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AMERICAN HERD BOOK. 
CIRCULAR. 
gnfeEAR SIR: During the past year i have been in- 
B * 7 quired of, by several Short Horn cattle breedeis, 
when I intended to issue a second volume of the American 
Herd Book. My reply has been, “Not until the Short 
Horn breeders would come forward in sufficient number 
to patronize the work, by furnishing the pedigrees of their 
stock, and to buy the book to an extent sufficient to war¬ 
rant the expense of its publication.” The first volume of 
the American Herd Book, which I published in 1846, is 
still indebted to me in the cost of the book itself, throwing 
in the time and labor I spent upon it. .. ■,. 
At the late “ National Cattle Show.” held at Springfield, Ohio, 
a large number of Short Horn breeders were assembled, lrom 
ten or twelve States and the Canadas. The subject of a contin¬ 
uance of the publication of an American Herd Book was fully 
discussed by them. It was agreed that, with so large a number 
of Short Horn cattle as arc now owned and bred in the United 
States, and the Canadas, a Herd Book, devoted to the registry of 
American Cattle, was imperatively demanded. The expense 
^nd trouble of transmitting their pedigrees to England, and the 
purchase of the voluminous English Herd Book, now costing at 
least one hundred dollars, is no longer necessary; and that as 
the breeding of pure Short Horn Blood must depend much upon 
having a domestic record at hand, when the requisite informa¬ 
tion can be obtained, and that of a reliable character, a Herd 
Bock is indispensable. 
In pursuance of the unanimous request of the gentlemen en¬ 
gaged in breeding Short Horns, above alluded to, together with 
jnanv individual solicitations, which I have received from other 
breeders during the past year, I have concluded to issue this, my 
Prospectus, for a second volume of “ The American Herd Book,’ 
and to request you, if you feel an interest in the work, to inform 
me at your earliest convenience, whether you will aid in its pub¬ 
lication by sending a record of your animals for registry, and to 
designate the number of volumes of the book you will take. The 
size of the work will, of course, depend upon the number of ani¬ 
mals registered, which, if this oppurtunity is embraced by the 
breeders generally, will be several hundred pages octavo, and 
illustrated with portraits of such animals, properly engraved, as 
the owners may be desirous to haveiuserted, they furmshingthe 
cuts for the purpose. ... 
I shall also give an account of all the recent importations into 
the Uni ed States. A copy of the Catalogue of each separate 
herd will be given, whenever they can be obtained, together 
with the account of their sales, the prices at which they were 
sold, purchaser’s names, &c. In short, every matter of interest 
in relation to them, so tar as it can be obtained, will be given. 
All papers relative to such information will be thankfudv re¬ 
ceived, sent to my Post-Office address at Black Bock, N. Y. 
As it is necessary that I get to work by the first of March next, 
you will oblige me by replying immediately, and informing me 
whether vou will have your cattle recorded, audit so, what the 
probable "number will be, and the number oi volumes you will 
take. The lecording-fee for each animal will be fifty cents; 
the price of the book five dollars. The recording fees will be 
expected to be remitted in advance, when the pedigrees of the 
cattle are forwarded, and the book paid for ondeliveiy. 
If, by any casualty, the book should not be issued, the ad¬ 
vance money will be promptly refunded. 
That there may be as little uncertainty as possible, I wish that 
the reply to this may be as prompt as convenient, that I may 
know whether I shall be justified in undertaking the work; if so, 
I will give you notice of the fact as early as the first of Februa¬ 
ry, 1855, on receiving which, your pedigrees and insertion-lees 
will be required to be sent immediately. 
Very Respectfully yours, 
LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
Buffalo, Black Rock Post-Office, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1854. 
P. S.—As I can not be presumed to know tho name and address 
of everv Short Horn breeder in the country, you will oblige me 
by sending one of these Circulars to every breeder with whom 
vou are acquainted, or to whom you have sold “Herd Book” 
animals, and give me a list of others, that I may send them a 
circular, so as to give as extensive information as possible on 
the subject. E. F. A. 
Agricultural papers throughout the United States giving 
the above Circular one or more conspicuous insertions, shall be 
entitled to receive a copy of the Hera Book when issued. Aside 
from this. they will confer a favor on their several subscribers in 
thus giving them notice. 69—7lnll40 
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JL (ivth Volume, 1855.) 
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Six copies for S5. Thirteen copies for $10. 
Letters must be addressed to 
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A GRICULTURAL CHEMISTY.-A 
Course of Lectures for young farmers and others, com¬ 
mencing JANUARY 22, 1855, and continuing one month. 
Practical instruction in analysis will occupy the remainder of 
each day. Analyses of all kinds made and processes taught 
throughout the year. Address Prof. JOHN A. PORTER, 
68-71nlU5 Yale College. New-Haven, Conn. 
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SECOND GRAND NATIONAL POUL- 
►3 TRY SHOW. 
NEARLY $50© CASH PREMIUMS. 
