AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
167 
! THE INFALLIBLE 
SELF-SEALING 
Eruit and Vegetable Can. 
Our experience during the past years in 
manufacturing Self-Sealing Fruit Cans, 
and the universal satisfaction and cer¬ 
tificates of parties who have purchased 
and tested thoseof various makers have 
given ours the decided preference over 
all others. The subscribers offer to the 
public the best Self-Sealing Can ever 
invented, to preserve Fruits, Vegeta¬ 
bles, &c. The sealing is invariably 
PERFECT. All others require solder 
or cement. The opening has been en¬ 
larged to admit a full sized Peach. 
Every Can is perfectly tested before it 
leaves our manufactory. 
E. KETCHAM & CO. 
Late Taylor & TIodgetts, 
Man’fre Of Planished Tin & Japruined Ware, 
«Si> Pearl St., N. IV. 
ti One door from Beekninn Street. 
TAYLOE & HODSET'IS’ 
INFALLIBLE 
SELF-SEALING FEUIT CAN, 
WITH BURNETT’S ATTACHMENT. 
Patented August 21, 1855. 
It has Ion® been a desideratum to preserve Fruits by some cneap 
method, such as would keep them fit for domestic ’use, a num 
ber of years. The expense of preserving with sugar is a serious 
objection. Free access of atmosphere causes the decomposition 
of vegetable matter. It is obvious that the exclusion of it must 
prevent this effect from taking place, and that, consequently, if 
Berries, Fruits , Vegetables, &c. &c. are completely kept from the 
contact of air, they cannot spoil. To effect this, the only safe 
and reliable article is 
TAYLOR & HOGETTS’ SELF-SEALING CAN. 
It is so simple in its construction, that any one can close Fifty 
Cans an hour without the aid of a tinner; it requires neither 
Solder, Cement nor Wax. The article is very strong, and will 
last a number of years. The aperture is sufficiently large to 
admit a full sized peach. 
Apricots, Plums, Pears, Cherries, Peaches, Strawberries, 
Raspberries, Blackberries, Tomatoes, Green Peas. Green Com, 
Figs, Asparagus, Rhubarb or Pie Plant, and in fact each and 
every kind of Fruit and Vegetable, can be preserved for years 
. in their fresh state, in any climate. 
Quart, 3-Pint, Half-Gallon and Gallon. 
G5P Trade supplied on liberal terms. 
EIF* Full directions for putting up the various Fruits and 
Vegetables accompany the cans. 
E. KETCHAM & CO., 
289 Pearl-street, New-York. 
SPRAT’S PATENT SELF-SEALING CANS 
ARE ACKNOWLEDGED to be the only safe and reliable 
Self-Sealing Cans in the market. They have now been in use 
for the oast three years, and Fruit and Vegetables preserved m 
them have been subjected to severe tests by change of climate 
from Canada to California, and when opened the contents are 
found in pertectstato of preservation, with all the natural flavor 
as if just put up. By these Cans. Fruit of all kinds may be pre¬ 
served perfectly fresh without the use of Sugar. The process is 
very simple and the cans are easily closed and opened by a 
wrench made for the purpose—full directions for use accompany 
the cans. prices. 
Quart Cans, per dozen.$2 50 
Half Gallon Cans, per dozen. 3 75 
One Gallon Cans, per dozen. 5 00 
Wrenches, each. 06 
WELLS & PROVOST, Sole Proprietors, 
No. 215 Front-st., New-York. 
FAIRBANK’S 
HA¥ AND CATTLE SSCASJES, 
FOR WEIGHING Loaded Wagons, Carts, Live Stock, Pro¬ 
duce, &c. More than Four Thousand these convenient and 
durable Scales ha7e been put up by us la all parts of the United 
States and the British Provinces. Wo also have more than One 
Hundred different modifications of 
PLATFORM AND COUNTER SCALES, 
adapted to every required operation of weighing. 
Pamphlets with Cuts and Descriptions will be furnished upon 
application, by mail or otherwise, 
FAIRBANKS & EWING, 
Masonic Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 
FAIRBANKS & CO., 189 Broadway, New-York. 
