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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[December 
BUTTER COLOR 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO’S 
PERFECTED ■ ._ 
Gives Butter the gilt-edge color the year rou lid. The largest Butter Buyers recommend its use. Thousands 
of Dairymen say IT IS PERFECT. Ash your druggist or merchant for it; or write to ask what it is, what it 
costs, who uses it, where to get it. WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO.. Proprietors, Burlington, Vt. 
Hay Glitters & Com Shelters. 
Two invuluable articles, superior to any in the market, at lowest prices. Send for circular 
and prices. A. B. COHU, 1*J7 Water Street, New York. 
BOWK Eft’S 
AMMONfiATJED 
FOOD FOR FLOWERS. 
BOWKER FERTILIZER CO., Boston or New York. 
T> Pur e 
TREM 
M'lUM 
BONE 
WM Farmers Want. 
Tiiey want Pure Ground Bone ! 
Wliy—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 tins 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. 
THE CHAMPION 
REAPERS & MOWERS. 
AWARDED THE HIGHEST HONORS 
everywhere, by the best expert Authority, after the most 
thorough tests as to its capacity and execution. 
Manufactured by Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly, 
The Champion Machine Company, and Warder, 
Mitchell & Co., Springfield, O.; and The Toronto 
Reaper & Mower Company, Toronto, Canada. 
AM! CRANO PARIS WORLDS KIR PRIZES AND 
All THE U.S. STATt TAIR PREMIUMS IN 1877. 11878. 
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-WAWWlfOFUWHWUjC 
P.K.DfDCRICK.A CO. ALBANY . NX 
THE MISSING LI\K 
INGALLS’ 
Patent Link, 
Clevis, etc. 
Will mend and make 
your chains without 
tools. Inquire of your 
hardware stores, or 
send to 
INGALLS - MFG CO., 
Providence, R. I. 
SAWING THE LOG. 
Labor Saving BIDING SAW MACHINE is fully 
demonstrated bv the number in use and the present 
demand for them. It saws Logs of any size. One 
man can saw more logs or cord wood in one day 
and easier than two men can the old way. It will 
saw a two foot log in three mi nutes. Every Farm- 
er needs one. Township agents wanted. Send lor 
Illustrated Circular and Terms,_ 
Address W. w. BovffWicK * CO.. 
£78 Elm St., Cincinnati, O. 
SUPPLIED. 
Bookwalter Engine. 
Compact, Substantial, Economical, 
aud Easily managed. Guaranteed 
to work well and give full power 
claimed. Engine and Boiler com¬ 
plete, includiug Governor, Pump, 
&c., (and boxing;, at the low price 
of 
3 Horse-Power.. .$215.00 
4r Vi ” tfc ... 124:5.00 
6K “ “ ... 315.00 
£#*Put on Cars at Springfield, Ohio. 
JAMES LEFFEL&CO., 
Sprinefleld, Ohio, 
or 109 Liberty St., New York City. 
FARM 
GRIST 
MILLS 
Pomps, Address 
AND CORN SHELLERS. 
Over 35,000 Now in Use. 
Every Machine is guaranteed to give satis¬ 
faction, or no pay. Price of Mills, $12; 
Shelters, $5. Every farmer should have 
them. Send for illustrated circulars and 
terms to agents. Address 
LIVINGSTON & CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
CHALLENGE FEED MILLS. 
Grinds three times as fast as any other 
mills. Always successful. Over 500 First 
Premiums and Medals. Over 15,000 iu use. 
They do not clog or heat; grinds 60 bushels 
per hour. All successfullron Feed Mills 
INFRINGING ODR PATENTS. Beware: 
Buy none but the best. Remember the 
Courts have sustained our Patents. Also 
the best Wind Mills, Corn Shellers. Horse 
Power Wood Saws, Fanning Mills, and 
CHALLENGE MILL CO., Batavia, Ill. 
CIDER 
Presses, Graters, Elevators. &c, 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT PRESS CO. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Ph 
pH 
PH 
PATCH 
For mending Tin, Brass, Copper, Lead, 
or Iron, without acid or soldering iron. 
Any lady or child can mend with it. 
Will send one sample Plate by mail 
(with directions i that will cut 192 b -in. 
square patches, on receipt of 25c.; 8 for 
$1; 100 for $10. (Postage stamps rec’d as 
cash.) AGENTS WANTED. Can carry 
one day’s stock in your pocket. Sales 
will yield $3 to $15 per day. Our 64-page 
Illustrated CATALOGUE of Chromos, 
Jewelry, Novelties, Stationery, &c., 
Free. Address CITY NOVELTY CO., 
10S South 8tli St„ Philadelphia, Pa. Meu- 
tion this paper. 
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fed 
T3ARNES’ PATENT FOOT 
■D POWER MACHINERY. 
Circular Saws. Scroll Saws, Lathes, 
Formers, Mortisers, Tenoners, &c. 
