Agricultural Publications.-As a consequence of the low prices, (speaking of agricultural products throughout the west,) we found a very considerable decrease of interest in agricultural publications. There are a great Inany who have not lost their interest, and some are awaking to a new interest in this behalf-but we found large numbers who had formerly been subscribers to an agricultural journal, but who did not now take any alleging that there was no money to be had-that without knowing anything more about farming, they could raise sufficient to eat and clothe themselves; and if they raised more, it would sell for nothing-that they farmed to live, and when they began to farm to make money, they would take a paper. In travelling about six hundred miles, we did not find, from frequent inquiry, more than two agricultural papers beside our own, and in one county not a single copy of any sort. Prairie Farmer. It really strikes one with melancholy to read the above paragraph. What, wait till you can "make money" before you will instruct yourselves? Shame on such a principle. Pray, will you wait till your children can "make money" before you send them to school? If you do they will get precious little instruction in this world. But we are not willing to let the argument rest here, and will answer that the agricultural journals, by teaching you an improved system of farming, will also better instruct you how to "make money," than any other means you can possibly devise for acquiring it. after a mere general announcement in his paper that he intends doing so, and monthly order their insertion without giving us credit? No, indeed. So conscientions is he in this particular, that he asks our permission to publish them before doing so, and then scrupulously gives credit every time they appear. Now he was perfectly welcome to make just such use of the calendars as he pleased, and it surprised us that he should ask leave at all in the matter; but it showed that he was determined upon being punctiliously honorable in this point. We are certainly very much obliged to the North Arkansas, as well as to all other papers for what they have so kindly said in our behalf, and were our situations reversed, we should have most gladly done the same thing for them; but all this can not justify taking articles on a general announcement, and refuse afterward to give credit for the same. To show the injustice to us of such a proceeding, we have repeatedly seen the same articles taken from the Agriculturist, credited by other papers to the North Arkansas; so that however well informed its subscribers may be on this subject, its exchanges seem to be ignorant thereof. If our paper has not been regularly received by the Arkansas, the Post-office is to blame, and not we-it has been regularly mailed it from our office. But to conclude the whole matter, and put an end to all cause of complaint, forward us the amount of the six dollar subscriptions talked about, and you shall have our first two volumes handsomely bound, sent gratis to your address by the first conveyance indicated. All we ask is justice. Sea-weed a Preventive of the Curculio.-The Magazine of Horticulture says, that sea-weed spread round Forgetfulness.-The following regular agricul plum trees as far as the branches extend, have prevent-tural papers have taken the subjoined articles from us ed injury to them by the curculio. and omitted giving credit. We shall expect their first issues after reception of this No. will contain a correction,sent to us done up outside, and marked with ink lines. American Farmer, No. 13, p. 102-" Plaster no Longer Beneficial." Farming to some purpose.-Mr. Adam Anthony, of North Providence, during the month of April, sent to market eight tons two hundred and fifty-six pounds of milk, the produce of twenty-seven cows. The average quantity of milk which each cow gave daily, was eight quarts and three gills. The last item appears to us to be an important one to farmers, as it shows how much milk may be expected, on an average, from such a number of cows. Mr. Anthony keeps his cows in beef order, and sells them for beef as soon as their milk begins to fail. During the months of May and June, Mr. Anthony sent to market seven tons and a half of milk each month.-Providence Chron. Great Butter Qualities of a Grade Devon.-Mr. Wm. Bellows, of Walpole, N. H., states in the Mass. Ploughman, that he has a grade Devon cow, whose milk from June 17th to 24th (from fourteen milkings), made 16 lbs. 10 oz. of choice butter. Her milk churns remarkably quick, never requiring over ten minutes, and frequently coming in one half or one third of this time. Her only feed was grass pasture. Refusal to credit Extracts.