1866.1 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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WOODRUFF'S IMPROVED PORTABLE 
BAROMETER. 
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The Barometer Is now becoming no In- 
strument of nnivcreal use anioui; IntelU- 
t;ent farmers flud others ensasftl lu out- 
aoor pursuits. Foreiclliug accurately 
impciuUncc changes in the weather ft-oni 
six to tliirty-slx hours in advance, by Its 
use, hay. grain, and other valuable crops 
m;iy be secured uninjured, when much 
damage and loss might otherwise ensue 
fl-om exposure to storms. In busy eea- 
Bons much valuable time may be saved 
by Us use. Often in cloudy, foggy morn- 
ings, the farmer is at a loss to decide 
whether to cut down grass or grain, and 
much time is lost "waiting for theweath- 
er to clear up," when the Barometer 
would instantly and unerringly decide 
the case. As a general guide for the con- 
duct of out-door operations which would 
be afffcted by the we:ither. It is invalua- 
ble. Operating upon infallible natural 
laws, no change in the weaiber can oc- 
cur without being plainly foretold by the 
Barometer. I5y the invention of this In- 
strument, tlic great difficulty attending 
the transportation of the Barometer has 
been obviated, and "WOODRUFF'S Bii- 
rometer can be as safely transported by 
ordimiry express carriage, as any ordinary gla=s ware, to 
any purt of the country. Its couslrnction is such that (em- 
perature changes do not affect Its action, a feature possessed 
by no other Barometer. No materials come in contact with 
tlie mercury, that can be at all affected by its corrosive ac- 
tion, so that the instrument is durable for a century. Its con- 
fitrucilon is perfectly simple and plain, making it impossible 
to get it*ut of order by ordinary use. By einiply turning 
a screw it Is rendered Instantly and porfcctly portable. In 
all the essential points for a Barometer for general use; ac- 
curacy, portability, durability, simplieit;', and sensitiveness 
to slight atniospheric changes, it is without a rival. Upon 
any one or all these points combined, we challenge compe- 
tition with any Barometer in the world. None but the best 
materials are used, and most careful and skillful workmen 
employed in its construction. By a systematic division of 
labor and an extensive sale, we arc enabled to produce a 
perfect instrument at a price much lower than any other 
reliable Barometer has ever been sold. It is offered to farm- 
ers and others interested in out-door operations, as an instru- 
ment of real, sterling, practical value and utility, from the 
study and observation of which they will derive both pleas- 
ure and profit. During the past five years we have sold 
many thousands of these instruments, and not an instance 
has been reported where it has failed to give perfect satis- 
faction in the hands of Intelligent, practical men, while wo 
have many hundreds of voluutary certiflcates of its great 
The following estracta from our files of letters fl-om per- 
sons using the Woodruff Barometers will show the estima- 
tlou in which it Is he\d.~Every one ispurely voluntary and 
iiiisolicitetl. 
1 have for some time past been urging farmers to use Ba- 
rometers. I would not be without one for a hundred dol- 
lars, so great is its value as a "weather teller."— i9r«»j/e 
Jiidd of AgricultariHt. 
Aurora. Ind.. Aug. 10 18G1. 
The experience of the last year has convinced our farmers 
of the utility and accuracy of your Barometers. A little 
over a year ago I distributed a number among intelligent 
and enterprismg farmers here, and they express themselves 
well satisfied with their utility and accuracy. 
R. C. SAWDON. 
Shancsvllle, O.. Nov. SO, 1864. 
The Bjirometers I sold last Spring give complete satisfac- 
tion, and have created a demand for more among the neigh- 
bors of those who bought them, 
GEORGE SMITH. 
Cook^-hlre, Canada East. Sept. 29, 186.5. 
The Barometer you sent me last year proves to be very 
reliable. I would not be without it on any account- 
R. H. \VILF0RD,P.M. 
Greenfield, Wis., Nov. 8, \m\. 
The Woodruff Barometer you sent me I can say with 
truth Is a good one, and if I could not get auotheronel 
would not take $100 for it. It has told every time before it 
rained. My neighbors feel verv anxious to get them. 
SIDNEY SQUIRE. 
Beachville. Canadn West, Sept. 5, ISGt. 
The Barometer you sent me through Mr. Judd came to 
hand. I sold it to a neishboi-ing farmer who says it has al- 
ready more thau paid for itself. EN03 ARMS. 
Bristol. N. H., Nov. 4.. l«Ci. 
Your Barometers have giveu satisfaction.— Mine has af- 
forded me macU pleasure, beside being of much practical 
i-alu*:. 
