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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
dividers with flexible joiiits, and points, semi-circles, 
pencil and penholders, rulers, etc., etc. All the pieces 
in No. fil are finished in brass and steel ; those in No. 03 
are German silver and steel. The pieces arc the same in 
each, but No. 02 is of extra beaut}' and workmanship. 
They are useful in making drawings, plans of buildings, 
field?, etc. They arc valuable to children, to cultivate a 
taste for, and habit of observing and sketching farms, 
plotting fields, orchards, buildings, for drawing, etc. 
Snch " playthings" keep them from "mischief," 1 develop 
their minds, and make them " handy." Sent by mail, 
postpaid, to any place in the United States. 
Nos. ©3, 64~Dawson, Warren & 
Hyde's Gold Pens:— With Ever Poixted Pen- 
cils, in Extension Coin Silver Cases. Premium Xo. 
G3 contains the best E Gold Pen, a»d No. Gi the best F 
Gold Pen, which is the same style, but larger. These pens 
are made by Messrs. Warren & Spadone, No. 4 Maiden 
Lane,N.Y., successors to Dawson, Warren & Hyde, whose 
pens obtained so wide and good a reputation that the orig- 
inal firm name is the Trade Mark, and is still stamped upon 
every pen made. We have known the makers and their 
goods for many years, and can recommend both to our 
readers. W. & S. are the largest manufacturers of Gold 
Pens, Silver and Gold Pencil Cases and Holders, in 
the country. State whether a stiff or limber point is 
desired, and if the Pen received docs not suit the hand, 
it may be exchanged at a trifling expanse for postage. 
3fos. 65, 66— 31<?rciirial Barome- 
ters.— Woodruff's Patent, made by Coas. Wilder, 
Peterboro, N. n. These arc the most convenient and 
portable Mercurial Barometers made. (Send to Mr. 
Wilder for a circular giving engravings and descriptions 
of the instruments.) The peculiar form of Mercury enp 
invented by Mr. Woodruff renders these far more porta- 
ble than any Mercurial Barometer previously known. 
They arc so easily carried that Mr. Wilder guarantees 
the safe delin.ry of every Barometer given by us as a 
Premium, if not to be sent beyond the Rocky Mountains. 
The instruments are beautifully made, arc about 3 feet 
long, and arc packed and sent direct from the factory, 
with no expense save the express charges. We offer two 
forms which differ mainly in the style of case, both be- 
ing supplied with Thermometer and Vernier. A Barom- 
eter is to farmers, or other i on land, what it is to sail- 
ors at sea— an indicator of the weather to be looked for. 
Many who have received this premium from us in former 
rear* have given us definite statements touching its 
great value to them Aside from its direct utility, the 
habit of observation and of scientific study, cultivated 
ia children where a Barometer is used, is important. 
i\'o.67-Bnckcye Mowing 31achine. 
—The Buckeye Mower is so widely and favorably known 
that we need not describe it particularly. Messrs. Adri- 
anco, Piatt & Co., 103 Greeuwich-st., N. Y. City, will send 
any one a circular giving full description, engravings, 
etc. The experience of last year shows that many a 
farmer can easily secure this premium by a very few days', 
or odd hours' 1 and evenings', canvassing for subscribers. 
A few can unite their efforts, each getting a part of the 
subscribers, and then own the machine in common. It 
would pay a man well to canvass for this premium, and 
sell it. Ten subscribers a day for 15 days would secure 
the premium, which sells regularly for $125.— Many can, 
at town meetings, fairs, elections, and other gatherings, 
or during evenings, easily secure this premium club. 
I\'o. OS— Cylinder Plow ( Allen's Patent). 
— We hear very good reports from those who received 
this premium last year. It is named from the peculiar 
form of the mould-board. It is an Ohio invention, but 
is manufactured by the well-known firm of R. H. Allen & 
Co.. 1S9 & 101 Water-st., New York, to whom application 
maybe made for descriptive circulars, etc. There are 
several sizes and prices, with a greater or less number of 
attachments. The kind we offer for premiums is the 
" Two-horse size, cutting a furrow 12 to 1 1 inches wide, 
and 5 to S inches deep." It is provided with wheel, and 
with a " skim plow," like tho double " Michigan plow." 
