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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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PRICES CURRENT, 
Produce, Groceries, Provisions, Lumber, &c. 
Ashes. 
Pot, 1st sort, 1853.fl 100 lbs. 5 81%@- 
Pearl, 1st sort, 1852.6 25 @- 
Beeswax. 
American Yellow. .^ lb. — 27 
Bristles. 
American, Gray and White.— 40 
Coal. 
Liverpool Orrel.$ chaldron, 10 50 
Scotch..@- 
Sidney. 7 75 @ 50 
Pictou. 8 50 @ 
Anthracite_: .2,000 lb. 6 50 ® 7 — 
Cotton. Atlantic Other Gulf 
Ports. Florida. Ports. 
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Cotton Bagging. 
Gunny Cloth.. . 
American Kentucky.,. . 
Dundee. . . 
Coffee. 
Java, White. lb. 
Mocha.. 
Brazil. 
Maracaibo... 
St. Domingo.(cast). 
Cordage. 
Bale Rope. 
Boit Rope. 
Corks. 
Velvet, Quarts 
Velvet, Pints..- 
Phials.- 
Grain. 
Wheat, White Genesee.13 bush 
Wheat, do., Canada (in bond) 
Wheat, Southern, White. 
Wheat, Ohio, While 
Wheat, Michigan, White 
Wheat, Mixed Western 
Wheat, Western Red 
Rye, Northern 
Corn, Unsound 
Corn, Round Yellow 
Corn, Round White. 
Corn, Southern White 
Corn, Southern Yellot 
Corn, Southern Mixed 
Corn, Western Mixed 
Corn, Western Yellow 
Barley 
Oats, River and Canal 
Oats, New-Jersey 
Oats, Western, 
Oats, Pcnna 
Oats, Southern 
Peas, Black-eyed.13 2 bush. 
Peas, Canada.bush. 
Beans, White. 
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Hair. 
Rio Giandc, Mixed. 
Buenos Ayres, Mixed. 
Hemp. 
Russia, clean .13 ton.285 
Russia, Outshot..@- 
Manilla.131b.— 10%@- 
Sisal.— 10 “ 
Sunn.— 6 
fgltalian.13 ton, 240 — 
S*Jute.132 50 
^American, Dew-rotted.170 — 
)?“American, do., Dressed.180 — 
^American, Water-rotted,.. 
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ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Advertisements for the American Agriculturist must be 
paid for in advance. 
W ANTED—A GARDENER —one who understands his 
business, and can bring the best recommendations.— 
A married man preferred. 
23-20* Apply to S., 189 Water street. 
A TKINS' SELF-RAKING REAPER.—40 of these machines 
were used last harvest in grass or grain or both, with al¬ 
most uniformly good success, in nine different States and 
Canada. TWENTY-SIX PREMIUMS, including two at the 
Crystal Palace, (silver and bronze medals,) were awarded it 
at the autumn exhibitions. I am building only 300, which 
are being rapidly ordered. Mr. Joseph Hall, Rochester, N. 
Y., will also build a few. H3?“ Early orders necessary to 
insure a reaper. 
Price at Chicago $175—$75 Cash with order, note for $50, 
payable when reaper works successfully, and another for $50, 
payable 1st December next with interest. Or $160 cash in ad¬ 
vance. Warranted to be a good Self-Raking Reaper. 
13?” Agents properly recommended, wanted throughout the 
country. Experienced agents preferred. It is important 
this year to have the machines widely scattered. 
Descriptive circulars with cuts, and giving impartially the 
difficulties as well as successes of the reaper, mailed to post¬ 
paid applications. J. S. WRIGIiT. 
“ Prairie Farmer” Warehouses, Chicago, Feb., 1854. 
23-35 
f ST REES AND I’LANTS.-PARSONS & CO., FLUSHING, 
EL near New-York, offer for sale their usual assortment, 
with the addition of many rare novelties of Fruit Trees, for 
the Orchard and the Garden: Ornamental Trees,Shrubs,and 
Itoses, for the Avenue, Lawn, or Cemetery ; Vines for the 
Grapery, and Exotic Plants for Greenhouse culture. Cata¬ 
logues can he obtained at No, 60 Cedar street, or will be sent 
by mail to all post-paying applicants enclosing a postage 
stamp. 23-71 
A gents wanted for every state in the union, 
to canvass for FANNING’S ILLUSTRATED GAZET¬ 
TEER OF THE UNITED STATES, noticing 23,275 Post towns, 
the population (census ol 1850) of most of the places in the 
United States. 
The work contains a map of every State in the Union, and 
a map of fourteen of the largest cities. Price in full leather 
binding, $1 75; in strong neat half bound, $1 50; and for an 
addition of 25 cents on each copy, a large colored Map of the 
United States, showing the Isthmus and the Land Route to 
California. Address, post-paid, 
ENSIGN, BRIDGEMAN & FANNING, 
23-24* 156 William street, N.Y. 
OF 
BEE-KEEPINff EXPLAINED. 
As Bees 11 work for nothing anti find themselves,” it is 
apparent to every one, that all necessary care would be 
profitably rewarded if successfully managed. 
