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New Books, 0tc 
implement anb iUrtcljinern QMtoertieements 
NEWS CONDENSER, 
j^AIC Times, III) THIS HE ST I 
Excelsior Cultivator and Hilling Plow. 
Price, combined, fill; or $10 as a Cultivator. 
Palmer's Horse Hay Fork. 
Price, with three pulleys, $10. 
Steel Tooth Horse Rakes. 
$K) unci $13. 
Tiffin Revolving Horse Rake. 
(See Illustration, page 14*. Rural NEW-YORKER.) 
Price $'•*. 
The American Hay Tedder. 
Price $00. 
Send for Circulars to J. K. DKCATUR & CO.. 
m Water St., New York. 
— Blind Toni is in Missouri. 
— Minneapolis lias street curs. 
— Detroit has found n hermit. 
— Denver is going to have gas. 
— There are 800,000 dogs In Illinois. 
— Town annually plant* 6,000,000 trees. 
— Houston bids for the Texas capital. 
— Vermont has it four-lcggcd chicken. 
— Liverpool has a ten-yeai-ohl garroter. 
— Drown villa Is to have u new paper mill. 
— The Princess Clolilde has seven children. 
— Chick Sien Hong has become a Methodist. 
— Put-in-Day will ben favorite plitce of resort. 
— There aro 1,003 Odd Fellows in Essex county. 
Finesliowers have recently fallen in Illinois. 
Buffalo has 1,750,000 tiles to each inhabitant. 
Parsons Collect) of Iowa is located at Cedar 
Rapids. 
— In Nevada City tliey are trying to douiesti- 
cate quail. 
— The Hot springs of Arkansas are largely 
patronized. 
- Rye seven feet ani a-half high is reported 
from Georgia. 
~ The Government buildings at Ogdensburgh 
are completed. • 
— Long John Wentworth farms it on two 
thousand acres. 
Pour prominent English magazines are ed¬ 
ited by women. 
The new school-house at. Angola, Erie Co., 
is to cost id,5 0. 
There are 518 Inmates in the Indiana State 
Insane Asylum. 
The Nova Scotia gold mines produced about 
$135,000 last. year. 
Paterson papers are agitating the subject of 
a now post-office. 
Very rich salt fields have been discovered in 
Sanilac Co., Midi. 
unmarried woman in 
Every Parmer should have one of llie following articles. They WlU save their cost in one season, as 
the patterns we offer are tint best of their kind now in market. 
CLIPPER MOWBRS AND DROPPER REAPERS, 
(Pages 49 ami 60.) From $100 to $9110. 
HORSE HAY RAKES, 
(Page 54.) Revolving Wood Tooth, $10 ; Steel Tooth, on Wheals, $45. 
EVERY VARIETY OF 
SCYTHES, SNATHS AND GRAIN CRADLES. 
(Pages Id and 47.) 
IT A. Y T IS 13 13 3D IT 8 , 
(Pago 65.) Bull Ann, 8 teeth, $80, 8 teeth, $90; American. $90; mmmcK’B, $75. 
Rm c'lty imd li^eiamlnatlon'is «W.II farmers who may be In the city. Our stock will he cheer¬ 
fully shown, whether our visitors desire to purchase or not. 
R. H. ALLEN dt CO., 
The Oldest and Largest Establishment in the City. 189 ami 191 Water Ntreet, N. V. 
Special Circulars of any article will ho furnished on application, on receipt of stump. Address 
letters to P. O. Bo* 
CLIPPER UNLOADING HORSE HAY FORK, $12, 
(Pagu Id,) With Pulleys and Rook. 
RALSTON’S SHEEP SHEARS, $5. 
POTATO DIGGING PLOW, $15. 
(Page 57.) 
ALLEN’S EXPANDING HORSE HOE, $15. 
The best stirring implement between rows, suving half the usual hand labor. 
Any of the above delivered at depot or on dock in New York, for above price. 
R. H. ALLEN <& CO., 
p. 4». lion 37«, New York City. 