Wo. GO.— Collins & Co.'s Cast Csist- 
steel Plows.— These excellent plows are made by a 
patentod process, of cast-steel recast (not rolled), tem- 
pered and polished like a good axe. They will scour in 
the softest soils, and are great favorites on the prairies. 
The canvasser has his choice of eight plows named in the 
manufacturers' circular at the same price ($25), of which 
we particularly recommend " C, No. 3" for general use : 
"B, No. 12" for stubble only. aud"E, No. 12" for turf 
only. Send for circular, giving full particulars, to Collins 
& Co., No. 212 Water street, New York. 
!\o. 70-Page's Patent IPusaap and 
Sprinkler.— A Hand Watering Pot, a Green-house Syr- 
inge, a light Force Bump, and Garden Engine. It i» very 
simple in construction, light to carry, easy to operate, 
and adapted to a great variety of uses— convenient for 
washing windows, or blinds, carriages, horses, watering 
plants, etc. Throws a small stream with considerable 
force about 40 foot, and will be invaluable in case of an 
incipient fire. By a very simple arrangement, the stream 
can be quickly changed to drops, spray, or mist. Manu- 
factured by the New England Portable Pump Company, 
11 Hanover-st., Boston, Mass. Send for Circular. 
Wo. 71— Family Scales.— These scales, 
combining the adtantages of counter and platform scales, 
are peculiarly adapted to household purposes. They 
weigh from * £ ounce to 240 lbs. They have a scoop or 
pan for weighing flour, sugar, and other house stores, and 
a platform for heavier articles, and are just such an appa- 
ratus as is needed for in-door or out-door use, occupying 
less than 2 feet square. In cooking, preserving, keeping 
the weight of the grocer, butcher, etc., and in weighing 
meats, butter, and other produce sold from the farm, they 
will save much more than the cost of obtaining them as a 
premium. These scales are manufactured by the well- 
known Fairbanks & Co.. whose weighing apparatus has 
long ranked as the standard, and who received the highest 
premiums, two medals, at the Paris Exposition. 
>"o. 73 — CrandalFs Improved 
Building Slocks furnish a most attractive amuse- 
ment for children. They are very simple in construction, 
will stand years of children's handling without breaking, 
and give renewed pleasure daily. Churches, Dwellings, 
Barns, Mills, Fences, Furniture, etc., in almost endless 
variety, can be built with them, and the structures re- 
main 60 firm as to be carried about. For developing the 
ingenuity and taste of children they are nnequaled. The 
Blocks arc put up in nsat boxes, and with each box is a 
card giving various designs of buildings. The Premium 
sets are plain. The same blocks may be had, maple 
finished, by sending 3 more subscribers, at $1.50 each, or 
10 more, at $1 each. Send for a descriptive show-bill. 
I\o. 73— I*ool*:et Lanterns. — A very in- 
genious valuable Yankee invention— a complete Lan- 
tern, large enough to afford light for walking or other 
purposes, yet in half a minute it can be folded into a par- 
cel 3 by 4 inches long, and % of an inch in thickness, or 
small enough for the vest pocket, yet contain 3 little sperm 
candles, matches, etc. "We have used one for years, carry- 
ing it in the pocket on going out at night, ready for use 
at any moment. It is manufactured by the Mcrriam Manf'g 
Company, (Julius Ives & Co., Agents, 49 Maiden Lane, N. 
Y. City.) A dozen pack in a bos 3J j by 5< •. by s 1 ; inches. 
HJo. 71--Am<»rican Cyclopedia. — Ap- 
pleton's New.— We caunot commend this great work 
too highly. We wish it could be placed in every family 
in the country. Several were fortunate in securing it 
through our premium list last year, and we hope many 
more will do so this. Scholars at our Academies and 
Seminaries, and members of Library Associations, can 
easily unite thoir efforts and secure it. Young men 
should devote evenings and Bpare hours to canvassing 
for this magnificent and useful premium for their own 
use. 53T" The Cyclopedia is a whole Library of itself, 
consisting of sixteen very large octavo volumes, well 
bound, averaging 800 large two-column pages in each 
book, or in the whole, 12.S04 pages ! They treat upon 
over 25,000 different subjects. It is hardly possible to 
name any subject, any country, any person of note, in 
past or recent time, concerning which pretty full inform- 
ation may not be found in the Cyclopedia. It embraces 
every topic of human knowledge, alphabetically ar- 
ranged for reference.— Is worth a year's effort in raising 
subscribers. 
