1876.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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The Two New Potatoes, 
The best Early ami the best bate. 
Thorton’s Early Paragon. 
Thorton’s Late White Rose. 
PRICED CATALOGUES of 
Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds, 
FLOWER SEEDS, TREE SEEDS, 
SPRING BULBS, 
for 1876 on application to 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 
15 John Street, New York. 
Choice Seed Potatoes. 
Eureka, Snowflake, Acme, Ohio Beauty, Brownell’s Beauty, 
and other new varieties at tbe lowest rates out. Our 
new catalogue of Vegetable Wants, Seeds, Potatoes, etc., 
sent free to any address. 
TILLDIGHAST BROTHERS, 
Factoryvillc, Wyoming Co., Pa. 
The Victor Potato. 
Wields 500 Bushels per acre. Cooks white 
as snow. Testimonials furnished. 
Sent post-paid, Two lbs., whole 
$1; 150 eves, $1.50: by express or 
one peck, $2.00; one bushel, $5.0C 
to Granges. Address all orders to' 
A. C. ASHALD, Garrettsvllle, Ohio. 
CHOICE 
SEED 
POTATOES.! 
: pota 
I potatoes grown. 3 lbs., by mail, $1.00; 
I $4.50 per bbl., by freight; 5 bills., $1.00 
per bbl. Alpha.Eureka, Early Paragon, 
3 lbs., post-paid, $1.00; per bbl., $5.00, 
I All other var. at lowest market price. 
Send for price list, and order at once. Seed Stocks received 
of B. K. Bliss & Sons, and warranted Genuine. Address 
E. B. JENNINGS, Seed Grower, Southport, Ct. 
Brownell’s Beauty and Compton’s Surprise. 
$1.50 per bushel; $3 per barrel; 1 lb. by mail 
R. P. FULKERSON,~ ’ 
POTATOES 
POTATOES 
15 cts. 
, Ashland, Ohio. 
P SUTTON, Ransom, Luz. Co., Pa., sends by 
o mail 4 lbs. Brownell’s Beauty lor $1. 10 Lin. Rhubarb, 
Si. 10 Wells’Conical Rasp., $1. 15 Clark or Thornless, $1. 
Compton's Surprise, E. Rose, and Peerless, per bbl. $1.50. 
SWEET POTATOES FOR SEED. 
YELLOW JERSEY, NANSEMOND, 
and other leading varieties. All of our own growing, and of 
best quality. Puces low. Correspondence and trade soli¬ 
cited. m. m. Murray & co., 
_At East Pearl Street, Cincinnati. 
S WEET POTATOES, Nansemond, Early Red, South¬ 
ern Queen, and Bermuda. Large stock; $1.75 for three 
pecks, $3 per barrel. Discount on large orders. 
W. W. RATHBONE, Marietta, Ohio. 
COLD 
FRAME 
PLANTS 
200,000 Early Wakefield Cabbage 
Plants, 75 cents per 100; $0.00 per 
1,000; packed so as to keep a week, 
and shipped by Express anywhere. 
All kinds of vegetable plants in 
season. 
W. F. MASSEY & CO., 
Chestertown, Kent Co., Md. 
To Market Gardeners. 
The varieties noted below are the best that can be select¬ 
ed and grown, the same stock which we supply largely to 
Philadelphia and other market gardeners. For other varie¬ 
ties send for Dreer’s Farmers’and Gardeners’ Price List, 
mailed free. 
BEET—Bastian’s Perfection Extra Early Red Turnip. The 
earliest and most profitable, per ft., $1.65. 
BEET—Bastian’s Perfection Half Long Blood. Everything 
that can be desired in point of color, shape, and size, per B 
$1.65. 
CABBAGE—Pure Jersey Wakefield (American', oz„ 50c.; 
per ft,, 
CABBAGE—Premium American Flat Dutch and Drum¬ 
head, the best produced, oz., 50c.; per ft., $5.00. 
PEAS—Dreer’s Extra Early, the best and earliest, per 
bushel, by Express, $8.00. 
RADISH—The best sorts, pure, per ft., $1.15. 
The above mailed at prices quoted. 
Henry A. Dreei’, Seed Grower aud Dealer,Philadalphia. 
AMATEUR 
CULTIVATORS 1 
GUIDE 
To the Flower and 
Kitclien Garden 
now ready for appli¬ 
cants. 
Send two stamps to 
WASHBURN & CO., 
Horticultural Build¬ 
ing, Boston, Mass. 
We call attention to our immense Stock (GOO acres) of 
Fruit Trees, Standard and Dwarf. 
Small Fruits, Grapes, Currants, Raspberries, &c. 
Ornamental Trees & Shrubs, deciduous & evergreen. 
Roses a specialty—all the finest sorts. 
Green tfc Hot House Plants, including best novelties. 
Small parcels forwarded by mail when desired. 
