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resulting from the use of whatiscalled Kerosene Oil,—but 
really a mixture of Benzine, Naphtha and other highly 
inflammable substances, the use or sale of which is an in¬ 
fringement of United States Law,—has induced us to place 
this article on our premium list as a humanitarian as well 
as a useful act.. The Board of Health of the city of New 
York have examined scores of samples of Oil obtained 
from as many different dealers in this city, and nearly all 
have been found far below the government standard and 
entirely unfit for use. This “Astral Oil” is from the 
House of Chas. Pratr, 108 Fulton St. Mr. P., 
a merchant of high reputation, will keep up the article 
to its present standard. It has been tested and received 
the endorsement of the highest scientific authori¬ 
ties in the land. Among them are E. N. Ilorsford, late 
Rumford Prof. Harvard University, etc., and R. Ogden 
Doremus, Prof. Chem. in the College of the City of New 
York. Dr. G. Tagliabue says : “ 1 have to pronounce the 
‘Astral ’ Oil, the safest Illuminating Oil in the market.” 
The Guaranty Cans are made of tin. and sealed so that 
none of the oil can be removed without breaking the 
seal, thus securing safety in transportation. The can is 
inclosed in a strong wooden case, and may be returned 
for refilling. For 10 subscribers at $1.50, or 65 at $1.00. 
we will send a case containing 12 one gallon Guaranty 
Cans, which may be distributed. 
!\os. 50, 51.—Mercurin! ISarome- 
ter*.— Woodruff's Patent, made by Clias. Wilder, 
JPeterboro, N. M. These are the most convenient 
and portable Mercurial Barometers made. (Send to Mr. 
"Wilder for a circular.) The peculiar form of Mercury cup 
’invented by Mr. Woodruff renders these Barometers so 
portable that Mr. Wilder guarantees their safe delivery, 
if not to be sent beyond the Rocky Mountains. The in¬ 
struments are about 3 feet long, differing mainly in the 
style of case, both being supplied with Thermometer and 
Vernier. A Barometer is to farmers, or others on land, 
what it is to sailors at sea—an indicator of the weather 
to be looked for. To us this instrument is of more real 
value, in a business way, than the interest on several 
hundred dollars. It more than pays its cost every year ! 
No. 52.—lliickeyc Harvester Slow¬ 
er. —The Buckeye Mower is so widely and favorably 
known that we need not describe it particularly. In 1S69 
this machine competed at only two large trials, one at 
Louisville, Ky., where it received the First Prize Grand 
Gold Medal, and the other at Amherst, Mass., where it 
received Two First. Prize Grand Gold Medals. Messrs. 
Ad fiance, Platt & Co., i65 Greenwich St., 
N. Y. City, will send any one a circular, giving full 
description, engravings, etc. Many a farmer can secure 
this premium by a very few days’ or odd hours’ and even¬ 
ings’canvassing for subscribers. A few cau unite their 
efforts, each getting a part of the subscribers, and own 
the machine in common. — Ten subscribers a day for 
15 days would secure it ($125.)—Many can easily raise 
the necessary club at Town Meetings, Fairs, Elections 
and other gatherings, or during evenings. The Buckeye 
Self-Rake Reaper has been proved to be a very valuable 
machine and is at least equal to any Reaper and Raker in 
the market. Those who secure this Mower can after¬ 
ward secure the Reaper, which can be attached. 
No. 55.—Ptitcnt €ylin«lcr Plow.— 
"We hear very good reports from those who have hereto¬ 
fore received this premium. It is an Ohio invention, but 
is manufactured by the well-known firm of It. H. Allen 
Sc Co., i 89 & 191 Water-st., New York, to 
whom application may be made for descriptive circulars, 
etc. The kind we offer for premiums is the “ Two-horse 
size, cutting a furrow 12 to 14 in. wide, and 5 to 8 in. 
deep.” It is provided with a wheel and with a “ skim 
plow,” like the double “ Michigan plow.”_For 29 sub¬ 
scribers at $1.50. or 97 at $1.00, we will give the Heavy 
Two-horse, 14 to 16 in. wide, and6to9in. deep, $19.00.... 
For 32 at $1.50. or 100 at $1.00, the Two to Three horse, 
16 to 18 in. wide, 8 to 11 in. deep, $21.00. For 22 sub¬ 
scribers at. $1.50 or 75 at $1.00, the One-horse, 10 to 12 in. 
wide and 4 to 7 in. deep, $15.00. 
No. 54. — Collins & Co.'s Cast- 
steel Plows.— These excellent plows are made by a 
patented process, of cast-steel recast (not rolled), tem¬ 
pered and polished like a good axe. They will scour in 
the softest soils, and are great favorites on the prairies. 
The canvasser has his choice of eight plows named in 
the manufacturer’s circular at the same price ($25), of 
which we particularly recommend “ C. No. 3 ” for general 
use : “ B. No. 12 ” for stubble only ; and “ E, No. 12 ” for 
turf only. Send for circular, giving full particulars, to 
Collins & Co,, 212 Water-street,New York. 
