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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Combined CAT A LOG U E 1878 
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EWEKYTH1PIC 
POE THE , 
GARDEN 
Numbering 175 pages, with Colored Plate, | 
SEUT FREE 
To onr customers of past years, and to 
all purchasers of our books, either 
GARDENING FOR PROFIT, 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE, 
Or GARDENING FOR PLEASURE, j 
(Price $1.50 each, prepaid, by mail.) 
To others, on receipt of 25c. 
Plain Planter Seed Catalogues, without! 
Plate, free to all. 
PETER HENDERS0N&C0. 
Seedsmen , Market Gardeners and Florists, | 
35 Cortlandt St., New York, 
SHAKER’S 
Genuine Flower and Garden Seeds. 
E.P.Roe, 
SMALL FRUITS. 
First-class Plants for sale. 
500,000 Strawberry Plants. 
"0 varieties of Raspberry. 
How to raise and market 
fruits, 'ihose succeed who 
Cornwall-on.the.Hud. ft'™ fo? 
son, Orange Co., N. Y. circular. Address 
2,500,000 STRAWBERRY, RASPBER- 
RY, BLACKBERRY, CURRANTS, 
Grapes, Asparagus Roots, Peach Trees. 
The best oTslock ; some prices on page 438 last number; 
special rates on large 1 * quantities. Correspondence solicited. 
N’ew Catalogue now ready, free; send tor one. 
JOHN S* COLLINS, Moorestown, New Jersey. 
Grand Triumph in Horticulture! 
Felton’s New Berries, Cinderella and Conti- 
nental Strawberries ; Early Prolific and Reli¬ 
ance Raspberries. We eiiiimtnat these are tlie/four best 
bearing, best carrying, best selling, best paying MARKET 
BERRIES. S3T" Illustrated Circulars and Trice-list, giving 
a history and full description. Free tn all. 
GIBSON & BENNETT, 
Nurserymen and Fruit Growers, a oocthury, N. J. 
SEEDS. . 
Fresh and reliable, o£ the very best quality in every re¬ 
spect. Catalogue for 1878, containing much of interest to 
all who have a garden, mailed free, or with packets, of the 
choicest Pansies and Verbenas, for 25 cts. Address, 
E. WYMAN, Jr., Seedsman, Rockford, Ill. 
500,000" IRON CLAD 
APPLE AND CRAB ROOT GRAFTS. 
Made from first-class stock, in best manner, by skilled 
workmen, and packed to ship safely to all parts of the U. S. 
Price-list of sizes and varieties free. Illustrated Catalogue 
(40 pages i of European Larch, American White Ash, Ever¬ 
greens, and other nursery-grown Ornamental and Forest 
tree seedlings, mailed on receipt of 10 cents. 
CHEAPEST FERTILIZER 
BECAUSE THE BEST. 
PREMIUM HOME 
Grows WHEAT and GRASS, equal to manure, 
at Half the Coat, and lasts twice as long. 
Farmers 1! Send questions ohiPostaf Card to EXCELSIOR 
FERTILIZER WORKS, Salem, Ohio. Circulars Free. 
BUMS, STONE GRIST MIULS 
a Flouring Machinery, 
The Centennial Prize Medal and Diploma. 
LEONARD <Sc SILLIMAN, Bridgeport, Conn. 
1 O.OOb of oar heantifnl Poultry yard Chromes 
rendv. one sent with each dollar package Impe¬ 
rial Egg Food, post-paid. Chas. R. Allen & Co.. 
Hartford, Conn. See Advertisement, page 484, 
HU 
s£ 
ADAMANT PLOWS 
contain all the most modern improvements, 
to wit: Hard Metal—Adjustable Hearns ; also 
Revet sible Slip Points, which reduce cost of 
repairs and keep plow always sharp. They 
excel mi the three great points of a plow, viz: 
Scouring—Lightness of Draft—Perfect Fitting 
_ Repairs. All Sizes, Both Hands, Wood and 
Iron Beams. We also manufacture the Automatic Swivel 
Plow for Level Land and Side Hills. Best Root and Feed 
Cutters, and Corn Shallers Allowance made for freight. 
Manufactured by THE NEW YORK PLOW CO., 
55 Beckman St., N. Y. \\ orks: kewar.., A. J. 
THE GSLPIP1 SULKY PLOW. 
Constructed entirely of iron and 
steel. Easily operated ent irely by 
one lever. Simple, strong, dura¬ 
ble. Performs better work in 
unskilled hands than a skillful 
plowman can do with walking 
plow. 7,000 sold and in use in two 
years, giving unbounded satisfac¬ 
tion. Gold Medal at Illinois State 
trial 1874, and Indiana State trial 
1876, the two highest ever award¬ 
ed sulky plows. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 189 Wafer St., New York, Agent. ' 
DEERE & CO.. Moline, Ills. Established 1847. Mannfac- 
tnrersot Gang Plows, Cultivators, and Steel Plows of all 
sizes, espeeiallyjadapted to sticky soils. Send for circulars. 
Cotswold Sheep. 
MAPLESHADE FLOCK. 
I offer for sale one Half of the above justly celebrated 
flock of pure-bred Cotswold Sheep, the purchaser to have 
the first choice, and I the second, until the whole is divided. 
JOSEPH HARRIS, 
Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
Agricultural 
Insurance Comm, of faterton, K, Y. 
