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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[January. 
THE BEST 
Family Sewing Machine. 
" The Florence Sewing Machine is decided to be the best 
" on exhibition. It must also be stated incidentally that 
"THIS IS BETTFR THAN ANY OF ITS CLASS 
" KNOWN TO THE JUDGES." 
Report of Judges American Institute Fair, New York. 
PRINCIPAL AMERICAN AGENCIES : 
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Detroit— 158 Jefferson Avenue ; 
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Philadelphia— 1133 Chestnut Street; 
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St. Lonis— 613 North Fourth Street. 
Allowed lor one copy of this advertisement (until May 1870) 
in payment for 
Our 1250 lb. Portable Platform Scales 
on Wheels, :at $35. 
Or, 
Jones' CeleH>rs«ac<t ailways 
First Premium 4 Toil Hay Scales 
at $75. 
(19G send for Price List.) 
EDWAKD F. JONES, Binghamton, X. V. 
PATENTS OBTAINED. 
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN. 
Letter from Son. D. P. Holtoway, former Com. of Patents. 
■Wasmxgton, I>. C, March 30, 1808. 
" I cheerfully commend to all persons who may have busi- 
ness in the Patent office the firm of Edson Bros., as gentle- 
men of prompt business habits, and in every respect worthy 
of confidence."— D. P. Hollow at. 
" I concur In the above."— T. C. Theakee, late Commis- 
sioner of Patents. Send for Circular. 
Patents obtained, or no charge. EDSON BKOS., 
Patent Lawyers & Solicitors, 459 9th St., Washington, D. C. 
THOMAS' PATENT 
Sxnootb.ixi.g H^i-i-o-cit-, 
AND BP.OADCAST WEEDEI!, 
is admirably adapted to harrowing wheat in spring, cover- 
ing gr:i-s si-Vtl, pulverizing spread manure, smoothing newly 
seeded land ; and, inostof all, OBvrATlNG THE hand-hoeing 
of corn, so that one man and team will keep 60 or 70 acres 
perfectly clean until a foot high. It nays its cost at least live 
times over, vearlv. on everv hundred acres. It is eminently 
useful to Market Gardeners and to Nurserymen. Send 
for a descriptive Circular. 
Prices, with 120 wrought iron teeth, $20; with 120 steel 
teeth, $25 ; sent by railroad on receipt of price, by 
J. J. THOMAS & CO., Geneva, N. T. 
Fur Family use— simple, cheap, reliable. Knits everything, 
Agents wanted. Circular and sample stocking fkee. 
Address HINKLIlY KNITTING MACHINE CO., Bath, Me., 
or 176 Broadway, New- York. 
Holbrook's Regulator Seed Drill. 
A perfect hand-machine for sowing with regularity and in 
proper quantity. Beet, Carrot, Onion, Parsnip. Spinach, 
Sorghum, Turnips, Peas, Beans, etc. It is very simple, com- 
pact, durable, easy to operate, and shows the seed asHt drops, 
to prevent any mistake ®r failure. Price 912.00. Address 
F. F. HOLBROOK & SMALL, Bostou, Mass. 
TXe-w "Wood-Handle Style of 
DOTY'S TEEE AND BLACKBERRY PRUIERS. 
Save cost in one day's use. Light, yet powerful. Cut limbs inch through. Hook to hold, chisel to cut, and plunger to 
drive the chisel. They gather fruit. Price $4. Samples, freight paid. Great chance for State and local canvassers. Get- 
Circulars of sole proprietor. WM. M. DOTY, 33 CorUandt Street, New York. 
V»ICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE. 
OVER 10,000 NOW IN USE. 
Read the following unsolicited testimonials in its favor, 
which are but a few of the many received : 
Plattsbtjugh, N. Y., Nov. Sj 1SC9. 
I have one of your Machines, and am perfectly satisfied 
With it. A. J. BROADWKLL. 
Medina, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1869. 
The more I use it the better I like it. 
MRS. CROSBY CURTIS. 
Kingston, C. "W. Nov. 1, 1S69. 
I have a thorough knowledge of all the Machines now 
made, and select yours as being best adapted to the general 
wants. JOHN CUNNINGHAM. 
East Haverhill, N. H., Dec. 8, 1868. 
I would not take Fifty Dollars for it if I could not get 
another like it. I am perfectly satisfied with it; it has ten 
times more than paid for itself since I have had it. 
MRS. JOSIE L. BRYANT. 
"Wilmington, Vt., Jan. 7, 1S69. 
Having made trial of the Lamb Knitting Machine and the 
Bickford Knittintr Machine, to test the comparative excel- 
lence of the two, I pronounce without hesitation in favor of 
the Bickford Machine. It lakes up little room, runs with 
perfect ease, makes a greater variety of work, is much less 
liable to drop stitches and break yarn, and withal costs only 
about half the amount of the Lamb Machine. 
