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ADVERTISEMENTS, 
SHORTHORN DURHAMS AT AUCTION. 
THE subscriber being about to dispose of 50 acres of his 
farm, will offer at public sale 30 head of Shorthorn Durham 
cattle, (being about one half of his present herd,) on the 13th 
day of June next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, consisting of 
yearlings, two-year and three-year-old heifers, cows, and 11 
young bulls from 10 months to 2% years old. Great care has 
been observed, and considerable expense incurred in select¬ 
ing and breeding this stock, with reference to purity of blood 
and dairy qualities. The awards of the New-York State Ag¬ 
ricultural Society, and the American Institute, of New York, 
attest the estimation in which this stock is held, whenever it 
has been exhibited for competition. About eight head of the 
above cattle are a purchase made from E. P. Prentice, Esq., of 
Albany, last May, being all of the shorthorns of that gentle¬ 
man, and the product of his four selected cows, retained at 
his public sale. The animals have the strain of blood of the 
herd of Mr. Whitaker, of England, from whom Mr. Prentice 
made his principal importations. The other part of the lot of 
young animals partakes largely of the blood of the celebrated 
herd of Thomas Bates, Esq., of Yorkshire,England, from whom 
my importations have been derived, and are mostly of the get. 
of my imported bulls, Duke of Wellington, and the premium 
bull Meteor. The heifers and cows are and will be princi¬ 
pally in calf by these bulls. 
For the information of southern gentlemen, who desire to 
introduce Durham stock into that region, and who entertain the 
opinion that climate is incongenial to its successful propaga¬ 
tion there, 1 here introduce an extract from a letter I re¬ 
ceived from A. G. Summer, Esq., editor of the “ South Caro¬ 
linian,” dated Columbia, 25th January, 1849. 
The bull you sold Col. Hampton, of this state, gives him 
great satisfaction. He is a fine animal and I only wish you 
could see some 20 head of his get now in his yard. They 
are the most superb yearlings ever bred in the south.” 
Further particulars and pedigrees of the stock will be issu¬ 
ed one month previous to the sale. A credit of 6 to 18 months 
will be given. GEO. VAIL. 
apr.3t Troy, N. Y., April lit, 1849. 
COMMERCIAL GARDEN AND NURSERY. 
PARSONS & CO., at Flushing, near New York. The pro¬ 
prietors of this establishment invite public attention to their 
large assortment of every desirable variety of Fruit and 
Ornamental Tree or Shrub. Their importations of every¬ 
thing new in Europe are annually continued, and they 
olfer a very large variety of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs 
imported expressly for arboretums and pleasure grounds. 
Their collection of Roses is annually enriched by novel¬ 
ties from abroad, many of which may be found described 
in their new work on the Rose, recently published. Fruit 
Trees receive their particular attention, and are propagated 
under their personal supervision ; this care, with their pos¬ 
session of extensive specimen grounds, in which is tested 
every variety of fruit they cultivate, enables them confidently 
to guarantee the genuineness of the varieties. 
Their care in pruning and cultivation enables them also to 
send out thrifty and well-formed trees. From their large scale 
of propagation, they can offer to dealers verj r liberal discounts, 
where hundreds or thousands are taken. Orders or inquiries 
can be addressed to the proprietors at Flushing, near New 
York, where catalogues will also be furnished. They have 
established a Branch at Brighton Depot near Boston and by 
the entire success of their trees transplanted thither have 
thoroughly proved the superior adaptation of Long-Island 
Trees to the soil and climate of any part of New England. 
This they attribute to the perfect maturity attained by the 
wood before frost, which renders the trees suitable for trans¬ 
portation to any latitude. 
At the season of transplanting, a salesman will be at their 
Brighton Branch to furnish those who may prefer obtaining 
their supply thence. mhtf 
VIRGINIA LANDS. 
THE attention of Northern Farmers who wish to purchase 
in Fairfax County, Va., is invited particularly to two farms 
for sale, three miles east from Fairfax Court House, thirteen 
from Alexandria, and fourteen from the city of Washington. 
There are no buildings on either tract, but, by following the 
custom of the country, comfortable and temporary ones can be 
cheaply built. The soil is well adapted to farming purposes, 
and there is timber on them, near two sawmills. 
These farms would sell in the north, for from $50 to $100 
E er acre, and can be bought here in a more pleasant and 
ealthy climate, one for eight, the other ten dollars per acre, 
on easy terms, and a good.title given. 
Further information given, if requested, by T. R. Love, trus¬ 
tee, either personally, or by letter, (postage paid,) directed to 
Fairfax Court House, Va. 
f. tf. H. FULLER. 
LAND FOR SALE. 
FOR SALE—2,000 acres of land lying in the marl region of 
Eastern Virginia, and within two to seven miles of the town 
of Fredericksburg. Apply to LAYTON Y. ATKINS, 
dec. lyr Fredericksburg, Va- , 
THE PLOUGH, THE LOOM, AND THE ANVIL. 
THE object of this work is not merely to amuse its readers 
with accounts of extraordinary crops from single acres, and 
prodigious weights of bullocks, sheep and hogs. No '—Though 
the purpose is to keep the reader advised of all really new and 
valuable discoveries and improvements in the implements and 
animals employed in agriculture, and in the processes and 
principles of Husbandry in all its various branches, this is not 
all. If it were, the single word plough might sufficiently in¬ 
dicate that purpose ; but the fact is otherwise. By adding to 
it the loom and the anvil, the Editors design at once to indi¬ 
cate that, in their belief, the Plough never has, nor ever can 
prosper so well, as when the Loom and the Anvil are at work 
as near to it as the nature of things will admit ; and therefore, 
that the Planter and the Farmer ought heartily to unite to 
cause the establishment of an efficient and permanent policy, 
such as will draw around them, not only the Loom and the 
Anvil, but the Saw, and the Trowel, and the Lapstone ; the 
Coal Heaver and the Iron Monger—in order that those engag¬ 
ed cultivating the soil may save, in the sale of their produce 
both time and labor, for the enrichment of their lands and them¬ 
selves. 
But this is not the place to go into arguments to prove these 
positions. We respectfully solicit those to whom our best 
days have been devoted, to study the subject in the pages of 
the work we offer; for, of all classes of society, this question of 
Protection or Free Trade , is most important to those whose 
interest it is to multiply prosperous consumers , not rivals in 
the production of the fruits of Agriculture. 
The Terms are in advance —$2 each, where five unite—$5 for 
two subscribers, and $3 for a single one. Sixty-four pages 
monthly, printed in the best style, and on the best paper. The 
work is stereotyped, and back numbers can always be sup¬ 
plied. 
Postmasters, Country Merchants, Manufacturers, and all 
others who take an interest in the prosperity of Americao 
Industry, are requested to act as agents on the above terms. 
J. S, SKINNER & SON, Editors and Publishers, 
jit 81 Dock St, Philadelphia. 
Recently published , by Harper <$• Brothers, New York , 
MACAULAY’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 
FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II. 
Vols. I. II. 8 vo, Muslin, gilt, 75 cents each. 
ESTIMATED even by the ordinary means of judgment, Mr. 
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PREMIUM HAY AND STRAW 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. 
ROCK SALT. 
THIS Salt Is as hard as alum, and is the best known. It comes 
in large lumps, and is the most 'suitable and economical kind for 
stock. It may be placed on the ground in the open field where it 
will be exposed for years to the weather with but little waste. 
It is the best kind to put in a rack, manger or trough, to be licked 
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NEW WORK ON SHEEP. 
THE Breed, Management, Structure, and Diseases of the 
Sheep, with illustrative Engravings and an Appendix. By 
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