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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[January, 
If you wish to grow Vegetables for sale, read 
Gardening for Profit! 
| If you wish to become a Commercial Florist, read j 
Practical Floriculture! 
I If you wish to Garden for Amusement or for Homel 
Use only, read 
Gardening for Pleasure! 
| ALL BY 
PETER HENDERSON. 
Price $1.50 each, post paid, by mail. 
Our Combined Catalogue for 1870, of 
EVERYTHING 
FOR THE 
GARDEN!! 
Sentfreeto all Applicants. 
Our large Illustrated Catalogues of Seeds and I 
Plants , numbering 175 pages, and containing 21 
colored plates, sent without charge to purchasers! 
of any of the above three books. Sent to all others! 
on receipt of 50 cents. 
tfdrikb;, 
85 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
I have founded my business on the belief that the public 
are anxious to get their seed directly from tlic grow¬ 
er, and I therefore offer FREE to every man and woman 
in the United States who cultivates a farm, tills a vegetable 
garden, or plants a flower garden, my large. Illustrated 
Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds for 1876; it con¬ 
tains, in addition to the choicest kinds produced in Europe, 
one Hundred and fifty varieties of vegetable 
seed grown on my four seed farms. Customers 
of last season need not write for it. As the original Intro¬ 
ducer of the Hubbard, Marblehead and Butman Squashes, 
Phinney’s Melon, the Marbletu-ad Cabbages, and a score of 
other new vegetables, I solicit your patronage. All seed 
sold under three warrants. A hundred thousand catalogues 
will be Issued and sent out the first of January. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
Seeds of Superior Quality 
HARVEY BROTHERS, 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN CHOICE 
Vegetable, Field, and Flower 
Seeds. 
FLORISTS’ GOODS, GARDEN REQUISITES, AND 
HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
Illustrated Priced Catalogue Post-tree on Application. 
SEED WAREHOUSES, 
TOTI1E FLOWER & VEGETABLE G ARDEN 
Beautifully Illustrated, and containing a Magnificent 
COLORED PLATE. Mailed to anv address FREE. 
GROSMAN BROS., 
Established \8i0. Rochester, N, Y. 
HOT-SEDS 
with 
FI RE HEAT 
and many labor-saving bints 
and improved methods in the 
garden, in Root’s Garden Man¬ 
ual. See adv. page 30. 
"I A lAAIA one-year-old st. Pear Trees, 5 to 35 inches 
IU.IMmF high, $5 to $10 p 10O. 2-yr., 3 to 4 ft., $16 P 100. 
Pear Root Grafts, $12 ?! 1,000; also other stock. Price list free. 
HARVEY CURTIS. O wego Nursery, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
W A TVr'T'VT'rk-l.nOO BARBELS strictly 
It All 1 JjU Prime Peach Blows, by 
MEYERS «St ALLEY, 
83 Murray St., N. Y. 
ALLEN’S PLA1VET Jr. Silver Medal Seed-drills 
AND WHEEL HOES PERFECTED FOR ’76. 
They “ SOW like a charm no packing of seed in the hopper, no 
crushing it, no difficulty with chaffy or soaked seeds, no watching, 
no pausing or waste at the ends, no irregularity in depth, no skips, 
no springs or gearing to wear out, no noise, no equal. No. 2, 
holds 2% qts.—No. 8, holds K bush, and sows Fertilizers. 
The Combined machine, the Agkiccltubist Premium, (see Pre¬ 
mium List), holds 1 qt., aud “ is a perfect seed-sower.” It has one 
pair of hoes for general work, one for heavy furrows, a plow and 
subsoiler. THE DOUBLE WHEEL HOE (see cut) works easier, 
better, and six to twelve times faster than the hand hoe. Wheels 
can be set two, six, or ten inches apart. It has three different pairs 
of hoes, and a pair of subsoilers ; all our blades are steel, temper¬ 
ed and polished. Will work 6, 9,10, or 12 inch rows, two at once, 
often saving cost in a day. 
Our NEW polished steel blade HORSE HOE, perfected after ten 
years of experiment, and trial by our S. L. Allen, a practical farmer. 
Saves meet of the hoeing, and makes the remainder easy: leaves 
_, . , - rT . the ground level or ridged as desired, opens furrows. Mils, and 
fiSHGti dr. AJOUDiS WRSd H.0S—1st Jd.oeinp' cultivates shallow or deep, and Is a thorough weed killer. Especi¬ 
ally adapted to the wants of Market-Gardeners. Broom Corn, 
Tobacco, Cotton, Bice, and Boot Growers, and all lovers of thorough work: should be owned by every farmer. Send for 
cuts with full description and testimonials, free. Mention this paper. S. L. ALLEN & CO., Sole Manfrs., 119 S. 4th St., 
Phila , Pa. We must have A DIVE AGENT in every town. _ 
THE MITCHELL V^GK)2sT. 