N. "W. AVILDER, Pastor M. E. Church. 
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE. 
Prices from $25 to $75. 
Send for circulars ami price list, or better still, call and 
examine the Machine. Agents wanted everywhere on lib- 
eral terms. Address all orders and letters to The 
BICKFORD SPINNER AND KNITTING MACHINE CO., 
360 Washington Street, Boston. 
Liddell, Passage & Co., St. Johns, Mich., Agents for 
Michigan and Wisconsin. John Furnas & Co.. 68 East 
"Washington St., Indianapolis, Intl., Agents for Indiana. 
For Sample Stocking and Circular address JAMES P. 
GUNK & CO., Gen. Aii'ts, 9-22 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa., or 1 and :J Market St., Rochester, N. T. 
Buy the "NOVELTY" Wringer, or at least take it on trial 
with any, or all others, and keep the BEST. 
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. 
N. B. PHELPS & CO., Gen. Agts. 
17 Cortlandt St., New Yorlc. 
Motive Power lor NotMng. 
Our Patent, Self-regulating, Storm-defvimr "Wind-mill is 
superior for pumping water for Railroads. Country Resi- 
dences, Farms and Farm Houses. For circulars address 
"CONTINENTAL "WIND-MILL CO," 
3 Barclay St., New-York. 
lew Tread Power. 
For driving all kinds of machinery, such as Circular and 
Drag Saws, Cutting Boxes, Corn Shellers, &c, &c. It has a 
flrni" and steady track, simple gear, and is strong and dura- 
ble. The two-horse "Victor ""will cut from 15 to 25 cords 
of stove wood per day with ease to the horses. 
Send for Circular. 
BLYMYER, DAY & CO., Mansfield, O. 
OUT Of USE 
Send ftr Tllnstrated andJteseripWva-CircTilar. 
T. W. FAY, Patentee and Manufacturer, Camden, N. J. 
4. perfect protection to the 
SHEEP, 
Send for Descriptive Circular to EDWIN LYON, Butler, Pa. 
TO ADVERTISERS. 
THE J03SE20HS Ar% T B> l^ABSIfaER, 
Published at, Manchester, N. H. JOHN B. CLARKE. 
Editor and Proprietor is an eight-page paper, of forty-eight 
columns, of size of the New York Tribune, and has a larger 
circulation than any oilier secular paper in New England, 
north of Boston. The onlv Farming paper in the ^jtate. 
Advertisements 10 cents a line, $1.20 an inch of space, for 
each insertion. No advertisements inserted for less than 
one dollar. 
It circulates in large numbers in all the farming towns, 
manufacturing villages and cities of jNew Hampshire, and 
very largely in Vermont, and some in all the other States. 
For general advertising, for the price charged (which is the 
same to all), it has no equal in the Eastern States. 
The MIRROR AND AMERICAN,— three editions dailv,— 
is published by the same. 
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previous to March 1. Address 
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It contains 43 columns, and has a large circulation. 
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Deposit your surplus money In the 
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Send for Circular containing valuable information. 
CHARLES K. GRAHAM, President.- 
G. H. Benedict, Secretary. 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 
A guide to the successful propagation and cultivation of 
Florists' Plants. By Peter Henderson, author of " Gar- 
dening for Profit. " Beautifully illustrated. Price S1.C0. 
Certainly the most practical and desirable work that h;~ 
ever been published on this subject. We arc selling tbcm 
rapidly. Some no doubt will say that it exposes the ".se- 
crets" of the Trade too freely, and that it will make Garden- 
ers and Propagators so plenty that our occupation, like 
Othello's, will be gone.— H. A. Dkeek, Seedsman and Florist, 
Phila., Pa. 
Full to overflowing with valuable information. 
Francis Richardson, Toronto, Canada. 
Thoroughly practical, yet readable as a novel. N. Y. Sun. 
Just the work for the young Florist or Amateur, as it tells 
him clearly there is no such thing as failure, if its simple 
teachiugs are followed. 
Galvin & Geraghtt, Florists, Newport, R. I, 
COPELAND'S COUNTRY LIFE. 
A COMPENDIUM OF 
AGRICULTURAL & HORTICULTURAL 
Practical Knowledge- 
By ROBERT MORRIS COPELAXD. 
IL contains 92G large Octavo Pages and 250 Eugravings, 
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The following arc some of the makers of which it treats; 
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CATTLE. 
SHEEP. 
SHRUBS. 
FRU8TS. 
FLOWERS. 
VEGETABLES. 
HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. 
GRAPE CULTURE. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
The Kitchen Garden receives particular attention. 
In short, as its name indicates, the book treats of almost 
every subject that needs consideration by those living in 
the country, or having anything to do -with the cultivation 
of the soil. 
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