4.-46 
AMERICAN AGllTCULTURIST. 
[NovmrtBEK, 
GOOD MEN WANTED 
to sell tho celebrated cow fetter. It 
sells oil aifflit. \\'i\rrjuite(l to make llie 
worst kiclvine: cow gentle lo milt, in 
ihreerijiys, Tliere is nutliin-c equal to 
it for bieakinfrlielfers. Ketail price fi. 
For fuitiitr iniormaiion send for illus- 
tiateti circular to 
H. ,T. SADL.ER, 
Sole Proprietor, 
■\VRri'en, Trumbull Co., Ohio- 
OUR PERFECTED BUTTER 
COJjOR is lar bt'Uur than carrots, 
I iLuiiaLto, or any olher coloi', at one 
fourth the cost, and no work to use. 
It givesapuredaiideliou color and never turns red, or rancid. 
1)111 tends to improve and lucserve tlie butter. "Warranted 
to add 5 cts. per pound to its si;lliiig value. Thousand of 
tesiimonials from the very best dairvmen. Descriptive cir- 
culars tcllinir where and how to getir.fiee. Sold bvdrug- 
gists. Wells, Richardson & Co.* Burlington, Vt. 
BUTTER WORKER. 
The most Etfective, Simple 
and Convenient Yet Invent- 
ed. AVorlts 311 lbs. in 
, less tlka.li 5 minutes, 
i thoroughly worKins out the 
buttermilk and mixing in 
the salt Send for circular 
and price ^Ists. 
A. H. RKI1>, 
No. G NortU IStlk St., PUiladeliiUia Pa. 
LILLY'S 
BUTTER-WORKER 
The cheapest and best Machine 
in the market; no hard labor re- 
quired. Try it, and see for your- 
selves. Only S15 for a thirty 
pound machine that will take all 
the milk'out ^-Ith ten minutes' 
work. 
HENDERSON & CO, 
316 Kac- St., Phila.. 
I 
Pa. 
BUTTER; 
After fair trial and severe tcjtt; ii. was awarded 
Centeonial Prize Medal. WHY IT IS SUPE- 
' RIOK TO ALL. 1st. It has no taste or smell, 
^^^\T ^)1^ ii°d is as harmless as water. '2d. It is liquid, 
^^\^^^^^^**» 13 easy to handle, and is mixed in cream before 
chorniDg. 3rd. It produces a color resembling June Grass Butter. 
4th. It 13 the only article that will color the butter and not the but- 
termilk. 5th. It gathers all butter materials, increases the weight 
more than will pay for the color used. It is ibebest ever known. 
Send your address on postal card for my receipt book,/rce. It telU 
Low to make butter, pack, preserve, extract rancidity. 
---ITU.aSTr' ■ "■ " ■■ " — -• ■ 
MRS. B. SMITIi 
7 Arch St.. P. O. Box 1954, Phila.. Pa. 
ESTABLISHED IN IS44. 
Wi 
BOLTH 
Ml L.1_ELF=(S 
DLOTH.^^VW 
Agricultural 
tarance Company, of f atertoM, I. Y. 
Ciipital. $300,000.00. Net Surplus, $189,315.03. Total assets 
for the security of Policy holders Jann.iTy 1st. 1877, SI.OIO,- 
ea.Oa. insures only Farm Piopertv and Uesidences aaainst 
Are .and lightning. Takes no business ris ks. 
POIVER 
Cider and 
Wine Press 
WITH 
Double Platform. 
BOOMER & BOSCE£RT 
PRESS CO., 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Mannfactnrers of Agricultural Mactiinery, Implements, 
Tools, Stump Pullers, etc., which could be useti to profit 
on large southern plantation, please send me description and 
price. Also, parties who can advantageously deliver stock 
sheep in quantitv at or near Macon, Georaria, please send ad- 
dress and references to J. M. W. Kitchen. 448 W. 23d St.. N.Y. 
AGENTS LOOK ! Catalogue of 44 Novelties free, 
or witU a Hand-book invaluable to letter writers, ten 
cents. T. J. HASTINGS & CO., Worcester, Mass. 
T 
O FARMERS Two yearling Jersey IJuUs, one 3 
year old for sale low, to avoid wintering. 
G. W. FARLEE, Cresskill, N. J. 
MISHAWAKA 
FEEB MILL 
■ Shells JUKI Grinds Six to Fifteen 
bushels of Corn per liour. Two to 
four horse power. Send for Circu- 
lar. Address 
^^•^^^^ St. Joseph Manufacturing Co.j 
JtXisIiavvaUa, Iiid. 
Mallory & Sanford Patent, The best in use. Company's 
Agent JOHN W. QUINCV, 98 •William St.. N. T. 
THE CELEBRATED 
Dexter Spring 
Is one of those inventions that commends itself to the 
PRACTICAL. BIAIV as the COMMON-SEIVSE 
SPRING, being a side-sprinj; without the unpleasant and 
dangerous side motion of the Concord, and obviating the 
jerking of the Elliptic. Being without perch, gives inde- 
pendent action to each wheel, making them much more 
durable. Tlie SPRINGS are made of special CRtJCI- 
BLE: steel, and are fully warranted. 
The DEXTER supplies a want long felt by the Fann- 
er, Business Klan, and PUysician, as it gives them 
the easiest riding and most durable SPRING VEHI- 
CLiE known, and much less liable to break than the 
ordinaiy spring, on account of quality and form. 
Please examine carefully the editorial and advertisement 
in Dec, 1ST6, American Agriculturist, and send for circular to 
DEXTER SPRING CO., 
Hulton, near Pittsbtu^h, Pa. 
