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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[February. 
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HAY CUTTER S. 
A. B. COHU, 
197 Water St.,N.Y. 
— Hints About — Free. 
A . B. COHU, 197 Water St.,N.Y. 
CORN SHELLERS. 
SEEDS 
Farmers Book!'." 
Everything for the Farm,” 
Mailed tor 10 cents. 
COHU, 197 Water St., N. Y. 
PEARCE’S IMPROVED 
Cahoon Broadcast Seed Sower. 
r'A/vM'- ® mel1 can do by hand, 
and BETTER work than 
can be done by any other 
^01 means whatever. Agents 
_=== wanted in every county 
the United States. 
"" Price $6. Send stampfol’ 
circular. 
GOODEL1, COMPANY, 
Antrim. N. H., 
_SOLE MANUFACTURERS. 
MATTHEWS’ £1.11 
The Standard of America. 
Admitted by leading Seedsmen 
*nd Market Gardeners every¬ 
where to be tile most perfect and 
reliable drill In use. Send for 
circular. Manufactured only by 
EVERETT & SMALL, Boston, Mass. 
Champion of the World! 
THE 
Champion Grain Brill. 
POSITIVE FORCE FEED GRASS SEEDER. 
With or without Fertilizer Attachment or 
Gum Spring Hoes. It has a perfect force feed Grain 
Distributor that will sow accurately all kinds of grain with¬ 
out the least injury to the seed. 
UNEQUALLED AS A CORN PLANTER. 
Fertilizer attachment can be relied upon to sow all 
kinds of commercial manures whether dry or damp in any 
desired quantity. Draft Light, Construction Sim¬ 
ple, but durable. Liberal discount to cash customers. 
Send for descriptive circular. 
JOHNSON, GERE & TRUMAN. 
Owego, Tioga Co., 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. 
THE 
BEST. 
T>ARNES’ PATENT FOOT 
^ 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 BARNES, 
Rockford. Ill. 
HEEBNER’S HORSE POWERS 
WITH 
Patent Level Tread 
AND 
SPEED REGULATOR. 
Heebner’s Improved little 
Giant Threshers. 
HEEBNER & SONS, Lansdale, Mont. Co., Pa. 
STEEL BARB FENCE, 
Solves the FENCE Problem by meeting all the requisites of 
THE PERFECT FARM FENCE. 
Every I .a ml Owner 
should not fall to examine 
the merits of this fence. It 
is cheaper than all others. 
Easiest handled, and in fact 
just what the people of the 
‘reeless States have needed 
.or years. 
To AH Inquirers. 
It is an impassable barrier, 
yet harmless. Prohibits t es- 
passing. It can be put up by 
any one, and is compactly put 
up for transportation. In 
lact.lt is the only fence dog 
and wolf proof. 
Cheaper than Wooden Fences. Imperishable when once in place. Indestructible by the 
Elements. Wastes no soil by Shade. Has no Weedy Fence Borders. Shelters uo Enemies 
of the Crops. A Protection at all seasons. It is easy of Construction. It needs no re¬ 
pairs. Accumulates no snow-drifts. 
A STEEL THORN HEDGE. 
Impassable Barrier. Prohibits all Trespassing. It can not be destroyed by lire, 
wind, or flood. 
100,000 miles of Barb Fence have been erected in 1876, 1877, 1878. Agricultur¬ 
ists. Herdsmen, Sheen Husbandmen, Ranchmen, Vineyard Proprietors, 
Orchardists, Nurserymen, Railroad Companies, Road Proprietors, 
and all owners and occupants of soil and areas to be protected. 
Manufactured by Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co., 
WORCESTER, MASS., and 21 CLIFF ST 
There is more 
service in this 
shaped blade 
than any other 
kind. 
THE KNIFE OF OUR DADDIES. 
The older readers will remember when the “ Congress Knife »> 
was the tavorue. it went somewhat out of fashion 20 years 
3 S°> out it is coming back again with some other good 
Hongs- The cut shows “Our Best,” best finish, 
pearl handle, 3 blade. Price, $1.50, postage free; same 
in 4 blade, $2 00: or with ebony handle, $1.00 ; and 
ivory handle, $1.25. 
Our ‘‘Old Fashioned” Razor 
Steel Jack Knife, 2 blade, 50 cents, 
or same extra heavy, 75 cents. 
“Our Best” Pruner, $1.00, and 
lighter ones for 50 and 75 cents. 
All blades warranted, and replaced, 
if soft or flawy. Circulars free. Ad¬ 
dress, 
MAHER & GROSH, Cutlers, 
Toledo, Ohio. 
THE MONITOR SEED DRILL. 
This is the most complete and positive Seed Drill ever invented. It is radically 
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different from and superior to all others. It is the only machine which measures aiiii 
drops the seed witli a positive motion, and exactly the same amount at each foot or yard. 
It has been tested bv 6 years’ use in Massachusetts, and was awarded the highest prize 
at the “ Centennial. ’ U3F“ The “ MONITOR ” has been thoroughly tested during the 
seasons of 1878 and 1879, and heartily endorsed os a 
PIRST-CIjASS machine 
by Professor Geo. Thurber, of New Jersey, and by Jas. Vick, of Rochester, N. Y 
IS?" Agents Wanted.— For full descriptive circular and testimonials, address 
THE MERRIMAC MACHINE CO., Newburj port, Mass. 
Tie Eeafty Mj Soap laier: LEWIS’ 
PERFUMED LYE 
98 Per Cent. Pure! 
STRONGEST AND BEST LYE MADE. This LYE is a FINE POWDER, and 
packed in cans with an ordinary slip-lid like our Baking Powder, so that any portion of 
contents of can may be used without spoiling balance. 12 pounds of Perfumed Hard 
> made in twenty minutes without boiling, — and your wash will be sweet and clean to the 
senses, without that nasty smell produced when using ready-made Soap or Soap made 
’from other Lye. One tcaspoonful will soften fire gallons of hard water. 
LEWIS’ LYE is 28 per cent, stronger than any other Lye or so-called Bock or Ball Potashes. 
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY 
GEORGE T. LEWIS & MENZIES CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Stockbridge Manures. 
Bowker’s Phosphates. 
ANIMAL MEAL. LAWN DRESSING. 
NEW PAMPHLETS AND CIRCULARS JUST OUT-MAILED FREE. Address 
BOWKER FERTILIZER CO i 3 paWf™efN’ew°Y2?L Ma8S ' 
DVHfXtn rc.n I iui£-l-n vV., §1 Exchange St., Rochester, N. Y. 
S 3 ?” FRIENDS! If you are in any way interested in 
BEES OR HONEY, 
We will with pleasure send you a sample copy of our 
MONTHLY GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, 
with a descriptive price-list of the latest improvements in 
Hives, Honey Extractors, Artificial Comb, Sec¬ 
tion Honey Boxes, all books and journals, and every¬ 
thing pertaining to Bee Culture. Nothing Patented. Sim¬ 
ply send your address on a postal card, written plainly, to 
A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 
Pumps. Address 
CHALLENGE FEED MILLS. 
Grinds three times as fast as any other 
mills. Always successful. Over 500 First 
Premiums and Medals. Over 15,000 in use. 
They do not clog or heat; grinds 60 bushels 
per hour. All successfnllron Feed Mills 
INFRINGING OUR PATENTS. Beware: 
Buy none but the best. Remember the 
Courts have sustained our Patents. Also 
the best Wind Mills, Corn ShFIlers. Horse 
Power Wood Saws. Fanning Mills, and 
CHALLENGE MILL CO., Batavia, Ill. 
