396 
AMERICAN AORICTJLTURXST. 
[OCTOBEK, 
York have examined scores of samples of Oil obtained 
from as many different dealers in this city, and nearly all 
have been found far below the Government standard and 
entirely unfit for use. This '" Astral Oil" is from the 
House of Clias. Pratt, 10) Fulton St. Sir. P.. 
a merchant of high reputation, will keep up the article to 
its present standard. It has been tested, and fully in- 
dorsed by the highest scientific authorities in the 
land. The Guaranty Cans are made of tin. and sealed so 
that none of the oil can be removed without breaking the 
seal, thus securing safety iu transportation. The can is 
inclosed in a strong wooden case, and may be returned 
for refilling. For 19 subscribers at §1.50. or 65 at $1.00, 
we will send a case containing 12 one-gallon Guaranty 
Cans of Oil, which may be distributed among a club. 
]\os. 5-1, 55»— MearenrmaJ Barome- 
ters. — Wooimicff's Patent, made by Chas. Wilder* 
Pelerboro, X. H. These are the most convenient 
and portable Mercurial Barometers made. (Send to Mr. 
"Wilder fora circular.) The peculiar form of Mercury cup 
invented by Mr. Wood raft" renders these Barometers so 
portable that Mr. Wilder guarantees their safe delivery, 
if not to be sent beyond the Rocky Mountains. The in- 
struments are about 3 feet long, differing mainly in the 
style of case, both being supplied with Thermometer and 
Vernier. A Barometer is to farmers, or others on land, 
what it is to sailors at sea— an indicator of the weather 
to be looked for — and of special value and interest now 
with the Government 'Weather Reports. 
IVo. 56. — II nclceye Harvester Mow- 
er.— The Buckeye Mower is so widely and favorably 
known that we need not describe it particularly. In 1S70 
this machine received the premium at twenty-eight 
field trials, and several gold medals. Messrs. 
Adriauce, Piatt &. Co., 165 Greenwich St., 
JV. "IT. City, will send any one a circular, giving full 
description, engravings, etc. Many a farmer can secure 
this premium by a very few days' or odd hours' and even- 
ings' canvassing for subscribers. A few can unite their 
efforts, each getting a part of the subscribers, and own 
the machine in common. — Ten subscribers a day for 
15 days would secure it ($1*25). — Many can easily raise 
the necessary club at Town Meetings, Fairs, Elections, 
and other gatherings, or during evenings. The Buckeye 
Self-Rake Reaper has been proved to be a very valuable 
machine and is at least equal to any Reaper and Raker in 
the market. Those who secure this Mower, can after- 
ward secure the Reaper, which can be attached. We can 
give, as Premiums, any of the Buckeye machines. 
rVo. 57. — Patent <'yHii«er Plow. — 
We hear very good reports from those who have hereto- 
fore received this premium. It is an Ohio invention, but 
is manufactured by the well-known firm of R. H. Allen 
& Co., 189 & 191 Water St., New York, to 
whom application may be made for descriptive circulars, 
etc. The kind we offer for premiums is the " Two-horse 
size, cutting a furrow 13 to 11 in. wide, and 5 to 8 in. 
deep." It is provided with a wheel and with a " skim 
plow," like tin- double " Michigan plow." For 23 sub- 
scribers at $1.50, or 97 at $1.00, we will give the Heavy 
Two-horse, 14 to 1G in. wide, and 6 to 9 in. deep, $19.00.. 
For 3-2 at $1.50 or 100 at $1.00, the Two to Three horse, 
16 to 18 in. wide, B toll in. deep. $21.00 For 22 sub- 
scribers at $1.50 or 75 at $1.00, the One-horse, 10 to 12 in. 
wide and 4 to 7 inches deep, $15.00. 
Ko. 58.— i^ oil ins & C'o.'s Cast- 
Steel Plows,- These excellent plows are made by a 
patented process, of cast-steel recast (not rolled), tem- 
pered and polished like a good as. 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 ' l C. Xo. 3" for general 
use ; " B, No. 12 " for stubble only ; and " E, No. 12 n for 
turf only. Send for circular, giving full particulars, to 
Collins & Co., 212 Water St., Xew York. 
