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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[May, 
STOCKBRIDGE 
MANURES 
Originated by Hon. Levi Stockbridge, Professor of 
Agriculture in the Mass. Agricultural College. 
** COR.3M, 
“ FOTA.TOES, 
“ OiLTS, 
and all other Crops. 
Cheapest & Best 
IN USE. 
Used extensively North and South for four years with 
great success. Send for our Pamphlet, containing the expe¬ 
riences of scores of farmers, before you buy elsewhere. 
Sent Free. 
W. H. BOfEER & CO., Bole Agents, 
43 CHATHAM ST., BOSTON. 
NIA, MURIATE POTASH, Pure Bone, &c. 
No. 1 PERUVIAN OUAXO.' 
Purchased from the Peruvian Government ; shipped from 
best Deposit in Peru, and imported directly. For sale in 
New York or Baltimore. J. J. BARRIL, Consignee, 
19 Nassau St., New York—P. O. Box 4228. 
CHAPMAN & VAN ' WYCK, 
(Established 1849), 
DEALERS IN 
PERUVIAN GUANO 
EXCLUSIVELY, 
170 Fro nt Street, New York. _ 
Genuine Peruvian Guano. 
As received direct from Peruvian Gov- 
vernment Agents. 
Russell & Co.’s AMMONTATED SU¬ 
PERPHOSPHATE OF LIME—the best in 
the market. 
GROUND BONE—the purest and best. 
FARM IM PLEMENTS-the latest im¬ 
proved. 
The above sold at very low prices, to 
meet the demands of Hard Times. 
Egr Send for 22d Annual Pamphlet. 
H. B. GRIFFING, 
60 Courtlandt St., New York City. 
TO FARMERS. 
Your attention is called to 
Sardy’s Phospho-Pemvian Guano 
Dissolved Bone Phosphate, 
Which, after twelve years’ practical test, have proved them¬ 
selves to be the best and cheapest fertilizers in use, the crops 
In many instances being 
More than doubled by their use, 
thereby paying the farmer a profit of from three hundred to 
five hundred per cent upon the amount invested. 
Strictly Pure. Aualysis Guaranteed. Send for circular. 
A. L. SA RPY, Tarry town, N. 1. 
Fish Guano. 
Dry Ground Fish Guano, 8 to 10 per cent Ammonia: 
15 per cent Bone Phosphate of Lime. 
Half-Dry Fish Scrap, good quality. Also Super¬ 
phosphate and Pine Island Guano. 
-PRICES LOW.- 
, ODORLESS, Fine 
Ground RAW 
Sow now on land i 
Very popular with 
Lavrns, Gardens, and the Grapery. It never fails in pro¬ 
ducing grain crops. Send 20 cents for invaluable book, 
showing composition of cereal grains, and how to grow 
them. Address, 
EXCELSIOR. FERTILIZER WORKS, 
Salem, Ohio. 
CHEAP CROPS. 
Fourth year of MATFLELD FERTILIZER, the 
onlv fertilizer professedly containing all the soil elements 
found in each crop. Less than one per cent of complaint of 
the Matfleld of 1876. §1,000 offered for proof that the Mat- 
field Fertilzers of 1877 are below the standard of the labels 
attached to packages. Send for circular to 
HENRY N. HOOPER, Manager Matfleld Fertilizer Co., 
State where you saw this. 13 Doave St., Boston, Mass. 
Who will t., 
let. Clover. Rve, &c., ns recom¬ 
mended in my Pamphlet on “ Farming with Green 
Manures,” will please report the result to me. 
C. HARLAN, M.U., Wilmington, Delaware. 
Special Formula for Tobacco. 
We have recently added to our List of Formulas, prepared in accordance 
with the system of Prof. Vilie, a SPECIAL MANURE for TOBACCO, prepared 
from PURE PERUVIAN GUANO, HIGH GRADE SULPHATE OF POTASH, 
PURE GROUND DRIED BLOOD or FLESH, and PLASTER. 
The composition of this formula will be found to exactly correspond in Ammonia, Phosphoric Acid, and Potash 
to the demands of the Tobacco Crop. (See Table by Prof. W. O. Atwater given below.) 
The Ammonia is reduced proportionately in this formula to one half, leaving, as practised by Prof. Vilie, to the 
natural capacity of the Tobacco plants the absorption of the balance of the Ammonia from the atmosphere. 
Removed from the Soil by a Crop of Tobacco: 
Leaves.... .1,800 lbs., (1,260 lbs. dry.) i Nitrogen .......82 lbs., (equal to Ammonia, 100 lbs.) 
Stalks .1,100 lbs. dry. | Phosphoric Acid ... 22 lbs. 
Potash. .118 lbs. 
1,000 lbs. of this TOBACCO FORMULA contains of: 
Nitrogen.50 lbs. | Phosphoric Acid. .50 lbs. | Potash.119 lbs. 
all in the best form to develop a normal, healthy growth of the plants, resulting in the best qual¬ 
ity of leaf, and largely increased yield. 
This formula, as well as all others supplied by us, is furnished at prices based strictly upon our established low 
schedule of rates, namely, Ammonia, per lb., 17%c.; Phosphoric Acid, per lb., 9c.; Potash, per lb., r iy t c. 
