156 Editor's Table. EDITOR'S TABLE. Benefit of Agricultural Societies.—In a speech before the Spartanburg Agricultural Society of Georgia, reported in the Southern Cultivator, Mr. Leitner asserts, that thousands of acres of land which were, ten years ago, thrown away and given up, to be disfigured by gullies, as worn out and valueless, are now in a high state of cultivation, and yielding to their owners far heavier crops than they were capable of when first cleared. And the very lands which six years ago would not have commanded, upon an average, five dollars per acre, could not now be purchased for ten dollars per acre; all of which, as every one acquainted with that district will say, is mainly attributable to the influence of the Monticello Planters' Society. With confidence, therefore, I recommend the formation of an Agricultural Society in our district; for just as sure as like causes produce like effects, just so sure will such a society benefit our district. Mr. Schenck's Cow.-Mr. Knevels is informed, that we have seen animals, with thirty-one thirty-two seconds Durham blood in them, hornless. We should be pleased to have him inform us where cows of the "ordinary polled breed," with forms as good as Mr. Schenck's cow, can be seen, for we would like to purchase a few, and will pay a handsome price for them. Put that cow in good condition, and to our eye, she would be anything but a "raw-boned animal." In our humble opinion people generally do not sufficiently accustom themselves to judge of animals from their anatomy. Show them a lean beast, and it is raw-boned aud coarse-a fat one, and it is fine, with smooth bones! hence the very erroneous decisions upon stock so frequently made at our agricultural shows. Improved Cultivation of Sugar Cane.-The Planters' Banner says, that Mr. Packwood plants his cane in rows eight feet apart, instead of four or six, the usual distance. The next and most important part of his system, is, that of windrowing his cane-tops and leaves between his rows, and covering them with earth. The object in placing the cane-tops in furrows to decompose, is, of course, to supply nutriment for the succeeding crop. Old Horses.-The Spirit of the Times says, that there is a very spirited and handsome roadster in this city that is 43 years old; that Mr. Wm. Wincoop of Catskill, has three horses with which he does the work upon his farm, whose respective ages are 36, 38, and 40, making in the aggregate 114 years; and that our best trotters have performed their greatest achievements after attaining the age of 14. To destroy Bugs on Vines.-Dust the vines with flour of sulphur when the dew is on, and if it gets washed off by the rain, and the bugs again commence their ravages, they must be redusted. use, and places the stumps pretty thick in the garden spring. The labor is trifling, the cut worm gives no tree ble, and the crop sure and abundant.-Farmers' Jour. Farmers, make your own Candles.-Take two pound of alum, for every ten pounds of tallow, dissolve it water before the tallow is put in, and then melt th tallow in the alum-water with frequent stirring, and i will clarify and harden the tallow so as to make a mas beautiful article for either winter or summer use, a most as good as sperm.—Cleveland Herald. To prevent Hogs and Cattle being injured in fresh Pe fields.-The destruction of hogs and cattle, by turnin them into fresh pea-fields, is not very uncommon. Th remedy, however, is very simple. Stock, immediatel before being turned upon a pea-field, should be watere and at first only be permitted to remain in the field few hours, when they should be removed to a lot, an have free access to water. After observing this pre caution twice or three times, they may be permitted t remain in the pea-field constantly, without danger, they have free access to water.-Southern Cultivator. The Cotton-Plant-Its nature.-If the object were t consult the dimensions of the roots in spacing cotton a stand, which probably has been the case heretofor we would so arrange it that the roots would occupy a the ground; but every one knows that this defeats th object of growing cotton. Then we must resort t some other criterion by which to be governed in the a justment of the stand and to the length of the limits I look with perfect confidence for the best criteri and that it must be so spaced that the limbs will not terfere with the growth of each other. This affor free ventilation by air and light, which prevents ta accumulation of damp mould always met with in crow. ed cotton. It prevents rot of every sort, and the t great division of the means of support furnished by th earth and atmosphere. Now, if my views are corre they serve to explain the fact why cotton attains grea er size in damp situations of humid atmospheres, w out proportional advantages of soil, than it does in ones. I have come to the conclusion that the cotton-plas is more akin in its characteristics to the tree than any other of the vegetable kingdom; and my observ tions upon both (the cotton-plant and trees) indag me to believe, that the crop of cotton is more abunda always when there is space sufficient to allow of gre expansion in the limbs, as the tree is more capacica more expanded, and a more abundant bearer, whe there is room sufficient. In confirmation of this sition, go into an orchard of peach or apples, and y invariably find the best fruit and greatest abundan upon those trees which stand apart, with ample roa to spread their branches out; and those trees wh are crowded are found to have their little crop da aged by blast, mildew, and worms; and the balance small size, even of fruit that would be large in fave To raise Cabbage-Heads from Stumps.