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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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A BOOK FOR EVERY FARMER’S HOUSEHOLD! 
A New Poem by Whittier! 
IMBIAM 
ITS 
■Value, Oultui-e aud. TJses. 
BY EDWARD ERFIELD. 
1 Vol. 12mo. 308 pages. Price, $1.73. 
Sent free by mail on receipt of price. 
“The Importance of the subject, and the absence of any 
Tvork especially devoted to it. Is deemed a sufficient apology 
for tile appearance of tliis book. For a number of years tne 
authorhas given much attention, botli theoretically and prac- 
ticall}’, to the culture and uses of Indian Corn, and lias, dur¬ 
ing tiiat time, accumulated a considerable amount of mate¬ 
rials relating tc^ the subject, aud mainly derived from the 
experience of farmers iii various sections of tlie country, 
» « * * • The eim has been to condense within a small 
compass all needed and useful information, and to state facts, 
opinions, and results, as clearly and concisely as possible.”— 
Extract from Preface—11 contains nearly fifty useful tables 
of tlie highest value to Farmers, and of these more than 
thirty are new and original, liavlng never before appeared 
In print. 
CONTENTS: 
Extent and value of the Corn 
crop. 
Adaptation to Varieties of 
Soil and Climate. 
Certainty of tlie Crop. 
Average Yield. 
Limit of Production. 
Improvement of Varieties. 
Introduction of new varieties. 
Seed for Planting. 
Time to Plant. 
Soil and its Constituents. 
The manufacturing interest in 
its relation to Agriculture. 
Practical Mode of Testing the 
Soil. 
Manures. 
Enemies of Corn. 
Preventives and Remedies. 
Diseases of Corn. 
The Stalk Crop. 
Cost of Production. 
How to Obtain a Large Yield. 
Uses of Corn. 
Products of One Acre. 
Corn Culture at the West. 
Market Price of Corn. 
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Address N. P, BOy,B:B & CO., Gum Tree, Chester Co,, Pa, 
TICKNOR &, FIELDS 
PUBLISH FEB. 17, 
SNOW BOUND: 
A WIHTEE IDYL, 
BY 
J&MN G. WMITTIER, 
Autlior of “ M.virD Muller,” &c., cfce. 
In one he.autlfully printed Volume, witli a fine portrait of 
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“The winter joys their boyhood knew.” 
With Whittier’s own beautiful lines at the close of the poem, 
all those wlio peruse Snow-Bound cannot fail to sympathize. 
“And dear and early friends — the few 
Wlio yet remain — sliall pause to view 
Tliese Flemish pictures of old days; 
Sit with me by tlie liomestead liearth, 
And stretch tlie bauds of memory forth 
To warm tliem at the wood-fire’s blaze ! 
And tlianks untraced to lips unknown 
Sliall greet me like the odors blown 
From unseen meadows newly mown. 
Or lilies floating in some pond. 
Wood-fringed, the wayside gaze beyond; 
The traveller owns the grateful sense 
Of sweetness near, he knows not whence, 
And, pausing, takes with forehead bare 
The benediction of the air.” 
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i^BRED CHESTER WHITE PIGS, and Imported Fowls 
in America. L. B. SILVER, Salem, Ohio. 
SAi.Etit «ria£KA.'r ssacibcmfic:®! 
jS- to close an Estate, a Farm of 93 acres, near the R. R., 
SO miles south of Pliiladelplii.a, 60 acres under fence, balance 
timber, dwelling liouso and barn. Price $3,000. $1,000 cnsli, 
balance in 10 years. J. H. COFFIN & CO., 
Fnanklinvllle, N. J. 
17'AKM AAB> FEI;KT EAAB>S, in a 
mild and liealtlifnl climate. Tliirty miles south of Pliila- 
delplila iiy Railroad, in New Jersey, on tlie same line of lat¬ 
itude as B.altimore, Jld. 
