1 
1884 .] 
[Adv’ing Rates, see page 400.] 
AMEEICA]N^ AGEIOULTUKIST. 
387 
Color Your Butter. 
Farmers that try to sell white butter are all of the opinion 
that dairying does not pay. If they would use Wells, 
Richardson & Co.’s Improved Butter Color, and market 
their butter in perfect condition, they would still get good 
prices, but it will not pay to make any but the best in color 
and quality. This color is used by all the leading creamer¬ 
ies and dairymen, and Is sold by druggists and merchants. 
0!V£ TKIAli OF CHlliDRFiN’S $£IOFS 
witli tlie 
TRADE 
A.S.T.Cfi 
MARK 
BliACK TIF ON THEM, will convince 
Parents of tlielr VA1,EE. 
TT’orW’s ONLY Manufactory of 
WHEEL CHAIRS 
Exclusively.—ALL Styles and Sizes for use of 
Invalids and Cripples. 
Self- and secondary hand propulsion, in¬ 
doors and out. Comfort, durability, and 
ease of movement unequalled. Sole ma¬ 
kers of the Patented “ Rolling Chairs ” 
pushed about at Centennial. For Illustra- 
ted Catalogue send stamp and mention Amer. Agriculturist. 
SMITH \t’lIEEL CHAIll CONCERN. 162 Wilil^ St., N. Y . 
Cuff Buttons, iatol Chains. 
Watches and jewelry. Many different styles at low nrlees. 
Send for circular. CTTMMINGS & CO.. 38 Dey St., N. T. 
YLE’s ” 
EARLINE 
OSSESSES 
ECULIAR 
URIFYINC 
ROPERTIES 
RESS AND 
UBLIC 
RONOUNCE 
EARLINE 
ERFECT. 
RUDENT 
EOPLE 
URCHASE 
YLE’S 
EARLINE. 
Sold by All Grocers. 
JiNB FILE, lew M. 
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■ 
I BAD THIS 1 —You can have 
_fruits and vegetables the whole 
year round by using 
THE GRANGER FAHIILY 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
EVAPORATOR. It can be used on the kitchen stove. 
No extra expense for fuel. Dries fruit in two hours. 
Retail price $3.50 to $10. Trade supplied at very liberal dis¬ 
count. Send for circular, free, to 
THE EASTERN MANUFACTURING CO.- 
Offlce, 26^ South 5th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
CENTRIFUCAL-GOVERE^OR 
WINPM 
This Is the best worklngiand the most 
powerful Wind-Engine in the 
world, because of —first, the 
superior excellence of Its self- 
regulating mechanism, and 
second, the better form and 
position of its sails. The facts 
and reasons which support 
this claim are set forth In our De¬ 
scriptive Catalogue, Second Edition 
—1884, for which apply to 
The Dana Windmill Go., 
FAIRHAVEN, MASS., U. S. A. 
F 
A^ILYiSBLESI Newtyp'e and features 
Prices greatly reduced. Big discounts to agents. 
AKREN & CO. 1117 ChestnutSt Philadelphia 
WANTED FOR CASH, 
CRUDE RAMIE BARK, nt 5 cents per pound. 
Apply to RAMIE FIHRE CO., 422 West 15th St., New York, 
who also furnish all particulars about cultivating. 
THE 
IGHTNING 
^AY KNIFE 
IS THE 
BEST 
KNIFE IN THE WORLD! 
[WTO To Cut HAY & STRAW 
- from the Mow. Stack, or 
Bundle. 
» Cut CORN STALKS 
or BALED HAY, or 
Unthreshed OATS in 
bundles, into Fine Feed. 
To Cut ENSILAGE from 
.Silo. To cut PEAT, and 
Ditching in Bogs and Mea> 
dows, severing grass roots, and 
cutting off bush roots an inch 
through, readily. Farmers having 
any of this work to do, should not 
be without a Lightning Hay Knife, 
and would not, after an hour’s trial. 
If you feed only a horse or cow, it will 
jpay you to have a Lightning Hay 
^Kuife, to cut fresh hay from the side of 
'the mow or stack, instead of pitching from 
J the top, where it is dn’ing up and losing 
Its best iinalities. IT PAV S to use a 
Lightning Hay Knife to cut a load of Clingy 
tT Clover Hay-into sections, so as to pitch on 
? easily. This is THE KNIFE which Cuts 
Frozen Ila readily. Mauufact’d only by 
HIRAM HOLT & 
I'or sale by Hardicare Merchantsdc the trade generally 
GOODS 
' By MAIL or EXPRESS 
SILKS, DRESS GOODS. CLOAKS, 
9Shawls. Hosiery, Laces, Embroideries, 
and everything in DRY GOODS and Ready-made Gar¬ 
ments for Ladies, Infants and Children. Men’s 
Furnishing Goods, Upholstery; Fancy Articles. &o. 