-If cabbage-able situations-it is equally so of cotton. I ba stumps of any variety are set out in the spring, in good order, one, two, three, or even four good sound heads will grow on them; and this they will do, year after year, until they die by accident. They are managed in the following manner: The upper, narrow-leaved sprouts, which would bear seed, are carefully rubbed off, and likewise all the lower round-leafed ones, which latter will form heads, leaving only so many of these as the strength of the soil and the stump are capable of bringing to perfection. At our cattle-show, Mr. John Drew presented several such stumps, with one to four heads of low Dutch-cabbage on each, which have borne for three years. He sets them out in earth in the cellar, in autumn; cuts off the heads when required for known the most abundant crops of cotton made « stands that were not at the start deemed more than a sufficient. Then I would take the expansion of the m toward each other between the rows as the rule for tance in the drill, because in crowded cotton there a but two sides of the stalks that branch, those toward rows, making the stalk when grown, in the shape fan; and it is attended with less labor in the cult. tion, to allow room enough for the cotton to assumed shape of the cone-and to say the least for it, it p duces as much fruit or crop. Then improve upon ordinary method of spacing cotton, by adjusting t distance to the length of the limbs your ground bear.-South Western Farmer. EDITOR'S TABLE. Great Crops of Wheat.-Mr. Peters states in the New Genesee Farmer, that Mr. Lewis, of Alexander, raised 140 bushels of wheat, weighing 60 lbs. to the bushel, on 2 acres and 70 rods of ground, which would be at the rate of 60 bushels and 3 pecks to the acre. Gen. Harmon, in the N. Y. State Ag. Soc. Transactions 1842, says, in 1803, Mr. Sheffer, of Wheatland, harvested 40 acres of wheat which produced 624 bushels per acre. Mud-Itch.-I know of but one remedy for the maditch, and that is surgical. Open the second stomach and extract the cornstalks. This fatal disease among cattle is produced by cornstalks. The fibres being indigestible, hang in the manifold or duodenum, and irritate and inflame until the poor animal is driven to madness. Farmers feed their hogs upon green corn; the cattle follow and pick up the stalk chewed fine by the hogs, which by superior sagacity he spits out, and this ready-made article does all the mischief, and so it would serve the horses or hogs if they were to swallow it. Separate your cattle from your hogs in cornstalk chewing time, and you will separate your cattle from the mad-itch. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Farmers, this is the remedy. Tenn. Agriculturist. To remove grease-spots from Merinoes, Silks, Cloth, &c. -Take the yolk of an egg entirely free from the white, mix it with a little warm water (be sure not to scald the egg), and with a soft brush apply the mixture, and rub it on the spot until the grease appears removed or loose. Wash off the egg with moderately warm water, and finally rinse off the whole with clean cold water. Should not all the grease be removed, which may arise from being on a long time, or not sufficiently washed, dry and repeat the operation.-Southern Cult. Egg-Hatching by Artificial Means.-An apparatus for this purpose is now exhibiting in this city, at 160 Nassau street. It takes the egg and goes through the whole process of incubation before visiters. A New Southern Staple.-We cut the following from the Charleston Courier: An ingenious citizen of the State of New Jersey has recently taken out a patent from the office in Washington, for a discovery which he has made which enables him to manufacture paper of various qualities, and of a very firm and strong texture, from the cane which grows in such abundance in the swamp lands of the southern states. The process is to remove the outer coat by a very simple chemical process, when the remainder of the cane is easily converted into a pulp of which the paper is made. South-Down Sheep for the South.-We understand Mr. Joseph Cope, and Mr. J. Worth of Westchester, Chester county, Pa., recently sent a few of their fine South-Down sheep to South Carolina, and that they are much liked by their purchaser, and find great favor in that quarter. Mr. Cope went out to England a few years since for the express purpose of procuring superior stock, and in addition to South-Down sheep, made an importation of the superb bull Yorkshireman, from the celebrated herd of Thomas Bates, Esq., of Kirkleavington, Yorkshire, England. 