AUTOMATIC 
WAGON BRAKE 
'Ihf' most powerful self-acting brake made. Fully endorsed 
by every farmer and wagon-maker who has seen it. W. A. 
Armstrong, Sec'v Klmirii P'anners' Club, writes: "A Com- 
mittee of the Elmira Farmers' Club, consisting of Chas. 
Heller. John Bridsman. 1). T. Billings. S. M. Carr, and M. H. 
Thurston, gentlemen fully competent to make intelligent 
jmigment. gave the br:ilce careful trial Aug, 2lst,and report- 
ed unanimously : It is tlie best brake we have ever seen— 
prompt in its action— effective wlieu requiied. and is ex- 
ceedingly desirable for all farmers on hilly firms." See Illus- 
tration in Am. Am. Agric7iltinH^t fov lyTtl. Sample brakes 
complete for farm wagons, $i.00. Good salesman wanted. 
D. L. MULFORD, General Agent. 
TIOGA. TIOGA CO.. PA. 
SOMETHINGf NEW. 
Magical Patching Plate- 
Needed and Useful in every Family. 
Will mend Tin, Brass, or Copper Ware, or Lead Pipe, 
without the use of soldering iron or acid. Can be used by 
any woman or child. Sample Sheet sent by mail upon re- 
ceipt of twenty-five cents. Canvassers make five to ten 
dollars per day. One Agent writes, "Sold to fifty-seven 
families out of sixty-three canvassed." 
AGENTS WANTED FOR MIDDLE AND NEW ENG- 
LAND STATES. TERMS LIBERAL. 
TRACY & CO.. 24:3 Broadway, N. T. 
LADIES! 
BEWARE OF 
Imitations, 
VIRGINIA FARMS. 
Catalogues mailed free to any address. 
CHAFFIN, STAPLES & CO.. Richmond. Virginia. 
yiRGHSriA LANDS. ror-^ieSpi 
tive list of Virginia farms for sale. 
DfCKlMSON & CHEWNINtt. Richmond, Va. 
DWYER'S HORSE BOOK 
SEATS AND SADItliES, 
BITS AND BITTING, 
AND 
THE PREVENTION AND CUKE OF 
RESTIVENESS IN HORSES. 
By FKANCIS DWTEi:, 
Major of Hussars in thp Imperial Austrian Service. 
ILLTJSTI'.ATED. 
PRICE. POST-PAID, $2.00. 
ORANGE JUDD CO., 245 Broadway, New Tork, 
A Splendid Opportunity 
TO SECURE A 
Western Farm. 
Some of the very best farming; 
lands in the rapidly growing State 
of IVebraska, which will be sold for cash, 
or partly on time, or part in cash and part in 
exchange for Eastern farm lands — on terms 
far cheaper that can be obtained elsewhere. 
These lands are located near the tiro 
leading Railroads in the State, with a 
market close at hand, and are surrounded by 
farms with improvements. 
They were selected by one of the best 
Jndges in the Country, and are remark- 
ably fertile and productive. 
Here is a chance such as is not often pre- 
sented, for any Eastern farmer who may wish 
to emigrate West and secure a good sized 
farm at very low figures. The crops next 
year, if anything like as good as this, will 
doubly pay, above all expenses, the price asked 
for these lands. 
Nebraska is being rapidly settled by the 
best of population from the Eastern and Mid- 
dle States, and is destined to become the Great 
State of the West. 
Address JEFFERSON CLARK, 
99 Nassau St., New Yoke Citt. 
The Sportsman's Gazetteer 
ASD 
GENERAL GUIDE. 
By Charles Hallock. 
The game animals, birds, and fishes of North America ; 
their habits and various methods of capture ; copious in- 
structions in shooting, fishing, tasideiiiiy, woodcraft, etc ; 
toj^ether witli a directory to the principal game resorts of 
the country; illustrated with maps. Cloth, 12 mo. PricC; 
post-paid, $3.00. ' -C 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
345 Broadway, New roBK. 
Irrigation 
FOE THE 
Farm, Garden & Orchard. 
Bt HEKRT STEWART, 
Civil and ^fining Ejigineei\ Member of the Civil Engineers^ 
Club of the North-tcest, Afsocidte Editor of the 
Amet-ican Agriculturist. 
VTIT'B. M-UMEEOUS ILLUSTR A TIONS. 
CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. The Necessity for Irrisation.— H. Im- 
portance of an Adequate Supply of Water. — HI. Amount 
of Water Needed for Irrigatiou. — rv. Irrigation of Gar- 
dens. — V. Preparation of tlie Surface. — VI. Irrigation by 
Pipes and Tiles. — VH. Irrigation '.vitU Liquid Manure.— 
Vrn. Culture of Irrigated Garden Crops.— IX. Irrigation 
of Orchards and Vineyards.— X. Irrigation of Meadows. 
—XI. Use of Springs in Irrigation.— Xll. Formation of 
Water Meadows. — XUI. Irrigation of Meadows and 
Pastures. — XIV. Drainage of Irrigated Fields. — XV. 
Management of Irrigated Fields. — XVI. Irrigation of 
Arable Lands. — XVU. Preparing the Surface for Irriga- 
tion.— XVIU. Supply of Water— Dams— Pumps — Reser- 
voirs—Artesian Wells.— XIX. Canals and their Construc- 
tion.— XX. Reclamation of River Flats, Salt Marshes and 
Submerged Lands. 
Price, post-paid, $1.60. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Bkoabwat, New Tokk. 
