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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[March, 
M ETALIC BIRD HOUSE, enameled 'white, 13 
inches high, 1414 x 10 % base. Manufactured by the 
MILLER IRON CO., 
Providence, IOI. Manufacturers of Ornamental Iron Work 
for Gardens, Lawns, Parks, Cemeteries, etc. Illustrated 
Catalogue sent free. 
COOPER’S STEAM ENGINE WORKS. 
To keep pace with the growing demand for our Machinery, 
we are adding S-10,000 worth of new and improved Tools 
and Buildings to our present large Factories, and will con¬ 
tinue to supply the following articles, after the best designs, 
on terms which will he found to be specially advantageous: 
STATIONARY STEAM ENGINES, 
For MILLS, FACTORIES, SHOPS, FURNACES, MIXING, 
&c., of every required size, divided into three classes. 
1. With SINGLE SLIDE VALVE, Gutting off at two- 
thirds of Stroke by lap. 
2. With CUT-OFF VALVE, arranged so as to close at 
any part of Stroke and ailjustable by hand-lever while 
engine is in motion. 
3. With BABCOCK & WILCOX PATENT Variable 
Cut-off. automatically adjusted by Governor. 
PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES, 
Of 8 , 10, 15, 23 and 25 Horse Power, combining all the im¬ 
provements of the Slide Valve Engine. This is the only 
portable Engine and Boiler that has a Combined Heater and 
Lime Catcher. 
Babcock & Wilcox Patent 
Hon-Explosive Tiibulous Steam Boilers. 
Grist Mill Machinery and Mills 
Of any required size, with correct working drawings. 
81,500 WILL. PURCHASE 
A FIRST-CLASS COMPLETED TWO IiUN GRIST-MILL, 
with erecting plans, &c., and guaranteed to give satisfaction 
and to he unsurpassed. 
CIRCULAR SAW-MILLS 
improved in construction and combining all modern im¬ 
provements. 
£T MACHINERY DELIVERED at New York, Philadel¬ 
phia, Baltimore, Chicago, Saint Louis, or New Orleans. 
LF" Full particulars and circulars on application. Address 
in full, JOHN COOPER & CO., 
Mount Vernon, Ohio. 
'J.REAT LABOR-SAVING 
^Machine for the Million. For 
the Cotton Planters and all oth¬ 
ers. Lyman’s New Patent Ad¬ 
justable Weed Anniliilator.a year 
of experience proves it to be by 
,, ~ actual test the most practical, 
__useful, cheap and reliable Weed 
— Destroyer known, combining 
strength, durability, great ease 
\— in working, doing the work of 
‘sN(Z two or more tools of the ordinary 
old styles now in ttse, with much 
greater ease and rapidity, cutting 
from 3 to 9 inches in width, witli best cutlery steel tempered 
Knives, with cutting edges each side, and easily sharpened. 
A. K. LYMAN & CO., Northampton, Mnss. 
Send for Circular. A. E. Lyman, Patentee. 
Galvanized Wire Cable Fencing. 
Cheaper than wood; more easily erected; not liable to 
rust; will sustain a man’s weight in clambering over it; 
made of 6 strands of galvanized wire; will not “set” like 
solid wire, in receiving a blow; will not snap in cold weath¬ 
er, even if strained tight, as the twist of the cable equalizes 
the contraction and expansion caused by cold and heat; ex¬ 
terior diameter nearly % inch. One hundred pounds of this 
Cable will make about two-thirds more Fencing, than the 
same weight of solid wire of same diameter. 
A 5-Bar or 5- Cable Fence, witli Straining Brackets. Screws, 
Nuts, and Staples, for Wood Posts, costs $80 per 100 yards, 
without the cost of the wooden posts. 
A 5 -Bar or 5 - Cable Fence, witli Iron Posts and Standards, 
all complete, will cost $63 per 100 yards. 
Send for Circular. Liberal discount for $1,000 and over. 
Shops, 17 Coates St., Phila. PHILIP S. JUSTICE, 
Places: 42 Cliff St,, New York; M N, 5tli St., Philadelphia. 
Wire 
for Fencing and for Grapes, cheap, galvanized or un- 
cd 
f^ARiVIERS—ATTENTION I 
JL cor Fencing and for Grapes, cheap, galvar 
galvanized. We are prepared to furnisli merchants and 
farmers,everywhere,with a very superior quality of Annealed 
" ‘ ' irices. Save money by sending to 
Fencing Wire at very low prices 
head-quarters. Price List free. Address 
R.T. BUSH & CO*Manufacturers. 
75 William St., New York. 
STOCK. — TH®S. B. 
SMITH & GO. are the most extensive and reliable 
breeders In the country. 
See advertisement on page 116. 
IMPROVEB 
SMITH & GO. an 
Lyman’s Patent Transplanting & Weeding Ma- 
CHINE.—(Just Out.)—This new Patent Implement, unlike anything 
heretofore used, is just what lias been so long needed by Gardeners and 
Horticulturists; will include a sufficient quantity of earth and deposit it 
with the Plant in any desired position securely, with great rapidity and 
ease, giving double surety to the life and growth of the Plant. Steel Blades, 
adjustable. 
do-inch or, 2% ft. Handle. A. E. LYMAN & CO., 
Northampton, Mass. 
A. E. LYMAN, Patentee. 
cradle. 
As a Cultivator. 
Price, $9.00. 
COMSTOCK’S 
New Horticultural Implements 
COMBINED. 
(Patented June 1st, 1S69.) 
The Best in tSae World. 
Comstock’s 
Hand Culti¬ 
vator and On¬ 
ion Weeder 
■will do the work 
of six jim with 
hoes. It is the 
only implement 
that pulls the 
weeds and thor¬ 
oughly pulverizes 
the soil. As much 
superior to the hoe 
for all small drill 
crops, as the mow¬ 
ers and reapers are 
to the scythe and 
Boxing, 25 cts. 
