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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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January 17. The railroads were everywhere 
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5th, and only with great labor and expense 
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admit of regularity in freight or even pas¬ 
senger trains. The Long Island Railroad 
was snowed under about two weeks. 
Merriam reports only 32 hours during 30 
days past, in which the mercury stood above 
the freezing point in the shade—viz: Jan¬ 
uary 3, 9 hours ; January 13, 12 hours ; 
January 17, 1 hour; January 18, 6 hours 
and January 19, 4 hours. 
The mercury went down to nearly zero 
this morning, but now (12 m.) the sun is 
shining brightly, and water once more drips 
from the eaves. 
P. S.—Monday 12 o’clock M. Nearly six 
inches of snow have lallen since Saturday. 
It is now snowing very rapidly, with wind 
from due north. Thermometer stands at 30° 
(Fahrenheit). 
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addressedto ALLEN & CO.. 
No. 189 Water-st., New-York. 
]\TEW-ROCHELLE (LAWTON) BLACK- 
11 BERRY.—Genuine Plants for sale, on liberal terms, by 
the subscriber, 
109—llln5 
SIMEON LESTER, 
New-Rochelle, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
C hoice poultry.—seed pota- 
TOES.—The subscriber has for sale ASIATIC, SEA- 
BRIGHT BANTAMS and GAME FOWLS, at very reasona¬ 
ble rates—all warranted PURE. 
I can also furnish the superior CLINTON POTATOES at 
$1 per peck. All orders promptly attended to. 
WM. FULMER, 
109—112n6 Stewartsville, N. J. 
EVERGREEN TREES. 
A DAMS & MORRILL, Portland, Maine, 
will furnish and forward to all parts of the United States, 
ARBOR VITiE, BALSAM FIR, SPRUCE, PINE, HEM¬ 
LOCK, LARCH, SUGAR MAPLE, and other Forest Trees, 
at their usual prices. Priced lists sent to applicants. 
ALSO, 
8,000 Houghton’s American Gooseberry Plants. 10D—tfn7 
N EW-ROCHELLE OR LAWTON 
BLACKBERRY.—The subscribers having- devoted much 
attention to the cultivation of this new species)of Blackberry for 
a number of years, have now the largest area of ground in culti¬ 
vation of any in the country. Their Nursery, while in bearing, 
has been visited by thousands of persons from all parts of the 
States, and by all pronounced to be the “ ne plus ultra.” 
Orders will be filled from our Grounds with great pleasure, at 
the foil owing prices : One half-dozen, $2 50; One dozen, $5 00 
Fifty, $12 50, and One Hundred, $25. 
GEO. SEYMOUR & CO. 
South-Norwalk, Conn., Jan. 20,1850. 109—112n2 
IR^YNAMOMETER, for testing the draught 
of Plows and various Machinery—one of the most ap¬ 
proved English pattern—for sale, or will be loaned for a reas¬ 
onable price. R. L ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. N. Y. 
T HE “ CALIFORNIA FARMER,” devot- 
ed to Agriculture, Stock Breeding, and the useful sciences. 
Subscriptions received at the Resident Editor’s Office, No. 119 
Washington-st., Boston. Sample copies sent when ordered. 
C RANBERRY PLANTS of the Bell va¬ 
riety are best adapted to f eneral culture—they bear large 
crops on poor, wet and boggy land, where nothing else will 
grow. UPLAND CRANBERRY PLANTS, which grow on 
poor, hill-side, and cold, barren soils, bear enormous crops of 
small red berries—superior in flavor to Low-land Berries. 
ALSO, 
NEW-ROCHELLE BLACKBERRY VINES. 
T O FARMERS and MARKET GARDEN- 
ERS who are desirous of making permanenl improvements 
to their lands at. very low rates. 
THE LODI MANUFACTURING CO., having the exclusive 
right for five years to the contents of all the Privies of the City 
of New-York, are prepared to furnish to the Farmers at the 
docks or nearest landing places to their farms, Night-Soil, as 
received from the night-scavengers, at from 10 to 18 cents per 
bushel, according to distance and trouble—or delivered into the 
farmers’ wagons, or tubs will be furnished, in which it can be 
carried on to the land. 
