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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
PROSPECTUS OF VOLUHE ELEVENTH OF THE 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
The American Asricultuuist will hereafter be 
published weekly, and contain 16 large quarto 
pages, embellished with numerous engravings. 
Mr. A. B. Allen, bo long favorably known as 
principal editor of the Monthly Agriculturist., will 
be the superintending Editor, and Mr. O. Judd, A. M, 
distinguished for hie scientific and practical attain¬ 
ments, will be his associate. They will bo assisted 
by a highly intelligent corps of agricultural writers, 
all of whom are either practical farmers, planters, 
stock-breeders, gardeners, or fruit-growers. 
No pains or expense will be spared to make this 
periodical a Standard Agricultural Work, which 
will convey to its readers weekly a large amouot 
■ if information highly valuable to all interested in 
the culture of the soil. 
This is the ouly weekly periodical of its kind 
published in the United States; and it will possess 
peculiar facilities for furnishing early reports of the 
produce, cattle, aud graiu-markete. These reports 
alone will be worth more thau the cost of the paper 
to its subscribers. 
The Editors are supplied with all tho leading 
Agricultural Publications of this aud foreign coun¬ 
tries, and the readers of the Agriculturist may look 
confidently to its pages for all new and established 
improvements in modes of farming, stock-breeding, 
&c., <to. While adhering to scientific accuracy, our 
aim will be to mane science entirely subservient to 
practice. 
Our paper will be furnished to subscribers for 
less iliau four cents a number of sixteen quarto 
pages, and to large clubs for less than two and a 
half rents. Every number will contain suggestions 
for the treatment of soils, crops, stock, Ac., which 
will -fteu be worth to the reader more than the 
cost of the paper for a year. 
Price of subscriptions —invariably in advance: 
To -ingle Subscribers, 
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Evry friend of agriculture is respectfully re¬ 
quested to act as agent in procuring subscriptions, 
which may be forwarded by mail at the risk of the 
publishers, if enclosed in the presence of the Post¬ 
master. ALLEN A CO., 
189 Water street, New-York. 
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ters i dative to the business part of the Agricul¬ 
turist, should be addressed to Allen A Co., and all 
communications for the paper addressed to Editor 
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AGENTS WANTED. 
Newsmen in the different towns in the country 
are requested to act as agents for this paper; re¬ 
sponsible persons also in every district of the United 
States. 
Very liberal commissions will be given to a few 
young men to act as travelling agents. 
For further information address tbe publishers, or 
call at their office, 189 Water street, New-York. 
TjTBURRALL’S PRIZE REAPERS FOR THE CALIFORNIA 
BD> Market—strong, simple, and reliable. Warranted of the 
best material and workmanship, expressly for that market. 
Made and sold cheap for cash by THOMAS D. BURIIALL, 
Geneva, Ontario Co., and by 
1-tf It. L. ALLEN, 180 aud 101 Water St., N. Y. 
A DEMAREST, CARD AND SEAL ENGRAVER-DOOR 
a Plates, and advertising Envelopes.—Corner of Pine 
and Nassau streets, opposite the Custom House. 1—18 
TRYON, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER. NO. 438 
@ Broadway.—W. T. begs to inform the public in gene¬ 
ral, that he now imports a new style of Visiting and Wedding 
Cards from Europe, which are entirely different from any 
others in the city. Specimens can be seen by every arrival. 
1-16 
M ILITARY GOODS. .TAMES IT. LENT, EUCOTBSOH TO 
Andrew M. Shiers, 131 Fulton street, between William 
and Nassau, manufacturer of all kinds of military caps, sad¬ 
dles, saddle-cloths: holsters, bridles, and plumes of all kinds 
made to order. Military companies about changing their 
uniforms, or new companies about forming, supplied with 
samples of the newest patterns, at the shortest notice, from the 
oldest place of the kind in the city. 2-16 
F ISK’S METALLIC BURIAL• CASE.- F. A. MORRELL, 
General Undertaker, would inform his friends and the 
public that he furnishes every thing in the above line at short 
notice—gives personal attention at funerals; and he assures 
those who may favor him with a call, that it shall be done with 
•ntire satisfaction. _ . , .... , .. , , 
N B Charges moderate. He invites attention to the Metal¬ 
lic Burial Cases, and expects by a strict attention to business 
to merit the approval of those, who, through affliction, may 
need his services. Metallic Burial Cases and Wood Coffins, of 
•very quality. Interments procured in all the cemeteries. 