157 Of 500 trees, 300 were treated with salt and nitre, and 200 left without its use those around which the salt and saltpetre were put, were and still continue entirely exempt from worms-of those left without the salt and saltpetre, not one escaped the ravages of the peach-worm. LYTTLETON PHYSICK. American Farmer. Superiority of Cut-Hay.-Four oxen kept on cut-hay, eat 18 per cent. less than when given the uncut, and made 15 per cent. greater weight of manure, and this manure from the cut hay was thought equal to that from the uncut. THOMAS W. WARD. Mass. Ploughman. Preserving Corn from severe Early Frosts.-This was done in the month of June, by covering it with earth, and letting it remain for two days till the weather moderated, then uncover. It was large enough at the time for the first hoeing. S. ELLIS. Mass. Ploughman. Cane-Coverer recently invented by J. P. Bryan.—If we could convince them that this instrument, in the course of the year, effects a great saving of time, labor, and money, we have no doubt but every one would immediately adopt it. We have the testimony of several sugar-planters of experience, to prove that it is all that it purports to be-that it will, with one boy and two horses, cover ten acres of cane per day, in as effectual a manner as the work can be performed with hoes. It is also used instead of hoes, in scraping. We saw several planters at the state fair who assure us of this fact. The instrument was thoroughly tested last spring, and Mr. Bryan now offers it to the public with the fullest confidence. It has been used by Messrs. Barker, Allain, Camp, Mather, Andrews, Col. Hickey, General Trist, and many others.-Planters' Banner. Value of Sulphate of Soda.-The following account of the effect of soda as a top-dressing to beans and peas, is from Professor Johnston's celebrated work on chemical manures: "The first dressing was applied the 4th of May, on some beans on a border in the garden; the drills that were dressed quickly took the lead of the others. There was no alteration of color, but greater strength, and it littered wonderfully. There were five or six stems from every seed sown, and the beans in the pods a great deal larger than the same variety undressed. It was also put upon some of the ridges of the beans in the field, and with the same effect, and gave a very large crop. "Upon peas in the garden it appeared to add little, if anything, to the strength of the straw, but those that were dressed had a far greater number of pods, and those better filled, and the peas of a better flavor, and it seems a valuable dressing for all leguminous crops. When sown in the drills along with the peas, it nearly killed every one of them." The Pork Trade of Cincinnati.-About 235,000 hogs have been packed the past season at Cincinnati, the average weight of which the Gazette estimates at 210 lbs. each. The price ranged from $2,60 to $2.70 per 100 lbs. The expense of preparing them is $2 per hog, which with the first cost, gives the sum of $1,800,000 To Kill Worms in Peach-Trees.-In the manage-invested in the single article of pork. ment of my peach-trees, I use one part of saltpetre, to about four to eight parts of common salt, and apply it in its solid state, about half a pound of this mixture to a bearing tree upon the surface of the ground, and in close connexion with the trunk of the tree. I never disturb the earth about the tree-for a long time I applied it three times in the course of the year, though twice, I now think, will answer-I have heretofore applied it in April, June, and first of September-now last of April and first of September. Farming in Wiskonsan.-Three brothers purchased 300 acres of prairie land in Wiskonsan, 18 months since. It cost them 10s. an acre, the fencing $1 an acre, and the breaking up 14s. an acre. Every item of expense after harvest shows an aggregate of $2,156. The 300 acres produced 6000 bushels of wheat, which sold for $3,240. This tells a good story for Wiskonsan lands. To pay for land and all improvements the first year, and have a handsome surplus left, is not common here. abouts.-Rochester Democrat. AMERICAN INSTITUTE REPORT, on the Commercial Intercourse of the United States with Great Britain, by their Committee, Messrs. Tallmadge, Chandler, and Williams, January, 1844. This is an octavo pamphlet of only 12 pages, and principally filled with statistics, and yet it is one of the most able arguments in favor of an American Tariff which we have ever read. It presents the subject in a nut-shell, and shows: 1st. That more than one third of the whole of our commerce, both in exports and imports, is carried on with Great Britain. tion to the advertisement of the intended sale of the late Mr. Grove's superior Saxon sheep. We have so often spoken of the pure choice breeding, and high merits of these animals, that we deem it unnecessary to add more, than that the public may depend upon them as superior to most flocks in the United States, and perhaps equal to anything in Europe. Durham Stock for Michigan.