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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
PURCHASING AGENCY. 
HARVEY B. liANE, 
No. 42 Park Bow, New York City. 
A RELIABLE AGENCY 
FOR PURCHASING 
ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE, 
Implements for the Farm, 
Garden and Household 
SEEDS. 
METROPOLITAN WASHING MACHINE. 
Price $10. 
THE UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINGER, 
Wrings anything from a glove to a bed spread, and 
fits all kinds of Machines, Tubs or Laundries. 
PRICES—No. 1, Hotel size.$10 00 
No. 2. 7 50 
No. 3. 5 00 
The Subscriber is agent for PARSONS & CO., 
who offer, at prices accordant witli tlie times, 
their well known large assortment of 
FIIIIIT and OBISAMENTAL 
TREES, §ISI£fJB§, IS<G>§E§, 
FOREIGN & NATHVE <K0£APE§, 
Catalogues furnished gratis by mail. 
Address HARVEY B. LAME, 
42 PARK BOW, NEW-YORK. 
Also LISTER’S GENUINE 
SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME, 
Manufactured from Raw Bowes, dissolved in Sulphuric 
Acid , with a few important additions, at $40 per tun. 
Also fine, medium, and coarse ground Manure, from 
Raw, (or tjnburned), Bones. 
For sale in large and small quantities. 
WOODRUFF’S Patent Portable 
BAROMETER, 
OR IMPROVED 
WEATHER INDICATOR. 
HARVEY SS. LANE, 42 Parle Row, 
is General Agent for New-York State. 
Agents wanted for every County in this State. For particu¬ 
lars address as above. 
THE PATENT CLOTHES DRYER 
of the 
METROPOLITAN WASHING MACHINE CO., 
Folding, Revolving and Elevated by a crank, 
Price, $4. 
Also, Wholesale at Manufacturer’s Prices. 
PATENT CYLINDER PLOW. Reduced Prices. 
The lightest draft and best stvard turning plow. 
See Agriculturist, May No., p. 136. 
PRICES.—No. 0, with Coulter Share.$ 6. 
No. 1, do. do. 8. 
No. 2, do. do. 9. 
No. 3, do. do.,..11. 
With Wheel, $1 extra. With Skim or Front Plow 
$1.50 extra 
HOW TO GET RICH. 
Agents wanted to sell Books of Popular 
BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY. ADVENTURES, TRAVELS. 
Send for Catalogue, and liberal terms offered to those out 
of employment. Address C. M. SAXTON, 
35 Park Row, New-York. 
BOOKS FOR FARRIERS 
A FOB OTHERS. 
[Any of the following books can be obtained at the of¬ 
fice of the Agriculturist at the prices named, or they will be 
forwarded by mail, postpaid, on receipt of the price. Other 
books not named in the list will be procured and sent to sub¬ 
scribers when desired, if the price be forwarded. All of these 
books may well be procured by any one making up a libra- 
ry. Those we esteem specially valuable, are marked with a *.] 
American Bird Fancier.$o 25 
American Farmer's Encyclopedia. 4 00 
American Weeds and Useful Plants*. 1 50 
Allen’s (R. L.) American Farm Book*. 1 00 
Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals. 75 
Allen’s (L. F.) Rural Architecture. 1 25 
Allen on the Culture of the Grape . 1 00 
American Florist’s Guide. 75 
Barry’s Fruit Garden*. . i 25 
Bement’s (C. N.) Rabbit Fancier. 25 
Bement’s Poulterer’s Companion *. 125 
Boussingault's (J. B.) Rural Economy. l 25 
Bridgeman’s Young Gardener’s Assistant*. 1 50 
Bridgeman’s Kitchen Garden Instructor. 60 
Bridgcman’s Florist's Guide. CO 
Bridgeman’s Fruit Cultivator’s Manual. 60 
Brandt's Age of Horses *. 50 
Buist’s American Flower Garden Directory..'! 1 00 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener*.'.. 75 
Central Park Guide*. 
Chorlton’s Grape-Grower’s Guide*... 
Cole’s (S. W.) American Fruit Book. 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) Modern Horse Doctor*. 
