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and was used for painting. The paint would not dry, 
and unless some better drier than any now known can 
be found, it is useless for that purpose. Some was 
burned in lamps, in Zanesville, we know. While burn¬ 
ing it gave out a large quantity of gas, similar to 
that of charcoal, deleterious to life and health. It is 
totally unfit for burning, in a close apartment. Some 
was used for oiling machinery, but it was condemned 
even for that purpose, The seeds afford a large quan¬ 
tity of oil, but so inferior for all purposes, that its ma¬ 
nufacture should not be encouraged.” 
Large Dairy. —Col. Judah Pierce, of Truxton, 
Cortland county, N. Y., keeps 140 cows, and made in 
1848, seventeen tons of cheese. Who made more from 
the same number of cows? 
Profits of dairying. —The Ohio Cultivator states 
that Orrin Wilson, of Huntsburgh, Geauga Co., Ohio, 
realised from 17 cows, the past season, the sum of $606, 
equal to $34.64 cts. to each cow. The calves sold 
and the hogs fattened from the waste of the dairy, are 
not included in the above amount. Cheese was the 
principal article, but the quantity made or the price 
obtained, are not mentioned. 
Prices of Agricultural Products. 
New-York, January 18, 1849. 
FLOUR—Genesee, per bbl., $5.75a$5.87■ —Michigan, $5.69. 
GRAIN—Wheat, per bush., $1.10a$1.12|—Corn, Northern, 67c 
Southern, 59a61c.—Rye, 65a67e.—Barley, 64/65c.—Oats, 42a44c. 
BUTTER—best, per lb., 19a21c.—western dairy, 15al8c. 
CHEESE—per lb., Q}a7c. 
BEEF—Mess, per bbl., $11.5Q«12—Prime, $7.60a$8.25. 
PORK—Mess, per bbl., new, $15.75a$16—Prime, $13.50a$14. 
LARD—per lb., 7aSc. 
HAMS—Smoked, per lb., 7a9c. 
HEMP—American dew-rotted, per ton, $1557160. 
TOBACCO—per lb., Kentucky, 2£a7. 
COTTON—Upland and Florida, per lb., 6|a7|—New Orleans 
and Alabama, 6fa7jjc. 
WOOL—(Boston prices) Prime or Saxon fleeces, per lb., 35a 
Selling Oft. 
T TNNJEAN BOTANIC GARDEN AND NURSERY, late of 
Wm. Prince, deceased. Flushing, L I, near New-York. 
Winter Sc Co., Proprietors. 
In consequence of the decease of the Junior and of the advan¬ 
ced age of the surviving partner, the entire stock of this establish¬ 
ment, comprising every description, including the newest and 
choicest varieties, of 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, 
Shrubs, Vines, Plants, Roses, Sec., will be disposed of at very re¬ 
duced prices, in order to close the business as speedily as possible. 
Orders accompanied with the cash, to the amount of ten dol¬ 
lars, or upwards, will be supplied at a reduction of 25 per cent 
from the usual prices. 
Nurserymen, Venders, and others, wishing to purchase by 
wholesale, will be supplied at such reduced prices, according to 
kind and quantity, as will probably prove satisfactory to them. 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES gratis, on application, post 
paid. Feb. 1.—2t. 
A Good Book Coming! 
allen’s compend of American agriculture. 
D L. ALLEN, Esq., author of the popular work, entiiled “Do- 
JL1, mestic Animals, their Diseases and Remedies,” of which 
thirteen editions have been published in 12 months, has, after 
years of practical experience and close investigation, completed 
his GREAT WORK OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE, illus¬ 
trated by about 100 engravings. The work will be bound hand¬ 
somely and substantially in cloth, and furnished at One Dollar, sin¬ 
gle copies, and can be sent by mail to any part of the United 
States. 
This work, we most fully believe, is destined to have a more 
widely extended circulation than any work of the kind heretofore 
published. Mr. Allen, knowing the wants of the community, has 
met those wants in a plain, concise and familiar manner, and has 
made a work intelligible to ALL. It will be a book for 
THE WHOLE PEOPLE, 
and will be published about the 10th of February. Its cheapness 
will cause a large sale, and it will be a 
BOOK FOR EVERYBODY, 
As well for the man who consumes the products of the earth, as 
for him who raises them. 
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AGENTS, 
Active, intelligent and honest, are wanted to sell this hook, in 
every State in the Union. A cash capital of from $25 to $50 will 
be necessary. Address, (post paid) C. M. SAXTON 
Feb. 1.—It. ’ 121 Fulton St., New-York. 
American full blood Merino,................. 31a33c 
“ half blood do., ... ... 26a29c 
one-fourth blood and common,..... 24a26c 
Agency lor Patents, Washington, D« C. 
