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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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list from one of the oldest and best known establish¬ 
ments in the country. 
William H. Moon, Morrisville, Pa.—General stock and 
very full in ornamental trees and shrubs. 
John B. Moobb, Concord. Mass., favorably known as 
the originator of “ Moore’s Concord ” Corn, and other 
specialties, offers small fruits, including several grapes 
and strawberries, which originated with them. 
John Perkins, Moorestown, N. J.— Fruit trees, vines, 
etc. Very full in strawberries. 
E. P. Roe, Comwall-on-the-Hudson, Orange Co., N. Y., 
offers a general stock of small fruits, with several speci¬ 
alties, and is as bright and readable as usual. 
E. & J. C. Williams, Montclair, N. J., offer general 
nursery stock, with specialties in small fruits; they also 
sensibly encourage the taking of papers by receiving 
subscriptions for the American Agriculturist. 
FLORISTS. 
C. E. Allen, Brattleboro, Vt.—A general collection of 
greenhouse and bedding plants; also horticultural and 
rural hooks. 
L. Denton, Plainfield, N. J., sends us his trade-list of 
plants, which he offers at very reasonable prices. 
Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa., call their 
catalogue “The New Guide to Rose Culture." It is cer¬ 
tainly very full of new and old varieties of roses, which 
are sent by mail at very low rates. 
Greenbrook & Paterson Nurseries, Paterson, 
N. J., send a general list, a supplement, a special list of 
50-cent collections, and a highly ornamental calendar. 
C. H. Hovey & Co., 22 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.— 
Greenhouse and bedding plants, including a number of 
novelties. Also vegetable and flower seeds. 
Leeds & Co., Richmond, Ind.. publish a general list, 
including old as well as new plants. 
Lester Stockton, Cornhill via Ansgance, St. John, 
N. B.—A selection of very hardy plants suited to the 
severe climate of New Brunswick. 
Woolson & Co., Passaic, N. J.—Hardy herbaceous and 
other hardy plants, including rare natives never before 
offered, as well as the newest hardy plants from abroad. 
LIVE STOCK. 
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.. 221 Church St., Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa., offer cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, etc., and also 
reliable seeds. 
J. T. Lovett, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, sends a list of 
his special strains of poultry and pigeons, with various 
poultry-keepers’ appliances and foods. 
MACHINES AND MISCELLANEOUS. 
Baugh & Sons, Philadelphia. Pa.—A descriptive cata¬ 
logue of their mills for grinding grain, bones, phos- 
phatic rocks, etc., for farmers’ and manufacturers’ use ; 
also, a price-list of the fertilizers offered by this firm. 
J. I. Case & Co., Racine, Wis., under the title of 
“ Almanac and Guide Book,’’ give a full account of their 
threshers and steam and other powers, and convey much 
useful information besides. 
Incubators.— Prof. C A. Corbett, New York. News¬ 
paper notices and price-list of Corbett’s Incubators. 
J. L Manlove &Co., Bentonville,Ind.,make the “Man- 
love Self Opening Gate.” 
Mead & Taft, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, make portable 
cottages, and figure and describe them in a pamphlet. 
Merrimac Machine Co.. Newburyport, Mass., describe 
their excellent “ Monitor Seed Sower ” in a circular. 
Dayton Hedge Co., Dayton, O., send an illustration 
of the hedges they make, and a circular giving abundant 
testimony favorable to the work of the Company. 
“That Hog of Mine,” is the unique title of a story 
by A. Hogg Rayzer, describing his tronbles with swine 
before he used the hog-ringer of Hill & Co., Decatur, Ill. 
The Hub Almanac.— The Hub Publishing Co., 323 
Pearl St.. N. Y.—“The Hub ” is a model among journals 
devoted to a special industry, and the Hub Almanac is, 
as might be expected, as much in advance of other spe¬ 
cial almanacs, as the “ Hub ” is ahead of its peers. 
A. McCkeady & Bro., New Galilee, Beaver Co., Pa., 
set forth the merits of their “ Excelsior Churn Power.” 
which appears to be an excellent machine for utilizing 
the generally worse than useless “ dorg.” 
G. Westinghouse & Co., Schenectady, N. Y.—Illus¬ 
trated list of their well known Threshers, Horse Powers, 
Sawing Machines, Steam Engines, etc. 
FERTILIZER DEALERS. 
Bowker Fertilizer Company, successors to W. H. 
Bowker & Co., Boston and New York.—A comprehensive 
discussion on fertilizers; price-list and testimonials. 
Matfield Fertilizer Company, Boston.—Descrip¬ 
tion, price-list, and testimonials, of the Matfield fertiliz¬ 
ers for special crops. 
Baugii & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. High grade phos¬ 
phates, and agricultural fertilizers and chemicals. 