-When we saw the arti-uralist, will appear in our next. cle in the North Arkansas of July 3d, extenuating its conduct in copying articles from this paper without giving credit, we thought in general justice to ourselves, we should reply to it at length; but on further consideration, its course is so palpably unjust, and so directly contrary to the rule of all respectable papers, that we think it entirely unnecessary, and shall be contented by giving instead, the example of Dr. Philips, one of the editors of the South Western Farmer. Dr. P. wrote originally for the American Agriculturist, a series of Southern Calendars, a good share of which was afterward incorporated for us, by another person, into a more general Southern Calendar, published last year in an almanac, and now monthly in this periodical. If any person then had a free right to the use of these, it would be Dr. Philips. But does he seize upon them Deer in Parks.-The gentleman addressing us on this subject shall be answered in our October No. We have often kept them. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.-To Benjamin Hodge, for a catalogue of trees, shrubs, &c., cultivated in his nursery and garden at Buffalo. To the secretaries of several agricultural and horticultural societies, for programmes of their forthcoming shows, the time of holding of which we have given under their proper head. We are surprised that we do not get more of these, and unless sent to us in good time, marked, it can not be expected that we should notice them. An editor generally has too much pressing upon him to give sufficient leisure to look out such things in his exchanges-they must be brought directly to his eye or they are most likely to pass unnoticed. 4 56 7 00 5.00 7 5 65 15 38 287 New York Cattle Market-Aug. 26. At market, 900 Beef Cattle, 140 Cows and Calves, and 3000 Sheep and Lambs. PRICES.-Beef Cattle-The market last week was rather more spirited than the week preceding, without, however, any advance in prices. We resume our former quotations, $4 25 for inferior, and $5 a 5.50 for prime qualities. About 200 left over. Cows and Calves.-All at market sold, at $13 a 25. Sheep and Lambs.-Sheep $1.37 a $4; Lambs $1 a $3, a slight advance-all sold. REMARKS. Ashes are in fair request. Cotton-directly after the arrival of the Acadia, holders were more firm for a few days, but are now ready to sell at a slight reduction. Export from the United States since 1st September last, 1,602,619 bales; same time last year, 2,000,769 same time year before, 1,454,296. Flour and Meal are steady. Grain of all kinds brisk. Hay more in demand. Hemp the same. Molasses quite firm. Naval Stores improving. Provisions, with the exception of Beef, more inquired after. Rice has advanced and is brisk of sale. Seeds, especially Timothy, have an upward tendency. Tobacco in fair request. Wool is firm and prices rather on the rise, the finer grades especially. REVIEW OF THE MARKET.-ADVERTISEMENTS. REVIEW OF THE MARKET. PRICES CURRENT IN NEW YORK, AUGUST 26, 1844. ..........................per 100 lbs. $4 18 to $4 25 4.50 ....do. 31" .do. ..do. 57 175 BEEF, Mess.......................per bbl. Prime ...do. Smoked BEESWAX, Am. Yellow.. Sperm Rounds, in pickle................do. CANDLES, Mould, Tallow..............do. .....................................do. Stearic...........................do. CHEESE.. 3 66 ..........do. CIDER BRANDY, Eastern .........per gal. Western .per lb. ...per chal. ...do. ......per lb. American Flax..... .........do. FEATHERS.. .......... per lb. FLAX, American .... ....do. 8 66 FLAX SEED, rough clean... ..............do. FLOUR, Northern and Western.....per bbl. Richmond City Mills..............do. HAMS, Smoked..................... per lb. HIDES, Dry Southern ...............per lb. HEMP, Russia, clean American, water-rotted ...........do. 140 00 do HOPS....... HORNS dew-rotted ..........................................per lb. ....................................................per 100 LARD...............................per lb. LEAD. Money continues at 5 to 6 per cent. on paper, and 6 to 7 per cent. on bond and mortgage. Stocks. Not much has been done the past month, as many of our monied men are absent from the city during August. All those of a good kind are held firm. Business generally is very active, and the daily transactions large. The weather has been showery during the past month; but upou the whole, may be considered as favorable, especially to the grass. Roots and late Oats have suffered some from an excess of moisture. The Corn is looking well generally; the stalks have a good growth, and the ears are abundant and well filled. Rice, Cotton, Sugar, Hemp, and Tobacco, are ripening uncommonly early, and promise to be heavy crops. The former is already nearly harvested. The summer, taking everything into consideration, has been highly faEvorable; and with the exception of the disastrous floods South and West, there have been few losses. The growth of crops has been very rapid, and as far as secured they have proved more than an average yield. 