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AMERICAN AG-RICULTURIST. 
[April, 
^•iiVSi-CjNS'K ^^\_^'A.-^,¥.\^WU^ 
A. K WOOD & CO. 
EATON, MADISON CO., N. Y., 
Coutinue to iiKinufacture their Improvc-d 
POKTAB1.E EJ^TGIi^ES, 
For Farm ami Mechanical purposes. They are particularly 
adapted to driviiitr Threshinjf ^Ii^cllilles, Circuhir Saws, Mills 
of all kinds. Priuthijr Presses, Wood or Iron Lathes, Miic^hi- 
]iery in Cabinet or wnt;on Shops, Boriui; Artesian Wells, 
Pumping WatL-r, Corn Sliellers, Arc . &c. 
We warrant our I'^n^ines to be what we represent them, 
and to give uuqualilied satisfaction in all respects. 
A. N. WOOD & CO. 
Buy the Best ! 
itjGp^ 
The pniriiral v/orUi;]- of thi ^ Machine, in thehandsoi: 
many Thousand farmers, has fully cstablislied 
ITS «^ItEAT SUFEISIORITy 
over all others in Durability, StrongtH, Simplici- 
ty, LiisUtiifs-) of Tiva,£t, Couveuiencc, Univer- 
sal Eiiicieiicy, and 
ICvei'y Desirable IT'eatiire of a T*erfect 
MOWER and REAPER. 
TUc Buclcey* for 186G is <lie Btst Harvester 
ever offered to tho Farmer. 
Order early if youw^oukl make sure of securing tlie Best'l 
Circulars with Prices, famished on application, by "Mail 
or otherwise." 
ADRIANCE, PLATT & CO., 
Manulacturers and Proprietors. 
MAXUFACTOIiY-Pou^lhlv-eepsie. X. Y. 
Office and "Warehouse, 165 Grcenwicli-st., 
Ne\»'-Vorlc. 
flalsted's Patent Borse Hay Fork. 
Improved fob 1S66. 
Ualsted's Hay Fork Attaelimeiit. 
Improved for 1S66. 
Furnished entire or in ]):irts. TVjth instructions for putting 
np. Dealers Supplied. Agents Wanted. 
A. M. H.'i.I.STKn. IS I',.;u-l-st., N'ewTork. 
Nisliwita's Monitor Mo^ver 
and Eieaper. 
The success of the ]>Ioiiitor is without parallel. It em- 
braces (■v<*ry point necessary to make a Prrfrct I»Io^v- 
cr aiirt Re;ipcr. It rccomniends its'lf to every JaniiiT 
lor the simplicity of its construction. It is proved to be llic 
liishtcst Draft. It talces tiie preference lor tliirn- 
bifity, eji<ic <>t' inniin;;eincnt anil goorl wovk. 
Four diUVrent si.-^cs. Failly ■,varr.iiitOfl. For circu- 
lars jrivini: full description, references, &c., Add'-ess 
F. NISH1VITZ, lliinufaclnrer. 
Williamsburs;, L. I., N. Y. 
J. N. CliOYES, 
(deneral Acent, Central and 'Western N. T..) rtica. 
P. S. .lIKSBROIiB, 
(General .\=:cnt. Hi., and the West.1 Sfll Lake-st., Chicago. 
K. SI1VCI..AIR & CO., riiillimore, 
Ctleneral Acenls for Maryland and Virginia.) 
NOTICE.— ilespousible Asents ^Ya^ted. 
PREMIUM MACHIJVES. 
■J^EW-YORK STATE 
WHEELEE, MELIOK & CO., Proprietors, 
ALBANY, N. Y., 
PATEXTEES AND MANUFACTUnERS OF 
Railway and Lever Horse Powers, 
Combined Threshers & Winnowers, 
CLOVEi: IIULLEUS, FKED CUTTEIJS, SAW .MILLS, 
SHI.NGLE AN'D HEADIXG >1.\CHINES, HOKSE 
PITCHFOUKS, HOUSE HAKES, &C..&C. 
(See cuts below.) 
SMITH'S «REEN MOinVTAIN 
SHINGLE AND HEADING MACHINE. 
Descripdve C'iicular a;il Price L,ist &ent free 
on applicatiou. 
WHEEliEU, MELICIi & CO. 
Corn 
Planliug ! 
Time Saved. 
Every Farmer should have one or more of THOMAS B. 
