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THE CULTIVATOR. July, 
Contents of this Number. 
Peruvian Guano. 
Improvement of Lands by Green Manuring, by F. Hol¬ 
brook, ...... 
Action of Lime,.... 
Charcoal and Peat,... 
Management of Grass Lands,. ... 
Wood’s Improvement of the Plow, by Phoebe and Sylvia 
Ann Wood,....... 
Study of the Natural Sciences, by Wm. Bacon,. 
Comparative Profits of Free and Slave Labor, by A North¬ 
erner,... 
Agriculture of Seneca County, N. Y.,. 
Tne Queen Bee,. 
Care of Fruit Trees— Budding Cherries—Summer Pruning 
Hardy Grapes,. 
Grafted and Budded Young Trees—Increased culture of 
Fine Fruit—Layering Grapes—The Peach Crop—Utility 
of Birds. Cherries, . 
Time for Transplanting Evergreens—Clean Culture—Accu¬ 
racy among nurserymen—Orchard of E. Phiimey, Esq., 
by S. W —The Scarlet Flowering Currant,.. . 
The Horse “ Morgan Hunter,”—Pasterns of the Horse,... 
The Curassow—Profits of Poultry, by J. FI Ball,. 
Cure for Heaves—Important to Dairymen, by M. S. Bai¬ 
ley—N eurotomy—Warts, ... 
Coons’ Patent Drilling Machine—Potatoes vs. Corn, by A 
K—The Farmer’s Vocation, by W. L. Eaton,. 
Driving Swine, by S. Edwd’s Todd—A Cu.tivaior and The 
Cultivator, by Dean,. 
Transmutation—No Protection to Crows, by S. B. Buckley, 
Catching Red Squirrels, by Sportsman—P reserva.ion of 
Grain,... 
English Turneps—Cement for Cellars, by W. S —Wire 
Pences, by S. W.—Sheltering Sheep, by E. Hai.ley,- .. 
Legislative aid to Agriculture by Lotan Smith—A giicul- 
tural Chemistry,... 
Insect in Cherry Trees, by Wm. Wanzer—D ung of Poul¬ 
try—Glass Varnish— Coffee a disinfectant,.. 
Notices of New Publications.—Answers to Correspondents! 
-Agricultural Shows—Cranberries,.j 
Notes for the Mouth,.. 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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Fig. 59—Budding Cherries,. 213 
60— Grafting and Budding Trees,. 214 
61— Layering Grapes, . 214 
62— Morgan Hunter,. 216 
63— Crested Curassow,. 217 
64— Galleated Curassow,. 217 
65— Coon’s Patent Drilling Machine,. 219 
WHEELER S' PATENT IMPROVED PORTABLE 
Railroad Horse Rower, Thrasher & Separator. 
H’HE advantages of the above horse powers are—1. They pc- 
-1 cupy but little more space than a single horse. 2. They can. 
be moved by the weight of the horse only, by placing them at an 
angle of 10 or 15 degrees. 3 They are comparatively light and 
portable, and can be easily transported. 4. They are simply con 
structed, not liable to get out of order, and move with little fric¬ 
tion, the revolving plane gearing without any complex or interme¬ 
diate wheels, directly into the pinion upon the shaft on which the 
pully belt runs. 
The Threshers consist of a small spiked cylinder with a con¬ 
cave plane over it, and a level feeding table. There are several 
improvements in the overshot thresher. 1. Th admit of a level 
table for feeding, thus enabling the tenders to stand erect, and con¬ 
trol the motion of the horse and machine by means of a brake, by 
which accidents are avoided. 2 In consequence of the spikes 
lifting the straw and do.ng the work on the top, heavy substances 
such as stones, blocks, &c., drop at the end of the table, and are 
•not carried between the spikes, by which they and the machine 
are broken 3. The overshot cylinder does not scatter the grain, 
but throws it within three feet of the machine. 4. This arrange¬ 
ment also admits of attaching a separator high enough from the 
floor or ground to allow all the grain to fail through it, while the 
straw is deposited by itself in the best condition for binding. 5. 
Neither grain nor straw are broken by this machine. 6. Tiie cy¬ 
linder is longer, -which admits of faster and more advantageous 
feeding; it is smaller and with fewer teeth than ordinary thresh¬ 
ers, thus admitting of more rapid motion and faster work with less 
power; and the diminution of teeth in the cylinder, is fully made 
up by those in the concave, which is stationary. 7. The separa¬ 
tor is a great advantage in diminishing the labor of raking out the 
straw, as it leaves the grain in the best condition for the fanning 
mill. Three men. with a single Power, can thresh from 75 to 100 
bushels of wheat or rye ; or four men with a double Power, 175 
to 225 bushels of wheat or rye, or double that quantity of oats or 
buckwheat, per day. All the above are compact and can he car¬ 
ried where wanted complete, or they may be readily taken apart 
and packed for distant transportation by a wagon or otherwise. 
