353 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[October, 
rain, and we found everybody in (he cars carrying um¬ 
brellas. We relied upon our Barometer wtiicli had risen 
during the night. Again, early in August we had a field 
of oats cut, and tlie bundles were spread out to dry in the 
forenoon by the men, because the sky was clear. Glanc¬ 
ing at the Barometer we found the mercury had fallen 
,'a' inch, and was still falling. The men were ordered to 
stock the oats up immediately. They did so, and just 
saved the grain from a long, soaking rain that continued 
several days.-Aside from its direct utility, the habit 
of observation, and of scientific study cultivated in 
children, where a Barometer is used, is important. 
Mo. S5—ISjiclceye Mowing’ Maclaiaie. 
—The gratification expressed by those who received this 
premium last year, and the request of others who wish 
to get it this year, lead us to continue it on the same 
terms. The Buckeye Mower is so widely and favorably 
know n throughout the country, that we need not describe 
it particularly. Any one writing to the Manufacturers, 
.Messrs. Adriance, Piatt & Co., 165 Greenwich-st., N. Y. 
City, will receive a circular giving foil descriptions, en¬ 
gravings, etc. The experience of last year showed that 
many a farmer can e.asily secure this premium by a very 
few days, or odd hours and evenings, canvassing for sub¬ 
scribers. A few can unite their efforts, each getting a 
part of the subscribers, and then own the machine in 
common, if they do not each need the full time of a mow¬ 
er.-It would pay a man well to canvass for this pre¬ 
mium, and sell it afterward. Ten subscribers a day foi¬ 
ls days would secure the premium, which sells regularly 
for $125.—Many can, at town meetings, fairs, elections, 
and other gatherings, or during the evenings, secure this 
premium club without much if any loss of time. 
Mo. S6—Cylinder l*low (Allen’s Patent). 
—We hear very good reports from those who received 
this premium last year.—In May, 1861, we described 
some highly successful trials made with it, along¬ 
side of other first-class plows. During the war, like 
most other good implements, this was not brought much 
before the public. It is named from the peculiar 
form of the mold-board. Several improvements have 
been made upon it within a year or two past. It is 
an Ohio invention, we believe, but is manufactured 
by R. II. Allen & Co., of 189 & 191 Water-st., New-York 
City, to whom application may be made for further de¬ 
scription, etc. There are several sizes and prices, -with 
a greater or less number of attachments. The kind w-e 
offer for premiums, is the “ Two-horse size, cutting a 
furrow 12 to 14 indies wide, and 5 to 8 inches deep.” It 
is also provided with wlieel, and with a “skim plow,” 
that is a smaller plow attached under the beam, like the 
double “ Michigan plow.” 
Mo. ST.—'■fl'Biie AqMsiriMS: or, Water- 
Thkoweb.— This is an excellent little portable hand 
force-pump, useful in many w.ays. One can take this 
instrument in his hand witli a pail of water, and throw a 
considerable stream to a point where a fire may be 
breaking out, and do more to quondi it, than he eould 
with a dozen pailfulls dashed on, even if the fiie could 
be reached. We have thrown water from the ground up 
against the third story windows of a house. The Aqua¬ 
rius is very useful for watering gardens, for w.ashing 
windows, carriages, etc., etc. It is provided with rubber 
suction pipe, to draw water from a iiail, tub or buckr^i, 
and an ejection pipe having both a nozzle for throwing 
a stream, and a rose or sprinkler. It has also an air 
chamber for giving a constant stream. It is a handy in¬ 
strument for every household, aside from its use as a fire 
engine, with which many incipient fires have been stop¬ 
ped. Send to the manufacturers, Messrs. Wm. & B. 
Douglas, Middletown, Conn., for a descriptive circular, 
giving full particulars. The Aquarius packs into small 
space, and is readily sent by express or otherwise. 