35 9 75 10 50 50 11 "180 00 ❝ 180 00 Sheet and bar.....................do. ..........................................per bbl. .........................................per hhd. 11 75 MEAL, Corn..... Corn..... MOLASSES, New Orleans .........per gal. MUSTARD, American ...............per lb. OATS, Northern..................per bush. Southern 5.00 4 90 00 51" 6 4 2 44 2 62 28 66 31 .....do. OIL, Linseed, American.............per gal. Castor.............................................................. Lard.................... OIL CAKE.....................per 100 lbs. PEAS, Field. ....................per bush. ...........per bbl. PITCH... PLASTER OF PARIS.............per ton. Ground, in bbls. of 350 lbs......per cwt. PORK, Mess ..per bbl. ..do. Prime............. .... RICE.. ................................................. per 100 lbs. ROSIN.........................................................per bhl. RYE.............................per bush. .........................................per sack SHOULDERS, Smoked..............per lb. 58 66 8 12 3.50 75 6 39 66 Pickled ..do. SPIRITS TURPENTINE, Southern per gal. SUGAR, New Orleans.. .......per lb. SUMAC, American... TALLOW.... TAR.. ................... per bbl. 6 66 156" TIMOTHY SEED..............per 7 bush. 11 00 TOBACCO... ..............................................per lb. TURPENTINE.. ............................................per bbl. WHEAT, Western..................per bush. ICHABOE GUANO. The subscribers have received by a late arrival from Liverpool, a few hundred weight of this superior guano, pure as imported from Africa, being taken direct out of the ship Clydesdale, arrived at Liverpool docks. A writer in the London Gardener's Gazette, June 8, 1844, remarks: "The competition for this guano in the colonial market was so great, that two cargoes were sold in about twenty minutes. The desire for Ichaboe guano has arisen from the fact that all the eminent chemists who have analyzed it, found it to possess the fertilizing properties in the highest degree: and the result of its application by practical agriculturists have proved the correctness of their analysis. This island (Ichaboe) on the western coast of Africa, which three years since was unknown, is about a mile and a half in circumference, and is deeply covered with guano, the deposite of sea-birds that have for ages remained undisturbed in their possession." Price $6 per hundred pounds, or $1 for 16 pounds, (which is sufficient for 40 gallons of water,) put up in neat boxes; also 7 lb. boxes for 50 cents. It should be applied in a liquid state, and immediately after a rain. A liberal watering with this liquid once a fortnight is sufficient for vegetables, Indian corn, potatoes and turneps, and once a week for flowers in pots, and dahlias, tuberoses, and chrysathemums. Also, the best of Artificial Guano, made from an exact analysis of the real, in boxes of 20 lbs., at $1 per box; or 10 lbs. for 50 cts. J. M. THORBURN & CO., 15 John st. 3t. PREMIUM EAGLE, SUBSOIL, AND OTHER The subscriber having been appointed agent in this city for the sale of the celebrated Premium Plows, made by Ruggles, Nourse, & Mason, of Worcester, Massachusetts, now offers them at the manufacturers' home prices. They are calculated alike for the northern fariner and southern planter, and embrace every variety, Cotton and Rice plow, Stubble, Sod, Road, and Subsoil. Prices from $3,50 to $15,00, according to the kind. The great number of premiums which these plows have obtained at the most important plowing-matches, and the universal satisfaction they have given wherever introduced, render it unnecessary to 71 particularise their merits. They are made of the best materials, 1 69 are highly finished, and combine light weight and easy draught, ❝ 13 00 with great strength and durability. བྱ་ ་་ 61 46 2 25 2 62 " 88 91 ..do. 83 WHISKEY, American...............per gal. WOOL, Saxony Merino Half-blood Common........ A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway, N. Y. WOBURN HOGS. For sale, a few of the celebrated Woburn or Bedford breed of Hogs, comfortably caged and delivered in New York at the following prices, viz: One Boar eleven months old, $25; three Boars, five months old, $17 each; four Sows five months old, $15 each; a Address few pair of spring Pigs, $25, delivered 1st of June next. WM. K. TOWNSEND. 30 the subscriber at New Haven, Ct. 288 ADVERTISEMENTS.-TERMS.-CONTENTS. THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURist. Published Monthly, each number containing 32 pages, royal octavo. TERMS-One Dollar per year in advance; single numbers, Ten Cents; three copies for Two Dollars; eight copies for Five Dollars. Each number of the Agriculturist contains but One sheet, subject to newspaper postage only, which is one cent in the State, or within 100 miles of its publication, and one and a half cents, if over 100 miles, without the State. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at One Dollar, if not exceeding twelve lines, and in the same proportion, if exceeding that number. Remit through Postmasters, as the law allows. Editors of Newspapers noticing the numbers of this work monthly, or advertising it, will be furnished a copy gratis, upon sending such notice to this Office. Volume I. and II. of THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, with tables of contents complete, for sale at $1,00 each; elegantly bound in cloth, $1,25. These are handsome, tasteful books, and make very desirable premiums for distribution with Agricultural Societies, and should also find place in all our District School Libraries. They constitute the best and most complete treatise on American farming, stock-breeding, and horticulture, extant. When several copies are ordered, a liberal discount will be made. Communications for publication, to be directed to the Editor; and all private letters, or those on business disconnected with the paper, should be addressed, simply, A. B. Allen, 205 Broadway. New York. LINNEAN BOTANIC GARDEN AND The new Descriptive and unrivalled Catalogue, not only of FRUIT, but also of ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, and PLANTS, cultivated and for sale, at reduced prices, at this ancient and celebrated Nursery, (the IDENTICAL premises known as PRINCE's, and by the above tille for nearly fifty years,) With directions for their Culture, may be had gratis on application by mail, post paid, to the NEW PROPRIETORS, who will endeavor to merit the CONFIDENCE and PATRONAGE of the Public, by INTEGRITY and LIBERALITY in dealing, and MODERATION in charges. tic. Flushing, Aug. 31, 1844. WINTER & Co., Proprietors. BEMENT'S AMERICAN HOTEL, Is now open for the reception of company, having undergone a thorough repair and complete renovation from the cellar to the atIt has been newly furnished throughout, and in quality of beds, cleanliness, and airy rooms, will now compare with any other establishment in the city. In location, this house has many advantages, being situated in the centre, and on one of the most beautiful streets in the city; within a few moments' walk of the Eastern and Western Railroad Depots and the landing of the Steamboats; about midway between the Capitol, Public Offices and the Banks, Post-Office, and the business parts of the city; rendering it very convenient for the man of business, as well as the gentleman of leisure. The subscriber places much reliance on the countenance and support of the AGRICULTURISTs throughout the Union, who may visit the city, and pledges himself to spare no exertions to render their stay agreeable, should they favor him with their company. Three Hills Farm will be carried on as usual, under my own superintendance, by a careful manager, and the breeding and rearing of improved stock will be continued as heretofore. Albany, June, 1844. C. N. BEMENT. AGRICULTURAL AND BUSINESS AGENCY. Knowing the convenience that such an agency will be to his distant friends, the subscriber offers his services for the purchase of Wagons, Carriages, Match and Single Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Agricultural Books and Implements, Seeds and Merchandise of any kind; also, the buying and selling of land, the payment of taxes, &c., &c. From his long experience as a farmer and stock-breeder, and general acquaintance with lands and merchandise, the subscriber trusts that he shall be able to give general satisfaction. The commission charged for his services in purchasing or selling, will be moderate. Cash or produce must invariably be in hand before orders can be executed. A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway, New York. IMPROVED WHITE FLINT WHEAT. The subscriber has just received a lot of this very superior Seed Wheat, direct from the grower, R. Harmon, jr. Price $6 per bbl. of a little over three bushels. A. B. ALLEN, 205 Broadway. VALUABLE NEW WORKS JUST IMPORTED. Stephens' Book of the Farm, No. 18, with engravings, WILEY & PUTNAM, 161 Broadway. Single copies of books imported to order, per steamer, and a return of the same received in six weeks. BERKSHIRE PIGS FOR SALE. Having made use of his present stock for several years, and wishing to take a fresh cross, the subscriber will dispose of three of his splendid Berkshire breeding sows, at the very low prices of $25 to $30 each. These animals are of good size, fine form, and descended from the best blood imported into the United States. Also, two superb Woburns at the same price. Berkshire and Woburn pigs, 3 months old, caged and delivered GREAT SALE OF ELECTORAL