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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,.$5 q to $60 
Warren’s u .$50 
Taplin’s “ $75 
Child’s “ .$60 to $70 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEW YORK STATE 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
THE Annual Meeting of this Society will be held at Albany, 
on the third Wednesday (17th) of January, 1849. Premiums will 
be awarded on Grain and Root Crops, BuUer, Cheese, Fruits, 
See. Statements should be furnished the Secretary early in 
January. 
It is desired that there should he a full representation from 
County Societies, as well as of the friends of agriculture gen¬ 
erally. 
A Pomological Exhibition will beheld at the rooms of the 
Society, and growers of fruit are respectfully requested to for¬ 
ward specimens to the secretary as early, if practicable, as the 
15th of January. B. P. JOHNSON, Secretary. 
mv$ 1st, 1848. n3t 
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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“ 23 “ 8 
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Price of the above pipes from 5K to 7 cents per lb. Tinned pipe. 
, cent per lb. extra. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
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 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 half-inch pipe, can be delivered at an elevation of 
85 feet. Prices from $12 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 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. 
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 Dbv. 
THE Subscribers having recently made extensive arrange¬ 
ments with, the Bone Mills, are now prepared to execute the 
largest orders for present, and the ensuing spring’;. 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 STRAW ClIRS. 
NEW and splendid Rotary Cylinder Straw Cu tiers.’ simple, 
Etrong, and easily worked- For sale at reduced prices by 
' A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water street, N.,Y. 
AYRSHIRE BULL. 
A VERY fine Ayrshire Bull, about four years old, for sale by 
the subscriber. His stock is just begin ning to show itself, and 
proves quite superior for milking. Apply to 
ISAAC R. CORNELL, 
o 2t* Weston, Somerset County, New Jersey. 
FOR SALE. 
THE Subscriber offers for sale his farm. IS miles south of 
Rochester, situated on the Genesee River, in Livingston 
county. It contains 1,3-50 acres of land, 500 of which are the 
best quality of Genesee Flats, and the balance is superior wheat 
land. The farm is in a highly improved state, and has exten¬ 
sive farm houses and outbuildings, and offers very great in¬ 
ducements to agriculturists. A large portion cf the purchase 
money may remain secured by mortgage on the place. The 
Genesee Valley Canal passes through the place, giving an ex¬ 
cellent market for the produce raised. Applv to 
THOMAS H. NEWBOLD, 
160 Bleecker street, N. Y. 
FARM WANTED IN OHIO. 
WITHIN 20 or 30 miles of Cincinnati, or 50, if on the line of 
the railroad. It must consist of 150 or 200 acres of fertile land, 
in a healthy situation and good neighborhood, well timbered 
and watered ; well improved, with a good barn, and thrifty, 
productive orchards. Terms must be low and for CASH- 
Apply, post paid, to 
Wm. A. NEFF, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
DANIEL SWETT, Vicksburg, Miss. 
*dec.2t or, A. B. ALLEN, & Co., 189 Water street, N. Y. 
CASTINGS MADE TO ORDER. 
GIN-GEAR SEGMEN TS, of all sizes, furnished at short no¬ 
tice, at low prices. 
BURR MILLSTONES of any size; PATENT BURR MILLS, 
from 12 to 30 inches in diameter; also, Nicholls’ and Marsh’s 
Burr Mills, 12 to 30 inches in diameter, j* 
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 celebrated White Flint and other superior varieties of 
Seed Wheat, Spring as well as Winter varieties. 
Also, Rye of an excellent quality for winter sowing. 
A. B. ALLEN & Co., 189 and 191 Water st N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF DECEMBER NUMBER. 
To Our Readers. 36i 
Season for Felling Timber; Electro Culture ; Adultera -) 
tion of Food, No. 6 5 
Book Farming ; Phosphate of Lime ; Approved Varie-) 
tiesofFruits J* 
The Cow—Her Diseases and Management, No. 8. 364 
Agriculture of the Chinese.—No. 12...365 
Cultivation of the Common Locust Tree... 366 
To Improve the duality of Fruit ; Review of the August ( 3 -« 
Number of the Agriculturist, Reviewer 1 
Rough Notes by the Way, No. 4, Samuel Allen; The ) 37fl 
Striped Bug, I; How to Bleach Honey ) u 
Farmers should Write for Agricultural Journals. G. P. 1 
Lewis; Extraction of Oil from Sunflower Seed, D. > 371 
Danforth ) 
Common Errors in School Architecture. 372 
Caution in the Use of Glass Vessels ; Strawberries and ) 
Wine in Ohio, N, Longworth ) 
Agricultural Botany, No. 2, A Friend to Farmers.375 
Cultivation of the Strawberry ; Planting Trees, Two-Horse ) 
Wagons ; Decay of Timber > 
Ladies’ Department : Treatment of Rose Bushes, E. S.; ) 377 
An Attempt at Housekeeping, Old Lady ; How to Take > and 
Oil from Paper J 378 
Boys’ Department: Anecdotes of Animals, No. 4, E. S. 
Sagacious Horse, E S. ; Agricultural Chemistry, No. 1 an(J 
8, J. McKinstry ; Facts in Farming ; Comparison of j 379 
Manures J 
Foreign Agricultural News. *!■*• 380 
Editor’s Table.381 
Review of the Market..,...-. 382 
