196 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[Mat, 
The Charter Oak Lire Insurance Co., 
of Hartford, 
Coiiu. 
*' Every one ehonld In- 
sure liis Life."— See page 
ISO, April 1SI3C issue, of the 
American Agrienlturist. 
Insure this year in THE 
CHAKTEP. OAK LIFE 
I^-s^I;A^•cE compa- 
\*T.— See page 155, of the 
same Journal. 
The Charter Oak Life 
Insuiance Company has 
no Fuperiors among tlie 
Life Ins. Co.-s of Dr., ruuutry.-Us Assets April 1st, 1SG6, are, 
Sl,'''70,lG7.C3,bcinj an increase of nearly $200,000 in three 
months. Its business is inereasin;; with unparalleled rapidi- 
U'.— Its expenses arc less than the averaj:? of Life Ins. 
Co. s.— Its losses are less.— Its dividends are greater.- It 
pays annual dividends, conunencing with the second premi- 
um.— It orisinated the system of annual dividends.— Its bus- 
iness IS conlined to the liealthv and tlioronshlv settled por- 
tions of the country. For further information concerning 
tha Company, see April No. of the American Agriculturist, 
page 155. 
OFFICERS. 
.IAS. C. WALKLET, Prcst. .8. H. WHITE, SecretUTV. 
K0YE8 S. PALMER, Vice-ProGt. S. J; BBSTOR, Ass't Bee. 
UJVIOM MUTUAL 
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 
No. 151 Broadway, N. Y. 
ASSETS, January 1, I8B6 81,530,877.17 
-LOSSES PAID 940,043.00 
DIVIDENDS PAID 419,033.00 
Dividends paid on evert/ premium, lohich have averaged 
40 per cent, 
AGEN'TS WANTED In every town and Tillage, to whom 
liberal terms will be given. 
Apply to or nddres 
J. W. & H. JUDD, 
Cleneral Agents. 
TO FAKMER*. 
A youu2 frr>iitlemftn desirous of becomin* thoronglilY 
t\cqu*uiited ■wUli practic.il farming, is desirous of obljiiDing 
board In the family of a respectable fLirmcr. where he ni.iy 
have tlie comforts of a ho;iie and aKioeable society, ana 
fftmiliarize himself with gorxl a2;ric.ultunil manaErement, 
Parries willing thus to admit llie applicant, and lo atlord him 
all dc'^irable. comforta and fucilities, nmy aiUiiess the uuder- 
si^nc'I, stating all particulars. References given and re- 
quired. " J. B.," Otnce A ff fie HUJtrist,il Park Uow.N. Y. 
Day's Am<»ricaii Roaety-KeoUoEaer, 
containing Tables for rapid crdcnl'itions of aggregate 
Values, U'a^es. Salaries. lioaril, Interest Monev, etc., etc. 
Also. Tables of Timber. P];iiik, Board and Loc; Measure- 
ments, Willi full explanations howto measure them, eitlicr by 
the square foot (board measurel, or cubic foot (tinil>er meas- 
ure). AKo. how to Measure Wood bv the Cord, with Tables 
applicable to Piles of Wood of anv Slnpe. and showin}r in a 
simple lu.inner how to ascertain tlie Contents in Cords of a 
Pile of anvsliape. Also, Tables of Land Jleasuremcnta, 
Bhowinff the Contents of a Piece of Land of almost any 
Bhape. from a quarter acre up to ten acres, and telling ex- 
actly how to Measure Land in any quantity by Chains and 
Links, or by Yardii and Feet. Also, tellinj; "how to describe 
a piece of land in dee:liiig it. Also, civinir information as 
toacqulrinc; and loeatinix a Farm on the Public Lands of the 
Unlt','d States, Tliis Keady-Kcckoner is conipo'^ed of Orie;i- 
nal Tables which are po-iiivcly correct, liavinsbeen revised 
in the most careful manner. It is a book of I9'i padres, and 
embraces more matter than 500 pa^es of any other Reckoner. 
Price in boards, witli cloth baclc, 50 cents 
Price in elotli. L'ilt l>ack 7.t cents 
Price in leather tucks (Pock^tbook Style)... $LO0 
Sent post-paiil, on receipt of price, by O. A. ROOKBACH, 
102 Xassau-st., New York. 
Short-Hand Without a Master, 
by which the nature of taking down Letters. Sermons, Trials, 
Speeches, &c.. mav be acquired in a few hours. Fifty-sec- 
ond Editiox, with a Supplement. Price "25 cents. Sent 
post-paid, on receipt of price, by O. A. ROOliliACH, 103 
Nassuu-st., Jvew York. 
1,000 
ACCENTS* 
WANTED. 