—Mr. D. C. Collins of Hartford, Connecticut, has sold his superb Durham bull Hero, to Henry Hall, Esq., of Plainfield, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he passed through this city on the 224 April, for the residence of his present owner. We expressed our opinion of this superior animal on page 293 of our 2d Volume. 2d. That all the essential staple productions of this country, comprising forty-seven different articles, are taxed in Great Britain under her new tariff, on the market value in New York, a duty of 289 per cent.; Durham Stock for England.-Mr. Collins likewise which, in fact, make them prohibitory, except for cot- shipped on the 17th of April, on board the packet-shrp ton, tobacco, flour, beef, lard, and a few other articles. New York, for Liverpool, the Durham bull New EngUnder our tariff, the average rate of duties upon ar-lander, got by Hero, above. This splendid animal is ticles from Great Britain and Ireland, is only 32 per destined for Earl Spencer, and however superior this nobleman's stock may be considered, we think it wil not be deteriorated by taking this American cross. We believe that New Englander is the first Durha bred in the United States, that has ever crossed the Atlantic for Great Britain. It looks something like taking coals to Newcastle, and we shall be anxious to learn John Bull's opinion of the exportation. cent. 3d. As a specimen of Great Britain's "free trade" operations, she admits nothing from us free of duty, except specie; while we, in 1840, admitted nearly ten millions of dollars worth of different articles from her, without levying a single cent. 4th. Precisely the same system is pursued by Great Britain in favor of her shipping, especially in completely monopolizing for her own vessels, the carrying trade of all our lumber exported to her possessions. 5th. She greatly favors all colonial products by discriminating duties in their favor, and to our prejudice. 6th. The balance of trade against us with foreign countries, from 1831 to 1839, was over two hundred and thirty-five millions of dollars! No wonder that general bankruptcy and ruin should follow throughout the country. Verily this is an Indian division of" free trade”—all "turkey" for foreign nations, and all "ow" for the United States. THE AMERICAN POULTERER'S COMPANION, by C. N. Bement. We are glad to learn that our publishers, Messrs. Saxton & Miles, are about to issue a work with the above title. It will be highly embellished with numerous wood-cuts most of which are drawn from life. Several of these have already been submitted to our inspection, and we can vouch for their spirit and truth. We have also had the advantage of looking over the MSS. copy of the work, and will say in advance that we highly approve of its contents. Mr. Bement has paid great attention for several years to the subject of poultry, and has clearly and succinctly treated the whole matter. THE PLOW-BOY, monthly, 8 pages quarto, with handsome illustrations, conducted by A. Randall, Cincinnati, Ohio-price Twenty-Five cents a year! Now if the people want a cheap publication here it is-let them hasten and subscribe for it by thousands. When late Fifty Cent papers revived again, and others recently started in this state, we foretold a powerful competition for them in that price throughout the country. Here, then, is the beginning, and they will find enough more of them before the year rolls round. Indeed, we have a great fancy to commence ourselves in this way; and if we do, it will be in a rivalry of cheapness not to be despised. Our title shall be the Penny Farmer, One Cent a month, or a Shilling a year-just the cost of a sizeable paper of smoking-tobacco! But to our subject. The first number of the Plow-Boy indicates that it will be a wellconducted paper, and worth at least ten times its subscription price. Success to it. Great Sale of Saxony Sheep.-We beg especial atten State Agricultural School.-A bill to incorporate this school has passed the legislature. It is a private corporation, and no appropriation of the public money is made for it. Seeds for Distribution.-We again acknowledge ourselves under obligations to the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth of the Patent office, for various packages of improved seeds. We have distributed them among our friends for experiment. Credit Quotations.-" Cure of Hoven in Sheep." The Boston Cultivator of 30th March copies this from us without giving credit. "Okra Gumbo." Did the Albany Cultivator copy this article from the American Agriculturist Almanac. or did it receive it as an original communication from Mr. Affleck? If it did not, it should give the almanac credit. ERRATA. In Judge Andrews' article on Georgia Lands, page 118, column first, line first, for “only a few of the grapes grow well in Georgia," read “grasses." AGENTS.-J. J. McCaughan of Mississippi City, is appointed a agent of the American Agricultunst, and he is authorized to re ceive subscriptions therefor. College, for his address delivered before the Agricultural Socie of Brooke and Ohio counties, Va., at its annual exhibition, Octobe ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.