I^'o. 75-Thc Great Dictionary. — 
Worcester's Large Pictorial, Unauridged Edition, 
containing 1S54 three-column pages, with a multitude 
of illustrative engravings. (The work is 12 inches long, 
10 inches wide, and nearly 4 inches thick, and weighs 
about 101b?.!t Many of the most thoroughly educated 
men of the country consider this as far the best Diction- 
ary in the English Language. It gives the spelling and 
pronunciation of every word iu the language with full 
explanations, and as a source of general information 
stands nest to the Cyclopedia. The Dictionary can be 
called for at ourOffice.orbe sent by express or otherwise, 
to any part of the country. We have given away hun- 
dreds of copies as premiums, many of them obtained by 
quite young boys and girls. It should be in every family. 
It is published by Brewer & Tileston, Boston. 
Nog. 76 to 81-Volumes of tlie 
American Agriculturist (Unbound). — These 
amount to a large and valuable Library on all matters 
pertaining to the Farm, Garden, and Household, and con- 
tain more varied information on these subjects than can 
be obtained in books costing three times as much. We 
have stereotype plates from the Sixteenth to the Twenty- 
seventh Volume complete, from which we print numbers 
as needed. The price of the volumes is $1.50 each, at the 
Office, or $1.75 if sent by mail, as they must be post-paid. 
They are put up in clean numbers, with the Index to 
each volume. They arc profusely Illustrated, tho 
Engravings used in them having alone cost about 
$30,000, Those obtaining premiums for less than twelve 
volumes can select any volumes desired, from XVI to 
XXVII, inclusive. Fmr ordinary nse, the sets of numbers 
unbound will answer quite well.— Many hundreds of 
these volumes are taken every year as premiums. 
Nos. 83 to 87-Bonnd Tolumrs of* 
Agriculturist.— These are the same as Nos. 7fi to St 
above, but are neatly bound in uniform style, and cost 
extra for binding and postage. Sent post-paid. 
I\os.88to99— &04»DI,IISBeAir£IE:S. 
—In these premiums, we offer a choice of Books for 
the Farm, Garden, and Household. The per- 
son entitled to any one of the premiums 8S to 00, may 
select any books desired from the list below, to the 
amount of the premiums, and the books will be forward- 
ed, paid through to the nearest Post-Office, or Express 
office, as we may find it most convenient to send them. 
$55 or $50 worth of books pertaining to the farm 
will give the boys new ideas, set them to thinking and 
observing, and thus enable them to make their heads 
help their hands. Any good book will, in the end, be of 
far more value to a youth than to have an extra acre of 
land, on coming to manhood. The thinking, reasoning, 
observing man, will certainly make more off from 49 
acres, than he would off from 50 acres without the men- 
tal ability which readingwill give him. Our premiums 
will enable many a family to secure a larger or smaller Li- 
brary, jag- Let the Farmers of a neighborhood unite 
their efforts and get an agricultural Library for general use. 
I\o. lOO— General Boole Premium.- 
Anyone not desiring the specific Book premiums, SS to Sfl, 
on sending any number of nam<?s above 25, may select 
Books from the list below, to the amount of 10 cents 
for each subscriber sent at $1: or to the amount of 30 
cents for each name sent at the (ten) club price of $1.20 
each: or to the amount of 60 cents for each name at 
$1.50. This offer is only for dubs of 25 or more. The 
books will be sent by ?/iaU or express, prepaid through by vs. 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS AND OTHERS. 
[For sale at tlie office of tlie Agriculturist, or tlicy will he 
forwarded by mail, post-paid, on receipt of prise. VS~ All 
tlicse are included in our Premiums, Wos. 89 to 100 above.! 
