1853 , 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
135 
The Lodi Manufacturing Company 
O FFER their Poudrette this season at their usual rates, 
viz: One barrel, $2.00—2 barrels, $3.50—3 barrels, 
$5.00—5 barrels, $8.00—6 barrels, $9.50, and any amount 
over 6 barrels $1 50 per barrel. Delivered free of canape or 
other expense, on board of vessel or railroad, in the city of 
New York. 0=- A small trial requested. 
This article is so well known, and so universally approved 
of as a manure for corn, and garden vegetables, that an ex¬ 
tended advertisement is scarcely necessary. The Company 
will send free of cost, to any one wishing further informa¬ 
tion, a pamphlet containing instructions for use, &c.—also 
certificates from Hon. Daniel Webster, A. J. Downing, and 
others, together yvTili oth'er interesting matter. Orders sent 
by mail, enclosing money, will be promptly acknowledged. 
All-communications must be post-paid, and addressed to the 
“ Lodi Manufacturing Company, New-York,” office 74 
Cortiand Street. Jan. 1—m5.\v5t 
Ketchum’s Patent Mowing Machine. 
Howard & Co., Proprietors and Manufacturers, 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
T HIS justly celebrated machine has been steadily advanc¬ 
ing in public favor, for its simplicity, durability and effi- 
ciency—and it lias settled the question beyond a doubt that 
grass can be cut by Horse Power: for, during last season, 
Five Hundred of these Machines were sold by us, and uni¬ 
versally approved by those who used them. Farmers were 
daily in the habit of cutting from ten to fifteen acres per day, 
with ordinary driving. 11 leaves the grass uniformly spread 
over the ground, requiring no turning to cure properly. In 
the Report of the Committee who served at the Trial of 
Mowing and Reaping Machines, held at Geneva in July last, 
they slioVv fully and conclusively this to have been the only 
Machine in the field which cut its allotted two acres, without 
clogging or any interruption, doing its work admirably, and 
in far better manner than can be done by manual labor with 
a scythe.* Our knives are not sickle edged , consequently do 
not clog at every little hummock or bog they may happen to 
come in contact with.. The Committee also show that there 
is an actual saving, by the use of this Machine over hand la¬ 
bor, of thirteen dollars per day. We have only to atfk those 
who want a perfect Mowing Machine to examine the Repor- 
and judge for themselves. This Machine took the first pre¬ 
mium as a mower, at the trial in Springfield, Ohio; a gold 
medal at the Fair of the American Institute, N. Y., also, first 
premium at the Provincial Fair, at Toronto, C. W. 
They are so very compact that one of them can be easily 
carried"in an ordinary one-horse wagon, and so very simple 
that it requires no machinistfto put it together, as there are 
but two bolts (beside the pole bolts) to be secured to have the 
machine ready for use, and which does not require over ten 
minutes time. They weigh about 750 lbs., and can be worked 
by any boy who can manage a team. We have made all the 
i iri pro veipents suggested by experience in 1 he way of strength, 
durability, &c., and sell them under the following warranty : 
That said machines are capable of cutting and spreading with 
one span of horses and driver, from ten to fifteen acres per day, 
of any kind of grass, heavy or light, wet or dry, and do it as 
well as is done with a scythe by the best of mowers. They 
are equally capable of cutting Barley, Buckwheat, Millet, &o* 
It is much less troupe t6 keep the knives in order than a 
scythe, as they have frequently been known to cut from ten 
to fifteen acres without sharpening, which can be done on an 
ordinary grind stone in a few nfinutes. We can give any 
reference required for the full performance of our machine, 
as above stated. 
Orders should be sent in early, as we shall manufacture 
but a limited number. The price of our Machine, including 
two sets of Knives, Extra Knife Blades, Wrench, &c., is 
$110, cash, in Buffalo, the machine to be delivered on board 
of boat or cars free of charge. 
Office and Shop, corner of Chicago street and Hamburgh 
canal, near Eastern R. R. Depot, Buffalo. 
Feb. 24—9—2tmtf. HOWARD & CO. 
Manures. 
P ERUVIAN GUANO, 2| to 2£ cents per pound. 
BONE DUST, when taken in equal quantities, $2 25 
per barrel. 
BONE SAWINGS, separately, $2.50 per barrel. 
PLASTER, $1 to $1.25 per barrel. 
POTASH, 3£ to 4 cents per pound. 
CHARCOAL, $1 per barrel. 
SULPHURIC ACID. 2| to 2£ cents per pound. 
SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, 2* cents per pound. 
WOOD'S RENOVATING SALTS, one cent per pound. 
FtSr sale at the .Slate Agricultural Warehouse, No. 25 
Cliff-street, New-York. LONGETT & GRIFF1NG. 
Feb. 1—ctf. 
Super-Phosphate of Lime. . 
T HIS extraordinary fertilizer, the effects of which as a 
manure and general assistant to soils, lias proved itself 
invaluable to th® agriculturist. This most important consti¬ 
tuent of the soil is being daily removed and taken up by 
plantain solution, and unless such substance be returned, fer- 
liliiy must decrease, and land become poor. Its promoting 
and pushing power of growth, in giving strength to plains 
while in their young and tender state, fortifying them for ear¬ 
ly maturity, and enriching qualities, excells over all other 
manures. It is some ten years since its first introduction in 
England, where also a.patent right was granted the first ma- 
fce/after the experiment was- proved of its magic^effects on 
land. The progressive high repute of its properties nas caus¬ 
ed the.demand each year to increase, and at the present time 
.some thousands of tons are annually sold to the farmers. 
The subscriber has had much experience in the manufacture 
of this manure in Europe, which leads him to suppose lie 
stands unequalled by any other more able competitor. Some 
considerable quantities were disposed of last season, the bene¬ 
ficial result of which has caused all that watched its power to 
send orders for delivery in the coming spring. Being in a 
perfect powder, it is at^once easy in handling, may be sown 
with sged, broadcast, *or drilled in. To prevent, deception, 
henceforward all bags or other packages will be branded with 
the maker’s name. It is on sale at the following agiicultural 
warehouses in New-York. 
Longett fc Griffing, 25 Cliff Street, N. Y., and R. L. Allen, 
late A. B. Allen's, 189 Water Street, N Y , where purchas¬ 
ers may be sure of obtaining a chemically pure and genuine 
article. Enquire for De Burgh’s No. 1 Super-Phosphate of 
Lime. ^ March 1.—m3t. 
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channel of the ifiails , under the reduced postage, the pub¬ 
lisher of 
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offers premiums amounting to Five Hundred Dollars to 
the Postmasters or residents of any post-town's in the United 
States, who will send the largest number of subscriptions, 
through the mails prior to the first of July, 1853. 
First Premium, $200 for the Largest Club. 
Second Premium. $150 for'the Second Best. 
Third Premium, $75-for the Third Best. 
Fourth Premium, $50 for the Fourth Best. 
Fifth Premium. $25 for the Ffth Best. 
And to the-TuN next largest a splendidly bound copy of 
GRAHAM, for one year, with five-dollar binding. 
The list of the.competitors will be published complete at 
that time, so that, the utmost fairness may be manifest. A 
statejnent will also be published on the 10th of June, of those 
towns which have entered into competition, with the nnmber 
of subscribers sent from each, up to that time. 
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nished. 
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