
“ Full examination has resulted in a most thorough 
conviction of the superiority of Wheeler & Wilson’s ma¬ 
chines, and of their perfect adaption to family sewing in 
all its varieties. The speed averages about twelve hun¬ 
dred stitches per minute, though they may run at double 
this. Fifty dozen of shirt collars, or six dozens of shirt 
bosoms, are a day’s work. Their efficacy is equal to at 
least twelve seamstresses Sewing is rendered a pleasing 
and healthful employment.”— Golden Prize. 
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fessedly agricultural journal, got up as a covert advertis¬ 
ing medium for a warehouse, have sent among a number 
of our subscribers, a private circular, offering a pound of 
Chinese Sugar Cane for a two dollar subscription. Now, 
though the Agriculturist has no outside business to sup¬ 
port, or be supported by, we are determined not to be ex¬ 
celled in anything “ in our line of business,” and we 
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present volume be taken into account. 
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Special Note to Correspondents 
We beg pardon for any seeming negligence orinatten- 
tion. With fifty thousand or more intelligent readers, 
and writers too, located in everv part of the country— 
and beyond—our table has been so greatly overcrowded 
with correspondence during the (to others) leisure Win¬ 
ter season, that after using all daylight hours, and much 
“ midnight oil,” and enlrusting to our assistants all let- 
teis possible, we still find a very large number of them 
marked for “ personal attention.” These letters are all 
acceptable, and will be responded to as fast as possible. 
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Posta.ee ©asly Six Cents.—Mow Estimated. 
Not a week passes without complaints of Post Masters 
who, wise above what is written, and clothed with a little 
brief authority, insist upon charging double the legal post¬ 
age on this journal. When pointed to what we have 
printed on the topic, they reply that “ they do not go to 
Editors for their instructions, but to Washington.” Well, 
we have humored them there. We sent a February num¬ 
ber to Washington—all our paper is made of uniform 
weight with the copy sent. Here is an exact copy of the 
reply : 
Post Office Department— Appointment Office. 
February 9,1858. 
Sir : In reply to yours ofthe 8th instant, I have to inform 
you that according to the sample which you transmit, the 
weight of the “ American Agriculturist ,” docs not exceed 
three ouvcex, and is to be rated w ith postage accordingly. 
Very Respectfully &c. 
HORATIO/KING, 
First Assistarff. P. M. General. 
Mr. Orange Judd, 
189 Water-street, New-York, N. Y. 
Contents for ItfiarcBi 1858. 
Abutilon striatum .Illustrated. .85 
Advertising Dodges. 53 
Advertisments—Read them.. 72 
Agricultural Humbug at Washington. .II. 72 
Agriculture in Olden Time.........87 
Arbor for Grapes, and Screen.Illustrated!!88 
Atmosphere and the Farmer.86 
Banana Tree. Illustrated. .80 
Bee-Hive—Wonders of..IX.3 Illustrations. .75 
Bees—Apiary in March.67 
Birds—Our Singing..!'g6 
Boys’ and Girls’ own Columns.3 Illustrations.’.90 
Budding—Proper Buds to Choose.Illustrated 83 
Buildings for the Farm..I—Laborer’s Cottage_ 3 Il¬ 
lustrations.. 
