353 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
rain, ;mcl we found everybody in the cars carrying urn- 
brellHS. We relied upon ovir Barometer which had risen 
during the night. Again, e.irly in August we had a field 
of oats cut, and tlie bundles were spread out to dry in the 
forenoon by tlie men, because the sky was clear. Glanc- 
ing at the Barometer we found the mercury had fallen 
',- inch, and was still falling. Th« men were ordered to 
slock lire oats up immediately. They did so, and just 
saved the grain from a long, soaking rain that continued 
several days. Aside from its direct utility, tlie habit 
of observation, and of scientific study cultivated in 
children, where a Barometer is used, is important. 
TSt>. »5— Buckeye Mowing MacUiue. 
—The giatificalion expressed by those who received this 
premium last year, and the request of otliers wlio wish 
to get it this year, lead us to continue it on the same 
terms. The Buckeye Mower is so widely and favorably 
known througiiout the country, that we need not describe 
it particularly. Any one writing to the Manufacturers. 
Messrs. Adriauce, Piatt & Co., 165 Greenwich-st., N. 1 . 
City, will receive a circular giving full descriptions, en- 
gravings, etc. The experience of last year showed that 
many a farmer can easily secure this prejniuin by a very 
few days, or odd hours and evenings, canvassing for sub- 
scribers. A few can unite their efforts, each getting a 
part of the subscribers, and then own the machine in 
common, if they do not each need the full time of a mow- 
er. It would pay a man well to canvass for this pre- 
mium, and sell it afterward. Ten subscribers a day for 
15 days would secure the premium, which sells regularly 
for $125.— Jlany can, at town meetings, fairs, elections, 
and other gatherings, or during the evenings, secure this 
premium club without much if any loss of time. 
I^'o. 36— Cylinder Plow (Allen's Patent), 
—We hear very good reports fiom those who received 
this premium last year.-In May, 1861, we described 
some highlv successful trials made with it. along- 
side of other first-class plows. During the war, like 
most other good implements, this was not brought much 
before the public. It is nacned from the peculiar 
form of the mold-board. Several improvements have 
been made upon it within a year or two past. It is 
an Ohio invention, we believe, but is manufactured 
by R. H. Allen & Co., of 169 & 191 Water-st., New-York 
City, to whom application may be made for further de- 
scription, etc. There are several sizes and prices, with 
a greater or less number of attachments. The kind we 
offer for premiums, is the " Two-hon-^e size, cutting a 
furrow 12 to 14 inches wide, and 5 to S inches deep." It 
is also provi.led with wheel, and with a " skira plow." 
that is a smaller plow attached under the beam, like the 
double " Michigan plow." 
:^o. »y.— Xhc Aquai-iMs: or, Water- 
Thrower.— This is an excellent Utile portable hand 
torce-pump, useful in many ways. One can tsike this 
instrument in his hand with a pail of water, and tiu-ow a 
considerable stream to a point where a fire may be 
breaking out, and do more to quenrh il. tiian he couUl 
with a dozen pailfalls dashed on, even if the fiie could 
be reached. We have thrown water from the ground up 
against the third story windows of a house. The Aqua- 
rius is very useful for watering gardens, for washing 
windows, carriages, etc., etc. It is provided with rubber 
suction pipe, to draw water from a pail, tub or buckoi, 
and an ejection pipe having both a imzzle for throwing 
a stream, and a rose or spriiikler. It has also an ;iir 
chamber for giving a constant stream. It is a handy in- 
strument for every household, aside from its use as a fire 
engine, with which many incipient fires have been stop- 
ped. Send to the manufacturers, Messrs. \Vm. & B. 
Douglas, Mlddletown, Conn., for a descriptive circular, 
giving full particulars. The Aquarius packs into small 
space, and is readily sent by express or otherwise. 
ISo. 38— .4-Juerican Cjclopedia.— Ap- 
rLETON's New.— We can hardly commend this great 
work too highly. We w ish it could be placed in every 
family in the country. Several were fortunate in secur- 
ing it through our premium list last year, and we hope 
many .more will do so this. For example, a clergyman, 
in a small church on Slaten Island, began to canvass 
among his people on Monday morning, and in less than 
four days he obtained subscribers enough to secure the Cy- 
clopedia—to the great benefit of himself and parishioners. 
Scholars at our Academies and Seminaries, and mem- 
bers of Library .Associations, can easily unite their ef- 
forts and secure this important work for their Libraries, 
Many young men ought to devote their evenings and 
spare houis to canvassing, and obtain this magnificent 
and useful work for their own use. f^^ The Cyclope 
dia IS a whole Library o/itself, consisting of siilem very 
large octavo volumes, well bound, averaging 800 large 
two-column pages in each book, or in the w hole, 1 3,804 
p.iges ! They treat upon over 25,00O different subjects. 
