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The Farmer’s Encyclopaedia, 
I N one volume, royal octavo, 1165 pages, beautifully bound ; 
containing 17 fine plates, and numerous wood cuts. Edited by 
Gouverneur Emerson. A standard work of reference upon all 
subjects connected with farming and country life. 
“ Of all the Agricultural works that have been lately published, 
this appears the most likely to be of real service to the practical 
farmer.”— Central New-York Farmer. 
41 It is a mine of wealth—no farmer should be without this truly 
valuable book.”— Burlington Gazette. 
Sold by Carey & Hart, Philadelphia; C. M. Saxton and John 
Wile’y, New-York ; Luther Tucker, and W. C. Little, Albany," 
Derby & Co., Buffalo ; W. D. Ticknor & Co., and B- B. Mussey, 
Boston ; W. H. Derby & Co., and Ely & Campbell, Cincinnati ; 
Whiting - & Huntingdon, Columbus ; Norton A Beckwith, Louis¬ 
ville, Ky; J. B. Steel, and Woodbridge & Co., New Orleans ; M. 
Boullemet, Mobile ; W. D. Skillman, St. Louis; N. Hickman, Bal¬ 
timore ; A. Morris, Richmond , Va.; II. D. Turner, Raleigh , N. C.; 
F. Taylor, Washington , D C. 
July 1, 1849.—It. 
I. T. Grant & Co.’s 
PATENT FAN MILLS AND CRADLES 
YJtTE continue to manufacture these celebrated Mills and Cradles. 
’’ They have been awarded six first premiums at the New 
York State Fairs, and at the great American Institute in New 
York, and several County Fairs, always taking the first premium 
over all other mills. The manufacturers feel confident, therefore, 
in offering these mills to the public, that they are the best in use. 
During the year 1847 they were introduced into England, by Mr. 
Slocum, of Syracuse. They were very favorably noticed by the 
English papers; and from a communication of Mr. S.’s, published 
in the Transactions of the N. Y. State Ag. Society, for 1S47, it 
will be seen that they were tried by several large farmers, and 
highly approved. One farmer, it is stated, set aside an almost new 
winnowing machine, for which he paid £18, ($90) and used 
Grant’s for cleaning a crop of 300 qrs. (2,700 bushels) of wheat, 
and several hundred bushels of mustard seed. We have lately 
made some valuable improvements in the article, though the price 
remains the same as before. 
Our fans are extensively used and highly approved at the south, 
for cleaning rice. We are permitted to make the following ex¬ 
tracts from letters received from Hon J R Poinsett, of South Ca¬ 
rolina:— 41 The fan you sent last summer, [1848] has been success¬ 
fully used to clean dirty rice, and winnow that from the threshing 
floor. It answers every purpose.” In relation to another of our 
fans, he writes, (April 23, ’49.)— 44 Both this and the first mill you 
sent, work very well; and the last, which is the largest that can 
be well worked by a man, cleans the dirty rice perfectly, and is 
altogether the best wind-fan I ever used for that purpose.” 
Our Cradles have taken the first premiums at two New York 
State Fairs, and are considered the best in use. 
The great encouragement we have received from dealers and 
agriculturists, has induced us to greatly enlarge our business, and 
we hope by strict attention, to merit a further patronage. 
Orders will be thankfully received, and receive prompt atten¬ 
tion. 
I. T. GRANT & CO. 
Junction P. O.j Reas. Co., 8 miles north of Troy. 
May 1 3 1849.—5t. eom. 
Chemical Manure 
Manufactured by “ the George Bommer New-York Manure Co.” 
T HIS manure is made chiefly of Fecal Matter from the sinks, 
in which is mixed a small portion of substances that are of 
themselves, powerful agents of vegetation, and possess the virtue to 
fix and retain the ammoniacal gas of the matter. 
The great desideratum of the agriculturist has always been, to 
find out some process by which excrements might be solidified 
quickly, and all their fertilizing properties so strongly retained, 
that the manure may dissolve slowly and in proportion to the re¬ 
quirements of the plants, and therefore produce its effects for a 
time equal to that of farm manure 
This process was at length discovered by the French Chemists, 
and is now carried out with complete success in more than sixty 
of the large cities of France, where such manure factories are in 
full operation. 
The 44 G. B. N. Y. M. C.” has established a Factory on an ex¬ 
tensive scale near the city of New York, in which they manufac¬ 
ture this kind of manure, and as the fecal matter can be obtained 
in this country at less expense than in France, the manure will 
not only be made stronger, but will be sold at a price less than in 
the French cities, this price being so established as to afford only 
the reasonable remuneration to which we are honestly entitled, 
the more so, as its manufacture is not of the most agreeable kind, 
and withal, troublesome and laborious. 
The manufacturing department is under the special charge of 
George Bommer, Esq., who has a perfect scientific and practical 
knowledge of manure matters generally; and the company has 
established a standard for the strength of its manure, from which 
it is intended not to deviate, so that its customers may at all times 
be furnished with an article really worth what they pay for it. 
Our manure is an inodorous grain, and as the substances from 
which it is made contain of themselves all the elements necessary 
to the fertilization of the soil and growth of plants, it is extremely 
well adapted to such purposes. 
To manure an acre highly, it requires 12 to 15 barrels, or 36 to 
45 bushels spread broadcast. Applied in hills, half of the quantity 
will suffice. Its .application is simple and easy, and printed in¬ 
structions for its use will accompany each parcel sent to order. 
We desire it to be remembered, that our manure has no similar- 
'ity to another known under the name of “ poudrette,” although 
the principal component of ours (the fecal matter) is the same as 
that which is used in the poudrette, in a much less proportion; our 
auxiliary substances, as well as our manufacturing processes are 
altogether of a different nature and kind. 
It belongs not to us to eulogise further, the quality of our ma¬ 
nure ; what we desire at present is, to call upon the members of 
the agricultural community, to try it! and we have reason to assure 
them, that they will find it the most profitable manure they have ever 
PRICES , TAKEN AT THE FACTORY: 
37£ cents per bushel, without package ; 
50 cents per'bushel, packed in Barrels, or 
$1.50 per Barrel, package included. 
Orders addressed to the above Company, at their office, 72 
Greenwich St., New-York, will be promptly attended to. 
By order of the Board of Trustees, 
New-York. Jan.,1849.—tf GEO. BOMMER, Director. 
[O^The factory will be in full operation early in the spring, and 
manure can be had in April next, and at any time afterwards. 
John Mayher & Co. 
United States Agricultural Warehouse , 195 Front , one door south of 
Fulton Street , New-York City , 
W HERE they have for sale over 200 different patterns and sizes 
of Plows, of the most approved kinds, and suitable for all kinds 
of soil, together with the most extensive assortment of Agricultural 
Implements ever offered for sale in the city of New York, which 
will be sold at lower prices than they can be obtained at any other 
establishment. Purchasers will do well to call and examine their 
stock before purchasing elsewhere. Among the plows advertised 
will be found J. Mayher & Co’s celebrated and unequalled First 
Premium Eagle D. Plow, without doubt the best and cheapest plow 
to be had in the United States. 
N. B. Castings of all kinds made to order. 
New-York, Oct. 1, 1848.—tf. 
Agricultural Books, 
Of all kinds, for sale at the office of The Cultivator. 
