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[For the Country Gentleman and Cultivator.]

Four Thousand Bushels of Corn on Forty Acres.

EDITORS COUNTRY GENTLEMAN-In October last I sent

you a short account of the proceedings at the "Eastern Division Fair." In that account I gave you the amount of corn raised on an acre, by JAMES ARMSTRONG, Esq., at his country, seat two miles from the city. You published it with an editorial query as to whether it was in the ear or shelled. I supposed as a matter of course it was shelled, as that is the way we sell corn in Tennessee(we do not call the cob corn,) and would have written you to this effect, but preferred waiting until I could see Mr. Armstrong, and ask him about it. It was some weeks before I saw him, and since then I have not had time to write. He told me that the premium was offered for only the largest yield of one acre. He had an acre measured in the best part of the field, and the corn gathered, shelled, measured, (not weighed,) was one hundred and sixty-six bushels and some quarts, (I do not remember how many.) The corn was sound and good, as it weighed sixty pounds per bushel. Mr. Armstrong further told me that he had forty acres in corn, which made him four thousand bushels, or an average of one hundred bushels per acre. From the same ground he gathered fifty two-horse wagon loads of pumpkins, forty bushels of peas, and ten bushels of beans.

If you still question the truth of the statement, you can address John Flemming, Esq., Secretary of the Society, or by writing to any of our county or city officers, you can learn that the statement is true. You can also bear in mind that this is the home of Indian corn and truthful men. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 29, 1860. A. C. CARNES.

[For the Country Gentleman and Cultivator.] COST OF RAISING GRAIN.

For the past five years I have kept an accurate account of the cost of all my farm products, with the view of ascertaining which was the most profitable. The first year, 1855, I planted six acres of corn at a cost of $21.80 per acre, and total cost of $130.80 for cultivation. My piece gave 186 bushels of corn or 31 bushels per acre. Deduct the worth of the fodder and pumpkins ($5 per acre) leaves $100.80 as the cost of the corn, or about 55 cents per bushel. Sold for 77 cents per bushel, giving a profit of 22 cents per bushel and $6.82 per acre.

Nine acres of oats cost $103.50, or $11.50 per acre for cultivation, and giving 405 bushels of oats or 45 bushels per acre. Deduct the price of the straw $22, and we have $81.50 as the cost of 405 bushels of oats, or about 24 cents per bushel-sold for 42 cents per bushel, giving a profit of 18 cets per bushel and $8.10 per acre.

Eleven acres of rye cost $132 or $12 per acre, and gave 198 bushels or 18 bushels per acre. Deduct the straw, $10, leaves $122 as the cost of 198 bushels of rye, or nearly 62 cents per bushel-sold for 75 cents per bushel, giving a profit of 13 cents per bushel or $2.34 per acre.

Three acres of potatoes at a cost of $70.50, or $23.50 · per acre-gave 528 bushels of potatoes or 176 bushels per acre, and 13 cents per bushel-sold for 44 cents per bushel, giving a profit of 21 cents per bushel and $36.96 per acre. Thus it will be seen that my potatoes gave the largest profit of any crop, and rye the smallest. The corn gave 31 per cent profit on the cost of cultivation-the oats 71 -the rye 194 and the potatoes 153.

The past year I had seven acres of corn-cost $20 per acre for 21 bushels of corn, which brings the corn at 95 cents per bushel. At the present price of corn, which is $1, I have made just 5 cents per bushel profit or $1.05 on the acre. Oats $11.40 per acre, for 47 bushels of oats, costing 24 cents per bushel and selling for 37 cents, which gives a profit of 13 cents per bushel and $6.11 per acre. Rye gives 24 bushels per acre, costing about 50 cents per bushel, and selling for 85 cents, which gives a profit of 35 cents per bushel and $8.40 per acre. Potatoes, 205 bushels to the acre, costing 12 cents per bushel, worth 25 cents, profit 13 cents per bushel or $26.65 per acre. The average produce for the five years, was

As I became convinced that potatoes are the most profitable crop that I can raise, I devote more ground to them each year, still I continue to raise a little of all other kinds, lest the potatoes may fail. But it does not follow, that because I make potatoes the most profitable, that every man can do so. Some farms are best adapted to tain which those things are, is to keep an exact account one thing and some to another, and the only way to ascerwith each crop for a few years, and it is an easy matter to know which pays best. It is true that farming is a slow road to wealth, but it is sure in time. Any man with good health, (and without that he cannot succeed in any business,) and a reasonable share of industry and go-a-headimakes it his business, FARMER BOY. Oak Hill, N. Y. tiveness, can succeed in farming if he only sticks to it and

SHRUBBERY.