This can be done without offense, and after lying upon the 
ground for two days, it can be plowed under without trouble. 
This is one of the most powerful, and altogether the CHEAP¬ 
EST Manure now offered for sale. 
Apply to THE LODI MANUFATURING CO , 
109—00nl8 No. 60 Courtland-st.,New-York. 
Circulars relating to price, culture, soil, &c., will be forward¬ 
ed to applicants by inclosing a letter-stamp to 
F. TROWBRIDGE, 
Dealer in Trees, Plants, Roses, Vines, &c. 
109—llnl New-Haven, Conn. 
I SABELLA AND CATAWBA GRAPE 
VINES, of proper age for forming Vineyards, cultivated 
from, and containing all the good qualities which the most im¬ 
proved cultivation for over fifteen years has conferred on the 
Croton Point Vineyards, are offered to the public. Those who 
may purchase will receive such instructions for four years, as 
will enable them to cultivate the Grape with entire success 
provided their locality is not too far north. 
All communications addressed to R. T. UNDERHILL,M.D., 
BONE 
Superphosphate of Lime. 
L S. HOYT’S SUPERPHOSPHATE of 
• LIME, as a TOP-DRESSING, applied early in the 
Spring, upon Grain and Grass lands, will increase the yield so 
much as to insure its free use in this way, as well as its gen¬ 
eral application in the usual way to all the various crops where 
a SAFE, ACTIVE and LASTING Fertilizer is required. 
A Pamphlet descriptive of my SUPERPHOSPHATE OF 
LIME, containing analyses, certificates, &c.,may be had gratis, 
on application to L. S. HOYT, 
194 Water-st., New-Yoik. 
N. B.—Orders for the above received by R. L. ALLEN, 
Agricultural Warehouse, 
109—llln4 189 and 191 Water-st., New-York. 
A GENTS WANTED!! —Make Money 
when you can.—The subscribers desire to procure the un¬ 
divided time of an Agent in every County of the United States. 
Efficient and capable men may make several dollars per day, 
without risk or humbuggery of any kind. Full particulars of 
the nature of the business will be given by addressing the sub¬ 
scriber, and forwarding one Post-office stamp to pre-pay return 
postage. FUREY & CO., 
—109nl5 Philadelphia, Pa. 
T O FARMERS AND GARDENERS — 
Your attention is called to the Manures manufactured by 
the LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY from the con¬ 
tents of the sinks and privies of New-York city, and free from 
offensive odor, called 
POUDRETTE AND TAFEU. 
Poudrette is!composed‘of two-thirds night soil and one-third 
decomposed vegetable fiber. Tafeu is composed of three- 
fourths night soil and one-fourth No. 1 Peruvian Guano 
These manures are cheaper and better adapted for raising 
Corn, Garden Vegetables and Grass, than any other in market. 
Can be put in contact with the seed without injury, and causes 
Corn and seeds to come up sooner, ripen two weeks earlier, and 
vield one-third more than o’her manures, and is a SURE PRE¬ 
VENTIVE of the Cut Worm. 
Two bbls. Poudrette or 100 lbs. Tafeu, will manure an acre of 
Corn in the hill. Tafeu \\ cents per pound. Poudrette $2 per 
barrel, or $1 50 for any quantity over seven barrels, delivered on 
board vessel or railroad free from any charge for package or 
cartage. A pamphlet, containing every information, sent, post¬ 
paid, to any one sending their address to 
THE LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
109—00nl7 No. 60 Courtlandt-st., New-York. 
P LOWS of all kinds. Wrought Iron Plows, 
and Plows with wrought iron’Points. 
L ITTLE GIANT and other Corn and Cob 
Crushers. 
jgURR STONE and Iron Grain Mills. 
JJgWRROWS ; Hay and Stalk Cutters. 
^EED SOWERS, &c., in great variety. 
JpIELD and Garden Seeds. 
G UANO, Bone Dust, Poudrette, Super- 
phosphate of Lime, &c, 
A LLEN’S IMPROVED MOWER, AND 
MOWER AND REAPER—the best in America. 