No. 55.—Comstoelf's New Horticul¬ 
tural Implements Combined.— The Hand Culti¬ 
vator and Onion, Weeder will do the work of six: men with 
hoes. It. pulls the weeds and thoroughly pulverizes the 
soil. It is as much superior to the hoe for all small drill 
cult,.re as the mowers and reapers are t.o the scythe and 
cradle. The Seed Sower is the most perfect small seed drill 
we have seen. It sows Beet, Parsnip, and other difficult 
I seeds, with the greatest regularity, and it is specially 
I adapted to sowing Onion seed at the rate of 4, 5, or 6 
pounds to the acre, ft is readily attached to the Culti¬ 
vator. The Strawberry Cutter takes off the runners and 
at the same time cultivates between the rows. After 
another year’s trial of these implements on our own 
grounds, and the entire satisfaction they have given to all 
who ordered them of us as premiums, we offer them again, 
and recommend them as being all till- inventor claims,- 
“ the best, in the world.” For 19 subscribers at $1.50, or 
65 at $1.00, we will give the Cultivator and Weeder and 
Strawberry Cutter, price, $12.00.For 22 at $1.50, or 75 
at $1.00, we will send the Cultivator and Weeder, and 
Seed Sower, price, $15.00... .For 27 at $1.50. or 90 at $1.00, 
we will send all these implements complete, price. $18.00. 
Manufactured by Comstock Brothers, East 
Hartford, Conn., who furnish descriptive circulars 
to all applicants. See cuts in American Agriculturist, 
page 127, 1869, and page 118, 1870. 
No. 50.—Tito American Snluncrged 
Pump. -Every family needs a reliable pump, capable 
of raising water easily and rapidly from the bottom of 
the well, be it deep or shallow,—one that is durable, 
that will not get out of order, or be liable to injury from 
frost or gravel. When we add to these the qualities of a 
powerful force-pump, ability to throw water 60 or 70 feet 
from a hose-pipe, and a construction which renders freez¬ 
ing an impossibility, though it stand out of doors, we 
think we have a family and farm pump which we can con¬ 
scientiously recommend. No. 1 will raise 20 gallons of 
water a minute. This is the pump offered ill the list.. No. 
2,30 to 35 gallons. No. 3 will raise 2 bbls. per minute 
from an ordinary well; and there are larger sizes. Either 
of these pumps will be furnished for the same number of 
subscribers required for other Premiums of the same price. 
The pumps have what is called water packing, that, is, no 
packing atall; the pump is set in the well, and nothing 
but the perpendicular brake and spout appear above the 
platform. Further information,. Circulars, and Price- 
Lists, may be obtained by addressing the Bridgeport 
Manufacturing,' Co., Bridgeport, Conn. 
No. 57.—Page's Patent, Pump and 
Sprinkler. —A Hand Watering-Pot, a Greenhouse 
Syringe, a light Force-Pump, and Garden-Engine. It is 
very simple in construction, light to carry, easy to oper¬ 
ate, and adapted to many uses — convenient for washing 
windows or blinds, carriages, horses; watering plants, 
etc. Throws a small stream with considerable force 
about 40 feet. It is so arranged that the stream cau bo 
instantly changed to drops, spray, or mist. Hor circulars 
etc., address the patentee and manufacturer , N. Page, 
Jr., Danvers, Mass. 
No. 58.—Family Scales.—These scales, 
combining the advantages of counter and platform scales, 
are peculiarly adapted to household purposes. They 
weigh from Vi ounce to 240 lbs. They have a scoop, or 
pan for weighing flour, sugar and other house stores, and 
a platform for heavier articles, and are just such an appa¬ 
ratus as is needed for in-door or out-door use, occupying 
less than 2 feet square. These scales are manufactured 
by the well-known Fairbanks Sc Co., No. 2-~>2 
Broadway, New York, whose weighing apparatus 
has long ranked as the standard in all parts of the 
country. Send to them for circulars, if desired 
No. 59. —• Crandall's Improved 
Building Blocks furnish a most attractive 
amusement for children. Churches, Dwellings, Barns, 
Mills, Fences, Furniture, etc., in almost endless va¬ 
riety, can be built with them, and the structures re¬ 
main so firm as to be carried about. For developing the 
ingenuity and taste of children they are unequaled. The 
Blocks are put up in neat boxes, accompanied by a 
large illustrated sheet giving various designs of buildings, 
etc., etc. This is one of the most successful toys ever 
invented. Twenty-five thousand dollars’ worth were 
sold last year by Orange Judd & Co., Sole Agents. 
No. OO. — Pocket Lanterns.—A very 
ingenious and valuable Yankee invention—a complete 
Lantern, yet it can he folded into a parcel 3 by 4 inches 
long, and of an inch in thickness ; it contains 3 little 
sperm candles, matches, etc., always ready for use. Made 
by the Merriam Manf’g Company (Julius Ives 
& Co., Agents, No. 37 Barclay St., New York). 
