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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
IMPROVED CMOABING II A V FORM. 
This is a great labor-saving imple¬ 
ment, in a situation where labor is 
most oppressive, and at a time when 
it is most difficult to be procured. It 
is intended for unloading hay from a 
wagon upon a scaffold or into a mow. 
This is generally done in the sultriest 
weather, in a close barn, when the 
dust from the hay and the oppressive 
heat are almost stifling, and when the 
team and hands connected with it can 
be spared with least convenience. By 
the use of this simple and economical 
instrument, the same team that draws 
the load into the barn, or any super¬ 
numerary horse at hand, may unload a 
tun of hay in a few moments, without 
any effort at pitching. 
The fork, as represented by the cut, 
is suspended from the roof directly 
over the load, by a tackle and fall, or 
by a single pulley and rope, the draw¬ 
ing end of which passes through a pul¬ 
ley on a level with the horse, to enable 
him to lay out his strength to advan¬ 
tage. The iron teeth are pressed into 
the hay, and the horse at a word, 
draws up some 400 to 600 pounds to 
the required height, when a light cord, 
attached to the fork and passing over 
another pulley suspended in the proper 
direction, in the hands of one of the 
operators swings it horizontally over 
the place to be deposited, and the sud¬ 
den jerk of a strong twine, removes 
the ketch, and the forkful drops where required. A few forksfuls remove the ^entire load, 
when the men and team, refreshed by their few moments of rest, are off for another load. 
For sale by R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st., New-York. 
E MERY’S PATENT CHANGEABLE 
HORSE POWERS, THRESHERS and SEPARATORS. 
Single Horse Power - $85 00 
Double do. do. 116 00 
Do. do. do., with Thresher and Separator, 160 00 
Single do. do. do. do. 128 00 
Belts $5 and $10 each. 
ESS. JL. ASjBjEN Sole Agent for New-York. 
189 and 191 Water-street. 
t FARMERS AND GARDENERS WHO 
can not get manure enough, will find a cheap and powerful 
substitute in the IMPROVED POUDRETTE made.by the sub¬ 
scribers. The small quantity used, the ease with which it is 
applie l and the powerful stimulus it gives to vegetation, ren¬ 
ders L I he cheapest and best manure in the world. It causes 
plants to come up quicker, to grow faster, to yield heavier and 
ripen earlier than any other manure in the world, and unlike 
other fertilizers, it can be brought in direct contact with the 
plant. Three dollars’worth is sufficient to manure an acre of 
corn Price, delivered free of cartage or package on board of 
vessel or railroad in New-York city, $150 per barrel, for any 
quantity over six barrels. 1 barrel, $2; 2barrels, $3 50; 3 bar¬ 
rels, S5 00; 5 barrels, S8 00 A pamphlet with information and 
directions will be sent gratisanu post-paid, to any one applying 
for the same. 
Address, the LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
No. 74 Cortland-street, New-York 
Watertown, Mass., Oct. 191854 
Lodi Manufacturing Company : 
Gentlemen—At the request of John P. Cushing, Esq., of this 
place, I have, for the last five years, purchased from you 200 
barrels of Poudrette per annum, which he has used upon his 
extensive and celebrated garden in this town. He gives it al¬ 
together the preference over every artificial manure, (Guano 
not excepted), speaks of it in the highest terms as a manure for 
the kitchen garden, especially for potatoes. 
lam, gentlemen, very respectfully, 
Your obedient, servant. 
70—121nll52 BENJAMIN DANA. 
K NOWLSON’S FARRIER OR HORSE- 
DOCTOR.—The greatest book for the treatment of dis¬ 
eased horses ever printed—containing also valuable hints for 
choosing a good horse, and directions for training horses. By 
J. C. KNOWLSON, F. Q. It. Priced cents. 
This is a plainly written treatise on horses and horse diseases, 
by one of the most eminent English farriers ever known. Mr. 
Knowlson, the author, was none of your theoretical geniuses 
called gentlemen farriers. He was a plain, honest, hard-work¬ 
ing man who doctored the horses with his own hands and his 
own preparations. He treated more than a hundred thousand 
horses in his life tim«, having practised fifty odd years ; and he 
made a record of each case, so as to judge of other similar cases. 
This is the way lie gained his popularity. He died a few years 
ago, leaving e property equal to $150,000 in Yankee money; yet 
he was a hard-working man to the end of his life. This is the 
only Horse-Doctor book that can be lelied on. 
AGENTS WANTED in all parts of the United States and 
Canada, to sell this and other valuable works. Sample copies 
with catalogue of Maps, Books, Charts and Prints sent by mail 
(post-paid) upon receipt of price. Address 
A. RANNEY. Publisher, 
No. 195 Broadway, New-York. 