Harrows.-” A. W. K.,” Jamestown, Dakota, and 
other inquirers, will find engravings and descriptions 
of strong harrows in the American Agriculturist for No¬ 
vember 1876, December 1877, and January 1878. 
Moreton Farm Seeds.— Joseph Harris, Esq., 
(who gives our readers “ Talks on Farm Crops ”) raises 
a number of specialties in field, garden, and flower seeds. 
His catalogue, describing them and giving directions for 
cultivation, will be sent to all whu will forward him (at 
Rochester, N. Y..) a postal card giving full address and 
saying that his advertisement was seen in the American 
Agriculturist. 
Summer Fallow. —“ J. McG.,” Linn Co., Oregon. 
We believe that you are quite right in keeping the land 
covered with some crop in a summer fallow, even if it be 
weeds. If all growth is kept down, the land gets only 
half the benefit of the “ rest.” Growing plants, that are 
again plowed under, add to the fertility of the soil. Na¬ 
ture’s first step in manufacturing a soil is to cover the 
bare ground with plants, which, by their action in the 
soil and absorption of food from the air, soon make it 
suitable for the production of crops, and one can do no 
better than to follow nature’s method of fallowing. 
Convenient Fig-Trough.— “ A. S. M.,” Brook¬ 
field, Nova Scotia, has what he considers an improve¬ 
ment on the style of pig-troughs with swinging feed- 
doors in common use : the engravings were made from 
his sketches. The floor of the pens in this case being 
lower than that of the passage, the latch is quite out of 
the way. The latch is of lx finch iron, curved, as 
shown in the engraving, and fastened to the door by a 
staple ; another staple, driven in the edge of the floor of 
the passage serves as a guide for it to run in ; a notch in 
its lower edge, at either end, fits over a catch in the floor, 
and holds the door open or closed, as desired. The ad¬ 
vantage of this latch over the ordinary bolt is, that when 
the door closes by its own weight, after the feeding cf the 
pigs, it is self-fastening. Mr. M. makes a good substitute 
for iron troughs by lining wooden ones with sheet-iron, 
the iron extending over the edges to prevent the pigs 
tearing it off or injuring themselves or its corners. 
Life Insurance—Trusting In Providence. 
—A letter before us, from an old reader of the American 
Agriculturist in Michigan, thinks we do wrong in ad¬ 
mitting Life Insurance advertisements—that sncli in¬ 
surance implies want of faith in Providence, etc. Not 
at all, any more than laying up property beforehand for 
sickness, age, or disability, and that we judge he has done, 
in the good farm he owns. Every man having others de¬ 
pendent upon his continued life, whether friends or 
creditors, is under obligations to secure them so far as 
he can. The payment of a small sum annually to insure 
a large sum in case of death, would seem to be a duty, as 
well as a privilege. In the New York Life Insurance 
Company, for example, some 45,000 persons unite to¬ 
gether, each paying a small annual sum, and from the ac- 
cummnlations thus made, the families or creditors of 
those who die are provided for. Those who live on, get 
a value for their money every year, in the freedom from 
anxiety they enjoy. This Company, by the way, is one 
of the most valuable in onr country. See their statement 
on page 109. A surplns of $6,500,000 to provide against 
all contingencies, as well as the successful business of the 
past year, in which the cash assets have risen from 
“ No," replied Mrs. Mnluprop, slowly, “ I can’t say that I 
ever was in Dublin, but iny mother has a second cousin 
called Irish who dealt ill cork ; so there!’’ 
The older the seeds the more perfect the lady-sllpncrs will 
be. And the older the banana peel the less graceful and the 
more perfect will be the gentleman slippers. 
Mad.—T he farmer who saw a neighbor take a $5 premium 
at the fair for the biggest pumpkin, and on coming home 
found he had one that weighed a pound more. 
When a man readies the top of a stairway and attempts to 
make one more step higher, the sensation is as perplexing as 
if he attempted to kick a dog that wasn't there. 
A five-year old youngster, seeing a drunken fellow, said: 
“Mother, did God make that man “ Yes,” she replied.— 
“ I woul i't have done it!” was the innocent’s answer. 
Agricultural papers are always harping on the intelligence 
of liees, but the drove of mosquitoes which waits at the key 
hole until the family are in bed, are passed over slightly. 
Experience is a dear teacher, is it? Somehow the expe¬ 
rienced hen always knows that ilu; foraging In the next yard 
is tlie best, and she never paid a cent for the experience. 
I wish you would not give me such short weight for my 
money,” said a customer to a grocer, •’ and 1 wish you 
wouldn’t give such long wait for mine,” replied the grocer. 
“ IIow are you this morning ? ” said Fawcett, the actor, to 
Cooke. “Not at all myself,” returned the tragedian.—“Then, 
I congratulate yon,” observed Fawcett, “for lie whoever 
else you will, you will he the gainer by the bargain.” 
For Sale or to Lease. 