McCON'AUtiHKY'8 Patent Corn Droppers. They will pos- 
iuvcly save one half tlie lime over the ohi ■wav of drooping 
Corn. c:^~ To all those ihat use the Wheel Cultivator, 
these Droppers are just the thing needed— :>•; they will drop 
the Corn so it can be worked equallv alike either way. Drop- 
pers will be sent any where uy Express for Si.OO apiece. 
Asents wanted evervwhere. Address orders to 
THOS. E. SlcCONAUGHEY, Newark. Delaware. 
Improved Patent Hiiiul Lawn Mower.— Simple, 
Cheap and Eff'M-tive. S^'nd for Di-scrintive Circular. Ad- 
dress WM. L. BOVKU & BlIOS.. Pitihulelphia, Pa. 
THE AMERICAN FRTJIT BASKET! 
This favorite Fruit Basket for Strawberries, &c.. is receiv- 
ing; the hii;hest connneiulation from every quarttiv, and is 
called by many of our best Frnit Growers and Fruit Deal- 
ers, the only perfect article of the kind now in use. It is 
constructed so as to equalize tlic weic;ht of the fruit— can be 
packed In less space— and when filled with fruit is exceeding- 
ly attractive in appearance. 
Having the advantage of superior machinery, the Jiaskcts 
arc sold at a less price than any _tJrst r/(f.yv Basket now in 
market AMERICAN BASKET CO., 
Office No. 313 Cliapol-st., 
lVt%v-Hav<-ii, Conn. 
aiallock's Patent Frnit Box 
Is acknowledsed bv all those that have used them, to be the 
best sfvle of box for convcvins Small Fruit to market, they 
b-'in^ square in shape, andtlie bottoms .are raised so as not 
lo press on tlie top of jlic fruit in the lower box. they are 
llslitand strong. Iiayin-.r tlie corners bent and not nailed, 
t!ie sides are onc-Iweiftli of an mcii in tliickness, and bcin2: 
square in sliape. tlierc is no room lost in paekinL' in Crates. 
JIanafacturcd by C. D. tlOUtaiTV. 
87th-st. and 3d Avenue, Kew York, 
SEND STAMP rOK CIRCULAK. 
«rlNTER'S IMPROVED PORTABLE CIR- 
" Cl"LAi: SAW-MILL, 
^vitll EXGI.NE and BOILKIiS complete. 
CombiniUf: LANE'S l^\TI-,.\ 1 bEl' and FEED Wor.KS. 
THE GliEATKST IMI'UOVEMEXT KXTANT 
The entire Log of any Icnslli instantly .and unernnjlv set 
at liotli ends, atone and thesamc moment of time, by tlie'man 
attcndLna the saw. Labor-saving and Time savinir." Tlie ca- 
pacity of the .Mill being thereby doubled. Pamphlets fm-- 
mshed. WIXTElt &. Cu., No. JO Broadway, K. Y 
ETF STRAWItERieiUS. 
N 
Grrat Affricnltnrist, the largest berry known, 13 
berries have been produced wliich weighed 1 pound, plants 
$1 per dozen ; ?3 for nity ; $:> per hundred ; or $40 per thous- 
and, five thousand at less rates. 
]*Iiss Ida, anew Sefdiin^r. more productive than the 
"Wilson, $^ per dozen ; or $M> i><:i- liundred. 
Green Prolifio, a very lar;:e and productive kind, $1 
per dozen ; f'3.50 per hundred ; or $15 per thousand. 
Sniifh.'« Buffalo, 50 cents per dozen; §i per hundred, 
or $15 per thousand. 
French Early Seedling, the best early berry, and 
Russell Prolifie, $1 per liundred. or §3 per thousand. 
Lcnning's AVliitc, a splendid large white berrv, SI 
per dozen ; $3 per liundred. 
Brooklyn Scarlet, Monitornnd Col. Els^vorth, 
are the Trilmnn prize berries for whieli §3wt0 w:is paid, tiicsi; 
shnnld be in every good collection, plants ^"1 per dozen: S3 
per hundred, or $15 per thousand. 
Mead's Seedling, a magnificent new Seedling, ber- 
ries sis inches in circmnfeieiice', $o per dozen. 
IVegro, a new kind, nearly black, $1 per dozen. 
The following 10 varieties were introduced last vear from 
Fi'ance. and Belsinm All of them produce very large ber- 
ries, some of them monstrous. 