Allen’s (L. F.) American Tuttle........ 2 50 
Do. Now American Firm Brink....$2 60 
Do, Discuses of Domestic Anlniul*..... I 00 
Do. Rural Architecture. .. I 50 
American Bird Fancier.... .... •*) 
Amertcun Pomology (I190 Illustrations’!. 3 (si 
American Prac-tirail Cookery... .. I 76 
Amur I can Uhm Culturlst. 3o 
American Shui e-W hooter (Telescopic llllie). 60 
American Weeds and f'scful Plums. I 75 
Architecture il'uinmlng* A Mi)led 382 Designs 
anil 711 llluAlrathitin ..10 tin 
A itIi I lecture, National (Geo. I 1 !. Woodward).17 00 
Architecture, Principles and Practice of (I.oring 
it Jenny). • . .. . 14 00 
Architecture, Review, and Am. Builder's Jour¬ 
nal, (a. SlnauJ III No*.. each. 50 
Reanllfnl I,< lived Plants (l.ondon Edition) 00 
colored UtusM'ilttOIH. 9 00 
Bee Keepdi Tc*l Rook. (Pupur). 411 
Ilo. (Mn-llnl, .... 76 
Renii'iii s Poulterer's Tolu panto n 1 12D Ills.). 2 00 
Do. ltutibit Fancier..,-. ........... 3U 
Blckin'U's VIlingo Uullrler Ifih Plates, showing 
Now ami Practical Designs).....Ill IK) 
Itlack Raspberry Culture... 20 
Bommer'x Method of Making Manures. 75 
Bousflngaiilt * Rural Kconomy. I lit) 
Brack's Book i,f Flowers (iicwj. . I 75 
Bridgeuittn’s Gardener's Assistant.. 4 60 
Bulat'* Family Kitchen Gardener. 1 IXI 
I hi. Flower Garden.. ... . 160 
Burr's Vegetables of America. 5 UO 
Butcher’s Domestic Science .... 2 50 
Chemistry of the Ftirm (Nichols).. 1 26 
('horllon's Grape Grower's Guide. 76 
Col'boti.'s American Gardener. 75 
Cole's Agierlrnli Frun Book.. 76 
Colo’s American VptorlnuiIan. 75 
Copeland'* Country Life(920 pp.,260 Engravings! 5 nil 
Cotton Culture. .... 1 ..() 
Cotton Planter'll Mutiuftl (Turner)... ...... I 6u 
Crack Shot (Barber).... 3 !U 
Cultivation of Nutlvu Grapes and Manufacture 
of American Wine... 1 V' 
Dadd’s Aliiertcau Cuttle Doctor. I 60 
Do. Modern Ho,*,» Doctor. 1 60 
Dana’s Muck Manual...... 1 25 
Darwin's Animals and Pin tits... 0 UO 
Dead Sind , or. Sport man's Complete Guide. 2 00 
Downing'* Cot luge Residences... UO 
Do, FtiiIi* und Fruit Trees of America (1100 pp.) 7 50 
Do. Old Edition. 3 00 
Ho l.alolseape Gardening. II Id 
Do. tturul Essays. .. 6 00 
Drainage (Or Pi,lilt „fcl Health. I 60 
Du Bruull'n Vineyard Cultuio (Warder).. iki 
Duties und I'limsurea of Home.. ... 3 50 
Dyer and Color Mulny’s Companion. 1 26 
Eastwood’s Cntobcrry Culture... 75 
Everybody bis own Lawyer.. 1 26 
Ear in Druhuigntll. F. Frciuhi. I 60 
Farm Implements and Maehlnury (J. .1, Thomas) I 50 
Farm Talk t Brio lteit) . I no 
Farming for Buys .. .... I 50 
Field's PcurColDirc . ...... ... 126 
Fishing In Americun Water* (Scott).. 3 60 
F lagg's Europeun Vineyards .. I 50 
Flint on Grasses.2 60 
Do. Milch Cows ami Dairy Funning-. 2 50 
F'ranli Fom -tor - Field sporta (2 vnU.). 7 60 
Do F ish and Fishing tUKI ongruvings). . 5 60 
Do. Manual for Voting Spoilsmen. 3 IXI 
Fuller's lllusirated BFruwliorry Cullurint. 20 
Do. Forest Tree Cnllurlst... 1 50 
Ilo. Hmull Fruits illlustrated). I 60 
Gardening foi Prolll... I 50 
Gardening tor the Rout h.. 2 IX) 
Gey ell n‘s Poultry Breeding Commercial View. I 36 
