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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
MEDAL MACHINES. 
York State Agricultural Works. 
First Premiums at all Competitive Trials. 
orse Rakes, Horse Pitchforks, 
' ' Straw Preserving 
n neei norse wanes, i 
Shingle Machines, St 
Rye Threshers, Pc 
Engines, Cider an 
_ --Portable Steanr 
engines. Cider and Wine-Mills 
and Presses. Dog and Pony 
Powers, etc., etc. 
WHEELER & MELIC6C CO., 
ALBANY, N. Y. 
Send stamp for Circular and report of Centennial trial. 
ADAMANT PLOWS. 
THE CHARTER OAK SWIVEL PLOW. 
THE t)\L.Y PERFECT SWIVEL PLOW. 
Salem. Aug. 1st, 1876. 
Gentlemen .-—The Charter Oak Plow has been used on my 
farm this season for plowing stubble, and cannot be sur¬ 
passed in ease of draft and in perfect pulverization of the 
soil. My plowman is highly pleased with it and is very 
warm in its praise. 
Tours Truly, GEO. B. LOP.ING 
Send for Illustrated circular with full particulars to 
THE HIGGANTJM M’F’G CO., 
_ HICCAMUM, CONN. 
HOLBROOK SWIVEL PLOW. 
This well known plow iias been much improved since first 
Introduced. There are many thousands in use. It lias no 
equal. Price reduced for 1877. Send for descriptive 
circular. Manufactured only by 
EVERETT & SMALL, Boston, Mass. 
HAKES PATENT SWIVEL. PLOW Improved; 
Superior to all others for 
turning and pulverizing on 
level land or liill-side, and 
I strong and durable, easy draft. 
Take a wide furrow. Send for 
Circular's. Liberal discounts to 
^ agents and dealers. Corre- 
~ spondence solicited. Made 
only by H. B. HAKES, 146 Central Street, Worcester, Mass. 
SPRING STEEL TOOTH 
HORSE RAKES. 
IHgHest Award. Medal of Honor at tile 
Centennial and Vienna Exhibitions. 
THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD. 
No 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, 
Thresliing Maeliines. &c. 
WHEELER & MELICK CO., 
ALBANY, N. Y. 
Ditcher and Excavator. 
RANDOLPH’S PA TENT.— Simple, durable, effec¬ 
tive. The work of 50 men with 4 horses and 2 men. Makes 
Tile and Open Ditches. 
STEAM EXCAVATORS. -For Eoads, Railroads, 
Levees, and Canals.—Will dig and deliver at cost of one cent 
per cubic yard.—Easily cared for and worked.—For circu 
lars, etc., address Randolph Bros., Agents, 
111 Bboadway, New York. 
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k) 3 o ° 
■d S“3 Waite, do Grain. 
THE UNION R,-A. I L, W .A. Y 
HORSE POWER. 
Producing much more 
power tli an other rail¬ 
way powers, with much 
less elevation. 
tW Send for Descrip¬ 
tive Circular. 
Wm, I. Boyer & Bro., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
AUTOMATIC 
WAGON BRAKE 
The most powerful self-acting brake made, and yet ismore 
simple and complete than any ever introduced for general 
use. The Brake lias been fully endorsed by every farmer 
who has seen it operate. W. A. Armstrong, Sec’y Elmira 
Farmers’ Club, writes: “ A Committee of the Elmira Farm¬ 
ers’ Club, consisting of Chas. Heller, John Bridgman, D. T. 
Billings, S. M. Carr, and M. H. Thurston, gentlemen fully 
competent to make intelligent judgment, gave the brake 
careful trial Aug. 21st, and reported unanimously : It is the 
best brake we nave ever seen—prompt in its action—effec¬ 
tive when required, and is exceedingly desirable for all 
farmers on hilly farms.” See Illustration in Aug. Am. Agri¬ 
culture}. Town, County, and State rights for sale. Please 
say where you saw this. 
D. L. MULFORD, General Agent, 
TIOGA, TIOGA CO.. PA. 
Standard flouring Mill. 
Cleaner Grinder and Bolter. 
Standard Grinding Mill. 
For all substances wet or dry. 
Ordinary size, 9 feet by 4 feet Built of burr stone and iron. 
Capacity 5 bushels per hour. For heavy or light power. 
X ■- - - - 10,000 m operation. 
Grind 75 bushels per hour. 
Thickest French burr stones. 
Double discharge spouts. 
Adjustable babbitt boxes. 