FURNISHED or UNFURNISHED. 
A Most Desirable Residence, 
With City and Country Advantages; 
Located in a delightful New England City, on very high 
ground, overlooking most of the City, with splendid views 
in almost every direction. Educational advantages unsur¬ 
passed from Primary Schools up to the best College. Excel¬ 
lent Society, Spacious Mansion, Barn and Out-houses, large 
cold Grapery, Summer House, etc., etc.; 3X acres of Ground. 
Terms low, and easy. For particulars, address “ New Eng¬ 
land,” care of American Agriculturist , 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
NORTH STAR SEEDS. 
Minn. Early Amber Sugar Cane, St. Paul and North Star 
Tomatoes, and other specialties of Northern origin and 
growth. Remember “ the further north seeds are grown, the 
sooner the product will come to maturity.” 
Ours is the most northern seed farm in America. Earliest 
sorts a specialty. Catalogue free. 
HOLUSTER, CASTLE & CO., St. Paul, Minn. 
Liquid Paints, Roofing, Boiler Coverings, 
Steam Packing, Sheathings, Fire Proof Coatings, 
Cements &C. Sind fob Descbiptivk Price List. 
h. w. JOHNS M’F’C CO. 87 MAiDEK LINE, 11.Y. 
S WEET POTATOES for sale and to sprout on shares. A 
premium offered. For terms and directions, address. 
ALFRED LEE, Kokomo, Ind. 
ASK YOUR WATCHMAKER FOR 
AND NOT 
WEAR OUT. 
e Glass Holder, by mall 
10c.—Circulars free. 
__ 38 Dey St., N. Y. 
Embossed Pictures and Embossed Cards for 25c., 
or 25 Floral Chromo Cards 10c. 
J. L. HYDE, Pomfret Landing, Ct. 
100 
$34,452,905.29, to $36,837,295.23, are the strongest evi¬ 
dences of safety and good management. Send to the 
Company and get their documents discussing the princi¬ 
ples of life insurance, etc., which will be furnished free. 
Experimental Fertilizers.—Small sets of fer¬ 
tilizers, of known and exact quantity and composition 
and at a specific price, are of great value in enabling 
farmers to make accurate experiments. We hope several 
leading, trustworthy dealers will provide and offer them 
this year. We shall impartially favor all such efforts. 
Nuts and Nubbins. 
Musicians should have sound judgment. 
“ Happy to meat you,” said a polite butcher. 
A peach always gravitates into a dealer’s basket with the 
specked side down. Now, why is it? 
A grocer advertises in the following terse manner: “Hams 
and cigars—smoked and unsmoked.” 
■What is the difference between a hungry man and a glut¬ 
ton ? One longs to eat. and the other eats too long. 
Rasper, being told lie looked seedy and asked wliat busi¬ 
ness he was in, replied: “The hardware business, look at 
my wardrobe.” 
The individual wiio called tight boots comfortable defend¬ 
ed his position by saying they made a man forget all his other 
miseries. 
Inspector to Grammar Class: What is Syntax? ” Answer 
by the child of a hard-drinker: “It is the government duty 
upon spirits." 
A very fat man sent to the office for two seats In the roach 
for Himself. The clerk engaged for him one seat outside 
and the other inside. 
A celebrated philosopher used to say, “ The favors of for¬ 
tune are like steep rocks—only eagles and creeping tilings 
mount to the summit.” 
When ail artist climbs over a fence to get a nearer view of 
a handsome bulldog, he must, take the chances of his sketch¬ 
ing the dog or the dog’s ketching him. 
Maynard Creedmoor Rifle. 
THE MAYNARD AHEAD! 
made by Prof. Cna*. E. Dwtniir of Wheeling, West V*., on Woodlaai 
-... )f(*ynard Long Range Rfjle. and are tbo MOST BE- 
■ — 'u possible 4.70,—90 shots at the Joug rang**,—, 
Kills, in tbs world. . * 
These scores were made in the competition for position on Hie American team for lfi78 ; open to aU 
re born citizens of tbs United States, and were shot under the rules of the N. R. A., r niton position, 
lighting shots at either distance. These scores were all witnessed and sworn to by Jamk* D. 8ya»- 
The following Targets 
Range, August 12th and 13th, 187B, with a J/tsynar 
MARKABLE-ON RECORD. The grand total of 437 
* s nerer before been accomplished by “ 
SON, Secretary Maynard Rifle Club* Wheeling, West Va. 
AUG. 12, 1878. 800 YA808. 
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tus. 13. 1078. 100 MM. 
the most perfect In workmanship 
i being paid la the tine shooting as well 
s and price list, nodi 
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Tun Maynard Arms .are 
th« world, particular alien!ia 
Ihs Arms. For full particulars and price list, « 
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS COMPANY, 
CHICOPEE FALLS. MASS. U. S. A. 