©See, 57 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn. 2-U 
TABLE OF CONTENTS, 
PAOE 
Agents Wanted. ..50 
Agriculture, Johnston’s Elements of. 72 
American Institute, Fair of. 73 
Corn, What makes it Grow.68 
Cabbages, &c., to be Salted when Boiled.73 
Correspondents, Answers and Notes to.73 
Count De Gourcy’s Tour.67 
Draining.72 
Dutchess County Cattle Show.72 
Farmer’s Wife.67 
Father and Goat Billy.63 
Flax.69 
Fruits, Effects on Health.73 
Fruits and Flowers at South.70 
Indian Corn. r....... .66 
Journal of a Farmer’s Wife.71 
Ladies’ Department.71 
Letter from Prof. Nash, No. 3.65 
Markets, Produce.74 
Review of British Corn. 
Continental Corn.74 
Ox and Wolf Race.74 
Prices Current,...75 
Prospectus. 80 
Rice Crop of North Carolina.73 
Salmon, Artificial Propagation of . 66 
Trees, Wonderful ... 70 
Troublesome, Cure for the. 71 
Under-Drainiug . ,.72 
Wheat in Monroe County . 68 
Windham County Cattle Show . 68 
HORSE MARKETS. 
MOS SMITH. SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLE, No. 76 
L East Twenty-fourth street. New-York. 1-27 
30 ULL’S HEAD SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLES, TWEN 
SJ> ty-fourth street, West side of Third Avenue. N. Y. 
1-34 A. S. CHAMBERLIN, Proprietor. 
C GIARLES GALLAGHER, LIVERY SALE, AND EX- 
/ change Stables, 91 East Twenty-tilth street, N. Y. 1-15 
jOAGAN & GRAHAM, SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLES, 
-M- cor. of Lexington Ave. and Twenty-fourth street. New- 
lork.—I. k G. have at ail times on hand the most select stock of 
Messenger and Abdaila horses, together with good draught 
horses. Horses at livery by the day, week, and month. 1-M8 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
tfNREENWICH POTTERY, 261 WEST EIGHTEENTH- 
TUI street. Steam-pressed Vitrified Drain Pipe, from three 
to eighteen inches in diameter, and in two feet lengths. The 
best and cheapest medium for drainage and sewerage ever 
yet offered to tne pubiic. The subscriber is the exclusive man- 
ufacturer of steam-pressed Drain Pipe in this country, and he 
offers it to the public on as favorable terms as the ordinary 
dram pipe made or sold in this city. 
2^7 WASHINGTON SMITH. 
R ees & hoyt, premium patent riveted stretch- 
ed Leather Band Manufacturers, 37 Spruce street. New 
lork. 3-29 
IGHTNING RODS.—A. M. QUIMBY & SON, DEALERS IN 
I Quimby’s Improved Lightning Rods. Offices, Nos. 18 
Nassau street and 132 East Twenty-seventh street, New-York. 
Orders will receive careful and prompt attention. 1-20 
*INE OLD BRANDIES. CHOICE WINES OF ALL DE* 
— SCRIPTIONS, Pure Holland Gin, Superior Old Jamaica 
and St. Croix Rum, Scotch Ale, London Porter, with a general 
assortment of all articles connected with the liquor trade, for 
sale at the extensive vaults of John J. Staff, corner of Broad¬ 
way and Anthony street. This stock of Wines and Liquors 
has been selected with great care, especially for family use, 
and the trade of our first-class hotels. Those who deal with 
Mr. Staff will find him an honorable and an accommodating 
tradesman. x-17 
H elvetia and Lafayette gold mining com- 
pany, located at Grass Valley, California — organized 
Juiy 7, 1852—is now in tho full tide of successful operation; its 
veins are opened, being worked and highly productive ; its 
mill is of great power, complete in all respects, and now work- 
mg with the most satisfactory results, and its prospects for fu¬ 
ture success, founded upon actual experience, are of an un¬ 
usually flattering nature. There was taken out previous to 
Dec. 26,1852, upwards of $169,606, and the yield of the mine is 
steadily increasing with each successive report. 
It is by far the most successtul mining company in California, 
and its Directors confidently anticipate quarterly dividends 
of not less than 10 per cent, commencing in October next. 
Dividends payable quarterly in October, January, April and 
July, at the office of the Company in Grass Valley, and at the 
agency office in New-York. 
