1882 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
509 
STEAM ENGINES 
BOILERS AND 
SAW MILLS 
stationary and portable. all sizes. 
Given Awards at the 
Centennial Exliibitioii 187fi. Cincin¬ 
nati Exposition 1879, only time exhibited. 
International! Cotton Exposition at 
Atlanta 1881. 
BIYSVSYEB MANUFACTURING CO., 
CINCINNATI, O. 
CM ANDLER TAYLOR I ndianapolis 
STANDARD CIRCULAR 
PONY CIRCULAR AND 
PORTABLE MU LAY 
SAW MILLS 
py 
Hege’s Improved Circular Saw Mills. 
With universal Lug Beam, g m 
Rectilinear, simultaneous g 2. 
Set works, and Double ° § 
Eccentric Friction Feed, 
IMPROVED TRACTION ENGINE 
With or without Reversing Gear. 10, 13 and 16 
Horse Power. Built by 
RUSSELL & CO., Massillon, 0. 
Send for 
^3 CIRCULARS, 
Book waiter Engine. 
Especially adapted for Dairies, 
Creameries, and Farm purposes. 
Can be used for years without any 
repairs. Over 2,"200 in actual use. 
Not one ever exploded. Can be run 
by any one of ordinary intelligence. 
Every Engine complete, ready to 
use as soon as received. No Engine 
built so good and so low in price. 
3 Horse-Power_8240.00 
4tX “ “ .... 280.00 
6X “ “ .... 355.00 
8'A ‘ “ .... 440.00 
Illustrated Catalogues Free. 
JAMES LEFFELA.CO., 
110 Liberty St., New York City, or Springfield. Ohio. 
Small Steam Engines 
We build seven sizes, from 
two to nine horse power; both 
vertical and horizontal, adapt¬ 
ed to the needs of machinists, 
printers, laundrymen, dairy¬ 
men or farmers. 
These Engines are suitable 
for any purpose requiring cheap 
and reliable power. 
Our prices are ex¬ 
ceptionally low. 
Send for free illus¬ 
trated price list. 
Chas.P. Willard & Co. 
20 La Salle St. 
CHICAGO, 
COMMON SENSE ENGINES. 
Simple, durable, of the best workmanship 
and material. Solid Wrought Iron Boilers. 
Engine complete on board cars at Spring- 
field. Ohio, at following prices: 
3 Horse Power.$275 
5 “ “ 300 
7 « “ 375 
10 “ “ 500 
15, 20 and 25 H. P. at very low prices. 
These Engines fully guaranteed in every 
respect. Address Common Sense Engine 
'Co., Springfield, Ohio. 
KRIEBEE’S 
Vibrating-Valve 
STE&ffl ENGINES. 
One-third less Machin¬ 
ery than others. Best! 
Engine for farm and' 
dairy purposes. 
Address, 
West Point En¬ 
gine and Machine 
West Point, Pa. 
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Manufactured by Salem iron Works, Salem, N. C. 
TRIUMPH 
STEM GENERATOR. 
For cooking feed for stock, heat¬ 
ing water, etc. 
Send for Catalogues and Circular 
on Preparing Food for Stock. 
C. B. R ICE *fc CO., 
35 and 37 So. Canal St., 
CHICAGO, ILL. 
BALDWIN’S IMPROVED ENSILAGE & FEED CUTTERS. 
SIMPLEST AM) BEST. 
ONLY THREE FEED GEARS. 
Thoroughly tested dur¬ 
ing the past three seasons 
for Cutting Ensilage and 
proved a grand success. 
And has been the leading 
Cutter for the past 15 years 
for Cutting all kinds of 
Dry and Green Feed. Pow¬ 
er Cutters fitted with the 
only reliable Safety Bal¬ 
ance Wheel. Send for 
Circular containing full 
description, prices, and 
testimonials. 
C. PIERPONT & CO„Mfrs„ 
_ —New Haven, < onn._ 
Silver & Deming Feed and Ensilage Gutters. 
Wemanufacture eight 
sizes Feed cutters for 
hand and power. Our 
power Cutters have our 
Pat. Safety FlyWheel, 
which prevents acci¬ 
dents so common to 
other Cutters. We are 
the original patentees 
and manufacturers of a 
Safety Fly Wheel, and 
ours is the only on* 1 
that is a success. V. e 
also manufacture a sj e- 
Cial Ensilage Cutter. 
This machine is large and powerful, and will be found iu 
every way adapted to cutting green corn-stalks for ensilage. 
Send for Illustrated Circular and Price List ol Feed and 
Ensilage Cutters. SILVER & DEMING MFG. CO., 
Please ment i on th is pa per, Salem, Ohio. 