No garden is complete without its shrubbery. A large garden of course, requires a good deal to keep it from being naked and bare in appearance, while a small one may, by a judicious arrangement of clumps of shrubs, be made to appear inuch larger than it really is. The list of shrubs now cultivated is large, and constantly increasing. Equally with the other branches of ornamental gardening, this department has received greatly increased attention of late years.

Shrubs are defined as plants with woody stems, perennial in their nature, and which do not grow to any great height, say twenty feet as the limit. Above that height they are properly trees. The great majority of shrubs bear flowers; in many, the flowers are succeeded by ornamental fruit; a few are cultivated only for their foliage, ornamental bark, or habit of growth. Most shrubs are spring flowering, but it is desirable in planting a garden to make a selection which shall embrace some of the late flowering varieties also.

In order to arrange shrubbery properly, it is absolutely necessary to be informed as to the usual height and habits of growth of the shrubs to be planted. It is a very common fauit that people order shrubs, perhaps making a very judicious selection of sorts, and neglect forming any plan for their it is of course too late for much consideration respecting them; arrangement until they are received from the nursery, when so the gardener is allowed to put them in wherever he chooses, and the result is, most likely, that mistakes are made which it will take years to rectify.

Shrubs require very little care and attention beyond a somewhat particular pruning early in the spring, which is necessary to preserve them, of a good shape. No one should begrudge the few hours labor which will be necessary for this purpose, particularly as it may be performed at a time when there is generally abundance of leisure.

We add a list of select shrubs, in which the dwarf sorts, that is those not exceeding the height of five or six feet, are placed first. The time of flowering is also designated :

Double Flowering Almond-Spring.

Berberis or Barberry, various sorts-Spring.
Calycanthus or Allspice-June.

Azalea or Swamp Pink-Spring.

Deutzias, various kinds, and all beautiful-June.

Corchorus or Kerria Japonica-July to October.
Peonia Moutan or Tree Peonia-Spring.

Spireas, various kinds, all desirable-May to August.
Spirea Reevesii flore pleno, especially beautiful.
Weigelia rosea and W. amabilis, very elegant shrubs with pink
flowers-Spring.

Of the above, the smallest collection should contain Deutzia gracilis, Spirea Reevesii fl. pl., and Weigelia rosea. Of the taller shrubs, we would select

grown.

Chionanthus Virginica or White Fringe-20 feet high when full Cydonia Japonica or Japan Quince, 6 to 8 feet high-Spring. Euonymus or Burning Bush, 10 feet. Ornamental berries in the Autumn. Altheas or Rose of Sharon, 10 to 12 feet, sometimes larger. Flowers

years,

in Autumn. We have not found the Althea perfectly hardy of late
Philadelphus Coronaria or Syringa. Very fragrant-July.
Ribes or Flowering Currant-beautiful-Spring.
Robinia hispida or Rose Acacia-July and intervals afterwards.
Syringa vulgaris or Common Lilac-Spring.
Syringa-Persica or Persian Lilac-fine-Spring.
Viburnum opulus, Guelder Rose or Snow-Ball-June.

Of the taller shrubs, we should recommend particularly the Philadelphus Coronaria or Syringa, Japan Quince, and Flowcring Currant.

G. B. H.

the recent correspondence of the Alderman with Baron LIEBIG, to which we have heretofore alluded. Also to ROBERT RUSSELL, Esq., of Edinburgh, for an interesting

THE CULTIVATOR. article on "Grass Seeds," communicated by him to the

ALBANY, N. Y., APRIL, 1860.

FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE MAINE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 1859.-We are indebted to S. L. GOODALE of Saco, the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, for this volume of over 250 pages, It contains a large amount of valuable matter on practical agriculture, more especially in relation to cattle, grasses, and grazing; including also notices and descriptions of the newer mowing machines, hay presses, &c., with many illustrations. The only improvement we could desire is a subdivision of the work into heads, as it is now entirely deficient in chapters, sections, or indications of separate subjects, a deficiency however partially made up by a good index. It is handsomely printed, and as a repository of facts and experiments, is eminently creditable to the Board and its intelligent and indefatigable Secretary.

Highland and Ag. Society's Journal. Also to Mr. CHARLES
HENDRIE, of Airdrie House, for copies of recent Glasgow
journals.

of Breeders of Thorough Bred Neat Stock," as the full
The Second Annual Meeting of the "Association
title of the association apparently runs-was held at Spring-
field, the 7th inst.
this proving impossible, we quote from the published re-
We hoped to have been present, but
ports the following list of officers:-

President-PAOLI LATHROP of South Hadley.
Vice Presidents-Josiah Fogg of Deerfield, William Birnie of Spring-
field, R. Linsley of West Meriden, Ct., Jacob N. Blakeslee of Water-
town. Ct., John Brooks, Jr., of Princeton, Mass.

Secretary and Treasurer-H. A. Dyer of Hartford. Ct.
neys-S. W. Buffum of Winchester, N. II., S. W. Bartlett of East
Committees on Pedigrees.-On Short Horns, Herefords and Alder-
Windsor, Ct.. Phineas Stedman of Chicopee, Mass.

On Devons and Ayrshires-Sanford Howard of Boston, E. G. Faile of West Farms, N. Y., B. H. Andrews of Waterbury, Ct.

A report of the committee appointed at the previous meeting, on pedigrees, and a supplementary report by Mr. B. H. Andrews of Waterbury, Ct., on the scale of points for Devons, elicited an animated discussion. The afternoon was chiefly occupied with the discussion of pedigrees and the imperfections of the Herd Books.

HORN-AIL.-Dr. Dadd, in his late excellent work on the Diseases of Cattle, treats with great severity the common opinion that nearly every disease which attacks cattle is the "horn-ail," or "hollow horn," or else "tail-ail"—the It was voted to hold the next anuual meeting at Springcoldness or heat which these parts exhibit when the animal field, on the first Wednesday in March, 1861. Breeders is sick, being only symptoms. We lately had a valuable cow of stock are requested to send the pedigrees of their anitaken sick, and kind neighbors directed the horns to be mals to the secretary before the 1st of February next. A bored, the tail to be shortened-in, &c. We suspected the session in the evening was devoted to a free conversationtrouble to arise from accidentally eating too much grain, al debate on root culture and the feeding of roots. producing indigestion, and attendant evils, and according- Some of the speakers in the afternoon expressed themly administered half a pint of freshly pounded, fresh char-selves as by no means satisfied with either the English or coal, mixed with a quart of water, and poured down the American Herd Books, and the proposition that a new animal's throat by means of a junk bottle. This is one of one, to be entirely purged of all imperfect or suspithe best, most efficient, safe and certain remedies we ever cious pedigrees, should be gotten up under the auspices of used for such diseases. It can scarcely in any case do in- the Association, actually met with so much favor from the jury. In the present instance the hollow horn and tail-ail meeting, that a committee was appointed to consider its were soon cured. propriety and report another year.

A GOOD Cow.-I had a cow, (which will be eighteen years old in April,) delivered of a fine calf on the 20th ult. I have owned her thirteen years, and twelve years since, we made (in the month of June) twenty-one and a quarter pounds of butter from her in seven days. She had not calved for four years, but she was milked until October last. I disliked to kill her, as she was fostermother to my child, who will be 12 years old in April, and weighs 95 lbs. C. B. Uplands.

