1864] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
303 
Millstone Dressing- Diamonds 
Set In Patent Protector anti Guide. For sale by JOHN 
DICKENSON, Patentee and Sole Manufacturer, and Im¬ 
porter of Diamonds for all Mechanical purposes. Also Man¬ 
ufacturer of Glaziers’ Diamonds, No. 64 Nassau-st„ New- 
York City. Old Diamonds reset. N.B.—Send postage stamp 
for Descriptive Circular of the Diamond Dresser. 
Premium Farm ©ri§t Mill. 
Simple, cheap and durable—adapted to Horse Powers— 
grinds all kinds of grain rapidly. 
IMPROVED HAY, STRAW AND FODDEP. CUTTER, 
Superior to any in use, and adapted for Horse or hand 
Power. 
Send fob Descriptive CircclaRsl and address 
WM. L. BOYER & BRO.. 
Agricultural Implement Manufacturers, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Bruce’s Concentrated Manure. 
Those who have used the above valuable fertilizer the past 
year, give it the preference over 
No. 1 Peruvian Guano, Bone, or Poudrcttc. 
In the year 1862, some- fifty tons were sold. Last year or¬ 
ders came in to the amount of four Hundred tons, only 
half of which could be filled. This vear we shall manufac¬ 
ture ONE THOUSAND TONS. 
Its “ component ” parts are: 
AO per cent, of Animal fibre and Blood. 
40 per cent, of pure Ground Bones. 
20 per cent, of Absorbents. 
The absorbents are Charcoal and Gypsum. 
Price S45 Per Ton, packed in barrels 250 lbs. In each. 
Send for Circular. Send your orders to 
GRIFFING BROTHER & CO. 
58 and 60 Courtlandt-st„ New-York. 
Aiumoiiiatcd Fact fie CJaiaia®. 
A real guano, containing from seventy to eighty per cent 
of Phosphate of Lime; to which has been added by a chem¬ 
ical process, a large percentage of actual Ammonia, so fixed 
ttiat it can not evaporate, making it equal, if not superior, to 
any other fertilizer. Price $S0 per nett ton. A liberal dis¬ 
count to the Trade. 
Pam pit lets witli copies of analysis by Dr. Jackson, Mass. 
State Assayer, and I)r. Liebig, of Baltimore, and testimonials 
from scientific agriculturalists, showing its value, can be 
obtained from J. O. BAKER & CO., Selling Agents. 
131 Pearl-st, New-York. 
M ICHIGAN LAND FOR SALE.—560 acres in 
lvaBarry County, 25 acres improved. Will he exchanged 
for an Eastern Farm. Address DINSMORE & CO., 
26 Cedar-st„ New-York. 
F ARM FOR SALE.—One of the most desirable, 
ana best watered stock farms, of 652 acres, in the State, 
well wooded, and supposed to contain coal. Price, $25 per 
acre, crop, stock, and implements included. For particulars 
Address DR. GILLIAM, Northampton, Peoria Co., Illinois. 
SUPERIOR FARM LAND.—20,000 Acres at low 
K5prie.es and accommodating terms.—Franklinville and 
Lake Tract.—Gloucester County, New-Jersey, 25 miles south 
of Philadelphia on Railroad running from Philadelphia and 
Camden to Cape May. In lots to suit purchasers. Circulars 
with reports of Solon Robinson, Hon. Wm. Parry, and others, 
witli full information, sent free by addressing JOHN H. 
COFFIN & CO., or WILLIAM ARROTT, Franklinville, 
New-Jersey. Also Improved farms from 20 Acres upward. 
Prairie View Farm for Sale. 
A beautiful farm of 160 acres situated near the Fox River, 
in Kendall Co.. Ill. Substantially improved with good fences, 
house, barn, fruit, &c. 
A fine Durham Stock, Horses, Tools, and Household Fur¬ 
niture for sale with the farm if desired. 
Address P. PORTER WIGGINS, 
Oswego, June 30th, 1854. Oswego, Kendall Co., Ill. 
" “MAIIYLAI© FARMS.” 
We are agents for the sale of nearly 
Four Hundred Farms 
In this State. A printed. list of them can be obtained by 
sending postage stamp to 
R. W. TEMPLEMAN & CO., 
No. 48 Lexington-st., (up stairs) Baltimore City, Md. 
