AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
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AMMONIATED SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. 
received since the coni 
'HE attention of Farmers and Planters is 
-®- respectfully called to the above invaluable compound, for 
their approaching spring planting. 
The Manufacturer begs to assure his friends and patrons, that 
they may always depend upon being supplied with a Genuine 
and uniform article, for he constantly superintends, in person, 
the entire process of manufacture and putting up for sale. 
This article has now been before the community for a period 
of five years, during which time it has been analyzed by a large 
number of Chemist’s in different places; has been TRIED by 
farmers upon every kind of soil, in nearly every State in the 
Union, with almost unvarying success. 
In response to my prsposition, two years since, to allow any 
responsible fanners or Agricultural Societies to take, free of 
cost, a quantity of it wherever they might find it on sale, and 
give it the most searching practical trials, I am happy to be 
able to statethat many of the most influential Agricultural So¬ 
cieties have made such trials, and have pronounced their un¬ 
qualified approbation of it as a valuable and paying manure. 
Please refer, for proof of this, among others, to the Reports of 
the “ Massachusetts State Farm” for 1855, and for the present 
year. 
Perhaps one of the best proofs of its value is the greatly in¬ 
creased demand, unprecedented in the history of artificial fer- 
tilizers, and not equaled by guano itself. I have now (Feb. lst( 
orders for more'than $100,000 worth, 
mencement of the present year, but having greatly enlarged my 
works, adding the new factories of which a water-side view is 
given above, I hope to be able to supply orders to any extent 
that may be required. 
As there are a large number of Superphosphates in market 
for the value of which I would not like to be responsible, I 
earnestly request all purchasing to be careful to get the GEN¬ 
UINE article, either from myself or my accredited agents, who 
are always of acknowledged respectability. For the Superphos¬ 
phate purchased from such houses, I hold myself responsible for 
its good character. 
The Superphosphate is packed in bags holding 150 lbs. each, 
and in barrels containing about 300 lbs. each. No charge is 
made for bags or barrels. In small quantities I will deliver it 
—cartage free—on board any vessel or railroad leaving New- 
York City. 
CASH PRICE, $50 per tun of 2,000 lbs. 
Orders (stating whether in bags or barrels) to be addressed to 
C. B. DeBURG, (Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer,) 
Williamsburg, L. I. 
(Factories two blocks south of Peck-slip Ferry.) 
N. B.—Pamphlets with full directions sent on application. 
109—116n 
IjtBERUVIAN GUANO —At lowest market 
prices , wholesale and retail—with Government weight and 
brand on each bag, for sale at the 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT AND SEED 
Warehouse of R. L. ALLEN, 
Nos. 189 and 191 Water-St., New-York. 
allen’s celebrated mowing machine 
_ CANNOT CLOG. _ 
UPERPHOSPHATE OF L I M E — Of 
Hoyt, DeBurg, and Mapes’s manufacture. 
|?J_UANO, Bone Dust, Poudrette, Super- 
phosphate of Lime, &c, 
B ONE DUST, ground and sawings. 
Poudrette, Tafeu, Plaster of Paris. 
Purchasers may depend upon getting these manures of best 
quality. For sale by R. L. ALLEN, 
189 and 191 Water-st., New-York. 
T HOROUGH-BRED DEVON CATTLE, 
AND ESSEX PIGS, FOR SALE. 
The subscriber now offers for sale a few superior Devon Heif¬ 
ers, bred by himself entirely from recently imported stock, and 
in calf by his last imported bull, “OMER PASHA,” winner of 
the FIRST PRIZE, as yearling, at the Royal Show of England 
in 1855; as also a number of young Bulls and heifers, the get of 
his three imported Bulls “MEGUNTICOOK,” “MAY-BOY,’ 
and “OMER PASHA,” and out of imported Cows, or their 
progeny. 
Also, constantly on hand, ESSEX PIGS, bred from the best 
imported stock. 
For full particulars as to age, price, pedigree, &c., address, 
C. S. WAIN WRIGHT, 
1246nl08—119N9 Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
ALLEN’S MOWER AND REAPER, 
THE BEST IN THE UNITED STATES. 
To be sure of a Machine you should order 
at once. 
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T HE LAWTON BLACKBERRY is the 
queen of all berries—of most magnificent proportions, ex¬ 
quisite flavor, and delicate texture.— Springfield, Mass., Repub¬ 
lican, Sept 4, 1855. 
Description of the Plant. —This is an original and entirely dis¬ 
tinct variety, and not, as some suppose, the “New-Rochelle 
Blackberry,” improved by cultivation, (the plants which abound 
in that neighborhood being no better than those growing wild in 
every other part of tne country.) It differs in shane, size and 
quality from every other known variety. For descriptive circu¬ 
lars and general directions for garden culture, forming planta¬ 
tions and pruning, address, WM. LAWTON, 
New-Rochelle, N. Y., or No.54 Wall-st. 