SOILING CATTLE.-We make the following extract from a private letter from a subscriber in Jefferson county: "In your note to me of last August, you expressed a wish that I would furnish you for publication, the result of my experience in the soiling of stock. I have hesitated about doing so, for the reason that I do not wield the pen of a ready writer," and have some doubts about the propriety of my attempting to write for the public eye. I am fully satisfied, however, that the soiling system is the system for small farms, or for even large ones, if the land is MUSQUET GRASS.-I send you a small quantity of Texas mostly tillable. In speaking with my neighbors upon the Musquet grass seed, which, if it is not in your neighborsubject, about the first remark made by them is the inqui- hood, may be interesting to some of your farmers. I ry, will cows do as well?" Perhaps the general impres- have raised it successfully at my farm at "Grotto Dell," sion may be that stock kept in this way will not do as well Reane Co., Va. I deem it a good and valuable grass for -this I think a mistake. At some future time I may fur-pastures, though inferior to timothy and clover for meadows nish you with the details of the method pursued by me, or for hay. JAMES A. LEWIS, Kanawha C. H., Va. for publication, if you think them of sufficient importance to the public."

This subject of soiling cattle is one of much interest, and there is a great desire for practical information in relation to it. We hope our correspondent will furnish the details of his practice.

IMPORTATION OF AYRSHIRES.-We learn that Mr. E. S. Poor, of South Danvers, Mass., has lately received two heifers and one bull of the Ayrshire breed from Scotland. They are said to be from the best blood in Scotland, and good judges here pronounce them as fine looking animals as have been imported in that section. Mr. P. writes us that after the heifers calve he intends to test them accurately in comparison with "native" breeds, and we hope he will favor us with the results for publication.

OSIER WILLOW FOR HEDGES.-If you will insert an inthink it would be read with interest by many. quiry as to how the Osier Willow is liked for live fence, I rods last spring. It has made a dense growth of five feet, I set 21 and has been examined by many of our best farmers, who unanimously pronounce it just the thing for the purpose of fencing. Mice will not gnaw the bark, and the annual clippings can be sold for enough to pay well for all trouble. Mr. P. W. of Auburn, remarked on viewing my hedge-"I have all my life been looking for a hedge plant that would make a quick and durable fence, and now I think I have found it." D. L. HALSEY. Cayuga Co., N. Y.

tice an inquiry as to what application will most speedily LICE ON CATTTE.-In your issue of the 26th inst. I nodestroy lice on cattle. Permit me for the benefit of C. H. We are indebted to Mr. Alderman MECHI, for a M. and others, to give a little of my experience in the copy, in pamphlet form, of the Paper read by him before matter. During a number of years that I have kept catthe Central Farmers' Club, London, Feb. 6, on the "Sewer- tle, I have occasionally had calves and full grown cattle age of Towns as it affects British Agriculture," with a copi- infested with vermin-have tried various remedies, but was ous Appendix, affording much statistical and other informa- never entirely successful until two weeks since, when tion of value in connection with the subject, together with I discovered that two of my young cows were very lousy.

At the suggestion of a neighbor who appeared to have the utmost confidence in the remedy, I applied freely lamp oil from the head along the back, and behind as far down as the udder-also in spots along the sides-it has proved entirely effectual. In two days after, upon examination, I found the slain in abundance, but none that were alive. Fayetteville, N. Y.

S.

POSTS SHOULD BE INVERTED.-Wm. Howe of Allegany Co., relates in the Genesee Farmer, an experiment made to test the comparative durability of posts set as they grew or top-end down. He says:- Sixteen years ago, I set six pairs of bar posts, all split out of the butt cut of the same white oak log. One pair I set butts down, another pair, one butt down, the other top down; the others top down. Four years ago, those set butt down were all rotted off, and had to be replaced by new ones. This summer I had occasion to re-set those that were set top down. I found them all sound enough to re-set. My experiments have convinced me that the best way is to set them tops down."

IMPORTED "SYMMETRY."—We find the annexed notice of this splendid horse, which was imported last autumn by Dr. J. R. WOODS of Albemarle county, Va., in the Charlottesville Advocate: "Symmetry was on our Court Square on Monday last, for public inspection. So far as we could gather from the opinions of our farmers, it was generally conceded that he fully comes up to the high praises which he has received at our State Fair and on exhibition in other places, and that he is admirably suited to the purposes of this county."

