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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Dec.  17 
A  1  Steel  Shears.  THE  BICKFORD  FAMILY  KNITTING  MACHINE.  Wire  Splicer  and  Staple- 
Puller. 
With  the  wire-splicer  two  pieces  of 
wire  can  be  spliced  neatly  and  strongly. 
This  is  the  only  tool  on  the  kind  of  the 
market.  Every  one  knows  how  hard  it  is 
to  get  the  staples  out  of  a  fence  post. 
With  this  little  tool  and  a  hammer  they 
can  he  taken  out  as  fast  as  the  puller  can 
Every  woman  knows  good  shears,  and 
we  believe  that  every  one  who  uses  these 
will  say  that  they  are  “  A.  1.”  Any 
This  machine  is  especially  adapted  for  knitting 
coarse  wool,  ordinary  three-ply  socks,  mittens,  leg- 
gins,  scarfs,  tidies,  mats,  afghans.  and  all  varieties  of 
work  where  coarse  wool,  Germantown  worsted,  and 
very  coarse  cotton  are  used.  Easily  learned  and  any 
person  can  make  good  wages  with  it.  Knits  both  flat 
and  tubular  web,  narrowing  or  widening  at  will,  knit¬ 
ting  a  sock  complete,  commencing  at  the  toe.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  articles  belong  to  and  accompany 
each  machine,  viz.:  bobbin  winder,  three 
bobbins,  swift,  oiler,  set-up  and  looper, 
long  needle,  weight  hook,  four  weights, 
buckle,  six  extra  needles  and  illustrated 
1  machine 
found  imperfect  may  be  returned  and 
exchanged  at  our  expense.  They  are 
seven  inches  long,  and  either  japanned 
or  nickel  plated  as  wanted.  Price  $1 
prepaid  ;  with  a  year’s  subscription  $1.80  ; 
with  a  renewal  and  a  new  name,  $2.55. 
instruction  book.  The  No. 
that  we  offer  has  one  cylinder,  as  shown 
in  cut,  72  needles,  12  gauge.  Price  $30. 
We  will  send  it  for  a  club  of  15  new  names 
at  $1  each  and  $15  additional.  Weight, 
boxed,  35  pounds.  Express  or  freight 
to  be  paid  by  the  purchaser  on  receipt. 
be  placed  in  position.  The  same  tool 
also  has  a  claw  for  drawing  light  nails  or 
tacks,  a  hammer  head  for  driving  tacks, 
and  the  handle  is  in  shape  to  use  for  a 
light  wrench;  the  hook  is  very  useful  for 
handling  barbed  wire  and  protecting  the 
hands  from  injury.  Directions  for  use 
go  with  each  tool.  Price  50  cents,  pre¬ 
paid.  With  a  year’s  subscription  $1.30. 
Combination  Measuring1  Glass, 
EGG  BEATER,  CREAM  WHIPPEB,  ETC. 
This  little  apparatus  is  a  wonderfully 
bandy  kitchen  utensil.  It  beats  both 
light  and  heavy  mixtures  perfectly.  It 
beats  whites  of  eggs  and 
i  sugar  together  for  icing, 
frosting,  etc.  It  beats 
the  entire  egg  for  ome¬ 
lets,  etc.  It  whips  up  tumbler  chest  lock  containing  70  superior  quality  assorted  tools 
the  entire  egg  and  suga^  ^  j  ^  saw,  | ^sm 
YOUTHS’  TOOL  CHEST 
The  Poulterer’s  No.  1  Mill, 
For  grinding  dry  bones,  shells,  grain 
and  many  other  substances  for  poultry. 
“I  used  to  pound  shells  and  bones  for  my 
poultry  in  a  mortar.  That  way  was  hard 
work,  and  it  took  a  great  deal  of  my  time 
— time  is  money.  This  led  me  to  devise 
some  means  by  which  time  could  be  saved 
and  labor  made  easy. 
This  mill  is  a  complete 
success  for  crushing  oys- 
ter  shells,  grinding  bone 
meal,  all  kinds  of  grain,  also  stale  bread, 
cracker  dust,  roots,  spices,  etc.”  A  peck 
of  shells  can  be  crushed  in  15  minutes. 
