AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
T he subscriber would take this method of 
announcing that, in accordance with provision made by 
the Trustees of Amherst College for extending the benefits of 
the Institution to young men not pursuing a full collegiate 
course, but wishing to engage in some one of the industrial 
pursuits, he is now ready to commence with a class in 
PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 
Instruction will be given, by means of text-books, lectures, 
and free conversations, on the applications of science to the 
cultivation and improvement of soils, the preservation and 
use of manures, the growing and disposal of crops, the care 
of animals, and, generally, to whatever relates to the man¬ 
agement of a farm. 
Young men may attend the course for a longer or shorter 
period, as suits their convenience. While in attendance, they 
will be entitled to a free admission to the geological, minera- 
logical, and other valuable cabinets of the College, and the 
various courses of lectures, given by the President and Pro 
lessors. 
It will be an important feature of the course, that the teach 
er in agriculture will accompany his class to the lectures on 
Geology, Chemistry, Philosophy and Natural History, and 
then, at the earliest opportunity, will review with them the 
subject of each lecture, in a way to show its practical bear¬ 
ings and to fix it in the memory. 
The charge will be $12 for a term of 13 weeks, and $1 a week 
for any. less time, including lectures and use of cabinets. 
Board can be obtained, in or near this village, at moderate 
charges. The subscriber would receive a small number of 
young gentlemen, who might come from a distance, into his 
own family. 
For other information address the subscriber. 
J.,A. NASH, 
Amherst, Dec. 21, 1853. 17-19 
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WACHUSETT GARDEN AND NURSERIES, 
T^TEW-BEDFORD, MASS., ANTHONY & McAFEE, PRO- 
j \s PRIETORS Successors to Henry H. Crapo, would invite 
the attention of the public to their extensive stock of 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Rose- 
Bushes, &c.. Evergreens. Balsam Firs. American 
and Chinese Arbor Vitae, Cedrus Deodara, 
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Yew Trees, Tree Box, &c.; an exten¬ 
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Plum, Cherry, Peach and Apricot Trees. 
The stock of Pear Trees is very large, both on Pear .and 
Portugal Quince Stocks, embracing every thing worthy of 
cultivation. All our Pear Trees are propagated and grown 
by ourselves, and 
WARRANTED TRUE TO NAME. 
The soil, climate, &c., of this locality being so favorable to 
the Pear, our trees are unrivalled for health, vigor of growth, 
Ac., &c. 
They are all free from that destructive malady 
THE PEAR BLIGHT, 
which has never existed in this locality. 
Prices low, and a liberal discount to the trade. 
Neie-Bedford, Jam, l-s-f, 1854. 17-68 
UNIVERSITY OE ALBANY. 
D epartment oe chemistry.-e. s. carr, m. d., 
Professor of Chemistry and its applications to Agricul¬ 
ture and the Useful Arts. 
F. E. DAKIN, Instructor in Analytical Chemistry. 
This Department of the University, having been perma¬ 
nently established, a spacious Laboratory will be opened for 
the reception of Students, on Tuesday, the 10th day of Janu¬ 
ary next. There will be a Course of Instruction in Practical 
and Analytical Chemistry, and a Course of Lectures on the 
applications of Chemistry to Agriculture and the Manufactu¬ 
ring Arts, continuing during a term of three months. The 
Laboratory will be open from 9 A. m. to 4 p. m. 
The Lectures will be delivered in the evening, and will be 
free of charge. 
For Laboratory Instruction, $20 per term, or $10 per month, 
for a shorter period. Students will be charged with breakage 
and the Chemicals they consume. Students will also have 
access to the State Agricultural and Geological collections. 
Analysis of Soils, Ores, Mineral Waters, Ac., made on rea¬ 
sonable terms. 
: 14-17 
SJIIEPHERD DOGS OF THE SCOTCH COLLIE BREED for 
sale. A fine pair of these, (male and female,) of pure 
blood, two months old, may he had for $20, or separately at 
$10Za piece. Apply to EDWARD BEMENT, 
1-19* Factoryville, Staten Island.gJ 
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paper literature. They have engaged as contributors for the 
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Mrs. Southworth, Emerson Bennett, Mrs. Denison, Grace 
Greenwood and Fanny Fern. 
In the first paper of January next we design commencing 
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THE BRIDE OF THE WILDERNESS. 
By Emerson Bennett, author of “Viola,” “Clara Moreland,” 
“The Forged Will,” Ac. 
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THE STEP-MOTHER. 
