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ADVERTISEMENTS.-CONTENTS. 
NEW-YORK AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE, 
BY A. B. ALLEN & CO.. 
189 Sp 191 Water Street, New York. 
American Institute 
GOLD MEDAL. 
THE Implements kept, embrace upwards of FIFTY different 
kinds of Plows, a great variety of Harrows, Cultivators, Rol¬ 
lers, Seed Sowers, Horse Powers, Grain Cradles, Threshing 
and Fanning Machines, Mills, Hay Cutters, Corn Shellers, 
Shovels, Spades, Hoes, Scythes. E.akes, Wagons, Wheels, 
Carts, Wheelbarrows, Pumps, Rice Threshers and Hullers, 
Road Scrapers, Axes. Chains. &c., &c. These implements are 
mostly made up from new and highly-improved patters, and 
are warranted to he of the best materials, and put together in 
the strongest manner, and of a superior finish. 
Horticultural Tools —A complete assortment. 
Castings, Skeleton Plows , Harrow Teeth, and Iron Work of 
all kinds done to order in the cheapest and best manner. 
Steum Engines , Sugar* Boilers , Sugar Mills, Saw Mills, Ket¬ 
tles. Cauldrons, &c., for Plantations. 
Wire Cloth and Sieves —Different kinds and sizes, kept con¬ 
stantly on hand. 
Seeds for the Field and Garden —Such as Improved Winter 
and Spring Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Corn, Beans, Peas, 
Turnip, Cabbage, Beet, Carrot, Parsnip, Clover, and Grass 
Seeds, improved varieties of Potatoes, &c., &c. These are 
warranted fresh and superior of their kind. 
Fertilizers —Peruvian and African Guano, Lime, Plaster of 
Paris, Bone Dust, &c., &c. 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs —Orders taken for 
these, and executed from a choice of the best Nurseries, Gar¬ 
dens, and Conservatories in the United States. 
Horses, Cattle , Sheep, and Swine —Orders received for stock 
of all kinds, to be executed to the best advantage, and shipped 
in the most careful manner. 
Agricultural Books —A general assortment of these for 
sale. 
Produce on Consignment —All kinds of Agricultural Produce 
will be received for sale on consignment. 
A Catalogue of the above Implements, Seeds, &c., of 100 
pages, handsomely illustrated with plates, will be forwarded, 
by mail, when requested, post paid. 
BONE DUST. 
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’s use. Price, 
40 cents for crushed, and 50 cents per bushel for sawings and 
turnings A. B. ALLEN & CO. 
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 to 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. 
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 
We A. NEFF, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
DANIEL SWETT, Vicksburg, Miss. 
*dec.2t or, A. B. ALLEN, & Co., 189 Water street, N. Y. 
NEW ORLEANS AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 
(LATE R. L. ALLEN’S) 
Corner of Magazine and Poydras Streets. 
FOR SALE—A large assortment of Plows, Harrows, Fan¬ 
ning Mills, Corn Shellers, Corn and Cob Crushers, Straw Cut¬ 
ters, Ox Shovels, Ox Yokes, Grain Threshers, Corn Mills, 
Axes, Hoes, Shovels, and other Agricultural Implements. 
Also—Gardening Tools, Guano, Plaster, Rock Salt, &c., &c. 
Orders will be executed for every article wanted by plan¬ 
ters. S. FRANKLIN, Agent. 
TO SOUTHERN PLANTERS. 
R. L. ALLEN, formerly at No. 75 Camp street, New Or¬ 
leans, has been for some time a partner in the house of A. B. 
Allen 8c Co., and will hereafter devote himself exclusively to 
their business. It will afford him great pleasure to continue 
the agreeable relations he formed with planters and farmers 
of the south, during his residence there ; and he hopes that the 
house with which lie is now connected, will be favored with 
orders for such articles as they may wish from the north. 