Capital, $200,000.00. Net Surplus, $189,315.08. Total assets 
for the security of Policyholders January 1st. 1877, $1,0 0,- 
012.00. Insures only Farm Property and Residences against 
lire and lightning. Takes no business risks. 
BEST INVESTMENT AFTER ALL. 
Near Philadelphia, Pa.. Country Seats, Farms of all sizes, 
Building Sites, Stores, Houses, &c. Prices low, terms easy. 
Address N. GUILBEUT, Gwynedd, Pa. 
-RIVERSIDE FARM BERKSTIIRES. - The 
J_L breeding herd consists of 2 Imported Boars, 12 Import¬ 
ed and 7 Canadian bred Sows. (See report of New England 
Fair in country Gentleman of Sept. 13, 1871.) All the 
Berkshire.? are entered in the American Berkshire Record. 
Berkshire's and Cotswolds imported on commission. 
C. P. MATTOCKS, Portland, Me. 
TUCKER’S 
IMPROVED 
Egg Carrier. 
The strongest, safest, and best 
in use, having advantages pos¬ 
sessed by no other. Agents 
wanted. 
’ Market St., Phila., Pa. 
FELT CARPETINGS 20 to 45 cts. per yard. FELT 
CEILING for rooms in place of Plaster. FELT 
ROOFING and SIDING. For circular and Sample, 
address C. J. FAY, Camden, N. Jersey. 
Cotton Seed HulSer 
AND FEED-MILL COMBINED, 
For Plantations and Oil-Mills. Used bv 
Planters, the Oil-Mills in New Orleans anti 
through the country. Send for Circulars 
and Judges Report. Pav for itself in a 
few weeks. I). KAHNWEILUR, 
120 Centre St„ Mew York. 
LILLY’S 
BUTTER-WORKER 
the cheapest and best Machine 
in the market; no hard labor re¬ 
quired. Try it, and see for your¬ 
selves. Only S15 for a thirty 
pound machine that will take all 
the milk out with five minutes’ 
work. 
HENDERSON & 00., 
31G Race St., Phila., Pa. 
BUTTER! 
WHY IT 3 ?sfsiJPE- 
kis no taste or smell, 
‘ It is liquid, 
Bilims 
Centennial Prize 
ei.or; TO ALL. 
irstfinr and is as harmle; 
j s easy t0 handle, and is mixed in cream before 
churning. 3rd. It produces a color resembling June Grass Butter. 
4th. It is the only article that will color the* butter and not the but¬ 
termilk. 5th. It gathers all butter materials, increases the weight 
more than will pay for the color used. It is the best ever known. 
Send your address on postal card for my receipt book, free. It tell9 
how to make butter, pack, preserve, extract rancidity. 
MRS. B. SMITH, 327 Arch St.. P. O. Box 1954. Phila., Pa. 
BUTTER WORKER, 
The most Effective, Simple 
and Convenient Y'et Invent¬ 
ed. Works 30 lhs. in 
less than 5 minutes, 
thoroughly working out the 
buttermilk and mixing in 
tlie salt. Send for circular 
and price lists. 
A. H. REID, 
No. 6 North 18th St., Philadelphia Pa. 
JR PERFECTED BUTTER 
>LOR is Tar belter than carrots, 
unto,.or any oilier color, at one 
, . fourth the cost, and no work to use. 
Tt gives a pure dandelion color and never turns red, or rancid, 
but tends to improve and preserve the butter. Warranted 
to add 5 cts. per pound to its selling value. Thousand of 
testimonials from the very best dairvmen. Descriptive cir¬ 
culars telling where and how to get it, free. Sold bv drug¬ 
gists. Wells, Richardson & Co.? Burlington, Yt. 
THE CELEBRATED 
Dexter Spring 
Is one of those inventions that commends itself to the 
PRACTICAL MAN as the COMMON-SENSE 
SPRING, being aside-spring without the Unpleasant and 
dangerous side motion of the Concord, and obviating the 
jerking of the Elliptic. Being without perch, gives inde¬ 
pendent action to each wheel, making them much more 
durable. The SPRINGS are made of special CRUCI¬ 
BLE STEEL, and are fully warranted. 
The DEXTER supplies a want long felt by the Farm¬ 
er, Business Man, and Physician, as it gives them 
the easiest riding and most durable SPRING VEHI¬ 
CLE known, and much less liable to break than the 
ordinary spring, on account of quality and form. 
Please examine carefully the editorial and advertisement 
in Dec., ISiG, American Agriculturist, and send for circular to 
DEXTER SPRING CO., 
Hulton, near Pittsburgh, Pa. 
GOoD MEN WANTED 
to sell tho celebrated cow fetter. It 
sells on sight. Warranted to make the 
worst kicking cow gentle lo milk, in 
three days. There is nothing equal to 
it for breaking heifers. Retail price $2. 
For furtlu r information send for illus¬ 
trated circular to 
II. .T. SADLER, 
Sole Proprietor, 
Warren, Trumbull Co.. Ohio. 
Patent Concaie Oi-S&oes. 
The only forged ox-shoe made 
\ with concavity to fir, lioof, and the 
best and cheapest. 
GREENFIELD TOOL CO.. Greenfield, Mass. 
ESTABLISHED IW 1844. 
& 
MILLERS SUPPUEI 
