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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Terms—( invariably cash before insertion): 
Ten cents per line for each insertion. 
Advertisements standing one month one-fourth less. 
Advertisements standing three months one-third less. 
Ten woids make a line. 
No advertisement counted at less than ten lines. 
F armers and gardeners who 
can not get manure enough, will find a cheap and powerful 
substitute in the IMPROVED POUDRETTE madefy the sub¬ 
scribers. The small quantity used, the ease with which it is 
applied, and the powerful stimulus it gives to vegetation, ren¬ 
ders it the cheapest and best manure in the world. It causes 
plants to come up quicker, to grow faster, to yield ‘heavier and 
ripen earlier than any other manure in the world, and unlike 
other fertilizers, it can be brought in direct contact with the 
plant. Three dollars’ worth is sufficient to manure an acre of 
corn. Price, delivered free of cartage or package on board of 
vessel or railroad in New-York city, $150 per barrel, for any 
quantity over six barrels. 1 barrel, $2; 2barrels, $3 50; 3 bar¬ 
rels, $5 00; 5 barrels, $8 00. A pamphlet with information and 
directions will be sent gratis and post-paid, to any one applying 
for the same. 
Address, the LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
No. 74 Cortland-street, New-York. 
Watertown, Mass., Oct. 19 1854. 
Lodi Manufacturing Company : 
Gentlemen—At the request of John P. Cushing, Esq., of this 
place, I have, for the last five years, purchased from you 200 
barrels of Poudrette per annum, which he has used upon his 
extensive and celebrated garden in this town. He gives it al¬ 
together the preference over every artificial manure, (Guano 
not excepted), speaks of it in the highest terms as a manure for 
the kitchen garden, especially for potatoes. 
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, 
Your obedient, servant, 
70—121nll52 BENJAMIN DANA. 
I MPORTANT TO FARMERS and DAI- 
RYMEN. 
DICKEY’S PATENT CORN DRILL 
and 
BUTTER WORKER. 
This Corn Drill was Patented in 1849, and, after six years’ 
trial, by hundreds of fanners, there has been scarcely an instance 
in which it has not given entire satisfaction. 
The advantages of this DRILL over all others, are : 
1. Certainty and regularity of operation. 
2. It is so constructed that the dropping part is always under 
the eye of the operator. 
3. The motion and all parts that are likely to wear being made 
of iron, renders them durable, and with care will last a life¬ 
time. 
4. The facility with which it can be altered to drop at differ¬ 
ent distances. 
5. There are two Plates go with every Drill—a drill and a hill 
plate. The drill plate can be made to drop at 9, 12, and 14 inches 
distant, and the hill plate will drop 3 or 4 grains in a place, every 
2 feet, 2 1-2 feet, or 3 feet, as desired, and can be changed in a 
moment to drop either of the above distancos. It can also be 
regulated to put the corn into the ground any required depth. A 
man and horse can drop and cover, with one of these machines, 
from eight to ten acres per day. 
E. J. DICKEY’S PATENT BUTTER WORKER. 
This is really a great labor-saving Machine, and which is 
warranted to work one hundred pounds of butter perfectly dry 
in fifteen minutes, and with entire ease lo the operator; thus 
relieving the dairymaid of the most arduous and difficult part of 
her labor. 
The advantages of this Machine are: 
1. The rapidity with which it operates, and the perfect manner 
in which it leaves the butter, as it takes out every particle of 
buttermilk. 
2. The salt can be effectually incorporated with the butter at 
the same time that the operation is going on. 
3. The butter is worked without ever putting the hands into it. 
There has been nearly one hundred of these machines put in 
operation the past season, and in no instance have they failed to 
give entire satisfaction. From numerous certificates I select 
the following: 
Thornbury, Del. Co., October 2, 1854. 
1 have had E. J. Dickey’s Patent Butter-worker in use about 
four months, and have found it to fully answer the purpose for 
which it was designed. We have never had butter too hard or 
too soft to interfere with its operations in thoroughly working 
in the salt and working out the buttermilk, in a shorter time 
and with less labor than any other machine that we have used 
or seen used. JOHN T. HUDDLESON. 
Willowbrook Farm, Chester Co., Pa. 
E. J. Dickey—I am so well pleased with your Butter-worker, 
after testing it to my satisfaction, that I would not part with it 
for five times its cost, if I could not get another of the same 
kind. THOMAS S. YOUNG. 
August 30, 1854. 
• " Orders for either of the above Machines addressed to E. J. 
DICKEY, Hopewell Cotton Works, Chester Co., Pa., will be 
promptly attended to. The Machines will be delivered at the 
Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad, or at the Columbia Rail¬ 
road, free of charge. 
j£70—71nll50 E. J. DICKEY. 
F ANCY FOWLS FOR SALE.—a variety 
of pure bred Fowls, Asiatic, Spanish and Game Fowls, Se¬ 
bright, Black African, Antwerp, and other Bantams. 
B. & C. S. HAINES, 
70-74 Elizabethtown, New-Jersey. 
gT^SIER WILLOW, &C.—The subscriber 
will furnish cuttings of the SAL1X VIMINALIS, the best 
OSIER WILLOW, at $3 per 1,000. They can be sent during 
the winter and early spring to all parts of the continent. 
Orders addressed to the subscriber, care of C. P. Williams, 
Albany, N. Y., will meet with prompt attention. 
Also all varieties of Fruit Trees, Foreign and Native Grapes, 
Stc. Catalogues sent on application. 
S. P. HOUGH 
70-87nll49 Hillside Nurseries, Albany, N. Y. 
