Notes for the Month. COMMUNICATIONS have been received, since our last, from G. H. Burgess, S. E. Johnston, M. S. Kellogg, J. R. Howard, A Subscriber, D. T., B. A. Hutchinson, N. Agard, C. E. G., H. C. W., Charles Robinson, S. Worden, F. Holbrook. BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, &c., have been received, since our last, as follows: THE FARMER'S EVERY-DAY Вook, or Sketches of Social Life in the Country, with the Popular Elements of Practical and Theoretical Agriculture, and 1200 Laconics and Apothegms-also 500 Receipts on Hygein, Domestic and Rural Economy, by Rev. JOHN L. BLAKE. Auburn: Derby & Miller. From the author. THE ILLUSTRATED DOMESTIC BIBLE; by Rev. Ingram Cobbin. Part III. From E. H. PEASE & Co., Albany. This is a beautifully illustrated and admirably arranged edition of the Bible, with brief notes and reflections for family use. To be com. pleted in 25 parts, at 25 cents. Fourth Annual Report of the Mahoning Co., Ohio, Ag. Society. From J. M. EDWARDS, Esq., Secretary. D. D., Geneva.-Your communication on Grafting, was omitted till too late for the past season. It is filed for insertion in time for next year. HAYDN'S GREAT ORATORIO.-"THE SEASONS."— We are pleased to learn that the Harmonia Society of this city, propose to perform, during the evenings of the coming State Fair, the celebrated oratorio of HAYDN, entitled "The Seasons." Nothing could be more appropriate to such a time, when 66 Nature, ever kind, rewards than this admirable composition, which has long been considered the master-piece of its world-renowned author. We understand that the officers of the Harmonia, have made arrangements to bring ont this oratorio in its perfection. The Society it self numbers over one hundred members, compris. ing the best musical talent, and they have been for several months engaged in preparing for this per formance. They have also engaged for the occasion, thirty picked musicians, mostly from the Philharmonic Society of New York, at the head of which is the eminent composer, Mr. BRISTOW. Other distinguished performers will assist in the different departments; and we have no doubt that the exhibition will afford the highest gratification. It is to be repeated during the evenings of the Fair, (3d, 4th, 5th and 6th,) at Dr. Huntington's Church, Clinton Park. PRICES of JERSEY CATTLE.-The Secretary of the New-York State Ag. Society has received a letter from Col. LE COUTEUR, of the island of Jersey, in which it is stated that the cost of a yearling bull of the pure Jersey breed would be from £10 to £12 sterling, ($48 to $58) delivered at Southampton, and that a yearling prize heifer would-be furnished at from £10 to £15. SAMPLES OF WOOL.-We are indebted to H. C. MERIAM, Esq. of Tewkesbury, Mass., for various samples of imported wool. They comprise specimens of most of the kinds to which he refers in his communication which we give in this number. We have deposited them at the rooms of the State Agricultural Society, where they may be compared with the different varieties produced in our own country. HUNGARIAN CATTLE.-R. L. COLT, Esq., of Paterson, N. J., has imported a bull and heifer from Hungary. They are said to be of the breed so highly recommended by Mr. FLEISCHMAN, in the Patent Office Report for 1847. (See Cultivator 1849, p. 59.) Their color is a light dun. They are said to have cost in Hungary $112, which added to the expenses of importation, made them cost at New York upwards of $400. We hope the enterprising importer will be liberally rewarded by the improvement which these animals will be the means of producing. WORLD'S EXHIBITION, (LONDON,) 1851.-The local committee for the State of New-York, as appointed by Gov. FISH, consists of the following gentlemen: Hon. Luther Bradish, New-York; E. P. Prentice, B. P. Johnson, Albany; Hon. Jas. Tallmadge, A. Chandler, Charles Henry Hall, New-York; A. Van Bergen, Coxsackie; Wm. Buel, Rochester. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA.—We learn by a letter from S. P. Knox, Esq., that there is a very flourishing Ag. Society in this county, consisting of about 200 members, and that they are preparing to members, Mr. K. informs us, are subscribers to the hold an exhibition this fall. A large portion of the Cultivator. "ACCLIMATION OF TROPICAL PLANTS."