The National Poultry Society, for the improvement of Domestic 
Poultry, will hold its SECOND ANNUAL FAIR at the 
AMERICAN MUSEUM, 
In the City of New-York, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 
JANUARY 15th, 16 th, 17th t 18th, 19th, and 20th, 1855. 
It will include the exhibition oi all kinds of fowls, pea-l'owls, 
ducks, geese, swans, fancy pigeons, gold and silver pheasants, 
&c. Premiums will also be offered for the best specimens of 
rabbits and deer. 
The Frst Annual Show of the Society (which was held in Feb- 
luary last, in Bamum’s American Museum) presented a truly 
surpassing collection of rare and valuable Poultry, and not only 
attracted to an extraordinary extent the public attention, but 
thousands of gratified visitors of all classes, from all sections of 
our country. 
Flattering as was this success, the Managers arc determined 
to make the SECOND ANNUAL SHOW a still more attract¬ 
ive illustration of the vital purpose of the Society to render uni¬ 
versally popular a pursuit hitherto limited to the sympathy of a 
few amateurs, and thus encourage every possible improvement 
in a branch of American Industry so intimately associated with 
our ideas of domestic enjoyment. 
The Managers, therefore, will make NO CHARGE WHAT¬ 
EVER TO COMPETITORS FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF 
EXHIBITING THEIR SPECIMENS. 
Exhibitors will be admitted tree at all times during the Ex¬ 
hibition. 
Food and water will be provided by the Society for all fowls 
on exhibition, and proper persons will be appointed to regularly 
feed and provide for them, without expense or inconvenience to 
the owner. 
Fowls intended for exhibition may be sent any time alter the 
10th of January, 1855, and they will be takcncare of by the Man¬ 
agers, free of expense to the owners. They should be directed 
to the “ Poultry Committee, at the American Museum, New- 
York.” All specimens should arrive on or before the 16th Jan’y. 
In awarding prizes, the judges will take into consideration: 
1st, Purity of Blood; 2d, Points of Form; 3d, Size ; 4th, Beauty 
of Plumage. 
The Railroads generally, as well as other public conveyances, 
will, it is believed, transport Fowls to and from the Exhibition 
Free. Fowls thus transported gratis are at the risk of their 
respective owners. 
REGULATIONS. 
Every coop is to be marked with the true name of the 
Fowls exhibited; and, when they are for sale, the price 
asked is to be legibly marked thereon. 
Exhibitors are expected to have their fowls exhibited in 
neat and tasteful coops, as small as convenient; and, for 
the sake of uniformity, it is recommended that they be 
made of one-half inch stuff, and be 36 inches in length, 28 
inches high, and 24 inches deep, with wire fronts. This 
rule, however, is not compulsory. 
Each exhibitor is expected to famish, m writingg, all 
interesting information regarding the name, parentage, 
age, or importation of the fowls exhibited by him, the man¬ 
ner in which they have been fed, with an account of their 
production, &c. Any person who shall willfully render a 
false statement, in regard to the fowls exhibited by him, 
will forfeit all claims to premiums. It is not desirable 
that more than four specimens ol any one breed or variety 
of Gallinaceous Fowls be exhibited in one coop. 
No poultry of a common kind will be received by the 
Committee, and no exhibitor will be allowed to remove 
his contributions from the Show Rooms until the close of 
the exhibition, without the joint permission of the Presi¬ 
dent of the Society and the Chairman of the Local Com¬ 
mittee of Arrangements. 
Any person may become a member of the Society by 
subscribing his name to the List of Members, and paying 
into the Treasury the sum of S3. Membership entitles 
the possessor to admission for himself and family at all 
times during the exhibition. 
Tho list of Judges will be called at 12 o'clock, M., on 
Tuesday, the 10th January, and they will immediately 
thereafter enter upon their examinations. At 10 o’clock 
on Thursday morning, the awards will be announced. 
On Friday morning at 10 o’clock, an appropriate Ad- ; 
dress will be delivered, and a CONVERSATIONAMl 
MEETING held in the Lecture Room of the Museum; 
in which it is hoped that all interested in the subject will 
join. 
Tne most extensive arrangements will be made lor ex¬ 
hibiting all the specimens of the Toultry in the FIVE 
SPACIOUS IIALLS OF THE MUSEUM, and NO EX¬ 
TRA CHARGE WHATEVER will be made. 
Admission to the National Poultry Show, including also 
all the usual attractions of the Museum and the Lecture 
Room, will be ONLY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. Chil¬ 
dren under ten, half price. Open from 7 A. M. until 10 
P. M. 
Persons to whom large Premiums are awarded can 
have all or any portion of the value in Silver Plate, appro¬ 
priately inscribed, if preferred. Premiums not called for 
before the 15th of March will be considered donated to 
the Society. P. T. BARNUM, 
C0-70nll44.] President ofthe National Poultry Society. 
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A NDIIE LEROY’S NURSERIES, AT 
ANGERS, FRANCE.—Mr. Leroy Begs to inform his nu¬ 
merous friends that he is now prepared to execute all orders 
for TREES, EVERGREENS, SHRUBS, STOCKS, &c., en¬ 
trusted to his care. 