Comptcs.'ie dc ilorn, Excellent, 
Zaninrska, Palmee, 
Crystal I'alis. Souvinir de Nantis, 
Monstrous de Ilobin, Ferdenand, 
LaMar\ilIe, Hclin Samis. 
A Selection at $'3 per dozen ; or the ten, one doz. each, $13. 
Address "WM. S. CAUPEXTER. 156 Ueade-st., N. Y. 
Agricultimst Strawbeny 
For Sale at Sfi per 100. and $J0 per 1000 Plants. Also Phila- 
delphia Ilaspberrv at $.i per doz , and $10 per 100. For Cir- 
culars address ISAAC PI LLKX. Uiglttstown. Xcw Je.sey. 
JXJOTJ]VI>A 
"We can furnish a few hundred very fine strong layered 
plants of this splendid new sMMnlieriv. 
C. L. HOAG & Cb> Lockport, X. Y. 
-g^ OR 100 PLANTS SEND"Kr~MTTLr^VAR"- 
M ^i ranted genuine, and to reacli the Pnrcli:i>»M-;ii annexed 
prices. Xtw .Icrscv Scarlet, fiO cts. f* 1:.'. $3 '{> 100, $-30 ¥> ICOO. 
Agricullni isl, l.'i els f) V2, $1 ^ 100. Freni-h Seedling. Downer, 
Cutrrr. KnsscII. Buflalo. Hovey, Wilson, Aibanv. I.ndy Finger, 
Triomphe de Gand. Austin, Bartlett. Lennig's \Vhite, $1 ?3 100 
Green Proliiic, Byberrv Secdlins. Tribune Varieties $;* ^ 100, 
Jucunda IVoni Knox 1^3 ¥* r), $5^25. For larcer nuantities, 
or Wilson Early Blarkberrv, Kittatinnv, Phila. liaspberry, 
send for Descriptive and Price List, gratis. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown. Burlington Co., N. J. 
HE TRUE CAPE COD CRANBERRY FOR 
Fall planting, for Upland and garden culture, and lor 
swamps. Under my ni-Hhod of cultivation the yield last sea- 
son on Upland was over 400 bushels pei-aere. ' Explicit di- 
rections lor cultivation with prices of plants, wiili nursery 
catalogue complete, will be sent to any address. Agents 
■\Vanied- 
B. M. "WATSOX. Old Colony Xurserles, Plymouth, Mass. 
Forty Acres in ^luall Frnits. 
C^~ Charges pre-paid on Plants. See Prices 
aud List in March .\iiin>>er. 
A. M. PUUDY. South Bend. Ind. 
To A§;eiits and tiie Trade. 
V Catalogue is now readv. with great inducements to 
iats. B. M. WATbOK, Old Colony Nurseries. 
Plymouth, Mass. 
M, 
Agent 
The Universal Berry Box. 
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST. 
Rims and Bottoms. Machine for putting them up. Only 
$12 per 1000 Boxes I 
Send sUimp for Circular. Address 
B. HATHAWAY, Little Prairie Rondc. Mich. 
^<ifrYiBA~PEAR,~PAHADrSE7QUINCE', 
*^\f^\^\W\9 Plum, Cherrv and Apple stocks, of 
nrinie qualitv. 2.1)00 extra stron<: Hybrid Perpetnals. and 
Slo-;s Hoses, Tree Peonies, and Floworini: Shrubs and Trees. 
for s;ik' bv B. M. WATSON, Old Colony Nurseries, 
Catalogues are now ready. Plymouth, Mass. 
Genesee Valley ]Vurseries. 
Rochester, N, If. 
Frnit, Ornamental Trees and Shrnhs In large 
quantities. 
E"V'ERGREENS.— "We offer an unusually fine Stock 
for spring, particularly Norway Spruce, 3 to 4 ft. 
PlilARS— Standards, a line stock of 1st, 
2ud, and naediuni qualities. 
We also offer the finest collection and largest assortment 
of fine and new imported FLCWER SEEDS, ever ofl'cr- 
cd in this country. 
Parties wishing to purchase inlarge quantities should avail 
themselves of our several Catalogues. 
Onr Nurseries embrace over Three Hundred and fifty acres 
of Land. 
Catalogues Nos. 1 and ?— Abridged retail Fruit and Orna- 
mental Trees, Shrubs. &c. 
Catalogue No. 3— Green House. Bedding Plants, Bulbs. 
Choice Flower Seeds, &e. 
Catalogue No. 4— Wholesale and Trade List for spring of 
18(36. FROST & CO. 