A largo assortment of the most approved Agricultural and 
Horticultural implements, of good quality and at low prices, 
For sale by R. L. ALLEN, 
109— 189 and 191 Water-st., New-York. 
New-York, or Croton Point, Westchester County, N. Y., will 
receive attention. 
The additional experience of three past seasons gives him full 
assurance that, by improved cultivation, pruning, &c., a crop of 
good fruit can be obtained every year, in most of the Northern, 
all of the Middle, Western and Southern States. 
N. B.—To those who take sufficient to plant six acres, as he 
directs, he will, when they commence bearing, furnish the own 
er with one of his Vinedressers, whom he has instructed in his 
mode of cultivation, and he will do all the labor of the vineyard, 
and insure the most perfect success. The only charge, a reason¬ 
able compensation for the labor. 
Also, APPLE-QUINCE TREES, (which arc sometimes 
called the Orange Quince,) for sale as above. 
109—lln2 R T. U. 
F ish guano.—T he narragansett 
MANUFACTUING COMPANY, of Providence, R. I., 
are now prepared to execute orders for their FISH GUANO. 
They have prepared their Guano after two methods. One by 
chemically treating, cooking and then drying and grinding the 
fish to a powder. This is put in bags and sold at $45 per tun. 
The other variety is prepared as above (with the exception of 
drying and grinding), and is then combined with an absorbant 
which is in itself a valuable fertilizer, and sold at two dollars 
per bbl. containing about 200 lbs. The compost is of great 
strength, and must be a very efficient fertilizer, as it is com¬ 
posed in great part of simple flesh and bones of fish. 
Dr. Charles T. Jackson, of Boston,has made an analysis of the 
Powder, and says: 
“ It is similar to the Peruvian Guano in composition, with the 
exception t hat the ammonialmatter is dried flesh,of fish, and not 
yet putrefied, so as to be ammoniacal. It will, however, pro¬ 
duce ammonia by decomposition in the soil. One hundred grains 
of this manure, dried and finely pulverized, was submitted to 
analysis, with the following result: 
ANALYSIS . 
Ammonial matter (flesh or fish) - 48.00 
Phosphate of Lime - - - - - 33 90 
Carbonate of Lime ------ 7.60 
Sulphate of Lime ------ 6.40 
Potash of Soda. -4.10 
100.00 
Respectfully your obedient servant, 
CHARLES T. JACKSON, 
Assaser to the State of Massachusetts.” 
Dr. Jackson’s opinion of our Guano is expressed in the follow 
ing note: Boston, March 9, 1855. 
S. B. Halliday, Esq.—Dear sir: In reply to your letter, I 
would state my entire confidence in the superiority of a properly 
prepared artificial guano, made from fishes, over that of the nat¬ 
ural guano of birds, obtained from the coast of Peru. 
It is obvious that more of the nitro-geneous, or ammonia- 
producing substances, exist in fish prepared after your method, 
than are found in any guano, and hence the artificial prepara¬ 
tion will go further in the fertilization of a soil. 
The ammoniacal salts act chiefly in bringing the foliage into a 
healthy and luxuriant condition, and thus causes the plant to 
absorb more of the phosphate and other necessary salts and sub¬ 
stances from the soil, and more carbonic acid from the air. The 
carbonate of ammonia, also, is a solvent for humus, and it quick¬ 
ly saturates any injurious acid salts that may exist in the soil, 
and forms from some of them valuable fertilizers. 
Respectfully, your obedient servant, 
C. 'f. JACKSON, M. D., Statate Assayer, &c. 
This manure is offered to agriculturists with the assurance of 
its becoming one of the most popular to be obtained. The Com¬ 
pany are ready to establish agencies at such places as are desir¬ 
able for the convenience of farmers. As the supply for the sea¬ 
son is rather limited, the Company would esteem it a favor to 
have orders forwarded early to enable them to lay down at their 
agencies the requisite quantities in proper time for use. Orders 
may be addressed to to the Company at Providence, or to R. L. 
Allen, New-York; R. H. Pease, Albsny; Geo. Buck, Hartford. 
S. B. HALLIDAY, Agent, 
No. 22 West Water-st., Providence, R. I. 
Providence, Jan. 15,1856. 109—114nl6 