By Mrs. Mary A. Denison, author of “ Home Pictures,” “ Gert¬ 
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favor. They will be entitled 
A NEW SERIES OF SKETCHES. 
By Fanny Fern of “ Fern Leaves,” Ac. 
We expect to be able to commence the Sketches of Fanny 
Fern, as well as the series by Grace Greenwood, in the early 
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5TEN AND BOYS’ CLOTHING, AT WHOLESALE AND 
im Retail—cheaper than ever, at J. VANDERBILT’S, No. 
81 Fulton street, New-York. A very large assortment of all 
qualities and sizes; also a splendid assortment of fashionable 
goods, which will be made to order in a style that cannot he 
surpassed. Also India rubber clothing and furnishing goods. 
Your patronage is respectfully solicited. 
2-30 J. VANDERBILT. 81 Fulton street. 
A gricultural chemistry—yale college, the 
course of THIRTY LECTURES will commence January 
9th, 1854, and continue two months and a half. Fee, $10. A 
special course in analysis, with which the student may fully 
occupy his time, will accompany the lectures. 
Address J. A. PORTER, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, 
New-Haven, Ct. 
N. B. Analyses of Ores, Soils, Mineral Waters, Ac., made, 
and instruction given in general analysis. 12-17 
GREAT AND IMPORTANT END ACCOMPLISH ED.- 
_. Van Deusen’s Improved Wahpene is now confidently and 
generally offered by the inventor, as one of the best modern 
specifics for the Improvement, Health, and Beauty of the 
Human Hair. Its faithful application will, on the head of 
Baldness, reproduce a fine and entirely new growth, and con¬ 
vert that which is gray to its natural and primitive color. 
This desirable change is effected by the action of the improved 
Wahpene on the roots or fibres, thereby aiding nature in 
restoring those healthy functions indispensable to the life 
and beauty of the Hair. This invaluable article consists alto¬ 
gether of vegetable infusions, and is entirely free from all 
mineral acids and alcoholic agency. As an article for the 
Toilet, also, this preparation is without a rival, cleansing the 
head from Dandruff and Scurf, and affording an efficacious 
remedy for nervous and constitutional headaches. Sold by 
the inventor at the GENERAL DEPOT, 123 CHAMBERS ST., 
and by the principal Druggists of New-York and Brooklyn 
Cities, and those of the United States generally. 1—17 
OlIN II. WOODCOCK, IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF 
_ Paris fancy goods, combs, brushes, perfumery, Ac. Fans, 
silk guards, portmonnaies, wax beads, hair pins, jet pins, gilt 
and jet bracelets, breast, scarf, and shawl pins. 38 John street, 
(up stairs,) New-York. 1-17 
F 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. 1-17 
rEDICAL SURGERY WITHOUT THE KNIFE.—SAMUEL 
_L GILBERT, M. D., after a long and extensive experience 
in Memphis, Tennessee, and more recently in New-Orleans, 
has removed to New-York, and taken rooms at 483 Broadway, 
where he invites patients to call and test his skill in the rad¬ 
ical cure of the following diseases, many of which are deemed 
incurable by his brethren of the faculty, without instruments 
of any kind, viz: 
1. Ulcers and Tumors, called cancerous. 
2. Scrofula in all its forms. 
3. White Swellings, and Chronic Diseases of the Joints. 
4. Tumors, Wens, Carbuncles, Tetter, Scald Head, and all 
Eruptions on the Skin. 
5. Chronic Diseases of the Eyes, Ac. 
6. Female Diseases, of however long standing. 
DR. GILBERT invites Physicians to send patients they deem 
incurable, and witness for themselves the power of his new 
emedies. Office hours, from 9 A. M. till 3 P. M. 1-17 
AlSSACHUSETTS IRON WORKS.—HOOPEli, THACIIER 
A CO., Wrought and Cast Iron Railings, Balconies, 
Verandahs, Ac., 382 Broadway, New-York.—Iron Work of 
every description. Factory, corner Newark and Meadow 
streets, Hoboken. . 2-17 
F arm for sale.—the farm lately owned and 
occupied by Richard Dey, deceased, situated on the east¬ 
ern bank of Seneca Lake, in the township of Fayette, county 
of Seneca, and State of New-York, It contains about 158 acres 
of very fertile and finely situated land, not an inch of which 
but what is capable of tillage. It slopes gently to the lake, 
and is in full sight of and only seven miles from the beautiful 
town of Geneva. Adjoining is the premium farm of Andrew 
Foster, Esq. Fifty acres are in wood, eight acres are in or¬ 
chard of superior grafted fruits, and the balance in pasture 
and grain. The buildings consist of a plain farm house in 
good repair, and also good barns, sheds, workshops, carriage- 
house, chicken-houses, and granery. There is a good well of 
water and a running spring. 
