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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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THE GR'EAT A^ERSCAM TEA COMPANY, 
<P. o. Box 5643.) 31 and 33 Yesey St., New York. 
^OOD, TABER & MORSE, 
Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y. 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
Steam-Engines, 
Porlafole, Stationary, and 
Agricultural. 
Hundreds In use in Shops, Print- 
in? Rooms, Mills, Mines, and on 
Farms and Plantations for Grain 
Threshing, Food Cooking for 
Stoek.Cotton Ginning, Sawing, etc. 
Circulars sent on application. 
In the Fields again with Prof. Gray ! 
STANDAKD 
Botanical Text-Books 
By ASA GRAY, M. D., Fisher Prof. Harvard University. 
More Extensively in Use than all Others Combined, 
This justli/. celebrated series of Text-Pool s presents the 
latest and most accurate Principles of 
Botanical Science .. 
HOW PLANTS GROW.—Tlie most charming Elementary 
Scientific Text-Book ever-published. Fully illustrated. 
Price. $1.13. 
THE SCHOOL AND FIELD BOOK—The most thorough, 
practical, and best adapted work for class use published. 
Recommended by the most eminent Professors and Teach¬ 
ers in the country.. Price. S3.50. 
Lessens and Manual.$3.00 
Structural Botany.. 3.50 
Liberal Terms offered for Introduction. Samples of any 
of the above, for examination, will be forwarded by mail on 
receipt of price. 
Send for full descriptive circulars. 
XVXSON, BLAKEMAXT, TAYLOR & 00., 
138 & 140 Grand Street, New York. 
THE FLOWER-GARDEN. 
A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF FLORAL PROGRESS. 
TERMS—One Dollar a Year. Every subscriber entitled to 
a dollar's wortli of flower seeds or bulbs from our catalogue. 
BEACH, SON & CO., late C. L. Allen & Co., 
Seedsmen, Bulb Merchants, and Florists, 76 Fulton Street, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. US?” Send for sample. » 
FENCE! 
The most complete and cheapest ever contrived. Wire 
and wood. Permanent or movable. See illustration 
in this paper. For circulars, address Patentee, 
TKOS. H. SPEAKMAN, 
No. 26 N. 7th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Agents wanted. 
r BiBB El PHILAWELPHSA I.AWV 
« MOWERS. 
Power Required. Width of Cut. Weight. 
,"o. 00, A Lady.10 inches, 28 lbs. 
“ 1, Jr., A Youth,.14 “ 37 “ 
“ 1, One Man.15 “ 63 “ 
“ 2, Jr. One Man, ..... 16 “ 42 “ 
“ 2, One or Two Men ... 20 “ 75 “ 
“ 2>£, A light Horse (Draft Pole) . 30 “ 275 “ 
“ 2 y,, “ “ (Driver’s Seat and 
Shafts), . 30 “ 315 “ 
We recommend our 14-inch and 16-inch Machines as being 
only about one half the weight considered necessary by 
other manufacturers, and on this account they are much 
easier worked, are stronger and more durable, and do tbeir 
work in the most perfect manner. 
Try “ The Philadelphia ” and you will buy no other. 
Sold wholesale and retail by 
GRAHAM, EMLEN & PASSMORE, 
Patentees and Manufacturers, 631 Market St., Philadelphia. 
500,000 GRAPH VSN 
Cheaper than anywhere else, for sale. Concord, 1 year old, 
only $30 per 1,000; 2 years, $40. Catawba. Delaware, Norton, 
Virginia, Martha, Eumelan, Hartford, and any other variety, 
cheap. Also, all kinds of Small-Fruit Plants, Asparagus, 
Roses, and Fruit Trees. Address 
Dr.. II. SCHRODER, Bloomington, Illinois. 
IMPROVED FOOT LATHES, 
With Slide Rest and Fittings. Just the thing 
for the Artisan or Amateur Turner. 
ALSO HAND PLANERS. 
Many a reader of this paper has one of them. 
Soiling in all parts of the country, Canada, Cuba,Europe, 
Jtc. Send for descriptive Catalogue. 
Address N. H. BALDWIN, Laconia, N. II. 
Sec Advertisement of American Eruit-Dricr, 
page 113 in 4Uis number. 
THE BEOKW1TEE 
SEWII&-1ACHINE IMPROVES. 
PRIGS, ©12. 
Witli Setv SSs'sikloag'-IFoot and ©tlaea 1 
ValnaMe Improvements. 
We have been offering as a Premium, fora year past, 
the 
ISeekwitia Sewmg-MaeMne, 
which was fully described in the American Agriculturist 
for March and April, 1S72. We have already given and 
sold some hundreds of these machines, and testimonials 
of satisfaction have come from every quarter. 
We now offer the Beckwith Sewing-Ma¬ 
chine, Improved, price $12. A new and very 
simple braiding-foot has been made, by which a child can 
sew on braid without the least trouble, following any de¬ 
sired pattern with ease ; also a new arm, spiral spring 
and lever for raising- the presser-foot., all of which are 
now set in a position that leaves the needle free to be 
threaded. The joint is much enlarged, and the machine 
is otherwise greatly strengthened and improved. The 
use of the braider-foot alone will be valued more than 
the cost of the machine. This, with the other improve¬ 
ments, is considered so important, that the Beckwith 
Sewing-Machine Company will make no more of the $10 
style. The improved machine is japanned and tastefully 
ornamented with gold; cloth-plate and trimmings are 
plated. 
Read what tbe People Say. 
