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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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A D R I A C E , PLATT & CO., 
Manufacturers of Buckeye Mowers and Reapers, and the Adrianee Reaper, 
Manufactory, Poiiglikecpsie, N. Y. 165 Greenwich St. (near Courtlandt St.), New York. 
AD11IANCE F.EAPER ON THE HOAD. 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions ichick we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form , for want of space elsewhere. 
Continued from Page 256. 
In justice to the majority of our sub¬ 
scribers, who have been readers for many 
years, articles and illustrations are sel¬ 
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formation on a particular subject can 
cheaply obtain one or more of the back 
numbers containing what is wanted. 
Back numbers of the “American Agri¬ 
culturist,” containing articles referred to 
in the “Basket” or elsewhere, can al¬ 
ways be supplied and sent post-paid for 
15 cts. eaclt, or $1.50 per volume. 
Plowing In Clover.—" F. II.,” Wood Co., Ohio. 
To plow in clover is an excellent preparation for wheat ; 
but it is not well to bury it too deeply. Just enough to 
cover the clover is right. It will be best to take a crop 
of hay and plow in the second growth, not deeper than 4 
or 5 inches. Then work the surface well with a cultiva¬ 
tor or harrow until fine, and drill in the wheat. The 
more a clover sod is worked with the harrow the better ; 
to roll the ground after plowing would be advisable, to 
get the soil compact. 
Adamant Plows. —“O. A.,” Belmont Co., Ohio. 
While there are many other good plows, the Adamant A 
plow, which was described in the American Agriculturist 
June, 1878, is an excellent one, and deserved all that was 
said about it at that time. 
Devon Cattle for the Dairy. —“ T. F.,” Cecil 
The ADRIANCE is a light, strong, simple, efficient REA PER, which will work well in sill kinds 
and conditions of grain, and combines more good points than can be found in any other. It lias a 
folding platform, and is in all respects worthy to rank witli the Buckeye Mower. 
The BUCKEYE has for 21 years held its position as the BEADING AIOAVER and REAPER of THE 
WORLD, because it is superior to all others in the principles of its construction. It is the only ma¬ 
chine which has given entire satisfaction to the farmer; its AVERAGE DURABILITY has 
been MORE THAN DOUBLE that of others, and the COST OF KEEPING IT IN REPAIR BESS 
THAN ONE-HALF.— Prices Reduced to the lowest point at which the high standard of excellence in material and 
workmanship can be maintained. Descriptive Circulars forwarded by mail. 
APPLE GRATER. 
This Grater is first-class in every respect; has iron cylinder, 
iron frame, steel knives, adjustable concaves, and is not sur¬ 
passed for quantity or quality of work. 
PRECE REDUCED TO $40. 
For catalogue of cider machinery and other in formation, 
valuable to cider-makers, address 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT PRESS CO., 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
nSlONTCOME RY’lT" 
Improved Rockaway Fas, 
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 
i lias been victorious in 
jevery contest, and lias 
| the approval ot' thou- 
1.1sands of Farmers all 
1 over this country. It is 
lithe best and cheapest 
Fan made for the farmer 
and planter. It is the 
only Fail 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’l Agts. 
for Cornell Shellerg, Bier Giant Corn and Cob 
Mills, Studebaker Wagons, &c. 
Sagan’s Cid6r Presses 
Capacity 25 to 30 bar¬ 
rels per day; easily 
worked; very com¬ 
pact ; of immense 
power. Not liable to 
get out of order. Gives 
universal satisfaction. 
Manufactured only by 
EWALD OVER, 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
(Send for Circular.) 
SPRING STEEL TOOTH 
HORSE RAKES. 
Highest Award Medal of Honor 
at the ,, 
Centennial and Vienna Exhibitions. 
CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD. 
No Cogs or Hatchets, Easiest Hand or Horse Dumping. 
Purchasers prefer them to all others for Durability and 
Efficiency. Fully guaranteed; so no risk is incurred in 
ordering from us. responsible Agents wanted where we 
have none. 
Send Stamp for Catalogues of RAKES, 
THRESHING MACHINES, Ac. 
WHEELER &, EtfSELICK CO., 
ALBANY, N. Y. 
Gardner’s Railway Pitching Apparatus. 
Consisting of Carrier, Grap¬ 
pling Fork, Pulleys, and 
Hooks. For unloading Hay, 
Grain, Beans, Corn Stalks, 
loose or in bundles, etc. Can 
be used in any barn. Also, 
Improved Stacking Appara¬ 
tus. Send for Circular, and 
get valuable information. 
E. V. R. Gardner & Co., 
Johnson’s, Orange Co., N. Y. 
Co., Md. The Devons are the oldest known breed of 
domestic cattle, and have been highly thought of on ac¬ 
count of their usefulness as draft oxen more than on any 
other account. Since oxen have gone out of fashion as 
draught beasts, the Devons have declined; this has also 
been helped considerably by the greater prominence 
given to the Shorthorns for beef. Notwithstanding, the 
Devons are good cows, give rich milk, and yield the host 
butter, hut they do not hold out very long; the oxen are 
the best workers and the beef is unexcelled. For light 
and rough pastures there are no better cattle. It is a 
mere matter of fashion that they have been neglected for 
a few years past. Their day will doubtless return again. 
Little and Manure,—“ E. E. W.,” Venngo Co., 
Pa. It is a common practice in Pennsylvania to apply 
lime and manure together in preparing for wheat or rye. 
The manure is plowed in lightly, and the lime is then 
spread, the ground is harrowed, and the seed is sown. 
There is nothing objectionable in this practice. On the 
contrary, Pennsylvania farms and farming are hard to 
beat, and their system might he followed elsewhere. 
“ Wrigglers.” —“ J. R. H.,” Hudson, O. With the 
hundreds of letters that we write it is impossible for us 
to remember the question of each one, and the reply 
made to it, therefore your note is not intelligible so far 
as it refers to what lias been written. When you say 
that “ the wrigglers are not the larva; of that musical 
bird, the mosquito,” then we can only reply that the 
wrigglers that you are talking about, and the insects that 
we know as wrigglers are two very different things. 
Curing Warts,— “J. C.,” Northfield, Ct., writes 
that a number of warts that he had upon his hands sud¬ 
denly disappeared. It occurred to him that lie had 
shortly before repacked some corned beqf, and had his 
hands thoroughly covered with brine. Since then, when 
warts have appeared, he has cured them by rubbing them 
with a bit of corned beef. This is probably only a con¬ 
venient method of applying salt, as we can hardly sup¬ 
pose that there is any efficacy in the beef. 
Abscess In a Cow’s Beg.— “ O. C. M.,” Meigs 
Co., Ohio. Abscesses or suppurating swellings may oc¬ 
cur from bruises or other injuries. They are not likely 
to lie occasioned by internal disease. To treat them, they 
should lie laid open, and if they have by neglect, become 
fistulous, the pipes should be cut through freely; then 
inject into the opening a solution of 10 grains Nitrate of 
Silver in one ounce of distilled or rain water, until the 
diseased parts are" sloughed off. After that, treat with 
Compound Tincture of Myrrh or some other stimulant, 
and keep the parts clean by washing with Carbolic soap 
and water, and protect with a bandage. Giving a few 
doses of Hyposulphite of Soda may help the remedy. 