Grape f Ulnirist / A S. Fuller). 1 60 
ttruy’M llow Plants Grow..... I 25 
Do. Manual of Botany and Lesson*.,,,,,,,. I <K) 
Do. Kchool niul F ield Rook id Botany. » HI 
Gregory ori 8quii«hcs . .. 30 
Guenon on Milch i oivs....... . 75 
Gun, Rod und Saddle. 2 00 
llarazr by’*Grape Culture und Wine Milking 5 00 
Harris cm Insect. I IX) 
Do. on t lie Pig . I 80 
Uultlcld's Ano rlean House Carpenter. 3 50 
Hints to Horse Keeiujrs 11lorlsu I 'si. J 75 
High Farming without Manure. 35 
Holly'- 1 Arl o? Haw J*Ring...... 75 
Do. Curt,enter - Hand Book (new). 75 
Hooper s DogundGuii. 30 
IIoo|s's’ Book nf Evergreens. 3 1X1 
Hop Culture. 10 
How OrupS Feed. . 2 IX) 
How Crops Grow..... 2 ill) 
Hunter und Trapper... 1 (X) 
'Hus,mini,'a GlwpOn slid Wine...... ............... 1 50 
Indian Corn, Us Vulue,Culture and Uses. 1 50 
Jennings on Cattle.... I 75 
PHIFER WHEEL GANG PLOW 
AND SKELETON CULTIVATOR, 
(for Corn, Cotton and Potatoes,) besides Its other 
numerous awards, received the Highest Premium:* 
at Memphis, T'oini., and Jackson, Miss,, FAR a. last 
full. For the ciilUvalloi, of crops planted In rows, It 
is the best " BmIWU Plow" extant. 
Ijr- For Circulars mid terms, address the munil- 
fiuiturers, A. L. BRKAKREY Sc CO., 
Office 117 Perry St.. Trenton, N. ,J. 
A patent article of good thickness and durability, 
suitable for sleep or Out, roofs. Cun be applied by an 
ordinary uiuelmnlc or hnndv laborer. Seed for 1 Ir- 
ou lur to EDWARD H- At A It ITN, 
72 Malden Lime and 7 Liberty Ht„ New York. 
189 and 191 Water St 
lug thoroughly texted the Oil Stones manufactured 
by your Company, l cheerfully recommend them ns 
superior to anything 1 have overused for sharpen¬ 
ing Mowing Machine Cutters. 
Yours respectfully, F. NI8IIWITZ. 
Price of single stone, $t. A liberal discount to the 
trade. 
NORTHAMPTON EMERY WHEEL CO., 
Roods, Muss. 
IIE GLOBE MOWING MACHINE 
n ULBKODK'S SWIVEL 1*1,OWN. 
These Plows leave no " deud furrows” nor 
’• ridge* turn the f in row slices Hat on level land ; 
lay the Melds down level and smoot h for I lie mowing 
niochtnes, hay redder ore.; Work equuiiy well on 
sUlehtli; save considerable time; equalise the work 
ot team, by their poculiur convex form pulverize 
very thoroughly, utnl will not dog. Eight sizes, from 
a Garden Plow Tor one horse to u Broftking-up f low 
for four or six cattle. 
They are proving very satisfactory to all. 
Manufactured ami sold by 
F. K. Unl.imook: 4 Cl),, Boston, Mass. 
1ST" fiend stamp for Circular. 
7l|*(TABLIf*HED IN INIS, 
INGfJiU'ORATKD IN 18(3). 
— Thi'ic is only out: 
Boise < Jl by, Tduho. 
Ttioro Is considerable activity In the shlp- 
yartls m Rath, Mo. 
Mnrsliiill Wood's stiituo of tho Queen lias 
vouched Montreal. 
— Spain derives a rev onuc of about $37,000,000 
a year from Cuba. 
fila Lewis, tho Newport heroine, is to be 
married in I ho fall. 
Texas Is to ship north tho coming season 
150,000 head ot cattle, 
'l lie Cayuga mid Seneca Canal innavigable 
for full loaded boats. 
The Interest on the public debt of Georgia 
Is $100,IXX) per nunutn. 
Eight whales were recently oaught in Mon¬ 
terey Buy, California. 
