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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NICHOLS,SHEPARD & CO.Battle mm 
T ORIGINAL AND ONLY CENUINE 
wmam 
Thieshing Machinery and Portahle 
and Traction En gines. 
THE 8TANDAED of excellence throughout the Crain* 
Batting World. 
MATCHLESS for Grain-SaTing, Time-Saring, Perfect 
Cleaning, liapid and Thorough Work. 
INCOMPARABLE in Quality of Material, Perfection 
of Parts, Thorough Workmanship, Elegant Finish, and 
Beauty of Model. 
MARVELOUS for vastly superior work In all hinds of 
Grain, and universally known as the only successful Thresher 
in Flax, Timothy, Clover, and all other Seeds. 
ASTONISHINGLY DURABLE and wonderfully simple, using less than one half the usual gears and belts. 
PORTABLE, TRACTION, and STRAW-BURNING STEAM-ENGINES, with special features of Power, 
Durability, Safety Economy, and Beauty entirely unknown in other makes. Steam-Power Outfits and Steam-Power 
Separators a specialty t Four sizes of Separators, from f* to 12 horse-power; also 2 styles Improved Mounted Horse-Powers. 
82 Yearn of Prosperous and Continuous Bunlnea* by this house, without change of name, location, or manage- 
r.**,*, furnishes a strong guarantee for superior goods and honorable dealing. 
The wonderful success and popularity of 
i our Vibrator Machinery has driven other 
II; hence various makers are now attempt¬ 
ing to build and palm off inferior and mongrel imitations of 
Our famous goods. 
BE NOT DECEIVED 
by sueh experimental and worthless machinery. If von huv 
at all, get the “ORIGINAL” and the “GENUINE” 
from ur. 
(£7* For full particulars call on our dealers, or write 
lo ns for Illustrated Circulars, which we mail free. Address 
ifICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO., Battle Creek. Mich. 
CAUTION!' 
machines to the wall; 
Union Railway Horse Power, 
THRESHERS AND 
SEPARATORS. 
These Towers are 
GUARANTEED 
to produce more Power 
with 
LESS ELEVATION 
than auv other Railway 
Tower. Send lor descrip¬ 
tive cataloeue. Wll. L. 
BOYER & BliO.. 2.101 Ger¬ 
mantown Ave., Phila., Ta. 
Also, manufacturers of the Premium Farm Grist Mill. 
EWALD OVER, 
MANUFACTURER OF 
VICTOR THREE AND FIVE HOED ONE- 
HORSF. WHEAT DRILLS. 
VICTOR ONE-HORSE RICE DRILL. 
CARTER’S ACTOTlATIC FARM GATE. 
_RAGAN’S POWER CIDER PRESSES. 
VICTOR DOUBLE “A” TRIPLE-HINGED 
„ HARROW. 
HECTOR STONE CYLINDER FORCE PUMPS. 
VICTOR HAND FIRE ENGINES. 
Indianapolis, Indiana. Send for Circnlar. 
SPRING STEEL TOOTH 
HORSE RAKES. 
(Highest Award Medal of Honor 
at the 
Centennial and Vienna Exhibitions. 
CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD. 
Ro Cogs or Ratchets, 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, &c. 
WHEELER & MELICK CO., 
ALBANY, N. Y. 
Gardner’s Railway Pitching Apparatus. 
Consisting of Carrier. Grap 
pling Fork. Pulleys, and 
Hooks. For unloading Hav, 
Grain, Beans. Corn Stalks, 
loose or in bundles, etc. Can 
he used in any barn. Also, 
Improved Slacking Appara¬ 
tus Send lor Circular, and 
get valuable information. 
E.V. R.GardiuT&Co., 
Johnson’s, Orange Co , N. Y. 
DOUBLE HARPOON 
M HORSE HAY-FORK. 
n 
BEST IN THE WORLD. 
Descriptive Catalogue sent free. 
Penstock Manufacturing Company, 
Kennett Square, Chester Co., Fa. 
Porter’s Patent Wire Cable Derrick. 
AT WORK IN THE FIELD 
makes a perfect stack Award 
ed first premiums at Illinois 
State Fair and St. Louis Expo¬ 
sition of 1879. Mv wood track 
_ . , , , , carrier received same awardB, 
No barn complete without one. Send for circulars to 
J. E. PORTER, Ottuwa.illl. 
FARMERS AND DEALERS, 
READ THIS! 
These cuts represent, our 20 Steel-Tooth Horse-Rake, 
with Iron Hubs (or Locust Hubs boiled in oil) —9000 
in use—and our Positive Force-Feed Grain, Seed, and 
Fertilizing Drill (which can be changed to sow any 
quantity while Drill is in motion), with Pin or Spring 
Hoes — 8277 in use and giving satisfaction. All manu¬ 
facturers say theirs are the best. All we ask is, send 
for Descriptive Circular and Price-List ;which contains 
letters from persons using them. All are warranted. 
