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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[October, 
York have examined scores of samples of Oil obtained | 
from as many different dealers in this city, and nearly all ^ 
have been found far below the Government standard and 
entirely unlit for use. This “ Astral Oil ” is from the 
House of Clias. Pratt, 105 Fulton St. Mr. P., 
a merchant of high reputation, will keep up the article to 
its present standard. It has been tested, and fully in¬ 
dorsed by the highest scientific authorities in the 
land. The Guaranty Cans are made of tin. and sealed so 
that none of the oil can be removed without breaking the 
seal, thus securing safety in transportation. The can is 
inclosed in a strong wooden case, and may be returned 
for refilling. For 19 subscribers at $1.50, or 65 at $1.00, 
we will send a case containing 12 one-gallon Guaranty 
Cans of Oil, which may be distributed among a club. 
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Nos. 54, 55.—Mercurial Barome¬ 
ters.— Woodruff’s Patent, made by Clias. Wilder, 
Pelerboro, N. H. These arc the most convenient 
and portable Mercurial Barometers made. (Send to Mr. 
Wilder fora circular.) The peculiar form of Mercury cup 
invented by Mr. Woodruff renders these Barometers so 
portable that Mr. Wilder guarantees their safe delivery , 
if not to be sent beyond the Rocky Mountains. The in¬ 
struments are about 3 feet long, differing mainly in the 
style of case, both being supplied with Thennometer and 
Vernier. A Barometer is to farmers, or others on land, 
what it is to sailors at sea—an indicator of the weather 
to be looked for—and of special value and interest now 
with the Government Weather Reports. 
No. 56.—Buclceye Harvester Mow¬ 
er.—The Buckeye Mower is so widely and favorably 
known that we need not describe it particularly. In 1870 
this machine received the premium at twenty-eight 
field trials, and several gold medals. Messrs. 
Adriance, Platt Sc Co., 165 Greenwich St., 
N. Y. City, will send any one a circular, giving full 
description, engravings, etc. Many a farmer can secure 
this premium by a very few days’ or odd hours’ and even¬ 
ings’ canvassing for subscribers. A few can unite their 
efforts, each getting a part of the subscribers, and own 
the machine in common.—-Ten subscribers a day for 
15 days would secure it ($135).—Many can easily raise 
the necessary club at Town Meetings, Fairs, Elections, 
and other gatherings, or during evenings. The Buckeye 
Self-Rake Reaper has been proved to be a very valuable 
machine and is at least equal to any Reaper and Raker in 
the market. Those who secure this Mower, can after¬ 
ward secure the Reaper, which can be attached. We cau 
give, as Premiums, any of the Buckeye machines. 
No. 57.—Patent Cylinder Plow.— 
We hear very good reports from those who have hereto¬ 
fore received this premium. It is an Ohio invention, but 
is manufactured by the well-known firm of R. H. Allen 
Sc Co., 189 Sc 391 Water St., New York, to 
whom application may be made for descriptive circulars, 
etc. The kind we offer for premiums is the “ Two-horse 
size, cutting a furrow 12 to 14 in. wide, and 5 to 8 in. 
deep.” It is provided with a wheel and with a “ skim 
plow,” like the double “Michigan plow.”_For 29 sub¬ 
scribers at $1.50, or 97 at $1.00, we will give the Heavy 
Two-horse, 14 to 1G in. wide, and 6 to 9 in. deep, $19.00.. 
For 32 at $1.50 or 100 at $1.00, the Two t.o Three horse, 
16 to 18 in. wide, 8 to 11 in. deep, $21.00_For 22 sub¬ 
scribers at $1.50 or 75 at $1.00, the Oue-liorse, 10 to 12 in. 
wide and 4 to 7 inches deep, $15.00. 
No. 58.—Collins Sc Co.’s Cast- 
Steel Plows. —These excellent plows are made by a 
patented process, of cast-steel recast (not rolled), tem¬ 
pered and polished like a good ax. They will scour in 
the softest soils, and are great favorites on the prairies. 
The canvasser has his choice of eight plows named in 
the manufacturers’ circular at the same price ($25), of 
which we particularly recommend “ C, No. 3” for general 
use ; “ B, No. 12 ” for stubble only ; and “ E, No. 12 ” for 
turf only. Send for circular, giving full particulars, to 
Collins A: Co., 212 Water St., New York. 