Comstock’s 
Seed Sower.— 
The neatest and 
most perfect small 
seed sower yet in¬ 
vented— sowing 
Beet, Parsnip, and 
other d i ffl c u 11 
seeds with the 
greatest regulari¬ 
ty. Combined with 
the Cultivator and 
Weeder, and can 
he separated in 5 
minutes. Price, 
$15. T li e See d 
Sower alone, $10. 
Boxing, 35 cts. 
Comstock’s 
Strawberry 
Cutter, for re¬ 
moving Strawber¬ 
ry runners, culti¬ 
vating between 
the rows at the 
same time — with 
the Cultivator and 
Weeder combined. 
Price, $12.00. 
Boxing, 25 cts. 
.Comstock’s 
W ceding 
Hook.—A lit¬ 
tle steel instru¬ 
ment w i t h a 
hook at each 
end, one point¬ 
ed and the oth¬ 
er cleft, for 
hand weeding, 
and is just the 
tiling for ladies 
in the Flower 
Garden. 
As a Strawberry Cutter. Price, 50 cts. 
The Weeding Hook will be sent by mail upon receipt of 
65 cts. 
The Set Complete, $18.50. Boxing 1 , 35 cts. 
The cuts will give a correct idea of the implements, with 
the exception of the handles, a portion of winch it was nec¬ 
essary to cut off for want of space. Descriptive Circulars 
sent to all applicants. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SON, 
41 Park Row & 151 Nassau St., 
AGENTS for the Manufacturers. NEW YORK. 
HA.Y.1SCALES F 
FOUR TOW I 
$ 75 . 00 . 
Send for Price List No. 196. Make no mistake in my ad¬ 
dress, or number of List. 
EDWARD F. JONES, Binghamton, N. Y. 
v&s&gmm 
For Family use—simple, cheap, reliable. Knits everything. 
Agents .wanted. Circular , and sairrple stocking free. 
Address HLNKLEY KNITTING MACHINE CO., Bath, Me., 
or 176 Broadway, New-York. 
THE BEST 
Family Sewing Machine, 
“ The Florence Sewing Machine is decided to be the best 
“ on exhibition. It must also he stated incidentally that 
“THIS IS BETTER THAN ANY OP ITS CLASS 
“ KNOWN TO THE JUDGES.’’ 
Report of Judges, American Institute Fair, New York. 
PRINCIPAL AMERICAN AGENCIES ; 
New York—505 Broadway; 
Baltimore—110 Baltimore Street; 
Boston—141 Washington Street; 
Brooklyn—431 Fulton Street; 
. Charleston—382 King Street; 
Chicago—43 Madison Street; 
Cincinnati—28 West Fourth Street; 
Cleveland—43 Public Square; 
Detroit—158 Jefferson Avenue ; 
Galveston—234 P. O. Street; 
Hartford-382 Main Street; 
Indianapolis—27 N. Pennsylvania Street; 
Louisville—110 Fourth Street; 
Milwaukee—410 Milwaukee Street; 
Nashville—33 North Cherry Street; 
New Orleans—6 Chartres Street; 
Philadelphia—1123 Chestnut Street; 
San Francisco—111 Montgomery Street 
St. Louis—612 North Fourth Street. 
~~ AGENTS~WANTED. 
We wish to get energetic agents in every section of the. 
United States and Canada, where wo are not now represent¬ 
ed, to sell 
The most simple and durable double 
thread Sewing Machine ever of¬ 
fered to the public. 
Tliis Machine is first-class In every respect, and at the 
same time furnished 
At a mice within the reach of all. 
Licensed by Wheeler & Wilson, Grover & Baker, and 
Singer & Co. We will give parties with sufficient capital the 
exclusive agency of an entire State. To persons seeking a 
profitable business, we offer unparalleled inducements. The 
attention of Sewing Machine Agents is especially solicited. 
For terms address, GOLD MEDAL SEWING MACHINE 
CO., 334 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 
‘self-acting gates. 
The American Gate Co. of Cleveland, 0., are the sole man¬ 
ufacturers of Nicholson’s Improved Self-acting Gates. These 
gates are beyond competliion—the best ever made. Tlicv 
are recommended by the “ Scientific American,” the •‘Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist,” Gen. Horace Capron, Commissioner of 
Agriculture; and many others. Send for Circular. 
Address M. G. BROWNE, 
Secretary Am. Ga. Co., Cleveland, O. 
FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLDER^ 
Page’s Portable Pump and Graduating Sprinkler, 
for $5.00. 
“ It has proved the best thing of the kind I have seen.”— 
Clias. Downing,Newburgh, N. Y. Itis unequalled or apply¬ 
ing liquids to destroy insects on plants, vines, and fruit trees. 
As a Fire Extinguisher, it is very effective. 
Liberal discount to Clubs, and to Agents, for 1S70. 
NEW ENGLAND PORTABLE PUMP CO., Danvers, Mass. 
For Drain Tile, Water Pipe. Garden Vases and Pedestals. 
Chimney Tops, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Furnace Boiler and 
Grate Tile, Stove Linings, and all kinds of Clay goods made 
to order. Also, dealer In Roofing Slate, Hydraulic Cement, 
Calcined and Land Plaster, and Building Materials generally. 
Address D. R. EC HER, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
The Copper Strip Feed Cutter 
For cutting Hay, Straw, and Com Stalks. Warranted to 
please, or money refunded. Send for Illustrated Circular to 
PEEKSKILT. PLOW WORKS. 
Peek-skill, N. Y., or Cleveland, O. 