WITH THE 
Mysteries as a Guide, 
every one can keep Bees, as well as other stock. 
A NEW FEATURE OF THE BOOK 
is, 
That it is not Written to introduce a patent rnvE, hut con 
tains plain practical directions for obtaining from a com¬ 
mon hive the 
Surplus Honey. 
With minute directions for the 
SWARMING SEASON, 
to prevent two or more swarms issuing at once, or their 
leaving for the woods.—How to make 
Artificial Swarms Successfully. 
To ascertain the LOSS of QUEENS, and the remedy. 
Preserving honey from the modi. How to avoid the 
spreading of disease among the brood, and ravages of the 
moth among the combs. 
How to make one good stock from two poor ones in the 
fall for wintering. 
HOW TO WINTER BEES WITHOUT LOSS. 
The publisher offers this book to the public with full 
confidence, believing it contains more reliable and truthful 
directions for managing Bees, than all other books combined. 
The price is only One Dollar, and will be sent free of 
postage. 
Address 
- C. M. SAXTON, 
Agricultural Book Publisher, 
152 Fulton Street, New York, or 
the author, M. QUINBY 
23-26 Palatine Church, N.Y. 
ergilRECTIONS FOR THE USE OF GUANO.-Afull and mi¬ 
ll 9 nute description of the different crops and soils to 
which Peruvian Guano is adapted, with full directions for its 
application, a pamphlet of 96 pages, and can be sent through 
the mail. [21tfl R. L. ALLEN, 187 and 191 Water-st 
SHEPHERD DOGS.-WANTED ONE OF THE ABOVE 
Dogs of the Scotcli Collie breed. He should be under one 
year old, and partially trained. Name lowest price at once, 
which must be moderate. A. B. ALLEN, 189 Walerst. 
POUDRETTE. 
T HE LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY OFFER their 
Poudrette for sale in lots to suit purchasers, from a sin 
gle barrel up to 4000 barrels, at their usual rates, $1 50 per 
barrel for any quantity over seven barrels, delivered on 
board of vessel in the city of N. York, free of cartage or other 
charge. When 200or 300 barrels are taken, a deduction will be 
made from the above price. That this article has stood the 
test of fourteen years trial is proof of its efficacy. It is the 
cheapest and best manure for corn ever produced, and it has 
the advantage of being useful in small quantities and harm¬ 
less in large. It is a capital manure for peas, strawberries, 
&c„ and all garden vegetables. Apply by letter or person¬ 
ally to the Lodi Manufacturing Company, 
22-34 74 Cortlandt st„ New-York. 
G ardener for the green house and grape- 
House.—Wanted a Gardener as above, who is experi¬ 
enced in the management of the Green and Grape-House in 
the United States. None need apply except fully qualified. 
22-tf A. B. ALLEN, 189 Water st. 
CJEEDS FROM THE CRYSTAL PALACE—A few choice 
vo) samples of Two rowed Barley, Four rowed Barley, White 
Poland Oats, Black Prince Edward’s Island Oats, Spring 
Wheat, Timothy, and Flax Seed, for sale by 
22-tf II. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water st. 
H ouse wanted for a small family.-one a few 
miles from the city, and of easy access daily, would be 
preferred. A plot of ground attached would be desirable. 
Possession wanted immediately, or at any time before the 1st. 
of May. A good tenant, and perhaps a future purchaser, may 
be heard of by addressing or calling upon J„ at office of this 
paper.D 
ELECTION NOTICE. 
State of New-York, Secretary's Office,? 
To the Sheriff of the Count^fM^Foric?' 8U U54 - * 
hMrtVn i heie . 1 ( y 8‘ven t£ r at a Special Election is to be 
(Fehrnnr^i^m-sv 0 ?^!) 6 ^ ur ^ Wednesday of February next, 
- ,J ’ to determine whether the people will ap- 
tution'nf ‘th J I= C <J? , om l talI ), P IP P > >S - ed ame ndment to the Consti- 
tution or this State, embodied in a concurrent resolution of 
the Legislature, of which the following is a copy: es01UUOn 0t 
Concurrent liesol/utiion Proposi/ng an .Amendment to the 
Jtesolved. (if the Senate concur) That the following amend- 
ment be proposed to the Constitution of this State, and re- 
ierred to the Legislature to be chosen at the next general 
election of Senators, and be published for three months pre¬ 
vious to making such choice, in pursuance of the provisions 
of the first section of the thirteenth article of said Constitu¬ 
tion, 
Substitute, for section three of article seven, the following : 
After paying the said expenses of collection, superintend- 
ence and repairs of the canals, and the sums appropriated 
by the first and second sections of this article, there shall be 
appropriated and set apart in each fiscal year, out of the sur¬ 
plus revenues of the canals, as a sinking fund, a sum suffi- 
to pay the interest as it falls due, and extinguish the princi¬ 
pal within eighteen years, of any loan made under this sec¬ 
tion; and if the said sinking fund shall not be sufficient to 
redeem any part of the principal at the stipulated times of 
payment, or to pay any part of the interest of such loans as 
stipulaten, the means to satisfy any such deficiency shall be 
procured on the credit of the said sinking fund. After com¬ 
plying with the foregoing provisions, there shall be paid an¬ 
nually, out of said revenues, into the treasury of the State, 
two hundred thousand dollars, to defray the necessary ex¬ 
penses of the government. The remainder shall, in each 
fiscal year, be applied to meet appropriations for the enlarge¬ 
ment and completion of the canals mentioned in this section, 
until the said canals shall be completed. In each fiscal year 
thereafter, the remainder shall he disposed of in such man¬ 
ner as the Legislature may direct; hut shall at no time be 
anticipated or pledged for more than one year in advance. 
