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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Publisher’s Announcement 
FOR THE 
FIFTEENTH VOLUME 
OF THE 
i^gnntlhtrW. 
A Leading, Standard Agricultural Journal. 
$1 Per AsumiU'—Discount to Clubs. 
The American Agriculturist will enter 
upon its Fifteenth Volume, October 1st, 1855, and be 
promptly issued thereafter on the first day of each month, 
making a large double quarto annual volume, printed with 
new and beautiful type, on heavy, extra white magazine 
paper of a superior fine quality 
Its pages will be devoted exclusively to AGRICUL¬ 
TURE, HORTICULTURE, DOMESTIC ARTS, and 
those matters which relate directly to the cultivation of 
the soil. 
It is designed to embrace such subjects as—Selection of 
seeds; the best method of preparing the ground for, and 
cultivating the various field and garden crops ; fruit grow¬ 
ing ; care, treatment and improvement of all kinds of do¬ 
mestic animals; the construction and embellishment of 
farm buildings ; housing, preserving, and marketing the 
products of the farm, orchard, garden and dairy ; and to 
the domestic or household labors of the rural home. 
It will be progressive in its character, having a constant 
watch for all improvements and new developments; and, 
at the same time, be sufficiently conservative to avoid and 
warn its readers against visionary theories, and the dan¬ 
gerous teachings of those who would create or distort 
■ scientific theories to subserve their private interests. 
The American Agriculturist will be entirely independ¬ 
ent of all collateral interests. The conducting and con- 
troling Editor, having no connection with any business 
whatever, will take good care that its pages shall be de¬ 
voted only to such matters as relate directly to the inter¬ 
ests of the reader. 
It will continue under the CONTROL and MANAGE¬ 
MENT of Mr. O. Judd, who will be assisted bv the 
oounsels and contributions of those gentlemen who first 
originated the Agriculturist, and have done much to main¬ 
tain its uniform high character—including Messrs. A. B. 
Allen, Lewis F. Allen, Rev. Win. Clift, together with 
several able contributors, whose united labors will serve 
to fill its pages with matter eminently serviceable to every 
owner or cultivator of even the smallest plot of ground. 
TERMS: 
One copy one year.$1 00 
Six copies one year . 5 00 
Ten copies one year. . 8 00 
Twenty copies one year.15 00 
ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS. 
Combination of Agricultural and News Journals. 
In order to furnish all our subscribers who may 
desire with earlv agricultural intelligence, such as full, 
extended and reliable reports of the sa es, transactions 
and prices of farm and garden produce, live stock, &c., 
together with full and comprehensive intelligence of a 
general character from all parts of the world, we have 
made arrangements with Messrs. Raymond, Harper & 
Co., to furnish us with an extra edition of the 
NEW-YORK WEEKLY TIMES, 
one of the largest and most comprehensive newspapers 
in the country. The Agricultural Department of the 
Times, together with its full reports of sales and price of 
live stock, farm and garden produce, &c., is prepared ex¬ 
pressly for that paper by Mr. Judd, the Conducting Editor 
of this journal. 
The two papers combined will embrace all that could 
be desired by the cultivator of the soil, wherever he may 
be located. The Monthly American Agriculturist will 
furnish standard articles of a high and practical character, 
adapted to the Month and Season in which they appear, 
and so valuable as to be worth preserving in a convenient 
form ; while the Weekly will give the news of the day^ 
not only agricultural but in every other departmsnt. The 
matter in the two papers will be different, and generally 
distinct from each other. 
Hereafter we shall mail the American Agriculturist on 
the first of each month, and the Times on Thursday of 
each week, on the following liberal terms, which will 
include the cost of botli papers: 
One copy of both papers one year. $2 00 
Three copies of both papers one year.... 5 00 
Ten copies of both papers one year.16 00 
Twenty copies of both papers one year. .30 00 
Back numbers of the Monthly American Agriculturist, 
when on hand, will be supplied at 10 cents per number. 
Back numbers of the Times can not be supplied. 
