1883.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
3T 
AGENTS 
“ACME" 
Does 
Complete 
Work 
where 
other 
Harrows 
Fail. 
Now in 
use in 
nearly 
every 
Agricul¬ 
tural 
County 
in the 
United 
States. 
Bound Copies of Volume 41, (for 1882), are 
now ready. They are in the uniform style, cloth, with 
gilt backs. Price at the office, $2. If sent by mail, 
$2.30. We can usually supply, at the same rate, any of 
the 25 previous volumes, or from volume 16 to to 41, in. 
elusive. Any ten or more volumes, in one lot, will be 
supplied at the office for $1.75 each; or be forwarded by 
mail or express, carriage prepaid, for $2 each. 
Clubs can at any time be increased by remitting for 
each addition, the price paid by the original members J 
or a small club may be made a larger one at reduced rates, 
thus: One having sent 5 subscribers and $6, may after¬ 
wards send 5 names more and $4, making 10 subscribers 
for $10.00; and so for any of the other club rates. 
Pulverizing Harrow, Clod 
Crusher and Leveler, 
WANTED 
IN 
Unoccupied 
Territory. 
The “ACME” subjects the soil to the action of a Crusher and Leveler, and to the Cutting:, Lifting:, Turn- 
ins: process of double rows of STEEL COULTERS, the peculiar shape and arrangement of which give immense 
cutting: power. Thus the three operations of crushing lumps, leveling off the ground and thoroughly pulver¬ 
izing: the soil are performed at one and the same time. The entire absence of Spikes or Spring Teeth 
avoids pulling up rubbish. It is especially adapted to inverted sod and hard clay, where other Harrows utterly 
fail; works perfectly on light soil, and is the only Harrow or Cultivator that cuts over the entire surface of the 
ground. 
Highly commended by scientific and practical Farmers, many of whom pronounce it to be the 
most valuable recent improvement in Farm Machinery, while 
, All agree that “The judicious use of an implement like the ‘Acme’ Pulverizing Harrow,” 
Clod Crusher and Leveler, in the preparation and thorough pulverization of the Soil, before” 
‘planting, will increase the yield from Five to Ten Dollars per Acre.” 
IT A. I R P L AY. 
If your dealer does not keep the “ACME” for sale, don’t let him palm off an inferior 
tool on you by assuring you that he has something better, but SATISFY YOURSELF by 
ordering one ON TRIAL. We will send it on trial, and if it does not suit, you may send 
it back, we paying return freight charges. We don’t ask for money or Note until after 
you have tried it on your own farm. 
Send for Pamphlet containing Hundreds of Testimonials from 44 Different States and Territories. 
NASH & BROTHER, 
*03.i: n tNi i iuti ki:kk. 
Harrisburg, Penn., and 22 College Place, New York. 
PLEASE NAME THIS PAPER. 
A Hatchling Coop for Winter.— Early chick¬ 
ens arc very desirable, hut difficult to raise. To over¬ 
come this a coop for keeping them warm may be made 
as follows: The coop is three feet high and four feet 
wide, with a common hot-bed sash as the front, placed 
slanting. The nest is made in one corner, and the coop 
can be placed in a sunny part of the poultry house, or 
yard. On the warmest days, the sash may be raised, 
and in the coldest weather, a blanket placed over it, 
will add to the comfort of the young fowls. Winter 
chickens need attention, and when ready for the market, 
will bring high prices as very early spring chickens. 
Tlie Chrysanthemums in the open ground 
have done unusually fine the past autumn, the weather 
having been very favorable for them. Our climate is 
especially well suited to this brilliant, flower. The varie¬ 
ties of recent years are most beautiful, and should re¬ 
ceive a greater share of attention with us. 
Save the Ashes.— Ashes are valuable as a fertil¬ 
izer, and should be stored in a secure place as they ac- 
UNIVERSAL 
Pulverizes everything—hard, soft, sticky, and ■. . 
£ gummy. Grain, Drug-, Chemicals, Clay, Guano, 2 
Cotton Seed, Bark, &c., &c. A wonderful ma- 5 
■S chine for grinding Corn, Oats, Feed, &c., &c. 
Steam Engines and Boilers of all sizes, for Farm- W 
<x> era’ and Manufacturers’ use—at lowest prices. 
.e: Send for Circular. Address, ^ 
1— 34 Cortlamlt Street, New York. 
|OUND CITY FEED MILL. 
OUR LATEST INVENTION. 
The most rapid grinder ever 
made. We make the only corn 
anil cob mill with cast cast 
steel grinders. If we fail to 
furnish proof will give you a 
mill. Ten different styles and 
sizes. The only mill that sifts 
the meal. We also make the 
CELEBRATED BIG GIANT. 
Send for circular and priceg. 
