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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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The CraiihciTy ami its Culture. 
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Address GEORGE A. BATES, 
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B ass bark or matting—for budding 
and Tying Purposes. Price 20 cts. per pound, $18 per 
100 pounds. For sale by SHEPPARD <fc SEWARD, 
211 Pearl-st., New-York. 
R ussia or bass mats, selected Ex¬ 
pressly for budding and tying, GUNNY BAGS, 
TWINES, HAY ROPES, &c., suitable for Nursery purposes, 
for sale in lots to suit, by D. W. MANWAltlNG, 
Importer, 248 Front-st., New-York. 
TO FARMERS 
AND OTHERS. 
We are manufacturing a Genuine Article of Ffne, Medi¬ 
um, and Coarse BONE DUST, or RAW BONE SU¬ 
PERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, manufactured from 
unburued Bones, containing all the Animal and Chemical 
Fertilizing Properties. Please address the Manufacturers, 
and get the Intrinsic Value of your money. 
N. B. A Liberal Discount made to Dealers for Cash, 
Address A. LISTER & BRO., 
Tarry town, Westchester Co., N. Y., 
Or Newark. N. J. 
F3JB1E GEOraO BORJE. 
Farmers and Dealers will do well to send in their orders 
for BONE early, as the demand is heavy. We will give you 
a PURE ARTICLE. North River Agricultural Warehouse. 
GRIFFING, BROTHER & CO., 
60 Courtlandt-st., New-York. 
GUANO. 
CALIFORNIA AND PATOS ISLAND GUANO, rich In 
ammonia and phosphates, of which we are sole importers; 
also the celebrated ICHABOE. All for sale, in lots to suit 
purchasers. Apply to WAKEMAN, DIMON & CO., 
73 South-st., New-York. 
lUish Manure. 
Believed to be the best and cheapest manure in the market. 
As it can not be kept in store, and a considerable quantity 
has to be brought from the factory at a time, I will receive 
orders deliverable ahead. Price $25 per ton, 2000 lbs., packed 
in barrels. Order soon.—Bone-Dust, Superphosphate, Guano, 
Plaster, &c. JOHN VANDERBILT, 
23 Fulton-st., New-York. 
POUDHETTE. 
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Send for Farmers’ Agricultural Almanac for the year 18G3. 
GRIFFING, BROTHER & CO.. 
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BAUGH’S 
RAW BONE 
SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. 
BAUGl! & SOIL'S, 
MANUFACTURERS AND PROPRIETORS, 
No. 20 Sontli Delaware Avenue, 
PHILADELPHIA. 
This Manure is manufactured from mire Raw Bones, and 
warranted to contain all their original organic matter—no 
burned or calcined bones are used, and it is sold under a guar¬ 
anty from the manufacturers that it is free from adulteration. 
C5T*Lnst season the demand for this manure exceeded that 
of any former one, and with few exceptions the results have 
been highly favorable. No pains will be spared to maintain 
its standard of popularity. £gr*SEND in your orders early. 
I*rice, $46 per 2,000 lbs., Cash. 
RHODES SUPER-PHOSPHATE, 
THE STANDARD MANURE. 
Prepared from Bones treated with Sulphuric Acid, uniform 
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OATS, CORN, TOBACCO, AND ROOT CULTURS, 
ALSO TOP-DRESSING ON THE GROWING WHEAT. 
“RHODF1S”’—the long established MANURE in the Amer¬ 
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be excelled for the above seasonable crons. 
Our usual large stock now ready for deliver}’-. Dealers and 
farmers apply to HENRY E. MORING, General Agent, 
97 Pearl-st., near Hanover Square, New-York. 
Or B. M. RHODES & CO., 
82 South-st., Bowly’s Wharf, Baltimore, Md. 
COE’S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. 
Pure Bone Dust. 
The exhorbitant price of Peruvian Guano, makes these the 
cheapest and best fertilizers which the farmers can use. 
OTHER FERTILIZERS OF ALL KINDS. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
New-York Agricultural Warehouse aud Seed Store, 
189 & 191 Water-st., New-York. 
H OYT’S AMMONIATED BONE SUPERPHOS¬ 
PHATE OF LIME. A Substitute for Peruvian Guano. 
Sold at wholesale aud retail by 
GRIFFING. BROTHER & CO., 
60 Courtlandt-st., New-York 
100,000 BARRELS 
OF THE 
LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY’S 
FOR SALE BY 
JAMES T. FOSTER, 
66 COURTLANDT-ST., 
NEW-YORK. 
In lots to suit purchasers. This Company have the largest 
capital and factory of the kind in the world, and possess the 
best facilities for manufacturing the night soil of New-York 
City, for which they have the exclusive contract, into a dry, 
inodorous, but powerful manure—superior to any other fer¬ 
tilizer in market, taking cost and yield into consideration. 
