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AMERICAN AG-RTCULTURIST, 
[April, 
Buy the Best! 
A. K WOOD & CO. 
EATOII, MADISOl’ CO., ¥. Y., 
Continue to manufacture tlieir Improved 
F01ITA1II.E EMfilMES, 
For Farm and Mechanical purposes. They are particularly 
adapted to drivins; Tlireslnng Macliines, Circular Saws, Mills 
of all kinds, Frintina Presses, Wood or Iron Lathes, Maclii- 
nery in Cahinet or tVaaon Sliops, Boring Artesian IVells, 
Pumping Water, Corn Sliellers, &c, &c. 
We warrant our Kngiiies to be wimt we represent tliein, 
aud to give uuqualilied satisfactiou in all respects. 
A. H. WOOD & CO. 
The practical working of this Machine, in the hands of 
many Thousand fanners, lias fully established 
ITS eHEAT SUrEitI®KIW 
over all others in Dsira,l»ility, Streiigtli, Simplici¬ 
ty, LiglitJiess of Oraft, Convciiienice, Univer¬ 
sal ElHcieiicy, and 
Ever’y Desii’able E^eatimo of a !Ir*e 3 ffect 
rjOWER and KEAPER, 
Tlio Buclteye for 1S6G is flie Best Harvester 
ever otferccl to tine Ifarmer. 
Order early if you would make sure of securiug tiie Best'S 
Circulars with Prices, furnished on application, by " JIail 
or otlierwiso.” 
ADKIASCE, PLATT & CO., 
Manufacturers and Proprietors. 
MANITFACTORr-Pouglikeepsie, N. Y. 
Office anti AVareltouse, 165 Greenwicli-st., 
NcwYorls, 
Malsted’s Patent Horse May Fork, 
Improved foe 1SG6. 
Hiilsted’s iray Fork Attacliineast. 
Improved for 1866. 
Furnished entire or in parts. IViih instructions for putting 
up. Dealers Supplied. Agents Wanted. 
A. M. TlALSTKl), 68 Pcarl-st., Mew York. 
MisIawitK’s Monitor Mower 
and Keaper. 
Tlie success of the Monitor Is without parallel. It em¬ 
braces every poi lit necessary to make a Perfect Moiy- 
cr ami H'-apfr. It recommends Itself to every farmer 
lor tlie simplicity of its construction. It is proved 'to be the 
IjigHtcst Draft. It takes the. preference for 
bitiry, cnsi? of im«iiassenicnt siii'l eoojl tvo'Tc. 
Four dlffercn'- sizes. !<'silly iviirs-a iitcVj. For circu¬ 
lars giving full description, referenees, &c., Address 
F. NISIIWXTZ, Mimufactnrer, 
AVilliamsbnrg, L. I., X. Y. 
J. N. CLOYES, 
(General-Agent. Central and 'Western N. Y.,) Utica. 
P. S. jMESEROLE, 
(General Agent. Ill., and the "West,) 204 Lake-st., Chicago. 
R. SIS-CL.AIR, & CO., Baltimore, 
(General. Agents for Maryland .and Virginia.) 
NOTICE.—Responsible Agents 'Wanted. 
PKEMIUM MglCIIIMES. 
^EW-YOKK STATE 
A.g-i"icEi.lt'o.r'al orlss* 
WHEELEE, MELIOK & 00., Proprietors, 
ALBANY, N. Y., 
PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS OF 
Railway aiifl Lever Horse 
Combined Threshers & Win 
CLOVER IIULLERS, FEED CUTTERS, 
SHINGLE AND HEADING MACHINES, 
PITCHFORKS, HORSE RAKES, &c., & 0 . 
(See cuts below.) 
SMITH’S GKEEM MOUWTAIM 
SHINGLE AND HEADING MACHINE. 
Descriptive CiiXHla.r suil Price List sent free 
on application. 
AVHEELEK,, MELICK & CO. 
Cora PlaiitlMg! Time Saved, 
Everv Farmer s)iouD.l hnve one or more of THOMAS B, 
^IcCON'AUUHKY’S Patent Corn Droppers. They will pos¬ 
itively save one half the time over the old way ol dropping 
Corn. To all those that use the Wlieel Cultivator, 
these Droppers are just the thing needed—as they will drop 
the Corn so it can be worked equally alike either wav. Drop¬ 
pers will be sent any where l)y Express for $3.00 apiece. 