—Dr. LEE, in the Southern Cultivator, complains that some of the remarks on this subject, by our corres-. pondent C. E. G.," in our July number, are unjust. He quotes the following paragraph: 66 "So low is the state of society in all the States the capabilities of the soil and climate which they of tropical regions, that the people do not know possess, nor the susceptibilities of the improvement inherent in their fruits and vegetables. Hence, with a soil and climate so much inferior, we yet cultivate melons, tomatoes, squashes, &c., in size and flavor decidedly superior to the same fruits cultivated there." Dr. L. proceeds to comment on the above, by saying that the "statements in regard to melons, tomatoes and squashes, are not true; and what is said about the low state of society in all the States of tropical regions' is not only untrue, but it is a gratuitous detraction. In reference to soil, taken as a whole, the Southern Atlantic and Gulf States have no superiority over the Northern States, out of New England. In point of climate, they are more favored than any equal area in North America, if not in the world." These remarks of Dr. L. indicate that he had, strangely enough, inbibed the idea that the observations of "C. E. G." were intended to apply to the Southern States of our Union! A simple and self-evident refutation of this unfound. ed charge, is the fact that none of our States lie within, or even border on the "tropical regions," and consequently could not have been alluded to by 'C. E. G." The term "States," as used by him, simply signifies countries. A gentleman who edits two papers at the North, and one at the South, and also fills a clerkship at Washington-and, especial. ly one who seeks to preside over a Bureau at the seat of government, ought to be able to define the extent of the tropical regions. THE RAM'S HEAD IN "THE WOOL-GROWER."Mr. PETERS states that the vignette at the head of his paper "is the head of an improved Leicester Ram, and a very good one too." Pray, how long is it since the improved Leicester sheep have borne horns? Or how does the cut in the Wool-Grower differ from that of a Scotch black-faced ram, which forms the frontispiece to the work on sheep by W. C. L. Martin? We are indehted to B. B. KIRTLAND Esq., of the Catonment Farm, Greenbush, for beautiful specimens of the Red Astrachan apple and Smith's Orleans plum. thousand baskets from one acre, and three thousand from a lot of two acres, which had just began to bear. The prices obtained were from eighteen and three-fourths cents to twenty-five cents a bas ket. We understand that L. G. MORRIS, Esq. has purchased in England, of Jonas Webb, a lot of South Down sheep, and that he also purchased at the show of the Royal Society at Exeter, several CHEESE MANUFACTURE.-We have given frequent fine Devon cattle, all destined for his farm at Mor-notices of the "cheese factories" so called in the risania, Westchester county, N. Y. northern part of Ohio. Mr. GEO. HEZLEP, of Gustavus, Trumbull county, is one of the pioneers in this business, and pursues it on a large scale. We understand he is this season using the curd from the milk of one thousand cows. He takes the curd from the doors of the dairymen in the neighborhood, every day, and pays from 3 to 3 cts. per lb. for it. He makes from 100 to 120 cheeses daily. Mr. H.'s cheese has a high reputation for quality. He has sometimes sent specimens to our State Shows, which have been much commended. We understand that he intends to send his cheese to California, this year. THE YELLOW-BIRD.-We think our New Hamp. shire correspondent is mistaken in regard to the object of the yellow-bird, which he has seen on his fields of winter wheat. We think the bird was seeking the insect called weevil, or wheat midge. It is not singular that the bird should be seen more frequently on bald than on bearded wheat, as it could more readily come at the worm in the former. We have never heard the bird charged with doing injury to wheat, except in districts where the insect prevailed; yet if its object was to feed on the wheat we cannot see why it should not attack the crops of all sections, and also attack spring wheat as well as winter wheat. But the reason why the bird has been seen on the winter wheat more than on spring wheat, in the New England states, is that the former has usually been more subject to the midge-the spring wheat coming in after the period of the attack of the insect had more or less passed. HAY CAPS.-We have frequently spoken of the advantages of hay caps for protecting_hay against rain during the process of curing. E. EMERSON states in the Mass. Plowman that he has used them several years, and has found them of much use in case of storms. He has had hay stand, covered by these caps, four or five days, during which there was a heavy rain, and on opening it, found it sweet and not more colored than it would have been from a heavy dew. He estimated that each cock of hay was enough better to pay the cost of the cap. He makes his cap of sheeting, a yard and a quarter or a yard and a half wide, tears it into squares, and with a tape needle puts a loop in each corner, and they are done. He applies these caps as follows: "Make four sticks about 18 inches long for each cap, let two hands at opposite corners draw the cap down tight over the cock-pass the stick through the loop and up (not down) into the cock of hay, and it will stand both wind and rain a month if you wish." SEED OF THE CANE.