This farm is offered low to close an estate. The price, $50 
per acre, and the terms of payment can be made to suit al¬ 
most any purchaser. Apply to 
JAMES R. DEY, 74 Cortlandt st., New-York, 
10-22] or CHAS. A. COOK, Esq., Pres, of the Bank of Geneva. 
M ilitary goods.-james ii. lent, successor to 
Andrew M. Shiers, 121 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 
SHANGHAI BUFF, GREY, AND WHITE ; ALSO BRAMA- 
vo) Pootras and Malay fowl, 100 pairs assorted for sale. Also 
Trees and Plants. Ornamental Shrubs, Roses and Grape Vines. 
Catalogue furnished. Apply by mail (post paid) to 
GEO. SNYDER A CO., 
-208* Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N.Y. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.—THE SUBSCRIBER 
n«L keeps constantly on hand, and offers for sale the follow¬ 
ing valuable implements: 
Fan Mills of various kinds, for rice as well 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, 
and adapted to all kinds of 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 189 and 191 Water street. 
jf't RAIN MILLS, STEEL AND CAST IRON MILLS, AT *6 
'OT to $25, and Burr-Stone at $50 to $250, for Horse or Steam 
Power. 
T ile machines.—for making draining tiles of 
all descriptions and sizes. 
ater rams, suction, force, and endless- 
_ _ chain Pumps; Leather, Gutta Percha, India Rubber 
Hose, Lead Pipe, &c. 
C ALIFORNIA IMPLEMENTS OF ALL KINDS, MADE Ex¬ 
pressly for the California and Oregon Markets. 
P^RAINING TILES OF ALL FORMS AND SIZES. 
C LOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED HARVESTER.—A newly- 
patented machine, will harvest 10 or 12 acres per day 
with one horse. 
S _|TAY AND COTTON PRESSES.-BULLOCK’S PROGRESS- 
ia. IVE Power Presses, combining improvements which 
make them by far the best in use. 
T hreshers and fanning-mills combined-of 
Three Sizes and Prices, requiring from two to eight 
horses to drive them, with corresponding horse powers.— 
These are the latest improved patterns in the United States. 
JOUTHERN PLOWS-Nos. 1014 , 1114 .121/2,14, 15,18, I 8 V 2 . 
9 19,191/2, 20, A 1, A 2. 50, CO, and all other sizes. 
C ORN-SHELTERS, HAY, STRAW, AND STALK-CUTTERS, 
Fanning-Milis, &c„ of all sizes. 
B URRALL’S PRIZE REAPERS FOR THE CALIFORNIA 
Market—strong, simple, and reliable. Warranted of the 
beat material and workmanship, expressly for that market. 
Made and sold cheap for cash by THOMAS D. BURRALL, 
Geneva, Ontario Co., and by 
1-tf R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water St., N. Y. 
ire EES & HOYT, PREMIUM PATENT RIVETED STRETCH- 
aa. ed Leather Band Manufacturers, 37 Spruce street, New 
York. 3-29 
CLOTHING. 
I RA PEREGO & SON, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEAL¬ 
ERS IN GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS, 61 Nas- 
sail street, New-York. 2-19 
DENTISTRY. 
» R. CHARLES S. ROWELL, NO. 11 CHAMBERS STREET, 
New-York, confines his attention to the practice of 
Dentistry, in all its various branches. The improvements 
which he has introduced have rendered these Teeth perfect for 
speech, mastication, and natural appearance. Premium In¬ 
corruptible Artificial Gum Teeth.—These teeth have won the 
admiration of all who have seen them, and the warm appro¬ 
val and recommendation of all who have used or worn them. 
CHARLES S. ROWELL, 
2-20 No. 11 Chambers street. 
B vR. WM. S, LATSON, SURGEON AND MECHANIC 
/ Dentist, Office 375 Broadway, four doors from the corner 
of White street, New-York, where all operations in the line of 
his profession will be attended to in a manner creditable to 
himself, and entirely satisfactory to his patrons, both in re¬ 
gard to charges and services rendered. Persons who wish to 
inquire are referred to Rev. Thomas De Witt. D. D., 116 Ninth 
street; Rev. C. M. Jameson,Second avenue, near Fiftieth st.; 
Rev, J. C. Guldin, 122 Rivington st., New-York; and Rev. J. 
Proudfit, D. D , New Brunswick, N. J. 7-19 