BARLEY VS. INDIAN CORN.-The question, as to the relative value, pound for pound, of barley and Indian corn for feeding farm stock, was recently discussed by an Ag. Society at Rhode Island. It was thought (as reported in the Boston Cultivator,) by all who had used both, "that the barley meal was as valuable as the Indian for sows suckling pigs, for young pigs, and for all swine except within a month of slaughter, when corn meal may harden the pork. It was thought best for milch cows, and for sheep at lambing time, it is highly recommended. It was also thought good for making beef." Some had tried it for working horses, but did not like it, though it is the only grain given the hardy Arab steeds. The comparative profit of its growth depends upon its success as a crop. Its failure in many sections where it has formerly flourished, makes us prefer the surer product of Indian corn. CURIOUS FACT IN CHEESE MAKING.-In the celebrated Goshen cheese dairies, it is found, according to a writer in the Ohio Farmer, that the greater the amount of curd that can be obtained from a given amount of milk, the better will be the curd or the quality of the cheese made from it. And this difference in amount, under the management of various curd makers, is enough to astonish those who have no actual acquaintance with the matter. It is said sometimes to equal a fourth of the whole amount.

INDEPENDENT OF PERU.-The farmers of Great Britain are congratulating themselves that they are becoming more independent of the Peruvian Guano monopolists. The reports for the past year show that "while the sales of guano in 1859 were far short of former years, substitutes can be obtained of equal value to the consumer at a lower price." Superphosphate of lime is now largely made by local manufacturers, and the prices of raw mateIrials have been generally on the decline.

PROFITS OF HIGH FARMING.-In a late lecture, Mr. Alderman Mechi, referring to his Tiptree Hall estate, said: "For the last six years, my gain as landlord and tenant on my little farm of 170 acres has been nearly £700 (about $3,500, or over $20 per acre,) per annum. Even this year, with wheat at 42s. per quarter, I have gained £600, after paying every expense. Of course, much of this gain has arisen from steam-power, drainage, deep cultivation, and other improvements; but the liquefied-manure system, has greatly contributed to this result."

LARGE EAR OF CORN.-We have been shown an ear of corn, brought from Kentucky, which had 26 rows, and about 1,000 kernels.

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gate, unscrew the nut just enough to allow the notches to pass freely; slide it to the desired position, screw up again firmly, and the thing is done. To be firm and strong, this contrivance requires a good sized and solid heel post to the gate-a thing which all gates should have, and which is no detriment to easy and successful working; for, being close to the hinges, it exerts no leverage to draw them or cause sagging; and having a very short motion it does not give any momentum to the gate against the latch post, which so frequently batters gates to pieces when heavy at the latch end.

How to Raise Carrots.

G. W. B.

EDITORS CULT. AND CO. GENT.-In "Rural Affairs for Now I wish you to answer the following questions, through 1860," you recommend raising carrots for cows in villages. THE CULTIVATOR-1st. How should the ground be prepared? -2d. When should they be sowed?-3d. What is the best kind to raise ?-4:h. How far apart should the drills be, and how far apart in the drill should the carrots be when properly thinned 3-5th. How much seed should be used to the square rod?-and 6th What will the seed cost to sow 10 rods. Sunny View Garden, Ohio. 1. The carrot wants a deep, rather light, sandy loam soil, of the highest degree of fertility; but will succeed on a strong loam, if dry and mellow. When the subsoil is hard, deep subsoiling is of great value. If thoroughly plowed and manured the previous year, it would be best, except on the very lightest soils, which do not hold manure-2. Early sowing is best, say as early or before the first planting of corn. Later crops are sometimes injured or prevented from vegetating by drouth-3. The long orange and the white carrot are the two best sorts. The white is perhaps most productive, and much more easily harvested-but it is not generally considered to be quite so rich as food, and it is in greater danger of injury from late autumnal frosts-4. Sow in drills with a planter, two and a half to three feet, and thin out to six inches in the drill, if the soil is rich; or four inches if not rich,

GRAPES FROM CUTTINGS.