Price $1.60 per barrel, free from cartage, for any quantity 
over 7 barrels—or only $16 por ton. 
Beware of spurious imitations, put up in barrels to ro 
resemble this Company’s brand. 
Attention is called to the following letter from a farm or: 
Farmington, N. II., October 9,1862. 
James R. Dey, Esq., President Lodi Manufacturing Co. 
For several years past I have used as a fertilizer, the Lodi 
Manufacturing Co.’s Poudrette. I commenced in 1859. I 
then had a tenant carrying on my farm upon shares. He 
agreed to use such artificial means as I should furnish free 
of expense to him, but he had but little faith in anything but 
barn-yard manure. I purchased some Poudrette. He took 
it from the freight-house; opened it; came to me with eyes 
wide open, and said, “you have got cheated, this stuff 
is nothing but dirt.’’ I told him, “I supposed I had: it 
was nothing new; I was in the habit of getting cheated, but 
as it cost him nothing, I wanted him to use it. 
We had a piec£ of poor, sandy loam land, which he plant¬ 
ed with potatoes, without manure. He put Poudrette in the 
Mils eignt rows, then omitted eight rows, and then put lime 
in the hill, as he had a mind to try that. 
The result was, that where the Poudrette was put, thepo- 
tatoes came up three or four days before the others. The 
tops were twice the size during the season, and at harvest¬ 
ing we measured two lots of each, one of which the Poudrette 
gave twice the quantity of potatoes, and the other in the 
proportion of five to three. 
The lime had no perceptible effect. 
We had apiece of corn land, sandy loam, (my tillage land 
Is sandy and gravelly loam,) the corn had a liberal dressing, 
say ten cords of barn dung to the acre, spread upon grass 
land, a part ploughed in the fall before, the balance in the 
spring. The tenant prepared a compost to put in the hill, a 
mixture of night soil, hog manure and loam well mixed, se¬ 
veral times shovelled over, and well incorporated together. 
This was put in the hill. In eight rows through the middle 
of the piece, this was omitted and Poudrette was substituted 
instead. The result was, the Poudrette brought the corn up 
sooner, of a better color, and at the end of two weeks after 
it came up, nearly twice as large, and it maintained it a 
head and shoulder above the other during the season. At 
liarvesting, we measured the corn, and whore we got five 
bushels with the compost, we had 6ix bushels with the 
Poudrette. 
This satisfied me, and convinced my unbelieving tenant 
that it was something besides dirt. I have used it with 
whatever I plant ever since, and shall continue to do so, as 
long as it maintains its character, and is furnished at reason¬ 
able prices. We sometimes think we save an entire crop of 
corn bv the use of Poudrette, in case of early frost, as it 
brings The crop to maturity at least a week earlier. 
There has been an increasing demand here since it has 
been introduced, and from my own observation, and the in¬ 
formation of others, I think it does as well on upland soils, 
as upon sandy loam. I have not been so particular since, my 
first experiment, but every year 1 left a lew rows so as to be 
sure that it maintains its character. The present year there 
is a very marked difference in the appearance of a few rows 
left without the Poudrette, in a piece of corn not yet har¬ 
vested. The appearance of your Poudrette to one not ac¬ 
customed to it, is not very flattering. I will relate an anec¬ 
dote on this point. In 1860 I prevailed upon a neighbor to 
try a couple of barrels, for which, I think, he paid me $4.20. 
He informed me afterwards, that he took it into his field all 
alone, and opened it: said lie, I said to myself. If some one 
will come along and give me a dollar, lie shall have both 
barrels. No one coming along, he tried it, and has used it 
every season since, and thinks very highly of its fertilizing 
qualities. Some of my neighbors have said to me, that they 
thought it had been worth to them $5 per barrel. I have used 
other fertilizers, such as Guano, Superphosphate, &c., most 
of which are beneficial, but none come fairly up to the Pou- 
drette. One particular advantage Poudrette has over other 
fertilizers is, that the smell is not offensive, and it will not 
kill the seed. 
And again, it is not 60 expensive. My method is, to put 
it in the hill with THE seed. A quart by measure is 
ample for ten hills, at which rate a barrel will manure a thou¬ 
sand hills. I have known it to do well when a less quantity 
wasused. I think nothing else should he put with it. It is 
a light matter to put it in the hill with the hand, ns a person 
can drop it faster than a boy can drop corn. And it does 
not require the large hole necessary to put in dung or com¬ 
post, and is a protection against the wire worm. 
Respectfully yours, 
GEO. L. WHITEHOUSE. 
The Company’s pamphlet, containing directions for use 
and other valuable information, will be sent free to any one 
applying for the 6ame. Address 
J. T. FOSTER, 
Care of the Lodi Manufacturing Co. 