-To Professor Richardson, of Bethany 11, 1843. The agriculture in these counties is shown to be in very favorable state compared even with the best parts of Old V= ginia. To John L. Hunter, Esq., for his address pronounced before th Barbour County Agricultural Society, at Ewfaula, Ala., at its at anniversary in February. We here find some excellent observa tions on the culture of cotton, app'ication of marl, muck, and cotto seed as manures, and benefits of fall plowing. To Messrs. Miller & Brown, for a Memoir on the Origin, Cr vation, and Uses of Cotton, by the Hon. Whitmarsh Seshru President of the State Agricultural Society of South Carolina. most valuable pamphlet of 62 pages octavo, embodying in its ha tory all that is essential to a knowledge of the cotton-plant. To John D. Steele, Esq., for his address at Westchester, Pa Oct. 1843, before the Chester and Delaware Agricultural Societ in which the value of chemistry applied to agriculture is f shown. To Thomas Affleck, Esq., for his Lecture on the Elements Horticulture, at Washington, Miss., Nov., 1843, before the Ar cultural, Horticultural, and Botanical Society, of Jefferson Caller Mr. Affleck is quite at home in the theory and practice of the si ject of his lecture, and speaks clearly, simply, and to the point TO CORRESPONDENTS.-S. C. Higginson, Americus No. 6, H. Sotham, T. Affleck, Northern Farmer, Thomas Spaulding.) Van Buren, and Examiner, No. 5, have been received the ta month. We hope to find room in our next number for most the deferred correspondence at present on hand., REVIEW OF THE MARKET.-ADVERTISEMENTS. 159 16 36 8 975 10.50 66 66 5 00 5 50 5 00 6 50 3 25 3.50 5 10 ................................................do. CLOVER SEED ...........................................per lb. COAL, Anthracite.................2000 lbs. Sidney and Pictou ..........per chal. CORDAGE, American ...............per lb. CORN, Northern..................per bush. .....per lb. Southern ........................do. COTTON American Flax.................................. ......do. FEATHERS........................per lb. FLAX, American.......................do. FLAX SEED, rough ... per 7 bush. clean... ....do. FLOUR, Northern and Western.....per bbl. HIDES, Dry Southern ...............per lb. ..............................................do. 11 "185 00 New York Cattle Market-April 22. At market, 1,000 Beef Cattle, (400 southern,) 160 Cows and Calves, and 300 Sheep. PRICES.-Beef Cattle.-In consequence of large offerings of rather poor quality, prices have farther receded, and we quote $4.50 to $5, a $5.25, to $6, with a few only at $6.25. 200 left over. Cows and Calves.-Sales at $12 a $28. 10 left over. Sheep were very dull of sale at $2.50 a $5. 100 left over. Hay 56 a 62 cts. per cwt. for loose. REMARKS.-Ashes. The quantity of these in market is small, and prices firm. Cotton. The late news from England, giving advices of a considerable decline there, and that the stock on hand at Liverpool on the 1st of April was 629,000 bales, against 658,000 same time last season, has had quite an effect upon this market, and sales have taken place at to cent lower than previous to the arrival of the Acadia. Whether this reduction will continue to be submitted to by holders, remains to be seen. Export from the United States since 1st September last, 835,409 bales; same time last year, 1,476,470; same time year before, 995,587. Flour. Large supplies being soon expected in market, it is now dull. Rye Flour is scarce. Corn-Meal steady. Grain of all kinds in good demand. Wheat scarce. Hay is very dull and large supplies pressing upon the market. Hemp rather more inquiry. Molasses firm. Naval Stores the same. Pork has improved. Beef dull. Lard, Butter and Cheese, in good request. Rice inactive. Seeds. The season for these is nearly over, and little inquiry. Sugar, dull. Tobacco quite active. Money is more in demand; short paper is done at 5 per cent., and long at 6; loans on real estate at 6 to 7 per cent. Stocks are steady, without much change. Business generally is remarkably good, and so much has not boen done in this city since the spring of '36. The weather the past month has been very favorable, and the crops of all kinds forward and looking well. HOVEY'S SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. The subscriber offers the above Seedling Strawberry for sale at WARREN'S IMPROVED HORSE POWERS The subscribers continue to manufacture and vend these celebrated machines, with increased success and satisfaction. They will also manufacture a superior Four Horse Power and Thresher on the same principle this season, to sell together for only $100. The price of the Two Horse Power and Thresher together, is only $75. The Two Horse Power alone, $50. The Four Horse Power will be proportionable. Machines deliverable in this city for cash. Besides our Beater Threshing Machine, we are making a superior Spike Thresher, adapted to be used