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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
The Back Volumes of the American Agriculturist, 
neatly bound, can now be supplied from tlie commence¬ 
ment. These of themselves (Constitute a beautiful and 
valuable Farmer’s Library, embracing a compendium 
of all the important agricultural articles that have ap- 
peareed during the last thirteen years. First ten volumes, 
new edition, furnished bound for $10. 
Bound volumes XI, XII and XIII (new series), $1 50 per 
volume; unbound, $1 per volume. The whole thirteen 
volumes furnished bound for $14 50. 
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renewing subscribers to the Agriculturist 
alone, or to the Agriculturist and Times 
combined. 
To Correspondents. —The space required 
for our comprehensive Index compels us to 
leave over several letters, and answers to 
queries, which are already in type. In our 
next number, for October 1st, the increase of 
pages and omission of miscellaneous matter 
will give us ample room to do justice to all. 
Rest assured that the Agriculturist, at half 
the old price, will be hereafter quite as 
valuable as formerly. With a month to get 
out each number, we shall be able to make 
it more choice and more practical. Will not 
every farmer and every farmer’s wife get 
during the year many hints that will each be 
worth in money more than one dollar. 
Mark how Comprehensive !—We read 
carefully nearly every agricultural paper in 
the English language, and some besides; 
and winnow from them all the kernels of 
pure good grain which are worth putting into 
our lin —viz: the pages of the enlarged 
Agriculturist. 
Our farm is a very large and varied one. 
Instead of confining our observations to a 
few acres, cultivated according to our own 
peculiar notions, we travel over hundreds of 
other’s farms embracing every variety of 
soil and practice, and thence glean informa¬ 
tion to set before our readers. 
Our agents are such of our readers as 
may be disposed to speak well of the Agri¬ 
culturist to their friends and neighbors—a 
host of them we trust—not for the pay of a 
few paltry pence, but to advance a good 
cause and to benefit those who may by their 
instrumentality, be led to read, study, rea¬ 
son, and be profited thereby. 
Next week you will get the Times on the 
usual day for the Agriculturist. The agri¬ 
cultural department is under the care of Mr. 
Judd, and contains a. large amount of agri¬ 
cultural intelligence, practical articles &c., 
and in addition a most complete and compre¬ 
hensive department of news, &c. 
A Beautiful Book. —Beginning with the 
next number we shall use a superior paper, 
and set the whole matter in leaded type, so 
that it will form a most beautiful volume, su¬ 
perior to a majority of magazines. The size 
of the pages will be the same as now, so as 
not to break the harmony of the series of. 
volumes. 
Our Fancy. —We use plain, square type for 
our title-page, and the rest of the paper, and 
put no border to the pages, because we think 
this general style is the neatest, and that it is 
every way conformable to the best taste. 
Promptly renew, and send in new names if 
you would be sure of the first number, so as 
to have the next volume complete. We 
shall print a lot of extra copies, but they may 
be immediately exhausted by the large in¬ 
crease of subscribers, which our reduction 
of terms will undoubtedly bring in. We 
shall begin printing one part of each month¬ 
ly number by the 20th of the preceding 
month, and wish to know by that time how 
many will be wanted. 
GREAT TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN SKILL. 
EUROPEANS BEATEN ON THEIR OWN GROUND AND 
HANDSOMELY ACKNOWLEDGING THE 
AMERICANS AS VICTORS. 
The great and final trial of Agricultural 
Implements gathered at the World’s Exhibi¬ 
tion of Industry, now in progress in Paris, 
came off on August 13th, at La Trappes, 
thirty miles from Paris, upon the farm of 
Mr. Dailly, Postmaster-General of France. 
Previous partial trials had awakened such a 
general interest in the occasion, that Prince 
Napoleon, and many of the highest officers of 
State, went out from Paris; while about 
twenty distinguished Americans, including 
ex-President Fillmore, Senator Tombs of 
Georgia, Mr. Corcoran the Washington 
Banker, and others equally eminent, were 
on the ground to cheer on their countrymen, 
and to rejoice with them in the final result. 
Various implements were tested, but the 
great interest of the day was centered in the 
Threshers and Reapers, especially in the 
latter. 