Indiana papers report the prospects for 
fruit and crops id good. 
— A rnoeul act of Congress makes the 80th of 
May a nat ional holiday. 
— The Elmira Doiirii of Excise Rave already 
granted ninety licenses. 
There wore 1,027 births and 300 deaths in Law¬ 
rence Co., Ohio, last year. 
The manufacture of axes is largely carried 
on in Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Minnesota lias sixty-five thousand less sheep 
Ilian it hud two years ago. 
— Tho now Judges enter upon their duties the 
first Monday in July next. 
The annual Masonic picnic will bo held at 
Portage Bridge, JunoZttb. 
There are now 13,(XX) wind-mills in constant 
use in Holland for drainage. 
— They are having the “ warmest days of tho 
season " all over I he country. 
— A Wisconsin boy has had an eye put out 
while playing ” muUildepeg." 
I' Its streets called 
TH E GLOBE MuW Wit lx imw ulfurud to the Farm¬ 
ing Public u« the mam, perfect machine nf the kind 
ever placed in the market: combining perfection of 
out, light mix,* uf draught, own of mutton and durii- 
bilRy it lx warranted made of the very best nwUe- 
riul obtainable, mid perfect In it* construction. The 
gnurl oil which lx exi'i-rdRigly nluiplo,and at Dio nnwi 
time strung, lx inclosed In n cast-iron globe, ns repre¬ 
sented In rha nhovm cut. und tJtux protected from nil 
external Injury and action of the weather This ma¬ 
chine has been tested, during tho last three years, by 
the farmer*of Hchnylurftml adjoining counties, Now 
York, and after each trial pronounced try them a per¬ 
fect success. 
Parties desiring to purchase aro allowed to test, tho 
Gl.oItK In any ami every proper way, amt if not suit¬ 
ed with Its performance to return It to the manufac¬ 
turers. Agents aru wanted to sell the Globe Mower 
lu every county and town of the United Htates. 
X» 14 ICHi 
Or, orb Alow Eli, with two Knives, one Guard, 
two extra Sections, with Riven, Wrnnoh, Oil 
Can, Neck-Yoke and Wltlinc-Trwna, four feet 
cut, delivered on cars or boat at Watkins, N. Y.$(Xl 00 
Sailio, with four and a-hulf feet cut. 96 00 
Send for Clreulars, Address 
GLOBE MOWING MACHINE (JO., 
Watkins, (Schuyler (;«„ N. Y, 
AND IMPROVED 
OFFICE AND FACTORY AT 
MICHIGAN 
BATTLE CREEK. 
Is the imrnt popular machine of the kind now huforu 
the public. It Inis more practical points thill, uni¬ 
versally adapt II to Mm work uf reaping Grain than 
all others put together, ttents any Grain that grows, 
whether high OK low, thin or (hick, lodged ,,p stand¬ 
ing. In the in oil Mitlsfiictnry manner It Is easily 
bundled, bv tin ordinary pun of horses, to cut from 
16 to 20 acres between sunrise ana »un»< t: U swaths 
or loaves the grain In gavels out of the way of re¬ 
turning learn; Is worked by almost any boy nr ordi¬ 
nal v Held hand, nr nUtomatiCHlIr, ax you prefer. 
JJF" For further particulars, semi lor Descriptive 
<!. V. lilt AD LEV Ac HON, 
Hyrndisc, N. V. 
<) H A N PI O N . 
Iliekoli’s Patent Portable 
A superior article for farm uso. May he operated 
by h nd or power. Price very low. Also, a largo 
variety of smaller Police and Kplce Alills, for 
Families, Grocers, Ac. Send for Circular. Manu¬ 
factured by LANE BROTHERS. Washington, N. Y. 
Mayhew's Practical Buuk-lfeepRig (Single und 
I loclble Kill I '. 91) 
Do. Account Books (to go with the above). I 20 
Do. Key do go with above)... 90 
Mayhew's Illustrated Horse Doctor. . 3 (HI 
Do. Illustrated llm xc Mauagciiienl... 3 IX) 
McMahon s American Gardener . 2 26 
Mechanic s Companion (Nicholson). 3 00 
Mile* on Horse 'a Foot (cloth)... 75 
Modern Cookery iby Miss Acton mill Mrs. K. J. 
