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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[January, 
THE BEST 
Family Sewing SVSachine. 
“ The Florence Sewing Machine is decided to be the best 
“ on exhibition. It must also be stated incidentally that 
“THIS IS BETTFR THAN ANY OF ITS CLASS 
“ KNOWN TO THE JUDGES.” 
Report of Judges American Institute Fair, New York. 
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One Dollar 
Allowed for one copy of this advertisement (until May 1870) 
in payment for 
Our 1250 II). Portable Platform Scales 
on 'Wheels, set $‘ 25 . 
Or, 
Jones 9 Celebrated, nlways 
First Premium 4 Ton May Scales 
at $75, 
(198 send for Price List.) 
EDWARD F. JONES, Binghamton, N. Y. 
PATENTS ©BThmED. 
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN. 
Letter from lion. V. P. Holloway .former Com. of Patents. 
Washington, D. C., March 30,1808. 
“ I cheerfully commend to all persons who may have busi¬ 
ness in the Patent office the firm of Edson Bros., as gentle¬ 
men of prompt business habits, and in every respect worthy 
of confidence ’—D. P. Holloway. 
“ I eoncur in the above.”—T. C. Theaker, late Commis¬ 
sioner of Patents. Send for Circular. 
Patents obtained, or no charge. EDSON BROS., 
Patent Lawyers & Solicitors, 459 9th St., Washington, D. C. 
THOMAS’ PATENT 
New Wood-Handle Style of" 
DOTY’S TREE AND BLACKBERRY PRUUERS.’ 
Save cost in one day's use. Light, yet powerful. Cut limbs inch through. Hook to hold, chisel to cut, and plunger to 
drive the chisel. They gather l'ruit. Price $4. Samples, Greatcliance for State and local canvassers. Get 
Circulars of sole proprietor. 
M. DOTY, 33 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
JgICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE. 
OVER 10,000 NOW IN USE. 
Read the following unsolicited testimonials in its favor, 
which are but a few of the many received: 
Plattsburgh, N. Y., Nov. 3,1S69. 
I have one of your Machines, and am perfectly satisfied 
with it. A. J. BROADWELL. 
Medina, Ohio, Nov. 1,1869 
The more I use it the better I like it. 
MRS. CROSBY CURTIS. 
Kingston, C. W„ Nov. 1,1S69. 
I have a thorough knowledge of all the Machines now 
made, and select yours as being best adapted to the general 
wants. JOHN CUNNINGHAM. 
East Haverhill, N. H., Dec. 8,1868. 
I would not take Fifty Dollars for it if I could not get 
another like it. I am perfectly satisfied with it; it lias ten 
times more than paid for itself since I have had it. 
MRS. JOSIE L. BRYANT. 
Wilmington, Vt., Jan. 7,1869. 
Having made trial ol the Lamb Knitting Machine and the 
Bickford Knitting Machine, to lest the comparative excel¬ 
lence of the two, I pronounce without hesitation in favor of 
the Bickford Machine. It takes up little room, runs with 
perfect ease, makes a greater variety of work, is much less 
liable to drop stitches and break yarn, and withal costs only 
about half the amount of the Lamb Machine. 
N. W. WILDER, Pastor M. E. Church. 
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE. 
Prices from §35 to $75. 
Send for circulars and price list, or better still, call and 
examine the Machine. Agents wanted everywhere on lib¬ 
eral terms. Address all orders and letters to The 
BICKFORD SPINNER AND KNITTING MACHINE CO., 
300 Washington Street, Boston. 
Liddell, Passage & Co., St. Johns, Midi., Agents for 
Michigan and Wisconsin. John Furnas & Co., 68 East 
Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind., Agents for Indiana. 
Buy the “NOVELTY'” Wringer,or at least take it on trial 
with any or all others, and keep the BEST. 
A perfect protection, to the 
SHEEP, 
Speedy 
CLIPPING 
Send for Descriptive Circular to EDWIN LYON, Butler, Pa. 
TO ADVERTISERS. 
T he mirror autc> farmer, 
Published at Manchester, N. H. JOHN B. CLARKE, 
Editor and Proprietor, is an eight-page paper, of forty-eight 
columns, of size of the New York Tribune, and lias a larger 
circulation than any other secular paper in New England, 
north of Boston. The only Farming paper in the State. 
Advertisements 10 cents a line, $1.30 an mch of space, for 
eacli insertion. No advertisements inserted for less than 
one dollar. 
It circulates in large numbers in all the farming towns, 
manufacturing villages and cities of |New Hampshire, and 
very largely in Vermont, and some in all the other States. 
For general advertising, for the price charged (which is the 
same to all), it has no equal in the Eastern States. 
The MIRROR AND AMERICAN,—three editions daiiy,-^ 
is published by the same. 