Mo. —Asuericaii Cyclopedia.— Ap¬ 
pleton’s New. —We ean hardly eommend this great 
work too highly. We wish it could be placed in every 
family in the country. Several were fortunate in secur¬ 
ing it through our premium list last year, and we hope 
many more will do so this. For example, a clergyman, 
in a small church on Staten Island, began to canvass 
among his people on Monday morning, and in less than 
four days he obtained subscribers enough to secure the Cy¬ 
clopedia—to the great benefit of himself and parishioners. 
Scholars at our Academies and Seminaries, and mem¬ 
bers of Library Associations, can easily unite their ef¬ 
forts and secure this important work for thein Libraries. 
Many young men ought to devote their evenings and 
spare hours to canvassing, and obtain this magnificent 
and useful work for their own use. The Cyclope¬ 
dia is a whole Library of itself, consisting of sircteen very 
large octavo volumes, well bound, averaging 800 large 
two-column pages in each book, or in the whole, 12)804 
pages ! They ireatupon over 25)000 different subjects. 
It is hardly possible to name any subject, any country, any 
person of note, in past or recent lime, concerning which 
pretty full information may not be found in the Cyciope- 
dia. It embraces every topic of human knowledge, 
alphabetically arranged for convenient reference.- 
“Cyclopedia” means the whole circle of instruction or 
knowledge. This is called the American, to distinguish 
it from the similar comprehensive works published in 
England and France. The British Cyclopedia, though 
less comprehensive, and not coming down to recent 
dates, costs more than twice as much as our'better Amer¬ 
ican Cyclopedia. To get this premium is worth a year’s 
efiort in raising subscribers. The lowest price is $80. 
Mo. 3® — 'I'Sie IJictionary.— 
Worcester’s Large Pictorial, Unabridged Edition, 
containing 1854 three-column pages, with a multitude 
of illustrative engravings. (The work is 12 inches long, 
10 inches wide, and nearly 4 inches thick, and weighs 
nearly 10 lbs, !) Many of the most thoroughly educated 
men of the country consider this as far the best Diction¬ 
ary in the English Language. It gives the .'spelling and 
pronunciation of every word in the language, with full 
explanations, and as a source of general inferraation 
stands next to the Cyclopedia. The Dictionary can be 
called for at our Office, or be sent by express or otherwise, 
to any part of the country. We have given away hund¬ 
reds of copies as premiums, many of them obtained by 
quite young boys and girls. It should be in every family. 
It is published by Brewer & Tileston, Boston. 
4© to 4® — VoSximes of flie 
American Agriculturist (Unbound). — These 
amount to a large and valuable Library on all matters 
pertaining to the Farm, Garden, and Household, and con¬ 
tain more varied information on these subjects than can 
be obtained in books costing three times the money. We 
have stereotype plates from the Sixteenth to the Twenty- 
fourth Volume complete, and will have Vol. 25, soon 
after Dec. 1st. From these plates we print as needed. 
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 
put up in clean numbers, with the Index to each volume. 
-They are profusely Illustrated, the Engravings 
used in them having alone cost about Twenty Thousand 
Dollars ! Those obtaining premiums for from one to nine 
volumes, can select any volumes desired, from XVI to 
XXV, inclusive. For ordinary use, the sets of numbers 
unbound will answer quite well.—Many hundreds of 
these volumes are taken every year as premiums. 
Mos. 50 to 59—ISound Volsisnes of 
Agriculturist.— These .are the same as Nos. 40 to 49 
above, but are neatly bound in uniform style, and cost 
extra for binding and postage.. Sent post-paid. 