Hale). I M 
Monumental Designs (!.',!> I'lntcs and Designs)... U) IK) 
Mrs. Bale s New (Took Book ... 2 00 
My Farm of Kdgewood..... I 76 
My Vineyard at Liikeview..... 1 25 
Nori l.x’ Firh ('allure.. I 75 
Norton’s Elements xelenUllo Agriculture. 75 
Onion Culture... 20 
Our Farm of F'nur Acres ..... 30 
Pardee on Sirs wherry Culture. 75 
Park man's Hook of lloses,,,.... 3 (X) 
Pur-ons on the Ruse... 1 50 
Pear Culture for Prollt (P. T. Quinn)... 1 00 
Peat and Its I vox. 1 26 
PeddAr’s Land Measure. GO 
Phantom Flower*- -----....— 1 60 
Practical and thjienllflc Fruit Culture (Baker)... t 00 
Practical Floriculture(P. il«iider>nnj. 1 «0 
I‘ruction I Poultry Keeper i L. Wright). 2 IX) 
Practical Shepherd (Randall)...... 2 00 
Practical Stair Builder HI original plates).10 00 
Qulnhy’s Mysteries of Bee Keeping. I 50 
QuRioy on doiiing Cattle..... I 25 
Ruud's Bulbs .. .... 3 00 
Do. Gurdeu Flowers . 3 00 
Randall's Finn Wool Hnsiuuujry. I IK) 
Do. .sheep Husbandry in iho south... . 1 So 
Richard's,n on the Dog ..... ... 30 
Rivers Mlr.mLiiie F'rillt Gimlcn. 1 00 
Kuntl 8tudb*s. ... 1 76 
Saunder* un Poultry (Illustrated). 40 
8cherick’s Gardeners' Text-Book . 75 
Scribner's Produce Table*... 30 
Do. Ready lR-ckoirer and I,og Book. 30 
Silver’s new Poultry Book (70 Illustrations). 50 
Six Hundred Recipe*.... 1 76 
Skillful Housewife. 75 
Squashes (Gregory). 30 
Stewart's (John) (fuitile Book.. 1 50 
Strong’! Cultivation of the Grupc. 3 (X) 
Tcgetuicier's Poultry Book.... 9 00 
Ten Acres Enough.. 1 50 
The American House Carpenter (Hutilold’s). 3 50 
The Bum-Yard (A Manual). I (X) 
'Pile Book of Evergreens. 3 (X) 
ThO Boston Machinist (Fitzgerald). 76 
The Dog (by Dinks, Muyhewand IIulohliisnri). 3 IK) 
Tim Farmer's Journal and Account Bouk).$l, $2, 3 50 
Tho Garden (A Manual) , 100 
Tim Grapo Vino.. . .. 1 IX) 
The Doran In the Stable and the F ield (Stone¬ 
henge).>'-w...••••• 2 60 
Tim PcdIhivom Hofso .. ,, .. 100 
Thomas' Am F m it .CulturlstI4W) llRislruLions). 3 00 
Thompson's Food of Animals. 1 00 
Tim Bunker Papers. 1 .60 
Tobacco ( -illure ...... 25 
Todd's Yoiiiir Farmery Manual. 2 50 
Trapper's Guide. 2 00 
VcnDlulion m American Dwellings.. 1 50 
Warder's Hedges and Evergreens. 1 50 
Writing's |c«i l li ('Insi D.*.. 20 
Do Elements nf Agriculture..... 1 00 
Watson'* American Home Garden.... 2 00 
Wax F lowers, ami llow in MukuTbom. 2 00 
Weeds and t.-eliil Plants.. 1 75 
Western Fruit Growers'Guide. I 50 
Wheelur's Home- for the People. .... 3 IX) 
Do, Rural Home*. .... .. 2 DO 
Woildruff’s I rotting Horse of America.. . 2 26 
Woodward's Graperies und Llorl’l Buildings_ 1 (X) 
D«x Country Houma. I 50 
D<- LottagoH and Farm House*. 1 50 
l»o. National Architect....12 IXI 
Do. Rural Architecture... i (XI 
Do. Suburban and Country Houses. I 60 
Woo' Grower amt Htock Register, Vols. 1,2, 5, 8, 
... . 33 
Youiuimi’s Hand-Book of Household Science.... 2 iki 
Do. New Chemistry... 2 IK) 
Young Housekeeper’* A Dalrymald'a Directory. 30 
Address all orders to 
I>. I>. T. 1UOOKU, 
41 Park Row, New York, or Roohester, N. Y. 
3 GE'S PATENT 
— Lniisliighiirgli wants onoo 
lR'oinlwiiy Instcud of Richard. 