25 CENTS 
WILL GET THE BEST AGRI¬ 
CULTURAL and’FAMILY week¬ 
ly ill AMERICA for two months 
previous to March 1. Address 
NEW ENGLAND HOMESTEAD, 
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
It contains 48 columns, and has a large circulation. 
Yearly subscription, $2.50. 
TO FARMERS, GARDENERS, FARM LA¬ 
BORERS, and OTHERS. 
Deposit your surplus money in the 
MUTUAL BENEFIT SAVINGS BANK, 
1G6 Nassau St., New York. 
Send for Circular containing valuable information. 
CHARLES K. GRAHAM, President 
G. H. Benedict, Secretary. 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE, 
A guide to the successful propagation and cultivation of 
Florists’ Plants. By Peter Henderson, author of “ Gar¬ 
dening for Profit.” Beautifully illustrated. Price $1.50. 
Certainly the most practical and desirable work that has 
ever been published on this subject. We are selling them 
rapidly. Some no doubt will Say that it exposes the “se¬ 
crets ” of the Trade too freely, and that it will make Garden¬ 
ers and Propagators so plenty that our occupation, like 
Othello’s, will be gone.—II. A. Diieee, Seedsman and Florist, 
Pliila., Pa. 
Full to overflowing with valuable information. 
Francis Kichakdson, Toronto, Canada. 
Thoroughly practical, yet readable as a novel. N. Y. Sun. 
J T ,st the work for the young Florist or Amateur, as it tells 
him clearly there is no such thing as failure, if its simple 
teachings are followed. 
Galvin & Gbkaghty, Florists, Newport, It. I. 
COPELAND’S COUNTRY LIFE. 
A COMPENDIUM ©F 
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. 
K B. PHELPS & C0„ Gen. Agts. 
17 Cortlandt St., New York. 
AGRICULTURAL & HORTICULTURAL 
Practical Knowledge. 
# By ROBERT MORRIS COPELAND. 
!Saaa.c>otl3Li3tAS EEarrow, 
AND BROADCAST WEEDER, 
is admirably adapted to harrowing wheat in spring, cover¬ 
ing grass seed, pulverizing spread manure, smoothing newly 
seeded land; and, mostot all, obviating the hand-hoeing 
ok corn, so that one man and team will keep 6D or 70 acres 
perfectly clean until a foot high. It pays itscost at least five 
times over, yearly, on every hundred acres. It is eminently 
useful to Market Gardeners and to Nurserymen. Send 
for a descriptive Circular. 
Prices, with 120 wrought iron teeth, $20; with 120 steel 
teeth, $25; sent by railroad on receipt of price, by 
J. J. THOMAS & CO., Geneva, N. Y. 
For Family use—simple, cheap, reliable. Knits everything. 
Agents wanted. Circular and sample stocking free. 
Address HINKLUY KNITTING MACHINE CO., Bath, Me., 
or 176 Broadway, New-York. 
Holbrook’s Regulator Seed Drill. 
lacr, durable, easy to operate, and shows the seed as it drops, 
- . r mistake or failure. Price $121)0. Address 
F. F. HOLBROOK & SMALL, Boston, Moss. 
Motive Power lor BSotliing. 
Our Patent, Seltf-regulating, Storm-defying Wind-mill is 
superior for pumping water for Railroads, Country Resi¬ 
dences, Farms and Farm Houses. For circulars address 
“CONTINENTAL WIND-MILL CO,” 
3 Barclay St., New-York. 
New Tread Power, 
For driving all kinds of machinery, such as Circular aud 
Drag Saws, Cutting Boxes, Corn Shellers, &c., &c. ft lias a 
firm and steady track, simple gear, and is strong and dura¬ 
ble. The two-horse “Victor” will cut from 15 to 25 cords 
of stove wood per day with ease to the horses. 
Send for Circular. 
BLYMYER, DAY & CO., Mansfield, O. 
Sand #or Illustrated aud Descriptive Circular. 
T, W,- FAY, Patentee and Manufacture!', Catndon, N, J. 
It contains 92G large Octavo Pages and 250 Engravings, 
and embraces Descriptions, Hints, Suggestions and De¬ 
tails of great value to those interested in Country Life. 
The following are some of the matters of which it treats: 
DRAINING. 
CATTLE. 
SHEEP. 
SHRUBS. i. 
FRUITS. U 
FLOWERS. 
VEGETABLES. 
HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. 
CRAPE CULTURE. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
The KitcHcn Garden receives particular attention. 
In short, as its name indicates, the book treats of almost 
every subject that needs consideration by those living in 
the country, or having anything to do with tho cultivation 
of the soil. 
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Either of the above books sent post-paid on receipt of 
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