Coe's Superphosphate of Lime.

The following letter from Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, one of the most eminent agriculturists in New-England, gives a very gratifying account of some experiments with Coe's Superphosphate of Lime:DORCHESTER, Nov. 20, 1861,

DEAR SIR:-I take pleasure in enclosing, for your examination, some facts in regard to the comparative value of the Superphosphate of Lime purchased of you last spring.

Experiments on Old Mowing Land.

This land was divided into three equal lots of one-fourth of an acre

864 lbs.

750 lbs.

948 lbs.

This land was old sward land, turned over last Fall, and was di- exchange, upon this subject, ought to bring it forcibly to vided into three equal lots of one-eighth of an acre each:

Product.
75 bush.

90 bush. Experiments on Two Acres of Old Meadow Land. This land had probably never been plowed before. In the month

of August last the brush, brakes, hedge, &c., were taken off, the sod reversed, and the surface made as level as practicable. It was then seeded down with foul meadow and red top seed, with 400 lbs. of your Superphosphate of Lime to the acre. The seed came up well, and at this time the grass is so luxuriant and thickly set that it attracts at tention at the distance of half a mile or more, and should the grass not be winter-killed with ice, there will no doubt be a fine crop next summer. In this instance, as in many others, the economy of the Superphosphate over common barnyard manure, is evident, the cost of the former being not more than the expense of carting would have been of a sufficient quantity of stable manure to produce a like result. The Superphosphate of Lime is therefore a valuable fertilizer in the reclamation and renovation of old pasture or meadow lands, and especially so where lands like the above are located a mile or more from the homestead.

Superphosphate of Lime is a valuable article in promoting the growth and increasing the fibrous roots of young trees and grape.

vines, and when applied in liberal quantities to the roots of bearing NE

trees has a beneficial influence on the size and beauty of the fruit.
It is equally useful as a fertilizer for cereals, grasses and vegetables,
and from experiments made heretofore, I have hopes that it may
prove a preventive of the blast upon young seedling pear stocks,
and to the mildew on peas and other plants subject to these diseases.
As a quick and also as a durable fertilizer, I have seen many proofs
in past years. I have ever considered it as one of the most economi-
cal manures in use.
Yours respectfully,

ALBANY COUNTY AG. SOC'Y ELECTION.

100,000 BARRELS OF THE

At a regular meeting of the Albany County Agricultural Society. LODI MANUFACTURING CO'S

held at the City Hall on the 8th of January, 1862, the Annual Election for Officers for the ensuing year, was postponed till Wednesday, the 12th day of February, 1862, at 12 M., at the Mayor's Court Room, City Hall, Albany. A full attendance is desired.

By order,

Jan. 16-w4tmlt.

R. H. BINGHAM,
Secretary pro, tem.

POUDRETT E,

FOR SALE BY

JAMES T. FOSTER,

No. 66 Cort'andt-St., New-York.

THOROUGHBRED AYRSHIRES, THE large facilities which they enjoy by exclu

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DEVONS & ALDERNEYS FOR SALE. BESSIE," Ayrshire, 3 years old, Heifer Calf by her side-a very ine heifer. Also 1 and 2 year old BULLS. Prices to suit the times.market, taking COST and YIELD into consideration. It will be sold at ALFRED M. TREDWELL, Madison, Morris Co., N. J. TO CHEESE MAKERS.

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the usual price of $1.50 per barrel for seven barrels or over, delivered free in New-York city.

Please take notice that the office and sale of this Company's Poudrette is changed from Messrs. Griffing, Brother & Co., No. 60 Cortlandt-Street, to No. 66 CORTLANDT-STREET.

Other brands of what purports to be Poudrette are in market, put up in barrels to resemble this. Beware of frauds-buy that only which has the brand of the Lodi Manufacturing Co. Any other ar ticle is comparatively worthless.

THE ONEIDA CHEESE VAT, Ralph's Patent, is superior in practical utiilty, material and work. manship to any in use. Though but recently patented and introduced to the public, the demand for them is unprecedented. containing a general description, sizes and prices, sent by mail on apWe call attention to the following experiences of practical farmers plication to WILLIAM RALPH, Holland Patent, N. Y., of whom in different sections of the country: State, County and Town rights for this valuable improvement may NORTH PEMBROKE, MASS., Oct. 7, 1861. be obtained on reasonable terms. Jan. 16-w&mtf. James R. Dey, Esq., President of the Lodi Manufacturing Co.: Dear Sir-The early autumnal frosts for several years past have seriously injured our corn crops, and rendered it necessary for farmers in this section to seek some fertilizer to give their crops an early start, in order to bring them to maturity in season to avoid that calamity. Having experimented with Guano, Superphosphate of Lime, etc., etc., with indifferent success, in the spring of 1860 I purchased four barrels of the Lodi Manufacturing Co.'s Poudrette, which I applied principally to my corn crop, with the most satisfactory results. This was the first Poudrette ever introduced into this vicinity. Last spring I procured from your branch office in Boston about 30 barrels, the most of which I sold to my neighbors, who had witnessed the effect of my last year's trial, which, so far as heard from, has given universal satisfaction. To further test the efficacy of your Poudrette, this season I plowed about two acres of light sandy soil, which had laid in grass about six years (the last crop of grass being very light.) This I planted with corn and potatoes, applying about four and a half barrels of Poudrette, with no other manure, except a handful of ashes to each hill at the first hoeing, and from present appearances we shall five loads of manure to the acre. Its effects on garden vegetables are equally apparent. I am, very respectfully, yours, HORACE COLLAMORE.

