1852 
THE CULTIVATOR 
263 
FIELD SEEDS. 
A USTRALIAN WHEAT—Very superior. The berry of this 
grain is extra large, and makes the best of flour. It produces 
a greater average crop than any other variety now grown in New- 
York. Several years’ experience in its cultivation, proves that it is 
less liable to rust or mildew than other kinds; and as the stalk is large 
and strong, it is also less liable to blow down or lodge. Price, $4 
per bushel. Other varieties of wheat, such as the White Flint, Me¬ 
diterranean, Black Sea, Ac. 
BUCKWHEAT, of the best kinds in market. 
RUTA BAGA, or Sweedish Turnep Seed. The Purple Top and 
other superior varieties. 
TURNEP SEED.—Large White Flat, Long White, Red Top 
Flat, Yellow Aberdeen, Yellow Stone, and other improved kinds for 
the field or garden A. B. ALLEN A CO., 
June 1, 1852—tf? 189 and 191 Water st., New-York. 
Albany Tile Works. 
Corner Patroon and Knox Streets, Albany. 
T HE subscriber will furnish to Agriculturists, of the most approv¬ 
ed patterns, Drain Tile suitable for land drainage, of a superior 
quality, over one foot in length, 3 to 44 inches calibre, from $>12 to 
$18 per 10G0 pieces. They are formed to admit the water at every 
joint, draining land from 12 to 20 feet each side of the drain, being the 
cheapest and most durable article used. 
Tile sufficiently large for drains around dwellings, at $4 and $8 per 
100 pieces, being cheaper and more durable than brick drains. 
The great importance of thorough drainage is daily becoming more 
apparent. Orders from a distance will receive prompt attention. 
March 1—6t A. S. BABCOCK, Albany. 
Albany Drain Tile Works. 
No 60 Lancaster Street—West of Medical College, Albany. 
T HE subscriber has now on hand, Draining Tile of the following 
descriptions. Prices reduced. 
Horse Shoe Tile. 
54 inch Rise, or 44 inch Calibre,.$18 00 pr. 1000. 
4| “ « 34 “ 15 00 “ 
3| “ “ 2f “ 12 00 “ 
Sole Tile. 
4-4 inch Rise, or 34 inch Calibre,.$18 00 pr. 1000. 
34 “ “ 2f “ 12 00 “ 
These Tile are over one foot in length, and are so formed as to ad¬ 
mit water at every joint, draining land from 12 to 20 feet each side of 
the drain—being the cheapest and most durable article used. 
Tile sufficiently large for drains around dwellings, at $4 and $8 pr. 
100 pieces. Orders from a distance will receive prompt attention. 
Albany, April 1, 1852—tf. JOHN GOTT. 
MORGAN HORSES. 
O NE Black Hawk Horse six years old, and one of the Morgan 
and Messenger stock, four years old this spring, will stand the 
ensuing season (for a limited number of mares,) at the farm of Moses 
Lyman, two miles south-west from Goshen Village. They are both 
superior horses, possessing great bone and muscle. Their color, a 
beautiful black. 
Breeders of horses are invited to call and judge for themselves. 
SILAS BENEDICT, Jr. 
Goshen, Connecticut, June 1, 1852—2t.* 
THE ORIGINAL BLACK HAWK. 
T HIS celebrated horse will stand this season at the stable of the 
subscriber, in Bridport, Addison County, Vermont. 
To the Patrons of Black Hawk.— It is proposed by the owner, that 
the horse shall serve a limited number of mares for this season—and 
those who would like to secure the services of the horse, will please 
send to the agent their names, (by letter or otherwise,) as those send¬ 
ing first, wifi be first served. 
Good keeping will be provided for mares from a distance—and all 
accidents, escapes and thefts, will be at the risk of the owner. 
N. B—Terms for the use of said horse will be, for the season, $40, 
payable in cash or satisfactory notes, on demand, with interest; 
and all demands for past services, of Black Hawk, and Post Boy 
Morgan, must be immediately paid to David Hill, who is alone au¬ 
thorised to settle the same. D. EDGAR HILL, Agent. 
Bridport, Addison Co., Vt., June 1, 1852—2t. 
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 inbreeding. 
Shanghae—Forbes stock. 
Imperial Chinese—Marsh stock. 
Chittagongs. 
Royal Cochin China. 
Black Shanghae. 
Bur mail Pootras. 
White Shanghais. 
Dealers in Fowls or Eggs for hatching, supplied upon liberal terms. 
Orders addressed to No. 40 State Street, Boston, will be 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—12t. 
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 States. A B. ALLEN A CO , 
Jan. 1, 1852—tf. 189 and 191 Water st., New-York. 
Great Sale of Short-horn Cattle in 1852. 
T HE subscriber, contemplating some important changes and im¬ 
provements upon his farm, will sell, without reserve, his en¬ 
tire herd . of thorough bred, and high grade Short-horn cattle, con¬ 
sisting of upwards of ONE HUNDRED head of Cows, Heifers, 
Bulls, and Bull and Heifer calves. 
