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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
METALIC BIRD HOUSE, enameled white, 13 
inches high, 14}sxl0>£ base. Manufactured by the 
MILLER IRON CO., 
Providence, II. I. Manufacturers of Ornamental Iron Work 
for Gardens, Lawns, Parks, Cemeteries, etc. Illustrated 
Catalogue sent free. 
COOPER'S STEAM ENGINE WORKS. 
To keep paco with the growing" demand for our Machinery, 
we are adding §40,000 worth of new and improved Tools 
and Buildings to our present large Factories, and will con- 
tinue to supply the following articles, after the beat designs, 
on terms which will bo found to be specially advantageous : 
STATIONARY STEAM ENGINES, 
For MILLS, FACTORIES, SHOPS, FURNACES, MINING, 
&c, of every required size, divided into throe classes. 
1. With SINGLE SLIDE VALVE, Cutting of at tioo- 
third? of Stroke by lap. 
2. With: CUT-OFF VALVE, arranged so as to close at 
any part of Stroke and adjustable by hand-lever while 
engine is in motion. 
3. With: BABCOCIC & WILCOX PATENT Variable 
Cut-off. automatically adjusted by Governor. 
PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES, 
Of 8, 10, 15, '.I') and 25 Horso Power, combining all the im- 
provements of the Slide Valve Engine. This is the only 
portable Engine and Boiler that has a Combined Heater and 
Lime Catcher. 
Babcoclt & "Wilcox Patent 
Non- Explosive Tubulous Steam Boilers. 
Gvlst Mill Machinery and Mills 
Of any required size, with correct working drawings. 
$1,500 "WILL, PURCHASE 
A FIRST-CLASS COMPLETED TWO RUN GRIST-MILL, 
with erecting plans, &*c, and guaranteed to give satisfaction 
and to be unsurpassed. 
CIRCULAR SAW-MILLS 
improved in construction and combining all modern Im- 
provements. 
%S~ MACHINERY DELIVERED at New York, Philadel- 
phia, Baltimore, Chicago, Saint Louis, or New Orleans. 
B3P~ Full particulars and circulars on application. Address 
In full, JOHN COOPER dc CO., 
_ Moun t Vernon, Ohio. 
1REAT LABOR-SAVING 
^Machine for the Million. For 
the Cotton Planters and all oth- 
ers. Lvmau's New Patent Ad- 
justable Weed Annihilator, a year 
of experience proves it to be by 
-actual test the most practical, 
"useful, cheap and reliable Weed 
. Destroyer known, combining 
-Strength, durability, great ease 
-in working, doing the work of 
\"Z two or more tools of the ordinary 
> old styles now in use, with much 
1 greater ease and rapidity, cutting 
from 3 to 9 inches in width, with best cutlery steel tempered 
Knives, with cutting edges each side, and easily sharpened. 
A. E. LYMAN & CO., Northampron, Mass. 
Send for Circular. A. E. Lyman", Patentee. 
Galvanized Wire Cable Fencing. 
Cheaper than wood; more easily erected; not liable to 
rust; will sustain a man's weight in clambering over it; 
made of 6 strands of galvanized wire; will not "set" like 
solid wire, in receiving a blow; will not snap in cold weath- 
er, even if strained tiglit, as the twist of the cable equalizes 
the contraction and expansion caused bv cold and heat : ex- 
terior diameter nearly H inch. One hundred pounds of this 
Cable will make about two-thirds more Fencing, than the 
same weight of solid wire of same diameter. 
A5- Bar or 5- Cable Fence, -with Straining Brackets. Screws, 
Nuts, and Staples, for Wood Posts, costs $30 per 100 yards, 
without the cost of the wooden posts. 
A 5-Bar or 5- Cable Fence, with Iron Posts and Standards, 
all complete, will cost $GS per TOO yards. 
Send for Circular. Liberal discount for $1,000 and over. 
Shops, 17 Coates St., Phila. PHILIP S. JUSTICE, 
Offices: 42 Cliff St.. New York; 14 N. 5th St., Philadelphia. 
FARMERS-ATTEOTIOiV ! Wire 
for Fencing and for Grapes, cheap, galvanized or un- 
galvanized. We are prepared to furnish merchants and 
fa rmers.e very where, with a very superior quality of Annealed 
Fencing Wire at vervlow prices. Save moneyby sending to 
head-quarters. Price List free. Address 
K. T. BUSH & CO., Manufacturers, 
75 William St., New York. 
IMPROVED STOCK. — THOS. B. 
SMITH & CO. are the most extensive and reliable 
breeders in the country. 
See advertisement oh page 116. 
Lyman's Patent Transplanting* & Weeding* ffla- 
CHINE. — (Just Out.)— This new Patent Implement, unlike anything 
heretofore used, is just what has been so long; needed by Gardeners. and 
Horticulturists; will include a sufficient quantity of earth and deposit it 
with the Plant In any desired position securely, with great rapidity and 
ease, giving double surety to the lite and growth of the Plant. Steel Blades, 
adjustable. 
30-inch or »M ft- Handle. A. E. LYMAN & CO., 
^ , T .*, .- ^ Northampton, Mass. 
A. E. LYMAN, Patentee. ^ ' • 
■s 
New Horticultural Implements 
COMBINED. 
(Patented June 1st, 1S60.) 
The Be§£ m the World. 
As a Cultivators 
Price, 
. Comstock's 
J§. Hand Culti- 
0%m vator andOn- 
(0r ion Weeder 
will do the work 
of six wen with 
hoes. It is the 
only Implement 
that pulls the 
^ weeds and thor- 
oughly pulverizes 
the soil. Asmuch 
superior to the hoe 
for all small drill 
crops, as the mow- 
ers and reapers are 
to the scythe and 
$9.00. Boxing, 25 cts. 