D EBURG’S SUPERPHOSPHATE, PE¬ 
RUVIAN GUANO, BONE DUST, POUDRETTE, Sic.., 
C or sale by r. l. ALLEN, 
?#—'Ti 189 and 191 Water-st„ N. Y. 
AMERICAN HERD BOOK. 
CIRCULAR. 
D EAR SIR; During the past year 1 have been in¬ 
quired of, by several Short Horn cattle breedeis, 
when 1 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, from 
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 are 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 
Book is indispensable. 
In pursuance of the unanimous request of the gentlemen en¬ 
gaged in breeding Short Homs, above alluded to r together with 
many 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 have inserted, they furnishing the 
cuts for the purpose. 
I shall also give an account of all the recent importations into 
the United Sl ates. 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 far as it can be obtained, will be given. 
All papers relative to such information will be thanktully re¬ 
ceived, sent to my Post-Office address at Black Rock, N. Y. 
As it is necessary t hat I get to work by the first of March next, 
you will oblige me by replying immediately, and informing me 
whether you will have your cattle recorded, and if so, what the 
probable number will be, and the number of 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 bookpaid for on delivery. 
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-fees 
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 every Short Horn breeder in the country, you will oblige me 
by sending one of these Circulars to every breeder with whom 
you 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. L. F. A. 
£5p*Agricultural papers throughout the United States giving 
the above Circular one or more conspicuous insertions, shall be 
entitled to receive a copy of the Herd Book when issued. Aside 
from this, they will confer a favor on their several subscribers in 
thus giving them notice. 69—71nll40 
THE AMERICAN PICK. 
X (IVth VOLUME, 1855.) 
This Illustrated Comic Weekly, published in the City of New- 
York, every Saturday, is about to commence its fourth year. It 
has become a favorite paper throughout the United States. Be¬ 
sides its Designs by the first artists, it contains witty Editorials 
of character, and will carry cheerfulness to the gloomiest fire¬ 
side. Its variety renders it a favorite in every family. 
&It contains, each week, a large quantity of Tales, Stories, An¬ 
ecdotes, Scenes and witticisms. The “ Recollections of John C. 
Calhoun, by his Private Secretary,” will be continued in the 
PICK until finished, and then a copy will be sent free to every 
subscriber whose name shall be upon our mail book. Each 
yearly subscriber to the PICK will receive the double-sized Pic¬ 
torial sheets for the Fourth of July and Christmas, without 
charge. Each of these Pictorial sheets contains over 
200 SPENDID DESIGNS, 
The subscription price to the PICK is $1, casli in advance 
Sax copies for $5. Thirteen copies for $10. 
Letters must be addressed to 
JOSEPH A. SCOVILLE, Proprietor, 
-68nll47 No. 26 Ann-st., New-York. 
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, 
68-71nll45 Yale College, New-Haven, Conn. 
D R. CLOUGH’S COLUMBIAN PILLS, 
A safe, sure and cheap cathartic medicine, prepared from 
the freshest and purest Gums, Balsams, and vegetable extracts; 
and for all the purposes of a purgative and a reliable family Pill, 
its equal can not be found. Its use is warranted to give entire 
satisfaction in all cases, and should be kept by every family. 
Observe a note for five mills on each Box, signed by WM. 
RENNE, Pittsfield, Mass. Sold by all Druggists.—C. H. Ring, 
A. B. &D. Sands, and C. V. Clickenar & Co., Agents, New York; 
T. W. Dyott & Sons, Philadelphian J. Wright & Co., New Or¬ 
leans; Weeks & Potter, Boston ; Little & Cole, San Francisco, 
California. 68-71nll48 
R aspberry plants, of the pure 
RED ANTWERP slock, for sale in quantities to suit 
purchasers. The Plants are all warranted, onu in a thrifty con¬ 
dition, and will be 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 
Water-st., N. Y., will receive prompt attention. 60—tf 
SECOND GRAND NATIONAL POUL- 
^ try show. 
NEARLY $50© CASH PREMIUMS. 
The National Poultry Society, for the improvement of Domestic 
Poultry, will hold its SECOND ANNUAL FAIR at tbo 
AMERICAN MUSEUM, 
In the City of New-York, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 
JANUARY 15th, 16 th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th, 1855. 
It will include the exhibition ot all kinds of fowls, pea-fowls, 
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 rave 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 are 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 free at all times during the Ex¬ 
hibition. 
Food and water will lie 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 he sent any time after the 
10th of January, 1855, and they will be takencare 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 I6tli Jan’y. 
In awarding prizes, the judges will lake 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 ofone-haif 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 furnish, tn 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 ot 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 $3. Membership entitles 
the possessor to admission for himself and family at all 
times during the exhibition. 
The list of Judges will be called at 12 o’clock, M., on 
Tuesday, the 16th Januaij, 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 CONVERSATIONAL 
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 for ex¬ 
hibiting all the specimens of the Poultry in the FIVE 
SPACIOUS HALLS 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, 
66-70nll44.] President ofthe National Poultry Society. 
TMPROVED 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 1849; 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- 
gettw, 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, he is lor sale at the low price of 
three hundred dollars. The animal may be seen at Ellerslie 
farm, one mile south of Rhinebeck station. Address personally, 
or by letter, WILLIAM KELLY, 
60-tf Ellerslie, Rhinebeck. 
njPHE MOST VALUABLE OF ALL FER- 
-®- tilizers.—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 amonia from the gas works in 
and about New-York city. The greater part of this is 
used in preparing his Super Phosphate of 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. AU orders promptly filled. 
66—78n 1142. C. B. DE BURG, Williamsburg, N. Y. 