-(Arundo ragmites ?)An article has been going the rounds, stating that a remarkable phenomenon had been exhibited the present season by the "cane-brake" of the south-western States. It was said to have produced seed resembling wheat, and the circumstance was represented as being unaccountable, by any known laws relating to the plant. The seed alluded to was undoubtedly the natural seed of the cane, and that PROPOSED SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE.- -We learn it should resemble wheat need not excite wonder, from a circular received through Mr. B. H. STREETwhen it is known that both plants belong to the same ER, of Clyde, N. Y., that JOSEPH WATSON, Esq., natural order-graminacae. The following descrip- President of the Wayne County Agricultural Sotion of the cane, from Flint's Geography and His-ciety, offers his farm, for which he has received the tory of the Mississippi Valley, will sufficiently explain what to some may have appeared a mystery, "This beautiful vegetable is generally asserted to have a life of five years, at the end of which period, if it has grown undisturbed, it produces an abundant crop of seed, with heads very much like those of broom-corn. The seeds are farinaceous, and said not to be much inferior to wheat, for which the Indians, and occasionally the first settlers, have substituted it. No prospect so impressively shows the exuberant prodigality of nature, as a thick canebreak. Nothing affords such a rich and perennial range for cattle, sheep and horses. The butter that is made from the cane pastures of this region, is of the finest kind. The seed easily vegetates in any rich soil. It rises from the ground like the richest asparagus, with a large succulent stem, and it grows six feet high, before this succulency and tenderness hardens into wood. No other vegetable furnishes a fodder so rich and abundant; nor, in our view, does any other agricultural project so strongly call for a trial, as the annual sowing of cane in regions too far north for it to survive the winter. We suppose this would be latitude 39°." GREAT PRODUCT OF RASPBERRIES.- -It is stated that NATHANIEL HALLOCK, of Milton, Uister county, N. Y., has sent to New York, the present sea. son, ten thousand baskets of Antwerp Raspberries, each basket holding one pint. He gathered seven first premium of that society, for the purpose of establishing an institution for education. The course of instruction to be pursued, is to "embrace all the branches of education usually pursued in acade mies and higher seminaries of learning, with Prac tical and Scientific Agriculture and Domestic Economy as the leading features of the Institution." The conditions of Mr. WATSON's proposition are, that there shall be erected on the farm "suitable buildings and fixtures of the value of $5000, with proper arrangements for the future support of the school, and that the Association shall pay to him or his assigns, during the natural lives of himself and wife, the sum of $300 annually, and after the death of either, the sum of $150, and upon the death of both, the premises to become the property of the Association.' The farm consists of about fifty acres and is esti mated to be worth $100 per acre. It is proposed to raise the sum of $5000 in shares of $100 each. We hope these praiseworthy exertions for the promotion of sound education, may be successful. THE WHEAT MIDGE.-The Rural New-Yorker observes that "there can hardly be a doubt that this destructive plague has overrun Vermont and the eastern part of this State." The writer ob serves that he had "indulged the hope that there was some incompatability in our climate and the nature and habits of this great plague, as its prevalence in the great wheat growing region of the west would be almost equal to war, pestilence and famine." He also expresses the hope that it is "but local and transitory," in the western part of this state, as he has heard of but one instance of its appear. ance, and has not discovered it in any crops he has examined. Greenhouse Plants, Vines and Roses. PARSONS & CO. offer for sale every desirable variety of Green house Plants, and many valuable novelties recently introduced from Europe. Growers of Grapes are invited to examine their vineries, now in full fruit, from which they can furnish good vines, of about forty varieties, at 50 cents for those one year old, 75 100 46 66 two Their stock of saleable Roses includes some thousand on their own their various sub-classes. roots, of the Remontauts, Bourbon, China, and Garden Roses, in Catalogues furnished on application by mail to Flushing, near New York. Sept. 1-2. Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c. This insect was noticed in some of the eastern States, and in Lower Canada, nearly thirty years ago, and for many years its ravages were such that it occasioned almost an entire suspension of wheat culture in those sections. It has been gradually working its way westwardly; and four or five years since was so numerous in Onondaga and Cayuga THE subscriber cultivates at his Nurseries, and has for sale at his counties, as to do much injury to the wheat. It has appeared within a few years in the more western districts of this state and in Ohio,-doing considerable damage in that state the last season. Its prevalence in the eastern section of the country, has been gradually diminishing for several years; and the notice of this fact has encouraged the farmers to revive the culture of wheat, which in most instances has latterly, and especially the present season, been quite successful. Prices of Agricultural Products. [Review of the Market for the last month.] ALBANY, AUGUST 19, 1850. We have had another month of dull business, to be followed as is confidently anticipated by all, by an active demand for all kinds of produce from now to the close of the season. FLOUR. There has been a moderate trade and Eastern demand for flour during the month, and prices of all descriptions have materially declined. This has been hastened by approach of the proceeds of the recent harvest, which in almost every part of the country has been bountiful beyond all former precedent. The sales during the month have been 20,000 brls at 84a4.25 for common State, $137 a4.50 for fresh ground State and mixed to straight Western, $4.50a $4.62 for fancy western, $4.87 for fresh State from prime Canadian wheat, $4.87 a$5 for new Western, $5.25a5.37 for old pure Genesee, $5.50 for new do., $5.75a5.87 for fancy Genesee and $6a6 50 for extra do. Quotations are very irregular and show a decline of 50c to $1.00 on all descriptions, and the tendency is still to a further decline. residence, Eustis-street, Roxbury, Mass., all the choice varieties of the Pear, Apple, Plum, Cherry, Peach, and other Fruit Trees, Asparagus Roots, etc., etc., etc. Raspberries, Gooseberries, Currants, Grape Vines, Strawberries, Also several thousand Pear Trees on the Quince-one, two, three, four and five years from the bud. Particular attention paid to the cultivation of the Pear. Persons wishing extra sized trees, or trees on Quince stock in a bearing state, will please call at the Nurseries and make their own selection. 30,000 Buckthorn Plants. The following varieties of Apples can be furnished: THE WAGENER -For this new variety, the N. Y. State Ag. Society awarded to Charles Lee, Esq., of Yates Co., the place of its origin, the highest premium in 1847, and again in 1848-also procured a colored plate for a frontispiece to its published Transactions grained, crisp and juicy. FLAVOR-Rich, sprightly, vinous, sub and gave it a full description, in part as follows: "TEXTURK-Fine acid and delicious. SEASON-From October to May, and a prolifie bearer." By referring to Vol. 7th, page 60th of the Albany Cultivator, it will be seen that I have had the exclusive privilege of Mr. Lee's trees, and have taken scions from his-the original seedling tree-and also from others worked from it in the neighborhood, so that those ordering will be sure of the genuine variety. Price of GRAIN. The receipts of new Genesee wheat have been free and this variety, 50 cents each, and Scions furnished only in sınall the demand for the East and for New-York, is good; the samples requantities. THE HAWLEY or DOUSE.-For flavor, size and productive ceived have been good, and those from Onondaga county from which section of the State but little is ordinarily received, are not only ofness, this is believed to be the best Fall Apple known, either for prime qualities but the crop is reported as very large. Of new dessert or market purposes. A description and outline can be seen Western wheat we have no sales to report. The sales of all desin the Cultivator of April, 1847, from which we quote-“ Of all the criptions are 29,000 bush. at 80c for red Canadian, 92a95 for old Ohio, varieties of Apples which have lately been brought to notice, probably 125c for old Mediterranean, 140fa125c for old Genesee, 1061 for new none is destined to become more and deservedly popular than the Hawley or Douse." Also in the Horticulturist of July, 1847, Hovey's Mediterranean, and 130a126c new Genesee, the last sale having been made at the lower figure. In Rye we have no sales to report. Oats Magazine of Dec. 1947, and the Genesee Farmer of May, 1848. have been in fair demand and the market during