Prompt attention given to all orders aud enquiries. 
Descriptive and Illustrated priced Catalogues sent prepaid 
on receipt of stamps, as follows: 
No. 1. Fruits (new ed., with colored plate), 15 ets. 
No. 2. Ornamental Trees, with col’d plate of Roses. 25c. 
No. 3. Greenhouse, Free. No. 4. Wholesale, Free. 
No. 5. I.ist of New ltoses for 1376, Free. 
Address 
ELLWANGER& BARRY, Rochester, IT. Y. 
FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUIT. 
A large stock of Apple, Pear, Peach, Cherry aud Orange 
Quince. Also Raspberry, Blackberry and Strawberry plants. 
-,— .--- *—p r ice List free. 
N. T. 
Apple grafts low. Agents wanted. Price List free. 
Address JOHNSTON’S NURSERY, Palmyra, 
P .000 Fruit, 
,000 Evergreens. 
,000 Greenhouse, 
Bedding Plants, &G» 
Seur CatelOguoB Free. 22dYeNr. 400 Acres. 13 Greenhouses. 
8T0RRS, HARRIS ON & CO.,Paimbsvuas, OaiC 
COMMERCIAL 7 
[Established 1830.] NURSERIES. 
S PRING Price Hist, per doz., 100, and 1000, of Trees 
"amf”PIants] "incluifing a select list of Specialties 
aud Novelties, FREE to all. Beautiful new Orna¬ 
mental Catalogue, 10 cts. Fruit Catalogue 6 cts. Free to 
Customers. Address 
\V. S. LITTLE, Rochester, N. Y. 
TJY7I A /ITT TREES.— Handsome stock of best new 
JL f i j i~B and old sorts, with general assortment of 
hardy fruit and ornamental trees, flowering shrubs, vines, 
small fruits, &c. New price list free. 
ED IVIN ALLEN. 
New Brunswick Nurseries, N. J. 
P 
EACH TREES, of best Varieties; Norway Spruce 
_ and American Arbor Vitees, several sizes: Mammoth 
Cluster and Brandywine llaspberrv ; Cherry Currants; 2 yr. 
Concord Grape Vines; Strawberry Plants; and a general 
Nursery stock at greatly reduced rates. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. For prices, address, David 1!aip.d, Manalapa'n, N. J. 
PEACHTREES. 
The largest stock in the country. Other stock in full sup¬ 
ply.—Earliest and promptest shipments. 
HEIKES NURSERIES CO.. Dayton, O. 
A GE>ERiI, ASSORTMENT OH-' 
PEACH TREES, at $3 to $5 per 100, or $20 to $10 
per M. Wilson’s Early Blackberry Plants, at $15 per M. 
R. S. JOHNSTON, Stocklev, Del. 
P RIME FRESH APPLE SEED, for sale at $6 
per bushel. E. P. CLARK, Dansville, N. Y. 
E. P. ROE, 
in preparing his Manual on the Culture of Small 
Fruits, has been led to double its size , making it full and 
complete for the practical purposes of garden and 
field cultivation. It has also been published in very hand¬ 
some form. This has increased the cost. It will be mailed 
on the receipt of price— 50 cts. 
Send for circular and price list of plants. 
Address E. P. ROE, 
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, Orange Co., N. Y. 
FREE 
The FRUIT RECORDER for 
March is especially valuable to tbe 
orchardist, tree agent, and planter. 
A copy free to all applicants. 
Address 
A. M. PURDY, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
rjNry Canada Seeds. Grown by myself. Seeds of the 
X leading and most approved varieties. (Send for Cata¬ 
logue.) Address JOHN F. OTWELL, Seed Grower and 
Gardener, Drawer F., St. Marys, Out., Canada. 
ONION 
SEED 
Address 
From finest selected stock only. My own 
growing, warranted first-class in every 
respect. White Globe Onion, $2.50 per lb. 
Yellow Danvers, $2.60 ner 11). Red Globe, 
$1.50 per lb. Sent post-paid by mail. 
E. B. JENNINGS, Southport, Conn. 
H udson river fruit gardens.-dg- 
scnptive price lists now ready. Many novelties for 
this spring. Star and Monarch ol the West Straw¬ 
berry Plants. Wilson's Albany, $25 per 1U,000. Highland 
Hardy, Ganargua, Norwood, and other Raspberries. 
Blackberries, Currants, Vines, Fruit Trees, &c. Prices very 
low. Also Berry Baskets— new styles. 
11. H. HAINES, Malden-on-Hudson, N. T. 
I F you want Blackberries, plant the Dorchester. Early, 
hardy, productive. Tbe best of all. I will sell at $7 per 
51. Wilson Strawberries, $2 per M. Raspberries and other 
stock low._S. T. DUFFELL, Yardville, New Jersey. 