Mo. ®©—^woEaesee E*armer ’^’’olaaicacs, 
—As is generally known, we recently purchased the en¬ 
tire establishment of the Genesee Farmer, and united it 
uilii the Agriculturist, at the same time engaging the 
exclusive Editorial services of Mr. Harris. This was 
one of the best -Agricultural papers in the country, which 
was an inducement to make the purchase. The back 
volumes of that journal contain much material of great 
practical value, including the first two years of the 
"Walk.s and Talks upon the Farm,” now continued 
in the Agriculturist by Mr. Harris. We have stereotype 
plates iind back volumes of the Gensee Farmer for eight 
years past, 1858 to 1865, inclusive. The price of these, 
sent post-paid by mail, is $1.'25 per volume, in numjsers, 
or $1.75 lamnd in half leather. We will forward the 
whole eight years’ numbers, post-paid, to any one sending 
18 subscribers to the Agriculturist at $1.50 a year, or 
58 at $1.00 each; Or, we will send the Bound volumes 
for 21 subscribers at $1,50 ; or, 70 at $1.00 each. 
Mo. ©a—IjUiMlscape Cfar- 
deiiiug) and Kural ArcUitecture.— This is a 
inos^ beautiful Octavo volume, in extra binding, and will 
be an ornament to the best center table in the land, as 
well as be practically useful. It contains 108 fine engrav¬ 
ings on Wood, Steel and Slone. It will be sent post-paid. 
Mo. C3—Ai'cliitectBaE'e ; A New and 
Practical Work on Architecture, containing De¬ 
signs for Street Fronts, Suburban Houses, and Cottages, 
etc., etc., giving in detail Designs and Working Drawings 
for both the exterior and interior of buildings ; also a great 
variety of Details not in the Designs. It is 11 by 14 inches 
in size, and contains engravings of 382 Designs, and 
714 Illustrations, that would separately cost Hundreds 
of Dollars. By Cummings <& Miller. Sent post-paid. 
Mos. 63 to 74—«©®I> 1.IBKAKI1ES. 
—In these premiums, we offer a choice of Books, for 
the Farm, Garden, and Slousekold. The per¬ 
son entitled to any one of the premiums 63 to 74 , may 
select any books desired from the list below, to the 
amount of the premiums, and the books will be forward¬ 
ed, paid through to the nearest Post Office, or Express 
office, as we may find it most convenient to send them. 
We need not enlarge upon these premiums -. every one 
knows the value of good books. Twenty-five or Fifty 
dollars worth of books on .subjects pertaining to the farm 
will give the boys new ideas, set them to thinking and- 
observing, and thus enable them to make their heads 
help their hands. Any good book will, in the end, be of 
far more value to a youth, than to have an extra acre of 
land, on coming to maturity. The thinking, reasoning, 
observing man, will certainly make more off from 49 
acres, than he would off from 50 acres without the men¬ 
tal ability which reading will give him.-Our premiums 
will enable many a family to secure a larger or smaller Li¬ 
brary. This is a good opportunity for the farmers 
of a neighborhood to unite their efforts and get up an 
Agricultural Library for general use. 
Mo. 75—®eiEei*Eil Book Pi’ciiEiiuBi.—■ 
Any one not desiring the specific Book premiums, 63 to 74, 
on sending any number of names above 25, may select 
Books from the list below, to the amount of 10 cents 
for each subscriber sent at $ 1 ; or to the amount of 30 
cents for each name sent at the (ten) club price of $ 1.20 
each; or to the amount of 60 cents for'each name at 
$1.50. This offer is only for clubs of 25 or more. The 
books will he sent by mail or express, prepaid by us. 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS and OTHERS. 
[For sale at the Office of the AgricuUurist, or they will be 
forwarded by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. All 
these are included in Our Premiums 63 to 75 above.] 