CORN SHELLERS of new and improved patterns, including AL- have a better crop than on a field of like soil where we applied twentyLEN'S and BURRALL'S Patent.

Sirs-I bought of your agents, Cross & Newell, two barrels of your Poudrette, and in using the first I got sick of it, and sold the other barrel. But the one that I used I tried the principal part on potatoes. I used about half a pint to the hill, and the yield was equal to those planted on manure at the rate of twenty loads to the acre. My neighbor who bought the other barrel says if he had bought five barrels more he would have saved the price of twenty barrels. Yours, &c.. V. B. PAUL

WALDO, ME., Cct. 12, 1861.

To to the Lodi Manufacturing Co.:
Gentlemen-Last spring I bought from Cross & Newell one barrel
of your Poudrette, as an experiment, with but very little faith in its
utility. I put it on 6 rows of corn in different parts of the field, after
manuring with barn-yard manure in the usual way-at the second time
hoeing, where I put the Poudrette the corn was twice as large as the

MIOS. WOOD continues to ship to any part of rest of the field, and this now is one-third heavier, and has ripened

HOGS, in pairs not akin, at reasonable terms. Address,
Jan. 10-w&mly.
PENNINGTONVILLE, Chester Co.. Pa.

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corn in this country, and shall use it more extensively another year. Yours, &c., WELLINGTON SHOREY,

SMYRNA, DEL., Oct. 1, 1861. Gentlemen-I had heard of the Poudrette manufactured by the Lodi Manufacturing Co., and thought I would try a small quantity on a lot of land intended for corn, and as I could not get it nearer than Philadelphia, I went and bought of the agent twenty barrels, and ap

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TOULOUSE GEESE, bred from stock imported from France by A. W. Austin, Esq. These are considered in Europe the largest of al geese, and are much esteemed by epicures for the excellence of their flesh.

Poudrette in each hill. I left out a part of two rows and put no
Poudrette, to ascertain if there was any value in it, and noticed those
two rows during the season; and where the Poudrette was used the
corn was decidedly the best, and I have no hesitation in saying it is a
good manure for corn. I am certain I made from one-third to one-
half more by using it. Yours, respectfully,
JOHN G. BLACK,

Price of the Game Fowls, $5 per pair; of the Geese, $12 per pair.
All the stock is of the best quality. SANFORD HOWARD,
CHESTER, PA., Sept. 14. 1861.
Nov. 14-w3tm2t. Office of the Boston Cultivator, Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen-I purchased this season of Messrs, Baker & Co., eleven
RIGHT ON GRAPE CULTURE.-barrels of Poudrette, and one bag of Phuine, which I put on my corn.

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To the Lodi Manufacturing Co.:

I marked the place where I put the Phuine, which, when started, seemed ahead, but now the corn where the Poudrette was on is much the best. Last year I used Allen & Needle's New Fertilizer, which did no good at all, as the corn done better without the manure, I think the Poudrette made by your Company the cheapest manure in use. Yours, &c., A. R. PERKINS

The Company's pamphlet, containing directions for its use, with other valuable information and the experience of over one hundred farmers, will be sent free to any one applying for the same. Address "JAMES T. FOSTER," Care of Lodi Manufacturing Co., 66 Cortlandt-St., New-York.

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REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS.

THE EIGHTH NUMBER, for 1862, of THE ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS has now been issued from the press. In the attractiveness and value of its contents we do not think it has been surpassed by any preceding number. We submit below a partial abstract of its contents, which will show their variety and the extent to which they are illustrated-the present number of the ANNUAL REGISTER Containing more than

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10. Swine Fed on Skim Milk-Treatment of Sows with Young Pigs.