FREDERICK U. BARTLKTT. 
value and utility fmm farmers and others lla^■1^g them In 
practical use. Unsolicited testimonials of Us value are re- 
ceived almoflt dally. It Is cased in Wabiut, Oak. Cherry 
Maple Mahogany or RopGWOOd, and forms a very beautiful 
and orr.aniental article of furniture, In addition to its scl- 
entiQc and practical value. Every Barometer has a metallic 
scale, with Vtrnier slide, by wJilch variation lu the Barome- 
ter may be rend to the hundreth qf an inch, and a neat and 
accurate Tftcnnometer. Dr. Henry,of Smithsonian Institute, 
estimates that five per cent, on all crops might be saved by 
the universal use of Barometers by farmers, tlius cfTecllng a 
total saving to the country of Eighty Million Dollars annu- 
ally. To all desirous di procuring a good Barometer we 
.offer this instrument in the full confidence that they will 
find it all they desire or expect, and that they will never re- 
gret its purchase. Farmers who believe iu Mowers, Reapers, 
Threshers, Improved plows, and other farm machines, will 
find tlieir value greatly enhanced by the use of the Barome- 
ter to tell them when it is safe to operate their machines. 
We believe it is perfectly safe to say that the thousands of 
Barometers we have sold in the past five years have saved 
already to the purchasei-s an average of Jive times their cost. 
We have a record of a well authenticated case where more 
than One Thousand Dollars was saved in a single instance, 
by the use of one of Woodruff's Barometers. And have a 
large number of voluntary certificates from persons who 
have saved their cost in a einglecase, orasinglo season. The 
American. Ayricultitrist gives It unqualified approval, the 
Country Gentleman, Boston Cultivator, Iowa Homestead, 
Journal of Agriculture, Ohio Farmer, Ohio Cultivator, Val- 
ley Farmer, Journal of Health, Mothers' Journal, ChriMian 
Instructor, Scientific American, Agricultural Chemist, Bo.i- 
ton Journal. Boston Traveller, and a large number of agri- 
cultural and miscellaneous papers endorse and recommend 
it from practical experience. 
Combining a renl practical value that soon repays its cost, 
often manifold, an elegance of design and beauty of finish 
that please the taste, with a scientific value that instrucs 
and interests, the Barometer has become an instrument 
whose use contributes equally to the self interest as an 
economical labor saving implement, to the love of the beau- 
tiful, and culture, refinement, and Instruction of the pur- 
chaser.— Prol^ably no article manufactured in the country 
has gained for itself a more widespread and permanent rep- 
utation than WoodrufTs Barometer. Not alone among the 
farming community, but everywhere In homes of elegance 
and refinement, has it come to be considered a valued and 
essential part of the household treasures. In some of the 
cities of the countiy its use has become so universal that not 
only many private dwellings are furnished with Woodrufl^s 
Barometer, but also public edifices, halls, and public rooms, 
as well as banking, insurance, express and i tilroad offices, 
hotels, stores, &c. Tlierc is hardly a department of labor or 
occupation in life where a good Barometer will not sooner 
or later repay many times its cost. 
Neosho. Wis., May 11, 1865. 
I saw one of your Woodrufl'*s Barometers at Hastiugs, 
5Iinn.. last Summer, and bad a favorable chance to test its 
accuracy during a six montlis stay, and evei'y rain was in- 
dicated for many hours before it fell, I want one for my 
own use. 
J. STRAIGHT. 
We know them to be good, and the best quality and 
make. From our own experience and observation, we are 
certain that the Barometer will save many times its cost to 
a farmer, and indeed to every person whose business or 
pleasure depends at all on being able to predict the weath- 
er. Woodruff\-i is the best Barometer, and is a thing that 
will pay to "have in every housi^.—Ainerivati Agriciittitrifit. 
Warren, Iowa. Nov. R, 1865. 
I have one of your Barometers in my room which is so en- 
tirely accurate, not being effected by temperature, that I 
would hardly take $100 for it. 
J. F. HUNT. 
Crestline. O.. Feb. 8, ISiU. 
Having bought a Barometer of your agent liere, I find it 
verv reliable. I think I can sell many of them. 
WJI. McCULLY. 
Bridgewater, Vt.. Nov. 2. 1S03. 
I think the Barometer is the thing for foretelling the 
weather. I liave but two acres of land, but have saved the 
expense of the Barometer in securing my hay and corn, 
even on that small amount. 
NELSON W. DAMON. 
Philad., 2d mo.. 18th, ISiK. 
I had an opportunity lest summer of observing one of thy 
Woodrufl' Barometers, and found it a superior instrument. 
J. JENKINS. 
Maytown, Pa., July 10, ISGn. 
My partner, Jfr. Heisy, having liad charge of oiir Barome- 
ter lately, says it has been of great advautaiii:' to him. Re- 
cently, when there was no appearance of foul weather, the 
Barometer indicated rain. Mr. H. accordingly got in all 
his grain and saved it by the means, for in the evening a 
heavy storai came on. Mr. H. tavs the Barometer never fails. 