— Tim Brio Railway Compuny has reduced its 
rates of rare twenty percent. 
— Soldiers wlm Red their limits arc to have an 
artificial one onoo In four years. 
— There have been copious rains In Central 
Iowa, and crops aro looking well. 
— Gen. Longfstroet has been made Adjutant- 
General of Hm Louisiana militia. 
— lRiffnlo huB an esDiblisiiment for tho manu¬ 
facture of trrapcnngar from corn. 
— Senator Nichols of Buffalo la spoken of for 
Comptroller in pluoe of Judge Allen. 
— Tho President has coneliided the purchase 
of a farm near Hladeusburg for $20,000. 
— Tlie prospects for the curly laying of Iho 
West Indies and I’amuna cable are good. 
— The Slate of Delaware sends to market 
about 2,000,000 baskets of peaches yearly. 
— A Trojan youth was the other day caught 
stealing rings from a silver-plated harness. 
— The Ohio Legislat ure has enacted a st ringent 
law against the sale of dangerous kerosene. 
— The citizens' ball at Toronto, on tiie2d inst., 
to Prince Arthur, was a very elaborate affair. 
— A yearly license fee Of One pound Is to be 
required of all who carry tiro-arm* in Europe. 
— Misa Anna Dickinson appreciates from $10,- 
000 to $18,000 Income during the lecture season. 
— a subterranean lake has been discovered at. 
Lancaster, Pa., seventy feet below the surface. 
— Assessments in the Eighth Revenue District 
of Pennsylvania have increased $40,552 over last 
year. 
— Perth Amboy is to have a telegraph line 
with which to communicate with the outer 
world. 
— The Wadsworth Normal and Training School 
will be ready for tho opening ol’ the fall term In 
September, 
—Water from the salt well at Muskegon, Mich., 
at a depth of 1,180 feet, Is said to possess mag¬ 
netic qualities. 
— The Crispins of North Adams. Mass.,are ex¬ 
cited over ihe expected advent of a large num¬ 
ber of Chinese shoemakers. 
The mo*I elllelent and perfect mode 
of separatron ever applied to a threshing ma¬ 
chine, combining ample threshing capacity 
with a perfect saving of the grain. No possi¬ 
bility of “clogging," “choking” cr “wind¬ 
ing up.” Adapted to all kinds and cotulitlons 
of grain. Capable or separating perfectly all 
that can be crowded through a cylinder, and 
SAVING ENOUGH MORE GRAIN ON EVERY 
JOB, over the best of other kinds, to mor© than 
pay the threshing bills. 
CLEANING THE GRAIN SO PERFECTLY, that Mil¬ 
lers and Grain D*vUers frequently PAY AN EXTRA 
PRICE for It. Makes NO LITTERINGS or SCATTER¬ 
INGS. Saves tho dirty and unprofitable "Cleaning 
up," necessary with others. When the last bundle 
is Ted the work is done and the machine ready to 
travel. 
Thrxihr*, Save* mill rlcnitM Klnx, Tim¬ 
othy and other Smalx, In a moat xuperlor iimnuer, 
and only require* n changx of xelvex to change from 
grain to need*. 
Mann Farmem mu it in more j/rnlltnhlr la em¬ 
ploy thruc Superior Machines ut FVhli pru t* Ilian aim 
other thre.Hher /nr X< i’ll 11 ,XO, and Hum yeiurally com¬ 
mand an extra price tier tnmhel. 
iHT Separator* furnished for Steam Power. 
Improved and 
“DOWN" Home Power* *ui>plled with 
I lie*e Hepnrntoi'M, or xolil wepuriilely. If de¬ 
al red, mid ** eiieeded " to nintcll other mu¬ 
ch IIIC H. They ore count meted with H|,cci„l 
reference to Doruhlllly, Eitue of Druft, 
Strength, Convenience mid Long Life. 