the month has graThe latter, in describing it, adds-" The first time we saw it was at the State Fair at Auburn in 1846, when it was exhibited by E. C. dually declined; the sales are 78.000 bush. from store and Canal, closing at 40a4le for good lots, 37a28c for damaged do, and 38c for Frost, of Chemung Co., as the Douse. His specimens were monCanadian. The demand for corn has been very steady and prices strous, and we well remember the commotion it created among the have been uniformly maintained; the sales are 150,000 bush. at 59c pomologists present, to all of whom it seemed unknown." Trees 4 for damaged round, 61a63 for Western mixed and 62a63 for yellow years from the graft, 50 cents each. Scions by the doz. or 100. round, closing firm at the inside figures with an upward tendency. THE WINTER KING, is a very showy and productive apple, eultivated in this and Tompkins County, where it sells one shilling per bushel higher than that fine and well known variety, the Swaar -25 cts. per tree. FEED. The demand from the East for all descriptions of feed has been good; the sales have been 80,000 bush. at 10c for Bran, 11a14e for shorts, 14a16 for second quality and 90a98 for middlings. SALT. A fair trade demand at 10 alle for bags and 100c for brls. WHISKEY. The demand is in excess of the supply, the sales have been 1120 brls at prices ranging from 243a26c for Ohio and S. P. closing firm at the higher figure. HOPS. We notice light sales of the crop of 1849 at 16c. WOOL. The sales during the month have been about 100,000lbs. at 32 for lambs, 35c for mixed and 354a36c for mixed Oiho and Western New-York. The trade has not opened yet. The receipts by Canal are already 1,300,000 lbs. ahead of last year. PROVISIONS. The trade is exclusively of a retail character and very dull. Quotations are nominal. TOMPKINS APPLE.—Origin, Tompkins Co. An outline and description is given in the Horticulturist of Feb'y, 1848. Mr. Downing says—“A large, handsome and productive autumn fruit, superior in flavor to the Porter. We commend it with confidence to the notice of amateurs and collectors of good fruit." Season-October and November-25 cts each. In addition to the above four new varieties, among other standard sorts, are the following: Early Harvest, Large Sweet Bough, SumBaldwin, Northern Spy, Roxbury Russett, Ladies' Sweeting and mer Queen, Fall Pippin, Early Joe, Norton's Melon, Swaar, Newtown Pippin. Scions. One or two dozen can be sent by mail with safety to any part of the Union, and larger quantities by public conveyance. Pears and Plums are not affected with the blight. Eastern fruit growers can procure Peach trees. here, perfectly free from the YELLOWS, a disease to us unknown. Trees carefully packed, and sent by public conveyance to any section of the U. States and Canadas. Being on the Chemung Railroad, which connects the New-York and Erie, with the Buffalo and Albany route at Elmira and Geneva, this location for railroad facilities is surpassed by none. Price Catalogues furnished gratis to all post-paid applicants, containing an engraving and full description of Wagener and Hawley or Douse apples. Sept. 1, 1850-1t. EL To Fruit Growers and Nurserymen. LLWANGER & BARRY solicit the attention of all Tree Planters, Nurserymen and Dealers to their present stock, which is much larger and better than they have ever before had the pleasure of offering. It embraces among other things in large qauntitiesStandard Fruit Trees, of all sorts. Dwarf and Pyramidal Fruit Trees, for gardens. Gooseberries, Strawberries, Raspberries, Currants, &c., all the newest and best kinds. Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, &c., including all new, rare and desirable articles. Buckthorn, Osage Orange and other Hedge Plants. Green House, Border and Bedding Plants. A new edition of the general descriptive Catalogue is now ready and will be sent gratis to those who apply post-paid. Mount Hope Garden and Nurseries, Rochester, New York, Sept. 1st, 1850-11. MA Apple Trees for Orchards. ANY thousand fine Trees, mostly 7 to 8 feet high, propagated in all cases from thoroughly proved or bearing trees, for sale at the nursery of J. J. THOMAS, Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y They embrace the best standard varieties, with nearly all the valuable new sorts; among them are Early Harvest, Sine Qua Non, Sweet Bough, Early Joe, Summer Sweet Paradise, Autumn Strawberry, Gravenstein, Dutch Mignonne, Rambo, Fall Pippin, Yellow Bellflower, Rhode Island Greening, Esopus Spitzenburgh, Northern Spy, Swaar, &c., &c. Price, varying with selections, from sixteen to eighteen dollars per hundred-a first rate selection of summer, autumn, and winter fruit, of fifteen to thirty varieties, if made by the proprietor, furuished at sixteen dollars