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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
Ignsmss Brim 
O'* F'fty Cents a I vie* 
Wlieelcr and Wilson’s Sewing' Ma¬ 
chines. 
“ None are better adapted to Family Use.” 
American Agriculturist, Dec . 1858. 
Office 505 Broadway, New-York. 
Send fou a Circular. 
SEWING MACHINES. 
The Scientific American says: We are having a great 
many inquiries for sewing machines from various parts of 
the country, and as w e can not conveniently reply to them 
all by mall, w e have thought it proper to state our opinion 
in regard to them in this public manner We have used 
Wilson’s patent, manufactured by the Wheeler & Wilson 
Manufacturing Company, No. 505 Broadway, and we can 
say in regard to it, that it is w ithout a a rival. It is simple, 
not easily put out of order when in proper hands, and in 
point of effectiveness and finish, no other machine stands 
ahead of it 
This Company has made and sold during the last three 
months 4,70(1 machines, and are now producing and sell¬ 
ing 1(10 perday. They vary in price from $50 to $100, and 
the highest priced ones sell best. In their business there 
is over $500,000 invested, and they keep 400 men regularly 
employed manufacturing machines. The system pursued 
is the same as that adopted in the manufacture of arms, 
every piece is made to a gage, and consequently the parts 
of any machine may be transposed with those of another 
machine of the same size ; or should an accident occur, 
the broken puit can be immediately replaced on applica 
tion at the office. 
There is not an establishment in this country where 
stitching oi any kind is required in which the sewing ma¬ 
chine is not employed, and there are few private families, 
in w hich it is not an acknowledged article of furniture. 
We state this much in regard to the excellent machine, 
upon our own responsibility. 
CJROYE8S <& BAKER’S 
CELEBRATED 
MM SEWING MACHINES, 
New Styles sat Reduced. JPrices. 
No. 495 Broadway, New-York; No. 18 Summer st.. 
Boston; No. 730 Chestnut st., Philadelphia; No. 181 Bal¬ 
timore st., Baltimore ; No. 58 West Fourth st., Cincin¬ 
nati. Agencies in all the principal cities and towns in the 
United States. 
The experience of upward of twenty thousand families 
in all parts of the United States attest the reliahi'ity and 
superiority of the GROVER & BAKER SEWING MA¬ 
CHINES tor every variety of family sewing. Unlike 
other machines, it is simple and durable in construction ; 
its use is so easily ai quired that an intelligent child of ten 
years can readily learn how' to sew with it, while it works 
equally well upon all kinds of fabrics, from gauze lace to 
heavy beaver cloth, without special adjustment. So ob¬ 
vious are its many advantages over other machines that 
the editor of the American Agriculturist after a full and 
thorough examination of the various patents, was pleased 
to inform his readers that 
“ Wheeler & Wilson’s, Singer’s, and Grover & Baker’s 
Machines all work under Howe’s patent, and are, so far. 
the best machines made. * * For our own fami y use 
we became fully satisfied that Grover Maker's is the best, 
and we accordingly purchased it." 
I^SEND FOR A CIRCULAR.^! 
From the New-York Independent. 
EDITORIAL,. 
Spring: Bed. — “ Howe’s Patent Elliptic Spring 
Bed,” sold by G. F. Gray, 378 Broadway, has some points 
of excellence not presented oy any other within our know 1 
edge. The elliptic springs are of good steel, and there¬ 
fore much more durable than Ihose made of spiral wires 
—which are apt to lose their elasticity by use, as is often 
experienced in spring-seated chairs and sofas. In addi¬ 
tion. the longitudinal slips, which are made of Hie best of 
white ash, very lough and elastic, are rendered more 
springy by a pieceof wire spring underneath. Its use is a 
luxury, which no accumulation of beds and mattresses can 
equal.— N. Y. Independent, Feb. 3. 
RETAIL PRICE, $5 to $ 6 . 
For sale by dealers throughout the country. Send for 
descriptive circular. 
NEW 
Agricultural Warehouse 
AND SEED STORE. 
No. 54 Vesey-stveer, Ncw-Torli. 
Between Broad way and Greemvicli-st., near Washington market. 
Merchants, Farmers and Dealers are most respectfully invit¬ 
ed to call and examine onr new and carefully selected Stock of 
Implements, Seeds, the... all of « Inch we will sell as low, if not 
lower than any other house in the trade. 
