1882 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
305 
CaiMron Field Rollers 
IN TWO SECTIONS 
30 inches in diameter. 
No. 1 size, 9 ft. long-over 
all; weight 1300 lbs. 
No. 2 size, 7 feet long 
over all; weight 1100 
lbs. No farmer can 
afford to do without 
one. In turning, on© 
section rolls forward, 
the ot-her backward.. 
No tearing up of the 
soil. Address, 
DICKEY &, PEASE, Manufacturers, Racine, Wis» 
These fine Land Rollers are more expensive than 
common ones, but they are by far the cheapest 
for the farmer. 
Our 10-Horse Spark-Arresting Threshing 
Engine has cut 1U,00Q feet pine lumber in ten hours. 
Will burn wood six feet long, coal, straw, and corn stalks. 
Send for Price List and Catalogue “ S.” 
X5. XV. PAYNE & SONS, 
Box 843. Corning, N. Y. 
Bookwalter Engine. 
Especially adapted for Dairies, 
Creameries, and Farm purposes. 
Can be used for years without any 
repairs. Over 2,200 in actual use. 
Not oneever exploded. Can be run 
bv 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_$240,00 
4K “ “ .... 280.00 
_ 6 X “ “ ... 355.00 
m 8‘A ‘ “ .... 440.00 
Illustrated Catalogues Free. 
JAMES LEFFEL Sc CO., 
110 Liberty St., New York City, or Springfield, Ohio. 
ITHACA 
Portable Engine. 
STRONG, DURABLE, 
ECONOMICAL, SAFE. 
Write for prices, addressing the Manufacturers, 
WILLIAMS BROTHERS, Ithaca, N. Y. 
kkTebei/s 
‘ Vibrating-Valve 
STEAM ENGINES. 
One-third less Machin¬ 
ery than others. Best 
Engine for farm and 
dairy purposes. 
Address, 
West Point En¬ 
gine anjJ Machine 
„ Co., 
West Point, Pa. 
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 
s ;; ;; .300 
3. , 375 
15, 20 and 25 H. P. at very low prices. 
These Engines fully guaranteed in every 
respect. Address Common Sense Engine 
Co., Springfield, Ohio. 
Harrison’s STANDARD QRIHDIHG MILLS! 
Possessing great capacity and 
durability. Every Mill warranted 
to do just what we claim for it. 
, Send for new Illustrated Cat- 
L alogue. Address 
ESTATE OF 
EDW. HARRISON, 
New Haven. Conn. 
ARARE 
OFFER 
$1 First-Class SHEET MUSIC FREE 
Buy fifteen bars of Dobbins’ Electric Soap of 
auygrocer; cutfromeacA wrapper the picture of Mrs. 
Fogy and Mrs. Enterprise, and mail to us, with full 
name and address, and we will send you free of all 
expense, your own selection from the following 
list of Sheet Music, to the value of One Dollar. We 
absolutely GUARANTEE that the music is una¬ 
bridged, and sold by first-class music houses at the 
following prices: 
INSTRUMENTAL. Price 
Artist’s Life Waltzes, (Kunster Leben,) op 316, Strauss 75 
Ever or Never Waltzes, (Tonjours ou Jamais,) Waldteufel 75 
Cliasse Infernale, Grand Galop, Brilliant, op. 23, Rolling 75 
Turkish Patrol Reveille, . . . Krug 35 
Pirates of Penzance, (Lanciers,) . . D'Albert 50 
Sirens Waltzes, ..... Waldteufel 75 
Fatinitza, Potpourri, .... Suppe 1 00 
Mascotte, Potpourri, .... Audran 1 00 
Trovatore, Potpourri, .... Verdi 75 
Night on the Water, Idyl, . . op. 93, Wilson GO 
Rustling Leaves, . . . op. 6S, Lange GO 
VOCAL. 
Patience, (The Magnet and the Churn), . Sullivan 85 
Olivette, (Torpedo and the Whale,) . Audran 40 
When I am Near Thee, (English and German words), Alt 40 
Who’s at my Window, . . . Osborne 35 
Lost Chord, ..... Sullivan 40 
My Dearest Heart, .... Sullivan 85 
Life’s Rest Hopes, . . . Meininger 40 
Requited Love, (4 part Song,) . . Archer 35 
Sleep while the Soft Evening Breezes,(4 part Song.)i?is7iop 35 
In the Gloaming, .... Harrison 30 
Only be True, . . . . Vickers 35 
Under the Eaves, .... Winner 35 
Free Lunch Cadets, .... Sousa 35 
If the music selected amounts to just $1, send only 
the 15 pictures, your name and address. If in excess 
of $1,postage stamps may be enclosed for such excess. 
We make this liberal offer because we desire to 
give a present sufficiently large to induce everyone to 
give Dobbins’ Electric Soap a trial long enough to 
know just how good it is. If, after trial, they con¬ 
tinue to use the soap for years, we shall be repaid. 
If they only use the fifteen bars, getting the dollar’s 
worth of music gratis, we shall lose money. This 
shows our confidence. The Soap can be bought of 
all grocers—the music can only be got of us. See 
that our name is on each wrapper. Name this paper. 
A box of this Soap contains sixty bars. Any lady 
buying a box, and sending us sixty cuts of Mrs. Fogy, 
can select music to the amount of S4.50. This Soap 
improves with age, and you are not asked to buy a 
useless article, but one you use every week. 
S B PDAPIBd fir PO 116 Fourth St. 
■ L. Unflill W OU UUl Philadelphia. 
