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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
No. 205.—Sargent’s Monitor Seed 
Drill .—Made entirely of metal; light, strong, and du¬ 
rable. To this machine have been awarded two “ First 
Premiums,” and also a diploma at the Massachusetts 
Mechanics’ Charitable Association in 1874. It was 
awarded the first prize at the Centennial Exposition in 
1870, and it has received hundreds of endorsements and 
most favorable testimonials from practical agriculturists 
who have used it. (We have used one with very great 
satisfaction). The manufacturers claim that this ma¬ 
chine is radically different from all others, and that 
while it does everything that is done by other machines 
equally well, it effects other results, fully as important, 
which competing machines do not even attempt. It is 
manufactured by the Merrimac Machine Company, 
Newburyport, Mass. It will be presented by us for 12 
subscriptions, at $1.50 each. [Or we will supply one for 
$10.] Carriage in either case to be paid by the receiver. 
No. 206. — Matthews’ Carden Seed 
Drill. —This is regarded as one of the most valuable 
implements in use. Medals and testimonials confirming 
its superiority have been repeatedly bestowed upon it. 
It is designed to be used either in field or garden. In 
operation, it opens the furrow, drops the seed accurately 
at the desired depth, covers it, and lightly rolls it, and at 
the same time marks the next row. all of which is done 
with mechanical precision, by simply pushing the 
drill forward. In this way it sows, with an evenness and 
rapidity impossible for the most skilful hand to do, all the 
different varieties of beet, carrot, onion, turnip, parsnip, 
sage, spinach, sorghum, peas, beans, broom corn, fodder 
corn, etc. The drill is complete in all its arrangements, 
and is very durable. There are no cams, gears, springs, 
or belts, to get out of order, nor are there any parts subject 
to unusual wear, and, with fair usage, it will last many 
years, and do a vast amount of service, without requiring 
any repairs. Made by Everett & Small, Boston, Mass. 
This fine implement given for 14 subscribers.at $1.50 each. 
[We will supply one for $12.] Receiver to pay carriage. 
No. 206.—Cahoon’s Broadcast Seed- 
Sower.—' This Hand Seed-Sower sows from four to 
eight acres per hour, at a common walking gait, throw¬ 
ing wheat and rye from 30 to 30 feet wide; barley, 30 
feet; hemp, 28 feet; oats. 23 feet; clover. Millet and Hun¬ 
garian seed, 22 feet; and Timothy, 18 feet. Price, $6. 
Presented to any sender of 8 subscribers for Agricultur¬ 
ist, tX $1.50 each. It is manufactured by the Goodeli. 
Co., at Antrim, N. K.—[We will supply one on re¬ 
ceipt of the price, $0 ] Receiver to pay express charges. 
No. 208.—The Excelsior (Side-wheel) 
Lawn Mower.— 1 This very useful implement lias pat¬ 
ent self-cleaninggears, which do notclog. It is compar¬ 
atively noiseless in its operations. It has an improved 
Ratchet without spring to get out of order. Its adjust¬ 
ments are simple, and it is one of the lightest and best 
Side-wheel Mowers in the market. The unsought com¬ 
mendations received concerning them from purchasers 
and users everywhere, is the best, evidence that could be 
given of their value. Made by the Chadborn & Cold- 
well M’p’o. Co., Newburgh, N. Y. For this premium we 
offer the 12 -inch style. Price. $18 ; and will present one for 
It) subscriptions, at $1.50 each. [Or we will supply one 
No. 2IO.—Firefly Hand Hoe.— For garden 
use. This hand hoe, adjustable for depth, and steadied 
by the wheel, is a really practical tool for the vegetable 
garden, doing the work every way in an excellent man¬ 
ner. With it almost the whole work of a garden can be 
accomplished with ease, thoroughness, and rapidity, the 
slight weeding or hoeing needed directly in the row ex¬ 
cepted. 4 subscriptions, at $1.50 each, will secure this. 
[Or we will send one on receipt of $2.50.] Receiver in 
either case to pay carriage by express or freight. These. 
Hand Hoes are made by S. L. Allen & Co., Phila., Pa. 
No. 21 I .-Big Ciant Feed Mill No. 2. 
—The engraving below represents one of Messrs. J. A. 
Field, Son & Co’s. Big Giant Feed Mills,expressly adapt¬ 
ed for grinding all kinds of grain for home consumption 
or stock use. Recent improvements have been added to 
the mill by which the makers claim that it is the most 
rapid fine grinder ever invented, where so slow a speed 
and little power is used. One of these mills has been 
used by one of the Editors of the American Agriculturist 
for grinding all kinds of grain in the most satisfactory 
manner. The mill is so arranged that the grinding sur¬ 
faces can be taken out and replaced with new ones when 
worn out. We will present the above mill on the receipt 
of 50 subscribers at $1.50 each [or will forward one on 
receipt of $50],the receiver in each case to pay the freight. 
No. 209.—The Excelsior (Roller) Lawn 
Mower.— From the Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co.. 
Newburgh,N. Y. This Mower is well known to the public. 
It is very light in draft. It cuts the borders and rolls the 
ground, and the gears are perfectly covered. This Mower 
does the most thoroughly satisfactory work. [We are 
using one with very great satisfaction.] The Engineer 
of the Department of Parks, New York City, says: 
We find the Excelsior the best Lawn Mower we have 
ever used on the Parks, and they need less repairs than 
any others.” The Superintendent of Parks, Boston, Mass., 
says: “We have concluded to use no other Mowers on 
the Commons.” We offer as premium the 15-inch style. 
Price, $21; and will present one for 21 subscriptions, at 
$1.50 each. [Or we will supply one for the price, $21.] 
Carriage in either case to be paid by receiver/ The 
Iirices of other styles vary according to width of Mower, 
and can be supplied by us on application at the regular 
prices, or for a proportional number of subscribers. 
No. 2 I 2.—Pocket Tool Holder. — {See 
Engraving .)—Every boy (or man) will be glad to get 
hold of this Premium. We kept a similar, but less 
perfect set in use many years, and found it very con¬ 
venient for a thousand little jobs. In a maple handle, 
which is hollow, with a lignum-vitse head, are packed 
twenty small cast-steel tools, any one of which may 
be quickly adjusted to the handle. It will also hold for 
using, anything from an 8-inch mill-file to a cambric nee¬ 
dle. Only 2 subscribers, at $1.50 each, sent to us will se¬ 
cure you a free set, post-paid. These are made for us by 
tlie Millers’ Falls Manufacturing Co., 74 Chambers 
St., New York.—[We will send one, post-paid, for $1.00.] 
No. 2 13. —The Winger Farm Mill.— 
Small “Grist Mills” are becoming very common on the 
farm, and are doubtless very economical where there is 
not a good Custom Mill within easy reach, if one has a 
horse-power, or.windmill power; or the smaller kinds 
can be run by hand, and they will often save the annual 
interest on their cost in a single day. The above Mill, 
costing only $20, is made by the Stover Wind Engine 
Co., at Freeport, III. Many improvements and advan¬ 
tages are claimed for if, such as placing the grinding 
wheel in the center, thus giving four grinding surfaces 
instead of two; the wheel and case of chilled cast-iron; 
easily taken apart, etc., etc. (Send to the Company for a 
descriptive circular.) We will present one of these Farm 
Mills, with extra parts, for only 20 subscriptions, at 
$1.50 each. [Or will forward one on receipt of $20.] 
The receiver to pay the freight from the manufactory. 