A few shares, and copies of the charter and by-laws, together 
with other particulars, may be obtained upon application to 
2-15 DANIEL ADEE, Agent, 107 Fulton-street, N. Y. 
HITE LEAD-PURE AND FULL WEIGHT.—THE UN- 
- - designed, agents for the sale of the long-established 
Brand of Mordecai Lewis & Co., of Philadelphia, keep contin¬ 
ually on hand a complete assortment of tne same, and are 
prepared to supply the trade on the most favorable terms. The 
quality branded ’ pure” is guaranteed to be entirely free from 
adulteration. The packages al 60 to — 
i.,...i/Aii, oi me lowest estimate, is a sav¬ 
ing to the consumer of at least one-lialf cent per pound over 
gross weight. 
2-10 JAMES T. LEWIS & CO„ No 82 Water street. 
[NPARALLELED SUCCESS.-THREE YEARS AGO, THE 
l Baking Powder manufactured by EUGENE R. DURKEE 
was known only to a small circle of his acquaintances, but its 
real worth, and the perseverance of its proprietor, has won for 
it world-wide celebrity, and in every city, town and village 
throughout this country its name is a familiar household word, 
lo the trade nothing more saleable or profitable is offered. 
Principal office, 139 Water street, New-York. For Bale by gro¬ 
cers generally. $.“2 
J NION STEAM SUGAR REFINERY,28 LEONARD 8TREET, 
(Between Hudson and West Broadway.) The subscriber 
Uas constantly for sale, in lots to suit purchasers, different 
grades of their superior qualities o ireflned sugars and syrups, 
diamond A, B, C, and yellow 
216 HARRIS, EVANS & CO. 
STOCK. 
S MPROYED STOCK^OF^AlUkINDS. — HAVING HAD 
great experience In- breeding and rearing fine 6tock lor 
the past twenty years, I offer my services to my friends to 
procure it of the best and most reliable kinds. As much no¬ 
tice as convenient is at all times desirable previous to pur¬ 
chasing, aB it takes time to make good selections. Early in 
August or September is the best time to purchase for the 
South. 
Short Horn or Durham cattle, Devons, Herefords, Alderney 
or Jersey and Ayrshires. Long-wooled Sheep—the Cotswold, 
Oxford, baicester. Bakewel), and Lincoln. Mutton Sheep— 
the Southdown Fine-wooled Sheep—sucli as the Saxon, Span¬ 
ish, and French Muvino. 
The public should be on their guard in purchasing improved 
stock, as many animals are palmed off upon the unsuspecting 
and ignorant, which are spurious 
1-tf A. B. ALLEN. Nos. 18? and 191 xv^ter street. 
A DAG AS CAR OR LOP-EARED RABBITS.—A FEW 
pairs of these large and superb animals for sale. Price 
$10 to $15 per pair. T. W. VAN NORDEN, 
1-tf_189 IV ater street. 
T ERRIER DOGS, OF THE SMOOTH-HAIRED AND TAN- 
ned muzzle breed. These are famous ratters, very active, 
and make excellent farm dogs. 
1-tf T. W. Van NORDEN, 189 Water street. 
SUFFOLK PIGS.-THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE PREPARED 
to receive orders for pure Suffolk Pigs, bred from stock 
imported in 1848 by the late William Stickney, also by the 
subscribers in January last. 
JOSIAH STICKNEY. Watertown, or 
Address ISAAC STICKNEY, Boston, Mass. 
l-13eow* 
SEEDS, &c. 
C ~ t HO ICE GARDEN^SEEDsTGAliDENERS AND OTHERS 
/ who wish to obtain pure, fresh, and reliable Garden 
Seeds in all the choicest varieties, are invited to call at 
BKIDGEMAN'S old stand, corner of Broadway and Eight¬ 
eenth street, where may be found at all times all the best va¬ 
rieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, raised from carefully 
selected stock, expressly for this establishment. All import¬ 
ed seeds offered at the counter are previously tested, and 
warranted the best of their several kinds. Bridgeman’s 
Standard Horticultural Works for sale at wholesale and 
retail. Orders by mail will meet with prompt attention as 
usual. JOSEPH BRIDGEMAN. 
1-17 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
A GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.—THE SUBSCRIBER 
TA keeps constantly on hand, and offers for sale the follow¬ 
ing valuable implements: 
Fan Mills of various kinds, for rice aBwell as wheat, rye. &c. 