J. A. FIELD <fc CO., St. Louis, Mo. 
RICHMOND CITY MILL WORKS. 
RICHMOND IS©., _ 
Manufacturers of 
Mill Stones and Flouring 
Mill Machinery. 
We manufacture the 
Besl French Buhr 
Corn & Feed Mills 
in the country. Send 
for description and 
prices. 
[State you saw this' 
in A.Agriculturist. 
GREAT SAVING FOR FARMERS 
CHALLENGE FEED MILLS 
Grinds three times as fast as any other 
mills. Always successful. Over 500 First 
Premiums and Medals. Over 15,000 in 
use. They do not clog or heat; grinds 60 
bushels per hour. All successful Iron 
.Feed Mills INFRINGING OUR PAT¬ 
ENTS, Beware. Buv none hut the best. 
Remember the Courts have sustained our 
Patents. Also the best Wind Mills, Corn 
Shellers. Horse Power Wood Saws, Fan- 
_ nine Mills and Pumps. Address 
CHALLENGE WIND MILL & FEED MILL CO. 
Batavia, III. 
THE 
Lightning 
Hay Me! 
(Weymouth’s Patent.) 
Awarded“FIRST ORDER OF MERIT 
at Melbourne Exhibition, 1880. 
Was awarded the first premium 
at the International Exhibition in 
Philadelphia, in 1876, and accepted 
by the Judges as 
SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER 
KNIFE IN USE. 
It is the BEST KNIFE in the 
world to cut Jive feed from bale, to 
cut down mow or stack, to cut corn¬ 
stalks for feed, to cut peat, or for 
ditching in marshes, and has no 
equal for cutting ensilage from the 
soil. TRY IT. 
IT WILL PAY YOU. 
Manufactured only by 
HIRAM H0LT& 
Foi sale ly Hardware Merchants and the trade generally. 
BALDWIN’S IMPROVED ENSILAGE & FEED GUTTERS. 
SIMPLEST AND BEST. 
ONLY THREE FEED GEARS. 
Thoroughly tested dur¬ 
ing the past three seasons 
for Cutting Ensilage and 
proved a grand success. 
And has been the leading 
Cutter for the past 15 vears 
for Cutting all kinds of 
Dry and Green Feed. Pow¬ 
er Cutters fitted with the 
only reliable Safety Bal¬ 
ance Wheel. Send for 
Circular containing full 
description, prices, and 
testimonials. 
C. PIERPONT & CO.,Mfrs„ 
New Haven, conn. 
cumulate in the winter. To throw them out on the 
snow or earth is both wasteful and untidy. The feet of 
passing children and older persons will track the scat¬ 
tered ashes into the house, and increase the labor of the 
housewife. A barrel in a fence corner is better than 
nothing, but an ash pit of brick or stone is the safest 
and cheapest. Disastrous fires often originate from a 
careless handling of ashes. A smoke house; that is, an 
ash pit, with a room above, for holding meat, while be¬ 
ing smoked, is & convenient, if not essential, out-build¬ 
ing on every well-regulated farm. 
Lost Letters - Whose Fault?— The Post 
Master General reports over four million (4,285,285) let¬ 
ters sent to the “ Dead Letter ” division, after every ef¬ 
fort to find the persons addressed or the writers. Lack 
of proper full address, or of stamps, are prominent de¬ 
fects. If our correspondents were as careless as the 
average, many letters would have failed to reach this 
office during the year past. There have been a few 
cases, and, though the writers seldom admit that they 
could be at fault, the above report most likely explains 
the failures. We certainly do receive some letters, even 
money letters, which we can neither use nor answer, be¬ 
cause they have illegible post marks, and internally lack 
the P. O., County, or State, or the writer's name, if not 
all three. Of course, no one means to be careless, but 
“accidents (and mistakes) happen in the best regulated 
families.” 
Fairs in 1883.— Singularly enough, the first two 
annouucements of fairs to be heid the present year come 
from widely separated points : That of the Kingdom of 
Netherlands, to take place at Amsterdam from May to> 
October, will be an International Exposition, or 
“World's Fair,” and extensive preparations have been 
made for it. A meeting of Dutch merchants, and oth¬ 
ers, was recently held in New York City, to take meas¬ 
ures to have American interests well represented. The 
other announcement is of an Agricultural Exhibition at 
Madras, in British India, on February 15th. This fair 
will continue about a week. If any of our readers wish 
to compete for the prizes offered for Baggy. Shamay , 
Varagoo , Cnmboo. or even for Cholum, be it “ white, 
yellow, or red.” they must make application to the au¬ 
thorities of the fair, on or before the loth of the present 
month. Those unusual names, by the way, stand for va¬ 
rious kinds of Durra and other grasses. 
