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ADVERTISEMENTS.-CONTENTS. 
CAUTION! 
AS certain houses in this city are in the habit of selling 
Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, and Field and 
Garden Seeds, representing them as coming from our estab¬ 
lishment, the public is cautioned to be on their guard against 
imposition. All implements and parcels, sold by us, which it 
is possible to mark, will be found branded.“ A. B. Allen & Co., 
189 and 191 Water street, New York.” 
When designing to call at our warehouse, please to be care¬ 
ful and look for the right numbers, as above, otherwise impo¬ 
sitions may be practised upon the unwary. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
189 and 191 Water street, New York. 
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. 
PATENT FANNING MILLS AND GRAIN 
CRADLES. 
GRANT’S celebrated Fanning Mills and Grain Cradles 
have been awarded six first premiums at the New-York State 
Fairs ; also, at the American Institute of New York and seve¬ 
ral County Fairs. Wherever exhibited, they have taken the 
first premium over all other mills. The great encouragement 
we have received from dealers and agriculturists has induced 
us to enlarge our business. All orders will receive prompt 
attention. J. T. GRANT & CO.,^ 
Junction P, O. Rens. Co., N. Y.. 8 miles north of Troy. 
The al/)ve mills are also for sale by A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
189 & ’fi. Water street, New York. my 6t 
NEW WORK ON SHEEP. 
THE Breed, Management, Structure, and Diseases of the 
Sheep, with illustrative Engravings and an Appendix. By 
Henry S. Canfield. Just published, and for sale, price $1, by 
C. M. SAXTON, 121 Fulton st. 
MINER’S BEE KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER’S MANUAL ; being a 
practical treatise on the history and domestic economy of the 
honey bee, combining a full illustration of the whole subject, 
with the most approved methods of managing this insect 
through every branch of its culture, the result of many years’ 
experience. By T. B. Miner. Embellished by thirty-five 
beautiful engravings. For sale by 
C. M. SAXTON, 121 Fulton st., N. Y. 
MINER’S EQUILATERAL BEE HIVE. 
THIS is the most beautiful and practically valuable hive 
ever before offered to the public. It only needs to be seen in 
all its parts, to convince any man of its merits over anything 
of the kind in existence. Price $5, with an individual’right, 
and full engravings of it, with ample directions in pamphlet 
form to make the same ; together with the right, as above, for 
$2, only. Moneys remitted by mail at our risk. Sent to any 
part of the United States or Canada. 
mr3t A. B. ALLEN, & CO., 189 & 191 Water st., N. Y. 
ALLEN’S FARM BOOK. 
THE AMERICAN FARM BOOK, or compendof American 
Agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, 
draining, irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, 
sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United 
States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and pre¬ 
paration for market. Illustrated by more than 100 engravings. 
By R. L. Allen, author of Diseases of “Domestic Animals,” 
and editor of the “American Agriculturist.” Published and 
for sale by C. M. SAXTON, 121 Fulton st., N. Y. 
ALLEN ON THE GRAPE VINE. 
A PRACTICAL Treatise on the Culture and Treatment of 
the Grape Vine ; embracing its history, with directions for its 
treatment, in the United States of America, in the open air, 
and under glass structures with and without artificial .heat, 
illustrated by views of Grape Houses, with minute descriptions 
of the manner of building, and warming them, and every lit¬ 
tle matter which could be supposed to occur to one unaccus¬ 
tomed to the subject. By J. Fiske Allen. 
Price in cloth, $1.12%. 
“ “ boards, $1.00. 
“ “ paper, 0.87%. 
For sale wholesale and retail by 
apr C. M. SAXTON, 121 Fulton st., N. Y 
BONE DUST. 
FOR SALE, 5,000 bushels of bone dust, from 40 to 50 cents 
per bushel, according to quality. 
A. B. ALLEN Si Co., 189 and 191 Water st-, N. Y. 
WIRE FOR FENCES, 
OF all sizes, bright or annealed, of the best quality, and 
at the lowest prices. For sale at the agricultural warehouse 
and seed store, by 
xnh_ A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 & 191 Water st. 
POUDRETTE. 
FOUR HUNDRED BARRELS OF POUDRETTE, of prime 
quality, direct from the manufacturers. 
A. B. ALLEN & Co., 189 and 191 Water st., N. Y. 
DICKEY’S PATENT CORN DRILL. 