Price of single Power,. $80 
Thresher,... . . 23 
“ S parator an 1 fixtures,. 7 
“ Bands for Driving, etc.,. 5 
“ u Saw mill, complete and in running order, 35 
The price of the double power, thresher, separator, Sec., com¬ 
plete, is $145, including rights of using. The above are sold sin¬ 
gly or together, as desired. 
The above power is warranted to work well and give satisfac¬ 
tion. A. B. ALLEN & CO. 
July 1—It. 189 Sc 191 Water street, New York, 
J UST arrived from the Chinche Islands, 730 tons first quality 
Peruvian Guano. Six years’ of experience in the use of this 
guano by our farmers and gardeners, in the States bordering the 
Atlantic coast, has proved it far superior to any other, and the 
cheapest manure they can purchase. Jt is particu.arly valuable for 
wheat and other winter grain, grass, and in fact, all crops grown. 
A. B. ALLEN & (JO., 
July 1—2t. 189 & 191 Water street, New York. 
Wheeler’s Patent Horse Power and Threshing 
Machines. 
T’FIE attention of farmers is called to the following extract from 
x the pen of J. N. Rottiers, Esq., of Lafargeville, N. Y., June 
8, 1849, it being one of the numerous communications received, 
concerning the utility of the above celebrated machines :— 
“Dear >ir—Wheeler’s Threshing Machine, Power, &c , which I 
purchased of you, has proven satisfactory in every respect. The 
fact is, the whole of the machine is an admirable simple contri¬ 
vance, and that any improvement lias been made in it, would seem 
incredible to me, if I had not your word for it. 
Practically a farmer, I have used these fourteen years, a great 
variety of threshing machines, horse powers, Sec., but with none 
am I so well satisfied as with this which I purchased 2 years since. 
One year more, and mine will have paid for itself, and then I 
would not take two hundred, dollars for it, and do without another 
like it. 
With a change of horses, and men enough to take away or staek 
the straw, 1 believe I can thresh as much per day as with any large 
Six Horse Power machine, and with as much ease for the team. 
But we do not want all the neighbors to help thresh—as three of 
us and two horses generally thresh from ten to twelve hundred 
sheaves per day, besides taking care of a large stock of cattle, 
See.. See. 
It is in fact the very machine which should stand upon the barn, 
floor of every farmer, or Where the farm is not large enough, two 
or more farmers should join, and own one together. Change 
works, and do their own threshing. 
Wishing that it should be generally known as a benefit in time, 
labor and economy, I have on all occasions deemed it a pleasure 
to speak in its praise, and several of my neighbors say they shall 
purchase them.” 
The question is frequently asked—Why is not a cleaner attached 
to Wheeler’s 'Thresher ? In answer to ihis question, I will give 
the reasons, as expressed by an extensive grain grower who has 
used nearly ali kinds of threshing machines, cleaners, &c. 
1st. Because the original cost of this Horse Power, Thresher and 
Separator, together with one of Grain’s largest and best fan-mills, 
is from seventy to one hundred dollars less than any good clean¬ 
er and thresher combined can be obtained for. 
2d. Because, when purchased separate, they can be used sepa¬ 
rately, are more portable, simple, and durable ; aiso, the fan-mill 
is, adapted for cleaning all kinds of grain and grass seeds, and the 
Thresher for threshing clover and timothy. „ 
3d. Because of the great simplicity and reduced friction of ma¬ 
chinery, less power is required, no driver is needed,“fewer men are 
necessary to attend to the whole operation, to do the same amount 
of work, than when the cleaner is combined with the thresher. 
4th. Because less grain is wasted—as the fan-mill, when driven 
direct from the power is more steady, and cleans perfectly with 
ouce going through—while, when the cleaner is combined, it de¬ 
rives its motion from the cylinder, which is always varying its 
speed as the feeder presses fast or slow, consequently blowing away 
grain with the straw and chaff at one moment, and leaving it half 
cleaned from the chaff the next—requiring, nine cases in ten, ano¬ 
ther operation by a fan-mill to prepare it for market. 
5th. Because the expense of threshing is much reduced by the 
great simplicity of these machines, and all can be managed by the 
hands usually about the farm ; and in stormy weaiher, all can be 
operated inside of barns, when the laborers and teams could do lit¬ 
tle out of doors to advantage. 
For terms, prices, descriptions, See., see agricultural papers for 
1847, 1848, and 1849, also descriptive catalogues of Albany Agri¬ 
cultural Warehouse and Seed Store, furnished gratis at No. 369 
and 371 Broadway, Albany, N. Y., by 
July 1, 1849. HORACE L EMERY. 
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