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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
The Allen Patent Mower Triumphant. 
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ANY are now inquiring, “ What Mower 
shall I buy ?” That question has been satisfactorily an¬ 
swered during: the past fortnight. 
At a trial at Bedford, Westchester County, in heavy, wet 
clover, and on rough, stony ground, the ALLEN MOWER 
performed better than any other in competition, being the only 
one which cut a smooth, even swath and spread it well; and it 
came out of the field uuscatlied, while others were badly broken 
or seriously injured. It has since been repeatedly tried in Nevv- 
Jersey, on Long-Island, and other places, and worked admira¬ 
bly, whether in short, thin, fine grass, or in tall, thick and 
badly-lodged grass or clover. It also works well on a side hill, 
and on salt meadow's. 
The draft of this Mower is uncommonly light. It is simple 
in construction, very strong, and not liable to get out of order, 
m l wlien so, easily and cheaply repaired. 
It is the only Mower perfectly safe to the driver, the gearing 
being all covered ; and he sits so firm in his seat, it is almost 
impossible to throw him oat. In fact, this machine is better 
lilted for all kinds of work than any Mower yet manufactured. 
The following letter from one of the best known and largest 
farmers in New-Jersey, will testify to its merits: 
Jamesburg, N. J , June 22,1855. 
Mr. R. L. Allen, New-York: 
Sir—I made a trial yesterday with the new Mowing Machine 
I purchased of you, and do not hesitate to say that, the improved 
[Allen] machine is the best I ever saw worked with—and I 
have seen a goodly number. I have a field of very heavy grass, 
.and it had fallen down and lodged so I could not cut it with the 
old machine; and the grass was very wet, having rained nearly 
all day previous to my giving it a trial. I expected to see it 
choke up, but to my great surprise it choked up but very little, 
and that was owing to mismanagement. To be plain, Sir, I feel 
it my duty to inform you that the improved Mower works beau¬ 
tifully, and I am satisfied works nearly one-tliird lighter for the 
team than the Mower I used last year, and that was called one 
of the best in the market. JAMES BUCKELEW. 
W OODSTOCK (CONN.) ACADEMY. 
This Institution designs to prepare Students for busi¬ 
ness or for college. Instruction is given in the common and 
higher English branches, the Latin, Greek and French lan¬ 
guages, Music and Drawing. 
Especial attention will be paid to the Elements of Agricultu¬ 
ral Science. 
The FALL TERM will commence Thursday, August 30th, 
and continue eleven weeks. 
References —Henry C. Bowen, Esq., New-York City ; Hon. 
A. N. Skinner, and Benjamin Silliman, L.L. D., New-llaven, 
Conn. For further particulars,address 
E. CONANT, Principal. 
Woodstock, Conn., June 21, 1855. 94-l01nl209 
M ORRISON’S SHINGLE MACHINE— 
FOR RIVING, SHAVING anJ JOINTING SHIN- 
GLES—Completing them in ONE OPERATION. 
It is capable of manufacturing25,000 to 50,000 shingles per day, 
working them with the grain or fibers of the wood. 
Being RIVED and SHAVED, are far superior to shingles 
which are sawed or cut across the grain. 
For Rights and Machines, apply to GATENS & VAUGHAN, 
Binghampton, or at Rome,N. Y., where Machines are now on 
exhibition. 
Orders for Machines from the South and West are respectfully 
solicited, addressed to ISAAC WILLIS, 
94-97nl210 Rochester, N. Y. 
P R ATT & BROTH E R S, 
MANUFACTURERS OF DITCH-DIGGERS, TILE 
AND BRICIC MACHINES, 
Canandaigua, N. Y. 
THE MOST USEFUL AND PERFECT 
MACHINES KNOWN. 
They are in use by many persons, and proving themselves ca¬ 
pable of vastly cheapening and extending drainage. 
The Tile machine is gaining a reputation beyond any prece¬ 
dent, for the following reasons : 
1st.—Because it is the only Tile and Brick machine known, 
enabling brick-makers to make Tiles and tile-makers to make 
Bricks, with one and the same machine. 
