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AMERICA® - AGRICULTURIST. 
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Steel Barb Wire Fencing. 
GALVANIZED OR PAINTED. 
IOWA BARB 
Licensed under all Bottom Patents. 
Shows the exact size of our wire and barbs, except that 
the barbs are six inches apart and not 3X, as shown in cut.. 
One pound measures 15 feet in length. 
Put up on spools of about 100 pounds. 
The use of Barbed Wire for Fencing is no longer an experiment, but an acknowledged 
necessity, as over one hundred thousand miles of it were put up last year, and we con¬ 
fidently expect twice the quantity will be used this year, there being no other material 
anywhere near as cheap, lasting, or effective. 
CAN NOT EE INJURED BY FIRE, WIND, OR WATER, 
AND WILL LAST A CENTURY. 
IT DOES MOT INJURE CATTLE. 
Estimating Wire at 13c. a lb. and Wood Posts at 10c. each, a Fence of 
Four Lines of Wire can be made for 60c. a Rod, or with Galvanized 
Iron Posts, a Perfect and Everlasting Fence tor One Dollar a Rod. 
Ask your Merchant for our Wire, or write to us direct. 
We also manufacture STAPLES, POST-HOLE DIGGERS, WIRE STRETCHERS and 
CUTTERS, IRON POSTS, etc. 
Circulars and Samples by Mail to any Part of the World. 
THE CELEBRATED 
EUREKA POST HOLE DIGGER 
Work done five times Quicker and Easier than by the old way. 
No Clogging. No Knee Work. No Back Aclie. 
Price S3.50, delivered to any part of the United States. 
Buy direct from the Manufacturers. 
Sole Manufacturers East of Mississippi River. 
IOWA BARB WIRE COMPANY., 
09 JOHN STJUEET, NEW YORK, U. S. A. 
A. P, DICKEY FANNING MILL. 
The Best I .inning 
Mill in the World. 
Obtained Centennial 
Award and Grand Med¬ 
al, also best Award 
at Paris Exposition in 
1818. It cleans perfect¬ 
ly Oats, Chess, Cockle, 
and all foul matter 
from Wheat and Bar¬ 
ley. It grades and sep- 
eratesfor Seeding and 
Market, cleans all 
kinds of small seeds, 
and will save any far¬ 
mer its cost annually. 
Lowest freights procured for purchasers. Address 
_ DICKEY & PEASE. Racine, Wis. 
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FLAX & HEMP RESTORED TO AMERICA! 
Great Impediment Removed from Flax and Hemp in the 
United States, by the Machine of the American Vegetable 
Fibre Co. Each of the Awards above named was accom¬ 
panied by the warmest approval of the Judges examining 
the Invention. The speed of its action, and the complete¬ 
ness of its work, surprises ail witnesses. The dependence 
on coarse hand labor, which destroyed our trade for nearly 
50 years, is now removed by the substitution of this most 
ingenious Machine, which will fill the dreary gap between 
the cultivation and manufacture of these and similar Fibres, 
and thus restore to us the long lost “ Golden Fleece.” Illus¬ 
trated Pamphlets, giving full particulars, sent by mail on 
application to American Vegetable Fibre Co. 
JOS. F. DUNTON, .Manager, 
313 South Front St., Phila,, Pa. 
AGENTS WANTED 
to sell the best Family Knitting Machin 
EVERY- 
_ ■ WHERE 
_ _ _ Machine ever in¬ 
vented. Will knit a pair of stockings, with HEEL and 
TOE complete, in 20 minutes. It will also knit a great 
vaiietyof fancy-work for which there is always a ready 
market. Send for circular and terms to the Twombly 
Knitting Machine Co., 409Washingtoh St.,Boston,Mass. 
M ARYL AND FARMS S7 to #35 per acre. Short 
winters, breezy summers, healthy climate. Cata¬ 
logues free. H. P. CHAMBERS, Federalsburgh, Md. 
BAILEY’S PATENT 
Practical Tree Trimmer. 
By the use of this new Implement. Fruit and Shade Trees 
can be more readily pruned, and with less labor and time, 
than by any other method. Two or three inch limbs can be 
easily cut with a few blows of the sliding hammer. 
Price, $24 to $26 per Dozen, 
according to length of handles. Liberal discount to dealers. 
Agents wanted to sell this Labor-Saving Implement. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
THE REMM AGRICULTURAL CO, 
Branch Offices: 
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IUQN, N. Y. 
( 57 Eeade Street, New York, 
I 21 So. Howard Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Also Manufacturers of a General Line of Agri¬ 
cultural Implements. 