It is hardly possible to n.ame any subject, any country, any 
person of note, in past or recent time, concerning which 
pielty full information may not be found in the Cyclope- 
dia. It embraces every topic of human knowledge, 
alphabetically arranged for convenient reference. 
"Cyclopedia" means the whole circle of instruction or 
knowledge. This is called the American, to distinguish 
it from the similar comprehensive works published in 
England and France. The British Cyclopedia, though 
less comprehensive, and not coming down to recent 
dates, costs more than twice as much as our better Amer- 
ican Cyclopedia. To get this premium is worth a year's 
effort in raising subscribers. The lowest price is $80. 
:>'©. 39 — 'I'iie Great I>ictioiiary,— 
Worcester's Large Pictorial. Unabridoed Edition, 
containing 1854 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 
nearly 10 lbs. II 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 
pronunciaiion of every word in the language, with full 
explanations, and as a source of general intimation 
stands next to the Cyclopedia. The Dictionary can be 
called fill- at our Office, or be sent by express or otherw ise, 
to any part of the country. We have given away hund- 
reds 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. 
3ios. 4,0 to 49 — 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 limes the money. We 
have stereotype plates from the Sixteenth to the Twenty- 
fourth Volume complete, and will have Vol. 25, soon 
afier Dec. 1st. From these plates we print as needed. 
Tlie price of the volumes is ?1.50 each, at the office, or 
$1.75if sentby mail, as they must be post paid. They are 
put up in clean numbers, with the Index to each volume. 
They are profusely Illustrated, the Engravings 
used in them having alone cost about Twenty Thousand 
Dollars ! Those obtaining premiums for from one to nine 
volumes, can select any volumes desired, from XVI to 
XXV, inclusive. For ordinary use, the sets of numbers 
unbound will answer quite well.— Many hundreds of 
these volumes are taken every year as premiums. 
rVos. 50 to 59— Bound Volumes of 
Agriculturist.— These are the same as Nos. 40 to 49 
above, but are neatly bound in uniform style, and cost 
extra for binding and postage. Sent post-paid. 
3io. ©O— Genesee Parmer Volumes. 
—As is generally known, we recently purchased the en- 
lire establishment of the Genesee Farmer, and united it 
wiih tlie Agriculturist, at the same time engaging the 
exclusive Editorial services of Mr. Harris. This was 
one of the best'.Agricultural papers in the country, which 
was an hidurement to make the purchase. The back 
v()lumes of that journal contain much material of great 
ctical value, including the first two years of the 
Walks and Talks upon the Farm," now continued 
ill the Agriculturist by iMr. Harris. We have stereotype 
plates and back volumes of the Gensee Farmer for eight 
years past. 1S68 to 1665, inclusive. The price of these, 
sent post-paid by mail, is $l.-25 per volume, in numbers, 
or $1.75 bound in half leather. We will forward the 
whole eight years' numbers, post-paid, to any one sending 
IS subscribers to the Agriculturist at $1.50 a year, or 
58 at $1.00 each ; Or, we will send the Bound volumes 
for 21 subscribers at $1.50 ; or, 70 at $1.00 each. 
>'o. 61— I>oivnins'sI>andscape Gar- 
deuiug, and Rural .ircliitecture.— This is a 
most beautiful Octavo volume, in extra binding, and will 
be an ornament to the best center table in the land, as 
well as be practically useful. II contains 108 fine engrav- 
ings on Wood, Steel and Stone. It will be sent post-paid. 
mo. 68— Ai-oliitectnre : A New and 
Practical Work on ABCHiTEcTiinE, containing De- 
signs for Street Fronts. Subuiban Houses, and Cottages, 
etc.. elc, giving in delail Designs and Working Drawings 
for both the exterior and interior of buildings ; also a great 
varietyof Details not in the Designs. It is II by 14 inches 
in size, and contains engravings of 382 Designs, and 
714 Illustrations, that would separately cost Hundreds 
of Dollars. By Cummings & Miller. Sent post-paid. 
:>-os. «3 to 74— GOOD I.IBRARIE!$. 
— In these premiums, we offer a choice of Books, for 
the Farm, Gardeu, and Houseltold. The per. 
son entitled to any one of the premiums 63 to 71, may 
select any books desired from the list below, to the 
amount of the premiums, and the books will be forviard- 
ed, paid through to the nearest Post Office, or Express 
office, as we may find it most convenient to send them. 
We need not enlarge upon these premiums : every one 
knows the value of good books. Twenty-five or Fifty 
ilollais worth of books on subjects 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 maturity. 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 reading will give him. Our premiums 
will enable many a family to secure a larger or smaller Li- 
brary. [J^ This is a good opportunity for the farmers 
of a neighborhood to unite their efforts and get up an 
Agricultural Library for general use. 
