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chines, which render them decidedly the best that have ever been offered to 
the public. The knives are let into grooves, made in the cylinder, and con- 
fined by bands or rings of iron at the ends, which secure them firmly, and 
give them a decided advantage over all other Cylinder Cutters, where the 
knives are merely fastened to wings with screws, which are not found suffi- 
ciently strong to cut corn stalks, and experience having proved that the 
wings serve to clog the machine, by filling up the spaces between the knives. 
At the Cattle Show and Fair held at Hartford, Conn., in the fall of 1841, 
the first premium was awarded to Stevens’ Spiral Cylinder Hay and Straw 
Cutter, in competition with Hovey’s and other machines. 
Their Warehouse possesses great attraction for the Agriculturalist, Hor- 
ticulturalist, or dealer in seeds and implements, having far the greatest col- 
lection and variety that can be found at any similar establishment in the 
country, among which are the following implements :— 
Eagle Plows, 30 kinds and sizes; Sub-Soil Plows, 4 sizes; Sidehill Plows, 
§ do.; Double Mould do., 2 do.; Cultivators,3 do.; Harrows, various kinds ; 
Field Rollers; Corn Planters; Seed Sowers; Corn Shellers; Revolving 
Horse Rakes; Grain Cradles; Garden Engines; Winnowing Mills; Vegeta-~ 
ble Cutters; Churns; Hoes, a large variety; Shovels and Spades; Pruning 
Saws; Transplanting Trowels; Grass and Garden Shears; Tree Scrapers ; 
Hay and Manure Forks; Garden and Hay Rakes; Hay Knives; Axes and 
Hatchets; Scythes and Scythe Snaiths; Ox Yokes and Bows; Ox Balls: 
Bull Rings; Road Scrapers; Sickles and Corn Knives; Budding and Prun~ 
ing Knives. - . 
All the above are offered at wholesale and retail at the lowest cash prices. 
Agrunts:—A. B. Allen, 187, Water Street, New York; E. Comstock & 
Co., Albany, N. Y.; Kennedy & Bragaw, Hartford, Conn. 
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