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THE CULTIVATOR, 
Sept, 
Contents of this Number. 
Nutritive Properties of the Apple,..... 
Foreign and Domestic Wool, by H. C. Meriam, .. 
Sheep Husbandry of Washing ton county, N. Y.,. 
History of Short Horned Cattle,.. 
On the Importance of extended Chemical Investigations by 
Prof. J. P. Norton, .... 
On Plows and Plowing, by F. Holbrook,...... 
Chapin’s Portable Cider Mill and Press—Brown’s Coupling 
for Pipes and Hose,..... 
The Potatoe Disease, by C. E. G........ 
Irrigation of Gardens—Striped Bugs—American Pomologieal 
Congress—The Michigan or Prairie Rose, by D. T.,. 
Belle Magnifique Cherry, and Native Fowers, by D. T.—The 
Cherry Bird—To Winter Bourbon Roses,..... 
Cutting off Leaves of Plants and Yirgilialutea, by D. T.—Cor¬ 
rections of last Number—Rose Cuttings—Domestic 
Economy, Recipes, Ac.,................. 
Review of Downing’s Country Houses,... 
Notes on Farming in Ohio, by J. R. Ho ward—C rops in Seneca 
Co., Ac., by J. Johnston, .... 
The Power of Steam—The Food of Plants,.... 
Water for Irrigation—Cultivating Stiff Soil,..... 
Pipes for Water, by R. A. Hutchinson—P reserving Corn 
from Worms, by N. Agabd—B reeding Animals,.. 
Emery’s New Thresher and Cleaner—Culture of Wheat— 
Viewing Farms,....... 
New-York State Fair—Answers to Correspondents,... 
Monthly Notices—To Correspondents, &c.,..... 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
at the Nursery of J. J. THOMAS, Macedon, N. Y. 
■jyTOST of the Trees are oflarge, handsome, and thrifty growth, and 
they embrace careful selections of the best sorts of Apples, 
Peaches, Pears, Cherries, Apricots, Ac., with the smaller fruits. 
When purchasers desire, selections will be made by the proprietor, 
so as to afford a regular succession of the best varieties throughout 
the season; and all may be relied on as strictly true to their names, 
the proprietor having for the past fifteen years invariably adhered to 
the rule of selling none but THOROUGHLY PROVED sorts. 
A carefully assorted collection of hardy Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 
and Herbaceous Perennial Plants, furnished at moderate prices. 
Trees for canal and railroad well packed in bundles, enclosed in 
strong mats, with roots mudded and encased in wet moss, so as to 
preclude all danger of injury. 
All communications, post-paid, to be directed Macedon. Wayne 
Co., N. Y. Sept. 1—3t. 
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To Nurserymen, Dealers, and others. 
r FHE subscriber offers for sale at the American Botanic Garden and 
Nursery , Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., (4£ miles northwest of 
Waterloo, on the Vienna road):— 
20,000 American Balsam Fir. 
10,000 Spruce, Red, White, &c. 
Also various other Native and Foreign Trees, Shrubs and 
Herbaceous Plants, together with a choice selection of Fruit Trees. 
Native Trees and Plants to order. 
Orders promptly executed, and Trees and Plants packed for safe 
transportation to any part of the United States, Canada and Europe. 
Sept. 1—2t. W. S. DELL 
Fig. 195, 196—Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co.’s New Stubble 
and Sward Plows,...} 
197—Chapin’s Portable Cider Mill and Press,. 299 
198 199—Brown’s Coupling for Pipes and Hose,. 299 
200— View of Floral Hall at Syracuse,.. 304 
201— A Bracketed Farm House,.. 305 
202 203—-First and Second Floors of same, ... 306 
204—Emery’s New Thresher and Cleaner, ’... 312 
Commercial Garden and Nursery of 
PARSONS A CO., 
Flushing , near New- York. 
rpuE proprietors of this establishment offer for sale their usual 
assortment of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses, 
Ac. 
Their stock of Apples and Pears is finer than they have before of¬ 
fered. Also Pears on Quince, of their own growing. 
The Ornamental department contains the usual well known varie¬ 
ties, and all the best new Trees and Shurbs, for lawns and arboretums. 
including the new Pines, Araucaria Imbricata, Cryptomeria 
Japouica, with Cedar of Lebanon, atone to two dollars each; and 
Cedrus Deodara, of various sizes, at one dollar per foot. 
Catalogues furnished gratis on application by mail. Sept. 1—2t. 