]\o. 75 — General Book Premium.— 
Anyone not desiring the specific Book piemiums, 63to74, 
on sending any number of names 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 /or clubs of 25 or more. The 
books wiV. be sent by mail or express, prepaid by ws. 
BOOKS FOR FAKMERS and OTHERS. 
pr: 
5 00 
75 
1 50 
SO 
1 2.1 
3 50 
[For sale at the Office of the AgncuUuHai, or they will be 
forwarded by mail, po^^2Jrtirf, on receipt of price. ^W All 
these are included in Our Premiums 63 to 75 above.] 
Allen's (L. F.) Kural Architecture $ 1 50 
Allen's (i:. L.) American F.uiii Book 1 50 
Allen's Diseases of Domestic Animals 1 00 
American Bird Fancier 30 
American llose CuUurlst 30 
American Weeds and Uselnl Plants 1 TO 
Architecture, by Cummings & Miller 10 00 
Uarry's I-'mit Garden - 1 «5 
Benient's Poulterer's Companiou ',; 00 
Bement's liabbit Faucier 30 
Breck's Xew Boo'K of Flowers 1 lo 
Buist's Flower Garden Directory 1 50 
Buist'8 Family Kitchen Gardener 1 00 
Burr's Vegetables ot America .. 5 00 
Choilton's Grape-Grower's Guide i5 
Cobbett's American Gardener "iS 
Cole's (S. W.) American Fruit Book 75 
Cole's Veterinarian 75 
Dadd's Modern Horse Doctor 150 
Dadd's (Geo. H.) American Cattle Doctor 150 
Dana's Muck Manual 1 2S 
Dos and Gnn (Hooper's) paper, 30c... .cloth. . 60 
Downings's Country Houses . . 8 00 
Downing's Landscape Gardening (new Edition) 6 50 
Downing's Fruits .and Frnit 'nees ot America 3 00 
Downing's Rural Essays " "* 
Fast wood on Cranberrv. . ; 
Elliott's AVestern Fruit Grower's Guide 
Flax Cnltnre 
Field's (Tliomas VI.) Pear Culture 
Flint's Milch Cows and llairv Farming 
French's Farm Drainage .. . 150 
Fuller's Grape Cultui'ist 150 
Fuller's Strawberry Culturist M 
Gray's How Plants Grow ■ - -. 1 25 
Gray'sMauualof Botany and Lessons m one Vol 4 00 
Gnc'non on Milch Cows IS 
Hnsmann's Grapes & Wine .- 150 
Harris' Insects Iniurions to Vesetation. plain 4 00 
Harris" Insects Injurious to Vegetation, colored plates. 5 00 
Herbert's Hints to Horsekeepeis 1 i5 
Hop Culture ,40 
.Johnston's .^qricultural Cheuiistr.v 1 75 
.Tolmston's F.lementsof AgrituUnral Chemistry 1 g 
Johnson's (Prof. S. W.) Essays on Manures IK 
Lanestroth on the Houev Bee J 00 
Leucliar'8 How to Build Hor-bouses 150 
Mavhew's Illustrated Hoi-se Doctor . . 3 5ii 
Mayliew's Illustrated Horse Management 3 50 
Mayliew's Practical Book-Keeping for Farmers 
Blanks for do. do. 
Miles on the Horse's foot.. 
.My Vineyard at Lakeview 
Norton's Scientific Agriculture . 
Onion Culture .■.■- • • 
Our Farm otFonr Acres (bound) 60c (paper) 
Pardee on Strawberrv Culture 
Peat and Its Uses, liy Prof. S. ■«■. Johnson 
Pedder's Land Measurer 
Quinby'sMvsteries of Beekeepins... (.new.) 
Uandall'B Sheep Husbandry 
P.andall's Fine Wool Sheep llnsbandl-y 100 
liivers' Miniature Fruit Garden 1 00 
IHchai'dson on the Dog paper 30 cents cloth 60 
Hural Annual (bv Joseph Harris) g 
Saunder's Domestic Poultry (new). .paper, 40 c. .bonnd i^ 
Schenck's Gardener's Text Book x\ 
Skillful Honsewile 'J 
Stewart's (Johni Stable Book 150 
Scribner's Ready Eeckoner so 
Thompson's Food of Animals.. 1 00 
'I'obacco Culture , • ^ 
Todd's (S. K.i Vonng F.armer's Manual 1 jO 
■Warder's Hedgi-s and Evergreens 1 50 
■Watson's American Home Garden ^00 
Woodward's Country Homes J 50 
Youatt and Spooner on tlie Horse i su 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle J =« 
Touatt on the Hog } J" 
Youatt on Sheep....- ..; .' ™ 
Toumans' Household Science ■«. -s 
90 
1 20 
75 
1 !S 
75 
ao 
30 
75 
ISS 
1 50 
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