Particular attention is devoted by this house to southern busi¬ 
ness, for which it possesses facilities not exceeded by any 
other in the United States. 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
ONE THOUSAND TONS of Peruvian Guano just received 
from the Chinche islands for sale in lots to suit purchasers. 
Also, THREE HUNDR.ED TONS Patagonian Guano. 
A. B. ALLEN 8c Co., 189 Sc 191 Water St. 
TO FARMERS AND PLANTERS. 
FIVE THOUSAND PLOWS for sale at all prices, from 
$1.50 up; well made, of the most durable materials, on the 
latest improved principles, and adapted to every soil, crop, and 
manner of cultivation. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO,, 189 and 191 Water street, N. Y. 
CONTENTS OF JANUARY NUMBER. 
To Subscribers ; To Agents ; Work for January. North > g 
and West ) 
Work for January, South ; Sowing Osage-Orange Seeds. 10 
Rough Notes by the Way, No. 6 , Samuel Allen ; Amen- ^ j ^ 
can Indestructible Mineral Paint $ 
Breeding and Management of Swans. 12 
Adulteration of Food, No 7 ; Shearing or Clipping Hor > 
ses ; A Genuine Alchemist ) 
Cuba and the Cubanos ; Guano—in what its Value Con -1 
sists ; Composition of Bones ; Rearing Lambs ; > 14 
Wire Fences, T. C. Peters ) 
Review of the September Number of the Agriculturist, 1 lr 
Reviewer ) 
Hints on the Mode of Enclosing Lots in E,ural Cemete-1 
ries, Sempervirens ; Another Fact in Book Farm- I 
ing ; Phosphoric Acid Essential to the Growth of all [ 17 
Nutritive Plants J 
Agricultural Tour South and West, No. 1, Solon Rob- ( , 
inson ) 18 
Plowing with Elephants ; Ventilate Your Stables; Ag-( 
ricultural Capabilities of Florida, Patapsco ( 20 
To Destroy Ant Hills ; Farms of Messrs. Wadsworth and ) 
Ayrault, Wm. H. Sotham ] 
Keep your Stables Warm. 22 
Keep your Stables Clean ; Guano ; Season for Felling ) „„ 
Resinous Timber ; Overflowing Meadows \ ** 
Remarks on the Principles of Breeding, B. ; Beware of I 
the Ring Bone ( 
Cotton Crop and Prospects, M. W. Philips. 26 
Cheap Method of Fattening Poultry, J. B. D.; New Vari- ) 
ety of Apple, George Seymour ; Steam Power for > 27 
Agricultural Purposes ) 
Large Horse Cart ; To Keep up a Constant Fertility in ( 
the Soil ; Select Good Stock ( 
A Cheap Paint—Soak for Wheat, James Boyle and C. D.; ; 
Upland, or Mountain Rice ; The Best Manure for [ 29 
Sugar Cane ; Pear Trees Injured by Insects, Ovid 
Plumb ; Professor Harris’ Reply 
Yankee Farming, No. 8 , Sergeant Teltrue. 30 
Importation of Pure Bred Saxon Sheep.. 32 
Southern Matters ; The Volatile Parts of Plants when ) 
Consumed by Combustion ; Small Holdings ; To De- > 33 
stroy Insects } 
Ladies’ Department : Female Amusements of the Pre-j 
sent Day, Eva; To Prevent the Unpleasant Effects I 
of Limestone Water, E. S. ; To Reinove Stoppers I „ 
from Decanters, E. S. ; To Cure Chilblains or Frost- [ 
ed Feet, E. S ; Hoarding up Linen ; To Prevent a | 
Bruise from becoming Discolored, E. S. J 
Boys’ Department : Agricultural Chemistry, No. 9, 
J. McKinstry ; The way Domestic Animals Collect J* 35 
their Food 
Foreign Agricultural News. 
Editor’s Table. 37 
Review of the Market.... .... 3S 