Great Sale of Fruits at Auction. 
The Whole Stock of a Nursery to be Sold at Auction , Sept. 20th, 1850. 
npHE Proprietors of the LAKE ERIE NURSERY, Cleveland, 
-1- Ohio, being about to make a change in their business, will sell 
their entire stock of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, 
&c. &c., at Public Auction, and without reserve, on the 9th and 
10th days of October 
The collection embraces all the choice leading, and new varieties 
of Fruits, rare Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Ac., and in extent of 
variety and correctness to name, is probably surpassed by no Nur¬ 
sery at the West. 
The stock of Pears on free stocks, and dwarfed on Quince, is 
very good, and also Cherries, Apples, Peaches, Plums, Grapes, 
Quinces, Currants, Raspberries, Ac., See. 
Among the Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, there are plants from 
one year’s growth to an extra size, and the stocks of Mountain Ash, 
Scotch Larch, Deciduous Cypress, Norway and Silver Maples, Eu¬ 
ropean Lindens, Horse Chestnuts, Kentucky Coffee Trees, Garland 
Deutzia, Daphne Mezereon, Monthly Chinese Evergreens, and 
Tree Honeysuckles, &c., See., are especially good. 
The stock of Evergreens is large, and most of them having been 
twice transplanted, they are in an excellent condition to be removed. 
The sale will be made in lots of from 10 to 100 trees or plants in 
each lot. The correctness of varieties may be relied upon, and 
purchasers can have the privilege of removing their trees at any 
time previous to the 20th of May, 1851. 
The purchaser can dig and remove his trees himself, or the pro¬ 
prietors will do it for him, charging him the usual price of pack¬ 
ing, &c. . 
The terms of sale, unless otherwise agreed upon with individuals 
Will be as follows— 
For all sums under Twenty Dollars, cash. 
Over Twenty and under Fifty, 30 days. 
Over Fifty and under One Hundred, 4 months. 
Over One Hundred, six months, approved Notes payable at Bank. 
Catalogues will be issued about the 15th of August, which we 
shall take pleasure in forwarding to any persons who may desire. 
All communications of enquiry, &c., addressed to the subscribers 
will meet prompt attention. ELLIOTT & CO., 
Sept. 1—It Lake Erie Nursery, Cleveland, O. 
Allen’s Improved Portable 
Railroad Horse Power, Thresher and Separator . 
f'FHE advantages of the above horse powers are—1. They occupy 
■f but little more space than a horse. 2. They can be moved by 
the weight of the horse only, by placing the machine at an angle of 
10 or 15 degiees. 3. They are easily transported, simply construct¬ 
ed, not liable to get out of order, and move with little friction. 
The Overshot Threshers consist of a small spiked cylinder with a 
concave top, and possess these advantages. 1. They have a level 
table for feeding, thus enabling the tenders to stand erect, and control 
the motion of the horse and machine by means of a brake, by which 
accidents are avoided. In consequence of the spikes lifting the 
straw and doing the work on the top, stones, blocks, Ac. drop at the 
end of the table, and are not carried between the spikes. 3. The 
overshot cylinder does not scatter the grain, but throws it within 
three feet of the machine. 4. This arrangement also admits of at¬ 
taching a separator , high enough from the floor or ground to allow all 
the grain to fall through it, while the straw is deposited by itself in 
the best condition for binding. 5. Neither grain nor si raw are bro¬ 
ken by this machine. 6. The cylinder is long, which admits of fast¬ 
er and more advantageous feeding; it is smaller and with fewer 
teeth than ordinary threshers, 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 an increased number in the concave top, 
which is stationary. 7. The separator is a great advantage in dimi¬ 
nishing 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 100 to 150 bushels of wheat or rye per day; and four men 
with a double power, twice that quantity. All the above are com¬ 
pact, and can be carried where wanted, complete, or they may be 
readily taken apart and packed for distant transportation by wagon 
or otherwise. 
Price of single Power,......... $80 
“ “ Thresher, ..... $28 
“ Separator and fixtures,... $7 
Bands for driving, etc.,....... $5 
“ Wood-sawing machine, complete, and in running 
order,....... $35 
Price of double Power,... $100 
“ with Thresher, Separator, Ac.,........ $145 to $150 
All the above are sold singly or together, as desired, and are war¬ 
ranted to work well and give satisfaction. 
A. B. ALLEN A CO., 
Aug. 1—2t. 1S9 A 191 Water Street, New-York. 
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