N. B.—Editors copying the above shall receive a copv of the- 
work (post-paid.) 89—92nll83 
'ILLARD FELT, No. 14 Maiden-lane, 
Manufacturer of Blank Books, and Importer and Dealer 
in PAPER and STATIONERY of every description. Partic¬ 
ular attention paid to orders. 78-130 
G ARDEN SEEDS.—A large and complete 
assortment of the different kinds in use at the North and 
South—all fresh and pure, and imported and home grown ex¬ 
pressly for my establishment. 
|^RASS SEEDS.—Timothy, Red Top, 
Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Foul Meadow, Ray, Sweet- 
scented Vernal, Tall Fescue, Muskit or Texas, Tall Oat and 
Spurrey. 
Red and White Clover 
Lucerne. 
Saintfoin. 
Alyske Clover. 
Sweet-scented Clover. 
Crimson or Scarlet Clover. 
F IELD SEEDS.—A full assortment of the 
best Field Seeds, pure and perfectly fresh, including 
Winter and Spring Wheat of all the best varieties. 
Winter Rye. 
Oats, of several choice kinds. 
Corn, of great variety. 
Spring and Winter Vetches. 
Peas, Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, and all other useful Seeds 
for »he farmer ami planter. 
B UCK-WHEAT —Choice and clean, for 
Seed. 
B ARLEY—California and Two-rowed va¬ 
riety. 
T URNIP AND RUTA BAGA, of every 
choice kind. 
M iscellaneous seeds.-O sage,or- 
ange, Locust, Buckthorn, Tobacco, Common and Italian 
Millet, Broom Corn, Cotton, Flax, Canary, Hemp, Rape and 
Rice . 
fU^RUIT TREES.—Choice varieties, inclu- 
" ding the Apple, Pear, Quince, Plum, Peach, Apricot, Nec¬ 
tarine, &c., &c. 
O RNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUB- 
BERY.—Orders received for all the native Forest Trees 
Shrubs and for such foreign kinds as have become acclimated. 
R. L ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
IMPORTED MONARCH, by Priam, out 
^ of Delphine by Whisker, will stand the present season at 
L. G. Morris’s Herdsdale Farm, \ V Z miles from Scarsdale depot, 
and 24 miles from New-York by Harlem Railroad. Terms, $20 
the Season for mares not thoroughbred, and $50 for thorough¬ 
bred. Pasturage $3 per month. Accidents and escapes at the 
risk of the owner. All business connected with the horse to be 
addressed to “Monarch’s Groom, Scarsdale P. O., Westchester 
County, N Y.” A portrait taken from life, with performance 
on the turf, full pedigree, &c.. will be forwarded by mail, by ad¬ 
dressing L. G. MORRIS, Fordham, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
April 24, 1855. 86—tfn!193 
N EW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
PREMIUMS ON FARMS. 
Premiums are offered for 1855, of $50, $30, and $20, on farms 
of not less than 50 acres, exclusive of wood and water land, re¬ 
gard being had to the quantity and quality of produce, the man¬ 
ner and expense of cultivation and the actual products 
Questions to be answered by the applicants will be furnished 
by the Secretary, on application. 
Notice must be given to the Secretary on or before the 
FIRST OF JULY, 
by persons intending to compete, so that some member or mem¬ 
bers of the Executive Committee may visit and examine the 
farms entered for competition, and report on the same. 
Agricultural Rooms, ) B. P. JOHNSON, 
Albany, May 16, 1855. J 88-91nll97 Secretary. 
EAGLE FAN MIFF. 
T he best and cheapest grain 
and SEED SEPARATOR EVER OFFERED 
IN THIS MARKET. 
The superiority of this Fan consists 
First—In cleaning without a screen, by separating the impu¬ 
rities, such as chess, cockle, smut, &c.. by the blast alone, con¬ 
sequently saving the loss of the small sound kernels of wheat 
which must go through a screen. 
Second—An arrangement by which a part of the sound and 
perfect grains are separated from the rest for seeding, leaving 
the balance in a good marketable condition, so that the 
farmer need sow only such grain as contains the germ of 
growth. 
Third—Smaller seed, such as grass and clover seed, are 
cleaned in the most perfect manner. 
Fourth—Fans built on this plan will clean grain, both in the 
first and second cleaning, faster and better than any others now 
in use. 
Filth—The cheapness and durability of its construction. 
R. L. ALLEN, 189and 191 Water-st., New-York. 
B ooks for the farmers. 
ALL SENT FREE OF POSTAGE, 
on receipt of the price annexed. 
Furnished by R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
I. The Cow, Dairy Husbandry, and Cattle Breeding. Price 
25 cents. 
II. Every Lady her own Flower Gardener. Price 25 cents. 
III. The American Kitchen Gardener. Price 25 cents. 
IV. The American Rose Culturer. Price 25 cents. 
V. Prize Essay on Manures. Bv S. L. Dana. Price 25 cents. 
VI. Skinner’s Elements of Agriculture. Price 25 cents. 
VII The Pests of the Farm, with Directions for Extirpation 
Price 25 cents. 