In the trial of Treshers, which lasted only 
30 minutes, six men were set to work with 
flails, and at the same time the best French, 
English, and Belgian machines, and Pitt’s 
American Thrasher, with the following 
result: 
Six men with flails. CO liters of wheat 
Pinet’s Belgian Thrasher .150 liters “ 
Dunoir’s French Thrasher.250 liters “ 
Clayton’s English Thrasher.410; liters “ 
Pitt’s American Tiirasher .740 liters “ 
This is in nearly the ratio of 1— 2% —4—7 
12i, making the American machine to do the 
work of 74 men ; or of 5 Belgian machines ; or 
of more than 3 French machines, and nearly 
double that of the best English machines. 
The Moniteur, the leading Journal of France, 
says, “ the American Thrasher gained the 
honors of the day.” * * * “ It literally de¬ 
voured the sheaves of wheat.” * * * “ It 
is frightful to look at,” &c. 
Seven Reapers—three American, two Eng¬ 
lish, and two French—were entered. Pre¬ 
vious trials had scared all others from com¬ 
ing upon the ground. 
About an acre was allotted to each ma¬ 
chine, and they all started at the tap of the 
drum. The poorest American machine 
finished the plot in a little more than half 
the time required by the best of the Euro¬ 
pean machines. The time occupied was 
By McCormick’s (operated by McKenzie)... .10.} minutes. 
By Manny’s (from Illinois).16 minutes. 
By Hussey’s (Wright’s improvement).18 minutes. 
The European machines came out in from 
30 to 90 minutes. No incident could have 
been more pleasing to Americans than to 
have seen ex-President Fillmore mounted 
upon a shock of wheat, the most interested 
and excited spectator upon the field. It argues 
well for the future of Agriculture, when our 
politicians of the highest class enter with so 
much spirit into occasions like this. We 
hope to see many such manifestations of in¬ 
terest in farm improvements, during our 
great annual exhibitions now about, to open 
at home. 
The trial of mowers resulted in a similar 
triumph of American skill. The French 
machines will henceforth be superseded, and 
their patents worthless. 
In Pianos, the American instruments are 
also foremost. This circumstance puzzles 
the French most of all. They were some¬ 
what prepared for being excelled in the heavy 
agricultural implements, but how the Ameri¬ 
cans—half-civilized as they esteem us— 
should successfully compete Avitli more than 
three hundred fine French pianos, is beyond 
their comprehension. In their simplicity, 
they had supposed that they had furnished 
most of the pianos to this country, and in¬ 
deed, all of the good instruments of this kind. 
Some of our country men, and women, too, 
who have attached so much value to foreign 
manufactures, will have their obtuse vision 
sharpened. These results will do more than 
a thousand tariffs to develop and foster A mer- 
ican manufacture's. 
BROOKLYN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Correction.— A typographical error in 
the advertisement of this Society last week, 
entirely changed the meaning of the last par¬ 
agraph but two. It should read : Articles 
for competition in one class will be ineligible 
to compete in any other, and not eligible as 
printed. 
Importation of Cattle. —Some forty 
head, mostly Short Horns, arrived from Eng¬ 
land at Philadelphia, the past week. They 
Avere principally for Mr. Alexander, of Ken¬ 
tucky, and Messrs. Becar, Morris, Spencer, 
and Brooks, of New York. Several of them 
Avere purchased at high prices, at the late 
sale of Mr. Tanqueray,of Hendon, England. 
They are very fine animals as a lot. A few 
Alderneys and Ayrshires came over at the 
same time. 
In giving the beautiful cut of the Short 
Horn cow, Nymph 2nd, in our last number, 
we omitted to state that she is the property 
of Messrs. B. & C. S. Haines, of Elizabeth¬ 
town, N. J. 
Astray.— “Cutting Grain,” in No. 99 is 
wrongly credited to Farmer & Visitor—just 
as Ave found it—instead of to the German¬ 
town Telegraph, Avhere it first appeared, and 
where many other good articles originate. 
Sale of Devon Cattle. —We desire to call 
attention to the sale advertised by Mr. Gould 
at page 40S of this paper. 
