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AMERIOAI^ AGRIOIJLTURIST. 
[July, 
Something for all Old Subscri¬ 
bers. 
question, tlmt now is as dark as it is vital to the fruit 
growers of the Peninsular State. 
Mr. A. W. Stuart, of Australia, is now visiting 
the United States, and studying the subject of silos and 
ensilage, with a view of introducing these methods of pre¬ 
serving fodder, into his own country, in their perfected 
forms. We have taken pleasure in directing Mr. Stuart 
to some of our most successful farmers, who are feeding 
ensilage almost exclusively to their large herds. It is 
justly a matter of no little pride to Americans, that bor¬ 
rowing a method from an old European country, we have 
so perfected it, as in afmv years time to become the 
teachers of the whole world. 
The Agriculturist’s Microscopes. 
We continue to receive the most gratifying com¬ 
pliments as to the superior quality and handsome 
appearance of the New American Agriculturist Mi- 
We are now preparing a special edition of the 
American Agriculturist for all* persons who have 
been subscribers to the American Agriculturist 
in a i>eriod of ten years, and who are not now sub¬ 
scribers. This copy of the Agriculturist will con¬ 
tain matter of great value to eveiy such old sub¬ 
scriber, in fact matter that he will read with the 
liveliest interest. Will every present subscriber, on 
seeing this, please notify every individual in his 
vicinity, who, at any time, has been a subscriber 
to the American Agriculturist, and is not now one. 
By so doing, he will greatly oblige the Publishers. 
Getting up Clubs for the American 
Agriculturist. 
You need not wait until winter before raising 
your club for the American Agriculturist, but begin 
now. Subscriptions can begin with any number. 
Cyrus H. McCormick, wdio made the first suc¬ 
cessful Reaper, has now closed his life-work at the 
advance age of seventy-five. It is but a little over 
thirty years since that strange looking machine, at the 
first W orlds’ Fair convinced England and all Europe, that 
reaping by machinery was jiossible. The influence of 
this invention upon the agriculture of this country and of 
the world is incalculable, and it is gratifying to know 
that unlike many inventors who have benefited their fel¬ 
lows, Mr. McCormick received in return something more 
substantial than thanks. While there are many other 
and excellent reapers, the name of McCormick will 
stand as the pioneer of all, and occupies a proud position 
as one of the benefactors of agriculture. 
Rev. E. E. Roe, the writer on small fruits and 
other topics, having decided to devote his entire atten- 
croscope, which we have had expressly manufac¬ 
tured for the friends and workers of the American 
Agriculturist. Here are some sample replies : 
New Smyrna, Fla., April 30, 1884. 
I have received my Microscope, and am more than 
paid for the money that I gave for it. It is just what I 
have been wauling for some time, and it is just what 
every one needs.” J. E. Thompson. 
WBTnBRsriEi.n, Ct., May 20, 1884. 
“I would also acknowledge the receipt of the Micro¬ 
scope, which came safely to hand, and is a very neat, 
tasty little instrument.” J. W. Griswold. 
Ithaca, N. Y., May 19, 1884. 
“ I received the Compound Microscope to-day, and 
after a careful examination, I can cheerfully say it is bet¬ 
ter than my highest expectations. As to the quality of 
work on it, the makers’ name is a sufficient guarantee for 
that. Please therefor, accept my thanks.” 
II. W. Smith. 
Ypsilanti, Mich., May 19, 1884. i 
“The instrument exceeds anything I ever saw for the 
amount of money invested in it. It is certainly amarvel.” 
Prop. J. II. Hopkins. , 
Farmland, Ind , June 4, 1884. 
“ The Microscope sent by mail fully meets my expecta¬ 
tions.” N. W. Wright. 
Ewart, Iowa, April 9, 1884. 
Please find enclosed $1.2.5 for one of your Simple Mi¬ 
croscopes. I am a subscriber to your good old journal, 
and have the same confidence in you that I would have 
in a brother. I will get up a club for your paper in some 
future time. Daniel F. White. 
This is the season of the year when these Micro¬ 
scopes can be employed to a great advantage by 
farmers, in very many ways. In fact, one of these 
Microscopes ought to pay a farmer ten times its 
cost every year, in the examination of bugs and in¬ 
sects of various kinds, which are injurious to vege¬ 
tation. 
The American Agriculturist for March, contains 
a full description of this new and beautiful Mi¬ 
croscope. 