S. B. CONOVER, ■ 
Commission 13ealep 9 
260, 261 k 262 West Washington Market, 
FOOT OF FULTON-ST. 
Particular attention paid to selling all kinds of Fruit and 
other Farm Produce. 
Refers to the Editor of the American Agriculturist. 
NOTICE TO SMSJPPEMS 
OF 
Tallow, Lard, Bacon, Pork, Beef 
AND 
GENERAL WESTERN PRODUCE. 
The undersigned pay their particular attention to the sale 
of t lie above articles, and 
Consignments sent to them will Ibc 
PROMPTLY DISPOSED OF 
AND 
CfcUECK RETURNS MADE 
on very advantageous terms. 
We issue a WEEKLY PRICE CURRENT of the above ar¬ 
ticles, which we mail gratis to those sending their address. 
ABRAM KNIOHT & §©?¥, 
32 Water-st., New-York City. 
Farmers, Countrymen, and 
Country Merchants 
Can send their 
Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Lard, Tallotv, Beans, 
Mops, Flax, Cotton, Flour, Grain, Meal, 
Green and Dried Fruits, Furs, Skins, 
Poultry, Game, Provisions, Seeds, 
Sorghum, Wool, Potash, Tobac¬ 
co, Oils, and other produce to 
3®SIAM CAKPEMTEK, 
COMMISSION MERCHANT, 
323 Washington-street, New-York. 
Near Erie Rail Road Depot. 
To be sold at the highest market price. Every shipper to 
him will receive his valuable Weekly Price Current of the 
New-York Market free. 
B OARD WANTED for a lady and two children, 
in some healthy place, within a hundred miles of N. Y„ 
with a private family where there are no children. Soft 
drinking water preferred. Address Mrs. A. WOOD, Closter, 
Bergen Co., N. J., stating size of rooms, terms, etc. 
TRUSSES.—Radical Cure 
Hekria or Rttptube. —Dr. S. N. 
Marsh, of the well-known house of 
Marsh & Co., No. 2 Vesey-st., Astor House, 
opposite the church, devotes special at¬ 
tention to the surgical adaptation of his 
Radical Cure Trnss. Also everv kind of Trusses, Support¬ 
ers, Shoulder Braces. Elastic Stockings, and Mechanical 
appliances for Deformities. (A lady attendant.) 
$275, SEVEN OCTAVE. $275. 
ROSEWOOD PIANO-FORTES. 
GROVESTEEN- & CO., 4»5» Broadway, N. T. 
New, enlarged Seale PianoFortes, with latest improvements. 
Thirty years’ experience, with greatly increased facilities 
for manufacturing, enable ns to sell for CASH at the above 
unusually low price. Our instruments received tile highest 
award at the World’s Fair, and for five successive years at 
the American Institute. Warranted five years. Terms 
net Casli. Call or send for descriptive circular. 
To Every Person wlio can Sing. 
IF YOU WISH 
A Good Music Book for your Choir. 
A Music Book that is New and Attractive. 
A Music Book that Everybody Admires- 
A Standard Book for Musical Conventions. 
The Best Music Book for Singing Schools. 
The Most Popular Church Music Book- 
OBTAIN A COPY OF 
The Harp of .Xu. cl all,” 
By L. O. EMERSON. 
Nearly Fifty Thousand Copies of this superior book were 
sold during the first six months of its publication. Price in 
Boston, *1.37. Specimen Pages sent free. OLIVER DIT- 
SON & CO., Publishers, 277 Washington-st., Boston, Mass. 
T HE SEPTEMBER NUMBER 
OF 
DEMOREST’S ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY 
AND 
MME. DEMOREST’S 
IMlrroi- of Jrasliions 
„ COMBINED,' 
Contains a brilliant array of Novelties and Interesting Sto¬ 
ries, Comprising 
CHRISTMAS AT GRAYTON HALL, by Mrs. S. T. Martyn, 
THE TWISTED RING, 
FARMER BROWN’S TURNIPS, by Rose Dale, 
SABBATH BRIDAL, by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. 
DIAMONDS, ’ WOMEN IN BUSINESS, 
HOUSEHOLD, PARLOR. KITCHEN AND NURSERY 
GOSSIP. 
BY JENNIE JUNE. 
OUR MONTHLY TELEGRAPH, 
AND THREE PAGES OF VALUABLE MUSIC. 