VIII Horses—their Varieties, Breeding, Management, &c. 
Pi ice 25 cents. 
IX. The Hive and Honcv Bee—their Diseases and Remedies 
Price 25 cents. 
X. The Hog—its Diseases and Management. Price 25 cent s. 
XI. The American Bird Fancier—Breeding, Raising, &c., &c 
Price 25 cents. 
XII. Domestic Fowl and Ornamental Poultry. Price 25cents. 
XIII. Chemistry made Easy for the Use of Farmers. Price 
25 cents. 
XIV. The American Poultry Yard. The cheapest and best 
beek published. Price $1. 
XV. The American Field Book of Manures. Embracing all 
the Fertilizers known, with directions for use. By Browne. 
Price $1 25. 
XVI. Buist’s Kitchen Gardener. Price 75 cents. 
XVII. Stoc-khart’s Chemical Field Lectures. Price $1. 
XVIII. Wilson on the cultivation of Flax. Price 25 cents. 
XIX. The Farmer’s Cyclopedia. By Blake. Price $1 25. 
XX. Allen’s Rural Architecture. Price $1 25. 
XXI. Phelps’s Bee Keeper’s Chart. Illustrated. Price 25 
cents. 
XXII. Johnston’s Lectures on Practical.Agriculture. Paper, 
price 25 cents. 
XXIII. Johnson’s Agricultural Chemistry. Price $1 25. 
XXIV. Johnson’s Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and 
Geology. Price $1. 
XXV. Randall’s sheep Husbandry. Price $1 25. 
XXVI. Miner's American Bee-Keeper’s Manual. Price $1. 
XXVII. Dadd’s American Cattle Doctor. Complete. Price $1. 
XXVIII. Fessenden’s Complete Farmer and Gardener. 1 V' 1 
Price Si 25. 
XXIX. Allen’s Treatise on the Culture of the Grape. Price 
SI. 
XXX. Youatt on the Breeds and Management of Sheep. Price 
75 cents. 
XXXI. Youatt on the Hog. Complete. Price 60 cents. 
XXXII. Youatt and Martin on Cattle. By Stevens. Price 
$1 25. 
XXXIII. The Shepherd’s own Book. Edited by Youatt, Skin¬ 
ner and Randall. Price $2. 
XXXIV. Stephens’s Book of the Farm; or Farmer’s Guide. 
Edited by Skinner. Price $4. 
XXXV. Allen’s American Farm Book. Price $1. 
XXXVI. The American Florists’Guide. Price 75 cents. 
XXXVII. The Cottage and Farm Bee-Keeper. Price 50cents. 
XXXVIII. Hoare on the Culture of the Grape. Price 50 
cents. 
XXXIX. Country Dwellings; or the American Architect. 
Price $6. 
XL. Lindley’s Guide to the Orchard. Price SI 25. 
XLI. Gunn’s Domestic Medicine. A book for every married 
man and woman. Price $3. 
XLI1. Nash’s Progressive Farmer. A book for every boy in 
the country. Price 50 cents. 
XLIII. Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals. Price 75 
^ents. 
XLIV. Saxton’s Rural Hand-books. 2 vols. Price $2 50. 
XLV. Beattie’s Southern Agriculture. Price $1. 
XLVI. Smith’s Landscape Gardening. Containing Hints oil 
arranging Parks. Pleasure Grounds, &c. 
Allen. Price $1 25. 
XLVII. The Farmer’s Lqnd Measurer ; 
ion. Price 50 cents. 
XLVIII. Buist’s American Flower Garden Directory. Price 
$1 25. 
XLIX. The American Fruit Grower’s Guide in Orchard and 
Garden. Being the most complete book on the subject ever 
published, $1 25. 
L. Quinby’s Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained. Price 1. 
LI. Elliott’s Fruit. Grower’s Guide. Price $125. 
LIT. Thomas’s Fruii Culturist. Price $1. 
LIII. Chorlton’s Cold Grapery. Price 50 cents. 
LIV. Pardee on the Strawberry. Price 50 cents. 
LVI. Norton’s Scientific Agriculture—New Edition. Price 
75 cents. 
LVII. DADD’S MODERN HORSE DOCTOR. Price $1. 
LVIII. Diseases of Horse’s Feet. Price 25 cents. 
LIX. Guinon’s Milk Cows. Price 38 cents. 
LX. Longst.rotli on Bees. Price $1 25. 
LXI. Book of Caged Birds. Price $1. 
LXII. Gray’s Text Book of Botany. Price $2. 
LXIII. Directions for Use of Guano. Price 25 cents. 
Edited by Lewis F. 
or Pocket Compan- 
L 
AWTON BLACKBERRY.— Genuine 
Plants may be purchased of WM LAWTON, 
IO 811 II 88 No M Wall-st., New-York. 