SAXON The undersigned will sell at vendue, the two flocks of pure Electoral Saron Sheep, belonging to the estate of the late Henry D. Grove, as follows: 1st. That at Granger, Medina county, Òbie, consisting of about 400 sheep, on the 30th Sept., next, on the farm now occupied by them. 2d. The home flock, at his late residence in Hoosick, Rensselaer county, N. Y., consisting of about 350 sheep, on the 15th Oct., next. A rare opportunity is offered to those who may be anxious to improve the quality of their flocks. The following is the opinion of the distinguished manufacturer who has usually purchased Mr. Grove's wool, of the character of these flocks: "The purest blood in this country was introduced by the late Mr. Grove in his own flocks, the wool of which I have been famil iar with since their importation in 1827. In point of fineness and admirable felting qualties, this wool is unsurpassed by any flock in this country, and the fleeces average about half a pound each more than any other I am acquainted with." SAMUEL LAWRENCE. Lowell, April 9, 1844. The terms of the sales will be cash. Reference, Samuel Lawrence, Lowell, Mass., or the subscribers. ELIZA W. GROVE, W. JOSLIN, S. A. COOK. Buskirk's Bridge, N. Y., April 20, 1844. Administrators. istrators. Farm of Mr. Pell, Remedy for Overeating Apples, Great Sale of Electoral Saxon Sheep, Electoral Saxony Sheep, S. A. Cook, New York Agricultural Institute, D. P. Gardner, Northern Calendar for September, OCTOBER is the month in which most of the garden seeds, and some of those of the field crops ripen; due attention, therefore, must be paid to gathering and preserving them. We think there is too often great carelessness displayed in selecting for planting; the husbandman does not bear in mind the oft-repeated adage that like produces like, but seems to think that anything will do. With the unreflecting, a seed is a seed whether good or bad; and strange to say, that many either consume or sell the good and reserve the bad for planting, thinking this the best economy! Let such be assured, that by sowing bad or indifferent seed, they must expect a poor crop in return: we know but one exception to this general rule, and this is by no means fully proved to our mind-we allude to small, unripe potatoes, which a late writer in England contends produce the best crops, especially where disease is to be apprehended. The great improvements in seed and root crops, as well as domestic animals, have been made by carefully choosing the best for propagation, aided, of course, by a superior system of feed and culture. It behooves the farmer, therefore, to bear these facts steadily in mind, and in all cases use sound and discriminating judgment in selecting NO. X. SAXTON & MILES, Publishers, 205 Broadway. such seeds and roots as will be certain to produce the best and most abundant crops. MAKING VINEGAR. So far as our observation and information extend, this is one of the most abundant fruit years that we have had for a long time, and as is often the case, it may be followed by an untoward season, in which the greater part of the fruit may be cut off. Making cider for drink is happily nearly abandoned throughout the country, but for vinegar, we think that it is quite too much neglected; the consequence is, that under the name of vinegar, we have the vilest trash and compounds which can be conceived of, palmed upon the community for this highly necessary preservative and agreeable condiment. Vinegar from well made, unadulterated apple cider, is not only the cleanest and purest in our judgment which is manufactured, but it is also more highly prized and more surely depended upon by the good housewife. Let every farmer then reserve a sufficient store of cider for it the present season. He should always have a two years' stock on hand, and in abundant fruit seasons he ought to provide for three years ahead, as it is easily kept and subject to considerable fluctuation in price, of which he will then be able to take advantage in selling when the market affords him | although no blood is visible; after a few hours, a good profit. however, two vesicles, containing blood, make 4th Day. The wings now assume a more defined shape, and the increased size of the head renders the globules containing the brain, the beak and the front and hind part of the head, distinctly visible. 