, THE FASHION DEPARTMENT 
Is unusually Brilliant In Novelties and Beautiful Designs, 
including the usual 
MAMMOTH FASHION PLATES. 
BRAIDWORK EMBROIDERY, and 
FIVE FULL-SIZED PATTERNS. 
PRICE 25 CENTS, NOW READY. 
Sold everywhere. 
Mailed free on receipt of price. Yearly subscription, $3. 
Yearly subscribers are presented with a magnificent Engrav¬ 
ing of Washington, or a package containing one dollars’s 
worth of new and nseful full-sized Patterns, as a premium. 
Address WM. JENNINGS DEMOREST, 89 Beekman-st., 
or MME, DEMOREST, 473 Broadway, New-York. 
In addition to the premium, the elegant Summer number 
of MME. DEMOREST’S MIRROR OF FASHIONS will be 
sent free to all new subscribers who request it. 
“ 'Hie Unman Face IKvime.”— A new 
system of Physiognomy, Eyes, Nose, Ears, Mouth, Lips, 
Head , Hair, Hands, Feet, Complexion, with all (( Signs 
of Character,” and u How to Read them ” in 
The Phrenological JonrnaB. 
An illustrated monthly, devoted to Ethnology, or the 
Natural History of Man. To Physiology, the functions 
of the Body. Phrenology, and the Temperaments. 
Physiognomy, with Portraits, and rules for reading 
Character. Psychology, or the Science of the Soul, with 
scientific evidences of a Future Life. To judge the merits of 
this popular Illustrated Journal, send for a copy. Sample 
numbers by return post, 20 cents. Address 
S. R. WELLS, Editor, 
380 Broadway, New-York. 
The Weekly Prairie Farmer, 
The Western Farmer’s Own Taper, now 24 
Years Old. 
CLUB TERMS TO ALL, whether SINOL Yor by SCORES. 
For general Farm Miscellany, Reliable Market Reports, 
and useful and entertaining Miscellany, The PRAIRIE 
FARMER Is not excelled by any paper published. Will save 
many times its cost to any family taking It. 
#2.00 mailed to EMERY Ac CO., Chicago, 
III., will now secure it One Year. 
Samples sent free. Individuals sending Clubs will receive 
suitable compensation for trouble and time. 
A gents wanted in every section of 
the country for the best and most popular History of the 
War published. Also for our new and beautiful Engraving. 
“HOME ON A FURLOUGH.” Disabled soldiers and others 
will find this a pleasant employment. For particulars cf 
Agency, address BRADLEY & CO., Publishers. 
_No 66 North Fourth-street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
BOOKS FOE FARMERS and OTHERS. 
[Any of the following books can be obtained at the Of¬ 
fice of the Agriculturist at the prices named, or they will he 
forwarded by mail, post-paid, on receipt of the price. All of 
these books may be procured In making up a library. We 
indicate our opinion of their value by one or more Stars,] 
These prices are only good for orders sent previously to 
November 1st. 
American Bird Fancier. $0 25 
American Farmer's Encyclopedia.. 6 00 
American Weeds and Useful Plants_**. i 50 
Allen on the Culture of the Grape . i 25 
Allen's (K. L.) American Farm Book*... i j.-, 
Allen's Diseases of Domestic Animals.. i 00 
Allen’s (L. F.) Rural Architecture_*. j 50 
Barry’s Fruit Garden_***. ] 59 
Bement’s Poulterer’s Companion_**. 2 00 
Bement’s Rabbit Fancier. 50 
Bridgeman’s Fruit Cultivator's Manual... 75 
Bridgeman’s Young Gardener’s Assistant... 2 00 
Bridgeman’s Kitchen Garden Instructor.’ 75 
Bridgeman’s Florist's Guide. 75 
Brandt's Age of Horses (English and German)... * 50 
Breck’s Book of Flowers_* . 1 50 
Browne's American, Poultry Yard.. 1 25 
Buist’s American Flower Garden, Directory. 1 50 
Buist's Family Kitchen Gardener_*. 1 pq 
Burr’s Vegetables of America_*. 4 so 
Chorlton’s Grape-Grower's Guide. 75 
