146 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[March, 
TRUE MERIT REWARDED. 
The New Jersey State Agricultural Society 
offered a premium at the State Fair (1882) for 
the “best recent invention in Farm Machin¬ 
ery.” In this progressive age, when so many 
inventions of real merit are put upon the 
market, competition ran high. The award 
was given to the “ACME” Pulverizing Har¬ 
row, Clod Crusher & Leveler, which has been 
and is now advertised in our columns. From 
personal observation we have no hesitation 
in saying that this implement well deserved 
the award. The importance of thorough pul¬ 
verization can hardly be over-estimated, and 
it is stated on competent authority that “ one 
dollar per acre, with such pulverizers as the 
Roller, Plank-drag, and common Harrow,will 
increase the yield five to ten bushels per acre. 
This same work may be performed more 
cheaply and easily by using the ‘ ACME ’ Pul¬ 
verizing Harrow, Clod Crusher & Leveler. 
The great benefit, therefore, conferred on 
farmers by the general introduction of this 
implement, becomes obvious. If the five hun¬ 
dred million bushels of wheat raised annally 
in the United States, on forty million acres 
of land, could be so easily increased but three 
bushels per acre above cost, it would add 
more than a hundred million bushels of 
wheat to the product of the Union above 
actual expense, or above all outlay for imple¬ 
ments and the labor of using them. By as¬ 
sisting in the wider introduction of this 
efficient implement, enterprising farmers and 
citizens would promote the substantial inter¬ 
ests of the whole country. (See page 152 
this paper.) 
ON 
THE BINOEE & CONARD CO’S 
BEAUTIFUL EVEU-I5LOOMLNG 
iga SPECIAL 
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The only establishment making. 
BUSINtSSof ROSES. 60 LAI_ 
for ROSES alone. Strong'Pot Plants suitable for 
immediate bloom delivered safely, postpaid, to any post- 
office, 5 splendid varieties, your choice, all labeled, 
for $I; 12 for $2: 19 for S3! 26 for$ 4 : 35for85; 
75 for SI 0; IOOforSI3; WeCIVE a Handsome 
Present of choice and valuable ROSES free 
with every order. Our NEW GUIDE, a complete 
Treatise on the Rose, 70 pp. eleqantly illustrated—free to all. 
THE DINCEE & CONARD CO. 
Rose Growers, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa. 
LANTS 
OFFIK 750,000 THRIFTY 
■OLLUOl PLANTS FORSALE. 
Harare Sized (purchaser’s selection ) all 
J labeled. ZifWe sell lO ROSES for «1»| 
_ _Sl3r 12 Large GERANIUMS for I. 
12 Heliotropes, SI. 12 Fuchsias, SI; and 
many others. Nearly all OUR COLLECTION 
of Five Hundred Superb Varieties is priced 
at 10cts.«t>n#tf% IN CASH, and a number 
of articles® fivv suretopleasetheladies giv¬ 
en away for Club orders. Special Premiums for 
Seed orders. Be sure and send for our Handsomely 
Illustrated cwaloyusot Plants and Reliable Seeds 
FREE. LEEDS & CO., Richmond, Indiana 
PLANTS FREE BY MAIL, 
In good Dollar Collections. Send for Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue of new and fine Green-house Bedding and Hardy 
Plants and Seeds. Address, 
E. S. MILLER, Wading River, N. Y. 
BERRY 
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E. B. UNDERHILL, Poughkeepsie, N. 
PLANTS that are 
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for latest points, prices, 
views, and reviews. 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 
All the leading varieties of Small Fruits, both old and 
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ROSES-"- 
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for si. CARNATIONS, 12 for si. VER¬ 
BENAS, 20for SI. TUBEROSES, 12forSl 
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25 packets, SI. Hundreds of varieties—many 
new and rare. A Handsome Present with 
every order. All sent by mail, post-paid, and 
safe arrival guaranteed. 31st year. 15 Green¬ 
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PAUL BUTZ & SONS, New Castle, Pa. 
ROSES! 
GtorSl,I4for$2. 
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and Bedding Plants, 
) Hardy Shrubbery, 
Seeds, etc:, by mail. 
Catalogue free. J.T. PHXliLiPS.WestGrove.Chester Co. .Pa 
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tuberose rkAHL. address, I will 
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fered. Address, " 
ELECT NURSERY.— Fine stock Fruit and Orna¬ 
mental Trees, Grape Vines. Roses. Greenhouse Plants, 
etc. Catalogue free. F. WALKER & C'O., 
New Albany, Indiana. 
TOH SALE. - " 
SOUHEGAN RASPBERRY 
PLANTS. 
MANCHESTER STRAWBERRY 
PLANTS. 
PEACIl TREES, and a gen¬ 
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Nursery Stock. Special rates of- 
STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, 
New Canaan, Ct. 
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MALLFRUBTS 
CA&t^SATIOMS 
ROSES and PANSIES 
My catalog-ue gives full instructions for 
culture, describes the new varieties, offers Plants at 
reasonable prices ft © UJfll Rochester 
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and is free to all. I 
I New York. 
Best Market Pear, 
James Vick, Big Bob, and 40 other sorts 
best Strawberries. Hansell, Superb, and 
20 other sort< of Raspberries. 30 sorts 
Grapes, Currants, Gooseberries, Black¬ 
berries. 45 sorts Peaches, Apples, Plums, 
Quinces, &c. Lowest rates. Catalogue 
free. J. S. COLLINS, 
Moorestown, N. J. 
unison Nurseries. 
