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AMERICAN AGRICULT CRIST. 
NEW EXCELSIOR LA WIT MOWER. 
Received Highest Award at the Centennial Exposition! 
IMPORTANT FEATURES FOR THE SEASON OF 1878. 
REDUCTION in PRICE! 
LESS WEIGHT ! LIGHTER DRAFT ! 
And Furnished with either Wheels or Roller. 
It lias been adopted and can be seen in practical operation on the Public 
Parks of New York, Brooklyn, Boston, New Haven, Cleve¬ 
land, Chicago, and on almost all the prominent City Parks in the UNITED 
STATES and CANADA. 
The EXCELSIOR received the FIRST PREMIUMS at the Great 
Lawn Mower Trials held in New York City, Cleveland, O., Waverly, N. 
J. ; also at the Great International Lawn Mower Trial held at Car¬ 
lisle, England, in Sept, last, and at many other trials and Agricultural Fairs 
held in Europe and America. 
6S1ZES FOR HAND POWER-4 SIZES FOR HORSE POWER 
Our New Horse Mower is conceded to be the LIGHTEST 
and BEST Horse Lawn Mower ever made. 
N. B .—Horst and Hand Lawn Mowers are alike guaranteed in every respect. 
Address CHADBORN & COLDWELL M’F’G CO., 
Send for Circular). Newburgh, N. Y. 
CITY AND COUNTRY TRADE 
SUPPLIED WITH THE 
Celebrated Excelsior Lam Mower. 
H. B. GRIFFINC, 
GO Cortlandt Street, N. Y. City. 
1878. 
Ih E J?H lI/ApE£tPH 
Lawn Mower 
SEVEN SIZES FOR HAND USE. 
Weighing from 32 to 51 lbs. 
THREE SIZES FOR HORSE POWER. 
These Machines did an amount of work on the Centennial 
Grounds, equal to 10 years’ of ordinary use—without loss of 
time for sharpening or repairs—and completely distancing 
all competitors in that celebrated trial of 6 months duration. 
GRAHA1VI, EMREN PASSMORE, 
Patentees and Manufacturers, 
631 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
AGFNTS* 
R. H Allen & Co., 189 & 191 Water St., New York. 
Jos. Breck & Sons, 51 & 5! North Market Si ..Boston, Mass. 
Wm. E. Barrett & Co., 44 Canal St., Providence, R. Island. 
J. M. Childs & Co., 12 & 14 Fayette St., Utica, N. York. 
Steele & Avery, 44 & 46 State St., Rochester, N. York. 
Everson, Frissells & Co., 10 So. Salina St.,Syracuse,N.Y. 
W. M. Williams, No. 73 Genesee St., Auburn, N. York. 
T. Hawley & Co., 93 Water St., Bridgeport, Conn. 
C. E. Walbridge, 299 & 301 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
The 66 A.. 15- C. 
STABLE FORK. 
O Owner of Stock can afford to he without one of these 
1.1 Safe, Light, and Durable STABLE FORKS, made 
of Best Bent Hickory. All wood. Cannot injure your ani¬ 
mals with this Fork. Sent to any part of the XL S. or Cana¬ 
das, on receipt of $1.25, or $1 each, in lots of 3. Address 
A. B. CO HIT, 197 Water St., New York. 
The Boss Sickle Grinder- 
[trade-mark patented.] 
Evtry Fanner should Have Cne. 
Simplest, most durable and perfect 
Sickle Grinder in the World. A boy 
,can run it. Can be changed from an 
Uscilating to a stationary Stone in a 
moment. Is the best Grindstone 
in use for all purposes. For Sale 
by all dealers. Good Age nts a nd 
(canvassers wanted. POWELL, 
STEVENS & DOUGLAS, Wau¬ 
kegan, Illinois. 
PUE’S PATENT 
JJotAXP, 
Cotton Seed Huller 
AND FEED-MILL COMBINED, 
For Plantations and Oil-Mills. Used by 
Planters, the Oil-Mills in New Orleans and 
through the country. Send for Circulars 
and .Judges Report. Pay for itself in a 
few weeks. 1). K ARNWE1LER, 
120 Centre St.. New York. 
The Farmers Friend 
Grain Drill. 
The Cone Gearing 1 . 
The above cut represents the most popular improvement 
ever made in Grain Drills; it is a system ot gear wheels, to 
regulate the quantity by making the feeders revolve faster 
or lower, hut without removing or changing any parts. 
It can be changed without stopping the team, and is ac¬ 
curate to a pint. 
The Drill has the Force Feed Grass Seeder, Patent Hoe 
Shifter, Surveyor, and when wanted. Fertilizer and Spring 
Hoes. 