May  be  adjusted  for  grinding  coarse  or 
fine.  Price  $5,  weight  35  pounds;  with 
a  year's  subscription  $5;  with  a  renewal 
and  a  new  subscription,  $5.75. 
The  Milk  Scale 
The  cut  herewith  illus¬ 
trates  a  special  scale  de¬ 
signed  for  weighing  milk  in 
the  pail,  so  as  to  determine 
the  yield  of  each  cow.  A 
loose  indicator,  set  by  a 
thumb-screw,  balances  the 
weight  of  the  pail.  Capacity, 
30  pounds.  With  each  scale 
we  furnish  free  10  blanks, 
that  will  contain  the  record 
for  two  milkings  a  day  for 
one  week  for  14  cows.  May 
be  used  also  for  general  pur¬ 
poses.  Price,  $5  ;  with  a 
renewal  and  a  new  sub¬ 
scription,  $5.75. 
Be  Your  Own  Lawyer. 
One  may  as  well  learn  something  of 
law  from  this  500-page  book  as  from  a 
lawyer.  Concise  directions  are  given  for 
all  kinds  of  legal  business  and  documents, 
as  agreements,  bonds,  deeds,  leases, 
notes,  mortgages,  wills,  etc.  It  treats  of 
over  70  different  subjects :  Arguments, 
ad  boy  assignments,  auctions,  bankruptcy,  bills 
at  odd  of  sale,  cattle  and  dog  laws,  collection 
of  debts,  con- 
patents,  power 
of  attorney,  notes,  trespass,  voters,  dic¬ 
tionary  of  legal  terms,  etc.  Price,  cloth, 
Price,  $1.50,  prepaid;  with  a  year's  subscrip- 
year's  subscription,  $2 ;  with  a  renewal  tion,  $2 ;  with  a  renewal  and  a  new 
name,  $2.50. 
A  Perfect  Corn-Sheller. 
Simple  in  construction,  scientific  in 
principle,  neat  and  strong,  with  large 
capacity.  It  instantly  adjusts  itself  to  Price  $2.75,  expressage  not  prepaid;  with  a  year’s  subscription  $2.75;  with  a  renewal 
any  sized  ear,  removes  all  the  kernels  and  a  new  subscription  $3.25. 
from  the  cob,  dropping  them  in  the  box,  A  PREM 
and  throws  the  cobs  in  a  pile  on  the  floor  ^  ^  Many  a^ 
/  a  lone,  is  the  rp^is  little  drill  does  away  with  all  such  difficulty,  by  enabling 
^CU  t*-1  COT1f  all  the  small  brads,  nails  and  screws.  It  serves  also  as  a  counter 
s,‘  c  °  °  work  such  a  drill  is  indispensable.  Price,  60  cents,  prepaid ; 
^  ou  and  a  new  subscription,  $2.25. 
Intemue  THE  BROOKS  HAY  KNIFE. 
feeders  that  This  famous  hay  knife  is  claimed  to  be  “  The  Best  on  Earth  ! 
draw  the  ear  into  the  slieller  without  any  other  hay  knife  made,  working  in  anything  from  a  two-inch  plank  to  loose 
any  crowding  by  the  operator,  others  of  straw.  The  blade  is  corrugated  and  ground  on  one 
a  special  shape  and  arrangement  at  side,  giving  the  teeth  a  shear  cut.  It  is  as  easily  kept 
the  same  revolution  strip  the  kernels  in  order  as  a  common  scythe, 
from  the  cob.  Tt  is  the  best  and  cheap¬ 
est  sheller  made.  Any  farmer  or  poul¬ 
try  raiser  who  has  feed  to  shell  will  save 
the  cost  of  this  sheller  in  a  few  days. 
Price,  $2.25,  express  or  freight  not  pre-  A 
paid  ;  with  a  year’s  subscription,  $2.90;  $1  25 
with  renewal  and  a  new  name,  $3.50.  and  i 
PATENTED  JULY  I7’I880, 
SEPT.  30’  1890. 
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