1817. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
261 
MERINO SHEEP. 
•The following RAMS will be offered. 
Weight of 
Weight of 
No. 
Age. 
fleece, 
1847. 
No. 
Age. 
fleece 
, 1847. 
1 
1 
4 lbs. 
8oz. 
33 
1 
4 
2 
2 
2 
7 
34 
1 
3 
12 
*3 
7 
5 
4 
35 
1 
5 
6 
*4 
4 
6 
36 
2 . 
6 
2 
*5 not offered. 
37 
1 
3 
8 
*6 
do. 
38* 
1 
4 
14 
7 
1 
7 
8 
39 
1 
4 
14 
8 
1 
5 
12 
40 
1 
3 
10 
9 
1 
4 
2 
41 
1 
3 
10 
10 
1 
2 
5 
42 
8 
6 
12 
11 
1 
4 
9 
43 
1 
3 
7 
12 
1 
3 
44 
1 
3 
4 
13 
1 
4 
8 
45 
2 
8 
7 
14 
1 
4 
12 
46 
2 
6 
*15 
4 
8 
47 not offered. 
16 
2 
4 
6 
48 
1 
3 
9 
17 
1 
4 
10 
49 
1 
4 
7 
18 
2 
5 
11 
50 
1 
4 
2 
19 
1 
3 
8 
51 
1 
5 
3 
20 
1 
3 
12 
52 
1 
4 
7 
*21 
3 
9 
3 
53 
1 
4 
4 
22 
1 
4 
2 
54 
1 
4 
4 
*23 
1 
5 
6 
55 
1 
4 
4 
24 
1 
3 
12 
56 
1 
5 
3 
25 
2 
6 
12 
57 
1 
4 
4 
*26 
7 
8 
8 
58 
1 
4 
10 
27 
1 
4 
10 
59 
2 
5 
6 
28 
1 
5 
7 
60 
1 
4 
29 
1 
3 
11 1 
61 
1 
4 
6 
30 
2 
7 
4 
62 
2 
5 
10 
31 
1 
4 
8 
63 
2 
6 
8 
*32 
3 
7 
14 | 
64 
1 
3 
9 
In addition, about forty Merino ram lambs will be 
sold. 
These 
rams are all of my own breeding, and were got by my rams Yan¬ 
kee, Pedlar, and Mr. Williams’ Grandee, except those marked 
with a star. Yankee and Pedlar were bred by Mr. Blakeslee. 
My Merinos consist of four families, viz : the Blakeslee family, 
the Yates family, the Jewett ramily, and the Marsh family. 
The Blakeslee sheep were purchased of J. >*. Blakeslee, of Wa 
tertown, Conn. This tribe of Merinos is well known -all over the 
United States, and is unrivalled for their fineness of fleece, and 
general superior character. At present no pure Merinos stand so 
high; their fleeces, carcass, and constitution, being of the highest 
class. My bucks, Yankee and Pedlar are of this family, and were 
bred by Mr. Blakeslee. 
Mr. Williams’ Grandee was bred by D- C. Collins, Esq., of 
Hartford, Conn., and was got by Mr. Collins’ imported buck 
Grandee, out of one of Mr C.’s imported Rambouillet ewes. 
These sheep were imported by Mr. C. from the far-famed royal 
flock of Merinos owned by the French government, and kept and 
bred at Rambouillet. These are now widely known throughout 
the U. S. Mr. Taintor, of Hartford, Conn., who last year imported 
some sheep of the same blood, has sold ram lambs at prices reach¬ 
ing as high as $200 per head. 
1 shall also offer sixty Merino ewes. They are of the same 
families as the rams, and of the same character. Also 30 grade 
Merino ewes. 
I have taken six clips of wool, and four of them have been sold 
at 40 cts., the one of 1846 for 39, delivered at my own house, and 
the clip of 1847 unsold. The clip of 1846 averaged over 4 lbs. per 
head ; that of 1847 averaged 4 lbs. 6 oz per head, all clean washed 
wool. 
Samples in whole fleeces, may be seen at the State Agricultural 
Rooms, Albany, and A. B. Allen’s Ag. Store, 187 Water-st., New- 
York. 
SOUTH DOWN RAMS. 
Fifteen to twenty-five South Down Rams and Ewes will also be 
offered. They are derived from the celebrated flocks of Elman, 
Grantham, and Webb, the first and most distinguished breeders of 
South Down sheep in England 
Terms of the sale, cash, or approved endorsed notes, payable at 
the Bank of Auburn at three months, with interest. 
Auburn, July 1st, 1847. J. M. SHERWOOD. 
PROUTY & MEARS’ PLOWS. 
T HESE celebrated plows are warranted, and the money will be 
returned for every plow that does not suit. Hon. Dixon H. 
Lewis, Senator from Alabama, said, at the Farmer’s Club in 
New-York, “ My corn crop declined from 70 bushels per acre to 
40 ; T sent north and got one of Prouty’s plows, and now have the 
best crop within 50 miles.” 
The subscriber is sole agent, and offers for sale an assortment of 
the above plows, as also a general stock of agricultural Imple¬ 
ments. SAMUEL C. HILLS, 189 Water-street, N. Y. 
New-York, August 1, 1847—3t. ___ 
A VALUABLE FARM IS FOR SALE 
T‘N Windsor, Vt., containing upwards of 400 acres of land, com- 
J- prising tillage, grazing, and woodland irt due proportion. It is 
situated on the banks of the Connecticut river, near the village of 
Windsor, and also near the eastern terminus of the Vermont Cen¬ 
tral railroad, and is well provided with suitable buildings, among 
which is a beautiful English cottage, recently built. The farm is 
in a fine state of cultivation, and in point of capacity for improve¬ 
ment, and convenience, and beauty of situation, is unsurpassed in 
its own beautiful valley. SAM’L H. PRICE, Agent. 