per hundred, or seventeen if well packed in matted bundles, and delivered at canal or railway. All orders to be accompanied with remittances. Sept. 1-3t. Prince's Linnæan Botanic Gardens and Nurseries, Flushing, N. Y. WM. R. PRINCE & CO., successors of Wm. Prince, and sole proprieters of his great collection, offer the largest and choicest assortment of Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Plants to be found in Buffalo Nursery and Horticultural Garden. THE Proprietor of this old established nursery solicits the attention of Fruit Growers, Nurserymen and others, to the unusually large stock of FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, FLOW. ERING SHRUBS, &c., now offered for sale. APPLE TREES -The assortment embraces nearly all of the most choice and truly valuable sorts worthy of a place in the orchard. [A very large number of varieties have been rejected.] PYRAMIDAL DWARF PEAR TREES.-The stock on hand is very fine, of from one to three years growth; trees strong and vigorous-among them are the following: Bartlet, Louise Bonne d'Jersey, White Doyenne, Bloodgood, Golden Beurre of Billboa, Buerre de Arembergh, Flemish Benuty, Seckel, Van Mons' Leon le Clerc, Passe Colmar, Beurre Diel, Fondante de Automne, Onondaga, Beurre Langelier, Duchess d'Angouleme, Napoleon, Glout Morceau, &c. Also a fine assortment of standard Pear Trees of the most se lect old sorts, together with most of the new varieties. PEACHES. Some 5,000 trees, of the best market varieties among them are the following: Early York, Early Tillotson, Walter's Early, Royal George, George the Fourth, Crawford's Early, Crawford's Late Melocoton, Grosse Mignonne, Walter's Early, Morris Red and White Rareripe, Noblesse, and many other sorts. CHERRIES.-A fine assortment, mostly trained with low heads, some 50 varieties in all-among them are Black Tartarian, Elton, Downton, Coe's Transparent, Napoleon Bigarreau, Groffan Bigarreau, Knight's Early Black, Beauman's May, Early Purple Guigue, Downer's Late Red, May Duke, Butler's Yellow, &c. &c. PLUMS.-A very fair stock of the most choice and valuable APRICOTS.-Dubois' Early Golden, Moorpark, Breda, Musch Musch, &c., NECTARINES.-Boston or Perkins' Seedling, Golden Red, Ro sorts. man, &c. ALMONDS.-Ladies' thin shell, and others. QUINCES.-Large Orange, Portugal, Pear-Shaped, &c. GRAPES.-The best for the Grapery, and also the best for out door culture. GOOSEBERRIES.-White Amber, Mammoth and others. CURRANTS.-Large Red and White Dutch, White Grape, Naples, Victoria, Knight's Sweet Red and others. STRAWBERRIES. Some 30 varieties, Burr's New Pine, Boston Pine, Large Early Scarlet, Hovey's Seedling, and some others are truly fine and prolific. RHUBARB.-Early Tobolsk, Victoria, Wisconsin, Mammoth and others. ORNAMENTAL TREES AND FLOWERING SHRUBS.A large stock, Mountain Ash, Horse Chestnut, Silver Maples, &c., by the 100 or 1000 at very low prices. EVERGREEN TREES.-A large collection of most beautiful trees, grown in the nursery. By the quantity, at low prices. ROSES.-A very good assortment of Hardy Garden, Hybrid, Perpetual, Bourbon, Noisette, Moss and others. HERBACEOUS PLANTS.-Many choice sorts--some beautifu new Phloxes, Tulips, Hyacinths, Dahlias, Peonies, &c., &c. STOCKS.--Apple, Cherry, Plum and Quince stocks, and Nursemen and others will be supplied with trees of large or small size reduced prices. America, and will transmit Descriptive Catalogues to all post-paid Orders by mail or otherwise will receive prompt attention. Every article carefully labelled, securely packed and forwarded agreeable to order, and with the least possible delay. Descriptive Catalogue (a pamphlet of 60 pages) gratis to all who apply, (postage paid.) B. HODGE. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 1st, 1850-1t. Chapin's Portable Cider-Miil and Press. THE advantages of this machine have already been realized in this State, and heretofore laid before the public, certified by a large number of reliable sources. It received, at the State Agricultural Fair at Syracuse in 1849, all the rewards and tokens des tined by the Society for that class of implements, besides the constant applause of the crowd. Its utility is beyond a question, and can be warranted a source of positive profit to any one having suf ficint employment for such a machine. It was patented on the 21st of Nov. 1848, and well tried during the same season. It was again tested in the fall of 1849, on several occasions. The small sized mills, which are designed to be conveyed and operated by hand, are capable of making from 3 to 6 barrels of cider per day, by the help of a man and boy. The large size, which are drawn by a pair of horses, are capable of making from 12 to 20 barrels per day, with the help of two men and one horse. The price