with any power. This we shall sell at the same price. It has been tested and proved to 4be excellent and safe. L. BOSTWICK & CO., 90 00 7 9 Sheet and bar.....................do. Southern .........................do. PLASTER OF PARIS.. ..........per ton. 4 46 2.50 66 275 12 50 28 66 30 16 66 31 32 "6 34 28 66 30 76 66 78 95 26 98 60 46 62 The subscriber having been called upon by the Farmers' Club of the city of New York to undertake the analysis of soils for agricultural purposes, has engaged to do so on the following terms: Prime RICE...........................per 100 lbs. 2 87 66 60 66 70 46 71 SALT. SHOULDERS, Smoked..............per lb. 4 66 6 Flushing, March 18th, 1844. Pickled ...........do. New York, April, 1844. TAR.... SPIRITS TURPENTINE, Southern per gal. 34 46 ........3do. 275 1 12 105 For the solution of simple questions, as to the presence or absence of lime, common salt, or gypsum in the soil, $2. For the determination of the presence of bone, earth, potash, and the more difficult questions, $5. Specimens of surface-soil, weighing 4 lbs., should be sent to the office of the American Agriculturist for the subscriber, a letter being forwarded at the same time to Dr. Gardner, 683 Broadway, with a remittance. Charges upon both must be paid. D. P. GARDNER, M. D. 160 ADVERTISEMENTS.-TERMS.-CONTENTS. PREMIUM EAGLE PLOWS. MANUFACTURED BY RUGGLES, NOURSE, & MASON, And for sale at the Manufactory in Worcester, and at their AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE and SEED STORE, Quincy Hall, Boston. A full investigation and trial of plows was had in October, 1843, (occupying several days,) by an able committee of the Essex Agricultural Society, when 17 plows were presented. The committee in their report say, "in testing the quality of a plow, the power by which it is moved, the case with which it is handled, and the manner in which it completes the work, are prominent points for consideration; and in speaking of the Eagle Plow, to which they unanimously awarded the highest premium, they say, "As near as we can ascertain, this plow combines all the good qualities manifested in either of the others, with some peculiar to itself;" and "further, our attention was particularly called to the quality of the castings on the plows of Ruggles & Co., their finish and durability." "Their appearance certainly is more perfect than anything we have elsewhere seen." "The process of chilling the ponts, the entire edge of the share, and flange or base of the landside, give a permanence and durability to the work that render t of a decidedly superior character." And we think there is no nazard in saying the value of the parts thus made, is more than doubled by the process." At the Plowing-Matches held in Massachusetts the same year, forty-three premiums were awarded to plowinen using plows made by R., N., & M., twelve of which were the highest premiums awarded in the counties of Essex, Middlesex, Worcester, Plymouth, and Bristol. SUBSOIL PLOWS. Among their great variety of kinds and sizes of plows, they have several sizes of SUBSOIL PLOWS, made in form like a genuine sub-soil plow imported by them from Scotland. They have been thoroughly tested, with great satisfaction, as the increasing demand from all sections of the country testifies. The New York State Agricultural Society in September, 1843, awarded their first premium to the subsoil plow made by R., N., & M., (entered by Benj. F. Smith of Syracuse.) Prices, $6, $8, $10, $12, and $15. 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One great object in putting the price so low, is to introduce the use of it as a manure more extensively among our farmers. OYSTER-SHELL LIME. Will be furnished in this city at the kilns, at 4 cents a bushel. PLASTER OF PARIS Ground, and put up in barrels of 350 lbs. each, at $1,12) per barrel. This is an excellent fertilizer, easily transported, and well worthy the attention of Southern Planters. All orders should be post paid and accompanied with the money. A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway, N. Y. THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. Published Monthly, each number containing 32 pages, royal octavo. TERMS-One Dollar per year in advance; single numbers, Tea Cents; three copies for Two Dollars; eight copies for Five Duila 1. Each number of the Agriculturist contains but One sheet, subject to newspaper postage only, which is one cent in the Sta, or within 100 miles of its publication, and one and a half cens if over 100 miles, without the State. 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A rare opportunity is offered. those who may be anxious to improve the quality of their flocks The following is the opinion of the distinguished manufacturer wal has usually purchased Mr. Grove's wool, of the character of these flocks: CONTENTS OF MAY NUMBER. Agricultural Errors, Wm. Partridge, Sheep Husbandry No. 5, Americus, do. An American Herd-Book, L. F. Allen, Foreign Agricultural News, Editor's Table, The Cotton-Plant, Value of Sulphate of To Correspondents, Review of the Market, |