The soil is rich and productive, varying from a clay to a 
sandy loam, suitable for Wlieat, Grass, Corn, Tobacco, Fruits 
and Vegetables. Tills is a great fruit country. Five liuii- 
dred Vineyards and Orcliards liave been planted out liy ex¬ 
perienced fruit growers. Grapes, Peaches, Pears, &c., produce 
liiimeiise profits. Vineland is already one of the most beau¬ 
tiful places in tliB United States. Tlie entire territory, con¬ 
sisting of forty-five square miles of land, is laid out upon a 
general system of improvements. Tlie land is only sold to 
actual settlers with provision for public adornment. The 
place on account of its great beauty as well as other advan¬ 
tages lias become the resort of people of taste. It lias in¬ 
creased five tlious<and people within the past tliree years. 
Cliuvclics, Stores, Schools, Academies, Societies of Art and 
Learning, and other elements of refinement and culture liave 
been introduced. Hundreds of people are constantly set¬ 
tling. Several Imndred houses are being constructed, and 
it is estimated tliat five liundred will be built during the sum¬ 
mer. Brice of Farm land, twenty acre lots and upward, $25 
per acre. Five and ten acre, and Village lots for sale. 
Fruits and Vegetables ripen earlier in this district than in 
any other locality north of Norfolk, Va. Improved places 
for sale. 
Openings for all kinds of business, Lumber Yards, Manu¬ 
factories, Foundries, Stores, and tlie like. 
For persons who desire mild winters, a bealtliful climate, 
and a good soil, in a country oeautifiilly improved, abound¬ 
ing in fruits and possessing all otlier social privileges, in tlie 
heart of civilization, it is worthy ot a visit. 
Letters answered and tlie Vineland Rural, a paper giving 
full information, and containing Reports of Solon Robinson, 
sent to applicants. 
Address CHAS. K. LANDIS, Vineland P. O., Landis 
Townsliip, New Jersey. 
From Report of Solon Robinson, Agricultural Editor 
of The Tribune : It is one of the most extensive fertile 
tracts, in an almost level position and suitable condi¬ 
tion for pleasant farming that tve know of, this side of 
(he Western Prairies, 
MAKYIiAMD FARMgi. 
60LDSB0R0UGH & HALL, 
UEAI. ESTATE AG-ENTS, 
Eastois, Md., 
Have for Sale 300 Farms on the Eastern Shore : 100 of wliicii 
are situated in Talbot, the most fertile and best watered 
county in the State; its rivers and the arms of the Clicsa- 
peake Bay, wliicli encompasses it on tliree sides, enabling 
most of Hie farmers to ship tlicir produce directly from their 
own shores , and giving to the iiiliabitants in profusion the 
luxuries of Game, Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Terrapins, &c. 
The climate is remarkably healthy, and 
Early Fruits and Vegetables 
are heie produced at least two weeks earlier than in the 
most favored sections Nortli of us. 
Our daily communication with Baltimore by Steamers, and 
by Hail-road (shorlly to be in operation) wl'lh Philadelphia 
and New York will give to producers every facility for 
shipment. 
Peaches are produced with but little care, in the greatest 
perfection, and Hie productiveness of Hie trees contimies for 
many years. 
The native Grapes of all Hie finer kinds, ns well as all the 
smaller fruits flourish liere in Hie most luxuriant manner, 
being free from rot, bliglit, or mildew. 
For general crops of 
GRAIN AND GRASS 
the soil is unsurpassed by any portion of the country, wliiio 
Hie price of the land is from to tliat of inferior lands in 
less favored sections. 
Farm Laborers can be had in abundance from $3 to $12.50 
per month. 
Catalogues mailed free, 
Communication from Baltimore daily by Steamer, and 
from tlie Delaware Railroad at Bridgeville Depot, daily, by 
Stages. 
Satisfactory titles guaranteed. 
NURSERY FARMS. 
There being a great demand for fruit trees, vines, &c., in 
this and Hie adjoining counties, we ofl'e.r for sale several 
tracts of land ciiiliiently adapted for that purpose Ironi 
soil, situation, and proximity to Rail Road and Steamboat 
transportation. 
GOLDSBOROUGH & HABB, 
Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. 
ALL COii^e WEST 
SOON OR BY-AND-BY, to purcliase Land, should widte to 
the undersigned for Circulars giving full particulars about 
Hie .500,000 Acres of Prairie, Timber and Coal 
Bands, for sale in Northern Missouri, on the most liberal 
terms, by the Hannibal & .St. -To.sepli R. R. Co. 