No. 5!>.—Comstock’s (New Horticul¬ 
tural Implements Combined. — The Hand Culti¬ 
vator and Onion Weeder will do the work of six men with 
hoes. It pulls ttie weeds and thoroughly pulverizes the 
soil. It is as much superior to the hoe for all small drill 
culture, as the mowers and reapers arc to the scythe and 
cradle. The Seed Sower is the most perfect small-seed drill 
we have seen. It sows Beet, Parsnip, and other difficult 
seeds, with the greatect regularity, and it is specially 
adapted to sowing Onion seed at the rate of 4, 5, or 6 
pounds to the acre. It is readily attached to the Culti¬ 
vator. The Strawberry Cutter takes off the runners and 
at the same time cultivates between the rows. After 
another year’s trial of these implements on our own 
grounds, and the entire satisfaction they have given to’all 
who ordered them of us as premiums, we offer them again 
and recommend them as being all the inventor claims— 
“ the best in the world.” For 19 subscribers a't $1.50, or 
65 at $1.00, we will give the Cultivator and Weedcr and 
Strawberry Cutter, price $12.00... .For 22 at $1.50, or 75 
at $1.00, we will send the Cultivator and Weeder and 
Seed Sower, price $15.00... .For 27 at $1.50, or 90 at $1.00, 
we will send all these implements complete, price $18.00. 
Manufactured by Comstock Brothers, East 
Hartford, Ct., who furnish descriptive circulars 
to all applicants. See cuts in American Agriculturist, 
page 127, 1S69, and page 118, 1870. 
No. 60.—CaHioon’s Broadcnst Seed. 
Sower. —This is an article that the majority of farmers 
would be glad to own. The Premium offered is the 
Hand Seed-Sower. It sows from four to eight 
acres per hour, at a common walking gait, throwing 
wheat and rye about 33 feet wide ; barley, 39 feet; hemp, 
28 feet; oats, 23 feet; clover, millet, and Hungarian seed, 
22 feet; and timothy 18 feet. The bag and hopper will 
hold about 22 quarts—as much as a man can well carry at 
once. The manufacturers warrant this machine to sow 
50 acres of wheat, or 35 acres of oats, or 30 acres of grass 
seed in ten hours. Made by 5>. SI. Goodel! <$: Co., 
and sold by R. II. Allen Sc Co., S89 and 191 
Water St., New York, who are the General 
Agents, and will send circulars if desired. 
No. 61.—The American Submerged 
Pump. —Every family needs a reliable pump, capable 
of raising water easily and rapidly from the bottom of 
the well, be it deep or shallow—one that is durable, 
that will not get out of order, or be liable to injury from 
frost or gravel. When ig add to these the qualities of a 
powerful force-pump, ability to throw water 60 or 70 feet 
from a hose-pipe, and a construction which renders freez¬ 
ing an impossibility, though it stand out of doors, we 
think we have a family and farm pump which we can con¬ 
scientiously recommend. No. 1 will raise 20 gallons of 
water a minute. This is the pump offered in the list. No. 
2, 30 to 35 gallons. No. 3 will raise two bbls. per minute 
from an ordinary well; and there are larger sizes. Either 
of these pumps will be furnished for the same number of 
subscribers required for other premiums of the same price. 
The pump is set in the well, and nothing but the perpen¬ 
dicular brake and spout appear above the platform. 
Send for Circulars, to the Bridgeport Manufac¬ 
turing Co., Bridgeport, Ct., or 55 Cham¬ 
bers St., New York. 
No. 63.—Page’s Patent Pump and 
Sprinkler. —A Hand Watering-Pot, a Greenhouse 
Syringe, a light Force-Pump and Garden-Engine. It is 
very simple in construction, light to carry, easy to oper¬ 
ate, and adapted to many uses—convenient for washing 
Windows or blinds, carriages, horses ; watering plants, 
etc. Throws a small stream abont 40 feet. It. is so ar¬ 
ranged that the stream can be instantly changed to drops, 
spray, or mist. For circulars, etc., address the patentee and 
manufacturer, N. Page, Jr., Danvers, Mass. 
No. 63. — Family Scales. —These scales, 
combining the advantages of counter and platform scales, 
are peculiarly adapted to household purposes. They 
weigh from )4 ounce to 240 lbs. They have a scoop, or 
pan, for weighing flour, sugar, or other house stores, and 
a platform for heavier articles, and are just such an appa¬ 
ratus as is needed for in-door or out-door use, occupying 
less than 2 feet square. These scales are manufactured 
by the well-known Fairbanks Sc Co., No. 252 
Broadway, New York, whose weighing apparatus 
has long ranked as the standard in all parts of the 
country. Send to them for circulars, if desired. 
No. 64. — Crandall’s Improved 
Building Blocks furnish a most attractive 
amusement for children. Churches, Dwellings, Barns, 
Mills, Fences,. Furniture, etc., in almost endless va¬ 
riety, can be built with them, and the structures re¬ 
main so firm as to bo carried about. For developing the 
ingenuity and taste of children they are uuequaled. The 
Blocks are put up in neat boxes, accompanied by a 
large illustrated sheet giving various designs of buildings, 
etc. This is one of the most successful toys ever invented. 
No. 65.—Pocket Lanterns.— A very 
ingenious and valuable Yankee invention—a complete 
Lantern, yet it can be folded into a parcel 3 by 4 inches 
long, and % of an inch in thickness ; it contains 3 little 
sperm candles, matches etc., always ready for use. Made 
by the Merriam Manf’g Company (Julius Ives 
& Co., Agents, No, 37 Barclay St., New York). 
