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ADVERTISEMENTS.—CONTENTS. 
FARM IMPLEMENTS,, 
BRYANT’S, Finch’s, Grant’s Hendrickson’s, andRice’s, Patent 
Fan Mills. 
Wheeler’s EndUss Chain Horse Power, for one 
Whitman’s Endless Chain Power, for one horse, 
Wheeler’s Thresher: - , undershot,. 
“ “ overshot with separator,, .o • 
Trimble’s Thresher,. 
Warren’s <l . 
Eddy’s & Tapi in’s Threshers,......... 
Sweep Powers.■ . 
Trimble’s Two Horse Towers,. 
Warren’s “ . 
.$80 
$- y 
.$35 
.$20 
....$25 
..$40 to $50 
.$50 to $30 
.$5o to $!'0 
.$50 
Taplin’s “ .$75 
Child’s 11 .$60 to $70 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 18D and 191 Water street. 
LEAD PIPES POR HYDRANTS, PUMPS, 8c c a 
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weighing from 1 lb. 8oz. 
to 3 lbs. 8 oz 
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Price of the above pipes from 5 to 6 cents per lb. Tinned pipe, 
X cent perl , extra. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
I 
WATER RAMS. 
FOR SALE. Superior Water Rams, which, if applied to a large 
or small stream of water where there is one or more feet fall, a 
portion of said stream may be forced up, by its own power, to a 
height of 50 or 190 feet. The quantity of water raised will vary 
according to the height of the fall, the size of the stream, and 
the capacity of the ram. For instance, any one possessing a 
spring, or stream of water, that will discharge 8 or 10 gallons per 
minute, and can stop up the stream by a dam, so as to make a fall 
of 8 or 10 feet, by me ins of one of these machines, a constant 
stream, from a haif-inch pipe, can be delivered at an elevation of 
85feet. Prices from $L2 to $16—pipe extra. For prices oflead 
pipe, see advertisement above. 
Take Particular Notice .—Persons making application for 
these rams, by mail, or otherwise, are requested to name the size 
of the stream, or quantity of water running in it per minute, the 
amount of the fall they are able to produce, the height the water 
is desired to be raised, and the distance it is wished to be con¬ 
veyed. 
iny A. B. ALLEN & CO., 191 Water street, N. Y. 
SALE OF SHORT-HORNED CATTLE AMD 
MERINO SHEEP. 
I WILL sell at Buffalo, during the days of the State Fair, 5t.h, 
6th, and 7th of September next, under the directions of the Offi¬ 
cers of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society, twenty to twenty- 
five thorough-bred Short-Horned cattle, consisting of cows, heif¬ 
ers, and young bulls. A catalogue with their pedigrees will be 
ready at the time of the Fair. 
Also, I will sell at the same time, fifty Merino rams, bred from 
the Blakesly flock. 
References, A. B. Allen, N. Y.; Sanford Howard, and B P. 
Johnson, Albany^; Francis Rotch, Butternuts: and L F. Allen, 
Black Rock. ‘ J. M. SHERWOOD. 
Jluburn, May 16/A, 1848. 3t 
SHORT-HORN AND DEVON CATTLE, COTS- 
WOLD AND SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. 
I WILL sell at the New York State Cattle Show, to be held on 
the 5th, 6th, and 7th of September next, at Buffalo, about 30 thor¬ 
ough-bred Short-Horn cattle, consisting of cows, heifers, bulls, and 
calves. 
Also, 20 to 25 thorough-bred Devons, of like description. 
Likewise, 30 Cotswold sheep, ewes and rams of select, 
recently-imported stock ; and about the same number of South- 
downs. 
The above stock I have been breeding for many years past, and 
its reputation in all their varieties is generally known. 
Catalogues, with pedigrees of the stock, will be furnished at the 
show grounds where the cattle will be exhibited. 
LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
Black Rock, N Y., July, 1848. 3t. 
SEED WHEAT. 
THREE hundred barrels superior new Geuesse White Flint 
Seed Wheat, selected with great care, from the crop of T, II. 