Bfiff ffiis ■ ink jfm Ktk g ua jwk ARTESIAN WELL* 
UMrESfB I El ffl O 1 lli DRILLING & MIN- 
W@f-L.8- 0&JH8aWB3 B ERAL prospect- 
Beta MP ING MACHINERY® 
and how to use, is fully illustrated, explained and highly recommended 
by the * 4 Amines Agriculturist** in the November Number 1879; 
Page 465= Send for it. Portable, low priced, worked by man} horse or 
steam power. Needed by farmers in every county. Good business for 
WiDter or Summer [and very profitable. Can get good wells in earth or 
rock anywhere. We Want the names of men that need wells. Send for 
illustrated price-list and terms to Agents. Address, 
Fiores Well Excavator Co., 29 Bose Street, New York, U. S. A. 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smalto' 
type and condensed fonn , for want of s))ace elsewhere. 
In justice to the majority of our sub¬ 
scribers, who have been readers for many 
years, articles and Illustrations are sel¬ 
dom repeated, as those who desire in¬ 
formation on a particular subject can 
cheaply obtain one or more of the back 
numbers containing what is wanted. 
Back numbers of the 44 American Agri¬ 
culturist,” containing articles referred to 
in the “Basket” or elsewhere, can al¬ 
ways be supplied and sent post-paid for 
15 cts. each, or §1.50 per volume. 
The German Edition.—All the principal arti¬ 
cles and engravings that appear in the American Agricul¬ 
turist are reproduced in the German Edition. Besides 
these, there i^a special department, edited by an eminent 
German cultivator. Our friends can do us a good service 
by calling the attention of their German neighbors and 
friends to the fact that they can have the paper in their 
own language, and those who employ Germans will 
find this Journal a most useful and acceptable present. 
Bound Copies of volume 39, and of every pre¬ 
vious volume back to Yol. XVI. (1857), neatly bound, with 
gilt backs, Index, etc., are supplied at $2 eacli (or $2.39 
ifto be sent by mail). See Publishers’ Notes,2d cover page. 
Clubs can at any time he increased by remitting for 
each addition, the price paid by the original members; 
or a small club may be made a larger one at reduced rates, 
thus: One having sent 6 subscribers and $7, may after¬ 
wards send 4 names more arid $3, making 10 subscribers 
for $10.00; and so for the various other club rates. 
Terms to New South Wales, New Zea¬ 
land, Australia, Africa, etc.—To several in¬ 
quirers. Under the latest revision of tiro Postal Union 
Regulations the price of the American Agriculturist 
(either English or German edition), including postage 
prepaid through, will he covered by 7 shillings sterling 
per annum. This applies to the above countries, and to 
all others embraced in the General Postal Union. The 
simplest mode of remittance is by Postal Money Orders, 
payable in London, to the order of Orange Judd Com¬ 
pany. These can be readily cashed in N. Y. City at a 
slight discount, which the publishers will cheerfully pay. 
For Club rates (postage included), see page 304, and 
reckon 22 cents to the shilling sterling. 
Destroying Prairie Dogs.—The first response 
to the request of last month for information as to the 
destruction of Prairie Dogs, comes from Nebraska, and 
from a lady. Mrs. A. Williamson writes that one of her 
neighbors depopulated a small Dog-town by the use of 
poisoned com. The grain was soaked in water in which 
Strychnia had been dissolved and was afterwards scat¬ 
tered about in the “ town.”—We should like to know 
more about this case. Strychnia is remarkably insoluble 
in water, it requires over 6,000 parts of water to dissolve 
one part of strychnia. That corn soaked in such a so¬ 
lution should kill the Prairie Dogs, shows that these 
animals are remarkably susceptible to the effects of 
strychnia. The salts of strychnia are more soluble than 
strychnia itself, and a very little acid (Sulphuric and 
Muriatic) would greatly aid in the solution. Still, if the 
simple solution in water is effective, all the better. We 
thank Mrs. W., and hope to hear from others. 
Children's Shoes.—A pair of child’s shoes well 
worn at the toes shows that the little wearer is in the 
enjoyment of the health that comes from vigorous 
exercise. But the parent who must supply many pairs 
of shoes to many little children, doea not take a senti¬ 
mental view of worn out toes. He would not deprive 
the youngsters of the exercise, hut would have the 
shoes remain whole. The “Black Tip ” of the American 
Shoe Tip Co. comes to his help—a cap that thoroughly 
protects the shoe at its weakest point—the toe. Those 
who do not like the appearance of the copper or silvered 
tips, so long in use, will find in the comparatively recent 
“ Black Tip,” a protection which, while it will not at all 
restrict the youngsters right to “ stub its toes,” will 
avoid the poverty-stricken appearance of shoes with the 
great toes exposed, and diminish the outlay for shoes. 
83?” See Special Announcement on p. 399« 