The Legislature shall annually, duriug the next four years, 
appropriate to the enlargement *>f the Erie, the Oswego, the 
Cayuga and Seneca Canals, and to the completion of the 
Black River and Genesee Valley Canals, and for the enlarge¬ 
ment of the locks of the Champlain Canal, whenever from 
dilapidation or decay it shall be necessary to rebuild them, 
a sum not exceeding two millions two hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars. The remainder of the revenues of the ca¬ 
nals for the current fiscal year in which sucli appropriation 
is made, shall be applied to meet such appropriation; and if 
tile same shall be deemed insufficient, the Legislature shall, 
at the same session, provide lor the deficiency by loan. The 
Legislature shall also (borrow one million and five hundred 
thousand dollars, to refund to the holders of the canal revenue 
certificates issued under the provisions of chapter four hun¬ 
dred and eighty-five, of the laws of the year one thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-one, the amount received into the 
treasury thereon. But no interest, to accrue after July first, 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall he paid on 
such certificates. The provisions of section twelve of this 
article, requiring every law for borrowing money to be sub- 
mittedito the people, shall not apply to the loans authorized 
by this section. No part of the revenues of the canals, or of 
the funds borrowed under this section, shall be paid or ap¬ 
plied upon, or in consequence of any alleged contract 
made under chapter four hundred and eighty-five of 
the laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-one, except to pay for work done or materials furnished 
prior to the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred 
and fifty-two. The rates of toll on persons and property 
transported on the canals, shall not be reduced below those 
for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, ex¬ 
cept by the canal board with the concurrence of the legisla¬ 
ture. All contracts for work or materials or any canal, shall 
be made with the person who shall offer to do or provide the 
same at the lowest price, with adequate security for their 
performance. 
Very respectfully, 
ELIAS W. LEAVENWORTH. 
yours. 
Secretary of State. 
Sheriff’s Office, New-York, Jan. 24th, 1854. 
The above is published pursuant to the notice of the Secre¬ 
tary of State, and the requirement of the statute in such 
cases made and provided. JOHN ORSER, 
Sheriff of the City and County of New-York 
11®“ All the public newspapers in the county will publish 
tlie above once in a week, until the election, and then hand 
in their hills for advertising the same, so that they may be 
laid before the Board of Supervisors, and passed for payment. 
GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 
H edge, long-iiandle, and sliding pruning 
SHEARS ; Budding and Edging Knives; Pruning Hatch¬ 
ets, saws and knives; pruning, vine and flower scissors; bill 
and Milton hooks; lawn and garden rakes; garden scufflers, 
hoes of great variety, shovels and spades; hand engines, 
which throw water forty feet or more, syringes and water 
pots; grafting chisels, tree scrapers, and caterpillar brushes: 
transplanting trowels, reels; hand plow and cultivator, very 
useful to work between rows of vegetables, together with a 
large assortment of other implements too numerous to men- 
«■ n. [21 tf] It. L. ALLEN, 187 and 191 Water-st. 
feJiHORT-HORNS.—I have on hand and for sale two good 
U5 thorough-bred Short-Horn Bull Calves. 
20-25* JOHN R. PAGE, Sennett. 
WANTED, 
A N EXPERIENCED, PRACTICAL gardener, who 
who understands laying out grounds, and the culture of 
Ornamental Trees, Fruit Trees, and Grape Vines. 
Apply to JAS. FRENCHE, 
18tf 41 Exchange Place, N.Y. 
M EN AND BOYS’ CLOTniNG, at WHOLESALE and 
R etail—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 he made to order in a style that cannot be 
surpassed. Also India rubber clothing and furnishing goods. 
Your patronage is respectfully solicited. 
2-30 J. VANDERBILT, 81 Fulton street. 
SHANGHAI BUFF, GREY, AND WHITE ; ALSO BRAMA- 
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 & CO.. 
Khinebeck, Dutchess Co., N.Y. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
(rfTRAIN MILLS, STEEL AND CAST IRON MILLS, AT $6 
>or to $25, and Burr-Stone at $50 to $260, for Horse or Steam 
Power. 
T ILE MACHINES.—FOR MAKING DRAINING TILES OF 
all descriptions and sizes. 
W ATER RAMS, SUCTION, FORCE, AND ENDLESS- 
chain Pumps; Leather, Gutta Percha, India Rubber 
| Hose, Lead Pipe. &c. 