Specimen copies always sent free. 
All subscriptions or business communications to be ad¬ 
dressed to ALLEN & GO., 
Publishers of American Agriculturist, 
No. 189 Water-st., New York. 
N. B.—Editorial matters to be addressed, 
Editor of American Agriculturist. 
New-York Horticultural Society, 
LIST OF PRIZES 
To be awarded at the Fall Exhibition, to be held on 
TUESDAYand WEDNESDAY, September 25thand 
26th, 1855. The place of holding the Exhibition will 
be announced hereafter. 
FRUIT. 
For the best general display of Fruit. $15 
For the second best. 10 
Apples .—For the best 20 named varieties. 10 
For the second best. 5 
For best 6 named varieties of table apples, not less 
than 5 of each.. 5 
For second best. 3 
Pears,— For best 20 named varieties. 10 
For second best. 5 
For best 0 named varieties of table pears, not less 
than 5 of each. 5 
For second best. 3 
Peaches .—For best 6 named varieties, not less than 3 
of each. 5 
For Second best. 3 
Plums.— For best 6 named varieties, 6 of each. 5 
For second best. 3 
Nectarines .—For best 12, in one or more varieties. 3 
For second best. 2 
Quinces .—For the best 12. 3 
For second best. 2 
Fig's.—For the best 2 named varieties, not less than 
12 of each... 2 
Foreign Grapes .—For best 6 named varieties, 2 bunch¬ 
es of each, no bunch to weigh less than H- lb.. 15 
For second best. 10 
For best 3 named varieties, 2 bunches of each, no 
bunch to weigh less than 2 lb. 8 
For second best. 5 
For best bunch of Black Hamburgh, not to weigh 
less than 21 lb. 3 
For second best. 2 
For best bunch of Muscat of Alexandria, not to 
weigh less than 21 tb. 3 
For second best. 2 
Native Grapes.—For best named varieties, not less 
than 3 bunches of each. 3 
For second best. 3 
For best new variety, superior to the Isabella or 
Catawba, one bunch. 5 
Melons .—For best 2 Watermelons. 3 
For best two Muskmelons. 3 
Cranberries .—For best half peck, cultivated. 2 
CUT FLOWERS. 
Roses. — For the best general display. 10 
For second best. 5 
For best 20 named varieties, one of each. 8 
For second best. 4 
Dahlias .—For the best general display. 8 
For second best... 5 
For best 12 named, self-colored. 5 
For second best. 3 
For best 12 named, fancy. 5 
For second best. 3 
Verbenas.— For best and largest collection of named 
varieties. 5 
For second best. 3 
For the best Seedling. A Certificate of Merit. 
Carnations .—For best display. $6 
For second best. 3 
General Display.— For the best general display of Cut 
Flowers. 10 
For second best. 5 
BOUQUETS, BASKETS, &C. 
For the best pair of Hand Bouquets. 5 
For second best. . . 3 
For best Parlor Bouquet. 5 
For second best. 3 
For best Floial Basket. 8 
For second best. 5 
For the best and second best Ornamental Design, evinc¬ 
ing originality, neatness, and taste, a prize according 
to merit will be awarded. 
* PLANTS IN POTS. 
