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ADVERTISEMENTS.—CONTENTS. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS FOR SALE. 
Horse Powers— Taplitt’s & Eddy's Circular HorsePowers, 
Price $60 to $75 ; W.ieelnG At Will: man’s Endless Chain ditto, 
simile horse, $75, Double Horse. $100; Trimbles, Warren’s & 
Child’s Ca-t Iran, ditto, $50 t. $75. 
Grain-Threshei s. —WIieel r’s Thresher al $25, ditto with 
Separator, $35; Tiplin’s& Eddy's Thresher, $40; Trimble’s & 
Warn n's ditto, $25; Whiunan & Piti’s Thresher with Separator 
and Cle iiu r, tor one or two horses. $100 Pitt’s Tnresher, Sepa¬ 
rator, Clean, r, and Horse Power complete, $200. 
Corn Shelters— Corn Shellers to work by hand or other power. 
Pric.‘ j $3 ro $50. 
Straw Cutters. —Straw Cutters of various kinds to work by 
hand or o'her power. Price from $3 to $40 
Grain Mills. —Gr an Mills to work by hand or other power. 
Price from $5 io $30. Ditto of Burr Stone, from $50 to $125. 
Corn and Cob Crushers. —These grind corn and cobs together. 
Price $35 to $50. 
Spice and Coffee Mills.— Several of these are of a new and su¬ 
perior kind. Price from $2 to $10. 
Plows for the South and North— Superior Plows of various 
kinds for sod and stubble land, from one-horse to six horse draft. 
Also, the Scotch Iron, Centre Draft, Self Sharpening, Side Hill, 
Wet Meadow, Double Mould Board, Paring, and Subsoil Plows, 
with common or patent dial clevis. Price from $2 to $20. The 
woods of the above plows are of choice white oak, and got out by 
patent machinery ; the castings are of the best kind. 
Also, a complete assortment of all kinds of Agricultural and 
Horticultural Implements, Field and Garden Seeds. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water st., N Y. 
TREATISE ON DOMESTIC AMIMALS. 
BEING- a history and description of the Horse, Mule, Cattle 
Sheep, Swine, Poultry and Farm Dogs ; with directions for their 
management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation 
for a profitable market. Also, their diseases and remedies ; to¬ 
gether with full directions for the management of the dairy, and 
the comparative economy and advantages of working animals, 
the horse, mule, oxen, &c. By R. L. Allen, Author of “ Com- 
pend of American Agriculture,” etc. 
The above work contains more than 40 engravings and por¬ 
traits of improved animalSj illustrative of the different breeds and 
various subjects treated in it. 
The most minute as well as general principles for breeding, 
crossing, rearing, feeding, and management of all domestic ani¬ 
mals, are herein given, to produce the utmost marketable value 
for the food and attention bestowed on them ; as well as to pre¬ 
vent disease, and save the immense losses which annually occur 
from this source. 
The diseases of animals are aho fully treated with their reme¬ 
dies, management, &c. 
Price 75 cents in muslin. Mail edition with paper covers 50 cts. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
C. M. PAXTON, 205 Broadway, 
H. LONG & BROTHERS, 
WM. H. GRAHAM and 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
PUBLISHED Monthly, by G'. M. Saxton, 205 Broadway, New 
York, containing 32 pages, royal octavo. 
TERMS—One Dollar per year in advance ; three copies for Two 
Dollars ; eight copies for Five Dollars. 
The subscription books of the Agriculturist will continue to be 
kept at the old office of publication, 205 Broadway, by Charles 
M. Saxton, of the late firm of Saxton & Miles. 
Travelling Agents wanted, to whom the most liberal compen¬ 
sation will be allowed. 
COMMERCIAL GARDEN AND NURSERY, FLUSH¬ 
ING, NEAR NEW YORK. 
PARSONS &. CO., the Proprietors of this establishment, are 
constantly increasing their stock, which now covers nearly 
seventy acres of ground, and includes every desirable variety of 
fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Vines, &c. Their 
possession of experimental grounds for the testing of every variety 
of fruit they cultivate, affords them increased facilities for the at¬ 
tainment of correctness. They would also call attention to their 
large assortment of Foreign Grapes, some twenty varieties of 
which are ready for fruiting under glass. 
To venders, and those who purchase in large quantities, liberal 
discounts will be made. Catalogues can be obtained gratis of 
Parsons &. Lawrence, 10 Pine street; of A. B. Allen & Co., 187 
Water street, New York ; or of the Proprietors by mail. 
Flushing, L. Oct. 1st, 1847. o. 2t. 
CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 
THIS work is by Mr. John Fisk Allen, of Salem, Massachu¬ 
setts; one of the most experienced and successful Grape CultUT- 
ists in the United States. It embraces directions for the treat¬ 
ment of the Vine in the Northern States of America, in the open 
air, and under glass structures, with and without artificial heat. 
It is the best work on the subject yet published, and ought to be 
in the hands of every vine-grower. It is handsomely illustrated 
with wood cuts. Price 63 cents. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water Street, N. Y 
LONG ISLAND FARM FOR SALE. 
BELONGING to the undersigned, 10 miles from Brooklyn, 3 
from the village of Jamaica, 1>£ from the Union Race-Course, 
and within half a mile of the Railroad. The farm contains 
about 200 acres, 30 of which is in woodland and the remainder 
under cultivation, all of which is well adapted to meadow and 
general tillage. There is a large new farm house with two barns, 
piggery, and out houses attached ; ai d at a convenient distance, 
another barn, and a large range of stalls, including 28 box stalls, 
12 by 15 feet each. There is a splendid circular training irack, 
handsomely graded, one mile in length, on the premises, fenced in 
with high paling. The farm is capable of being divided into two, 
with good farm-buildings for each. Terms will be easy on good 
security being given. Apply to 
ROBERT L. STEVENS, 31 Barclay street, or 
n t A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water st., N.Y. 
BURGESS, STRINGER & CO. 
COMPENDIUM OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. 
CHRONOLOGICALLY arranged, from Sir John Mandevilleto 
William Cowper—consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Au¬ 
thors, choice selections from their works, with notes, explanatory 
and illustrative, and directing to the best editions and to various 
criticisms—designed as a text book for the highest classes in 
Bchools and academies, as well as for private reading. By 
Charles Dexter Cleveland. C. M. SAXTON, 
Agent for the Publishers, 205 Broadway, back office. 
McMURTRIE'S SCIENTIFIC LEXICON. 
THIS day received, a Dictionary of Terms used in the various 
branches of Anatomy, Astronomy, Botany, Geology, Geometry, 
Hygiene, Mineralogy, Natural Philosophy, Physiology, Zoology, 
&c., for the use of all who read or study in College, school, or 
private life. By Henry McMurtrie, M.D., Professor of Anatomy, 
Physiology, and Natural History, in the Central High School of 
Philadelphia. Price 75 cents. For sale, wholesale and retail by 
C. M. SAXTON, Agent for the Publisher, 
Jan. 1, 1848. 205 Broadway, back office. 
SPRING WHEAT AND RYE. 
SUPERIOR Spring Wheat for sale at $2 per bushel. Spring 
Rye at $1.75 per bushel. Also a complete assortment of Field 
and Garden Seeds of all kinds principally grown, and put up ex¬ 
pressly for us. A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water st., N. Y. 
WATER RAMS. 
A SUPERIOR article of Water-Rams for Sale. Price $15 to 
$18. A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water-street, N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF JANUARY NUMBER. 
To our Readers ; Importance of Educating the Farmer; \ 
Annual Value of Agricultural Products J 
Weeds—their Utility ; Agricultural Society Addresses. 
Number of Swine in the United States ; Pruning of the ( 
Peach Tree (* * * * 
Swine Running at Large; Annual Meeting of the N. Y. \ 
State Agricultural Society ; Rot in Potatoes $ 
Apple Orchards, No. 5. 
Work for the Season ; Secretary of the State Agricultural > 
Society { 
Choice Varieties of Apples. 
Agriculture of the Chinese, No. 1. 
The Canadian Provincial Cattle Show at Hamilton, L. F. A. 
Letters of R. L. Allen, No. 1. 
Management of Honey Bees, No. 15, T. B. Miner. 
The Cotton Trade; Ice Houses. . 
Swine, No. 1. 
Hints for the South, R. Abbey... 
The next Show and Fair of the State Agricultural Society... 
Culture of the Grape in the Southern States, S. B. Parsons.. 
Yankee Farming, No. 1, Sergeant Teltrne. 
Food for Pregnant Animals; Extraordinary Trotting in 1 
Tandem; Monographs of Varieties of Fruit, H. >.... 
W. Beecher ) 
Taplin’s Horse Power; Dressing Wounds; Venerable ) 
Apple Tree 
Ladies’ Department: Hints to Mothers, A Far- j 
mer’s Wife ; The Effects of Cosmetics on the 
Skin, C. 
Boys’ Department : Why the Fibres of Cotton are Im- j 
proper for Surgeon’s Lint; How to Scour or Clean t 
Cloth ; Mode of Keeping a Stock Register, Calvin f * * 
Coulter, Jr. J 
Foreign Agricultural News. 
Editor’s Table... 
Review of the Market. 
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