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THE CULTIVATOR 
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Improved Stock. 
C ATTLE, of the Durham, Devon, Hereford, Alderney, and Ayr¬ 
shire breeds. 
SHEEP, of the Native and French Merino, Saxony, South-Down, 
and Cotswold. 
PIGS of the Lincoln, Suffolk, and Berkshire breeds. 
From our long experience as breeders and dealers in the above 
kinds of stock, and our excellent situation for purchasing and ship¬ 
ping, we think we can do as good justice to orders, as any other 
house in the United Slates. A B. ALLEN & CO , 
Jan. 1, 1852—tf. 189 and 191 Water st., New-York. 
United States Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Storo. 
T HE subscribers solicit the attention of the public to the large and 
varied assortment of Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, 
Field, and Garden Seeds, which they have constantly on hand, and 
offer for sale at the lowest prices, and on the best terms. Persons in 
want of any articles in their line, would do well to call upon them 
before purchasing elsewhere. A descriptive Catalogue will be sent 
gratis upon application, post-paid. 
N. B. Guano, Bone Dust, and other fertilizers. 
JOHN MAYHER A CO. 
Dec. 1—tf. No. 197 Water-St., New-York. 
THE AMERICAW MUCKBOOK, 
A complete Manual of Manures. Price SI. 
C M. SAXTON, agricultural book publisher, has just published— 
• the American Muck Book—treating of the Nature, Properties, 
Sources, History and Operations of all the principal Fertilizers and 
Manures In common use, with specific directions for their preparation, 
preservation and application to the soil and to crops, as combined 
with the leading principles of practical and scientific Agriculture, 
drawn from authentic sources, actual experience, and personal ob¬ 
servation. Illustrated with engravings. By 
D. J. BROWNE. 
Author of Sylva Americana, a Treatise on Forest Trees, American 
Poultry Yard, Ac. C. M. SAXTON, 
Agricultural Bookstore, 152 Fulton street, New-York. 
The following is from Dr. C. T. Jackson, of Boston, the best Agri¬ 
cultural Chemist in the U. S.:— 
[Copy.] 
Boston, November 6th, 1851. 
Dear Sir : I have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of a 
copy of the 11 American Muck Book,” recently published by you, 
and edited by Mr. D. Jay Browne. 
From an attentive examination of this book, I have come to the 
conclusion that it is one of the best works extant, on the principles 
of scientific agriculture, and the best compendium of our most recent 
knowledge of the naiure of manures and their adaptation to particu¬ 
lar soils and crops. It cannot be expected that a single volume could 
possibly contain the whole sum of chemical knowledge applicable to 
the science of chemistry; but on looking over the closely printed and 
compact tables of analyses, and the abundant formulas, which this 
publication contains, I could not fail to be surprised at the industry 
manifested in preparing it. I was also gratified to find it so well 
adapted to the American system of husbandry, and so practical in its 
character. Its copious and accurate index adds not a 1 ittle to its value. 
I shall certainly recommend it to my agricultural friends as a very 
useful book, and one necessary [o every scientific farmer. I am, 
very respectfully, your ob’t. servant, 
CHARLES T. JACKSON, State Assayist, &c. Ac. 
To C. M. Saxton, Esq., New-York. Jan. 1,1852.—3t 
TO FARMERS.—POUDRETTE. 
T HE LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY having enlarged 
llieir works, arc prepared now to receive and fill orders for Pou- 
drette with dispatch, and in all cases with a freshly manufactured ar¬ 
ticle, at their usual prices, $1.50 per barrel for any quantity over six 
barrels. 3 barrels for $5.—$2 for a single barrel, delivered free of 
cartage on board of vessel or elsewhere, in the city of New-York. 
The Company refer to their pamphlet (furnished gratis) for hun¬ 
dreds of certificates as to the efficacy, cheapness, and superiority in 
all respects of their Poudrette over any other known manure for 
raising a crop of corn—also to A. J. Downing, Esq., B. M. Watson, 
Esq., Hon. J. P. Cushing, J. M. Thorburn A Co., and many others 
as to excellency as a manure for flowers and trees, and the following 
from Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State: 
Washington, March 19,1850. 
“ If I neglect the annual purchase of some of this article, my gar- 
denerer is sure to remind me of it. He thinks it almost indispensa¬ 
ble, within his garden fence; but there are uses, outside the garden, 
for which it is highly valuable ; and cheaper, I think, than any other 
manure at your prices. A principal one, is the enrichment of lawns 
and pleasure grounds, in grass, where the object is to produce a fresh 
and vigorous growth in the Spring. Our practice is to apply it, when 
we go to town in the Autumn, and wc have never failed to see its 
effects in the Spring.” 
All communications addressed to the “ LODI MANUFACTUR- 
ING COMPANY, 74 Cortlandt street. New-York,” will meet with 
prompt attention. ' Jan. 1, 1852—6f. 
A Book for Wives mid Daughters. 