An advertisement of any reasonable length cannot tell tho 
wliole story; therefore send for our gratuitous advertising 
documents. Extra copies are clieerfully fiirnislied to sucli ns 
wlsli to induce others to eiiiigr.ate witli Hiem. A Sectional 
Map, showing the exact location of all onr lands, is sold at 
thirty cents. Address GEORGE S. HARRIS, Land Commis¬ 
sioner, Hiinnibiil & St. Joseph Railroad, Hiimiibal, Mo. 
Maryland and Tirgiiila Farms for 
Sale. 
Owing to tlie Civil War, fine Southern farms are now offer¬ 
ing for sale at reduced prices, in Hie most fertile portions of 
Maryland and Virginia. The mildness of Hie clini.ate and 
variety of productions offer peculiar inducements to Nortli- 
eni Farmers.-Tlie Suhscrihers have constantly on liand 
Farms improved and uiiiiiiprovod, Dairy, Fruit and Grazing 
Farms, Country-Seats, Coal and Timber Lands, in all sections 
of Marvland and Virginia. 
Also Residences and Buildlnglots in and around Baltimore 
and Washington. 
Faithful tand accurate descriptions can he had by addres¬ 
sing JOHN GLENN & CO., 
59 Second-st., Baltimore. 
FOU. SAFE 
The Residence of the Late .Tohn Rankino, Esq. Tliis very 
desirable Property is situated in Hic beautiful Village of 
Caiiaiidaigu.a, Ontario Co., N. Y., and contains sixty-three 
acres, or Hiereahout, of excellent land, mostly nnderdraiiied, 
and in a liigli state of cultivation. Tlie House, wliicli is 
large and commodious, stands on rising ground one milo 
nortli-east of Hie Post Office and Railway Station, and com¬ 
mands a delightful view of the Lake and part of the Village. 
Tlie Garden and Orchards are well stocked witliclioice fniit, 
and adjoining tlie iiiiniediato surroundings of Hie liouse, is a 
fine Grove of aliout 15 acres. 
For particulars apply to the Subscriber on the proniiscs. 
MRS. M. RANKINE. 
A valuable F.^rm, containing 110 acres, near Princeton. 
N, J., opposite the residence of Kx-Gov. Olden. The site is 
one of tlie finest in the country on which to erect a country- 
seat;—near Churches. Colleges. Schools, &c. Only two liours 
distant, by railroad, from New York or Pliiladclphia. Trains 
arrive and leave for either city several times daily. AVill bo 
sold cheap and on accommodating Terms. Apply personally 
or by letter, to FHEESli & SWAYZE, Bankers and Real 
Estate Brokers, Trenton, N. J. 
600 Maryland and Virginia Farms 
and Timbered Lands. 
Catalogue of Mavyl.and and Virginia Lands, with Geo- 
grapliical description of Maryland, for s,ale by R. W. TEM- 
PLEMAN & CO., Land Agents, 37 Lexington-st., Baltimore 
City, eiiibracing a description of the soil and products of 
Maryland. Send 25 cents tor a copy of C.atalogue. 
^ Acres, Franklin Tract, at Newfield, Gloucester Countv, 
New' Jersey, on tlie Railroad running from Philadelphia to 
Cape May. *30 miles South of Philadelphia—adjoining tho 
Vineland Tract, and 2 miles North of the Vineland Station— 
for sale at low prices and on easy terms, in lots to suit pur¬ 
chasers. Circulars, with reports of Solon Rohlnson, Hon. 
William Parry, aud others, with full information, sent to ap¬ 
plicants, free. Address JOHN II. COFFIN & CO.. New'* 
Held, Gloucester Co., N. J. Improved Farms also for Sale. 
'^ISTANTED—A FIRST CLASS GRAIN AND 
Wa gr.azing F.arm of 100 acres or more, situated in Central 
or Western N. T., with good Buildings, plenty of Fruit, well 
watered, free from stone, near Railroader water communica¬ 
tion. P.D, HULST, Brooklyn, N.Y, Give deEcrtiition, price &c. 