IN'©. 59.— Comstook's "New Horticul- 
tural Implements Combined.— The Band Culti- 
vator and Onion Weeder will do the work of six men with 
hoes. It pulls the weeds aud thoroughly pulverizes the 
soil. It is as much superior to the hoe for all small drill 
culture, as the mowers and reapers arc to the scythe and 
cradle. The Seed Sower H the most perfect small-seed drill 
we have seen. It sows Beet. Parsnip, and other difficult 
seeds, with the greatect regularity, and it is specially 
adapted to sowing Onion seed at the rate of 4, 5, or 6 
pounds to the acre. It is readily attached to the Culti- 
vator. The Strawberry Cutter takes off the runners and 
at the same time cultivates between the rows. After 
another year's trial »f these implements on our own 
grounds, and the entire satisfaction they have given to all 
who ordered them of us as premiums, we offer them again 
aud recommend them as being all the inventor claims— 
" the best in the world." For 10 subscribers at $1.50, or 
65 at $1.00, we will give the Cultivator and Weeder and 
Strawberry Cutter, price $12.00.... For 22 at $1.50, or 75 
at $1.00, we will send the Cultivator aud Weeder and 
Seed Sower, price $15.00. . . .For 27 at $1.50, < r 00 at $1.00, 
we will send all these implements complete, price $18.00. 
Manufactured by Comstock. Brothers, East 
Hartford, Ct., who furnish descriptive circulars 
to all appHcauts. See cuts in American Agriculturist, 
page 127, 1S69, and page IIS, 1870. 
!\o. GO.-Cahoon's Broadcast Seed- 
Sower.— This is an article that the majority of farmers 
would be glad to own. The Premium offered is the 
Hand Seed-Sower, It sows from four to eight 
acres per hour, at a common walking gait, throwing 
wheat and rye about 33 feet wide ; barley, 80 feet : hemp, 
23 feet ; oals, 23 feet ; clover, millet, and Hungarian seed, 
'22 feet ; and timothy IS feet. The bag and hopper will 
hold about 22 quarts— as much as a man can well carry at 
once. The manufacturers warrant this machine to sow 
50 acres of wheat, or 35 acres of outs, or 30 acres of grass 
seed in ten hours. Made by I>. H. tioodell A: Co., 
and sold by K. H. Alleu *V Co., 1^9 aud l"i 
"Water St., New York., who are the General 
Agents, and will send circulars if desired. 
I\o. 61. — The American Snhmerged 
Pump. — Every family needs a reliable pump, capable 
of raising water easily and rapidly from the bottom of 
the well, be it deep or shallow— one that is durable, 
that will not get out of order, or be liable to injury from 
frost or gravel. When \uj add to these the qualities of a 
powerful force-pump, abuity to throw water 00 or 70 feet 
from a hose-pipe, and a construction which renders freez- 
ing an impossibility, though it stand out of doors, we 
think we have a family and farm pump which we can con- 
scientiously recommend. No. 1 will raise 20 gallons of 
water a minute. This is the pump offered in the list. No. 
2, 30 to 35 gallons. No. 3 will raise two bbls. per minute 
from an ordinary well ; and there are larger sizes. Either 
of these pumps will be furnished for the same number of 
subscribers required for other premiums of the same price. 
The pump is set in the well, and nothing but the perpen- 
dicular brake aud spout appear above the platfurm. 
Send for Circulars, to the Bridgeport Manufac- 
turing Co., Bridgeport, Ct., or 5 5 Cham 
bers St., New York. 
rVo. 0*3. — PajieN Patent Pump and 
Sprinkler.— A Hand Watering-Pot, a Greenhouse 
Syringe, a light Force-Pump and Girden-Engine. It is 
very simple in construction, light to carry, easy to oper- 
ate, and adapted to many uses — convenient for washing 
windows or blinds, carriages, horses; watering plants, 
etc. Throws a small stream about 40 feet. It is so ar- 
ranged that the stream can be instantly changed to drops, 
spray, or mist. For circulars, etc., address the patentee and 
manufacturer, N. Page, Jr., Dauvers, Mass. 
Wo. 63. — Family Scales. — These scales, 
combining the advantages of counter and platform scales, 
are peculiarly adapted to household purposes. They 
weigh from Yz ounce to 240 lbs. They have a scoop, or 
pan, for weighing flour, sugar, or 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 nse, occupying 
less than 2 feet square. These scales are manufactured 
by the well-known Fairbanks Sc Co., No. 252 
Broadway*, New York, whose weighing apparatus 
has long ranked as the standard in all parts of the 
country. Send to them for circulars, if desired. 
I\o. 64. — CrandallN Improved 
Building Blocks furnish a most attractive 
amusement for children. Churches, Dwellings, Barns, 
Mills, Fences, Furniture, etc., in almost endless va- 
riety, can be built with them, and the structures re- 
main so firm as to be carried about. For developing the 
ingenuity and taste of children they are uuequaled. The 
Blocks are put up in neat boxes, accompanied by a 
large illustrated sheet giving various designs of buildings, 
etc. This is one of the most successful toys ever invented. 
^i<t» 65. — Pocket liiiutorns. — A very 
ingenious and valuable Yankee invention — a complete 
Lantern, yet it can be folded into a parcel 3 by 4 inches 
long, and J£ of an inch in thickness; it contains 3 little 
sperm caudles, matches etc., always ready for use. Made 
by the Merriam Maiif's Company (Julius Ives 
& Co., Agents, No. 37 Barclay St., New York). 
