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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
No. 19 I - New Champion Mowing Ma¬ 
chine.— A Great Premium, worthy the attention of 
all farmers who grow hay. The New Champion Mowing 
Machine is now so well known as to scarcely need any de¬ 
scription hy us. Its novel and ingenious device for 
operating the cutting-bar, as well as the simplicity of 
the arrangement of its working parts, are great de¬ 
siderata—lessening wear and tear, and liability to get 
out of order. They are so simple in their operation, 
and under such perfect control, that they can be easily 
managed by a boy or girl 
who is able to drive a team of 
horses. All interested, are 
invited to send their ad¬ 
dress, on a postal card, ask¬ 
ing for full descriptions 
and illustrations, which 
will be forwarded free. 
Send to any one of the fol¬ 
lowing Manufacturers, viz 
Messrs. Whiteley, Fasslek 
& Kelly, or to Warder, 
Mitchell & Co., or to Cham 
rioN Machine Co., all at 
Springfield, Ohio ; or to 
Toronto Reaper & Mower 
Co., Toronto, Canada. Al¬ 
most any enterprising farm¬ 
er, or farmer’s son, can soon, 
or at least during fall and 
winter, gather only SO sub¬ 
scriptions at SI.50 each, and 
get this 185.00 mower free ; 
(two or more may unite the.:, 
efforts, and own the machine 
together.) In former years, 
many single farmers gather¬ 
ed as many as 200 subscrip 
tions for such premiums, 
when prices were higher, and 
many more names required. To those gathering the 
premium clubs, the only cost will be the freight 
from Springfield, Ohio, or from Toronto, Canada. The 
subscribers may be gathered in several different towns. 
No. I 94.—The Champion Wind Mill.— 
The accompanying cut represents the Champion Wind 
Mill placed in position for operating a farm pump. It 
is manufactured by 
Powell & Doug¬ 
las, of Waukegan, 
Ill. These Mills are 
claimed by the man¬ 
ufacturers to be the 
best wind power ever 
invented ; that they 
are perfectly self-reg¬ 
ulating, and adapted 
for Farm Use. In or¬ 
der that our patrons 
may secure one of 
these useful and val¬ 
uable Mills, we have 
arranged with the 
manufacturers to of¬ 
fer them as a premi¬ 
um. We will ship to 
any one sending us 
91 subscriptions, at 
$1.50 each, one of 
the Champion Wind 
Mills. This includes 
everything above the 
The derrick, or that 
part below the platform, can be built by any carpenter, 
as full detail drawings accompany each Mill; or the man¬ 
ufacturers will furnish derricks at. a reasonable cost. [ We 
will furnish one of these Mills for $100, the regular manu¬ 
factory price.] Receiver in either case to pay the freight. 
No. 192.—The Champion Combined 
Mower and Reaper.— Many whose means are 
limited do not feel able to purchase two separate ma¬ 
chines, such as a Mower and q. Reaper. The manufacturers 
of the Champion Machine, in order to meet this want, 
have made a Combined Mower and Reaper, for which 
they claim the most successful results. These ma¬ 
chines are made as single Mowers first, to which the 
Reaping, Raking, and Dropping attachments are added 
when the occasion requires. The machinery for oper¬ 
ating the knife is substantially the same as in the Sin¬ 
gle Reaper.—We have not space to describe the many in¬ 
genious improvements in this combined machine, the 
arrangements for picking up and cutting badly lodged 
and tangled grain; its self-raker and delivery of the 
sheaves, the saving from scattering grain, the durability, 
etc., etc., etc. Send to the manufacturers named above 
(Prem. No. 191) and get full descriptive sheets, which will 
be interesting reading. We are happy to be able to offer 
this Combined Machine (Price $150) to any person or 
combination of persons forwarding us only 135 sub¬ 
scribers to the American Agriculturist at $1.50. Many 
can thus get it free ol cost, except freight, as noted under 
No. 191. We have over 135 subscribers in many towns. 
No. 195.—The Monitor Corn Sheller. 
Of the many implements invented and manufactured to 
lessen the labor of farm work, 
there has been no more pop¬ 
ular little machine than the 
hand Corn Sheller made by 
Livingston & Co., of Pitts¬ 
burgh, Pa., and called Monitor 
Corn Sheller. It. is admirably 
adapted for shelling seed corn, 
where care must be taken in 
not breaking the outside cover¬ 
ing of the kernel. It is easily 
adjusted to a bench or stool, 
and can be operated by a child. 
These Shellers are made of the 
very best material, fitted up in a workman-like manner, 
and will last any one a life-time with proper care. They 
have been awarded medals or diplomas by nearly all the 
leading Fairs in the Union, and are recommended by 
those who have used them, and speak from a knowl¬ 
edge of their value. Seven subscriptions, at $1.50 each, 
will secure this useful article. [Or we will supply it on 
receipt of $5.] The receiver pays express charges. 
No. 193.—The New Champion Reaper. 
—Made by the same parties as the New Champion Mower, 
No. 191. The distinguishing features claimed for thisma 
chine are: lightness of draft, freedom from side draft and 
weight on neck of team, adapting it to all kinds of work; 
also its ability to harvest successfully the most difficult 
crops under the most unfavorable circumstances. The 
frame, is of wrought iron, the machinery simple and well 
made, only one spur pinion and one pair of bevel wheels 
being used in addition to the driving wheel for operating 
the knife. The bearings for 
the bevel wheel shaft and 
the fly-wheel shaft are very 
long, and of malleable iron, 
bored out and polished 
smooth. The shafts, after be¬ 
ing turned, are case-harden¬ 
ed and re-polished, making 
the most perfect wearing 
bearings that can be made. 
Tlie Pitman is long and 
works almost on a straight 
line, giving extraordinary 
power to the knife. The 
Cutter-bar and Guards are fit¬ 
ted up perfectly, instead oi 
the ordinary cheap cutting 
apparatus used on other 
Single Reapers. The Rake is 
driven by gear and tumbling- 
shaft Couplings, giving it a 
positive and steady motion. 
The machine is carried upon 
one large wide faced driving 
wheel, and one large caster 
grain wheel. The latter is ad¬ 
justed for cutting high or low 
by the use of a small pinion 
working into a rack gear by 
the use of a crank,and secured 
at any desired point by a spring-thumb latch. The inner end 
of the bar is raised or lowered by the use of a lifting lever, 
and a notched segment, and can be secured atany desired 
bight. The bight of cut may be instantly changed hy the 
use of the tilting lever. The point of the divider, reel, 
and cutter-bar, may be thrown down for picking lip badly 
lodged and tangled grain, or thrown up for cutting tall 
standing grain. The whole machine, uuder the instant 
control of the driver, without leaving his seat, ought to 
commend it to any one who desires such a magnificent 
Premium. The price is $130.00, but we will present one 
of these New Champion Reapers on receipt of only 120 
subscriptions, at $1.50 each. The receiver to pay freight. 
No. 196.—The Gale Horse Hay-Rake.— 
This labor-saving implement, doing the work better and 
faster than half a dozen men with hand-rakes, is wanted 
on every farm. The annual interest on its cost, is about 
the same as the cost of one day's work and board of a 
man. We have arranged with the Gale Manufacturing 
Co., Albion, Michigan, to offer this excellent and cheap 
$25 Horse-Rake, as a Premium for subscriptions. Send 
to the company for fuller descriptions if desired. On 
the receipt of 25 subscriptions at $1.50 each, we will 
present one of these Rakes [or will furnish one for $25], 
The receiver to pay the freight from the manufactory. 