A j;ood reliable Agent, Male 
or Female, in every town, to 
take tlie entire control of 
several of the best, most 
SALEABLE and PROFITAnLE 
articles of every dav u?e ever 
piesejited lo the public. Pro- 
lits larnje— satisfaction guaran- 
teed. The riLcbt man or wo- 
man can make from $10 to $-.'0 
a weelc (!a'*ily. Enclose stamp 
for lull dcfiertptiou and illus- 
iraled catalo,:,;ue. 
N. Y, Mamufacturinq Co. 
37 Park Row, N. Y. 
DRAINAGE AND LANDSCAPE. 
We make purveys, plans and estimates for the drainage 
nnd improvement of farms countrv seals, parks, ceme- 
teries, &c.; also, take cliaijie of and superintend tlie work 
In all its branches CHICKEIilXt; & CO., 
Drainage, Landscape and Civil Engineers, 
No. 18 Wall-st., New York. 
I^O^ES! — AIoml:'. sharp, pointed iioi^e ; a short, 
X^ thick, beefy nose; a little, turn-up, pu? nose; aGrecian 
noso;a Jewi=^hno«c; a I'nnian nose. What do thev indi- 
cate '^ See PHREN'OLOGI* AL .TOURXAL t^OR PHYSI- 
OGNOMY, PHYSIOLOGY. PIIUENOLOGY. ETHN'OLOGY 
AND PSYCHOLOGY. Only .*-i a vear ; :?1 for balC a vear ; 
20 cents a number. Address FOWLER & ^VELLS, 3S9 Broad- 
way, New York. 
A. N. WOOD & CO. 
EATON, MADISON CO., N. Y., 
Continue to manufaCtur^e their Improved 
PORTABLE ENGIi^ES, 
For Farm and Meehanieal purposes. They are partieulnri* 
adapted to4iuvin',r Threshing Machines, Circular Saws. Wills 
of all kinds, Printina; Presses, "Wood or Iron Lathes, Machi- 
nery in Cabinet or Wnson Shops, Boring Artesian Wells^ 
Pumpimr Water, Corn Shellcrs. «c . &c. 
AVe warrant our Engines to be what we represent them, 
and to iiivc nnqualitied s;;tisfaotiou in all respects. 
A. N. WOOD & CO. 
TO FARMERS AND OTHERS. 
Agents wanted for the following: Implements. Have 
been thoroughly tested and are warranted. We offer liberal 
inducements to active men. 
COLUMBIAN MOWER AND REAPER 
Tlie only Perfect Combined Machine in use. 
Has two Driving Wheels. Forward cut when mow- 
ing, and Rear cut with side delivery when 
reaping. Second to none as a Mower, superior to all 
as ft Reaper, and has a perfect 
SEL.F RAKE. 
SMALLEY'S COEN PLOW & OULTIVATOE, 
Five implements in one A boy can manage it with case 
It is a perfect Farro^v, Coverer, Hoer, Hillcr 
and Harrow. The beet implement in use for covering 
Grain. 
BRANCH BEAM HILLING PLOW. 
No Farmer should be without One of these Ughl?\i\d. sim- 
ple Double Mould Plow.':. Has movable Wings suitable for 
rows from 2^ to Z% h- apart. Send for Illustrated Pam- 
phlets with Terym to Affcnts;. 
AMEEICAX AGRICULTtJRAL WORKS. 
17 Courtland-st., New-York. 
DUANE H. NASH, General Agent. 
]Vishwifz's Monitor MoM^er 
and Reaper. 
The success of the Monitor is without parallel. It em- 
braces every point necessary to make a Perfect HIoav- 
er and Rrapcr, It reeominends itself to every farmer 
Inr tlif siinplieifv of its construction. It is proved to be the 
l..ij5lit<—t Dratt. It takes ihe preference for dnra- 
biHty. •■astt- of inanai^ciiicnt nnd gooil ^vorlc. 
F'oui" diflVren^ sizes. Fully Avarran(<-V|. For circu- 
lars eivinir full description, rer-'reneep, &c.. Address 
F. NISHVVITZ, Manufacmrer. 
WiUiarasburfr, L. I., N. Y. 
J, N. CLOYES, 
(General Asrent, Central and Western N. Y.,) rtica, 
P. S, MESElSOIiE, 
(General Ai:ent. 111., and the West.) OTl Lake-st., Chicago. 
R. SINCI^AIR «Sc CO., Baltimore. 
(General Aeenis for Maryland and Virfrinia.) 
NOTICE.— liesponsible Agents Wanted. 
Improved Road Scraper, 
Patented May SOth. 18il'.— One man and a pair of horses 
can work it doiuic more work and ln-tter than the n]d 
Scrapers State, Countv, Township, and Turnpike Rights 
for sale. Send for a Circular Address 
WILLIAM PATTERSON, Patentee, Salem, N. J. 
Buy the Best ! 
The only machine wliich combiDes all .tlie desirable fen- 
tiires of a Perfect Harvostcr. 
ADRI.^NCE. PLATT & CO., 
M-\NrFACTUBEr.S AND PBOPEIETOHS. 