A. F. MAYHER & CO., 54 Vescy-st., N. Y 
Remember the new stand. 
NEW AND CHEAP FERTILIZER. 
CASTOR PUMMACE. 
A valuable organic (vegetable) manure, analyzed by 
Prof. Johnson of Yale College, and commended byhim, 
can be furnished by II J. Baker <(• 11 ro , 142 Water street, 
New-York. It is pummace left after pressing Castor oil 
from the Castor seed. It will be sold at $ 12 (a) $16 per 
tun, according to quantity, at which rate it is the cheapest 
lertiiizer in market. Call and see the article, and also 
Prof. Johnson’s analysis. 
Onion Cult ore! Onion Culture! 
EXPERtENCE OF SEVENTEEN PRACTICAL MEN. 
In addition to the Essay on page 69. we have sixteen 
other essays on onion culture, written by as many differ¬ 
ent practical cultivators of long experience. By an ar¬ 
rangement with the writers we are printing these articles 
in a neat pamphlet of 32 large pages. A part of the edi¬ 
tion will be distributed among the writers, and the re¬ 
mainder will be sold to defray in part the expense of 
printing. They will be ready about March 10th. This 
work will be of great value to every one cultivating a plot 
of onions, as it will contain the united experience and de¬ 
tailed directions of so large a number of practical men, 
residing in different sections of the country. 
Price, per copy (sent post-paid by mail) 21 cents (or se¬ 
ven 3-cent stamps). $2.00 per dozen. Address: American 
Agriculturist, 189 Water st., New-York. 
Special Notices oil Sect! E5ist riliutioil. 
1. Close of Distribution.— The general distribution of 
seeds to all subscribers applying, will close with, the month 
of March—ex eept to those distant subscribers whose let¬ 
ters require 12 to 15 days or more to reach this office. 
Old and new subscribers, who have not already done so, 
should therefore forward their application for seeds at 
once. 
2. Delays—Mail Packages. —Owing to the blundering of 
inefficient Custom House employes (many of them low 
politicians, getting Ihe reward for ‘election services’) one 
of our large casks of foreign seeds was from Jan. 22 to 
Feb. 14 in getting through the N. Y. Custom House. Still, 
by extia exertion and expense, we have at this date (Feb. 
23) dispatched most seeds so far applied for, to go by mail, 
and by March 1st every envelop, sent in prior to that 
date, will have been sent off. Envelopes received after 
wards, will be mailed soon after their arrival. 
3. Express Parcels. —Few of the packages of seeds to go 
by express have yet been sent off. But all express par¬ 
cels previously applied for, will be started before March 
12. Applications coming after that date (March 12) will 
be sent out about as fast as received. 
4 Assortment still good. —We have still a supply of all 
seeds offered in the General List (see this No. page 9(1) 
—except Canary Bird Flower (No. 81), which we can not 
furnish at present, if at all. However, as some varieties 
will run out soon, applicants for seeds hereafter will 
please add on the lower left hand corner of their envelopes, 
or on express lists, a second list of two or three varieties, 
for us to select from, if any of the first list runs out. 
5. Mistakes.— In putting up so many tens of thousands 
of parcels some few errors may chance to occur. If ariv 
one receives a wrong package, please keep it, and send 
lor the one left out. Our arrangements are so perlect 
that we think there will be few cases of this kind. 
^mmran ^gnrulhubt. 
(ISSUED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND GERMAN.) 
A thorough going, RELIABLE, and PRACTICAL 
Journal, devoted to the different departments of SOIL 
CULTURE—such as growing field CROPS; orchard 
and garden FRUITS; garden VEGETABLES and 
FLOWERS; trees, plants, and flowers for the 
LAWN or YARD ; in-door and out door work around 
the DWELLING; care of DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
&c &c. 
The German edition is of the same size and price 
the English,-and contains all of its reading matter, and 
its numerous illustrative engravings. 
TERMS—INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. 
One copy one year. $1 00 
Six copies one year.5 00 
Ten ormore copies one year 80 cents each. 
An extra copy to the person sending 15 or more names, 
at 80 cents each. 
[j5FTn addition to the above rates: Postage to Canada 6 
cents, to England and France 24 cents, to Germany 21 
cents, and to Russia 72 cents per annum 
Delivery in New-York city and Brooklyn, 12 cents a year. 
Postage anywhere in the United States and Territories 
must be paid by the subscriber, and is only six cents a year, 
if paid in advance at the office w here received. 