EDITORS CO. GENT.-I send you the following remarks on the propagation of grapevines from cuttings, which may be done with very little trouble.

Have a box 2 feet high, and about 24 wide-the length as you require-fill half full of well pulverized soil-prepare the cuttings with three eyes-cut smooth below the bottom one-place them in a slanting position, with the last bud just above the soil-take sixpenny white cotton cloth, and nail tightly over the box-give warm soft water freely every evening-place the box in a sunny nook, and in a few weeks your box will be filled with grapevines ready for potting or planting in borders.

From one who is experimenting on the culture of the vine in a small green-house in summer, and in the cellar through the winter.

J. A. D.

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R. PRINCE & CO., FLUSHING, N. Y., will continue to reduce their prices for Grapes in their Catalogues published spring and fall.

NATIVE GRAPES AT REDUCED FRICES. The following 38 cents-$4 per dozen: Alexander, Early Amber, Elsinburg, Hartford Prolific, Minor or Venango, Northern Muscadine. The following 50 cents--$4.50 per dozen: Albino, American Hamburgh, Baldwin, Blackstone, Brinckle, Canby's August or York Madeira, Cassady. Concord, Diana, Emily, Franklin, Garriques, Halifax, Herbemont, Kilvington, Kingsessing. Lenoir, Louisa, Marion Port, Mary Ann, Missouri, Norton's Virginia, Ohio or Jack, Ohio Prolific. Raabe, Rebecca, St. Catherine, Summer Black, Wine Arbor, Winslow. The following 50 to 75 cents-$5 to $8 per dozen: Bland, Canadian Chief, Child's Superb, Clara, Ozark, (3 varieties,) To Kalon, Union Village. The following 75 cents-$8 per dozen: Baltimore, Black King, Coleman's White, Early Hudson, Hensell's White, Holmes or Old Colony, Large True Marion, Manhattan White, Monteith Cluster, Mustang, Napoleon. Pond's Seedling, Potter's Catawba, Purdy's Pro lific, Ramsdell, Scuppernong, (3 varieties.) Secord's White, Somerville, Troy Hamburgh. The following 75 cents to $1: Anna, Catawissa, Ive's Seedling, Long, Los Angelos, Longworth's Catawba, Miles, Offer, White King. The following at $1: August Coral, (true,) Braddock. Carter's Favorite, Early Isabella, Empire. El Paso, Graham, The Gridley, Hyde's Eliza, (true,) White Isabella, White Shonga. following $1 to $2: Delaware, (by some called Native.) Taylor or Bullitt, Logan, Ontario and Purple Catawba. The following $2 to $3: Allen's Hybrids, Rogers' Hybrids, and Cuyahoga: and in the spring the following, $1 to $1.50: Cuyahoga, Delaware, (called native by some,) Logan, Taylor or Bullitt, Ontario, Purple Catawba, Allen's Hybrids. $2 to $3, and in the spring, Maxitawny, Blue Favorite, Wilmington and many others. Isabella and Catawba, one and two years, $4 to $8 per 100. Clinton, one and two years, $7.50 to $10 per 100. Concord, Diana, and Hartford Prolific, $25 to $30 per 100.

Foreign Grapes,-All usual varieties 50 cents-$4 per dozen; and all the new varieties at reduced rates.

Blackberries-New-Rochelle, Dorchester, Parsley-leaved, &c. Raspberries-Antwerp, Fastolff, Franconia, Brinckle's Orange, Allen, &c. Currants-Versailles, Cherry, Caucase, White Grape, Fertile d'Angers, Victoria, &c. Strawberries-A collection unequalled by any other, and at the lowest rates (see Catalogue.) Rhubarb-Linnaeus, Victoria, Prince Albert, Magnum Bonum, &c. Spanish Chestnuts, Filberts, Figs. Pomegranates, Mulberries, &c. Stocks-Apple, Pear, Mazzard, Mahaleb and Angers Quince. 18,000 Norway Spruce, 8 to 10 feet. 12,000 Arborvitæ, fine form, 6 to 10 feet. 10,000 Silver Maples. 8 to 12 feet. 50,000 Osage Orange, 1 and 2 years. Bell and Round Cranberries. Large Apples, large Standard and Dwarf Pears in bearing, large Cherries and Dwarf do., large Plums. Seeds-Osage Orange and Sorghum. Chinese Potato or Dioscorea, $3 per 100. Bulbs-Gladiolus, French | Hybrids, 70 varieties, 15 cents to $1; Tuberoses, Amarylis, Jacobean Lily, Tiger Flowers, Japan Lilies, Cyclamens, Oxalis, and 300 splendid Mar. 22-wlt varieties of Dahlias. N. B. We ask especial attention to our Descriptive Cataloge of Grapes, comprising 400 varieties.