Hundreds of letters have been received by us and by the 
Beckwith Sewing Machine Co., extracts from a few of which 
are given below. They were most of them written witli 
reference to tire $10 Machine, hut are appropriate to the 
Improved Machine, as that comprises all the excellencies 
of the former, witli the additions already noted. 
Hamilton, Loudoun Co., Va. 
Gentlemen : Please send me your terms to agents for the 
Beckwith Sewing Machine. We are much pleased with 
ours. I would like to have the agency of this county, if 
terms are satisfactory. 
Very respectfully, * WM. H. BALL. 
Washington, D. C., March, 1872. 
Gentlemen : Received the machine and letter sent by 
you on the 8th inst. After an examination and trial of the 
former, sewing witli it nearly the whole of several gar¬ 
ments, including one of cloth, I can say that it gives entire 
satisfaction. Very respectfully yours, etc., 
H. L. CLARK. 
Brunswick, Maine, March, 1S72. 
Gentlemen: Your machine was received in good order, 
and I think very highly of it, and they will find a ready sale. 
Should he very happy to take the agency or buy machines 
of you to sell again. Yours truly, 
B. L. DENNISON. 
West Chester, August 15th, 1872. 
Gentlemen: In answer to inquiry about Beckwith Sew¬ 
ing Machine, I can siy that it lias proved satisfactory. Our 
physician having forbidden a treadle machine to come into 
the house, for fear of my wife, who is iu delicate health, being 
tempted to use it. I was induced to order a Beckwith. My 
wife, besides making up female wear of different materials, 
recently finished for me, in a most workmanlike manner, on 
tlie Book witli, a whole suit,.coat, vest, and pants, of French 
habit-cloth, which' is equal, if not superior, to any I have 
had made in your city or elsewhere. It, like all other 
machines, requires some common-sense application, and a 
little patience, until one fully understands it, and then there 
is little or no trouble. My wife, without' any other guide 
than a careful observation of tlie rules contained in the lid 
of the box, has been able to run it successfully. We value 
it highly. • W. P. TOWNSEND. 
Lookout, W. Tenn., August 3d, 1872. 
Gentlemen : We received the Beckwith Machine safely 
tlie evening of August 1st, and, as this is probably the high¬ 
est testimonial you will ever receive, we have duly felt the 
responsibility of writing to you how the little wonder works 
“ above tlie clouds.” We have taken two days to test its 
powers, and are most agreeably surprised. We expected 
nothing half so small, so pretty, or so useful. 
Your friend, MARY J. CHAPMAN. 
Ludlow, Mass., August 2Ctli, 1872. 
Gentlemen : 1 received your machine in good order, and 
after using it four months, trying it on all goods, I can say 
that it far exceeds my expectation. To say that I am well 
pleased with it would-be but saying little. 1 am satisfied. 
Yours truly, Mrs. A. L. BENNETT. 
Welborn, Fla., September 20th, 1872. 
Gentlemen : Tlie sewing-machine came safely to hand, 
and on trial Lfiiid it complete. My wile says it is tlie dear¬ 
est little machine that ever was made, and she would rather 
sew on it than to eat—would not take $50 for it if she could 
not get another. 
Respectfully yours, W. CLAY MALLORY. 
Defiance, Ohio, September 7th, 1872. 
Sir: We received your letter and machine in good time. 
We are perfectly satisfied. They will give universal satis¬ 
faction. I am a German; X landed in New York in 1852 ; 
been in Defiance County sixteen years. 
Yours respectfully, JOHN HEILSHORN. 
Mansfield, Tioga Co., Pa., September 27tli, 1872. 
Gentlemen: Your machine is the most perfect piece of 
simplicity that I ever saw, and ours works, as those say who 
run it, “ splendidly.” Yours truly, 
JOHN H. PUTNAM. 
Fremont, Dodge Co., Neb., September 21st, 1872. 
Gentlemen: I received the Beckwith Sewing Ma¬ 
chine August 17th, since which time I have sewed gar¬ 
ments from a French lawn to a cloth, and it gives entire 
satisfaction. 
Respectfully, ANNA C. WATT. 
Churchill, Kan., Dec. 23tli, 1872. 
Messrs. Orange Judd & Co.: I wrote you the other day 
inquiring for a Beckwith Sewing Machine which was to be 
sent to me. Since then, I have received it in good order, 
and my wife is more than pleased with its performance. 
Yours truly, THOS. B. SEARS, P.M. 
We have contracted with the Beck with Sewing Machine 
Company for a large number of them to supply our own 
friends, and as Premiums. Each machine is put 
in a neat, compact box, with liemmer and guide , oil-can 
with oil, thread, different-sized needles, etc., witli full 
Printed Directions for using, and delivered to any express 
office in this city, without extra charge above the $12. 
As we buy tlie machines at wholesale price, we have de¬ 
cided to give our readers some advantage of this, and we 
therefore propose to make a present for himself or 
herself, or for any friend, of one copy of Hearth and 
Home for six months, or one copy of the American 
Agriculturist for one year, to those persons who 
send us $12 for one of the machines while this offer 
is continued. 
The New Sewing Machine as a 
PREMIUM without Money. 
To enable those to get this machine who can not raise 
even tlie $12 to buy it, we make the following offer : 
We will send, the Machine tree to any 
one who will collect and forward EIGHT 
subscribers for HEARTH AND HOME 
one year at $3 each ; or SIXTEEN sub¬ 
scribers to AMERICAN AGRICULTUR¬ 
IST for one year, at $1.50 each. 
jg?” Almost any lady can readily secure this small 
number of subscribers and get a machine free ; or 
some friend can thus obtain it for her, as a present. 
Address 
ORANGE JUDD & CO., 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