Allen’s (L. F.) Rural Architecture.$ l 50 
Allen's (It. L.) American Farm Book. i 50 
Allen's Diseases of Domestic Animdls. 1 00 
American Bird Fancier. 30 
American Ro-se Cnlturlst. 30 
American AVecds and Useful Plants. 1 75 
Architecture, by Cummings & Miller. 10 00 
Barry’s Fruit Garden. i 75 
Bement’s Poulterer’s Companion. 2 00 
Bement’s Babbit Fancier. 30 
Breck’s New Book of Flowers. 1 75 
Buist’s Flower Garden Directory-. ] 50 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener.;. 1 00 
Burr’s Vegetables of America. 5 00 
Chorlton’s Grape-Grower’s Guide. 75 
Cobbett’s American Gardener. 75 
Cole's (S. VV.) American Fruit Book. 75 
Cole’s Veterinarian. 75 
Dadd’s Modern Horse Doctor. i 50 
Dadd’s (Geo. II.) American Cattle Doctor. l 50 
Dana’s Mnok Manual. l 25 
Dog and Gun (Hooper’s).paper, 30c... .cloth.. 60 
Doivnings’s Country Houses . 8 00 
Downing's Landscape Gardening (new Edition). (i 50 
Downing's Fruits and I>’ruit Trees of America. 3 00 
Downing’s Rural Ess.avs. 5 00 
Eastwood on Cranberry-. 75 
Elliott's Western Fruit Grower’s Guide. l 50 
Flax Culture. 50 
Field's (Thomas W.) Pear Culture. 1 25 
Flint's Milch Cows and Dairy Farming. 2 50 
French’s Farm Drainage. 1 50 
Fuller's Grape Cultunst. i 50 
Fuller’s Strawberry Cnlturlst. 20 
Gray’s How Plants Grow. l 26 
Gray-’s Manual of-fiotany and Lessons in one Vol. 4 00 
Guenon on Milch Cows. 75 
llusmann’s Grapes & Wine. 1 50 
Harris’ Insects Ininrioiis to Vegetation, plain. 4 00 
Harris’ Insects Injurious to Vegetation, colored plates. 5 00 
Herbert’s Hints to Horsekeepers. i 75 
Hop Culture.. 40 
Jolmston’s Agricultural Chemistry. 1 75 
.Johnston’s Elements of Agricultural Chemistry. 1 25 
.Tohnson’s (Prof. S. W.) Essays on Manures. 1 25 
Laugstrotli on tlie Honey- Bee . 2 00 
Lenchar's Howto Build Hotliouses. i 50 
Mavliew's lllusti-ated Horse Doctor . 3 50 
Mavliew's Illustrated Horse Management. s 50 
Mayhew’s Practical Book-Keeping for Farmers. 90 
Blanks for do. do. . I 20 
Miles on the Horse's foot. 75 
My Vineyard at Lakeview. 1 25 
Norton’s Scientific Agriculture. 75 
Onion Culture . 20 
Our Farm of Four Acres (bound) 60c.(paper) 30 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. 75 
Peat and Its Uses, by Prof. S. W. Johnson. 1 25 
Pedder’s Land Measurer. 60 
Qninby’s ilysteries of Bee keeping_ (new.) . l 50 
RandaU’s Slieep Husbandry-. 1 50 
Randall's Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry. l 00 
Rivers’ Miniature Fruit Garden. 1 00 
Rlcliardsou on the Dog.paper 30 cents.cloth 60 
Rural Annual (by Joseph Hams). 25 
Sannder's Domestic Poultry (new), .paper, 40 c. .bound 75 
Sclienck’s Gardener’s Text Book. 75 
Skillful Housewife . 75 
Stewart’s (Johui Stable Book. 1 50 
Scribner’s Ready Reckoner. 30 
Thompson's Food of Animals. 1 00 
Tobacco Culture . 25 
Todd’s (S. E.) young Farmer’s Manual... 1 .50 
Warder’s Hedges and Evergreens. 1 50 
Watson's American Home Garden .. . 2 00 
Woodward’s Country Homes. 1 50 
youatt and Spooner on tlie Horse. 1 50 
Yonatt and Martin on Cattle. 1 50 
Youatt on the Hog. 1 00 
Youatt on Sheep. 1 00 
Voumans’ Household Science... U SS 