Agents wanted everywhere. Address orders to 
THUS. B. NlcCONAUGHKV, Newark, Delaware, 
i mproved Patent Hand Lawn Mower.—Simple, 
Clieap and Effeclive, Send for Dc.sci'iptive Circular. Ad- 
dress WM. L. BOYER & BROS., PhiUvdelpluii, Pa. 
THE AMERICAN FRUIT BASKET! 
Tlii.s favorite Fruit Basltot for Strawberries, &o., is receiv¬ 
ing till! liigliest commendation from every quarter, and is 
called by many of our liest Fruit Growers aud Fruit Deal¬ 
ers, tlie only perfect article of tlie kind now in use. It is 
construcled so as to equalize tlie weiglit of the fruit—can be 
packed in less space—and wlieu filled witli fruit is exceeding¬ 
ly attractive in appearance. 
Having the advantage of superior machinery, the Baskets 
are sold at a less price than any fli'fit ctas^ Basket now in 
market. A01ERICAS li.lSKET CO,. 
Office No. 313 €liapel-st., 
New-Haven, Conn. 
liallock^s Patent Frail I$®x 
Is acknowledged hv all tho.se that have used them, to he the 
best style of box fo'r conveying Small Fruit to market, they 
being square in sliapo. aiid'tlie bottoms are raised so as not 
lo press on the top of the fruit in the lower box, they are 
light and strong, liaving tlie corners bent and not nailed, 
tlie sides are one-l welfth of an inch in tliiokneas. and lining 
square in shape, tlicrc is no room lost in packing in Crates. 
Manufactured by C. D. I>()UGnTY. 
R7tli-st. and Sd Avenue, New York, 
SEND STAMP FOXt CIRCULAR. 
W INTER’S IMPROVED PORTABLE CIR¬ 
CULAR SAW-MILL, 
witli EXGInE and BOILERS complete. 
Combining LANE’S I’ATKN I SET and FEED TVOKKS. 
THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT EXTANT. 
Tlie entire Log of any lengtli instantly and unerringly set 
at botli ends, atone and tlie same moment of time, liv ttie man 
attending the Saw. Labor-saving and Timesavingr Tlie ca¬ 
pacity 01 the Mill being tliereliy doubled. Piimplilets fur¬ 
nished. WINTER & CO., No. 40 Broadway, N. Y. 
^EW STKAW18EIS1SIES. 
Great Agrieialtiji'ist., tlie largest berry known, 12 
berries liave. been produced wliich weighed 1 pound, plants 
$1 per dozen ; $3 I'or fifty; $5 per liuudred; or f 10 per thous¬ 
and, five tliousand at less rates. 
Miss Ida, a new Seedling, more productive than the 
'Wilson, $2 per dozen j or $10 per Imndred. 
Green Prolific, a very Large and productive kind, $1 
per dozen; $2.50 per imndred ; or $15 per tliousand. 
Smifli’s BssiFalo, 50 cents per dozen; $2 per hundred, 
or $15 per thousand. 
Prencli Early Seedling, (lie best early berry, .and 
K.MSsell Prolific, $1 per Imndred, or $3 per thousand. 
Lenmiiig’.^i IVhitc, a splendid large wliite berrj-, $1 
per dozen; $3 per hundred. 
Brooklyn Scarlet,MoiiitorandCol. Elswoi-tli, 
are the Tribune prize berries for whicli $3000 was paid, tliese 
should be in every good collection, plants $1 per dozen; $3 
per Imndred, or $15 per thousand. 
Mcacl’.s Seedling, a magnificent new Seedling, ber¬ 
ries six inches in circumference, $3 per dozen. 
Negro, a now kind, nearly black, $1 per dozen. 
The following 10 varieties were introduced last year from 
France, and Belgium All of them produce very large ber¬ 
ries, some of them monstrous. 
Comptesse de Moni, 
Zaiiiorska, 
Crystal Palis, 
Monstrous de Robin, 
La Marvillo, 
Excellent, 
Palmee, 
Souvinir de Nantis, 
Ferdeiiand, 
Heliii Samis. 
