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ADVERTISEMENTS.-CONTENTS. 
FARM IMPLEMENTS. 
BRYANT'S, Finch’s, Grant’s, Hendrickson’s, and Rice’s Patent 
Fan Mills. 
Wheeler’s Endless Chain Horse Power, for one horse,.$75 
Whitman’s Endless Chain Power, for one horse,.$80 
Wheeler’s Threshers, undershot..$25 
“ “ overshot with separator,.$35 
Trimble’s Thresher.$20 
Warren’s “ $25 
Eddy’s & Taplin’s Threshers,.$40 to $50 
Sweep Powers,... .$50 to $60 
Trimble’s Two Horse Powers,.$5o to $60 
Warren’s “ $50 
Taplin’s “ $75 
Child’s “ .$60 to $70 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street. 
LEAD PIPES FOR HYDRANTS, PUMPS, &c. 
Of % inch calibre, 
weighing from 1 lb. 8 oz. to 3 lbs. 8 oz. per yd. 
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Price of the above pipes from 5}< to 7 cents per lb. Tinned pipe, 
% cent per lb. extra. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., lei) and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
WATER RAMS. 
FOR SALE. Superior Water Rams, which, if applied to a large 
or small stream of water w here 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 100 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 means of one of these machines, a constant 
stream, from a halt-inch pipe, can be delivered at an elevation of 
85 feet. Prices from $L2 to $16—pipe extra. For prices of lead 
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 pei • 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. 
my A. B. ALLEN & CO., 191 Water street, N. Y. 
GENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO. 
JUST received a cargo of Peruvian Guano, fresh from the 
Chinche Islands. Those wishing to purchase, had best send in 
their orders immediately, direct to the subscribers ; in this way 
they will be sure of getting the genuine article. Considerable 
quantities of Chilian and other South American Guano, have 
been sold the past season for Peruvian. Farmers will do well 
to be on their guard against such impositions, and purchase only 
where they are certain of obtaining such as is pure and unadul¬ 
terated. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO. 
Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, 
189 and 191 Water street, N. Y. 
BONE DUST. 
THE Snbscrlbers having recently made extensive arrange¬ 
ments with the Bone Mills, are now prepared to execute the 
largest orders for present, and the ensuing spring’s use. Price, 
40 cents for crushed, and 50 cents per bushel for sawings and 
turnings 
A. B. ALLEN &. CO, 189 and 191 Water street, N. Y. 
PREMIUM HAY AND STRAY/ CUTTERS. 
NEW and splendid Rotary Cylinder Straw Cutters, simple, 
strong, and easily worked- For sale at reduced prices by 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street, N. Y. 
AYRSHIRE BULL, 
AVERY fine Ayrshire Bull, about four years old, for sale by 
the subscriber. His stock is just beginning to show itself, and 
proves quite superior for milking. Apuly to 
ISAAC R. CORXELL, 
o2t* Weston, Somerset County, New Jersey. 
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BY C. M. SAXTON, 205 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
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For Single Copies.$1 per annum. 
Three Copies. 2 “ 
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N. B. Tills number, without covers, Is subject 
to newspaper postage only ; that Is, one cent tt 
any distance within the state of New Yorli, ane 
one cent and a half for' all distances beyond. 
CASTINGS MADE TO ORDER. 
GIN-GEAR SEGMENTS, of all sizes, furnished at short no 
tice, at low prices. 
BURR MILLSTONES of any size ; PATENT BURR MILLS 
from 12 io 30 inches in diameter: also, Nicholls’ and Marsh’ 
Burr Mills, 12 to 30 inches in diameter. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street. 
PERUVIAN GUANO 
FOR Sale, at Bating Hollow, Long Island, by 
jy3t AZEL DOWNS. 
SEED WHEAT AND RYE. 
THE celeorated White Flint and other superior varieties o 
Seed Wheat, Spring as well as W inter varieties. 
Also, Rye of an excellent quality for winter sowing. 
A. B. ALLEN & Co., 189 and 191 Water st. N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF NOVEMBER NUMBER. 
Preservation of Cabbages ; National Pomological Conven-1 
tion ; Twenty first Annual Show and Fair of the > 
American Institute ) 
The Cow—Her Diseases and Management, No. 7. 
Improved Rotary Cylinder Straw Cutters ; Improved Re- 1 
frigerators ) 
Apple Orchards.. 
Agriculture of the Chinese.—No. 11... 
Ventilation Essential to Health, Solon Robinson; Drink 
and Disease ; Wheaten Grits, or Cracked Wheat ; i 
Hints for the Promotion and Maintenance of Health, I 
R. L. A J 
Uses for Corn Husks, An Old Housekeeper. 
Texas Wheat; Review of the July Number of the Agricul- { 
turist, Reviewer \ 
lust Tributes Shown the Ox, *M.*. 
Agricultural Botany, No. 1..... 
Adulteration of Food, No. 5. 
Rough Notes by the Way, No. 3, Samuel Allen; Buck-) 
wheat Cakes, An Old Housekeeper j 
Small Pox in Sheep; Plan of a Piggery, S. W. Jewett,. 
Mr. Ayrault’s Twin Steers, Allen Ayrault... 
State of Agriculture in Morris County, N. J., W. D . 
Pipes for Underdrawing—Salt Muck, T. J. ; The most) 
Profitable Breed of Sheep J 
The True Principles of Farming. 
Mexican and Texas Sheep, Shubael Marsh ; Shade Trees') 
for Cities and Villages ; Effects of Domestication on 1 
Birds; The Arracacha vs. the Potato ; Destruction f 
of Sugar Cane by Rats, A West-Iridia Subscriber j 
Increase of Pig Population ; Rag Weed; The Florida ) 
Everglades $ 
Milking Cows ; Com Silks ; Is it Beneficial to Have the ) 
Ground Shaded where Pear Trees Growl How to > 
Keep a Horse from Straying j 
Ladies’ Department : A Day to Myself. 
Boys’ Department: Agricultural Chemistry, No. 7, > 
J. McKinstry ; What is Capillary Attraction 1 A Sign , > 
My Rabbits, Calvin Coulter, Jr. ; Chance or Luck, E.S. ) 
Foreign Agricultural News. . . 
Editor’s Table... 
Review of the Market... ... 
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