No. Cl.—New American Cyclo¬ 
paedia. —We cannot commend this great work too 
highly. We wish it could be placed in every family in 
the country. Scholars at our Academies and Seminaries, 
and members of Library Associations, can easily unite 
their efforts and secure it. Young men should devote 
evenings and spare hours to canvassing for this magnifi¬ 
cent and useful premium for their own use. Published 
by D. Appleton Sc Co., 90 Grand Street, N. Y. 
The Cyclopaedia is a whole library of itself, consisting 
of sixteen very large octavo volumes, well bound, aver¬ 
aging 8 OO large, two-column pages in each book. They 
treat upon over 25,000 different subjects. It is hardly 
possible to name any subject, any country, any person of 
note, in past or recent time, concerning which pretty full 
information may not he found in the Cyclopaedia alphabet¬ 
ically arranged ; worth a year’s effort in raising subscribers. 
An. (i2.—The Great flliotioutiry.— 
Worcester’s Large, Pictorial. Unabridged Edition, 
containing 1,851 tliree-col until paged, with a mul¬ 
titude of illustrative engravings. (The work is a large 
quarto volume.) Most of the thoroughly educated men 
of the country consider this as by far the best Dic¬ 
tionary in the English Language. It gives the spelling and 
pronunciation of every word in the language with full ex¬ 
planations, and as a source of general information stands 
next to the Cyclopaedia. The Dictionary can be called for 
at our Office, or be sent by express or otherwise, to any 
part of the country. It should be in every family. It is 
published by Brewer Sk 'fileston, Boston. 
Nos. S3, (SI.—The Lunielan (jrape. 
—This remarkable grape is now attracting much atten¬ 
tion. being a beautiful black grape of the first quality, and 
ripening sonic time before the Delaware. It has already 
been planted in many different sections of the country, 
from the Atlantic to west of Hie Mississippi, and its suc¬ 
cess lias been most flattering. It lias proved, generally, 
vigorous and hardy; The quality of the fruit is. in our 
judgment, as good as any variety with which we are fa¬ 
miliar, except it he the Iona. We are convinced that this 
grape is worthy of general trial, and we shall take much 
interest in seeing its true merits developed. We have 
made arrangements with Messrs. Hasbronck & Bnshnell, 
of Iona, near Peekskill, N. Y.. who have the original 
stock of the vines, to supply us with No. 1 and Extra 
Vines for Premiums. These vines will be of really No. 
1 and extra quality, and will be sent, by mail, postage 
paid, or boxed, by express, the receiver paying express 
charges only. Orders received too late for sending this 
fall will he filled as soon as it is safe in the spring. 
No. <55. — BBonltle Harpoon Horse 
Hay-Fork. —Any good Horse Hay-Fork is almost a 
necessity in these days of high wages; it is one of the 
real labor-saving implements of the day, and that farmer 
who fails to adopt it. will fail to reap the profit for his 
labor which he ought to have. Harris’ Double Harpoon 
Fork is a most excellent one, as we know by experience 
and observation, and we therefore place it in our Premium 
List. Let, any hay grower, who is too doubtful about the 
value of such an implement to invest money in it, gather 
a list of 18 subscribers this fall or winter, and get an 
implement free, and our word for it, lie will feel well re- 
j paid when the busy hard work comes on in the liay field. 
Descriptive Circulars will be sent, to all applicants by 
the “Pennock Manufacturing; Company,” 
Kennett Square P, O., Chester Co., Pa. 
Nos. <t<i to 7<>.—Volumes of tlte 
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 as much. 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 
profusely Illustrated, the engravings used in them having 
alone cost at least $60,000. Those obtaining premiums for 
less than thirteen volumes can select any volumes desired, 
from XVI. to XXIX. inclusive. For ordinary use, the 
sets of numbers unbound will answer quite well. 
Nos. 77 to 87.—BSonnd Volumes of 
the Agriculturist.—These are the same as Nos. 66 
to 76 above, but are neatly hound in uniform style, and 
cost us more for binding and postage. Sent post-paid. 
Nos. 88 so 5151.—Good ILilsraries.—- 
In these premiums, we offer a choice of Books for 
the Farm, Garden, and Household. The per¬ 
son entitled to any one of the premiums 88 to 99 may 
select any books desired from the list of our hooks publish¬ 
ed monthly in the American Agriculturist, to the amount, 
of the premiums, and the books will be forwarded, Post 
or Express paid. $25 or$50 worth of books pertaining to 
the farm will give the boys new ideas, set them to think¬ 
ing and observing, and thus enable them to make their 
heads help their hands. Any good book will, in the end, 
he of far more value to a youth than to have an extra acre 
of land on coming to manhood. Let the Farmers 
of a neighborhood unite their efforts and through these 
premiums get an agricultural Library for general use. 
No. lOO.—General BSook I*remlnm. 
—Any one sending 25 or more names may select Books 
from our list to the amount of 10 cents for each subscrib¬ 
er sent at $1; or 30 cents for each name sent at $1.20 ; 
or 60 cents for each name at $1.50. This offer is is only 
for clubs of 25 or mure. 7he books will be tent by mail or 
express, prepaid through by us. 
