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'JTlie S200 Offt'cred for Best Articles 
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next Volume, is being competed lor by quite a number 
of practical men. From the contributions already at hand 
we could select those which would be lound highly valu¬ 
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Was the motto ugon the title-page of Beckwith’s New- 
Haven Almanac. Thai is about our mono. We have not 
cleared anything yet by puulishing this journal, but we 
trust some good has been done, and we hope yet to make 
some money—enough to buy just the farm we want to 
live and die upon,—and at the same time keep the Agri¬ 
culturist going upward in character and sterling value. 
A still wider circulation will accomplish both of these 
objects. Who will help in tiie matter ! -“ Every pres¬ 
ent subscriber. 1, -That sounds well. 
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WHEEIiER & Wsi5®reS~’ 
SEWISG MACHINES. 
NEW STYLE, PRICE $50. 
SEND FOR A CIRCULAR. 
Office 343 Broadway, New-York. 
This is the only stitch that can no' be raveled, and that 
presents the same appearance upon each side of the seam. 
It is made with two threads, one upon each side of the fa 
brie, and interlocked in the center of it. 
GOOD NEWS.—A reduction in the prices of Sewing 
Machines is announced in our advertising columns. We 
have heretofore expressed the opinion that the prices of 
this invention have been too high—so high as to place 
them beyond the reach of many whom they would most 
benefit. Their utility is established beyond question, and 
at the present prices we see no reason w by they should 
not be found, as they ought to be, in every household. 
Several varieties are manufactured adapted to various 
purposes. So far as public opinion has been formed and 
uttered, the preference is emphatically accorded to the 
Wheeler and Wilson machine for family use, and for 
manufactures in the same range of purpose and material. 
During the present Autumn the trials have been numer¬ 
ous, and all the patents of any pretension have been 
brought fairly into competition. In every case, the 
Wheeler and Wilson machine has won the highest pre¬ 
mium We may instance the State Fairs of New-York, 
New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois, Wiscon¬ 
sin and California, and the fairs of the Cincinnati, De 
troit, Chicago and St. Louis, Institutes, already held. At- 
the fair of the St. Louis Mechanical Association the com¬ 
mittee consist.vl of twenty-five ladies of the highest focial 
standing, who without a dissenting voice awarded for 
the Wheeler and Wilson machine the highest and only 
premium, a silver pitcher valued at $75. If these facts 
do not establish a reputation, we know not what can.- 
Christian Advocate and Journal. 
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GROVER & BAKER’S 
CELEBRATED 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, 
A New Style. Price $50. 
495 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK. 
18 SUMMER-STREET, BOSTON. 
730 CHESTNUT-STREET, PHILADELPHIA. 
For our own family use, became fully satisfy tl that Grover 
& Baker's machine is the best, and we accordingly purchased 
it .”—American Agriculturist. 
ISP* Agencies in all the principal Cities and Towns in the 
United States. 
Market Review, Weather Notes, &o 
American Agriculturist Office, 1 
New York,Nov. 24, 1858 ) 
Early in the month, receivers of the lending kinds ol 
Breadstuff's appeared disposed to store then supplies, an¬ 
ticipating a ri-e in prices. The demand vvas animated, 
and an advance was established. Subsequently, heavy- 
receipts had the effect of lessening the inquiry, especially 
from the home trade, and more willingness to sell was 
manifested by holders. Prices conseqm ntly were de¬ 
pressed, and at the close of our report, buyers of Flour, 
Wheat, Barley and Oats, have any existing advantage. 
The demand is very moderate, and the moie general opin¬ 
ion at present is that a further decline is inevitable. The 
stocks of Flour and Wheat in store here are unusually 
heavy, and should the confidence of holders be shaken, a 
serious break down in the market would be the result. 
At present, it is only by the firmness of the leading hol l¬ 
ers that the receding tendency of prices is checked. The 
want of a satisfactory export demand tells badly, for pro¬ 
ducers. It is best that they should be made aware of tins, 
and be governed accordingly. Money is so plenty and 
cheap in the great business centers, just now, that specu 
lators are enabled to hold on to supplies, hoping for an 
advance in prices. A tightening of the screws in Hie 
money market, however, would put an end to most of 
this confidence, and then the pressure to sell, would be so 
great, that the value of what might be lot sale would suf¬ 
fer a material reduction. These are the views entertained 
by the oldest and steadiest merchants frequenting our 
Corn Exchange. And the fact that they are not disposed 
