Volume I of THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, with table of contents complete, for sale at $1; handsomely bound in cloth, $1 25. It is a neat and tasteful book, and makes a handsome premium for distribution with Agricultural Societies; to which, when several copies are ordered, a liberal discount will be made. [Symbol] To prevent confusion, all letters merely ordering this work, or enclosing money for subscriptions, should be addressed to Saxton & Miles, 205 Broadway, post-paid or franked by the Postmaster. 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. * * * * * STOCK FOR SALE. R. H. Hendrickson & Co., of Middletown, Butler county, Ohio, will promptly attend to orders for Short-Horn Cattle, Bakewell, Merino, South-Down, and Saxon Sheep; also for Berkshire pigs from Windsor Castle, imported from England, and twenty choice Berkshire sows, a part of which were also imported. Windsor Castle stands 3 feet high, and is estimated by competent judges to weigh 1000 lbs. Pigs of crosses with the imported Kenilworth, the large Miami, Byfield, and Grazier stocks, will likewise be furnished. None but choice specimens of any of the above stock will be supplied, and at prices corresponding with the times. Address, post paid, as above. Oct. 12th, 1843. R. H. HENDRICKSON & Co. AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. John Halsall, Bookseller, St. Louis, Mo. G. S. Taintor, Bookseller, Natchez, Miss. S. F. Gale & Co., Chicago, Ill. John J. Herrick, Detroit, Mich. J. B. Steele, New Orleans. C. M. Hovey, Boston, Mass. Saxton, Peirce, & Co., Boston. Arthur D. Phelps, Boston. R. H. Hendrickson, Middletown, Ohio Andrew Campbell. E. Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y. H. Kirkland, Northampton, Mass. John Bonner, White Plains, Georgia. * * * * * CONTENTS OF DECEMBER NUMBER. EDITORIAL. Page.