Price of TOBACCO FORMULA, Ready Mixed, per ton of 2,000 lbs., (bags 200 lbs. each).. $49.34 
Price per ton of 2,000 lbs., when shipped in lots of two tons and upwards in the form of the Ingre¬ 
dient in tbeir original packages.. .... $44.34 
No charge for packages. Cartage, 75 cents per ton. 
Send for circulars on Ville’s Complete Manure, Formulas for Special Crops, Descriptive Price List, Circular on 
Potash Salts, etc. Address 
The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co,, 
CHARLES V. MAPES, Cresueral Manager, 158 Front St., New York. 
Hand Seed Brills 
and Wheel Hoes, 
ALLEN’S 
PLANET Jr. 
SILVER 
MEDAL 
have also been awarded the 
Centennial Medal and 
Diploma, and tn e Medal 
of the Great Horticultural Exposition, held at Erfurt, Germany, besides a large number of First Premiums at State and 
County Fairs. Full Descriptive Catalogue of our whole line of goods free. Including our Wrought Frame Horse Hoe, 
"Iron Age" Cultivator, Paris Green Duster, Hand Garden Plow, Transplanting Hoes, Corn Knives, etc. Every Farmer 
should have a copy, and we want a live agent at work, or a club formed in every town. Send for new terms. 
American Agriculturist Premium. S. L. ALLEN & CO., 119 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
AMERICAN FENCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 
Timber and Wire, Seabury’s Patent, making the best and 
most economical fence in the world for farm, railroad, and 
ornamental use. Prices from $7.00 per 100 feet 
upward, delivered on route of transportation complete 
for setting up. 
Manufactory, Nos. 80, 82, 84 & 86 Mangin St., 
• 67, 68, 69 & 70 Tompkins St., 
where various styles can be seen erected. 
Send for descriptive circular to 
Principal Office, 86 Mangin Street, 
Branch Office, IOO East 14th. St., N. Y. City. 
Galvanized Cable Fencing. 
Proof against Cattle, Fire, and Rust. Hundreds of 
miles erected. Handsome, durable, cheap. 
PHILIP S. JUSTICE, 
14 N. 5<h St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
For FARMERS. 
’Best Tempered Cast-Steel. 
v EA6ua^ Retail Price, 9 Cents per lb. 
WARRANTED. Q3P”Send for Circular. 
Fisher & Norris, Trenton, N. J. 
ALL SIZES, from 10 lbs. upwards. _ 
Agricultural 
Insurance Coinany, of fatertown, N. I. 
Twenty-four years old. Total assets for the security of 
Policy holders January 1st. 1877, $1,050,622.00. Insures only 
Farm Property and Residences against fire and lightning. 
Takes no business risks. _ 
Rhomboidal Harvester Sharpener, 
A cheap and effectual instrument for sharpening knives of 
Reapers and Mowers, that can be carried with the machine, 
and used while the team is resting, saving much wear,of the 
machine, and labor of the team. Sent by mail, post-paid, for 
80 cents. A liberal discount by the dozen. Try them. 
_ O. C. ASHTON, Bryan, Ohio. 
COTTON SEED HULLER 
AND FEED-MILL COMBINED. 
D. Kahnweiler’s celebrated Patent for Plantations and Oil- 
Mills. Used by Planters, the Oil-Mills in New Orleans and 
through the country. Highest award at the Centennial Ex¬ 
hibition. Grind and crack Corn, Peas, etc. Planters Power 
Huller. 15 bushels per hour, $175. Hand Huller, 5 bushels per 
hour, $75. Send for Circulars and Judges Report. Pay for 
itself in a few weeks. 120 Centre St., New York. 
Farm Carts and Wagons 
Always on hand and made to order. Also every description 
of Heavy Cart and Wagon for city and country use and for 
shipping. Illustrated Circulars free by mail. 
JOHN L. KIPP, 163 Eldridge Street, New York. 
Best & Cheapest. Jenks’ Portable LAWN SPRINKLER, 
I attac’d to water-head, 
is used to irrigate & or¬ 
nament Lawns , Gar¬ 
dens,Flower ov Straw¬ 
berry Beds, etc. A 
I patent non-clogging 
distributing nozzle is 
| used on tube, & held 
FIRMLY UPRIGHT, or 
AT ANY ANGLE, BY 
_PATENT SPINDLE. 
Order Circulars. Styles and Prices: “.4” (No. 1 spray). $3.50; “H” 
(allstyles spray), $5; “O'” (large “ B ”), $6. Weight, 51bs. Prepaid 
by mail to any part of U.S.Jor 75 cts. extra. Expressed C.O.D. Order 
of WALWORTH MFG. CO., BOSTON, MASS., of Dealers, or 
GEO. E. JENKSj Patentee, Concord, N. H. 
GIANT POWDER. 
MANUFACTURED BY THE 
ATLANTIC GIANT POWDER CO., 
61 Park Place, New York. 
Price, per lb.50 cts. I Caps or Exploders, each 02 cts. 
Fuse, per 100 feet.75 cts. | Nippers, per pair...50 cts. 
Pamphlets mailed on application to above address. 
Woodruff’s Portable Barometers 
and 500 Styles Thermometers. 
CHARLES WILDER. Peterborough, N. H. 
