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THE CULTIVATOR 
April, 
Contents of this Number. 
Letter on British Agriculture—Deepening the Soil, by \ 
Rev. J. A. Nash, .j 
Flax Culture, by Observes. 
Tobacco Culture in the Northern States, by S. B j 
Buckley—P rices of Breadstuff's, ... .J 
Experiments with Superphosphate of Lime, by F. C. L. 
Ho v/ to procure Guano for a Wheat Crop, by John R. I 
Chapman—C ulture of the Potato, .....) 
Bone Sickness in Cows, by Rev. J. A. Nash,. 
Farm Books—Good Suggestions, by J. G. K — Penn-) 
sylvaniaS. Ag. Society—Standard Weight of Grains, j 
Culture of Buckwheat, by G. W. Durant,. 
Experiments with Guano, SuperphosphaJ||, &c., by 1 
Ii. W. Curtis—C heap Cisterns, by J. PL Mattison ) 
Wind Power for Farm Purposes,.L’,f,. 
Laborer’s Cottages—Liquid Manure—Hens—Black- 1 
berries, by S. B. Sumner,.J 
United States Ag. Society,... 
The Culture of Indian Corn and the way to make Ma- 1 
tvur.e for it, by J. W. Coleurne,.. j 
Bone Disease, by Porter Walbridge—B est Feed for ) 
Milch Cows, by C. G.—Good Heifers, by J. Chilps, ) 
A Farm House in the Italian Style,... 
The Norway Fir,... 
Fruit on “Black Swamp” Land—Soils for Apples—1 
Grapes and Strawberries—Best Currants, .I 
Hovey’s Magazine—Mr. Mathews’ Curculio Remedy,) 
to be tested in the spring by committee,.) 
Strawberries Destroyed by Grubs, by E. Sanders— 1 
Mismanagement with Apple Trees, by E. Cross,. . J 
Market Fruits—Show and Value—Cleanliness and i 
Neatness—Painting Implements—Keeping Eggs,... J 
Suffaik Pigs, by J. S. Clark—T umors on the Necks 1 
of Cattle, by Medica,. ) 
Tlie.Samson Horse—Mange in Cattle—Deep and Shal-) 
low Plowing, by Observer,.| 
Information Wanted—A Movable Fence, by M. Grid- 1 
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Notes for the Month,. 
Answers to Inquiries, ..-. 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Wind Power for Farm Purposes,. 
Farm House in the Italian Style,.. 
The Norway Fir,. 
Suffolk Pigs,.... .«.. 
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To Nurserymen. 
100,000 Norway Spruce, 5 to 15 inches. 
| 6,000 Silver Fir, 5 to 6 inches. 
3.000 English Yews, 4 to 6 inches. 
1,000 do 9 to 1.5 inches. 
2,000 Larch, 12 to 15 inches. 
4,000 do 6 to 9 inches. 
3,000 Scotch Fir. 6 to 9 inches. 
1,000 Gooseberries—Best sorts. 
1,000 Currants—Ruby Castle. 
20.000 American Arborvitac. 
20.000 Sweet Briar one year from seed. 
50.000 Osage Orange one year. 
50,000 Asparagus Roots one and two years. 
55 Varieties Strawberries. 
20,000 Mountain Ash three to nine feet. 
All for sale at the very lowest prices at the Geneva Nursery. 
April—in It_W. P. A E. SMITH. Geneva. N Y. 
O sag e O r a ii ge Seed. 
HIHE Subscribers, in order to meet the rapidly increasing 
a demand for Osage Orange Seed, employed the past win¬ 
ter an agent long engaged in the business to superintend the 
gathering and preparing the seed expressly for our own trade, 
how offer for sale 300 bushels of superior Seed, all of which 
is warranted the growth of 1.353. Dealers and nurserymen 
supplied on reasonable terms.- 
Also, 3,500 bushels of Kentucky Blue Grass Seed, cleaned 
in a superior manner by Byrain’s Patent Seed Mill. The 
trade supplied at the lowest market rates. 