For best collection ol 20 named Hot-house and Green¬ 
house Plants . $15 
For second best. 10 
For best single specimen in flower. 5 
For second best. 3 
For best collection of 10 variegated leaved plants. 5' 
For second best. 3 
Achimenes .—For best 3 named, in bloom. 3 
For second best. 2 
Gloxinias .—For the best 3 named, in bloom. 5 
For second best. 3 
Orchids .—For oest 3 specimens, in bloom. 5 
For second best. 3 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes .—For best 3 varieties named, -J- peck of each.. $3 
Beets.—For best 12 Long Blood Beets. 2 
For best 12 Turnip-rooted Beets. 2 
Carrots .—For best 12 Short Horn Carrots. 2 
For best 12 Long Orange Carrots. 2 
Parsnips .—For best 12 roots. 2 
Salsify .—For best 12 roots. 2 
Cabbage .—For best 3 heads of Savoy. 2 
For best 3 heads of any other variety. 2 
Cauliflower. - For best 2 heads. 3 
Brocoli .—For best 3 heads. 3 
Unions.- For best 7 peck. 2 
Celery.—For best 6 stalks. 3 
Tomatoes .—For best i peck, red. 2 
Egg Plants.— For the best 3. 2 
Beans .—For best 1 peck Lima Beans, in pods. 2 
Com .—For best 12 ears for the table. 2 
Turnips .—For best i peck. 2 
Squashes .—For best 3 for the table. 2 
Pumpkin .—For the largest Pumpkin. 2 
Largest Display .—For the best general display of Vege¬ 
tables . .. 8 
For second best. 5 
PETER B. MEAD, THOMAS HOGG, 
JOHN GROSHON, Dr. JAMES KNIGIIF, 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN, JOHN SUTTLE, 
ISAAC BUCHANAN, WILSON G. HUNT, £.r Off, 
102nI224 Committee of Arrangements. 
TABLE 03T CONTENTS. 
Agricultural Shows. 372 
“ Society, Alabama State.377 
“ Fairfield County, Conn.377 
Apple borer. 375 
“ parers. 374 
Bed, three in a. 380 
Best, get the. 371 
Cider mill, Hickok’s. 376 
Crops, the.. 
Chickens, one way to cook.378 
Crow, our. 377 
Corn pasture. 371 
Creetur, one poor. 379 
Drawing an inference.380 
Do the cest you can.373 
Death, horrible. 370 
Food for Summer. 372 
Fowl, a large. 372 
Grain, the destroyers of.309 
Grapes on Lake Erie. 374 
Girl, a noble . 379 
Hail storm, a great. 378 
Half an hour too soon.381 
Horticultural Society, New-York.374 
Jokes, practical. 373 
Key West, climate, &c.375 
Law.3*5 
Marriage, extraordinary.379 
Meterology, national.379 
Never satisfied. 379 
One by one—Poetry. 380 
Paper mill, ligneous. 379 
Robin’s appeal—Poetry. 373 
Sabbath, rest of the. 373 
Strawberry beds, mailing. 374 
Seeds, Patent Office.376 
Subscribers, specially interesting to.376 
Simplicity truthtul. 330 
Satisfied, never. 379 
Truffles, cultivation of.372 
Tobacco chewer cured.361 
Tomatoes, receipts for saving.376 
Under-draining.7.370 
United States, progiess of.378 
Warwick—Illustrated.371 
Walking. .373 
Wit, living by. 380 
Wheat, Mediterranean, &c.378 
Well, artesian....379 
Women vs. Oxen.376 
B ooks for the farmers. 
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on receipt of the price annexed. 
Furnished by R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
I. The Cow, Daily 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. 
Ptice 25 cents. 
IX. The Hive and Honey Bee—their Diseases and Remedies, 
Price 25 cents. 
X. The Hog—its Diseases and Management. Price 25 cents. 
XI. The American Bird Fancier—Breeding, Raising, &o. ( &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. Stockhart’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 
rents. 
, XXII. Johnston’s Lectures on Practical.Agriculture. Price, 
75 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 
XXVIII. Fessenden’s Complete Farmer and Gardener. 1 w 1 
Price SI 25. 
XXIX. Allen’s Treatise on the Culture of the Grape. Frio* 
SI. 
XXX. Youatt on the Breeds and Management of Sheep. Price 
XXXI. Youatt on the Hog. Complete. Price 00 oents. 
XXXII. Youatt and Martin on Cattle. By Stevens. Price 
$1 25. 
XXXIII. The Shepherd’s own Book. Edited by Youatt, Skin¬ 
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XXXIV. Stephens’s Book of the Farm ; or Fanner’s Guide. 
Edited by Skinner. Price §i. 
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 
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XXXIX. Country Dwellings; or the American Architect:. 
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XL. Lindley’e Guide to the Orchard. Price $1 25. 