5th Day. The liver makes its appearance, and both auricles, now plainly seen, approach nearer the heart than before. That splendid phenome non, the circulation of the blood, is now evident. Vinegar from pure good cider is made in the easiest possible manner, as the latter substance will change into it with little trouble, and keep well even in a cool cellar. Some prefer an open shed for making this change. Exposed to the sun any great length of time the casks will leak more or less; some evaporation also takes place, and the consequence is, considerable loss. After the cider has well worked, the liquor should be partly drawn off, leaving the casks only about two thirds filled. For the purpose of admitting the air, the bunghole must still be kept open, and to prevent insects or vermin of any kind getting in, a square piece of fine wire gauze, or if that is not at hand, a strong piece of linen cloth should be nailed over it. To hasten the souring or rather ripening 7th Day. The intestines, veins, and upper manof vinegar, shake it frequently, and if necessary, In dible become visible, and the brain begins to asplace a cask of it for a short time in the sun. this case, we have generally used a long neck bot-sume a distinct form. tle to stop the bung-hole instead of gauze. The neck is thrust into the cask, leaving the large part of the bottle outside. This is pretty effectual in keeping out the vermin, and also the rain, which the gauze will not, and we think that the heat drawn from the sun by the bottle hastens the ripening of the vinegar. INCUBATION. IN our August No. we promised to follow up the article on the "Egg Hatcher," by another, derived entirely from the pamphlet of Mr. Mickles, on the progress of incubation in the egg of the common fowl. All these changes we had the pleasure of examining, and they may be seen any day at 205 Broadway at the trifling cost of a shilling. We earnestly recommend our readers to become a witness of these curious workings of nature. In an impregnated egg, previous to the commencement of incubation, a small spot is discernible upon the yolk, composed apparently of a membraneous sac or bag, containing a fluid matter, in which swims the embryo of the future chick, and seemingly connected with other vesicles around it. 1st Day. In a few hours after exposure to the proper temperature, the microscope discovers that a humid matter has formed within the limits of the embryo. At the expiration of twelve or fourteen hours, this matter bears some resemblance to the shape of a little head; a number of new vesicles also successively appear, foreshadowing the different parts of the future body of the chick; those first formed, and most easily distinguished, may afterward be recognised as assuming the shape of the vertebral bones of the back. 2d Day. The eyes begin to make their appearance about the 30th hour, and additional vessels, closely joined together, indicate the situation of the navel. The brain and spinal marrow, rudiments of the wings, and principal muscles, become observable. The formation of the head is also evidently proceeding. 3d Day. The beating of the heart is perceptible, 6th Day. The lungs and stomach are distin guishable, and the full gush of blood from the heart is distinctly apparent. 8th Day. The beak for the first time opens, and the formation of flesh upon the breast commences. 9th Day. The deposition of matter forming the ribs takes place, and the gall bladder is perceptible. 10th Day. The bile is distinguishable by its green color, and the first voluntary motion of the body of the chick is seen, if separated from its integu ments. 11th Day. The matter forming the skull now becomes cartilaginous, and the protrusion of feathers may be noticed. 12th Day. The orbits of sight are apparent, and the ribs are perfected. 13th Day. The spleen gradually approaches to its proper position in the stomach. 14th Day. The lungs become enclosed within the breast. 15th, 16th, and 17th Days. During these days, the infinity of phenomena in this wonderful piece of vital mechanism elaborate it into more perfect form, and it presents an appearance closely apThe yolk of the egg, proaching the mature state. however, from which it derives its nourishment, is still outside the body. 18th Day. On the eighteenth day, the outward and audible sign of developed life is apparent, by the faint piping of the chick being, for the first time, heard." 19th, 20th, and 21st Days. Continually increasing in size and strength, the remainder of the yolk gradually becomes enclosed within its body; then, with uncommon power, for so small and frail a being, it liberates itself from its prison in a pecu liar and curious manner, by repeated efforts made with its bill, seconded by muscular exertion with its limbs, and emerges into a new existence. The position of the chicken in the shell, is such as to occupy the least possible space. The head, which is large and heavy in proportion to the rest of the body, is placed in front of the abdomen, with its beak under the right wing; the feet are gathered up like a bird trussed for the spit, yet in this singular manner, and apparently uncomfortable position, it is by no means cramped or con fined, but performs all the necessary motions and efforts required for its liberation, with the most |