A tlrnad and UnvarnUhrd Warrant ;/ with rarh 
Machine. .Vo favein inked hut an impartial trial. 
rTMUS 1TIACTIINE HAM MET WITH 
1 the niont. complcto xucce**. In every Miction 
where It has been Introducud, It lias r.akvn prece¬ 
de net; over those inucbhujs which have heretofore 
ranked in, llr»t-clttBii. It Is a perfect Self-Raker and 
n. superior Mower. 
Semi for Circulars giving full description. 
THE KEST MACHINE EVER INVENTED. 
I make also two sizes of superior Presses for Bor- 
rles, Ac. If your merchant does not keep thorn, toll 
hire to send for one for you, or write for one your¬ 
self. Don't buy any other until you see this. 
Send for a Circular. W. O. IIK’KOK, 
Harrisburg, Penn. 
“THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST.’ 
STANDAK D 
AMERICAN BILLIARD TABLES 
Being constructed with regard to selentlllc accu¬ 
racy. are used In all tests of skill by the best players 
In the eountry, and In alt flrst-cluss clubs and hotels. 
Illustrated CatnloguuB of everything relating to Bil¬ 
liards sent t,y Man. 
PHELAN & COLLENDER, 
738 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY. 
Manufactured by adriapice,plAtt &co 
STYLES, SIZES k PRICES TO SUIT ALL FARMERS. 
Dourrlptiro Clroularx Forwarded by Mall. 
At tho trial of Mowing Machines, on the grounds 
of tin- Agricultural Foliage, at Amherst, June, 22-6, 
1889, (hcxeDlI Stone* were uxod on all the Machines 
entered,and were pronounced, hvull vvhoused Ilium, 
superior to anything lu use for sharpening cutter* in 
the Held. 
\Vtt select two from the very many testimonial* re¬ 
ceived from pirllcs well known to (lie public In con¬ 
nection vyltb the Mowing Machine business : 
PltOVIflKNCK, It. L, Juno29,1889. 
NotCTdAMPTON Bmkkv Wnxtt Co.—Graf*; Hav¬ 
ing thoroughly tried the Mowing Machine Oil Stone, 
manufactured by you. 1 have IIO hcNllntinn Iri recom¬ 
mending Ilium as superior to anything I have Keen 
for sharpening Knives in the Held, t should hardly 
feel safe, at a trial of Mowers If 1 did not have opn 
of your OH Stones with me. Yours truly, 
O. A. HILLMAN, with the American Mower Co. 
Omr'i 1 ; on 1 Nran wttz Mr,wart ani> Kuapkk) 
Works. Wim.iamsui hoh, N. Y., June 29, lot*). ( 
Northampton Kmkry Wiikici, Co.-Umils: Hay. 
PAlr'soraiSM 
I me Por.'kcl Rule, Ruler, 
Hquurc, llevnl. Compasses 
—--L Screw Driver, < hi»*l, 8c|*- 
sors, Button-hole Cutter. Paper Knife. Fli-uxor and 
Pencil Sharpener. Agents wurilt-d. male and frmialu. 
Sample (Pol Is lira! Steel,) by mall, with tern x to agent*. 
.•/Ids. Sliver plat ml, $1, Gold do., $2. Address COM¬ 
BINATION TOOL CO., 95 Mm ,'t-r St., New York. 
See notice In RlTUAl„ April 9th, page 240,2d column. 
Dealer*,and all others Interested in the use or Intro¬ 
duction of Improved Farin Machinery,are invited to 
send for Illustrated Circular, mailed Free, giving full 
particulars und the testimony of hundreds that have 
used und employed these Superior Machines. Call 
on Dealers, who sell our Machines and hixtnts, or 
Address NIOHOLH, HHKI’AKD dt GO., 
Battle Greek, fflich. 
“ The best Ionic for Indigestion, dyspepsia, wake- 
fulnnaH and general debility, is F'erto Phoaphated 
Kllxirof CalUayu Bark, (the original Calisaya Bark 
and Iron,) mude by Caswell, Hazard & Co."—Leav¬ 
enworth Herald. 
Tpk Rural, as an Agricultural and Family News¬ 
paper, I* thebo*t and most widely olroulated In the 
world.—Eve-,it/io Express. 