Camellia Lowii ..’.illustrated. .65 
Cats—For the House and Bam. 71 
Cattle—American..II.—Herefords. 2 Illustrations!!!. 76 
Cattle—Blooded Stock—Prospective Prices. 70 
Cattle—Cow Should be Kept by Citizensand Villagers! 7/ 
Cherry—Winter or Ground—Try it.66 
Chimneys—Remedy for Smoky.. . . . . .70 
Cranberries—Cultivation of.. ....!!!.82 
Farm—Work for March.!...! 66 
Farmers—Jones. Smith and Johnson. 79 
Flower Garden—Calender for March. . (u 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit—Calendar for March !.!!!!66 
Gooseberry - Downing’s New.63 
Grapes in Winter. 90 
Grapes—New—Logan and Winslow. 88 
Green and Hot Houses, American-Notes, with descrip¬ 
tions of new Plains—Acacia acutissima Drum - 
mondii and grandis— Bi 1 bergia acaulus zebrina —Eu¬ 
phorbia punicens— Indigofera decora— Ixora Javan- 
ica —Viburnum japonicnm and suspension 80 & 81 
Green House Operations in March.67 
Grevillea Tillermanii .. Illustrated!!81 
IIay — Next Ciop of . 77 
Healthfumess of Soil Cultivation. 74 
Hot House—Calendar for March.67 
Housekeeping 111 1 lie Country—‘Help”. . 71 
Indoor Work—Snatches ol Science.. 1—Water, Wash¬ 
ing, &c...fig 
Insects—Peach Borer Plastered Up.83 
Manure—New Fish Fertilizer.!!!. 69 
Manure—How Much to each Animal.••■•..69 
Manure—Peruvian Guano—Price Reduced. 71 
March—S uggestions of the Mi nth.. 65 
Market and Weather Review. 91 
Orchard. Ill—Apples, Locality, Profits, iic. .......... 83 
Orchard & Nursery—Calendar for March. 66 
Plants that are and are not raised from Seed.85 
Potatoes—Antidote lor Rot. 7 y 
Potatoes—To raise Early. 86 
Poultry—Experience in Chicken Culture.i.,78 
Poultry—Guinea Hens—In-and-m-Breeding.78 
Poullry—Spring Chickens... . 68 
Pruning—Suggestions oil..II.4 Illustrations. 64 
Reapers & Mowers—Trial by U.S.Ag. Society..II.69 
Roses from Cuttings.84 
Rainy Day Rambles—VI—Setting Trees.81 
Seeds—Cabbage and Cabbage Lettuce. 73 
Seeds—Send for them. 
Sheep—Early Lambs. 68 
Sheep—Introduction of Merinos into U. S. 71 
Ship—“ My Ship Comes”. 90 
Stable Floors—Improved.,. 75 
Tim Bunker on Losing Ihe Premium. 79 
Trees—Setting out vs. attending Lawsuits, &c.81 
Trees—Winter rest of. 86 
Washing Day—Hints for.. 2 Illustrations.. 89 
Water—Pure & Impure, Filterers.&c. .2 Illustrations. .89 
Winter—Advantages of the past Mild. 87 
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date of February 15th: 
In reply to yours of the 12th instant, I inform you that 
the weight of newspapers is to be taken or determined 
when they are in a dry state, and the weight cf the wrap¬ 
per is not to be included. 
Respectfully &e. 
HORATIO KING, &c. 
We have not been to the trouble to send for and publish 
the above on our own account, as we know the plain letter 
of the law on the subject, but to satisfy those who insist on 
having instructions direct from Headquarters. Our fre¬ 
quent difficulties on this point, result from the fact, that, 
though under the legal weight requiring double newspa¬ 
per postage (over 3 ounces), yet it comes very nearly up 
to 3 ounces, and when weighed damp, or with the wrap¬ 
per, or in “ coffee scales ” it will go over 3 ounces—espec¬ 
ially if the said “coffee scales” are such as are in the habit 
of making any thing put into them weigh a little more than 
they ought to do. 
We repeat the substance of the law ; Periodicals sent 
to regular subscribers, and weighing not over three ounces 
avordupois, when dry and without wrapper, arc to he 
charged one cent each ; one half of which is to be deduct¬ 
ed when the postage is paid quaiterly in advance, at the 
office where received_The Agriculturist sheet weighs 
2.617 ounces, that is 844 lbs. 10 the ream of 480 sheets. 
Subscription on Credit —A Fair Proposition. —A 
farmer in Mississippi, writes that we “ought to send the 
Agriculturist out on credit—people don’t like to pay for a 
Hung before they get it.” To which we reply—“ it’s a 
poor rule that don’t work both ways.” You have 50,000 
bushels of com, worth 50 cents a bushel. Suppose you 
advertise to send two bushels ofit to each and every per¬ 
son who will wiite to you for it from any part of the coun¬ 
try—to be paid for one year after reception. What a 
nice job in collecting. 
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