This valuable herd of cattle has been nearly all bred by the sub¬ 
scriber, on his farm, and under his own eye, with a particular view 
to their milking quality, which he believes he has been successful in 
developing to a degree not excelled in any herd of cows in the United 
States. Ever since the year 1334 he has been engaged in breeding 
Short-horns, in the belief that no cattle kept by the farmers of this 
country, were equal to them in all their qualities, as dairy and feeding 
animals, and this belief has been fully confirmed by seventeen years 
experience. 
Commencing with animals selected from the best thorough, bred 
stocks, then to be found in this country, this herd has been continual¬ 
ly added to, and improved by selections from the best imported stock, 
and their immediate descendants. During the years 1845, ’46 and ’47, 
the Short-horn blood of the late celebrated Thomas Bales, of Kirk- 
leavington, England, was resorted to in the use of the imported bull, 
Duke of Wellington, and of Symmetry, (by Duke of Wellington, 
out of the imported Bates Cow, Duchess,) belonging to Mr. George 
Vail, of Troy, N. Y., which bulls were hired of Mr. Vail for three 
years. The animals of this herd, since grown up. inherit, more or 
less, of that blood, which is believed by those having opportunity to 
judge, both in its milking and feeding qualities, to be equal to any 
other previously imported; and that belief is confirmed by the prices 
obtained during several years past, for animals descended from that 
stock. 
For the quality of the stock bred by the subscriber, he can, with¬ 
out vanity, refer to the recent Short-horn sales of Messrs. J. F. Slieafe 
and Lewis G. Morris, in which some of the highest priced animals 
were immediately descended, or purchased from this herd. The un¬ 
rivalled cow, “ Grace,” owned by Messrs. Sherwood and Stevens, 
and probably the best fat cow ever bred in America, described in 
pages 183 and 184, vol. x., of the American Agriculturist, was bred 
by the subscriber; and numerous animals in various parts of the 
United States, the West Indies, and the Canadas, which have sprung 
from his herd in years past, may be referred to. 
In 1850, the imported bull, Duke of Exeter, of the Princess tribe 
of Short-horns, (for pedigree of which see (10, 152,) vol. ix., of the 
English Herd Book,) sent out from England for Mr. Slieafe of New- 
York, by Mr. Stevens, from the distinguished herd of Mr. John 
Stephenson of Wolviston, England, was purchased and introduced 
into this herd; and about forty of the cows and heifers are nowin 
calf to him, all of which will be catalogued for the coming sale. In 
the quality of his flesh, and in the milking excellence of his ancestry, 
no bull imported in the into the United States can surpass the Duke 
of Exeter. His own stock, in the hands ©f several gentlemen in the 
State of N. York, are confidently referred to as evidence of his value. 
The herd now offered for sale for sale will consist of about FIFTY, 
thorough breds, including cows, heifers, and heifer calves; and pro¬ 
bably ten or twelve young bulls, and bull calves. The remainder, 
about fifty in number, will comprise young cows—good, proved, 
milkers—heifers and heifer calves, together with a few superior bull 
calves, from the best milking cows, of high grade, Shorthorns, with 
an occasional dash of Devon blood intermixed—the best of useful, 
family cows. 
All the calves, or nearly all, both thorough-bred and grade, will be 
the get of the Duke of Exeter; and all the cows, and two-year-old 
heifers will be bulled by him, (if he lives,) previous to the sale; thus 
will be combined the blood of the Bates, and the Stephenson stocks, 
comprising as much excellence, both in milk and flesh, as can be 
found in any animals whatever. 
In addition to the stock above enumerated,will be eight thorough bred 
Hcrefords—three cows, one two-year-old bull, one yearling bull, 
and three calves. One of the cows, (Rarity,) was imported by 
Messrs. Corning and Sotham in 1841. The other cows and calves 
are her descendants by bulls of the same importation. 
Also, two or three Devon bull calves, got by Mr. Ambrose Stevens’ 
imported bull “Candy,” bred by Mr. Quarliy, of Devonshire, 
England, and out of cows descended from the herd of the late Earl 
of Leicester. 
Also, two pairs of thorough-bred, six-year-old Short-horn oxen, and 
two or three pairs matched two and three year old steers. 
Also, ten or twelve South Down buck lambs, got by an imported 
Ram from the celebrated flock of Jonas Webb, of Babraham. Eng¬ 
land, and out of Ewes descended from the flocks of Mr. Webb, and 
Mr. Ellman, of Sussex. 
The sale will be on the 18th August, on the premises occupied by 
Peter Gurbranc, itt the Homestead farm of Gen. Van Rensselaer, on 
the Troy Road, two miles above Albany, where the stock will bo 
about ten days previous to the sale. 
Catalogues will be ready by 15th June, and forwarded to all post¬ 
paid applicants. 
For further particulars, inquiries may be made by letter, directed 
to the subscriber, or to A. B. ALLEN & CO., New-York. 
June 1. LEWIS F. ALLEN, Black Rock, N. Y. 