As a "Weeder 
Com stock's 
Seed Sower.— 
The neatest and 
most perfectsmall 
seed sower yet in- 
vented— sowing 
Beet, Parsnip, and 
other difficult 
seeds with the 
greatest regulari- 
ty. Combinea with 
tneCnltivatorand 
"Weeder, and can 
be separated in r> 
minutes. Price, 
§15. The Seed 
ower alone, $10. 
Boxing, 35 cts. 
Comstock's 
Strawberry 
Cutter, for re- 
moving Strawber- 
ry runners, culti- 
vating between 
the rows at t h e 
same time —with 
the Cultivator and 
Weeder combined. 
Price, §12.00. 
Boxing, 25 cts. 
.Comstock's 
Weeding 
Hook.— A lit- 
tle steel instru- 
ment with a 
hook at each 
end, one point- 
ed and the oth- 
er cl e ft, for 
hand weeding, 
and is just the 
thing for ladles 
In the Flower 
Garden. 
As a Strawberry Cutter. Price, 50 cts. 
The Weeding Hook will be sent bv mail upon receipt of 
65 cts. 
Tlie Set Complete, $18.50. Boxiag, 35 cts. 
The cuts will give a correct idea of the implements, with 
the exception of the handles, a portion of which it was nec- 
essary to cut off for want of space. Descriptive Circulars 
sent to all applicants. Address 
B. Ko BLISS & SON, 
41 Park Row & 151 Nassau St., 
AGENTS for the Manufacturers. NEW YORK. 
"HAY SCAEEST 
FOUR TOIX I 
Send for Price List No. 196. Make no mistake in my ad- 
dress, or number of List. 
EDWARD P. JONES, Bingliamton, K. 1*. 
For Family use— simple, cheap, reliable. Knits everything. 
Agents wanted. Circular and sample stocking free. 
Address HINKLEY KNITTING MACHINE CO., Bath, Me., 
or 176 Broadway, New-York. 
THE BEST 
Family Sewing Machine. 
" The Florence Sewing: Machine is decided to bo the best 
" on exhibition. It must also be stated incidentally that 
"THIS IS BETTPR THAN ANY OF ITS CE.ASS 
"KNOWS TO THE JUDGES." 
Report of Judges, American Institute Fair, New York. 
PKINCEPAIi AMERICAN AGENCIES i 
New Yorlc— 505 Broadway; 
Baltimore— 140 Baltimore Street; 
Boston— 141 Washington Street ; 
Brooklyn— 131 Fulton Street: 
Cliarleston— 383 King Street ; 
CSlicago — 43 Madison Street; 
Cincinnati— 38 West Fourth Street ; 
Cleveland— 43 Public Square ; 
Detroit— 158 Jefferson Avenue ; 
Galveston— 334 P. O. Street ; 
Hartford— 383 Main Street ; 
Indianapolis — 37 N". Pennsylvania Street; 
lionisville— 110 Fourth Street ; 
Milwaukee — 410 Milwaukee Street; 
NasJivillc— 33 North Cherry Street ; 
New Orleans— 6 Chartrcs Street ; 
Philadelphia— 1133 Chestnut Street ; 
San Francisco— 111 Montgomery Street 
St. lionis— 613 North Fourth Street. 
AGENTS WANTED. 
We wish to get energetic agents in cverv section of the 
United States and Canada, where we are not now represent- 
ed, to sell 
The most simple and durable double 
thread Sewing Machine ever of- 
fered to the public 
This Machine is first-class in every respect, and at the 
same time furnished 
At a price witliiai tlic rcacli of all. 
Licensed by Wheeler & "Wilson, Grovcr & Baker, and 
Singer & Co. We will give parties with sufficient capital the 
exclusive agency of an entire State. To persona seeking a 
profitable business, weofl'erunparalleled inducements. The 
attention of Sewing Machine Agents is especially solicited 
For terms address, GOLD MEDAL SEWING MACHINE 
CO., 334 Washington St., Boston, Mags. 
"self-acting gates. 
The American Gate Co. of Cleveland, O., are the sole man- 
ufacturers of Nicholson's Improved Self-acting Gates. These 
gates are beyond competition— the best ever made. Tliev 
are recommended by the " Scientific American," the "Ameri- 
can Agriculturist," Gen. Horace Capron, Commissioner of 
Agriculture ; and many others. Send for Circular. 
Address M. G. BROWNE, 
Secretary Am. Ga. Co., Cleveland, O. 
FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLDER. 
Page's Portable Pump and Graduating Sprinkler, 
for §5.00. 
" It has proved the best tlnnjrof the kind I have seen." — 
Clias. Downing, Newburgh, N. Y. It Is unequalled or apply- 
ing liquids to destroy insects on plants, vines, and fruit trees. 
As a Fire Extinguisher, It is very effective. 
Liberal discount to Clubs, and to Agents, for 1S70 
XEW ENGLAND PORTABLE FCMP CO., Danve'rs, Mass. 
For Drain Tile. "Water Pipe, Garden Vases and Pedestals 
Chimney Tops, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Furnace Boiler ami 
Grate Tile, Stove Linings, and all kinds of Clav (roods made 
to order. Also, dealer In Roofing Slate, Hydraulic Cement, 
Calcined and Land Plaster, and Building Materials generallv. 
Address D. R. ECKER, Pittsburgh, Pa.' 
The Copper Strip Feed fatter 
For cutting flav. Straw, and Corn Stalks. Warranted to 
please, or money refunded. Send for Illustrated Circular to 
PT.EKSK1LL PLOW WORKS, 
Peeksklll, N. T., or Cleveland, O. 