His Trees, etc., are very fine this year, and his collection very 
complete. Orders should be sent at once, so as to secure the 
different kinds. The best care will be given to all orders, as 
usual. The Angers Quince Stocks have not succeeded well this 
year, and are scarce and high. 
Orders should be, as usual, addressed to our agent in New- 
York, Mr. EDWARD BOSSANGE, No. 138 Pearl-st., who will 
give all the information desired, and mail, on application, free of 
charge, a detailed copy of my catalogue, with prices, in dollars 
and cents. 60—72 
TMPROYED SHORT HORN BULL FOR 
SALE.—The subscriber offers for sale his superior Short 
Horn Bull, PRINCE ALBERT, that won the second prize at 
the recent State Fair held in the City of New-York. 
Prince Albert was calved in 1819; his pedigree is of much mer¬ 
it ; in color, he is a deep red with white marks ; in temper, ex¬ 
tremely mild and easily managed. He is an excellent stock- 
getter, and would not now be offered for sale, but that the sub¬ 
scriber, in the system of breeding he has adopted, has no further 
need of his services. 
Under these circumstances, lie is lor sale at the low price of 
three hundred dollars. The animal may be seen at Ellerslie 
farm, one mile south of Rliinebeck station. Address personally, 
or by letter, WILLIAM KELLY, 
60-tf Ellerslie, Rhinebcck. 
T he most valuable of all fer- 
tiiizers.—It is well known and now universally con¬ 
ceded, that for the greater number of crops the most valu¬ 
able element in all kinds of organic and artificial fertilizers 
is the ammonia contained in them. The subscriber has, 
on this account, [undertaken extensive arrangements for 
manufacturing subjects of amoma from the gas works in 
and about New-York city. The greater part of this is 
used in preparing his Super Phosphate or Lime, but he 
can also supply to such as require It, a few tons weight 
of the pure crystalized sulphate of amonia which will be 
furnished packed in quantities to suit purchasers at $6 50 
per hundred lbs. All orders promptly filled 
60—78n 1142. C. B. DE BURG, Williamsburg, N. Y. 
T rees and plants.—parsons & 
CO., Flushing, near New-York, oiler for sale their usual 
assortment, with the addition of many rare novelties of Fruit 
Trees, for the Orchard and the Garden; Ornamental Trees, 
Shrubs, and Roses, for the Avenue, Lawn, or Cemetery ; Vines 
for the Grapery, and Exotic Plants for Greenhouse culture. 
Catalogues canbe obtained at No. 60 Cedar-st., or will be sent 
by mail to all post-paying applicants inclosing a postage 
stamp. 23-71 
RASPBERRY PLANTS, of the PURE 
-B-®' RED ANTWERP slock, for sale in quantities to suit 
purchasers. The Plants are all warranted, ana in a thrifty con¬ 
dition, and will he delivered in New-York for $50 per thousand. 
VALENTINE H. HALLOCK, 
Poughkeepsie, N. N. 
P. S.—Orders by mail will be promptly attended to, and no 
charge made for package. Orders to R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 
Waler-st., N. Y., will receive prompt attention. 60—tf 
TWULES FOR SALE. —The subscriber 
■DrJL keeps constantly on hand 400 to 500 MULES, of all sizes. 
Among these are some of the choicest animals in the United 
States ; 16 hands and over in height, and well proportioned. 
Mules are almost the only working animals used in portions of 
the Southern States, the West India Islands, and Spanish posses¬ 
sions, where severe work and hard usage are allotted them, and 
under which horses would soon die. An equal advantage would 
follow their introduction among farmers and others, in the 
northern States. They are not only much hardier than horses, 
but they will draw more in proportion to their weight; will en¬ 
dure a great deal more; live twice as long, and eat less; and the 
only dressing or currying they need, is a soft place to roll .on 
They are gentle, tractable, ana easily managed ; and nobody wh 
has ever tried them will ever give them up for horses or oxen. 
Call on, or address by letter, JAMES BUCKALEW, 
Jamesburg, New-Jersey. 
Refer to Amos Chamberlain, Bull’s Head, 2ltli-st., N. Y. L59 
S UPERIOR SEED WHEAT.—A LARGE 
assortment of the best varieties of improved Seed Wheat; 
among which are the Red Mediterranean, White Mediterranean, 
Soule^s and Blue stem. For sale by 
R. L. ALLEN, 1S9 and 191 Water-st. 
T O HORTICULTURISTS. —A person 
who hag been engaged in Horticulture for the last twelve 
years, will shortly be disengaged, nnd desires a situation in an 
extensive Nursery, or in connection with a Horticultural or 
Agricultural Periodical. Can give satisfactory reference as to 
ability, &c. Address S., Kmgsessing.P. O.,Philadelphia Co., Pa. 
Refer to A. B, Allen, Office of the American Agriculturist. 
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