of a large Mill and Press, and the right of a whole town for making, using and vending, does not exceed the cost of one of the ordinary old fashioned mills. As it is a traveling machine, no sales will be made without designating its limits by the lines of either states, counties or towns. Applications are solicited immediately, and a crowd of references will be furnished. JACOB M. SWART, of Quaker Street Village, Schenectady Co., N. Y., Agent for Albany, Schoharie and Schenectady counties. They are principally manufactured by the Patentee, NATHAN CHAPIN, Sept. 1, 1850-11* West end of Warren St., Syracuse, N. Y. Transactions of the N. Y. State Ag. Society. TRANSACTIONS of the New York State Agricultural Society, from 1841 to 1849, eight vols., price $8, for sale at the office of THE CULTIVATOR. Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, and Field and Garden Seeds. UPWARDS of one hundred different kinds of Plows, and a corresponding variety of all other Implements for the Farmer, Planter and Gardener; embracing the largest and most complete assortment to be found in the United States. Also, Field and Garden Seeds, a large and varied assortment. A. B. ALLEN & CO., August 1, 1850.-tf. 189 & 191 Water St., New-York. Emery & Co.'s Latest Improved Railroad Horse Power, and Overshot Threshing Machine and Separator. THE above cut represents this most useful machine, with the LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, For which Patent is secured, embracing some of great value and importance-which have suggested themselves from time to time as the various kinds made and sold by us have become worn, used and failed. The most important of these consists principally in the mode of applying the power and motion from the endless platform to the shaft of the main Driving Pulley, and obtaining the necessary motion for the OVERSHOT THRESHING MACHINE, without crossing bands or intermediate gearings, and at the same time dispensing with the small pinions and cogs on the links of the endless platform, -thereby combining GREATER STRENGTH and DURABILITY with LIGHTER FRICTION, without the liability of breakage of links, or the wearing of links and pinions,-(no small item in the expense of repairs in most other kinds of powers in use.) The farmer or mechanic is enabled to perform a greater amount of work, or to operate with less power or elevation, as best suits his wishes. Having been long engaged in the Manufacture, Introduction, Sale, &c,, of the various kinds of Horse Powers, for different purposes, and at all times adopted such improvements as from observation and experiment have seemed necessary and desirable, we feel confident that in this Power, as now manufactured, all that can be desirable, is found to a greater extent than any heretofore sold by us, or with which we are acquainted, They were introduced to some considerable extent last season, and wherever used side by side with the most approved Powers of other kinds, have given unqualified satisfaction, and been preferred. The Overshot Threshers and Vibrating Separators, with improvements, have been sold with like success as the Powers. They admit of a level feeding table, thus avoiding accidents, (which often occur with the inclined feeding board,) by preventing hard substances, sticks and stones from getting into the Machine and breaking Spikes, endangering those engaged with them. The Cylinder Shaft, (of Cast Steel,) runs in Bronze Boxes, which are so made of two parts as easily to be adjusted when worn loose, and can with little trouble, always be kept tight. The speed of the Power is such that a larger pulley is used on the Thresher than on most others-driving stronger, with less liability of slipping of Bands, which last are made of Vulcanized India Rubber. The Separator makes a complete separation of Grain from the Straw, leaving it in the best condition for the Fan Mill; thus saving the labor of several men, and doing the work better. Fan Mills of various sizes, for Hand, or fitted to be driven by the Power, at same time of threshing. Also, Saw Mills in complete order. The Double Horse Power is capable, with 3 or 4 men, of threshing from 125 to 200 bushels of Wheat or Rye, and the Single one from 75 to 100 bushels, or double that quantity of Oats per day. They are warranted to perform as above, or may be returned to us or our Agents, of whom they were purchased within 3 months, and the purchase money refunded. They may be had in Rochester, Buffalo, or any of the principal ports on the lower or upper lakes, by adding transportation. Good agents will attend to the sale of them in those places. The prices will be, for Single Powers,.. "Threasher and Separator,.. $85 00 35 00 "Bands, Wrench, Oil Can, extra pieces, 5 00-$125 00 Best Double