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SEEB-TiilE AH© HARVEST. 
and gamsst 
An Illustrated Monthly Rural Magazine 
Conducted by Isaac F. Tillinohast. 
FOR EVERY ONE WHO PLANTS A SEED 
OR TILLS A PLANT. 
SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS PER YEAR. 
ADVERTISING RATES, 45 CENTS PER NONPARIEL LINE. 
Entered at the Post Office as second class matter. 
VOL. V., NO. XII. WHOLE NO., XXXVIII. 
La Plume, Lackawanna Co.. Pa., December. 1884. 
Banana Muskmelons. Serious com¬ 
plaints come to us regarding the quality of 
this new Melon. As it does not please 
our friends we shall drop it from our list. 
Albert Benz, the Pansy Specialist, has 
succeeded in getting a new Post Office es¬ 
tablished near his grounds, so his address 
will hereafter be Douglaston, instead of 
Little Neck, N. Y. 
Again we are overwhelmed with ap¬ 
plications for advertising space, and have 
acceded to the demands of our advertisers 
in granting them more than their usual 
allowance. In view of the fact, however, 
that our subscription terms do not afford 
a sufficient revenue t o cover the actual cost 
of our publication, we hope our readers will 
pardon us for occasionally going beyond 
our proscribed limit in this matter. The 
active season for advertising will soon be 
over, and we are sure our friends will find 
during the summer months enough val¬ 
uable matter to more than repay their in¬ 
vestment. We hope, too, that the adver¬ 
tisements themselves will be found inter¬ 
esting and profitable, and that in answering 
any of them, our friends will not forget to 
mention the medium through which their 
attention was called to the claims of the 
advertiser. A review of the announcements 
will surely disclose much of interest to 
every reader. Our personal opinion of the 
character and standing of a large number 
of these may be found on page 20 of our 
last issue, (November) to which we call the 
attention of all who may not have observed 
it. Among the new advertisers this month 
are the following: 
S. L» Allen & Co., manufacturers of the Planet Jr. 
Seed Drills and Cultivators, which are becoming very 
popular among market gardeners. 
T. B. Everett & Co., manufacturers of Matthews 
Seed Drill, an implement which has for some time 
been our main dependence for accurately sowing 
cabbage, onion and other fine seeds. 
Hammond & Co , manufacturers of Slug-Shoi, of 
which we speak elsewhere, 
Hearne & Co. are publishers of a monthly called 
“The Aquatic Magazine'” devoted to water sports 
and pastimes. 
Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., is to well known to 
need our endorsement. If interested in their wares 
get their catalogue. 
The French Dolls advertised by several parties are 
of course only embossed paper, but are so neatly cut- 
and colored that they will afford much satisfaction 
to the little girls. 
Frederick Lowey gives the best of references, but 
we have v ot investigated the articles he offers. 
The Enterprise Meat Chopper is a jewel. We loan¬ 
ed ours to a neighbor w r ho says the inventor of it 
should be granted a pension for his lasting benefit to 
humanity. 
Godey's Lady's Book stands in the very front rank 
of popular Ladies’ Magazines. 
Potts Brothers, in addition to their readable 
Farmer’s Magazines, publish some interesting little 
volumes which they offer at prices well calculated to 
make them popular. They also supply fancy stock. 
A. B. Farquhar introducas to notice his improved 
Hay Press and other machinery. This magazine is 
printed by power supplied by an engine of his man¬ 
ufacture which proves very satisfactory. 
The “Musical Watch” is a irtere toy the size of an 
ordinary watch. When wound the cogs of a revolv¬ 
ing wheel strike the teeth of a metal comb which pro¬ 
duces a low but plaintive tune after the style of a mu¬ 
sic box. 
The “Illustrated Family Monthly” is one of three 
publications which have been regularly issued for 
some years by Vickery & Hill, a firm which is ac¬ 
credited with abundant capital to carry out all its 
promises. 
The “Illinois Agriculturist” is not to be found in 
any of the newspaper directories, and too much cre¬ 
dence must not be given its claims until its reputa¬ 
tion is more fully established. 
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Business Notices. 
The Manufacturer of “Hammond’s Slug-Shot” 
has removed his factory from the inland village of 
Mount Kisco, N. Y., to the thriving Rail Road center 
of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. This move was 
necessitated by the constantly increasing trade which 
has steadily developed for the past 10 years. “Slug- 
Shot” has reached a point of demand where the 
largest and oldest seedsmen recommend and use it 
freely for its value has become quite apparent to 
cultivators. 
Hammonds Slug-Shot is advertised very exten¬ 
sively, and recognized every where as one of the best 
and cheapest insect destroyers know r n. In renewing 
his advertising cont! act to begin with this issur of 
our magazine, the manufacturer writes “We think 
your paper quite a tnonp". We suppose he only 
means that he has found us a good hand, to deal 
fairly, and knows that our large clubs enable us to 
knock the spots off some of ouf competitors, who 
have tried to Euchre him. Well, as the encomium 
seems to come from the heart we will let it pass 
this time and insert hLs cards as ordered. 