Grain Drills, a machine which every large grain planter 
should possess. They are of the best patterns, embracing 
most valuable improvements. 
Smut Machines, Pilkington’s, the most approved for general 
use. 
Hay and Cotton Presses—Bullock’s progressive power- 
presses, combining improvements which make them by far 
the best in use. 
Grain mills, corn and cob crushers, a very large assortment 
of the best and latest improved kinds. . 
Horse Powers of all kinds, guaranteed the best in the Uni¬ 
ted States. These embrace—1st. The Chain Power, of my own 
manufacture, both single and double-geared, for one and two 
horses, which has never been equalled for lightness in run¬ 
ning, strength, and economy. They are universally approved 
wherever they have been tried. 2d. The Bogardus power, for 
one to four horses. These are compact, and wholly of iron, 
andadapted toallkindsof work. 3d. Eddy’s Circular Wrought 
Iron Power, large cog-wheels, one to six horses, a new and 
favorite power. 4th. Trimble’s Iron-Sweep Power, for one to 
four horses. 5th. Warren’s Iron-Sweep Power, for one or two 
horses. R. L. ALLEN, 
1 -tf 139 and 191 Water street. 
M EAPERS AND MOWING MACHINES.—TIIF. UNDER- 
Bigned, Agent for the sale of McCormick’s celebrated 
Reapers and combined Machines, for the City of New York, 
California, Oregon, and South American -Markets. „ 
1-13 II. D. ORMSBEE, No. 217 Pearl-st,, N. Y. 
RAIN MILLS, STEEL AND CAST IRON MILLS, AT $6 
W lo $25, and Burr-Stone at $50 to $250, for Horse or Steam 
Power. For salo by R. L. ALLEN, 
1-tf Nos. 189 and 191 Water street, New-York. 
ATER RAMS, SUCTION, FORCE. AND ENDLESS 
- - Chain Pumps; Leather, Gutta Percha. India Rubber 
Hose, Lead Pipe, &c. K. L- ALLEN, 
1 -tf 189 and 191 Water street. New-T ork. 
FERTILIZERS.^ __ ^ 
iiAh T SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME^THIS VALUABLE 
re fertilizer has been used for several years m England 
and other parts of Europe, and, next to Guano, holds the 
highest rank in popularity, and the extent to which it is used 
among farmers. Its introduction in this country lias been 
more recent; but the progress it has made in the estimation 
of the public ha 3 not been less marked or successful than 
abroad. It is now extensively used throughout the Northern 
States, after a full trial and investigation of its merits; and 
it is rapidly becoming, like its predecessor, Guano, a favorite 
manure at the South and West. 
It is composed of crushed or ground bones, decomposed by 
the addition of about one fifth their weight of sulphuric 
acid, diluted with water, to which is added a due proportion 
of guano and sulphate of ammonia. The latter is the active 
and one of the most efficient agents in the best Peruvian 
°It issuited to any soil in which there is not already a full 
supply of the phosphates, which is seldom the case. All crops 
are benefited by its application. 
For sale in large or small quantities, in bags of 150 lbs. each. 
No charge for packages. All bags will be branded C. B. De 
B Yi , lh. N n^?L U iutu?ai OE !in3 tG llorti'cuUural Implements of all 
kinds: Field and Garden Seeds, in great variety; No. 1 Peru¬ 
vian Guano, Bone-dust. Plaster of Paris, Poudrette, &c. 
R. L. ALLEN. Gate A. B. Allen & Co.,) 
1-tf 189 and 191 Water street, New-York. 
T O FARMERS.—HUGUINS’ CELEBRATED NITROGE- 
nous, Ammoniacal and Mineral Manure, approved and 
recommended bv the principal agriculturists in Europe, and 
readily admitted by those who have used it to be the most 
effective fertilizer now in use. For sale by L. W. TINELLI & 
CO., No. 87 Greenwich street, New-York. sole agents for the 
sale of the article^_ 1-13 
SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, OR CHEMICAL MA- 
C? nure.—100 tons Paterson’s Improved, skilfully marie of 
the best materials, and for sale at lowest rates, by HASKELL, 
MERRICK & BULL, Importers of Artificial Manures, Whols- 
alc Agents for the Manufacturer, No. 10 Gold street. 1-31 
3, A, GEAYj Printer, 95 and 97 Cliff street, N, Y r 