25 
00 
50 
... 100 
Dadd’s (Geo. II.) American Cattle Doctor. 1 00 
Dana’s Muck .Manual for Farmers. 1 00 
Eastwood on the Cranberry* . 50 
Every Lady her own Flower Gardener. 50 
Farm Record, for 25 years...’ 3 00 
Farmer’s Practical Horse Farrier. GO 
French’s Farm Drainage *. l 00 
Fessenden’s American Kitchen Gardener. 25 
Field’s (Thomas IV.) Pear Culture. 1 00 
Fish Culture*. l 00 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses*. 1 25 
Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (Downing’s)**. 1 75 
Guenon on Milch Cows. CO 
Hall’s (Miss) American Cookery. l 00 
Herbert’s Hints to Horsckeepers**. 1 25 
Jenning’s Horse and bis Diseases. 1 25 
Johnson on Manures . 75 
Kidder’s Bee Culture. 50 
Langstrotli on the Honey Bee*.. l 25 
Liebig’s Lectures on Chemistry. 50 
Leuchars’ Hothouses . 1 25 
Linsley’s (D. C.) Morgan Horses. 1 00 
Mayhew’s Illustrated Horse Doctor. . 2 50 
Milourn on the Cow and Dairy. 25 
Miles on the Horse’s Foot. 50 
Norton’s Scientific Agriculture. oo 
Our Farm of Four Acres....*_cloth 50 cts.,- paper_ 25 
Onion Culture*. 21 
Olcolt’s Sorgho and Impliee. 1 00 
Pardetron Strawberry Culture. 60 
Pedder’s Farmer’s Land Measurer. 50 
Quinby’s Mysteries of Bee keeping*. 1 00 
Randall’s Sheep Husbandry . 1 25 
Richardson on the Dog. 25 
Richardson on the Hog. 25 
Rose Culturist . 25 
Robin’s Produce and Ready Reckoner. 50 
Shepherd's Own Book. 2 00 
Smith's Landscape Gardening. L 25 
Spencer’s Education of Children**. l 00 
Stephens’ Book of the Farm .2 vols. 4 00 
Stewart’s (John) Stable Book. 1 00 
Thomas’ (John J.) Farm Implements *. 1 00 
Thomas’ (John J.) American Fruit Culturist . 1 25 
Todd's (S. E.) Young Farmer’s Manual. 1 25 
Tucker's Register Rural Affairs. 25 
Turner’s Cotton Planter’s Manual. 1 00 
Warder’s Hedges and Evergreens*. . . 1 00 
Week's (John M.) Manual on Bees . 25 
Wood’s Class Book of Botany*. . 2 00 
Yale College Agricultural Lectures. 25 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse. 1 25 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle. 1 25 
Youatt on the Hog. 75 
Youatt on Sheep. 75 
GOOD ENERGETIC PERSONS 
Wanted to sell 
EMERSON’S FARMER’S ENCYCLOPEDIA, 
DADD’S HORSE DOCTOR, &e. 
Address C. M, SAXTON, 
25 Park Row, New-York. 
ORTH DEVON, ARYSHIRE, and ALDER¬ 
NEY CATTLE, for sale by 
A. M. TREDWELL, Madison, N. J. 
DUCKS. 
Parties wishing to supply themselves with a very superior 
breed of Ducks, (Aylesbury and Rouen,) to which was award¬ 
ed the first Premium at the late AVestchester County Fair, 
can obtain them either at my residence, Mamaroneek, or by 
letter to 8 John-st. New-York. JOHN COX. 
Weight, when in condition, 12 to 15 lbs. per pair. 
Duck and Drake $5. 
Chester Cosinty Figs. 
The undersigned continues to execute orders as heretofore, 
for his pure stock of the above, which will be carefully ship¬ 
ped to any point of the Union. 
The selections are made only from pure bloods, and chiefly 
from premium animals, which have been uniformly success¬ 
ful at our local Fairs. He refers to purchasers from him in 
all sections of the Union. 
PASCHALL MORRIS, Agricultural and Seed AVarehouse, 
1120 Market-st„ Philadelphia, Pa. 
""ITALIAN QUEEHST^ 
Having imported per steamer New-York a lot of genuine 
Italian Bees, (which arrived in a remarkably good state,) I 
shall be able to furnish Amateurs with pure genuine Italian 
Queens. For price and other information, apply to 
C. AVM. ROSE, 63 Exchange-place, New-York. 
N. B. This living the last and only importation this season, 
the public can rely on getting a perfectly pure breed. 
E X C E 
I O R 
ANTI-ERICTION 
MOUSE, POWER. 