T HE LADIES GUIDE; OR SKILLFUL HOUSEWIFE, (price 
twenty-five cents,) being a Complete Guide to Domestic Cook- 
ery, Taste, Comfort and Economy; embracing six hundred andfifty- 
rnne Receipts, pertaining to household duties, Gardening, Flowers, 
Birds, Plants, Ac. Published by C. M. SAXTON, 
Jan. t 3t. 152 Fulton Street, New-York® 
New and Important Insurance. 
Northern N. York Live Stock Ins. Co., Plattsburgh N. Y. 
I NCORPORATED by the Legislature of the State of New-York, 
July, 1851. Horses, Cattle, and all kinds of Live Stock insured 
against Death, by the combined risks of Fire, Water, Accidents, Dis¬ 
eases, Ac. CAPITAL, $50,000. 
Directors. 
James Farr, Washington county. Ainasa C. Moore, Clinton connty. 
Joseph Potter, do John Boynton, do 
Olif Abell, do Zephaniah C Platt, do 
Pelatiah Richards, Warren co. Cornelius Halsey, do 
Walter Geer, do James Averill, do 
Win. E. Calkins, Essex co. Jacob H. Holt, do 
Albert Andrus, Franklin co. Peter S. Palmer, do 
John Horton, St. Lawrence co. George Moore, do 
ThomasConkey, do Henry G. Hewitt, do 
JAMES FARR, President. G. MOORE, Plattsburgh, Sec’y 
A. C. MOORE, Vice-Pest. Z. C. PLATT, do Treas. 
I. C. MIX, Port Ann, Gen. Agent. 
October 13, 1851. 
This company are now organized and ready to receive applica¬ 
tions for insurance. It is confidently believed that the owners of va¬ 
luable animals will avail themselves of the advantages offered by this 
mode of protection. If fire, life and marine insurances are proper 
and expedient, so is live stock insurance: the reasons for insurance 
are equally applicable to all. 
The company have adopted such rates as, they believe, will fur¬ 
nish the means of paying ordinary losses, without resort to an assess¬ 
ment. Bu* to guard against extraordinary losses, which may arise 
from contagious diseases or epidemics, it becomes necessary to re¬ 
quire premium notes. —- 
To the Owners of Horses and Live stock. 
Office of the Northern New-York Live Stock Ins. Co., 1 
Plattsburgh, August 16, 1851. ' j 
The Dnectors of the above Company, incorporated by the Legisla¬ 
ture of the State of New-York, at its extra session in July, 1851, re¬ 
spectfully request your attention to the following facts bearing on this 
subject. 
1st. Value of this class of property. By the census of 1845, there 
were at that time in the State of New-York, as follows: 
Horses, 
One-half a million, ... 505,1 55 
Neat Cattle, 
Over two millions,.... 2,072,330 
Cows milked, 
Nearly a million, .. 999,490 
Sheep, 
Over six millions,,... 6,443,855 
Hogs , 
Over one million and a half,.. 1,584,344 
Without making any estimate of the value of this property, it is 
apparent that it is immense; extending to every inhabited spot, and 
essential to the health and comfort, almost to the existence of the in¬ 
habitants. 
2d. These animals are subject to disease and accident. It is asser¬ 
ted by a Vermont Company, engaged in the Live Stock Insurance, 
as a fact which cannot be disputed, that the aggregate loss upon this 
species of properly throughout New-England, is greater than the 
losses by fire; at all events, it is a fact undoubted that the annual loss 
is very great, and the owner is left unprovided with any means of se¬ 
curity against the hazard incident to this description of property. 
3d. The knowledge of this risk is one of the leading hindrances to 
improvement in the breed of that useful aud noble -animal, the horse 1 
Men of capital are slow to invest, large sums in a valuable animal, 
whose loss they must every day risk, to the amount often from five 
hundred to a thousand dollars, in every valuable breeding horse. 
With the ample security to be afforded by sound Insurance Com¬ 
panies, the investment of capilal in horses and live stock may be 
made as safe and safer than the carrying of freight on the seas and 
inland waters. Marine Insurance has rendered this last business 
steady and profitable; while without it, it would 'want the confidence 
which that branch of business now commands. The absence of this 
Insurance in the case of live slock is universally felt, while the own¬ 
er of real estate can command half or two-thirds of its value when 
needed for an emergency. 
While the owner of the ship, “ the play thing of the wind and 
waves,” may obtain any reasonable advance; the owner of equally 
valuable property, invested in horses and cattle, cannot obtain a dol¬ 
lar. The only exception being fat cattle .destined for market. In 
vain does the owner of the horse appeal to his industry or usefulness. 
The answer is, that his property is liable to disease and accident, and 
that as security it is utterly worthless. 
4th. The Insurance principle comes in. and does for him what Life 
Insurance has done for the young beginner in trade, taking away the 
risk arising from the uncertainty of life. 
It will do for him what Fire Insurance has done for the owner of 
personal properly; placing him nearly on a level with the owner of 
real estate. 
Your aid is respectfully solicited in behalf of this company, the first 
chartered in this state for this object. The Directors intend it shall 
be prudently conducted, and one which shall deserve the confidence 
of the public. 
Terms of insurance will be furnished by the agents of the company. 
George Moore, Secretary. JAMES FARR, President. 
Dec. 1—6t. 
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