No. 66. — New American Cyclo¬ 
paedia. —We can not commend this great work too 
highly. We wish it could be placed in every family in 
the country. Scholars at our Academics and Seminaries, 
and members of Library Associations, can easily unite 
their efforts and secure it. Young men should devote 
evenings and spare hours to canvassing for this magnifi¬ 
cent and useful premium for their own use. Published 
by I>, Appleton & Co., 90 Grand St.., New York. 
S®“Tlie Cyclopaedia is a whole library of itself, consisting 
of sixteen very large octavo volumes, well bound, aver¬ 
aging 800 large, two-column pages in each book. They 
treat upon over 25,000 different subjects. It is hardly 
possible to name any subject, any country, any person of 
note in past or recent time, concerning which pretty full 
information may not be found in the Cyclopaedia, alphabet¬ 
ically, It is worth a year’s effort in raising subscribers. 
No. 67.—The (Sreat IMctionury.— 
Worcester’s Large Pictorial Unabridged Edition, 
containing 1854 three-column pages, with a mul¬ 
titude of illustrative engravings. (The work is a large 
quarto volume.) Most of the thoroughly educated men 
of the country consider this as by far the best Dic¬ 
tionary in the English Language. It gives the spelling ancl 
pronunciation of every word in the language with full ex¬ 
planations, and as a source of general information stands 
next to the Cyclopaedia. The Dictionary can be called for 
at our office, or be sent by express or otherwise to any 
part of the country. It should be in every family. It is 
published by Brewer and Tileston, Boston. 
Nos. 68 to 76.—¥oInmes of tlae 
American Agriculturist (Unbound). — These 
amount to a large and valuable Library on all matters 
pertaining to the Farm, Garden, and Household, and 
contain more varied information on these subjects than 
can be obtained in books costing three times as much. 
The price of the volumes is $1.50 each, at the Office, or 
$1.75 if sent by mail, as they must be post-paid.-They 
are profusely Illustrated, the engravings used in them 
having alone cost at least $100,000. Those obtaining 
premiums for less than fourteen volumes can select any 
volumes desired, from XVI. to XXX. inclusive. For 
ordinary use, the sets of numbers unbound will answer. 
Nos. 77 to 86.—Bowtid Volwines o t 
tlie Agriculturist. —These are the same as Nos. 68 
to 77 above, but are neatly bound in uniform style, and 
cost us more for binding and postage. Sent post-paid. 
No. 87.—Farmer’s Boy’s Library.— 
A few dollars’ worth of books^iertaining to the farm will 
give the boys new ideas, set them to thinking and ob¬ 
serving, and thus enable them to make their heads help 
their hands. One such book will, in the end, be of far 
more value to a youth than to have an extra acre of land 
on coming to manhood. Any smart boy can easily secure 
this Premium, and he will have two sterling works by' a 
well-known, practical farmer. They are Allen’s New 
American Farm Book, and Allen’s American Cattle. 
No. 8S.-Farmer’s Boy’s (Library.— 
Both the books in No. 87, and also Herbert’s Hints to 
Ilorsekeepers, and Henderson’s Gardening for Profit. 
No. 86.—Fanner’s Btoy’sLibrary.— 
The four books in No. SS, with the addition of Ameri¬ 
can Agricultural Annual for 1871, American Horticultural 
Annual for 1871, and Harris on the Pig. 
No. 60.—Farmer’s Boy’s Library.— 
Tiie seven books inNo. 89, with the addition of Thomas’s 
Farm Implements, Tim Bunker Papers, and Waring’s 
Draining for Profit. 
No. 91.—Farmer’s Boy’s Library.- 
The ten books in No. 90. with the addition of Fuller’s 
Grape Cultnrist, Brock’s New Book of Flowers, and 
Hunter and Trapper—in all 13 fine volumes. 
Nos. 63, 93.—Bound Volumes of 
Hearth and Home.— These volumes are neatly 
and uniformly bound in cloth, with title in gilt on back 
and side. With their beautiful engravings, and abun¬ 
dance of useful and entertaining reading for all the mem¬ 
bers of a family, they will prove valuable additions to 
any library. 
Nos. 94 to 105.—Hood Libraries.,— 
In these premiums, we otter a choice of Books for the 
Farm, Garden, and Household. The person 
entitled to any one of the premiums 94 to 105 may select 
any books desired from the list of our books published 
monthly in the American Agriculturist, to the amount of 
the premiums, and the books will be forwarded, Post or 
Express paid. ESy" Let the farmers of a neighborhood 
unite their efforts, and through these premiums get an 
agricultural library for general use. 
No. 196.—General Book Preniium. 
—Any one sending 25 or more names, may select books 
from our list to the amount of 10 cents for each subscrib¬ 
er sent at $1; or 30 cents for each name sent at $1.20; or 
60 cents for each name at $1.50. This offer is only for 
clubs of 25 or more. The books will be sent by mail or ex- 
jtress, prepaid through, by us. 