Solid self-adjusting burrs, 
n compared with tnose of double 
the size, double the weight, and double the price. 
EDWARD HARRISON, Patentee and Sole Manufacturer, 
135 Howard Avenue, NEW HAVEN, CONN. 
Finest flour, largest yields. 
Cooled by a strong air blast. 
Runs at one-tenth the cost 
Of the old style mills. 
Compact, practical, 
BOCARDUS’S PATENT 
Universal Eccentric Mills 
Cob, T 7 D— 7 —K — • - 
Coffee, Cocoanut, Tomatoes, Saw-dust, Flax 
Seed, Asbestos, Mica, Horn, etc., and whatever can 
not be ground bvother Mills. Also lor Paints, Printers’ 
Inks, Paste, Blacking:, etc. 
JOHN W. THOMSON, Successor to James Bogardus, 
Cor. White and Elm Sts., New York. 
/THE best improvemnt ever made 
IN HAND PLANTERS. 
ROADS 
Salem, New Jersey. 
(Patented Nov. 16th, 1875.) 
SEABURY’S IMPROVED FENCES for Farms. 
Lawns, and Rail-Roads.—A Fence of Wood and 
Wire combined. No nails in its construction. Requires no 
skilled labor to put It up. More durable and cheaper than 
any fence in use of equal strength. It cannot be blown down 
in any of its parts, and a washing out of post now and then 
does not impair its utility. Sold complete for putting up 
from 7 cents per foot and upwards, according to number 
of Rails—delivered on route of transportation. 
Information given, upon application to 
AMERICAN FENCE MFG. CO.. 
100 East 14tli St., New York Cityv 
Or WM. H. MANN, General Agent, 
417 Walnut Street, Room No. 3, Philadelphia. Pa. 
Where different styles of this fence may be examined. 
IMPERIAL EGG FOOD. 
[Trade Mark, secured by letters patent.1 
Will make Hens Lay! 
Used by best poultry men all over the country. Packages 
sent by mail for 50 els., $1 and $2. Circulars with testimo¬ 
nials free. References: H. T. Sperry, Pres't Conn. State 
Poultry Soc'y; II. E. Stoddard, author of ‘ ‘Egg Farm,'' and 
editor of "Poultry World;'. Geo. P. Burnham, author of 
“Secrets in Fowl Breeding .” 
Liberal commissions paid to reliable men for selling. 
CHARLES R. ALLEN, Proprietor, 
_ 80 Pearl Street, Hartford, Conn. 
HALLADAY 
STANDARD. 
The first Self - Regulating 
Wind Mill offered the markets 
of the world, and when mate¬ 
rial used, workmanship, power 
and durability are considered, 
It is acknowledged to be 
THE CHEAPEST. 
It has been manufactured 
under immediate supervision 
of inventor for more than 
twenty-two years. 
$3,000,000 Worth 
NOW IN USE. 
A 58 page Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue with Price List will be 
sent free to all who n 
make application. 
Agents wanted in 
all unassigued coun¬ 
ties. 
U. S. WIND EN¬ 
GINE & PUMP CO. 
Batavia, III. 
CHICAGO 
SCRAPER 1 DITCHER. 
Guaranteed to do double the work of common scrapers,and 
do it easier for man and team. But one man required to 
work it. No hand-work to finish up a road. Good roads can 
be made with them at 25 cents per rod. Broad open ditches 
at 10 cents. Townships and counties can take them on trial. 
Price $13, on cars at factory. Send for Manual of Road 
Making and Ditching, free. Address 
Chicago Scraper aiul Ditcher Co., CHICAGO. 
The Chamberlin Screw Stump Machine, 
“ ..after 10 years test, has proved its 
g superiority over all others, by its 
■Sir great exhibition of strength and 
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strength and 
urability, combined with cheap¬ 
ness and ease in pulling all classes of 
stumps. The Company’s challenge 
of $1000 for a stump machine which 
would excel theirs, has stood since 
1867 without being taken. They build 
6 different sizes of machines, to pull 
all kinds of stumps. They make 
Suhsoilers and Ditching Plows. For 
Particulars, Prices, etc., address 
THE CHAMBERLIN M’F’G CO., 
Olean, N. Y. 
SCROLL , SAWS 
i.OOeacb. Saw Blades— Wood— T. 
from $2.50 to $25.00 each. Saw Blades—Wood—Designs—Saw 
Frames—and all appurtenances. Send for Price List. 
G. WEBSTER PECK. Manufacturers’ Agent, 
110 Chambers St., New York. 