T O PRINTERS—For Sale a quantity of 
Type (Pearl to Pica); Chases; Double Stands, ($3 50); 
Stone ; Galleys; Leads; Rules, with a large number of Card 
Fonts, Cuts, Borders, Cabinet, &c., cheap, Apply at this Office. 
AND COMBINED MOWER AND REAPER; 
STRONG, SIMPLE IN CONSTRUCTION; NOT 
LIABLE TO GET OUT OF ORDER; 
COMPACT, LIGHT, EASY OF DRAFT, 
PERFECTLY SAFE TO THE DRIVER, 
AND MAY BE WORKED WITH A 
SLOW GAIT BY HORSES OR OXEN. 
NO CLOGGING OF KNIVES. 
Works well on Rough Ground, also on Side-liills, Sait and 
Fresh Meadows, &c., and in ahy kind of lodged 
Grass and Clover. 
WARRANTED TO GIVE ENTIRE SATISFACTION. 
MANUFACTURED AT 
THE AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT 
MANUFACTORY, 
And for sale at the Warehouse and Seed store of 
R. L. ALLEN, 189 Water-street, New-York. 
see what farmers say of it. 
Wc, the subscribers, having seen your (Allen’s) Patent Mow¬ 
ing Machine in use, both in heavy and light grass and clover, 
and in places badly lodged, speak of its performance with uni¬ 
versal approbation. It may be drawn by a pair of light horses 
with ease, cutting wide and perfectly clean, and leaving the 
grass spread in the best possible manner. We also believe that 
more grass may bo cut in a day, and in a better manner, with 
your Mower than with any other in this vicinity. W e therefore 
recommend it as the very best Mower now in use. 
C. P. Treat, E. W. Taylor, Horace Pomeroy, 
S. C Douglass, Leicester Moffitt, Trueman Clark. 
Wm. L. Perkins, Lyman Myllard, Win. McBride, 
Alanson Moffitt, H. S. Pomeroy, Harmen Newell, 
Michael Barns, George King,’ C. L. Taylor, 
David Knapp, George Bougliton, L. T. King, 
D. G. King, R. M. Allen, S.T. Gillmore, 
Isaac Watts, J. C. Wells, Joseph Hodges, 
Robert Treat, C. A. Kellogg. Riley Root," 
Peter Hitchcock, S. B. Hollis, Stephen Searles, 
L. T- Willmot, Calvin Moffitt, Myron Beard. 
Carlton Clapp, 
Geauga Co., Ohio, Nov. 20, 1856. 
We have used Allen’s Patent Mower during tho late harvest, 
and find it to work well. It is of easy draft, and comes quite up 
to our expectations. 
Tunis V. Conover, James Woole, Dr. Wm. Conover, 
Henry Weathers, Joseph C. Conover, Henry Robinson, 
Jacob Schenck, Mrs. Schenck, H. S. Conover, 
John Davidson, James House, D. Schenck. 
Marlboro’, Monmouth Co., N. J., Nov. 20, 1856. 
The subscribers having seen Allen’s Patent Mowing Machine 
in use, both in heavy and light grass of different sorts, are pre¬ 
pared to speak of its performance with the highest approbation. 
It was drawn by a pair of light horses with apparent ease, cut¬ 
ting a wide swarth perfectly clean, whether the grass were 
standing or badly lodged, and leaving it spread in the best pos¬ 
sible manner. This was done during and immediately after a 
heavy shower, and without any clogging of the knives. 
Marshall P. Wilder, Pre6. U. S. Agricultural Society. 
Charles C. Sewell, Aaron D. Weld. 
Boston, Mass., Nov. 26, 1855. 
The undersigned were present at a trial of Allen’s Patent 
Mower on the farm of Jesse Jewell, Esq., and were much grati¬ 
fied with its operation. It cuts close—no clogging —and is light 
for a span of horses in ordinary mowing. It is a strongly made 
and excellent machine. 