N. B.—Plants will be furnished at a reduced rate to societies 
and clubs. Ill—tfn42 
A gricultural engineers.—T he 
undersigned, having long experience as Engineers, will 
pay attention to those branches of their profession connected 
with Agriculture, viz : Land Surveying and Mapping, the ar 
rangement and construction of houses and farm buildings.— 
Draining and Irrigation in all their branches. Also, the 
adaptation of all machinery necessary for agricultural purposes, 
including steam engines, wind and water mills, water rams, 
force pumps, &c. Materials and machinery purchased on com¬ 
mission. SHIPMAN & HAMMOND, 
111 —121n48 - No. 63 Trinity Buildings. Ill Broadway, N, Y 
We give a few from more than one hundred testimonials,copie 
of which can be had on application. 
R. L. Allen, N.'Y —I have used Allen’s Mower for two sea¬ 
sons, and have cut 70 to 80 tons fodder each season. We have 
used it in light and heavy grass, over rough and level surface, in 
wet and dry. The machine has succeeded admirably. It has 
not cost me S2 in two years. It is the best and most perfect 
mower I ever saw work, being of easy draught, and requiring no 
more than ordinary walk of horses to do the work well, cutting 
the grass as low and more level than any hand-mowing. I can 
cut with ease 12 acres in a day; and, with two horses, weighing 
2.100 pounds, (the two,) can follow it day after day. I should 
like to see any improvement that may come along; but if I could 
not get such another as Allen’s, I would not part with it for 
$1,000—indeed, for any money. I have had numbers of farmers 
see my mower work, and they all admit it is the best they ever 
saw work. John Giles. 
Woodstock, Conn., Oct. 25,1855. 
R. L. Allen, Sir:—I do not think abetter mowing machine 
can be made than your Allen’s Improved. I cut 19 tons ot hay 
off 8 acres with it, and I was only four hours cutting it. Much 
of the grass was badly lodged and tangled; indeed, I had no idea 
that a mowing machine would work in it at all. The grass was 
cut in first-rate style, and no clogging. I have cut, in all, 60 
acres, without a cent cost for repairs. It is easy of draught to 
the horses, and thfey can be walked slow or quick. It is com¬ 
pact and durable, and easily managed. I saw it worked at 
Flushing, in June last, when four different patent mowers were 
worked beside it. I was certainly impartial in my desire to 
choose the best machine; and I chose yours, (Allens,) as none of 
them could compare with it in the qualities I have named. 
Patchogue. L. I., Nov. 10,1855. Austin Roe. 
R. L. Allen, N. Y., SirI can highly recommend your Al¬ 
len Mower. It is easy draught for a pair of horses. I have used 
it in very heavy and lodged grass; it cut without clogging, and 
better than could be done with a scythe. It is durable, compact 
and easily managed. ^ Frost Horton, 
Of the firm of Minor & Horton. 
Peekskill, N. Y.,Nov. 2. 1855. 
FAKJJI LANDS FOK SAFE. 
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL 
RAILROAD COMPANY 
IS NOW PREPARED TO SELL 
OVER TWO MILLION OF ACRES 
OF 
FARMING LANDS, 
IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARD, 
ON LONG CREDIT AND AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST. 
These lands were granted by the Government, to aid in the 
construction of this Railroad, and include some of the richest 
and most fertile prairies in the State, interspersed here and 
there with magnificent groves of oak and other timber. The 
road extends from Chicago, on the northeast, to Cairo at the 
south, and from thence to Galena and Dunleith, in the north¬ 
west extreme of the State, and as all the lands lie within fif¬ 
teen miles on each side of this road, ready and cheap means are 
afforded by it for transporting the products of the lands to any of 
those points, and from thence to Eastern and Southern markets. 
Moreover, the rapid growth of flourishing towns and villages 
along the line, and the great increase in population by immigra¬ 
tion, etc., afford a substantial and glowing home demand for 
farm produce. 
The soil is a dark, rich mould, from one to five feet in depth, is 
gently rolling, and peculiarly fitted for grazing cattle and sheep 
or tiie cultivation of wheat, Indian corn, etc. 
Economy in cultivating, and great productiveness, are the 
well-known characteristics of Illinois lands. Trees are not re¬ 
quired to be cut down, stumps grubbed,or stone picked off, as 
is generally thecase in cultivating new land in the older States. 
The first crop of Indian corn, planted on the newly broken sod, 
usually repays the cost of plowing and fencing. 
Wheat sown on the newly-turned sod is sure to yield very 
large profits. A man witli a plow and two yoke of oxen will 
break onea nd a half to two acres per day. Contracts can be 
made for breaking, ready for corn or wheat, at from $2 to S2 50 
per acre. By judicious management, the land may be plowed 
and fenced the first, and under a high state of cultivation the 
second year. 