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New Edition, 118,000 Words, 
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Four Pages Colored Plates, 3000 
Engravings, (nearly three times the number 
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concerning over 9'700 noted persons. 
Recommended by State Supt’s of Education in 
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G. & C. MERRIAM & CO., Pub’rs, Springfield, Mass. 
Carpenter Saws 
Or any other kind, you can file vourself with our New 
Machine so that it will cut Better than Ever. The 
teeth will all remain of equal size and shape. Sent free 
ou Receipt of $2.50 to anvpart of the United States. 
Illustrated Circulars free. Address 
E. ROTH & BRO., New Oxford, Pa. 
ARTESIAN WELli 
DRILLING & MIN¬ 
ERAL PROSPECT- 
WELL HIM,_ 
and how to nse, is fully Illustrated, explained and highly recom- 
mended in “ AmeriOaH Agriculturist, " Nov. No., 187S, page 465. 
Send for it. Portable, low priced, woiked by man, horse or steam 
power. Needed by farmers in every county. Good business for 
Winter or Summer and very profitable. Makes wells in earth or 
rock anywhere. We want the names of men that need wells. 
Send stamp for Illustrated price list and terms to Agents. 
Pierce Well Excavator Co., 29 Boss Street, New YorIt, V. S. A. 
Sent FREE I 
TREATISE ON' K’ESB B H-S” 
EV APORATING t" ft I I 
Profits and General Statistics. 
American Mfig Co., Waynesboro, Pa 
ZIMMERMAN 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE EVAPORATOR. 
MADE of galvanized ikon. 
OYER 14,000 IN USE. 
THE STANDARD, AND ONLY GALVANIZED IRON EVAPORATOR MADE. 
Patented March 26, 1867 ; May 18, 1875, July 12,1877, May 2, 1882. 
Our Dryer embodies correct and scientific principles. It is economical, compact, portable, durable, 
and absolutely fire-proof. Its products are unsurpassed for beauty and quality. 4 Sizes made. 
Advice and Instructions for Drying, Bleaching. Packing, and Marketing the products given on ap¬ 
plication. Active Canvassers Wanted. Circulars sent free by addressing. 
ZIMMERMAN FRUIT DRYER CO., Cinci nnati, Ohio, U. S. A. 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type ana condensed foim , for want of space elsewhere. 
In justice to tlie majority of our sub¬ 
scribers, wlio Lave been readers for many 
years, articles and illustrations are sel¬ 
dom repeated, as those tvlio desire in¬ 
formation on a particular subject can 
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elsewhere, can usually be sent post-paid 
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for $10.00; and so for any of the other club rates. 
It is well to always run one's eye over the adver¬ 
tising pages of this Journal, and see what is offered, by 
whom, etc., as a source of information. There are usual¬ 
ly new and valuable implements, and other things worthy 
of attention, while no vile or quack medical nostrums are 
present to disgust the old, or deceive or allure the young. 
No man is admitted if there is not good reason for be¬ 
lieving that he has both the ability and intention to do 
what his advertisement promises. The Editors have full 
veto power over every advertisement offered, and they 
exclude the advertisements of every party whom they 
would not themselves patronize, if wanting the articles 
offered. gST’When corresponding with any of these ad¬ 
vertisers, sending for their circulars, catalogues, etc., it 
is well to inform them that you are a reader of this Jour¬ 
nal. They will know what you expect (and what we ex 
pect) of them in the way of prompt and fair treatment. 
Lime with Muck.— Newly-slaked lime is an 
excellent thing for composting with muck. The vege¬ 
table matter of the muck is decomposed by the caustic 
action of the lime, and made soluble, and thereby avail¬ 
able as plant-food. There has been a good deal said of 
late in favor of ground limestone as a fertilizer. On 
most soils it is of very little use, and in its good effects 
in the compost heap is not to be compared with the 
fresh-burned lime. It may be said here that it is a good 
time to get out a supply of muck during the summer 
months, when the beds are dry. 
Pond Water.— Every farm animal should he pro¬ 
vided with an abundance of pure water. Small ponds, 
sloughs and spring boles are not fit to furnish water to 
any kind of domestic animal. If a slough must exist in 
a pasture, it should be fenced in, and thus remove the 
temptation for swine and cattle to drink from it. More 
animals die from diseases induced by filthy water than 
is generally supposed. A running spring, with clean 
surroundings, is a most valuable feature upon a farm. 
Other sources of water are a never-failing well, then 
come the well-kept cistern, the running brook, the 
lake, and the large pond. 
Camellia Cuttings in Water.— Placing the 
cuttings in bottles of water has long been the popular 
method of propagating the Oleander. This method 
answers well for some other hard-wooded plants. A 
writer in a recent number of the “ Revue Horticole ” 
gives an account of his success with the Camellia, treat¬ 
ed in the same manner. He takes cuttings of the 
growth of the previous season with three or four buds, 
places them in bottles of rain-water on a tan-bed, and 
covers with a hand-glass. 
Articliokes. —“ R. C. T.’’—We do not as a rule 
answer those who do not care to give their names—you 
give neither name nor State—But we vary from our rule, 
as others will be interested when we say that we suppose 
that the Artichoke about which you inquire, is a variety 
of the Jerusalem Artichoke ( Helianthus tuberosus.) Sev¬ 
eral varieties are in cultivation, and that called theBra¬ 
zilian,” is short and round, and much to be preferred to 
the old kind, with long and slender tubers. There is no 
danger that “ the plant may become a pest,” so long as 
you have any pigs. As to where they can be had—it be¬ 
longs to those who have them for .gale to say. 