Lee Taft, Ira Bushnell, C. M. H. Ferguson, 
A. M. Hawkins, J. Jewel], Anson Wentworth. 
Starksboro’, Vt., Aug. 22, 1855. 
The undersigned have seen Allen’s Mowing Machine tested 
in different kinds of grass, and can recommend it as a most re¬ 
liable machine, which can not fail to give satisfaction in any 
kind of grass. We consider it Contains more advantages than 
any other in use. 
Patrick Durmedy, Whitestone, L. I. 
George L. Smith, do. 
Henry Allen, Great Neck, L. I. 
Lucius M. White, Strattonport, L. I. 
M. Johnston, Great Neck, L. I. 
Long Island, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1856. 
We have each used one of Allen’s Improved Mowers the past 
season, and testify that it is an easy working, durable, and every 
way satisfactory machine. 
James Jacobus, Stilestown, Morris Co.. N. J. 
Isaac Van Dine, Mountville, Morris Co., N‘ J. 
Levi E. Kent, Rockaway Neck, Morris Co., N. J. 
Abraham H. Husk, Fairfield, Essex Co , N. J. 
Henry Francisco, Franklin, Essex Co., N. J. 
The undersigned have used Allen’s Patent Mowing Machine 
during the past harvest, and can recommend it with confidence 
to their fellow-farmers as a reliable mower—doing all it pro¬ 
fesses to do, and excelling any other mower known in these 
parts; and we believe we have seen all the most improved pat¬ 
terns. It does not clog, and will cut grass under water, if needed. 
T. E. Porter, Wm. Dickinson, Chas. Wheeler, 
W. A. Smith, John Bell, Edwin Porter, 
T. P. Huntington, Geo. Gaylord, T. Granger, 
Chester Smith, H. Burrell, T. Smith, Hadley, 
E. Williams, G. Lyman, ) A h f Mfl „ Mass. 
Erek Poker, C. Merrick, 1 ^mnerst.Mass. 
Henry Parsons, David Dawson. Northampton, Mass. 
M. Stebbins, Deerfield, Mass. 
Royal Fowler, Westfield, Mass. 
Hampshire Co., Mass., Dec. 1,1856. 
We have been much pleased with the Allen Mowers pur¬ 
chased from your agent. We consider it quite superior to other 
machines in lightness of draft, slow speed at which the team may 
worlc, compactness, ease of management, and safety to driver. It 
does not clog , is well made, costs nothing for repairs, and the 
spring on side-wheel and loose play of tongue are great improve¬ 
ments. We think you have, by far, the best machine made. 
David L. fielding, Justus C. Haviland, Dame. B. Haight, 
Senier S. Northrop, Taber Belden, ( leme it Haight, 
J. Haviland, Jr., Joseph Belden, Jacob O. Haight, 
Richard Sherman, Jonathan Thorne, R. G. Coffin, 
James M. Martin, Jarvis Congden, Jacol N. Haight, 
Daniel H. Lyon. 
Dover Plains, N. Y., Nov 1855 
CHOICE FARM LANDS FOR SALE. 
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL 
RAILROAD COMPANY 
IS NOW PREPARED TO SELL ABOUT 
1,500,000 ACRES OF CHOICE 
FARMING LANDS, 
IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND t/PWARDS, 
ON LONG CREDITS, AND AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST. 
PJpHESE LANDS WERE GRANTED BY 
-EL the Government to aid tho construction of this Road, and 
are among the richest and most fertile in the world. They ex¬ 
tend from Northeast and Northwest, through the middle of ihe 
State, to the extreme South, and include every variety of climate 
and productions found between those parallels of latitude. The 
Northern portion is chiefly prairie, interspersed with fine groves, 
and in the Middle and Southern sections timber predominates, 
alternating with beautiful prairies and openings. 
The climate is more healthy, mild and equable, than any 
other part of the country; the air is pure and bracing, while liv 
ing streams and springs of excellent water abound. 
Bituminous Coal is extensively mined, and supplies a cheap 
and desirable fuel, being furnished at many points at S2 to 
$4 per ton, and wood can be had at the same rate per cord. 