Corn, grain, cattle, etc., will be forwarded at reasonable rates 
to Chicago, for the Eastern market, and to Cairo for the South¬ 
ern. The larger yield on the cheap lands of Illinois over the 
high-priced lands in the Eastern and Middle Stales, is known 
to be much more than sufficient to pay the difference of trans¬ 
portation to the Eastern market. 
Bituminous coal is mined at several points along the road, 
and is a cheap and desirable fuel. It can be delivered at several 
points along the road at SI 50 to $4 per ton. Wood can be bad 
at the same rates per cord. 
Those who think of settling in Iowa or Minnesota, should 
bear in mind, that lands there of any value, along the water 
courses, and for many miles inland, have been disposed of—that 
for those located in the interior, there are no conveniences for 
transporting the produce to market, railroads not have been in¬ 
troduced there. That to send I he produce of these lands one or 
two hundred miles by wagon to market, would cost, much more 
than the expense of cultivating them; and lienee, Government 
lands thus situated, at. SI 25 per acre, are not so good invest¬ 
ments as the land of this Company at the prices fixed. 
The same remarks hold good in relation to tlie lands in Kan¬ 
sas and Nebraska, for although vacant lands may he found 
nearer tire water courses, the distance to market is far greater, 
and every hundred miles the produce of those lands are carried 
cither in wagons or interrupted water communications, in¬ 
creases theexpensesof transportation, which must be borne by 
the settlers, in the reduced price of their .products ; and to that 
extent precisely are the incomes from their farms, and of course, 
on their investments, annually and every year reduced. 
The great fertility of the lands now offered for sale by this 
Company, and their consequent yield over those of the Eastern 
and Middle States, is much more than sufficient to pay the dif¬ 
ference in lhe cost of transportation, especially in view of the 
facilities furnishedbv this road.and others with which it con¬ 
nects, the operation,'of which are not interrupted by the low 
water of Summer, or the frost of Winter. 
PRICE AND TERMS OF PAYMENT. 
The price will vary from $5 to $25, according to location, qual¬ 
ity, etc. Contracts fer deeds may lie mStle during the year 1856, 
stipulating the purchase money to be paid in five annual install¬ 
ments. The first to become due in two years from the date 
of contract, and the others annually thereafter. The last pay¬ 
ment will become due at the end of tire sixth year from the 
date of the contract. 
Interest will becharged at only three per cent.per annum. 
As a security to the performance of the contract, the first two 
years’ interest must he paid in advance, and it must be under¬ 
stood that at least one-tenth of the land purchased shall yearly 
be brought uuder cultivation. Twenty per cent, from the credit 
price will be deducted for cash. The Company’s construction 
bonds vill be received as cash. 
Ready Framed Farm Buildings , which can be set up in a few 
days, can be obtained from responsible persons. 
They will be twelve feet by twenty feet, divided into one liv¬ 
ing and three bedrooms, and will cost, complete, set up on 
ground chosen anywhere along the road, $150 in cash, exclusive 
of transportation. Larger buildings may be contracted lor at 
proportionate rates. The Company will forward all the materi¬ 
als for such buildings over their road promptly. 
Special arrangements with dealers can be made to supply 
those purchasing the Company's lands with fencing materials, 
agricultural tools, and an outfit of provisions in any quantity, at 
the lowest wholesale prices. . - . . 
It is believed that the price, longcredit, and low rate of inter¬ 
est charged for these lands, will enable a man with a few hun¬ 
dred dollars in cash, and ordinary industry, to make himself in¬ 
dependent before all the purchase money becomes due. In the 
mean time, the rapid settlement of the country will probably 
have increased their value four or five fold. When required, ail 
experienced person will accompany applicants, to give informa- 
* : . -. 1 iinf* - lnruls. 
ETCHUM’S MOWER AND MOWER 
AND REAPER. 
MANNY’S Mower and Mower and Reaper. 
HUSSEY’S do. 
McCORMICK’S do. 
ATKINS’ do. 
ALLEN’S do 
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R. L ALLEN, 
189 and 191 Water-st. 
tion and aid in-selecting lands. 
Circulars containing numerous instances of successful farm¬ 
in' si'iied by respectable and well-known farmers living in the 
neighborhood of the Railroad lands throughout the State—also, 
the“cost of fencing*.price of cattle, expense of harvesting, 
threshing etc., by contract—or any other information—will be 
cheerfully given, on application, either personally or by letter, 
in English, French, or German, addressedbr^ WILSON< 
Land Commissioner of the Illinois Central Railroad Co. 
Office, up to the 1st of May, No. 52 Michigan Avenue,Chicago_ 
Ill. After that date, inthe new stone Passenger Depot, foot of 
South Water-street. 112—117n51 