REAT CURIOSIT Y.-Particulars sent
SHAW & CLARK,
free. Agents wanted.
Biddeford, Me.
Dec. 8-w13tm6t.

PATENT COULTER HARROW, HORSE HOEING MACHINE, and POTATO-COVERING AND HOEING MACHINE, will save labor enough in one season to pay their cost, if used understandingly; and Manufacturers ought also to know that one of the best investments of the ral States remaln yet unsold. All orders for the above promptly atpresent day is to purchase the right of the above implements, as seve tended to, except from territory sold.

For further particulars, address the subscriber, manufacturer and
D. W. SHARES,
Hamden, Conn.
Patentee, who will send Circulars or any information desired, free to
any part of the United States.
Mar 22-w3tmlt

DRAFT HORSE CHAMPION.

Winner of the FIRST PREMIUM at the New-York State Fair in 1858
-ALSO at the United States Fair at Chicago in 1859-Also at the Me-
chanical and Agricultural Association's Fair at St. Louis, 1859. Cham-
pion is now 7 years old-16% hands high-is of a beautiful dapple
grey, and weighs 1,705 pounds. He was got by imported Clyde, out of
Lady Dow, by imported Rainbow-her dam a Clydesdale mare, im-
ported by Mr. Strachan of Pickering, Canada West, in 1836.
CHAMPION is now offered FOR SALE also some fine young fillies
CHARLES T. MACK, Lockport,
sired by him. Address
Niagara Co. N. Y.
March 29-w&mlt.*

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world, by
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PUBLIC AUCTION.

The subscriber intends holding his Second Public Sale of DEVON CATTLE early in the coming June, when he will offer between 20 and 30 head of his own breeding-all Herd Book animals, and of superior excellence. As at his previous sale, each lot will be started at a very low up-set price, and sold, without reserve, to the highest bidder over that amount.

Catalogues will be ready about the middle of April, with pedigrees
and full particulars.
C. S. WAINWRIGHT,
The Meadows, Rhinebeck, N. Y

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Soil, and Modes of Culture, as well as for most other Climates and
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DOG POWERS,
CHURNING MACHINES.

Also every conceivable Implement required for the Plantation, and liberally accorded to them by a discerning public, and the solicit Farm and Garden-also for the Dairy and Farm House and buildings. a continuance of the liberal patronage so largely enjoyed by them. Their Their SEED DEPARTMENT Comprises all the variety offered by any similar establishment in the country, and all seeds WARRANTED FRESH and GENUINE, and true to name and kind. Their newly published and highly ILLUSTRATED Embraces a large fund of valuable information in relation to the construction and uses of the various Machines and their principles of operation; also the FINEST and BEST COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS of Machines and Implements ever published, together with a Price List, Terms of Sale, and Warranty-which is furnished gratis to all appli cants upon receipt of a three-cent stamp to prepay the postage. EMERY BROTHERS,

For this portion of their Manufactory it has become necessary to make a distinct department, and which is devoted exclusively to that purpose. The great variety of Implements, as Plows, Cultivators, Harrows, Seeding Machines, &c., enables the purchaser to make his selection to suit in every respect.

The Character of the Work from this long and well known establishment is too well known to need comment here. The Proprietors would only say they will endeavor to maintain that reputation so long

April 1-w&mit

CATALOGUE,

62 & 64 State st., Albany, N. Y.

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