2d.—As a Tile machine it challenges competition in compact¬ 
ness, simplicity, completeness and economy. It will make 
Tiles at about one-half the cost of the machines in general 
use. 
:>d.—As a Brick machine, it produces a quality superior in 
density and perfection to every thing but the best pressed bricks, 
and at a cost less than the cheapest common brick. 
4th.—This machine is equally applicable to tlie use of Horse, 
Steam, or Water Power, without clap-trap, detention, or fault, 
and requires manual labor only to supply the clay and remove 
the tiles and brick as fast as made 
.The Digger will cut 100 rods of ditch, from 2 to 3 feet deep, 
as easy as the same team in the same soil will plow U6 to 2 
acres. PRATT & BROTHERS, 
95—98nl211 Canandaigua, N. Y. 
N EW-ROCHELLE blackberry.— 
Genuine Plants from the Original stock, deliverable in 
November, March or April, for sale by ISAAC ROOSEVELT, 
95— 120nl212 Pelham, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
D irections for the use of gu- 
ANO.—A full and minute description of the different crops 
and soils to which Peruvian Guano is adapted, with full direc¬ 
tions for its application, a pamphlet of 90 pages, and can be sent 
through the mail. Price 25 cents. 
R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
rfHO NURSERYMEN.—WANTED—To 
Jl negotiate, as Agent for a Company, for a large quantity of 
NURSERY STOCK, suitable for stocking a Nursery in Illi¬ 
nois. Address (inclosing stamp), 
91—96nl204 WM. DAY, 
Morristown, N. J. 
F armers and gardeners who 
can not get manure enough, will find a cheap and powerful 
substitute in the IMPROVED POUDRETTE madefy the sub¬ 
scribers. The small quantity used, the ease with which it is 
applied, and the powerful stimulus it gives to vegetation, ren¬ 
ders ii the 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 
otner 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 ban-els. 1 barrel, S2 ; 2barrels, $3 50; 3 bar¬ 
rels, $5 00; 5 barrels, $8 00. A pamphlet with information and 
directions will be sent gratis auu post-paid, to any one applying 
for the same. 
Address, the LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
. No. 74 Corlland-street, New-York 
Watertown, Mass., Oct. 191854 
Lodi Manufacturing Company : 
Gentlemen—At the request of John P. Cusliing, Esq., of this 
g lace, I have, for the last five years, purchased from you 200 
arrels of Poudrette per annum, which lie 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. 
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, 
Your obedient, servant. 
70—121111152 BENJAMIN DANA. 
IGACrIUE 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 t he 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. 
Fifth—The cheapness and durability of its construction. 
R. L. ALLEN. 189and 191 Water-st., New-York. 
LITTLE GIANT 
CORN AND COB Mi 
LL. 
PATENTED 1854. 
T HIS MILL has doubtless attained a more 
sudden celebrity for doing its work with rapidity and ease, 
than any other article of labor-saving machinery ever presented 
to the Agricultural world; the merit of which consists chiefly 
in the peculiar arrangement of first breaking, then crushing anil 
crumbling the cob at the center of the mill. Thus lessening the 
strain upon both mill and team, the chief work of crushing be¬ 
ing thrown upon the central parts of the judicious application 
of leverage power. 
For portability, simplicity of construction, and convenience of 
use, the LITTLE GIANT lias no equal. It weighs from three 
to five hundred pounds, according to size, and can be put in ope¬ 
ration by the farmer in twenty minutes, without expense or 
mechanical aid. 
These MILLS are guaranteed in tlie most positive manner 
against breakage or derangement, and warranted to grind feed 
from ear coni, and grits or fine liominy from shelled corn, with a 
degree of ease and convenience for farm purposes never attained 
before. 
Will grind from 10 to 15 bushels per hour, according to degree 
of fineness, and can be worked advantageously with one or two 
horses. 
Sole Agent for New-York and vicinity, 
R. L. ALLEN, 
91— 
189 arul 191 Water-street. 
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. 
12. JL. ALitiEN Sole Agent for New-York. 
189 and 191 Water-street. 