S. L. YETTER- 
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Description of lustrii- 
iiienfs. 
No. 2 is put up In neatly turned cases of Maple 
or Cherry, varnished. Length. 40 Inches, diame- 
ter, base and top, two and one-half inches, shaft 
tapering slightly, about one and one-fourth inch- 
es in diameter, semi-circular glassface, and mount- 
ed with metallic plates, Vernier scale and ther- 
mometer Price, $13.00. 
No. 1 has a large tube. Is cased in finely flnlBhcd 
and polished Black Walnut. Length, three feet ; 
width of top and base four Inches— of shaft, two 
inches; depth, one and three-fourths inches, with 
pedestal two and one half inches deep. Mounted 
with metallic plates, Vernier scale, thermometer 
and index. Glass door over the face. Price, 
$1S.00. Same in Mahogany. $19.00. 
No. I— Ornamental. Form similar to No. 1 with 
ornamental top, door and mouldings, and spiral 
therm orneter, Cased In Oak. Tube very large. 
Price, S^l. 00. 
No. 0.— Extra Rosewood. Style similar to No. 
1 ornamental, with a large spiral thermometer, 
having a Fahrenheit and Reaumer scale, cover- 
ing front of shaft. Double metallic scale. Ver- 
nier and index, and extra large tube. Price, f30. 
Same in Oak or Black Walnut, $20.00. 
Weight of either style, from 1 to G pounds. 
Sent to any address carefully boxed and packed on receipt 
of price. We want a reliable Agent in every Toxnn or 
County in the country, where agencies are not already estab- 
lished, and will make liberal terms. Circulars coutainina 
full particulars of terms to agents sent on application with 
stamp enclosed. 
FIRST PRE-MiriflS 
Have been awarded us for the best Barometers and Ther- 
mometers at Thirteen State Fairs, two New England Fairs, 
and Fair of Mnss. Charitable Mechanics' Association. They ■ 
have never failed to take the highest premium o\er all com- 
peting instruments. 
THERI910METERS. 
We manufacture in all styles of tin and copper ca^cs. Also 
mounted on Walnut, Satinwood, Mahogany, Ebony, Rose- 
wood, and other fancy woods. Also a very neat and pretty 
style of i^?-(rt&?c Thermometer Tor travellers' use. Thermom- 
eters for Brewers, Dyers, Chemists, Manufacturers, and all 
other purposes for which Thermometers are used, of any 
size, shape or description, made to order at short notice. 
In this branch of business as In Barometers, we aim to make 
the StaiKlarcl work of the Country. Wc make 
more than one hundred varieties of Thermometers. Price 
Lists sent on application. 
From Messrs. Munn & Co., of the Scientljlc American: 
" From the construction of this instrument, as well as from 
^he ample tertimonials. both of practical farmers and men 
of science, we are satisfled that it is really a good, practical, 
portable Barometer." 
Bncyrus. O.. Sept. 9, 1365, 
I have had one of your Barometers more tlian a year, and 
could hardly get along without it.— Tliiswet season, with 
the help of a mowing machine and watching the Barometer, 
] put up fifty-one acres of hay and giain, and got but eight 
cocks wet. 
DEXTER BACON. 
Blackberry Station. 111., Jan. 25. 1S65. 
Farmers here were at first disposed to look on Barometers 
as a humbug, but my predictions have been >.i correct with 
regard to the weather, that they begin to think they can be 
relied on. J. P. BARTLETT. 
St. Paul. Minn., Feb. 2, ISGI. 
.\fter ordering the twenty Barometers the 27th ult., I 
thought I would not take any more orders until those were 
received. Since then I saw Capt. "ilakeU's instrument, and 
although the Captain was absi-nv, Mrs. B. spoke so bighli" 
of the BarouK'ter, I concluded fi> resume taking orders. 
Accordingly, in about two hours I pold eight more. Gov, 
Miller, Gen. 11. II. Sibley, Ex. Gov. of State. R. H. Nelson, 
U.S. District Judge, Ex-Mayor John S. Prince. Hon. Ed. 
Rice, and others ol onr most distinguished citizeui^ purchas- 
ed. Accordingly, you may send another dozen innuediatc- 
ly. D. A. ROBERTSON, 
Ex-Mayor City St. Paul, Minn. 
I have used the Woodruff Barometer for more than a 
year, and I would not be without one on any account. 
■ JAMES EDGARTON, BarnefivillG, Ohio, 
Eds. Country Gentleman .-—I recently ordered for myself 
and friends a dozen of Wooflrnfi's Barometers of Mr. Wil- 
der, the manufacturer— all of which work entirely to our 
satisfaction. A. M. HAINES. Galena, 111. 
CHARIiES WII^BBR, 
PETERBOEOUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
