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®ritor0* Sable. 
Solon Robinson is now, and probably will be for 
some time, in New York, where he will be happy to 
i see his southern friends. J 
Peruvian Guano— A Full Supply. —We are happy 
to announce the arrival of several cargoes of Peruvian 
guano, just before putting this number of our paper to 
press. This removes all apprehension of a short supply, 
or chance of speculators creating a panic to advance the 
p price. A. B. Allen & Co., 189 Water street, are now 
prepared to deliver lots of 50 tons or more from the 
ships while discharging, at $4-8 the long ton. After 
storing, $1 per ton is added to cover expenses. 
Smaller quantities are a trifle higher, according to the 
quantity ordered. 
Shorthorn Bull Calves. —For advertisement of 
some superior calves of this breed, see page 196. They 
are the get of the superb imported bull Exeter, of the 
Princess tribe of shorthorns, and their dams are first- 
rate milkers, giving from 24 to 30 quarts per day. 
Their colors vary from strawberry roan to nearly deep 
red. We do not know of a better opportunity to pur¬ 
chase, for any one wishing to obtain a first-rate dairy- 
stock bull of fine quality. 
The Ohio Agriculturist is a new monthly of 32 
pages octavo, at one dollar a year, recently commenced 
at Tiffin, Ohio. It is edited and published by Dr. 
Sprague, assisted by Dr. J. C. Emery. The work is 
neatly got up and well edited. We welcome it as 
another evidence of the growing importance and im¬ 
provement in agriculture among the people of the fer¬ 
tile west, and trust it will receive a good support from 
them. 
Mr. A. Sherman, our travelling agent, who has re¬ 
cently returned from a tour south, will revisit several 
of the^counties in Virginia on the east side of the Blue 
Ridge, and in the Upper James-River Valley, early this 
month, for the purpose of making a more extensive ac- 
auaintance with the enterprising planters of that region. 
Mr. Sherman expresses his grateful appreciation of 
the many tokens of kindness manifested towards him 
during his late visit south, and wishes to make the con¬ 
templated tour a mutual benefit to those whom he vis¬ 
its and to our Agricultural Warehouse, by supplying 
those who want, with guano, at price that will warrant 
the purchase in New York; also, by supplying the in¬ 
creasing demand for our horse powers, threshers, fan- 
nino- mills, &c., which are admitted to be superior to 
any others now in use ! He will spend the months of 
June and July, on the east side of the Blue Ridge, and 
. August and September on the west side, visiting the 
different places of public resort, where he hopes to cul¬ 
tivate a still more extended acquaintance among the 
hospitable planters of Virginia. 
Profitable Farming. —Agriculture would seem to 
be more profitable employment than gold digging at the 
present time in California. A Mr. Horner, from New 
Jersey, who has a farm at San Jose, about 40 miles 
I from San Francisco, is stated, by a correspondent of the 
Journal of Commerce, to have planted, during the last 
season, about 130 acres of potatoes, which yielded him 
a crop of 35,100 bushels, averaging 50 lbs. [?] to the bush¬ 
el,'and 210 bushels to the acre. The crop will ave¬ 
rage about 10 cents per pound, or the enormous sum 
of $175,000; or, what is the same thing, the whole 
yield of 150 acres was 35,000 bushels, and sold at five 
dollars per bushel. To sum up all, we find the product 
of this farm of less than 150 acres.was as follows:— 
potatoes, $175,000 ; onions, $16,000 ; cabbages, $16,000; 
tomatoes, $6,250 ; pumpkins, $4,800 ; total product, 
$218,050. Almost incredible. 
Large Corn. —-A Boonville paper says that a few 
days ago our attention was directed to some corn, the 
produce of Mr. Oglesby’s farm. The ears were the 
largest we have seen, and we were prompted to weigh 
and measure some of them. Twelve ears which we 
selected, weighed 17 lbs. 12 oz. Seventeen ears, ex¬ 
tended in a line, measured one rod and nineteen inches, 
which is an average of a fraction over thirteen inches 
each. The corn of 24 ears, shelled, measured half a 
bushel. 
The crop, Mr. Oglesby states, was planted late; and 
checked in its growth by the drought in the summer, 
and was inferior in size and weight to some which he 
raised the year previous. 
Great Sale of Shorthorn Cattle. —We beg to re¬ 
fer our readers to page 196 of this number, for an ad¬ 
vertisement of the sale of Mr. George Vail’s stock of 
shorthorns, at Troy, on the 26th of this month ; and at 
page 198, for that of Mr. L. G. Morris, at Mount Ford- 
ham, on the 24th of this month. Catalogues of the re¬ 
spective herds can be had on application to these gen¬ 
tlemen or to us. 
Several of the animals in Mr. Vail’s herd are cele¬ 
brated milkers and butter makers, and all are well 
known for their early maturity and quick fattening 
propensities. Most of them have a cross of the cele¬ 
brated Duchess tribe of shorthorns. 
Mr. Morris’ stock is mostly of a mixed character, of 
which shorthorn blood predominates. He has bred 
these with reference to their milking properties, and 
has eminently succeeded in this point. He has some 
Herd-Book animals also for sale. 
There never was a more favorable time than the 
present, for the farmers of the United States to em¬ 
bark in the improvement of stock. The country is 
growing rich with great rapidity, and it has now the 
ability to pay for such things. Conducted with com¬ 
mon prudence and sagacity, the breeding of fine stock, 
hereafter, is likely to be profitable; and those cannot 
but do well who embark in it at present low prices. 
Besides, the advantage to the farmer and dairyman in 
possessing an improved stock, is very great to them, 
individually. We hope they will generally attend 
these sales; even if they do not purchase, their pres¬ 
ence will assist in giving countenance to the enterprise 
of the gentlemen who are so laudably attempting to 
improve the stock of the country. 
