1852 
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. 
PJGS 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 <fc CO , 
Jan. I, 185*2—tf. 189 and 191 Water st., New-York. 
For Sale, 
A THOROUGH bred Devon Bull. He has been exhibited at 
“ three ” agricultural fail’s, and has taken the first premium at 
each, lie is a very superior animal, and will be three years old next 
mouth. THOMAS HANCOCK, 
Feb. 1,1852—3t. Ashton Nurseries, Burlington, New-Jersey. 
Ayrshire Bulls for Sale. 
ri'MIE thorough bred Ayrshire Bulls“ General Taylor,” and “ Young 
X Prince,”—the former is three years old, and the latter two years 
old next April. Both of them were sired by the Massachusetts So¬ 
ciety's Imported Bull “Prince Albert,” and are out of the fine full 
blooded Cows “ Diana,” and Primrose. They are in color dark 
brown—perfectly sound and docile, and are in all respects as desira¬ 
ble animals for breeders of dairy stock, as can be found in the coun¬ 
try. For terms apply to SAMUEL HEN SHAW. 
Boston, March 1, 185*2—3l. 
Black Hawk Colt. 
T HE BLACK HAWK COLT RAVEN, will stand at the stable 
of the subscriber, the ensuing season, will serve a limit¬ 
ed number of mares. Raven will be four years old the first of June 
next. He resembles his noted sire closely, except that he is larger, 
weighing at this time about 1 IDO lbs. He gives promise of making 
an extraordinary trotter, and is one of the very best of the Black 
Hawk Colls. His dam is a much admired Morgan mare—great 
graudsire, Cock of the Rock. 
The subscriber also offers for sale his Two-Year Old Stallion Colt, 
Falcon ; sire, Falcon—graudsire, Black Hawk—dam, a well blooded 
Virginia mare. Falcon is a very beautiful animal, possessing in a re¬ 
markable degree the Morgan characterist cs—of a kind and docile 
temper, already well broke to the harness, in which his action is bold 
and elegant. If he is not sold he will remain at the stable of the sub¬ 
scriber for the coining season. ROBBINS BATTELL. 
Norfolk, Conn., March 1, 1852—Ot. 
FOWLS AND EGGS. 
T HE great desire manifested in New-England for procuring good 
Poultry, has induced H. B. COFFIN, Newton, Mass., to pay 
particular attention to breeding and importing first rate stock. All 
persons desirous of having the purest and best to breed from, may de¬ 
pend upon being faithfully served. Among many kinds of Fowls for 
sale by him, are the following, which he is very particular in breeding. 
Sliajighae—Forbes slock. 
Imperial Chinese—Marsh stock. 
C hitiagougs. 
Royal Cochin China. 
Black Slmnghae. 
Burinah Pootras. 
White Shanghais. 
Dealers in Fowls or Eggs for hatching, supplied upon liberal terms. 
Orders addressed to No. 40 State Street, Boston, wilt he promptly ex¬ 
ecuted. 
Reference to Mr. J. Van Dusen, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who wil 
take orders for Fowls, as advertised above. 
Boston, Aug. 1, 1851—13b 
TO FARMERS.—POUDRETTE. 
T HE LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY having enlarged 
their works, are 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, SI.50 per barrel for any quantity over six 
barrels, 3 barrels for &5.—S3 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 pariiphlel (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. Thorburu & 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 af 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 io town in the Autumn, and we have never failed to see its 
effects in the Spring.” 
All communications addressed to the “ LODI MANUFACTUR¬ 
ING COMPANY, 74 Cortlandi street, New-York,” will meet with 
prompt attention. Jan. 1, 1852—Gt. 
New and Important Insurance. 
Northern N. York Live Stock Ins. Co., Plattsburgh N. Y 0 ’ 
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, &c. CAPITAL, $50,000. 
Directors. 
James Farr, Washington county. Amasa C. Moore, Clinton comity. 
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 
Thomas Conkey, do Henry G. Hewitt, do 
JAMES FARR, President. G. MOORE, Plattsburgh, Sec’y. 
A. C. MOORE, Viee-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 bytliis 
mode of protection. If fire, life and marine insurances are proper 
and expedient, so is live slock 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. But to guard against extraordinary losses, which may arise 
from coulagiods 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 [ns. Co., 1 
Plattsburgh, August IG, 1851. j 
The Directors of the above Company, incorporated by the Legisla¬ 
ture of the State of New-York. at ns 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 Slate of New-York, as follows: 
Horses , 
One-half a million,. 505,155 
Neat Cattle, 
Over two millions,. 3,072,3X 
Cows milked, 
Nearly a million,. 999,496 
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 
3d. These animals are sulject 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 property throughout New-England, is greater than the 
losses by fire; at all evenls, 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* 
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 capital 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 aud 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 born the uncertainty of life. 
It will do for him what Fire Insurance has done for the owner of 
personal property; 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 
he prudently conducted, aud 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—Gt. 
Agricultural Books 
O F all kinds, for sale at tire Cultivator Office, 407 Broadway, Al¬ 
bany. 