SAMPLES "and CATALOGUE FREE on application. 
COOPER A COVAKO, bth AMnrketSts.,PhlIu>!a. 
(XU’Please say where you saw this advertisement. 
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED 
AND EXHAUSTIVE CATA¬ 
LOGUE OF Superior Gold 
Spectacles, Eye Glasses 
and Chains, Microscopes,Tele¬ 
scopes, Magic I.anterus, Op¬ 
era Glasses, Barometers, 
Thermometers, Drawing In¬ 
struments, “ Ano Kato” (What 
is it ?) Free, on mention of this 
paper. 
20 Catalogue, FREE 
Catalogue, ___ 
728 Chestnut St., 
PHILADELPHIA. 
lyiAOlC LA^TEBHSI 
HWiI AMn .qT'R'R-pnPTTr.nM.c: 
AND STEREOPTICONS 
For Public, Sunday School and Home Exhihltlons. 
Views all Subject! | 
C. T. MILLIGAN, 
J. M. THOEBUEN & CO., 
IS JOHN STKEET, 
NEW YORK, 
BEG TO ANNOrJTCE THAT THEIR DESCRIPTIVE PRICED 
CATALOG UE OF 
BULBS 
for Autumn planting is ready for mailing to applicants. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 
FOR FLORISTS, A SPECIALTY. 
ROOFING. 
The Asbestos Roofing (with white or light gray fire-proof 
coating) is now in use in all parts of the world, and is the 
only practical and reliable substitute for tin and other 
metal roofing. It is intended especially for Factories, 
Foundries, Warehouses, Railroad Buildings, Bridges, Car 
and Steamboat Decks, &c., and is adapted for Steep or Flat 
Roofs in all climates. It costs only about half as much as 
tin, can be easily applied by any one, and is the only porta¬ 
ble Roofing which has stood the test of time and the 
elements. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 4,1880. 
Dear Ntr.'-The Roofing put on at Rochester live (5) years 
ago is good yet, though nothing has been done to it since it 
was applied. Yours respectfully, 
W. R. BOGGS & CO. 
Gautier Steel Department, of Cambria Iron Co., i 
Johnstown, Pa., June 22,1883. ) 
Dear Sir.—Vi'e have some of your Roofing in use, and it 
gives good satisfaction. Yours truly, 
LEWIS WILLIAMS, M. M. 
Marinette & Menominee Paper Co., ? 
Marinette, Wis., June 16,1883. S 
Dear Sir.—’Please send us by first freight 55 squares of 
your Asbestos Roofing, with Coatings, Nails and Brushes 
complete. One of our buildings tliat we put your Roofing 
on burned a few days ago. and the Rooting on that and the 
other buildings worked so well that we W'ant more just 
like it. Please ship immediately. Yours respectfully. 
MARINETTE & ilENOMINEE PAPER CO. 
ASBESTOS BUILBIN& FELT. 
I For Interlining frame buildings, floors, &c. It Is wind, 
dust and strictly fire-proof. 
Send for Fall Descriptive Catalogue, Samples, etc., etc. 
H. f, JOHIS’ Mairnfactnrli Couijany, 
No. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. 
Sole Manufacturers of Genuine Asbestos Liquid Paints, 
Roof PaintSjRoofing, Steam Pipe and Boiler Coverings, 
Piston and Wick Packing, Millboard, Fire-Proof Paints, 
Cements, Coatings, etc., etc. 
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. 
EPPS’S COGOA. 
BREAKFAST. 
“By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which 
govern the operations of digestion .and nutrition, and by a 
careful application of the flue properties of well-selected 
Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a 
delicately-flavored beverage which may save us many heavy 
doctors’ Dills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of 
diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until 
strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hun¬ 
dreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to 
attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape 
many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with 
pure blood and a properly nourished frame.’’—CwH Service 
Gazette. 
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in 
half-pound tins by Grocers, Itibelled thus: 
JAMES EPPS & CO., Homceopathic Chemists, 
London, England. 
COLORADO 
STOCEC ECE^BFE 
Price, SI .OO. 
No Better Knife than this is Made. 
If you pry with your knife, this one will not suit 
you. Blades are thin, and made for keen, clean cut¬ 
ting, and tempered as carefully as a $2 
razor. Price $1, post-paid. Farmers’ Extra 
Strong 2-olade, 75c.; medium. 2- 
blade, 50c.; 1-hlade, 25c.; Hunting 
Knife, $1.; Gents’ 3-bla<le, 
Butcher Knife, 
6-ineh blade. 50 
cents. Safe arrival 
guaranteed for 10c. 
extra. 
48-page list sent 
free. Also, “ How 
to use a Razor. ’’ 
MAHER & GROSIl, 
Cutlers, 
Toledo, Ohio. 