“ hFe B NER ’ s" P ATE NT 
Level Tread Horse Power 
WITH SPEED REGULATOR. 
Heelmcr s Improved ILIttle Giant Thresh¬ 
ing machine. 
“ Union ” Feed Cut’er, Circular and Drag Saw Machine, 
etc. Send for Catalogue. 
11EEBXEB & SONS. La ndsdale, M ont. Co., Pa. 
GRIND' YOUR OWN ME 
Meal and Oyster Shells 
in the Frank Wilson Pat. $5 Hand Mill. 
Illu-trated Circulars and Testimonials 
sent on application. Address 
WILSON BItOS., Easton, Pa. 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions wldcli we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
In justice to the majority of our sub¬ 
scribers, who have been readers for many 
years, articles and illustrations are sel¬ 
dom repeated, as tliose wbo desire in¬ 
formation on a particular subject can 
cheaply obtain one or more of the back 
numbers containing wliat is wanted. 
Hack numbers of the “American Agri¬ 
culturist,” containing desired articles, or 
those referred to in the “Basket” or 
elsewhere, can usually be sent post-paid 
for 15 cts. each, or SI.50 per volume. 
Clubs can at any time be increased by remitting for 
each addition, the price paid by the original members; 
or a small club may be made a larger one at reduced rates, 
thus: One having sent 5 subscribers and $ 6 , may after¬ 
wards send 5 names more-and $4, making 10 subscribers 
for $ 10 . 00 ; and so for any of the other club rates. 
Wliat is Cow Grass? asks “T. G.,” Bergen 
Co., N. J., who lias seen it mentioned in English 
journals.—“ Cow Grass ” is a mime for a clover but little 
known in this country, the “Zig-Zag Clover” (Trifo¬ 
lium medium,) sparingly naturalized in some of the 
older States. It differs from Red Clover in the shape of 
the leaves, darker purple flowers, and in the ziz-zag 
bending of the stems. Neither of these differences is 
very constant, and some botanists think it is only a form 
of red clover. The English farmers pay much more at¬ 
tention to the varieties of clover, and their peculiarities, 
than we do. They have at least six distinct varieties of 
red clover, differing in size, in the duration of the root, 
and in color of the flowers. Cow Grass Clover is for 
some purposes preferred by the English, as it is two 
weeks or more later than any form of red clover. 
Au International Horticultural and 
Botanical Congress.— In 18S3, the Imperial Hor¬ 
ticultural Society of Russia Will celebrate the 25th anni¬ 
versary of its organization, by a special Exhibition and 
Congress, to be held at St Petersburg, from the 17th to 
the 28th of May. An invitation is thus early extended 
to horticulturists of all nations to exhibit, and to socie¬ 
ties to send delegations. Particulars may he learned from 
Dr. Regel, Director of the Imperial Botanic Garden. 
American horticulture has not been adequately repre¬ 
sented at any of the former International gatherings, 
and we hope that the same may not be said of the com¬ 
ing Congress. We have much to learn from others, and 
not a little to teach them in horticulture. 
Treatment of Weeds. —In riding along our 
country roads, I have often noticed long beds of garlic, 
docks, and other weeds spread in the road-bed. The 
wee: 1 s had been pulled from a field near at hand, and 
then dropped when off the owner's premises. When a 
heavy rain falls, the seeds are deposited on a neighboring 
field, and in a year or so, some farmer has a very unde¬ 
sirable crop, and one with which he will have no little 
trouble. I know of a field that was once little better 
than a bed of docks from the above cause. The proper 
way it -eems to me, is to destroy these plants before 
they can possibly ripen, or if they have been neglected, 
burn them, and kill the seeds. E. G. P. 
Sunflower Seeds for Fowls.- “ G. E. R 
Essex Co., Mass. Your fowls will not refuse even the 
seeds of the large Russian Sunflower, after they get ac¬ 
quainted with them. Crush a few of the grains at first, 
and they will soon take kindly to whole ones, though 
they are three-quarters of an inch long. 
A Kettle Holder.—I have felt for a long time 
like casting in my "mite” to help some, if possible, 
to an easier way of doing hard labor. There is nothing 
more trying to a person’s patience and temper, than to 
have a kettle of boiling soap, or other substance up¬ 
set. We made a good support from an old wagon-tire. 
Measure the size of the kettle as high up as it is desired 
to have the tire, cut the tire to fit, and weld the ends 
firmly together. The remainder of the tire is used for 
the three legs, which are fastened to the band. With 
this holder, the kettle may be set where most conven¬ 
ient, and it does away with pole or prop, and there is no 
danger of burning a wooden fork, and letting the soap 
into the fire. It will hold the kettle firmly, and the con¬ 
tents may be stirred as much as desired. Mrs. A. M. S. 