For Spring oflSiS, will be ready in February, with a colored 
Plate—Many beautiful new plants are offered—all at very 
low rates—Free to all my customers, to others price 25 cts. 
A plain copy to all applicants free. 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions uiiich we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, far want of space elsewhere. 
Continued from p. 87. 
ISape.— “ B. F. IF,” Suffolk Co., N. T. Rape 
will not ripen its seed if sown late in the season until 
early the second year. It is similar in its habits to the 
turnip, although it has not a thickened or bulbous root. 
Southern Minnesota.—“Young Farm¬ 
er,” Newburgh, N. Y. Southern Minnesota is a spring 
wheat country, and the best quality of grain is produced 
there. There is no desirable government land left, but 
plenty of railroad land can be bought from $5 to $10 per 
acre. It is a fine, open, prairie country without timber, 
with good water and soil, and with healthful, agreeable 
climate, though sometimes cold enough in the winter. 
Hungarian Grass.—“J. M. B.” Hun¬ 
garian Grass and Hungarian or German Millet, are much 
alike, except in the form of the head, They are annual 
plants, and must be sown just as oats are. A peck of 
Beed is sufficient for an acre. It is usually sown in June 
and cut in August, before the seed is ripe. When ripe it 
makes coarse hay, and is somewhat indigestible. 
The Cheapest Method ot'ISedueiug’ 
Bones,- 1 ’ R. S.,” Hancock Co., W. Ya. The cheapest 
way of rendering hones soluble, is by treatment with 
sulphuric acid, but it is not a method that we should ad¬ 
vise for those persons who are unused to work with such 
a dangerous substance. If the bones are packed in lay¬ 
ers, in a pit with fresh wood-ashes, and kept moist for 
two or three months, they will become soft, and may he 
reduced- to powder easily. 
Mnhing fiCiittcr from Milk.-“A. F.,” 
Bruce, Ontario. There is no difficulty whatever, in 
churning butter from new milk. A longer time is re¬ 
quired than in churning the cream—that is all. In some 
dairies this is always followed, the milk being churned 
ns soon as cool. Very rich Jersey milk, of which one- 
third may be cream, may be churned into butter more 
readily than the poorer milk of ordinary cows. 
Where Mules are to he Procured. 
—“ W.,” Union Co., N. J. The best places to purchase 
mules, are middle Tennessee, Kentucky, southern Indi¬ 
ana, and Missouri. The whole country is chiefly supplied 
from these localities. 
Maliing- Candles.- 11 T. L.,” Baltimore 
Co., Md. Tallow from the kidney fat of an ox, is too 
hartl for candles. It should be softened by mixing 1 lb. 
of lard with every 12 lbs. of tallow. Some mix one 
pound of finely powdered alum, and 4 ounces ’.of bees¬ 
wax, with 12 pounds of tallow, the whole being stirred 
together until cold. This is then melted and poured into 
the molds, and the candles are cooled slowly. If cooled 
too quickly, the candles will crack and fall to pieces. 
The Forms of Corn-Cribs.- 11 H. S.,” 
Baltimore. Com houses are made with sides sloping 
outwards, wider at the top than at the bottom, that the 
sides may shed rain easily. This is the only advantage. 
They maybe made with perpendicular sides that will 
shed water perfectly, if that form is desired. A flat stoue 
or broad piece of plank, will make a ‘‘rat-guard” as 
effectively as an inverted tin pan, and will be more dura¬ 
ble. The sloping sides of the pan, however, afford no 
standing room for vermin, and may therefore he used 
with lower posts, and nearer to other buildings or fences 
with safety, than the flat cap. 
Purchase of Ayrshire Cattle.— Mr. 
Jos. F. Brown, of Providence, R. I., sends us a list of 
Ayrshire cattle, purchased in his vicinity by Mr. Peter 
Coutts, of Santa Clara Co., Cal., as follows: from the Hill¬ 
side herd of Mr. J. F. Brown, the 2-year-old heifers, 
Floy Douglas, 2nd, and Linda, 2nd; the yearling heifers, 
Floy Douglas, 3d, Linda, 3d, and Ethel Donglas, 3d, and 
calf Floy Donglas, 4th, price of the lot $2,500. From the 
herd of Hon. E. D. Pierce, Maggie Douglas, 3 years old ; 
Hope Douglas, and Linda Douglas, heifers, for $1,000. 
From H. G. Russell, Young Stella, Nydia, and Mariam, 
three 3-year-olds, for $800. From Wm. P. Vaughan, 4-year- 
old cow, Esther, and yearling Breadita, for $(150. From O. 
Brown, two yearling heifers, for $000 ; from C. & S. 
Harris, a 4-year-old cow, $300, and from L. H. Wood, a 
yearling heifer for $200. All the 2-year-olds and yearlings 
were sired by Prince Edward, of the Hillside herd. 