THE 
Best Proportioned, 
Best Ironed 
AND 
Lightest Running; 
Wagon in the Market. 
The original, well knenvn 
RACINE WAGON. 
In use and for sale in 
nearly every 
STATE & TERRITORY 
IN THE UNION. 
All work fully warranted. 
SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 
Mitchell, Lewis 
& Co. 
RACINE, WIS. 
PORTABLE 
HAND PRESS. 
Arranged for pressing 
Hav, Broom Corn, 
Hops, Wool, &c. 
Bale your Hay. It is 
easier to sell. It brings 
a higher price. 
No one need sell at a 
loss on a rainy day or an 
over-stocked market, as 
baled hay can be stored 
cheaply,‘while loose hay 
cannot. 
Wi IK. BANKS & CO.', 
Sole Man’frs, 
34 & 36 S. Canal Street, 
CHICAGO. 
THE MONITOR MILK PAN. 
(Patented Junk 29th. 1875.) 
Made entirely of Cast Iron and lined with Porcelain. Milk 
discharge pipe does not pass through the water. Pan is 
easily removed from vat. Water in vat regulated to any 
bight. Will be ready for sale in January, 1876. Agents 
wanted for State of New York. Apply to 
LEWIS W. CENTRE, Gen. Agent. 
Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y'. 
BALDWIN’S 
American Fod er Gutter. 
Best in the market. Don’t 
purchase any other kind until 
you have seen and examined 
this. Send for Circular, con¬ 
taining Description and Price 
List. See Nov. No. of Agricul¬ 
turist. C. PIERPONT & CO., 
Manufacturers, 
New Haven, Conn. 
THE IMPROVED BURDICK. 
NOW called 
BALDWIN’S AMERICAN , 
FEED CUTTER. 
The Standard Machine I 
for cutting 
HAY, STRAW, j 
Corn Stalks, etc. 
W.H. BANKS & CO., **•.' 
Weitern Agents, 
34 8* 36 South Canal Street, CHiCACO, ILL. 
Portable Engines and Boilers. Vats. Hoops. 
Presses. Screws. Cans. Every article needed in 
Cheese Factorv or Creamery. Send lor Circulars. 
WEEKS (Sr BROWNE, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Useful farm tool. 
» 
-g s~6 At Fan blowing—no bellows. 
FOR I Weld—3-inch iron. 
Yy fp Send 3-cent stamp for Catalogue to 
Empire Portable Forge Co., Troy, N. Y. 
HXGGANUM 
$ 12.00 
Boxed. 
J 
Manufacture: s of Agricultural Implements, 
_HICCANUM, CONN._ 
Holbrook’s “ New Regulator" Seed Drill 
^ Sows all kinds of Vegetable Seeds with regularity. 
The Standard machine. Remodeled for 18/5. 
Combines the best points e^er produced. Sim- 
, durable, easiest handled , OPEN WHITE 
Seed Conductor shows 
the Seed Dropping. Give 
satisfaction. Circulars Free. 
Made by E.E.LUMMU8 & Co. 
20 S.Market St. Boston,Mass’ 
AUTOMATIC 
PUMPS. 
Water driven to any height 
and distance by compressed air. 
Country houses supplied cheaply 
and certainly for bath-rooms, 
water closets, hot and cold water 
faucets, etc. 
Plenty of fresh water for stock 
on farms. Address 
HARTFORD PUMP 00., 
HARTFORD, CONN. 
American Machine Co., 430 Walnut St., Phila. 
Newton & Hale, 150 Lake St., Chicago. 
fBjJP 
BLAKE’S PATENT 
Stone and Ore Breaker 
Crushes all hard and brittle substances to 
any required size. Also, any kind of 
Stone for Roads and for Concrete, &c. 
Address BLAKE CRUSHER CO., 
New Haven, Conn. 
BURR STONE MILLS. 
Fast grinding. Small 
power. 20 patents for 
grinding and bolting. 30 
years a specialty. Grinds 
with hand, horse, wind, 
water or steam power, 
any vegetable or mineral. 
Send stamp for cut6 and 
prices. 
EDWARD HARRISON, New Haven, Conn. 
THE 
MOLINE WINDMILL 
For PUMPING. GRINDING 
GRAIN. Etc., Etc. 
FIRST PREMIUM 
at Great St. Louis Fair, 1874. 
FIRST PREMIUM 
at Rock Island, Ill.. Fairs, 1873 and 1874. 
FIRST PREMIUM 
at Seott. Countv, Iowa, Fairs, 1873 and 1874. 
Kg’” Send for Circular. Agents wanted. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
EDWARDS & PERKINS, 
Moline, Ill. 
G. Mabie’s Patent, July 1st. 1873. 