Machines. Complete, ($25 more on.) Fan Mills, from.. 150 00 $22 to $28 Saw Mill, complete..... $35 Also "Wheeler's" Machines, improved this season, Single Setts, complete, ........... Double do. do. $120 00 145 00 Choice Sheep for Sale. THE subscriber having determined to quit the farming business offers his entire flock of Sheep for sale. They have been bred with great care for over 20 years, with a view to make them heavy and fine. They now shear three and a-half pounds per head, and the wool sold last year, at the Kinderhook Depot, for 47 cents per pound. Specimens of them will be at the State Fair. Also, one Imported Ayrshire Cow, with her last two calves, both heifers. DANIEL S. CURTIS. Canaan Center, N. Y., Aug. 1-2. Albany Burr Mill Stone Factory. ADAM R. SMITH, (late of Troy,) having located at the Corner of Broadway and Quackenbush streets, (three blocks above the Delavan House,) ALBANY, N. Y., invites the attention of Millwrights and others to the stock on hand, which, with his facilities for manufacturing, must render it advantageous for them to call upon him before purchasing elsewhere. He keeps also, a large supply of Bolting Cloth, Screen Wire, Plaster of Paris, and other articles used in Milling, which will be disposed of on liberal terms. The American Live Stock Insuance Company, At Vincennes, Ind. September next, CHARTER unlimited. Granted January 2, 1850. Capital $50,000! For the Insurance of HORSES, MULES, PRIZE BULLS, SHEEP AND CATTLE, of every description, against the combined risks of Fire, Water, Accidents and Disease. Losses paid in 30 days after proof of death. Directors.-Joseph G. Bowman, Hiram Decker, M. D., Isaac Mass, George D. Hay, John Wise. Alvin W. Tracy, Hon. Abner T. Ellis, Abm. Smith, Hon. Thomas Bishop. Joseph G. Bowman, President. B. S. Whitney, Secretary Wm. Burtch, Treasurer. Aug. 1, 1850-lyr. B. P. JOHNSON, Agent, Albany. Farm and Stock for Sale. THE subscriber will sell at auction, on the (if not previously disposed of at private sale,) his farm, situated in Westminster, Vt., containing upwards of 200 acres, nearly 100 acres of which is alluvial land of the most productive kind, lying on the bank of the Connecticut river. He will also sell at the same time, the live-stock of said farm, consisting of about sixty head of superior neat cattle, mostly Devons, thirty South Down sheep, and fifty swine of Suffolk, Middlesex and Essex breeds. imported from England; another, seven years old, purchased of Geo. Among the Devon cattle, are one very fine bull, two years old, Patterson, Esq., of Maryland; another, one year old, bred on the farm. Several of the cows are pure Devons of the very best blood and quality, and the whole lot were either selected, or bred by the subscriber with great care. Of the South Down Sheep, six were imported-others were purchased of Hon. Daniel Webster and Col. J. M. Sherwood; and these, with their descendants, constitute the flock. The older swine were mostly imported, and comprise the best specimens of their respective breeds which could be obtained in England. Their stock has now become well known in this part of the country, and is so much esteemed as to need no praise here. Boston, Mass., August 1-21. WILLIAM STICKNEY. Drain Tile Works, 63 Jay Street, North of Salamander Works, Albany. THE subscriber is now manufacturing and prepared to fill orders for Horse Shoe, Sole, Round and Collar Drain Tile, of various sizes, from one to four inches in width and rise. The tile is cut sixteen inches in length, and will be of a superior quality. The price will vary according to the size and shape, from $10 to $16 per thousand. Specimens of the article with the prices will soon be distributed to all the agricultural stores in the State. please send their address with directions to whom a box containing Presidents of county societies adjoining the river and canals, will the different sizes of Tile will be forwarded free of charge. July 1, 1850-tf. A. S. BABCOCK. Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store. THE subscribers would respectfully invite the attention of planters and dealers in Agricultural and Horticul tural Implements, Garden and Field Seeds, &c., &c., to their large and varied assortment of Garden and Field tools, &c., which they are selling at the very lowest rates that they can be procured in the United States. Persons living at a distance can obtain an illustrated" Catalogue, containing a list of prices, on application by letter, post-paid. Those ordering from us may depend upon their orders being promptly filled. May 1, 1850-tf. $1. JOHN MAYHER & CO., THE American Poulterer's Companion, by C. N. BEMENT-price The American Fowl Breeder, by an Association of Practical Breeders-price 25 cents. For sale at the office of THE CULTIVATOR. |