BYRAM, PITKIN & CO., 
Southwestern Seed and Agricultural Warehouse, 
March 23—wlt mlt _ Louisville, Ky. 
Every Farmer Should Own 
QCHENK’S KITCHEN GARDENER—Price 50 cents. 
O Breckh Book of Flowers—Price 75 cts. 
Cole’s Diseases of Animals—Price 50 cts. 
Cole’s American Fruit Book—Price 50 cts. 
New editions of which have just been published by JOHN 
P. JEWETT & Co., and are for sale at all the Book and 
Seed Stores. Boston, March 16, 1854—w8tmlt 
New and Improved Plows, 
I ' NCLUDING the Deep Tiller, Flat Furrow, Self Sharpener, 
Centre Draft, Side Hill, Subsoil, Double Mold, Potato, and 
Cultivator Plow. 
Harrows, Rollers, Seed Sowers, Cultivators and a large 
assortment of all other Agricultural Implements. 
R. L. ALLEN, 
Feb. 23—m3tweowtf 189 & 191 Water-Si. New-York. 
Plows ! Plows! 
P ROUTY <fc MEARS’ Centre Draught Plows of all the 
various sizes. Rick’s Iron Beam do do. 
Michigan Sod and Subsoil Plow. 
Prof. Mapes’ Improved Subsoil Plow. 
For sale at LONGETT A GRIFFING’S, 
March 16-*-m2t 25 Cliff-street, New-York. 
Field and Garden Seeds. 
S PRING WHEAT, Barley, Oats, Grass Seeds, Clover, 
Fresh Ray Grass, Lucent and White Clover just imported. 
Excelsior Potatoes, a new and improved variety, Belgian 
Carrot, Sugar Beet, &c. 
Garden Seeds of all kinds, including Flower Seeds. 
R. L. ALLEN, 
Feb. 16—mStweowtf 189 & 191 Water-st., New-York. 
Garden and Field Seeds. 
A FULL and complete assortment of new and fresh Gar¬ 
den and Field Seeds, embracing many new and im¬ 
portant varieties. Among the assortment of field seeds may 
be found— 
Spring Wheat, several varieties. 
Spring Rye, Barley. 
Poland and Potato Oats, Buckwheat. 
Peas, a large assortment. 
Potatoes, choice varieties. 
Clover Seed and Timothy Seed. 
White Dutch Clover. 
Red Top, Blue Grass and Orchard Grass, 
with a complete stock of GARDEN and HORTICULTU¬ 
RAL TOOLS, for sale at the Albany Agricultural Warehouse , 
369 and 371. Broadway. R. H. PEASE, 
March 9, 1S54—wlt’mlt Successor to Emery $• Co. 
Seeds ! Seeds ! 
I 7MELD AND GARDEN SEEDS, of all the different va- 
' rieties, at the State Agricultural Warehouse. 
LONGETT & GRIFFING, 
Feb. 16—wGt—m2t No. 25 Cliff st., New-York. 
v Early Excelsior Potato. 
f'r'HIS is a new and very superior sort. They are as early 
X as the June potato, grow above the average size, are 
mealy and palatable, and have kept better than any other va¬ 
riety planted in this vicinity. .The rot has never been known 
among them. R. Ii. ALLEN, 
189 and 191 Waler-st., New-York. 
March 9—w3teow—m2t 
Garden Implements. 
H edge, long handle and sliding pruning 
Shears; Budding and Edging Knives; Pruning Hatch¬ 
ets, saws and knives; pruning, vine and flower scissors; bill 
and Milton hooks; lawn and garden rakes; garden scufflers, 
hoes of great variety, shovels and spades; hand engines, 
which throw water forty feet or more, syringes and water 
^pots; grafting'chisels. tree scrapers, and caterpillar brushes; 
^transplanting trowels, reels; hand plow and cultivator, very 
useful to work between rows of vegetables, together with a 
large assortment of other implements too numerous to men¬ 
tion. R L. ALLEN, 
Feb. 16—m3tweowtf 187 A 191 Water-st., New-York. 
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