Allan's II.. F.i Rural Architecture $1 r.O 
Allen's ill. I.. i American Farm P.ook 1 50 
Allen's In soa-e- of I tone ■stir Animals J 00 
Am. A-ricultiiral Annual, lSi'.TA sf.s. each. |.a..a(lo. ; do. 7» 
Am. Hortirnllural Annual, isr.7 & isrs.eaeli.pa. ,50c: clu. 7a 
American F.ir.l Fancier 30 
American I'onn.losv— Applcs-By Dr. John A. Warder. 3 00 
American Ko-e r tilt in is! ."0 
American Weeds and ("sclnl Plants 1 75 
Architecture, hv Cuinminss & Miller 10 00 
Archil ect n re. Modem Am., by Ciluunines & Miller... II) (HI 
Ponionl's Kahl.it Fancier..... 80 
I'.ominei's Method of Matin- Manure 25 
I'.ook of Evergreens (.1. Iloopesl 3 00 
llimssiiisault's llmal Economy 1 00 
I'.reck's Now Hook ol Flowers 1 75 
Pul-I's I lower Garden Directory... 1 .VI 
I'.llisfs Family Kilchen Gardener 1 00 
(h or Item's Grape Grower's Guide 75 
Cohlictl's American Gardener 75 
Cole's is. w.i American Fruit Hook 75 
Cole's Veterinarian 75 
< opeland's country Fife Svo., cloth... 5 00 
Cotton Culture. (Lyniani 1 50 
Cotton Planter's Manual, i Turner I 1 50 
DaddslGeo.il.) Modern II.. r,o Doctor 1511 
Dadds American Cattle Doctor 1 50 
Dana's Muck Manual 125 
Darwin's Animals & Plains under Domestication,! vols. G 00 
Doe: ami (tun illooper'si paper. :10e.. cloth.. CO 
Down urn's Landscape Gardenias ' new Edition) 6 50 
Draining for Profit and Health by G. E. Waring, Jr.. 1 50 
Eastwood on Cranberry 75 
Elliott's Western Fruit Grower's Guide 1 50 
Flax Culture 50 
Field's till as w.) Tear Culture ,.. 1 25 
l'Tench's Fat in Driiimise 1 50 
Fuller's Grape Ciillurist. ( Ueviscrt Editi 1 50 
Fuller's strawberry Culturist 20 
Fuller's Small Fruit Cull mist 1 50 
Gardenim; for Profit, by Peter Henderson.. .. 150 
Gregory on So Hashes panel'.. 30 
Gnem ni on Milch Cows 75 
Harris' In -.a-ls Injurious to Vegetal Ion. clo..$ I : cl'd pis. 6 (III 
Harris' Kural Animal. Pound, s Nos., in 2 Vols. Each 150 
Herbert's Hints to Hor- keeper- 175 
Hop Culture 40 
How Crons Grow, by piol. s W. Johnson 1 50 
.lolmsO'li s Aet icnltural cliem-t i y 175 
.loll n -ti.n'- Fie ti it aits , i ..e-riciille.rr.I chemistry 1 50 
l.eiiehai's How lo IluiM Hot-Houses 1 50 
Miles on the Horse's Foot ... 7a 
Muhr on l he Grape Vine 1 00 
My Vineyard at Fake view 1 25 
Norton's Sclent i lie Agriculture — 75 
(mion Culture 20 
Our Farm of Four Acres (bound) 00c paper.. ' SO 
Pardee on Strawben v Culture 75 
Peat and Its ("sos. by Prof. S. W. Johnson 1 25 
Peilder's Land Measurer — 60 
Percheron Horse 1 00 
Quinby's Mysteries of P.ee Keeping (NKW) 1 50 
Kandall's Sheep Husbandry 1 50 
Hand iir- Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry 1 00 
Hirers' Miniature Fruit Garden 1 00 
Kieharilson on the Dos;, paper line Cloth.. 60 
Saunders' Domestic I'.nill rv I Slav ), paper, 10c, hound 7a 
S-eli-nck's Gardener's Text Book 75 
skillful Housewife 75 
Stew ill's i John I stable Hook 1 50 
Thompson's Food of Animals 1 00 
Tim Bunker Papers 150 
Tobacco Culture ..-.. 25 
Waaler's Herts, s and Evcrsreen- 1 50 
Vonatl anil Spooncr on Hie Horse 1 50 
Yotialt and Martin on Cattle J 50 
Ynnait on the Hog i 00 
Youatt on Sheep.. . 100 