These Mills and Horse Powers have taken NINE FIRST 
PREMIUMS at the Western State Faxes this Fall, and 
are justly considered superior to all others. The same mill 
will grind the finest flour and the coarsest feed. It can he 
run by any Horse, AVater, or Steam Power, and will last a 
lifetime. It is perfectly adapted to farm or milling pur¬ 
poses. Any hoy can keep the mill in good order. 
THE HORSE POWER 
is adapted to drive Threshing Machines, Farm Mills,. 
Hay Cutters, Saws, Planing Machines, Cotton Gins,. 
Etc. 
It has many advantages over the powers in general use, Is • 
portable, compact, simple, strong, and cheap; is 50 per centi 
lighter draft than any other, and is not liable to get out otl 
order. THREE POUNDS DRAUGHT WILL KEEP THE! 
POAVER IN MOTION. 
Agents wanted in every county. Rights for sale. 
Send for Illustrated Circulars to 
BENNET BROTHERS, 
42 and 44 Greene-st„ near Canal, New-York;. 
FOWLER’S STEAM PLOUGH., 
The inventors of this Machinery have expended' much,* 
money and many years in experiments upon it, and; nowoff 
fer it to the American Farmer in a condition that leaves-lbitiha 
improvement to be desired. 
By this system any description of implement eanbe ne^d in 
the cultivation of land, and it is well adapted for breaking 
up prairie land, subsoiling, draining and other {heavy work. 
The Engine which drives the plough can beapplied to other 
purposes, such as threshing, grinding, sawing, &c„ &c. 
Patent Rights for States and Counties are aow for sale. 
One of the Ploughs, working near Philadelphia, can be seen 
in operation, and further particulars eaa be obtained on ap 
plication to R. W. EDDISON, 
No. G08 South Delaware ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 
W® USSIA OR BASS MATS, SELECTED EX- 
jOS' pressly for budding and tying, GUNNY BAGS* 
TWINES, HAY ROPES, &c., suitable for Nursery purposes, 
for sale in lots to suit by I). W. MANWAKING, 
Importer, 248 Front-st., New-York. 
P ATRIOTIC PACKETS OF UNION STATION¬ 
ERY and Portraits of Presidents. Also Prize Packets, 
containing portraits of ten Generals, and Gifts. Agents and 
Retailer’s profits large. Also, all kinds of Union Stationery. 
I. HASKINS & CO., 36 Beekman-st., New-York. 
ARTIFICIAL 
JLIM15S, §ELPH®’§ PATENT, 
Substitutes for lost limbs, 516 Broadway. Send for a Circular. 
Pure Bread for the Masses. 
It is the duty of every housekeeper to see that the Biscuit, 
Cakes, and Pastry arc prepared in the manner mostcondU' 
cive to health. Pyle's Saleratus is the most reliable in use. 
It is free from all unwholesome Imparities, and effectual in 
producing light Bread. 
Housekeepers should he on the alert for grocers, who often 
recommend some imitation on whicli they can make a large 
profit. Tell them you want PYLE’S, and you can rely upon 
having a good article. 
All good Grocers keep the genuine. 
GUANO. 
PURE ICHABOE GUANO, 
direct from the islands. This article classes with Peruvian,, 
as shown by analysis of Campbell Morfit. It contains agri 
cultural expressions, to witAmmonia, 8.96; alkaline salts' 
and phosphate acid, 3.40; bone phosphate lime, 12.75. For 
sale in hags in quantities to suit. 
BASHFORD & MOULTON, 95 Beaver-st„ New-York. 
GENUINE 
SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME,, 
Manufactured from Raw Bones, dissolved in Sulphuric: 
Acid , witli a few important additions, at $10 per tun, by 
A. LISTER & BROTHER, Taerytown, N.Y. 
(For results of the present season see American Agricullur- 
ist, for August, page 232.) 
We guarantee every tun of their manufacture to be of uni¬ 
form quality, and invite trials or chemical analysis. 
We also manufacture from Raw, (or unburnko), don as 
the fine, medium, and coarse ground Bone Manure, for 
lasting as well as immediate eifcct upon all kinds of farnr 
crops The coarse ground is particularly valuable for Fruit 
1'refis and Grape Vines, which require a constant and lasting 
source of nourishment. 
For sale in large and small quantities by „ ■ 
A. LISTER & BROTHER, Tarrytown, N. Y. 
and then- agent, F LANGMAN, 159 Water-nt., New-York- 