Pou^likeepsie, and 
163 Green^vlct-st., JTeiv Tork. 
UIVIOIV OTO^tVlIMG OTACIMKES. 
AGEXTS -n-.inted to sfU th'^ T"n|on Moxv^r, Clement's 
Hay Fork, Wliilcomb's Hay Ualce, Share's Harrow, &c 
SPEClAt. I\DrCEMEXTS 
to Farmers. — Where we have no Aeents for the Mower, we 
will allow a lar^e discount Ironi onr regular piiees. nrovidi-d 
tlie Mowei-s are pureh;:sid at onee. » 
BENV. HAIXES, :7 Conrtlandt-st., New York. 
TV A i\ TE D— ^500,000, 
For which we invite orders for PorTAP.LE or Statioxaky 
I'"n"gt\'es. ('[nci-T,Aii Sa«' Mri.i.s. Rked's & BrcKixciiAM'a 
Patent Port^rle Frkkch IJrr.n Gni&T ^rTLLS »nd Rolts. 
Sugarcane Mills and Sugar Pans. Our works are the 
oUIes' and most exteiisi;e in theconntrv. All of our ma- 
chinery is qf mofifrn cortftrnictio7i and guaraotced. 
Our portable mills are sp /■oniplete and perfect that our 
niillwri;jhls erprt and pi't lliPin to siwin^ in two davs' time. 
Oi'dera nronipilv filled, and deliveries made in anj* of tlie 
principal ciiieaof tiie Cnjled Stales. 
For information or illustrated circulars, address 
C. <& J. COOPER, 
_ ^ Mount Vernon, OJilo. 
IMP0RTA1VT TO (lOER MAKERS. 
POWER APPL.E ORIIVDER. 
(BUTTERWORTH'S PATENT.) 
For frrindinif Apples, Peaches and other kinds of ftait. 
This Machine has beenthorouuhly tried in diflVient sections 
of theconntrv, and is warranted to be, both in point of econ- 
omv and durability, greatly superior to every other kind of 
Cider iMill. 
With an ordinarv Two Horse Power, it will grind fine and 
xiniform, one hundred bushels and upwards of Apples per 
hour— is BO constructed that it can not be injured by iho 
>tones— needs very little, if any rciiaira. and bv the superior 
manner in which 'it does its work, one montli'g use will pay 
fnr tlie Mill. Send fur Cireular. ^Manufactun-d and for 
eale by R. BUTTi:UWOUTII, Trenton. X.J. 
TSIE PRE:>IMI.1! MAtHINE. 
Best in America. 
The Railway Hor:ife Power that is unc^iualled for ease of 
team, amount of power. The Combined Thresher and Clean- 
er that Cleans equal to any Fanning Mill, fit for 
Mill or Market. Threshers, Separators, Fanning Mills, 
Wood Saws. Seed Sowersand Planters, i&c. All of the BEST 
in market. Send in orders early, as we are governed by 
" tii-st come, fii"st served." For furllier information send 
for Circular. Address R. 4& M. HARDER, 
Cotolesfcill, ScUoliarac Co., N. Y. 
"~ HAWSOVS " 
Patent Hydraulic Ram. 
This Ram i'^capnlileof raisins: water toa ereater elevation 
than any other with a given head and supply by more than 
fifty per cent. 
Self-A-cting I*re.ssTire I*ivn^p, 
For raisinaj water to the upper stores of city houses, where 
the pressure is not sulTlcient, and is worked by the water 
that is drawn in the basement, renuirim; no attention except 
a few drops of oil once a week.— This Pump can be used to 
g^reat advantage in the country, where there is a small 
runniniT stream not euflicient to sujiply a Ram. but will 
work with anv quantity applied, and will raise it-j proportion 
to higbis required, the creater iho fall, the greater Die pro- 
portion raised, it will al^o raise spring water bv th' use of 
i)rook water. The workin.g parts of iliis machine arc made 
of br.Ts-;, consequently will not rust, and mav bo left un- 
worked for any length of time wiibonr detrime'nt. For fur- 
tiier particulars send for Cat:ilot.'nc. or npplv to the Inventor 
and patentee, THO^. H.\XSON. 3&1 Pearl-st.. 
3 doors above Beehm:in-st.. New Tork. 
Also an assortment of Brass Force Pumps for Green- 
houses. A:c„ &c, 
ME,1D'S PATEKT COxMtAL PLOW. 
The Conical is undoubtedly the best Plow for all kinds of 
work, that has ever been oflered to tlie Public, and we arc 
now prepared to furnish them to Farmers and the Trade at 
same prices that much poorer ones we offered, and warrant 
them in every particular. Send for a Price List. 
W. E. BARI:ETT & CO.. Providence, R. I. 
HORSE RAKE WIRE 
Of best quality and lowest rates, for sale by 
JOHS W. QITINCy, 
93 William-st„ New Yort. 