For Catalogues, with full Centennial Report, address, 
stating where this notice was seen, 
FARMERS FRIEND M’F’C 
Dayton, Ohio. 
CO-, 
The Birdsell Clover Separator, 
Miner’s Gold Medal 
SUBSOIL PLOW 
beneath the furmw of Iho common 
y. Admirnblo fur working between 
nursery rowaaiul among growing crop*. 
Defends ngulnitt drought: combine* 
Strength, llghinrs*, ease of draft,«v*a 
oJ penatnulor,,obcnpnesiinnd economy; 
JgSlSK «'»»• * 
***3*™& 1 ’Theniow l» made, with tho stand- 
_CastC.isL-aLed »t,an extra prlcn 
of 050 aud ELSA 
7 ltE LABOEST 43BOBTOEST3 O 
Implements, Machines. Seeds and Fertilizers 
3 BE FOONP tU TUB UKBTJ) 6T4TSS 
R. H, ALLEN & CO., 
llSp. & loi Water Street. NEW YORK. 
” MONTGOMERY’S 
Improved Rockaway Fan, 
215 Premiums and 15 Silver Medals. 
SOUTH BEND, IND. 
Agricultural 
Insurance Company, of Watertown, H, T, 
Capital $200,001.00. Net Surplus, $201,939.97. Total assets 
for the security of Policy holders, January 1st, 1878, $1,058,- 
157.60. Insures only Farm Property and Residences against 
fire and lightning. Takes no business risks. 
RANDOLPH’S NEW DITCHER, 
REVERSIBLE — Double Ender— 
doing work of sixty men by horse-power 
at cost of six! Steam Machines, costing 
less than $10 per day to run, doing 
from $100 to $140 work. Circulars from 
RANDOLPH BROS.. 
Ill Broadway, New York. 
FELT CARPETINGS 20 to 45 cts. per yard. FELT 
CEILING for rooms in place of Plaster. FELT 
ROOFING and SIDING. For circular and Sample, 
address C. J. FAY. Camden, N. Jersey. 
E. & 0. WARD, 
PRODUCE COMMIS- 
'j SION MERCHANTS. 
POULTRY, GAME, BUTTER, dfcc., «&c. 
Also Agents for Hornby’s Steam-cooked Wheat and Oats. 
No. 279 Washinglon-si,. N.Y. 
(Esfd 1845.) Ref., Irving National Bank, New York City. 
The best Fanning Mill for cleaning all kinds of grain in 
the world. Has taken premiums over all others wherever 
exhibited. No Farmer can afford to be without one. 
Prices greatly reduced I 
Manufactured only by 
DORSEY, MOORE & CO., 
Agents for the celebrated Studehaker Farm and Freight 
Wagons, and Manufacturers and Dealer^ in Agricultural 
Implements, 52 S. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. 
The Chamberlin Screw Stump Machine, 
. after 10 years test, has proved its 
superiority over all others, by its 
great exhibition of strength and 
durability, combined with cheap¬ 
ness and ease in pulling all classes of 
stumps. The Company’s challenge 
of $1000 for a stump machine which 
would excel theirs, has stood since 
1867 without being taken. They build 
6 different sizes of machines, to pull 
all kinds of stumps. They make 
Subsoilers and Ditching Plows. For 
Particulars, Prices, etc., address 
THE CHAMBERLIN M’F’G CO., 
Olean, N. Y. 
Big Giant Corn Mill, 
Every Man His Own Miller. 
The only Mill that will grind 
Corn with Shuck on without ex¬ 
tra expense. The only Mill grind¬ 
ing Corn and Cob successfully 
that will grind Shelled Corn fine 
enough for family use. 
Grinds twice as fast as any other 
Mill of same size and price. 
MANUFACTURED I5Y 
J. A. FIELD, SON <fc CO., 
922 N, 2nd St., St. Lo uig. 
ESTABLISHED IN 1844. 
& 
RSsaKs 
iii_le:f=is supplies 
HULL & SCOTNEY, 
346 Nortli Wafer St., Philadelphia, Pa., 
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 
and Wholesale Dealers in Butter. Cheese, Eggs. Poultry, 
I.ard, Tallow, Game, Potatoes, Apples, Hay, Grain, Flour, 
Fur. Wool, Cotton, Peanuts. Broom Corn. Foreign and 
Domestic Fruits. Liberal Cash Advances made on 
all Shipments but perishable goods. Send for Price List, 
Stencil, &c.., &o. Reference Cash, or we refer to any 
Responsible House in our city. 
RITFUS L. COLE 
PRODUCE COMMIS- 
—- -— - -- SION MERCHANT. 
141 Rea«le St.. New York. Established in 1852. Market 
reports and shipping directions sent free on application. 