I TAKE this method of introducing to agriculturists gene¬ 
rally my Improved Corn Drill, upon which I have recently 
obtained letters patent. It is so constructed as to plant the 
corn in drills, each grain an equal distance apart, which plan 
is now almost universally admitted by practical and experienc¬ 
ed corn growers to be the most certain and efficient means of 
raising a good crop. 
The operation of the drill is such that it seldom if ever 
misses a grain. The corn as it passes from the drill being 
brought immediately under the eye of the operator, he is en* 
abled at all times to see that the grains are regularly dropped 
in. the row. It is capable of being regulated to drop the 
grains either 6, 7, 9,12, or 14 inches apart as may be desired. 
Numerous certificates can be shown from persons who have 
used this drill for two or three years past, fully attesting its 
superiority over all others in use, and proving conclusively 
the great advantages for drilling corn over planting it in hills. 
I propose keeping on hand a supply of drills, and am pre¬ 
pared to sell county or state rights on reasonable t-erms ; or I 
will furnish full sets of castings fit up either with or without 
the screw bolts on terms that will afford a reasonable profit to 
any persons who may wish to make the woodwork, put up 
the drills and sell them, &c. 
E. J. DICKEY, Hopewell, Chester Co., Fa. 
N. B.—Allen Gawthrop, of West Grove, Chester county, 
Pa., is legally constituted an agent to manufacture and sell the 
above drills, to dispose of patent rights, &c., and any orders 
sent to either address will be promptly attended to. 
my 2t* E. J. D. 
CONTENTS OF MAY NUMBER. 
Hints on the Work for the Month ; Work for May, North ) . D , 
and West \ 161 
Work for South ; Effects of Castration of Animals. *B.* 139 
The Cow—Her Diseases and Management, No. 12.... .... 140 
Rearing Calves:—Reply to Reviewer, W. H. Sotham ; ) ... 
Experiments with Potatoes $ 
Miner’s Patent Equilateral Bee Hive ; The Language of ) 
Nature; Adulteration of Food, No. 11 J 14,7 
Agricultural Tour South and West. No. 5, Solon Robinson 143 
The Dog Distemper ; Virtues of Hemp ; Potato Disease ) ... 
—How Remedied $ 144 
To Grow Fine Pears ; Domestic Fish Ponds. 145 
Premium Beef; Application of Plaster and Ashes to 1 
Meadows ; Southern Planting—Cow Pea—Cotton > 146 
Seed, etc., W. Hampton ) 
Review of the February Number of the Agriculturist, £ 
Reviewer £ 147 
Race Horses vs. The Poor of Great Britain; Curious I 
Device in Grafting £ 148 
Virginian Sumach—E.ed Cedar Posts, F. R.; Mosses on ) ,. Q 
Meadows \ 
Hints on the Management of Horses, No. 1. 150 
Special Manures for Ruta-Baga Turnips, Thomas Anti-1 
sell; North-American Pomological Convention, B. > 151 
P. Johnson—Herman Wendell > 
A Cheap Compost—Application of Lime, Green Crops,) . , 0 
etc., R. L. Colt ; Presidential Residences j 
Guano vs. Poudrette. 153 
Coal Ashes ; New Mode of Preparing Bones for Ma- ) 
nure ; Protection of Grape Vines against Rose > 154 
Bugs, I. > 
Very Important to Farmers, John Wilkinson ; Fattening) . - 
Poultry—Explanation, J. B. D. ; Fruits at the South $ 
Rolling Corn in Tar Previous to Planting, Isaac McReel, ) . . R 
Letters from California, * * * j °° 
Supposed Injury from Plowing under Green Corn Stalks ; { 
Lactometer, or Cream Gauge j 1£>7 
Profits of Farming; Analysis of Soils, Manures, etc., / .-a 
Thomas Antisell \ 
The Apple-Tree Borer, Shelton Beach; New Mode of ) 1£ - Q 
Cultivating the Vine J 1£>a 
Successful Growth of Cranberries on Upland ; Driving j 
Hogs East; Preservation of Books against Mildew ; > 160 
Wellerism, &c. ) 
Ladies’ Department : Recipes for the Ladies, Solon ) 
Robinson ; What Can be Done by a Farmer’s V’ife ; > 101 
The Way to Win a Husband ; A Good Wife ) 
Boys’ Department : Experiment for the Boys ; Game ) 
and Dorking Fowls, R. J 1 
Business First, then Pleasure... 162 
Foreign Agricultural News.i. 163 
Editors’ Table... 164 
Review of the Markets... 165 