If you have not this number of the paper, and 
would like to see the description, write to us, and 
we will forward it to you. This Microscope is sent, 
delivered free, by us, to any part of the United 
States and Territories for $2—and delivered free to 
any actual subscriber of the American Agriculturist 
for 1884, for $1.25. Furthermore, we will present 
one, delivered free, and send the American Agricul¬ 
turist to any new subscriber, post-paid, for $2. Still 
further, we will present this Microscope to any 
present subscriber, delivered free to him, if he 
sends us two new subscribers to the American AgH- 
culturht for one year, at $1.50 each. 
We will forward Specimen copies to every one who 
wishes to raise a club. 
BE PROMPT, please, in informing us if there is any 
delay or trouble in receiving your paper, or answer 
to any complaints or inquiries sent us. The Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist goes to press regularly every 
month, and it should reach you on the same day 
every month. You will confer a favor if you will 
immediately write us, if there is the slightest delay 
in its receipt. 
Progress and Prosperity. 
(From the “ Christian Union," N. T., Mag 22.) 
The American Agriculturist is to be congratulated 
on the evident signs of progress and prosperity 
which are found in its pages. It represents the 
best experimental and writing talent in the line of 
Agriculture in this country, and shows in all it.s 
departments the tireless energy of Mr. David W. 
Judd, who is now at the head of the Orange Judd 
Company. 
Friends of Agriculture. 
Mr. Lawson Valentine, who for some months 
has been familiarizing himself with agricnltaral modes 
and methods in England and France, visiting Lawes and 
Gilberts’ establishment, and other interestina iioints, will 
return to the United States with a rich store of knowl¬ 
edge to apply to his generous acres at Houghton Farm. 
Col. M. C. Weld, the “Among the Farmers” 
man, true to ids title, is now off for a distant fortnight 
cruise. He goes as far north as Hamilton, Out., and, 
swinging to the southward, will return with a grip-sack 
full of notes by the way for his host of admiring readers. 
Col. Weld lias a great fondness for fine farm animals, and 
discovers more defects in a herd than most men. He, 
however, does not let a “good point” pass unnoticed 
or unpraised. 
Dr. diaries H. Sliine, is one of California’s 
young horticultural men who believe they can so mingle 
literature with out-door life as to make it profitable in 
more senses than one. Among the leaders of the fruit 
interests in the Golden State, he left his western home 
and spent last year in John Hopkins’University in the 
study of language, to become the better able to write 
clearly .and well upon his favorite horticultural subjects. 
He promises to give our readers the results of his .added 
experience .and study. 
Dr. Manly Miles, Professor of Agriculture at 
Amherst Agricultural College, made us a pleasant call, 
during which we learned that he intends to spend a por¬ 
tion of his vacation in the Michigan “Pe.ach Belt,” 
studying the important subject of yellows in the peach. 
Dr. Miles has thoroughly equipped himself with micro¬ 
scopes for this difficult task, and we hope before the 
year closes to give our readers some more light upon a 
tion to literature, pure and simple, has disposed of his" 
Nurseries.atCornwall-on-thc-Hndson,toMr. H. G. Corney, 
long his confidant, and able first assistant. 
Fountain Pumps.— Our nearest neighbor has 
some fine largo cherry trees badly infested with aphides 
(plant lice), and we have recommended him to get a 
force pump, and spray the infested leaves and branches 
with a decotion of tobacco water. He needs the pump 
for washing the windows of his dwelling, watering the 
young garden vegetables and flower beds, and for many 
other purposes. The Fountain Pumps which are made 
by J. A. Whitman, Providence, R. I., have a world-wide 
reputation. 
A “ F.trmer’s Friend.”—A strong, well-made, 
keen-edged knife, should be the delight of every farmer, 
as with it one has a ready means of temporarily mend¬ 
ing a harness or implement while at work. The ability 
to shape a wooden pin has often saved a half day for 
team and man at a time, when any delay might ha.'e 
been disastrous. Let every farmer go armed with a 
first-class pocket knife kept in good order. Our old 
patrons, Maher & Grosh, Toledo, Ohio, furnish pocket 
knives of various kinds, that give satisfaction ; their 
goods advertise the reliability of the makers and dealers. 
The only mcchine that recpfved an award on bolli 
Horse-power and 'I hresher and Cleaner, at the Centen- 
nial Eshibition ; was awarded the two last CoICJ 
Medals griven by the Mew York State Apjicultural 
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Society on Horse-powers and Threshers; and is the 
only Thresher selected from the vast number built in 
the United States, for illustration and description in 
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