Building Stone of excellent quality also abounds, which can 
be procured for little more than the expense of transportation. 
The great fertility of these lands, which are a black rich mold 
from two to five feet deep, and gently rolling—their contiguity to 
this road, by which every facility is furnished for travel and 
transportation to the principal markets North, South, East, 
West, and the economy with which they can be cultivated, ren¬ 
der them the most valuable investment that can be found, and 
present the most favorable opportunity for persons of industri¬ 
ous habits and small means to acquire a comfortable independ¬ 
ence fti a few years. 
Chicago is now the greatest grain market in the world, and 
the facility and economy with which the products of these 
lands can be transported to that market,make them much more 
profitable at the prices asked than those more remote at Govern¬ 
ment rates, as the additional cost of transportation is a perpetual 
tax on the latter, which must be borne by the producer in the 
reduced price he receives for his grain, &c. 
The Title is Perfect, and when the final payments are made, 
Deeds are executed by the Trustees appointed by the State, and 
in whom the title is vested to the purchasers, which convey to 
them absolute titles in Fee Simple, free and clear of every in¬ 
cumbrance, lien or mortgage. 
The prices are from 0G to 030. 
INTEREST ONLY 3 PER CENT. 
20 per cent, deducted'from the Credit price for Cash. 
Those who purchase on long credit give notes payable in 2, 3, 
4, 5 and 6 years after date,and are required to improve one-tenth 
annually for five years, so as to have one-half the land- under 
cultivation at the end of that time. 
Competent Surveyors will accompany those who wish to ex¬ 
amine these lands, lree of charge, and aid them in making fcelet> 
tions. 
The lands remaining unsold are as rich and valuable as those 
which have been disposed of. 
SECTIONAL MAPS 
Will be sent to any one who will inclose fifty cents in Postage 
Stamps, and Books or Pamphlets, containing numerous in¬ 
stances of successful farming, signed 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., or any other informa¬ 
tion, will be cheerfully given on application, either personally 
or by letter, in English, French or German, addressed to 
JOHN WILSON. 
Land Commissioner of the Illinois Central Railroad Co. 
Office in Illinois Central Railroad Depot, Chicago, Illinois. 
!>0>CT©12, HOOFLASD’S 
CELEBRATED 
GERMAN RITTERS. 
PREPARED BY 
Dr. C. M. JACKSON, Philad’a, Pa. 
WILL EFFECTUALLY CURE 
LIVER COMPLAINT. DYSPEPSIA, JAUNDICE, 
CHRONIC OR NERVOUS DEBILITY. 
DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS 
AND ALL DISEASES 
ARISING FROM 
A DISOR¬ 
DERED 
LIVER 
OR 
STOMACH; 
Such as Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness or Blood to the 
Head, Acidity of th e Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust 
for Food, Fullness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc¬ 
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, 
Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing, 
Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations 
when in a lying posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots of Webs 
before the Sight, Fever, and Dull Pain in. the Hoad, Defi¬ 
ciency ofPerspiration, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, 
Pain in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, &c , Sudden Flushes 
of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil, 
and Great Depression of Spirits. 
The Proprietor, in calling the attention of the public to this 
pre paration, does so with a feeling of the utmost confidence in 
its virtues and adaptation to the diseases for which it is recom 
mended. 
It is no new and untried article, but one that lias stood tne 
test of a ten years’ trial before the American people, and its 
reputation and sale is unrivalled by any similar preparations 
extant. The testimony in its favor, given by the most prominent 
and well-known physicians and individuals in all pans of the 
country, is immense, and a careful perusal of the Aim mac, pub¬ 
lished annually by the Pioprietor, and to be had gratis of any oi 
his Agents, cannot but satisfy the most skeptical that this 
remedy'is really deserving the great celebrity it has obtained. 
Principal Office and Manufactory No. 96 ARCH-streot, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. And for sale by all Drnggists and Store-keepers 
in every town and village in the United States and Canadas 