Windsor, Vt., Aug. 1, 1847.—3L 
IDE’S PATENT WHEEL CULTIVATOR AND 
WIRE GRASS PLOW. 
{An engraving of this implement will be given next month.) 
T HE farming public are hereby informed that letters patent have 
been taken out by the subscriber for his recent great improve¬ 
ments in the construction and manufacture of field CULTIVA¬ 
TORS; an improvement so great as to entirely revolutionize the 
whole system of farming by reducing the expense of cultivation 
one-half or more. Wherever they have been introduced they have 
met the decided approbation of farmers, as the following certifi¬ 
cates and testimonials from the intelligent and practical farmers, 
whose names are attached, abundantly show. 
CERTIFICATES. 
“ This may certify that we, the subscribers, have seen and used 
the Patent Wheel Cultivator, invented by Nathan Ide, of. Shelby, 
Orleans Co., New-York,'and believe it to be decidedly the best 
machine ever invented for pulverizing the ground and facilitating 
the labor of the farmer 
James IJ. IJedley, Gardner Berry, 
Enos Newman, James P. Anderson. 
Shelby, Orleans Co., April 23, 1845. 
Charles L. Flint, Henry Wadsworth, 
Asahel Wadsworth, H. N. Andrus. 
Livingston County. 
The undersigned have just witnessed the operation of Nathan 
Ide’s Cultivator, and we are free to say that we*regard it as a de¬ 
cided improvement on all the implements of the kind now in use 
for preparing land for wheat and other crops. 
Daniel Lee, Ed. Gen. Farmer, William Buell, 
Rawson Harmon, Alexander Williams, 
William Pixley, Joseph Williams, 
Peter Sheffer, Jr., John M. Cutler. 
Monroe Co., July 3, 1846. 
After these ample testimonials the subscriber deems it unneces¬ 
sary to enter into a long and elaborate description of the imple¬ 
ment, with its various points and modes of operation. 
The wheels are 32 inches in diameter—are capable of being 
raised or lowered at pleasure. The teeth are 14 inches long, with 
substantial braces behind each tooth. 
The advantages of this Cultivator are manifold. 1. By means 
of the wheels the machine runs easy, and the teeth go to a uni¬ 
form depth. 2. The teeth are so long that the machine never 
chokes. 3. The tongue guides the implement with accuracy and 
'precision. And 4. At seed time, by going the last time across the 
lands, small channels or ducts are formed leading into the main 
furrows, which effectually take off the surplus moisture, and thus 
render the wheat less liable to be winter killed. 
NATHAN IDE, Patentee. 
Shelby, Orleans Co., N. Y./Aug. 1, 1847.—It. 
STUART’S PATENT SELF CLEANER THRESH- 
ING MACHINE. 
WE challenge any other kind of self cleaner threshing machine 
vv in the United States, or any other country, to compete with 
the above machine, for simplicity and cheapness of construction, 
for easy and still running, fast business,.cleaning grain well, sav¬ 
ing hay seed, &c. The above machine weighs about 1,000 lbs., 
is easily placed on a common wagon, and works on the same, by 
merely-blocking the hind wheels, either in the barn or field. Said 
machine is constructed so as to carry off the straw and chaff, 
either in the yard, to a stack-pen, or on a wagon, or may be car¬ 
ried over head in the same barn in which the machine is work¬ 
ing. It may be elevated high, or low at pleasure, with perfect 
ease. The elevator, not only carries off the straw and chaff, but 
prevents all head winds from interfering with the fanning mill, 
also obviates chaff and dirt from blowing back into the grain, 
which is not the case with other kinds. Read the subjoined certi¬ 
ficates and be convinced. 
- RECOMMENDATIONS. 
To all to whom this may concern. 
We the undersigned, inhabitants of the towns of Veteran and 
Catharine, in the county of Chemung, and state of New-York, 
do hereby certify that we have used, and seen in use, Stuart’s Pa¬ 
tent Self Cleaner Threshing Machine, and would recommend it 
as being the best machine for threshing and cleaning grain we 
ever saw; and in consequence of the simplicity and obeapness of 
its construction, utility, durability, and ease and stillness in running, 
together with its illiability to get out of order, and the fastness of 
doing work, we would most cheerfully recommend the above ma¬ 
chine to those who build, use, and employ, as being the best ma¬ 
chine now before the public, with which we have become ac¬ 
quainted. 
John T. Worden, Alonzo Banks, 
Alanson Bulkley, Albert Brown, 
Manly Palmer, Garry Stoae, 
Isaac Brisco, Aris Haskin, 
Lewis Hewitt, C. Banks, 
Isaiah D. Lee, Henry Bates, 
D. Danihee, P. Vangorder. 
John I. Benson, 
The subscriber is now prepared to travel through the United 
States, with a model and the patent, and all papers pertaining to 
the above busineas, for the purpose of of selling rights of counties, 
slates, &c., anywhere in the United States, and on good contracts 
will build and put in operation full power machines for exhibition. 
Certificates of the above description can be obtained in great 
abundance, but.the undersigned deems it unnecessary, as he will 
be found otherwise prepared to convince the public. 
S. S. CURTIS, Sole Agent for the U. S. 
Catharine, Chemung Co., N. Y., Aug. 1, 1847.—It* 
Ephraim Kembull, 
E. M. Hewitt, 
Jackson G. Brown, 
Minor L. Sherwood, 
William Goold, 
Jeremiah Kendall, 
George Patehin, 
Nathan Brisco, 