For actual workshop business. 
COMPLETE OUTFITS for Mechan¬ 
ics and Amateurs. 
MACHINES ON TRIAL IF DESIRED. 
Send for Descriptive Catalogue and 
Price List. Mention this paper. 
W. F. & JOHN B ARNES, 
Rockford, Ill. 
lontpiery’s Improved Maway Fan, 
333 First Premiums. 15 Silver Medals. 
Gold Medal at Md. Institute in 1878, 
and 15 First Premiums at other Fairs. 
No good Farmer can 
afford to he without one 
of these Fans! This 
universally known Fan 
.has been viciorious in 
every contest, and has 
the approval of tliou- 
I sands of Farmers all 
lover this country. It is 
Jibe best and cheapest 
Fan made for the farmer 
and planter. It is the 
only Fan that will ef¬ 
fectually take out of 
wheat the great Virginia 
trouble “Partridge Pea.” 
_ Prices reduced. Send 
for circulars and price lists to the manufacturers. 
DORSEY, MOORE. & CO., 
68 S. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. 
Manufacturers and Dealers in Standard Goods, Gen 1 Asts. 
for Cornell Shellers, Big Giant Corn and Cob 
Mills, Stud ebaker Wagons, &c. * 
BAND INSTRUMENT CATALOGUE, 
Our new catalogue of Band 
Instruments,Music,Suits, VI 
Caps, Belts,Pouches,Pom- , 
pons, Drum Majors’ Staffs J 
and Hats, Epaulets, Cap-*' 
Lamps, Stands, and Out¬ 
fits contains 85 pages of 
informationior musicians. 
Mailed free* Address 
_ LYON & HEALY, 162 State St., Chicago, TIL_ 
OA SKEINS ZEPHYR WORSTEDS, ASSORTED Colors. 
£l\j post-paid, 25c. 20 Skeins, 1 color, 13c. 180 Skeins, » 
shades, $1. 960 Skeius, 48 Shades, $5. Best Quality and 
choicest colors. F, W. GARDINER, Lynn, Mass. 
HALLADAY 
STANDARD WIND MILL. 
VICTORIOUS AT 
Phila., 1876—Paris, 1878, 
35 Years ill Use. 
GUARANTEED SUPERIOR 
To any other Windmill Made. 
17 Sizes—1 Man to 45 Horse Power, 
Adopted bathe lending R. R. Co.’s and 
by the U. S. Govt, at Forts and 
Gat risons. 
S3,300,000 woi-lli now in Use, 
Send for Catalogue “ A.” 
U. S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., 
Batavia, Ill. 
We manufacture the old reliable Stover 
—the well tried, strong, durable, self regu- 
latiug, solid wheel Wind Mill, which 
took the Centennial Diploma, as well as a 
Medal. We refer to the Official Centen¬ 
nial Report. Also O. E. Winger’s Im¬ 
proved $20.00 Feed Grinder, which is oper¬ 
ated by Pumping Wind Mills—a novel and 
perfect Mill for grinding all kinds of grain 
for stock and house use, aud Wingers 
_ Gravity Churns. Agents wanted every¬ 
where. Send for catalogue to 
STOVER WIND ENGINE CO., Freeport, Ill., 
E B. WINGER, General Manager. li. S. A. 
THE CHAMPION 
Is the Best Wind-Power in the Market. 
Is perfectly self-regulating, runs no faster in a 
gale than in a light wind, is very powerful, aud 
never blows away while the tower stands. 
We also manufacture the Iron Screw 
Wind Mill, and the Celebrated Star Wood 
Pumps, with porcelain lined iron cylinders, 
wood eave-trough, tubing, etc., etc. 
Send for Catalogues. 
POWELL & DOUGLAS, 
Waukegan, Ill. 
BUY THE BEST. 
Myers’ Improved Wind Mill 
The Mill has a solid wheel built ex¬ 
pressly to stand any storm, and 
when in motion moves as regular as 
a steam engine. Perfectly bal¬ 
anced on the derrick in or out of 
Pronounced by the best mechanics to 
._superior to all other Mills. No 
farmer, stock-raiser, or dairyman should be 
Without one for pumping water for stock, 
grinding feed of all kinds, churning, and 
many other purposes. Send for a full descriptive circular. 
SILVER & DEMING Manuf’g Co., Salem, Ohio. 
PJBMWKKMia 
and Stereopticons of all kinds and prices.—Views illus¬ 
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Sunday Schools, and Parlor Entertainments. Send stamp 
for 74-page illustrated Catalogue. 
McALLISTER, M’f’g Optician, 49 Nassau St., N. Y. 
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W. JENNINGS DEMOREST, 17 East 14th St., New York. 
COOKING SCHOOL TEXT-BOOK 
AND 
HOUSEKEEPERS’ GUIDE 
To Cookery and Kitchen Management. 
By .Miss JULIET CORSON, 
Superintendent of the New York Cooking School. 
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