Hagerstown Agricultural Implement Blfg. Co. 
State where, you'saw Advertisement. Hagerstown, M<L 
Delaware ¥roiM Iron Plow My. 
Same Sulky answers lor Plowing. Cultivating, and Har¬ 
rowing. ( an use with same any good Implements. 
Semi for Circulars. 
DELAWARE FENCE & MACHINE CO., 
Sole Manufacturers. Delaware, Ohio, 1880 
La Dows Jointei Pnlvemii & Sioothii 
DISC HARROW. 
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Being jointed ill Hie center, is adapted to both 
smooth and uneven surfaces. Acknowl¬ 
edged the best of (lie kind, and will pul¬ 
verize and cover seed better In one 
operation, Ilian going over twice 
with others. Made with both Chill¬ 
ed Metal and Cast Steel Discs 
polished. Send for circular and 
price list. Manufactured by 
WHEELER & MELICK CO., 
Albany, N. Y„ for the United States. 
Bv Evkuktt & Small, Boston, Mass., for the N. E. States, 
and by Budlong & Co., Aurora, Ill., for Hi., Iowa, Wis., 
Minn., Neb., Kim., and Mo. 
FIRE-PROOF FARM BUILDING. 
FIRE, WATER, & 
WIND-PROOF. 
Can be applied to old or 
new buildings by an ordin¬ 
ary mechanic or laboring 
man. Adapted to all cli¬ 
mates and seasons. The 
cheapest and best cover¬ 
ing for buildings ever 
made where durability is 
desired. See article Am. 
A(iricnlt"rist, Nov., 1879. 
page 464. Information 
free. Address 
W. T. WELLS, 
78BeekmanSt .NewYork 
PEMOCK’S PATENT ROAD MACHINE 
Keeps the highways five times better for half the present 
cost. Is rapidly coming into favor in city and country. 
Circulars free. 
SAM’L PENNOCK & SONS, Kennett Square, Pa. 
WILBER’S DIRECT DRAFT 
EUREKA MOWER 
Is the Largest, Cheapest, and 
Lightest Draft Mower in tile World. 
It lessens the expense of gathering the Hay Crop fully 
twenty-five per cent. Address 
EUREKA MOWER COMPANY, 
Towantla, Bradford Co., Pa. 
11/fTT T d CORN, BONE, COFFEE, CIDER, 
III I I ■ I DRUG,FAN, SUGAR, WHEAT, WIND. 
A. jj, COHU, 197 Water St., N, Y, 
^ 7? m Q — Hints About — Free, 
S-S ^ A . B. COHU, 197 Water St„N.Y. 
TfarmpN Bnnr‘‘ Eve «^ 
■lllllliOlU UUUiL a. B. COHU, 197 Water St., N. Y. 
FERTILIZERS. 
—Pure Raw Bone, 
A. B. COHU, 
197 Water Street, N. Y. 
PLOWS 
—Every Description. 
A. B. COHU, 
197 Water Street. N. Y. 
HARROWS. 
WHEELBARROWS. 
A. II. COHU, 
197 Water Street, N. T. 
Received Medal 
9 AND 
HIGHEST AWARD 
OF MERIT 
AT 
CENTENNIAL. 
Bend,for Catalogue. 
STEAM ENGINES, 
A. B. FARQDHAB, York, Pa„ 
Cheapest and best for all pur¬ 
poses—simple, strong, and du¬ 
rable. Also Horse Pow¬ 
ers and Gin Gear. 
Saw, Guist and Cob 
Mills, Gins, Presses 
and Machinery gener¬ 
ally. Inquiries promptly 
answered. 
VertlcalEngines.with or without: 
wheels, very oenveni- — 1 
ent, economical and 
complete in every de¬ 
tail, best and 
cheapest Vert¬ 
ical in the / 
world. Fig. [ 
(JMlt is engine! 
inuse.Fig.' 
2ready for 
road. 
The Farquhar Separator 
(Warranted) - - 
THE 
HIGHEST PP.IZE SILVER MEDAL 
awarded AT 
separators. Paris EXBOSltlfflL 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Address A. B. Farquhar. York PJ> 
GUT RISING m 
Will actually do the work of four 
men, Quicker and Better. 
FNPARALLEL 
SUCCESS! 
One man is able to saw logs of any size. No more back 
aches.—The work cheaper and better done, in one half th« 
time. It will saw a two-foot log in three minute*. 
EVERY PARMER NEEDS AND SHOULD 
HAVE ONE. Agents wanted. Circulars, with terms 
and illustrations, free. 
W. W. BOST WICK & CO., 178 Elm Street, Cincinnati, O, 
