AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
4 15 
1W HARDY PLANTS 
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in large and remarkable variety, 
including tile 
JAPANESE MAPLES. 
Rhododendrons, Hardy and 
Greenhouse Azaleas, Camellias, 
Roses, Purple Beech, in large 
quantities. 
Also a complete assortment of 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
Shrubs, and Vines. 
Price Lists free* Descriptive Catalogues 10 cents. 
PAKSONS & SONS CO. (Limited), 
Kissena Nurseries, Flushing, N. Y. 
THE 
AMERICAN SUBMERSED PUMP 
IS A DOUBLE-ACTING, NON-FREEZING 
FORCE-PUMP. 
■Will draw water from 1 to 100 feet, 
with one-man power, and also force 
water to any required distance. 
Prices, complete, 
$15 to $75. 
Wakefield, Perfection, 
and Peerless 
EARTH CLOSETS 
Are the Best. Prices, $6.50 to $40. 
Address 
It ION It Y H. R. BLOOMFIELD, 
34 DEY STREET, N. Y. 
IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. 
The Light-Running 
DOMESTIC.” 
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The Domestic Machine. 
The qualities that recommend a machine for practical 
Family Sewing are fully embodied in the Light-Running 
“Domestic.” 
It is the simplest machine, having the fewest parts, all 
strong, and with hardened conical bearings. Good material 
and the perfection of workmanship Insure an extraordinary 
durability. Being free from complication, it is easily cared 
for; never gets out of order; Is always ready for use. The 
most inexperienced can readily manage it. 
It has all the modern appliances and conveniences that go 
to make up the sum of excellencies. 
It makes a beautiful and durable double-thread lock¬ 
stitch, suited to every description of work. It uses all kinds 
of thread, and sews with facility from the finest to the heavi¬ 
est material. 
THE “ DOMESTIC ” FASHIONS 
meet the requirements of Ladies who wish for Beauty.. 
Style, or Economy in dress. They comprise a large and 
varied assortment of Patterns for Ladies', Misses’, and Chil¬ 
dren’s Garments of foreign and domestic designs by the 
most accomplished modistes. They are the most perfect¬ 
fitting, most, stylish, and yet the most simple patterns ever 
presented to the public, and take the lead wherever intro¬ 
duced. 
Each Fashion is encased in an envelope with printed 7 
directions for its use (so simple as to he readily understood! 
by the most inexperienced), accompanied with a largo Ulus 
tration showing the garment made up. 
We will mail to any address, a large Catalogue of the pre¬ 
vailing styles, with prices and directions for measurement- 
The Patterns will he sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt, 
of price. 
Agents Wanted in all Unoccupied Territory. 
Address 
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO., New York. 
HOTCHKISS REPEATING RIFLE. 
SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE, & BUEALBE. 
Recommended by the Ordnance Board and Adopted for 
Service in U. S. Army and Navy. 
6-shot and carries the Regular 45 Cal. 70 Grain U. S. Government Cartridge. 
Price, Carbine, $22. Round Bbl. Sporting, $25. Octagon Bbl. y $27® 
MANUFACTURED BY THE 
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., 
SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 
NEW HAVEN, CONN., or 245 BROADWAY, N. Y. 
English Breech-Loading’ Double Gun, 
$25 ; complete witli 100 shells and loading implements. 
8ent by express to collect on delivery. Send stamp for 
illustrated pricelist. 
HOMER FISHER, 299 Broadway, N. V. 
Mat Farmers Want. ” 
They want Pure Ground Bone! 
Why—because it contains those 
elements taken from the soil in 
the grain and carried away, thus 
impoverishing the land. Pure 
Premium Bone, made of dry, 
hard, unsteamed bones, supplies 
just this waste, as every farmer 
can learn by practical experience 
at a trifling cost. Send for a full 
explanation of how it works. 
Excelsior Fertilizer Co., 
Salem, Ohio. 
BONE 
flfl Ladies’, Gents’, and Boys’ Fine Ameri¬ 
can Watches. $6 to $100. Catalogue free. 
5§ Address STANDARD AMERICAN 
WATCH CO., Pittsburg, Pa. 
oupp^ 
This Plow contains the 
most remarkable improve¬ 
ments ever made in Swivel 
Plows. It is easy to handle, 
with Shifting Handles, 
which enables the operator to 
walk with both feet in the fur¬ 
row. Light to draw, firm, 
strong, and durable. Con¬ 
structed of Patent Hard Metal, 
which is as strong and will 
scour equal to steel. We also 
make it of charcoal iron, at a 
less price. 
THE BEECHER & TA VLOR AG’ L TOOL CO., 
Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
METALLIC SHINGLES. 
Gold Medal Awarded at Paris Exposition, 1878, 
Make the best roof in the world. 
Superior to Tin. Cheaper than 
Slate, and less than M the weight. 
Cannot Crack. Fire Proof. Can ba 
put on by any Carpenter. 
75 per cent, saved in freight, with 
no breakage in carriage or putting 
on. Sef~ will last a life-time. Send 
for full description and prices to tha 
IRON-CLAD MANUFACTURING CO., 
P. O. Box 2528, New York City. 
tMSHOT 
i"GUN!i 
Established, 1848. 
jThe Best Double- 
Barreled Shot-Gun 
i in the world for 
jthemoney. War- 
franted genuine 
___j twist,with flask. 
Belt Box Wads, Box Caps and Wad 
Bunch, Also our celebrated Kentucky Rifle 
for $12, warranted or no sale. Send for Il¬ 
lustrated Catalogue and Price Lists to 
James Bonn & Son, Enterprise Gun Works, 
130 «fc 13H M ood St., 
Bittshurah, Ba, 
To Manufacturers of 
Agricultural Machinery & Implements 
Wagons, Tools, Pumps, &c, 
The Argentine Republic, of South America, is daily grow- 
in importance as 
A WHEAT and SUGAR PRODUCING COUNTRY, 
and the crops of this season are reported unusually large; 
immense loads being regularly exported. American manu¬ 
facturers in the above lines will do well to make their goods 
known in the Argentine Republic, and in this connection ' 
we ask their special attention to 
“El Plata Industrial y Agricola,” 
a fortnightly .journal devoted to Industrial and Agricultural 
matters, published at Buenos Ayres, and standing in the 
; won- 
iblic. 
front rank as a most powerful organ in promoting the 
derful growth of the agricultural interests of the Repu 
Advertisements can only be inserted through the under¬ 
signed, who have the exclusive agency in this country and 
Canada. 
AVe also represent the leading newspapers of the different 
Republics of the whole continent of South America, and 
shall be glad to furnish information on any point connected, 
with Export business to any applicant. 
The Spanish-American and Brazilian Advertising Agency, 
27 Park Place, New York. 
DUMONT <fc SHILLITTO, Managers. 