Newbold, Esq., Livingston Co , N. Y. For sale by 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., Agricultural Warehouse, and 
Seed Store, 189 and 191 Water street. 
THE 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
AND 
IS PUBLISHED THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH 
BY C. M. SAXTON, 205 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
TERMS. 
For Single Copies.$1 per annum. 
Three Copies. 2 “ 
Eight Copies. 5 ‘ 
&2T To be paid invariably in advance. 
W. B„ TMs n timber, without covers, is subject 
io newspaper postage only ; that is, one cent to 
any distance within the state of New Iforh, and 
one cent anti a half for all distances beyond. 
CASTINGS MADE TO ORDER. 
GIN-GEAR SEGMEN I’S, of all sizes, furnished at short no¬ 
tice, at low pri.ces. 
BURR MILLSTONES of any size; PATENT BURR MILLS, 
from 12 io 30 inches in diameter; also, Nicholls’ and Marsh’s 
Burr Mills, 12 to 30 inches in diameter. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street. 
FANCY RABBITS 
FOR SALE at $10 to $15 per pair. 
SAMUEL ALLEN, 189 Water street, N. Y. 
MERINO SHEEP FOR SALE. 
HAVING arrived at a point in which I desire to reduce my 
stock of sheep, I have concluded to sell about 600 Merinos 
this Fall, inferior to none in the United States ; 200 of which are 
half bloods, from the importation made by Mr. Taintor, of Hart¬ 
ford, Ct. Nothing need be said to recommend these sheep, for 
they wear their recommendation on their backs. 
3ts A. L. BINGHAM. 
Cornwall , VL , July 3Is/, 1848. 
CONTENTS OF SEPTEMBER NUMBER. 
Potash Necessary as an Ingredient in the food of Plants ; > 2g5 
Social Meeting of Fanners and Gardeners S 
Stock for Sale ; Adulteration of Food.—No. 3. 266 
American Horses in France; Interpreter Wanted; Lime 1 
Essential to the Fertility of the Soil; Show and FairV „ 
of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society ; The Cow—) 
Her Diseases and Management.—No. 5 
Marking Sheep; Plantation Tools, Solon Robinson. 270 
Agriculture ofthe Chinese.—No. 9.-.271 
A Mink Trap, J. R. S.; Review or the May number of the ) 
Agriculturist, Reviewer ) 
Duration and Fertilizing Effects of Animal Manures ; Car-1 
rots as Bee Feed ; A Hint to Bee Keepers ; The Pea > 274 
Fowl > 
Liebig’s Theory ofthe Motion of Juices.. 
Canadian Method of Huming Wild Bees ; Letters from £ 
Abroad.—No. 4., F. R. S. ) 
The Honey Bee, a Carnivorous Insect; A Natural Fly Poison 
Destruction of Fruit Trees by the Seventeen-year Locust, 1 
M. II. M. ; A Goose Story; The best American Bee > 
Flowers ) 
Plan of a Farm Cottage, M. W. Howard... 
Convention of Fruit Growers ; Unnatural and Injurious') 
Over-Feeding of Breeding Animals, A Breeder of ■. 
Stock; Experiments among Farmers, Solon; More f 
Facts about Liming Land J 
The Colton Crop, M. W. Philips : Butter for the Navy. B. ) 
P.Johnson J 
Rough Notes by the V/ay.—No. 1., Samuel Allen. 
Cooked Food for Fattening Cattle ; Oil and Honey Proriuo- ) 
live of Health and Long Life ; Rural Pastimes by So- X 
cial Labor —No. 4., E. S. ) 
Speckled Dorkings... 
Ladies’ Department : Caution in the Choice of Culinary "j 
Utensils.—No. 3., C. ; How to Make Mushroom Cat- 1 
chop, E. S. ; How to Mend Crockery Ware, E. S. ; > 
“Train up a Child in the Way he should Go A; 
Flowery Marriage ' j 
Boys’ Department: Fancy Rabbits, R . 
The American Hare—. 
Foreign Agricultural News.. 
Editor’s Table. 
Review of the Market... 
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