Cole’s (S. W.) American Fruit Book_*. 60 
Cole’s Veterinarian. 60 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) Modern Horse Doctor. 1 50 
Dadd's (Geo. II.) American Cattle Doctor *. 1 50 
Dana’s Muck Manual for Fanners. ] 25 
Downing s Cottage Residences.** .2 50 
Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America_***... s 00 
Employment of Women—By Virginia Penny_1 50 
Every Lady her own Flower Gardener. 25 
Fessenden’s American Kitchen Gardener. 25 
Fessenden’s Complete Farmer and Gardener. 1 50 
French’s Farm Drainage_*. 1 50 
Field’s (Thomas W.) Pear Culture. 1 25 
Fish Culture. 1 50 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses_**. 2 00 
Flint’s Milch Cows and Dairy Farming _ ***. 2 00 
Fuller’s Grape Culturist. ***. 1 50 
Fuller’s Strawberry Culturist.”... . 15 
Goodale’s Principles of Breeding.. .**. .. 100 
Gray’s Manual of Botany and Lessons in one Vol *** " 3 00 
Gray’s How Plants Grow.’ 1 00 
Guenon on Milch Cows. *. 75 
Hall's tMiss) American Cookery. 1 25 
Haraszthy Grape Culture &c. .5 00 
Harris’ Insects Injurious tcPVegetation, plain.**_ 3 50 
do. do. do. do. colored plates.** 4 50 
Herbert’s Hints to Horsekcepers_***. 1 50 
Hints to Riflemen, by Cleveland. 1 50 
Hooper's Dog and Gun.. . 25 
Johnson on Manures_**. . 1 00 
Kemp’s Landscape Gardening... 2 00 
Langstrotli on the Honey Bee ...**. 1 50 
Loudon’s (Downing's) Ladies’Flower Garden_*_ 1 75 
I.euchar's How to Build HoMiouses. 1 50 
Liebig’s Lectures on Chemistry. 50 
Linsley’s (D. C.) Morgan Horses . 1 50 
Manual of Agriculture by G. Emerson and C. L. Flint. 1 00 
Mavhew’s Illustrated Horse Doctor .. ***. s 50 
Mayhew’s Illustrated Horse Management.***. .. 3 50 
McMahon s American Gardener.*.2 50 
Milburn on the Cow and Dairy. 25 
Miles on the Horse’s foot. 50 
Mistakes of Educated Men_**. 60 
Morrell’s American Shepherd. 1 25 
My Farm at Edgewood **. 1 75 
National Almanac and Annual Record_**. 1 50 
Nortou's Scientific Agriculture. 75 
Our Farm of Four Acres., (paper 30c.) bound_*. 60 
Onion Culture ...***. 20 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. 75 
Parsons on the Rose.1 50 
Fedder’s Farmer’s Land Measurer. 50 
Phantom Bouquet, or Skeleton Leaves.. .. . 1 50 
Phin’s Grape Culture .. 1 25 
Quinby’s Mysteries of Bee keeping **. 150 
Randall's Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry. 1 00 
Rand’s Flowers for Parlor and Garden_**. 3 00 
Richardson on the Dog. 50 
Richardson on the Hog. 25 
Robins’ Produce and Ready Reckoner. 75 
Skillful Housewife . 50 
Smith’s Landscape Gardening. 1 50 
Spencer’s Education of Children**. 1 25 
Stewart's (John) Stable Book. 1 50 
Ten Acres Enough. 1 50 
Tobacco Culttfre ..*** . 25 
Todd’s (S. E.) Young Farmer’s Manual....**. 1 50 
Tucker's Register Rural Affairs — * . 25 
Turner’s Cotton Planter’s Manual. 1 50 
Vaux’s Villas and Cottages. 3 00 !’ 
Warder’s Hedges and Evergreens. 1 50 
Watson’s American Home Garden....***. 2 00 
Wax Flowers (Art of Making). 1 50 -i 
Yale College Agricultural Lectures. 50 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse. 1 50 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle. 1 50 
Youatt on the Hog_*. 1 00 
Youstt on Sheep. 1 00 
Youmans’ Chemistry—*.'.. 1 75 
Youmans'Household Science — ***. 1 75 
T ilt GREAT AMERICAN PUMP ! FIVE 
Years’ Success in all parts of the world ! The best pump 
for cisterns, wells, tanks, etc. Raises from all depths, forces 
to all distances, throws 75 feet by hose. Simple, Cheap 
Dm-ahle. Drawings and prices sent free. 
JAMES M. EDNEY, No. 474 Broadway, N. Y. 