11. Relieving Choked Cattle-Weaning Lambs.

XII. RURAL ECONOMY-THREE KNGRAVINGS.
1. Nails, Nuts, Screws and Bolts.

2. Farmer's Tools.

3. The Union Washing Machine.
4. Hay and Grain Racks,

5. Preserving Shingles.

6. Facts for Poor Farmers.
7. Time for Cutting Timber
8. Durability of Posts."

9. To Keep Plows Bright.

10. Sawing and Thrashing by Horses.
11. Provide Domestic Conveniences,
12. The Use of Rawhide.

13. How to Tan Rawhide.

14. Sap Pails.

15. The Cost of Fences.

16. Use of the Clod-Crusher.

XIII, USEFUL TABLES

This, preceded by the usual Calendar pages and Astronomical Ca culations, forms a book which is certainly cheap at its retail price PARTIAL ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS. and the Publishers, with a view of rendering its circulation still wide Among other valuable chapters, the ANNUAL REGISTER for 1862 will and larger than that of any previous Number, are prepared, as abov contain the following:intimated, to offer the most liberal Terms for its introduction in quar. tities, either to Agents, Agricultural Societies, Nurserymen, Deale I. FARM BUILDINGS-THIRTY ENGRAVINGS and Four Designs. in Implements and Seeds, or any others who take an interest in th 1. General Considerations. dissenination of useful reading, and in the promotion of Rural Im provement. Address all orders or inquiries to the publishers. August 1, 1861.

2. Estimating the Capacity of Barns.

3. Form of Farm Buildings,

4. How to Plan a Barn.

5. Barn Basements.

6. Cost of Barns.

7. Design One-Barn for Fifty Acres or Less

8. Design Two-Barn for Seventy-Five to a Hundred Acres.

9. Tool Rooms and Details in Stable Construction.

10. Design Three-A Large Three-Story Barn.

11. Design Four-A Small Three-Story Barn

12. Various Details.

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5. The Root-Layering; Cuttings; Transplanting

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7. The Buds and Leaves.

8. The Process of Growing.

9. Principles of Grafting and Budding.

10. Flowers-their Organs; the Crossing of Different Varieties. 11. Species and Varieties.

III. THE GRASSES-THIRTEEN ENGRAVINGS.

1. Importance of the Grass Crop.

2. Descriptions of the more Common Species,

3. Nutritive Value of Hay.

4. Management of Grass Land.

5. Suggestions in Hay-Making.

*.*This article includes plain and concise descriptions of no less than TWENTY-TWO of the different grasses, with the peculiarities of which every farmer should be familiar-eleven of them accompanied hy carefully drawn illustrations.

IV. LIGHTNING RODS-THIRTEEN ENGRAVINGS.

1. Essential and Non-Essential Points in their Erection.

2. Materials and Connections.

3. Length, Height and Supports-Stiffeners above the Roof.

4. Entering the Earth.

5. The Copper Rod-Various Errors-Cost of Rods.

V. BALLOON FRAMES-TWENTY-FOUR ENGRAVINGS,

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2. Method of Raising-the Sills. Studs and Wall-Plate

3. Directions for One-Story Buildings

4. Directions for Two or Three Story Buildings.

5. Siding, Lining and Construction of Partitions.

6. Framing Large Barns.

VI. THE APIARY-THIRTEEN ENGRAVINGS,

1. Advantages of the Movable-Comb Hive.

2. Descriptions of Different Kinds,

3. Management of Bees.

1. Rules for Pruning Grapes.

2. Directions for Transplanting.

3. Root-Grafting the Grape.

4. Depredators and Diseases.

5. Apples for the West.

6. Selection of Hardy Grapes.

7. Young Cherry Trees.

8. High Prices for Pears-The Glout Morceau.

9. Broadcast Cultivation-Apples in Wisconsin.

10. Hardy and Tender Trees-Culture of the Blackberry.

11. Culture of Dwarf Apples.

12. Transplanting Strawberries.

X. THE DAIRY.

1. On Cheese-Making by Beginners,

2. Hiram Mills' Way of Making Butter.

3. Two Valuable Rules in Making Cheese.

4. Butter Dairies of Chenango and Delaware Counties.

XI. DOMESTIC ANIMALS-Two ENGRAVINGS.

1. The Best Doctor for Animals,

2. Shropshire Down Sheep.

3. Wintering Sheep.

4. Training Cattle to Jump.

5. Registering Sheep-Care of them in Spring.

6. To Prevent Horses Kicking-Teaching them to Canter.

7. Making Cheap Beef-Beginning Winter Right.

8. Regularity in Feeding-Profits of Sheep Raising

9. Training Draft Animals-Cattle Racks.

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THE WHEAT CROP.

As a specimen of a good and profitable crop, we take at random that raised in 1858 by DE AZRO A. NICHOLS of Westfield, N. Y., reported in the New-York Agricultural Transactions:

The land was 4 9-10th acres-it was clover sod, plowed late in summer, and the wheat was sown early in autumn. The cost of plowing, harrowing, drilling, seed, harvesting and thrashing, with interest on land and taxes, was $111. The wheat (155 bushels, 63 pounds per bushel) and straw were worth $252-nett profit, $141, or about $28 per acre. We have known many crops much larger than this.

GEORGE GEDDES, in his Agricultural Survey of Onondaga County, estimates the following as the cost of an average crop on a good farm, or twenty bushels per acre, (although over 40 bushels are sometimes raised,) with the nett profit:

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