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ADVERTISEMENTS-. 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
C. M. SAXTON, 203 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
TERMS. 
For Single Copies... ».►.'•.. ..... . $Sf per annum. 
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THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST is now in the seventh 
year of its publication. From its commencement it took a high 
stand ; and has ever since been considered by the press and all 
unbiased judges, as the LEADING PERIODICAL of its class in 
America, it has a large and rapidly increasing circulation 
throughout the United States, the Canadas, and other British 
possessions, the West Indies, and S nth America ; and we may 
fearlessly assert, that it has given more reliable information on 
niral subjects, and been perused with greater general satisfaction, 
than any paper of the kind yet published. 
The Agriculturist treats of every- description of domestic ani¬ 
mals and poultry; their characteristics, breeds, the best and the 
worst; their advantages and disadvantages ; their mode of breed¬ 
ing, feeding, and rearing; their uses, profits, and management. 
It treats of all cultivated crops, including fruits, shrubbery, and 
flowers ; the best seeds, mode of planting, cultivating, gathering, 
and preparing for markets ; the general principles of vegetation 
and the laws of vegetable life. It describes the principles of rne- 
chanics as applied to machinery used by farmers and planters; 
the best machinery and implements for agriculture, their uses and 
the particular supeiiority of some over others, and their adapted¬ 
ness for particular purposes. It gives the latest improvements in 
those implements which may have been made, and suggests oth¬ 
ers ; tells where they are to be found and the benefits that will 
follow from their use. It specifies new objects of cultivation, and 
how they may be better prepared for a profitable market and more 
general use. 
This is the great design and scope of the Agriculturist; and 
these are the paramount objects of interests throughout America. 
No country can ever enjoy solid prosperity unless an enlightened 
system of agriculture-is-practised among its people, and this can¬ 
not be done except by the aid of those works which are written 
to tee.ch it. Let all aid, then, to spread them broadcast throughout 
the land. It is the duty of every good citizen to do this—nothing 
equal to it can be done to benefit the country. 
All editors inserting the above, and forwarding the paper con¬ 
taining it to the publisher, will be entitled to the, Agriculturist, 
the current year, without further charge. 
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. E. Allen, author of “ Com- 
pend of American Agriculture, M etc. 
The above work contains more than 40 engravings and-por¬ 
traits of improved animals, 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 al o fully treated with their reme¬ 
dies, management, &c. 
Price 75 cents in muslin. Mail edition with paper covers, 50 cts 
A. E. ALLEN & CO., 
C. M. SAXTON, 
H. LONG & BROTHERS, 
WM. H. GRAHAM, 
BURGESS, STRINGER & CO. 
WANTED* 
A SITUATION to take full charge of a farm, by an American 
with a small family, who thoroughly understands his business. 
Inquire of Stephen A. Halsey, 164 Water street, N. Y., for 
apr _ OLIVER DOWNING. 
OSAGE ORANGE* YELLOW LOCUST, AND BUCK¬ 
THORN SEEDS. 
THE above, together with a general and complete assortment 
of Fresh Field and Garden Seeds, for sale by 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street, N. Y. 
February 1st, 1848. 
SHOVEL HANDLES. 
SIX HUNDRED DOZEN Superior Long Shovel Handles, for 
sale by A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st. 
AMERICAN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM« 
PANY. 
Office No 40 Wall Street , N. Y. 
LIFE INSURANCE, upon the plan adopted by this Company, 
is founded upon the principle of contribution in the shape of an¬ 
nual premiums to a common fund, proportioned to the amount 
insured, out of which the Company pay a stipulated sum on the 
death of the assured to the person for whose benefit the insur 
ance is effected. 
After a thorough investigation of the diffeient systems adopted 
in Europe and America, and of the r;ites of premium charged, 
this company have reduced the premium 25 per cent, payable 
in cash, annually, semi-annually, or quarterly, as may be pre¬ 
ferred, under a firm conviction that the exigencies of the Com¬ 
pany will never exceed and seldom require one half of the an¬ 
nual premium now charged by the English and American Com¬ 
panies, which reduction will still leave a large margin for seasons 
of unusual sickness and death among its members—preferring to 
reduce the premiums at once to an amount more nearly approxi¬ 
mating the actual necessities of the Company than to adopt the 
system o ipremium notes which is attended with many disadvan¬ 
tages. 