^*o. 66. — 3fcw American Cyelo- 
piedia.— We can not commend this great work too 
highly. We wish it could be placed in every family in 
the country. Scholars at our Academies and Seminaries, 
and members of Library Associations, cau easily unite 
their efforts and secure it. Young men should devote 
evenings and spare hours to canvassing for this magnifi- 
cent and useful premium for their own use. Published 
by "D. Appleton Ac Co., 00 Grand St., New York. 
kJTThc Cyclopaedia is a whole library of itself ', consisting 
of sixteen very large octavo volumes, well bound, avev 
agiug 800 large, two-column pages in each book. 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 
information may not be found in the Cyclopedia, alphabet- 
ically. It is worth a year's effort in raising subscribers. 
l\'o. 67. — The direat Dictionary. — 
Worcester's Large Pictorial Unabridged Edition, 
containing 1 S5-4 tliree-colurau pages, with a mul- 
titude of illustrative engravings. (The work is a large 
quarto volume.) Most of the thoroughly educated men 
of the country consider this as by far the best Dic- 
tionary in the English Language. It gives the spelling and 
pronunciation of every word iu the language with full ex- 
planations, and as a source of general information stands 
next to the Cyclopaedia. The Dictionary can be called for 
at our office, or be sent by express or otherwise to any 
part of the country. It should be iu every family. It is 
published by Brewer and Tilestou, Boston. 
!Vos. OS to 76.- 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 
contain more varied information on these subjects than 
can be obtained in books costing three times as much. 
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 profusely Illustrated, the eiiffravinge used in them 
having alone cost at least $100,000. Those obtaining 
premiums for less than fourteen volumes can select any 
volumes desired, from XVI. to XXX. inclusive. For 
ordinary use, the sets of numbers unbound will answer. 
!\'os. 77 to 86. — Bound Volumes of 
tlie Agriculturist.— These are the same as Nos. 68 
to 77 above, but are neatly bound in uniform style, and 
cost us more for binding and postage. Sent post paid. 
3io. 87. — Farmer's SJoy*s Library. — 
A few dollars' worth of books pertaining to the farm will 
give the boys new ideas, set them to thinking and ob- 
serving, and thus enable them to make their heads help 
their hands. One such book will, iu the end, be of far 
more value to a youth than to have an extra acre of laud 
on coming to manhood. Any smart boy can easily secure 
this Premium, and he will have two sterling works by a 
well-known, practical farmer. Tiiey are Allen's New r 
American Farm Book, aud Allen's American Cattle. 
Wo. 88* — Farmer's Boy's Library. — 
Both tlie books in No. S7, and also Herbert's Ilints to 
Ilorsekeepers, ui;4 Henderson"s Gardening for Profit. 
rfo. 80.— Farmer's Boy's Library.— 
The four books iu No. SS. with the addition of Ameri- 
can Agricultural Annual for 1871, American Horticultural 
Annual for 1S71, and Harris on the Pig. 
I\o. 90.— Farmer's Boy's Library.— 
The seven books in No. SO. with the addition of Thomases 
Farm Implements, Tim Bunker Papers, and Waring's 
Draining for Profit. 
I\o. 91. — Farmer's Boy's Library. — 
The ten books in No. 00. with the addition of Fuller's 
Grape Culturist, Brock's New Book of Flowers, and 
Hunter and Trapper— iu all 13 fine volumes, 
Wos. 92, 93.— Bound Volume* of 
Heartb aud Home.— These volumes are neatly 
and uniformly bound in cloth, with title in gilt on back 
and side. With their beautiful engravings, and abun- 
dance of useful and entertaining reading for all the mem- 
bers of a family, they will prove valuable additions to 
any library. 
Nos. 94 to lOS.-Good Libraries.— 
In these premiums, we offer a choice of Hooks for the 
Farm, Garden, and Household. The person 
entitled to any one of the premiums 04 to 105 may select 
any books desired from the list of onr books published 
monthly in the American Agriculturist, to the amonnt of 
the premiums, and the books will be forwarded. Post or 
Express paid. JE*?~ Let the farmers of a neighborhood 
unite their efforts, and through these premiums get an 
agricultural library for general use. 
No. IOC— General Boole Premium. 
— Any one sending -2o or more names, may select books 
from our list to the amount of 10 cents for each subscrib- 
er sent at $1 : or 80 cents for each name sent ar $1.20; or 
00 cents for each name at $1.50. 77//.? offer is only for 
clubs of 25 or more. The books uill be serit by mail 1 1 
press, prepaid through, by us. 