T^ENAS C. ROBBINS, Mechanical Engineer and Solicitor 
^ for Patents, will prepare the necessary Drawings and Pa¬ 
pers for Applicants for Patents, and transact all other business in 
the Hue of his profession at the Patent Office. He can be consult¬ 
ed on all questions relating to the Patent Laws and decisions in the 
United States or Europe. He will procure rehearmgson rejected 
applications for Patents, discover and point out the novel features 
—if there be any—prepare new pape rs, and obtain Patents in all 
cases where there is any novelty involved. Persons at a distance, 
desirous of having examinations made at the Patent Office, prior 
to making application for a Patent, may forward (post paid.) en¬ 
closing a fee of five dollars, a clear statement of their case, when 
immediate attention will be given to it. and all the information 
that could be obtained by a visit of the applicant in person, rela¬ 
ting to the novelty of their invention, and the requisite steps to be 
taken to obtain a patent therefor—should it prove new—will be 
promptly forwarded to them by mail. 
All letters on business must be post paid, and enclose a suitable 
fee, where a written opinion is required. 
Office on F Street, opposite the Patent Office. 
He has the honor of referring, by permission, to— 
Hon. II. L. Ellsworth, late Commissioner of Patents, 
“ Willis Hall, New York, 
And to the following testimonial from the Hon. Commissioner of 
Patents : 
Washington, November 28, 1848. 
To all whom it may concern: 
During the time I have filled the office of Commissioner of Pa¬ 
tents, and for some time previous, Zen as C. Robbins, Esq., has 
followed the business of Patent Solicitor in this city, and has been 
in the daily prosecution of business in the line of his profession at 
the Patent Office. 
I am well acquainted with Mr. Robbins personally, and believe 
him to be a man of integrity and ability, to whom persons at a dis¬ 
tance may safely entrust their business. I am pleased to have the 
opportunity to say that he is faithful to the interests of his clients, 
and has been, thus far, vary successful in the practice of his pro¬ 
fession. EDMUND BURKE. 
Feb. 1.—It. 
Agricultural Books, 
Of all kinds, for sale at the office of The Cultivator. 
To Nurserymen, Orchardists and Gardeners. 
THE subscriber offers for sale at his nurseries, Plymouth, Mass., 
the following stocks, suitable for budding in the summer, and 
grafting in the spring : Pear, Quince, Cherry, Plum, Apple, 
Dwarf do (Paradise,) Dwarf Cherry, (Mahaleb.) Also, the follow¬ 
ing ornamental stocks, 2 to 4 ft. and stout: Mountain Ash, Hawthorn 
Ash, Elm, Spanish Chestnut, Norway Maple, Sweet Briar, Lime, 
Larch, Scotch fir, (2 ft.) Silver fir, (1 ft.) Norway fir, (1 ft.) Arbor 
Vitae, (15 in.) Balsam fir. (6 in.) Cedar of Lebanon, Araucaria ira- 
bricata, Red Cedar, Deodar Cedar, Chinese arbor vitae, Lucombe 
oak, Scarlet oak, Althaeas, Double hawthorn, (6 ft.) Copper leaved 
Fern leaved and Purple Beeches, Japan Pear, (white and crim¬ 
son,) Deutzia Scabra, Spircea Lindleyana. Clias. Xth, and other 
lilacs, Virgilia Lutea; Roses in great variety; Honeysuckles, 
Wistaria Sinensis, and other climbers. Clematis flammula, azurea 
and Sieboldii, Ac., Sec., Sec.. 50 Select Pears, standard and dwarf, 
fine trees 2 to 4 years from bud, and well branched, including the 
very best sorts. Red Antwerp, Fastolff. Franconia and River’s 
new large fruited monthly raspberries. Cherry (new,) May’s Vic¬ 
toria (new.) Knight’s Large Red, White Crystal, and other cur¬ 
rants. Gooseberries. Isaoelki, Catawba, and Black Hamburgh 
grapes. Also, in pots, Verbenas in 30 select varieties, including 
Gem ? Othello, Suzette, Eximia, Susanna, Exquisite, Eclipse, See 
Dahlias, including the new fancy sorts. 
Descriptive priced lists sent to post paid applicants. 
Feb. 1—4t. B. M. WATSON. 
Poudrette* 
'THE LODI MANUFACTNRING CO., offer their new and im- 
proved Poudrette, for sale at their usual rates:—1 bbl. $2—3 
bbls $5, and $1.50 per bbl. for any quantity over 7 bbls.. deliver¬ 
ed free of expense on board of vessel in New-York. At the Fac¬ 
tory, where vessels drawing 8 feet water can come, it will be sold 
at 25 cents per bushel. 
The expense per acre in manuring corn with Poudrette, will 
amount to about $4, calculating 25 cents per bbl. freight, and all 
the necessary labor included. On land previously manured, or on 
good sward land, one gill to the hill is sufficient—on poor ground, 
a good crop can be raised by one gill at planting, and one at the 
last hoeing. The cost of the labor alone in manuring corn in the 
hill with barn yard manure, will amount to more than the first cost 
of the Poudrette, with freight and all charges added ; and the ef¬ 
fects of Poudrette are quicker, more vigorous, and the corn reach¬ 
es maturity earlier. A fair trial, however small, is respectfully so¬ 
licited. 
Apply, if by letter, post paid, to The Lodi Manufacturing Co., 
51 Liberty st.. New-York. 
Feb. 1.—3t. 