1 ^ 100,000 Peach Trees 
150,000 Mulberry Trees for silk food; best 
varieties. Silk-worm Eggs.—Choice Small 
Fruits.—75 Acres of Ornamental Trees 
and Shrubs, including Rhododendrons, 
Azalias, Kalinin, Japanese Maples, etc. 
etc. Catalogues Free. 
HANCE & BORDEN, Mang’rs.Red Bank, N. J. 
PJQ.N QUINCE and the NEW 
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g F. L. PERRY, -f 
itc Canandaigua, N. Y. - 1 
V ERG^NNEs 
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Pomona Nursery. 
K. AAA KIEFFER’S HYBRID 
D.Y/y/Y" I’EARS in Orchard, and 
AAA iii Nursery, propagated 
All (MMi exciusivelyfromStand- 
. V W Vf nrds> Nq • Buds or gci . 
ons taken from DWARFS. NIGH’S 
SUPERB Strawberry. HANSELL Rasp¬ 
berry, Blackberries, New Grapes and Currants. Fruit, 
Shade, and Ornamental Trees, Vines, and Plants in variety. 
Catalogue free. Will. PARRY', Parry P. O., N. j. 
Manchester, “BSg Boh,” 
James Vick, and 35 beBt kind 
Strawberries. 20 acres big ber¬ 
ries. Raspberries, and all Email 
Fruit Plants. Handsome Kieffer 
Pear Trees, millions of Peach, 
Osage Orange, and Ornamen¬ 
tals. Send for Price List. Free. 
J. PERKINS, Moorestown, N. J, 
(KM ft fin PLANTS. James Vick, Big Bob, Manchester, 
9UU,UUU Bidwell, 20 other kinds; Hansell Superb and 
other Raspberries ; Early Harvest and other Blackberries, 
Trees, &c., &c. Stock well packed. True to name. Price 
Low, Cat'logue free. J, W. HALL, Marion, Md. 
PHOSPHATE 
WITH POTASH. 
A General Fertilizer f >r all Crops, 
and Low in Price. 
For a number of years we have had ail of 
the Blood, Bone and Meat Waste of the 
Brighton Abattoir, Boston, where about 
100,000 cattle and 000,000 sheep are slaugh¬ 
tered annually. Our Phosphate being com¬ 
posed of this animal matter (which has ac¬ 
tually come out of the soil and is now being 
returned), combined with Potash and other 
chemicals essential to plant growth, pos¬ 
sesses, consequently, great crop producing 
power, giving larger and earlier crops, and 
better quality. It is used in the hill or drill 
or broadcast, either alone or with manure. 
Our Fertilizers, composed as they are, must 
give good satisfaction, and that they do is 
shown by the fact that we are now selling 
23,003 tons annually, as against 1,00) tons in 
1876, and require two large factories for 
their manufacture. Before buying, it will 
, pay you to see our local agent, or write to 
I us for Pamphlet and Prices. 
feWKER FERTILIZER Cl 
BOSTON & NEW YORK 
GRIFFING’S 
COMPLETE 
FERTILIZER. 
True to its name. Ten 
years testing has 
proved its value on 
grass, grain, potatoes, 
corn, &c. Send for 
pamphlet. 
H. B. GRIFFING, 
70 Cortlandt Street, 
New York. 
FERTILIZERS. 
$50 PREMIUM. 
Will be paid to tlie farmer wlio tliis year 
raises tlie largest crop of potatoes from one- 
half acre manured with SAIiDY’S FER¬ 
TILIZERS. 
SOLD ON GUARANTEED ANALYSIS. 
PRICES REDUCED. 
J. HE. SARDY & SON, 
Send for Pamphlet, 
141 
YVater Street, New York. 
CLARK’S GOVE GUANO CO. 
OF NEW BEDFORD, MASS., 
MANUFACTURERS AND COMPOUNDERS OF 
Complete JVE.a.aa.iJLX’ois, 
High Class & of Full Strength, for General & Special Purposes. 
Guaranteed standards, full 
commercial values, and 
complete mechanical con¬ 
dition. Prompt shipment 
from Warehouses on Tide 
Water adjoining R.R. Ter¬ 
mini, convenient for Water 
Transportation. Reliable 
firms wanted aa dealers, to 
whom territory can be as¬ 
signed permanently. Ad¬ 
dress correspondence to 
THOS. M. HART, 
Treasurer, New Bed¬ 
ford, Mass., or to 
GEORGE W. KIRKE, 
Gen’l Sales Agent, 
OFFICE, 46 SOUTH ST. (near Wall St.), NEW YORK. 
Send for the “FARMER’S HAND-BOOK ON 
MANURING AND MEADOW CROPS.” Illustrated. 
In the Report of the Agricultural Department of North 
Carolina for the years 1877,1878,1879, and 1880, the average 
commercial value of fertilizers was $34.63 per ton; the price 
paid by the consumer was $40.91. We are prepared to fur¬ 
nish the pure Menhaden Guano, treated with sulphuric acid, 
which renders if a soluble fertilizer, f. o. b. on cars or ves¬ 
sel, in bulk for $25 per ton, or In bags for $28 per ton. G. A. 
Liebeg, of Baltimore, the recognized authority in valuation 
of fertilizers in the United States, puts their value at $43.06 
per ton ; being a saving to the consumer bv the use of our 
fertilizer of over $20 per ton. For particulars and samples 
address, JOSEPH CHURCH & CO., Tiverton, R. I. 