The leading features of this Company are — 
1. A guarantee capital of $59,000, which together with the ac¬ 
cumulating premiums is deemed- adequate to meet every contin¬ 
gency. 
2. A reduction in the rates of premiums—payable annually 
semi-annually, or quarterly, as may be preferred. 
3. The assured participate annually in the profits. 
4. Insurance may be effected by any mariied woman upon the 
life of her husband, for her sole use and benefit, free from any 
claims of the representatives of her husband, or any of his credi 
tors. 
5. No personal liability of the members beyond the amount of 
their annual premium of insurance. 
6. Creditors may insure the lives of their debitors, or debtors 
themselves may insure for the protection of their creditors. 
A prospectus has been issued (which can be had at the office 
of the Company, or any of its agents), explanatory of the terms 
and conditions of insurance. 
TRUSTEES. 
Ambrose L. Jordan, Samuel Leeds, Norris Wilcox, 
Cyrus P. Smith, Frederick T. Peet, John W. Fitch, 
George Hall, Caleb Mix, John Durrie, 
David Banks, Sherman W. Knevlas, Lewis B. Judson, 
G. S. Silliman, Henry Peck, James Punderford,. 
George D. Phelps, Eli YV. Blake, Janies E. English. 
Willis Bristol, Lucius R. Finch, 
BENJAMIN S1LLIMAN, President. 
NORRIS WILCOX, Vice President. 
CALEB MIX, Treasurer. 
BENJAMIN NOYES, Secretary. 
AMBROSE L. JORDAN, Chairman of Local Board. 
Medical Examiners. 
WILLIAM N. BLAKEMAN, M. D., 193 Bleecker street. 
ALEXANDER B. WHITING. M. D., 848 Broadway, jft 
STATIONERY, BLANK-BOOKS, AND WRITING 
PAPER. 
Francis & Loutrcl, No. 77 Maiden Lane, N. Y 
MANUFACTURE all kinds of Blank-Books and Stationery 
articles—Diamond-Point Gold Pens—Letter Copying-Presses— 
Manifold Letter-Writers—superior Croton-Ink, warranted to re 
tain its jet-black color, which they sell at the very lowest prices. 
We have also on hand every description of Foreign PAPER 
and STATIONERY—Cap, Letter, and Note Papers, Envelopes, 
Perforated Board, Bristol Board, Drawing-Papers—Copy-Books, 
Pocket-Books, Card-Cases, Port-Folios, Scrap-Books—Gold-Paper 
Tissue-Paper—Chess-Men, Backgammon-Boards—Wax, Wafers, 
Slates, Pencils—Gold and Silver Pencil-Cases—Writing-Desks— 
Work Boxes—Quills—Tin Cash and Deed Boxes—and all arti¬ 
cles kept by Stationers, at remarkably low prices. 
Books suitable for County Clerks and Public Offices supplied. 
Printing, Ruling, and Binding executed at the lowest rates. 
93=* YVe should be pleased to have a call from those requiring 
articles in our line. Orders by mail will receive attention. 
lewis FRANCIS, > FRANCIS & LOUTREL, 
CVRUS H. loutrel, ) Stationers , 77 Maiden Lane , N. Y. 
Sept.lyr*. 
ROCK SALT. 
THIS Salt is as hard as alum, and is the best known. It comes 
in large lumps, and is the most suitable and economical kind for 
stock. It may be placed on the ground in the open field wher9 it 
will be exposed for years to the weather with but little waste. 
It is the best kind to put in a rack, manger or trough, to be licked 
by horses, cattle, and sheep, as they may desire. By this means 
stock never get an excess, or suffer injury from its use. Price $1 
per hundred pounds, for a single barrel, or 75 cents per hundred 
pounds for larger quantities. 
I jam A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street, N. Y 