All business and other communications should be ad¬ 
dressed to the Editor and Proprietor, 
ORANGE JUDD, 
No. 189 Water st , New-York. 
Contents for March, 1859. 
Advertisements—Read them.89 
Anls—Driving from houses.90 
Apple—The Baker.ILlus..84 
Basked Item worth $15. 89 
Bees—Apiary in March..67 
Bees—Winter Management of.. 90 
Books—Noiices of New.89 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns— Uncle Frank on Lake Su¬ 
perior and The First Oath—Aunt Sue’s Letter on 
a new play—Wrong End Foremost by “M.”—The 
Editor’s talk about the Picture of a Sick Child, 
Being Cornered, Long Days, Problems, etc. 
.3 Illus..87, 88 , 89 
Bread—Soda in.85 
Briers—Killing. 90 
Cabbage-Tree .Illus.. b 8 
Calendar of Operations.06 
Cattle—In-and-in Breeding Discussion. 74—75 
Cattle-Look after the Farm Stock. 75 
Chronicles—Eighteenth Book of.Illus ..68 
Corn —Improved King Philip. .. 72 
Cucumber—Snake.Illus. .73 
Dairy—Prize Article III, Modes of Feeding, etc.73 
Dollars—360 for 1.69 
Doors—Blocks for . 86 
Draining in March. 78 
Draining—How Deep to Dig.78 
Fairs —Tim Bunker on County. 70 
Farm - Calendar for March. 66 
Farmers a Benevolent Class. 73 
Fencing—Prize Article III.-Hedges.78 
Flower Garden and Lawn—March work in.67 
Flower Garden—Plan of.Illus ..84 
Friends—Entertaining, etc. By Anna Hope. 86 
Fruits—American, Past and Present.82 
Fumigating Apparatus.Illus. .85 
Furniture—Chamber, etc. 86 
Garden Kitchen and Fruit in March. 66 
Garden—Planning.. 
Grape Vines—Profit of.61 
Grass—Honey Blade Swindle. 7 ] 
Green and Hot-House Calendar.07 
Guano—New use for. 90 
Hogs—Cure for Mange in.go 
IIot-Bed—Try one.Illus..83 
House, Choice of Site for.80 
Ice Houses—Ventilating.go 
Lama or Alpaca.Illus..77 
Lambs—How to Raise every Live-born.70 
Lamp Lighters. 86 
Letters Deferred.89 
Liming Land.. 
Manure—Coal Ashes as. 90 
Manure-Leather Shavings for. 90 
Manures—Buying Artificial . 68 
Manures—What is Muck ?.89 
March.65 
Meadow Land—Planting on newly plowed.89 
Medal—Silver for Agriculturist Seeds. 90 
Melon—Pie or Japan.83 
Moon’s Influence and other Superstitions.65 
Oil the Doors and Locks. 86 
Onion Culture—Prize Essay. 69 
Onion Culture—Work announced. 90 
Orchard and Nursery—Care of in March. 66 
Orchard—Shall I plant one. 90 
Plowing Deep and Plowing Shallow. . 71 
Potato Culture—Unsettled Questions.78 
Potatoes—Marketable Varieties. 70 
Potato Planter Wanted. 90 
Potatoes—Sweet. 90 
Poultry—Hamburg Fowls.Ulus..76 
Poultry—Our. 77 
Poultry—Second Years’ Experience with. 77 
Premiums. 90 
Recipes—Apple Preserves, Boiled Bread Pudding, 
Cocoanut Cake, Home made Rusk.86—87 
Salsafy—Culture of.go 
Schools—Fort Edward Institute.89 
Seed Distribution—Special Notes on.96 
Seeds Distributed Free. 90 
Sextants Reply to Gasper. Poetry ..69 
Sheep—Improved for Texas. 77 
Sewing Machines—cheap . 90 
Sick Child, The.Ulus. .88 
Spring Scene.Illus..80 
Squash—Hubbard . . 2 Ulus..73 
Sugar Orchards—Look after.81 
Stitch in Time.T 9 
Tim Bunker on County Fairs.’■’0 
Trees—Apples, Freaks of.84 
Trees—Bread Fruit.Illustrated. .85 
Trees—Evergreens—Hints on.82 
Trees-IIow Long will they Live.81 
Turnips—Ashcroft’s Swedish.69 
Wine—Domestic. 69 