A Selection at $2 per dozen ; or the ten, one doz. each, $15. 
Address WM. S. CARPENTER, 156 Keade-st,, N. Y. 
Agriculturist Stra-wbeny 
For Sale at $5 per 100, and $10 per 1000 Plants. Also Phila- 
delpliia Raspberry at $5 per doz , and $10 per 100. For Cir¬ 
culars address ISAAC PULLEN, Higlitstown. New Je.sey. 
JXJCXJW33A. 
'We can furnish a few hundred very fine strong layered 
plants of this splendid new sirawberrv. 
C. L. HOAG & C'O., Lockport, N. T. 
-| ® OR 100 PLANTS SEND BY MAILTIVAR'- 
-H ranted genuine, and to reaeli the Purcliaserat annexed 
prices. New jersey Scarlet, 50 cts. 1,2, $3 100, $20 ItOO. 
Agiicullurist, 75 cts # 12, $4 ICO. French Seedling. Downer, 
Cutter, Russell, Buffalo, Hovey, Wilson, AUiaiiv, Lady Finger, 
Triomplie de Gaud, Austin,Biirtleit, Lennig's Wliitc, $l #1100 
Green Prolific, B.vberry Seedling, Tribune Varieties $2 i? 100, 
Jucundafroni Knox $3 ^ 12, $5'^ 25. For larger quantities, 
or Wilson Early Blackberry, Kittatinny, Pliila. Raspberry, 
seurt for Descriptive and Price List, grafis. 
JOHN S. CIOLLINS, Moorestown, Burlington Co., N. J. 
T he true cape cod cranberry for 
Fall planting, for Upland and garden culture, and for 
swamps. Under my mctliodof cultivation tlie yield last sea¬ 
son on Upland was over 400 busiiels per acre. Explicit di¬ 
rections for cultivation with prices of plants, witli nursery 
catalogue complete, will be sent to any address. Agents 
Wanted. 
B. .M. WATSON, Old Colony Nurseries, Plymouth, Mass. 
Forty Aerfs iai Small Froits. 
Clia-rges pre-pss-iii on Plants. See Prices 
and Listiii MarcS» AnjiraLcr. 
A. M. PURDY, South Bend. Iiid. 
T® Ageiils aiiii tlie Trade. 
Sly Catalogue is now ready, with great inducements to 
Age'nts. B. M. WATb'uN, Old Colony Nurseries, 
Plymouth, Mass. 
Tlie IJiiiversal Berry Box. 
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST. 
Elms and Bottoms. Machine for putting therii up. Only 
$12 per 1000 Boxes .' 
Send stamp for Circular. Address 
B. HATHAWAY. Little Prairie Ronde, Mich. 
1 «ftiF^PEAlO’ARADISErQUIN(:E; 
.BL W Plum, Cherrv and Apple Stocks, of 
prime quality. 2,090 extra strong Hybrid Perpetuiils. and 
JIoss Roses, Tree Peonies, and Flowering Sliriilis and Trees, 
for .sale by B. M. WA'ISON, Old Colony Nurseries, 
Catalogues are now ready. Plymoutli, Mass. 
tteiiesee ¥allt*y Wiirseries. 
Kocltesster, N. IT. 
Fruit, Ornamental Trees an«l Shmlis In large 
quantities. 
E'VER.GRB'BN'S.—We offer an nniisually fine Stock 
for spring, particularly Norway Sprttec, 3 to 4 ft. 
PEAKS—Standards, a flue stock, of 1 st, 
2iid5 and medium qualities. 
We also offer tlie finest collection and largest assortment 
of fine and new imported PLO'WEJR, SEEDS, ever oll'er- 
cd in tills country. 
Parties wisliing to purchase in large quantities should avail 
themselves of our several Catalogues. 
Our Nurseries embrace over Three Hundred and fifty acres 
jof Land. 
Catalogues Nos. 1 and 2—Abridged retail Fruit and Orna¬ 
mental Trees, Slirubs, &c. 
Catalogue No. 3—Green House, Bedding Plants, Bulbs, 
Choice Flower Seeds, &c. 
Catalogue No. 4—IVUolesale and Trade List for spring of 
1SG6. FROST & CO. 