D omestic animals at private 
SALE — L. G. MORRIS’S Illustrated Catalogue, with 
prices attached, of Short Horned and Devon Bulls and Bui 
Calves, a few Horses, Southdown Rams, Berkshire, Suffolk and 
Essex Swine, will be forwarded by mail (if desired) by address¬ 
ing L. G. MORRIS, Fordham, Westchester Co., N. Y., or N. J. 
BECAR, 187 Broadway, New-York. It also contains portrait, 
pedigree, and performance on the turf of tlie celebrated horse 
‘‘ Monarch,” standing this season at the Herdsdale Farm. 
April 24.1855._ 86—tfnl l94 
I MPORTED MONARCH, by Priam, out 
of Delpliine by Whisker, will stand the present season at 
L. G. Morris’s Herdsdale Farm, 1% 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—tfnll93 
|^.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, Rav, Sweet- 
scented Vernal, Tall Fescue, Muskit or Texas, Tall Oat and 
Spurrey. 
Red and White Clover 
Lucerne. 
Saintfoin. 
Alyske Clover. 
SWeet-soented Clover. 
Crimson or Scarlet Clover. 
|qUELD 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 varietv. 
Spring aiid Winter Vetches. 
Peas, Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, and all other useful Seeds 
for the farmer and planter. 
B UCKWHEAT — Choice and clean, for 
Seed. 
B ARLEY—California and Two-rowed va- 
riety. 
T URNIP AND RUTA BAGA, of every 
choice kind. 
TITISCELLANEOUS SEEDS.-Osage,Or- 
J-"-*- ange, Locust, Buckthorn, Tobacco, Common and Italian 
Millet, Broom Corn, Cotton, Flax, Canary, Hemp, Rape and 
Rice. 
F 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 tlie native Forest Trees 
Shrubs and for such foreign kinds as have become acclimated. 
R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
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. Tlie American Kitchen Gardener. Price 25 cents. 
IV. The American Rose Culturer. Price 25 cents. 
V. Prize Essay on Manures. By S. L. Dana. Price 25 cents. 
VI. Skinner’s'Elements of Agriculture. Price 25 cents. 
VII. The Pests of the Farm, with Directions for Ext irpat ion 
Price 25 cents. 
VIII- Horses—their Varieties, Breeding, Management, &c. 
Piice 25 cents. 
IX. The Hive and Honey Bee—their Diseases and Remedies 
Price 25 cents. 
X. Tlie Hog—its Diseases and Management. Price 25 cents. 
XI. The American Bird Fancier—Breeding, Raising, &c., &c 
Price 25 cents. 
XII. Domestic Fowl and Ornamental Poultry. Price 25 cents. 
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. Stockliart’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. Joluiston’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. 
XX V. Randall’s slieep Husbandry. Price $1 25. 
XXVI. Miner’s American Bee-Keeper’s Manual. Price $1. 
XXVII. Dadd’s American Cattle Doctor. Complete. Price $i. 
XXVIII. Fessenden’s Complete Farmer and Gardener. 1 v< 1 
Price $1 25. 
XXIX. Allen’s Treatise on the Culture of tlie Grape. Pl ica 
$ 1 . 
XXX. Youatt on tlie Breeds and Management of Sheep. Price 
75 cents. 
XXXI. Youatt on tlie 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 50 cents. 
XXXVIII. Hoare on tlie Culture of the Grape. Price 50 
cents. 
XXXIX. Country Dwellings; or the American Architect 
Price $6. 
XL. Lindley’s Guide to the Orchard. Price $1 25. 
XLI. Gunn’s Domestic Medicine. A book for every married 
man and woman. Price §3. 
XLII. Nash’s Progressive Farmer. A book for every boy in 
tlie country. Price 50 cents. 
XLIII. Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals. Price >75 
cents. 
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 on 
arranging Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &c. Edited by Lewis F. 
Allen. Price $1 25. 
XLVII. The Farmer’s Land Measurer ; or Pocket Compan¬ 
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 $1 25. 
LII. Thomas’s Fruit 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. Longstroth 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. 
