[March, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
1883.] 
STROWBRIDGE BROADCAST SEED SOWER 
PATENTED FEB. 18, 1873. 
FULLY WARRANTED. 
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Is the best, simplest, cheapest, most perfect Broadcast Seed Sower in the world. It is a 
perfect success for Bowing all kinds of wheat, rye. flax, barley, buckwheat, peas, corn. 
Hungarian millet, clover, timothy, and every other variety of seed or grain. Also plaster, 
rime, salt, guano, ashes, all the various phosphates used as fertilizers; in fact, everything 
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_ liring broadcasting. 
It is readily attached to any farm wagon, in a few moments, without the slightest injury 
to the wagon. It Is well and strongly built out of good material, and is not liable to get out 
of repair. One machine, with careful use, will last a lifetime. Its operation is so simple 
that any one can use it. Any quantity of seed that is desired can be sown per acre. It can 
be used on corn stubble or any land where a wagon can be driven as well as level ground. 
It sows a single cast, all on either side of the wagon, or a double, and on both sides, as re¬ 
quired, a most valuable feature in finishing up fields or lands. Its operation is not affected 
by any ordinary wind. Instead of throwing the seed up in the air to be driven by the wind, 
TESTI UVE 
We have room for only a few of the hundreds of flattering testimonials, which we are 
daily receiving from all parts of the country. 
fhe well-known firm of W. M. Field & Bro., Stock Breeders and Importers, Cedar Falls, 
Iowa, write us as follows: “We have used the Broadcast Seeder for several seasons, with 
entire satisfaction. Have seeded annually over 200 acres of different kinds of grain. We 
consider the seeder an indispensable implement to any farm for either seeding any kind of 
small grain or seeds. It is a wonderful labor saver, and materially facilitates the farm 
work. We cheerfully recommend it to every one. 
Yours respectfully, W. M. FIELDS & BRO., 
Willowedge Farm, Ft. Dodge, Iowa. 
I am much pleased with the Strowbridge Broadcast Seeder. I have used it -ome three 
S ears. It sows all kinds of grain much better than can possibly be done by hand. For sow- 
lg clover, timothy, and flax seed, it is the best thing I ever saw. I should hardly know 
bow to get along without it now. Yours, L. S. COFFIN, Breeder of Short Horns. 
It is not thrown at any point higher than the wagon box, and is sent, with great force, to 
the ground where wanted. It distributes the seed more evenly than by hand or any other 
method, an item which will soon pay for the machine, by saving seed and increasing the 
crop, by having the seed evenly sown. A team walking one mile sows four acres of wheat. 
The machine is light, weighing less than 100 pounds. We have sold hundreds of seeders, 
and with the greatest satisfaction to our customers, many of whom have freely told us that 
it was the most valuable piece of machinery on the farm. Any farmer who can afford a 
reaper cannot afford to be without one of our Strowbridge Seeders. As seeding must be done 
before reaping, and as the harvest depends on the seeding, there is just as great a gain and 
saving in using our improved seeder as there is in using the improved reaping machinery, 
over the old cradle or sickle. Our seeder is fully warranted, in every respect to do as rep¬ 
resented. 
Bay City. Mich.. Jan’y 17, ’83. 
I like your Seeder very much. Have Bhown it to several, who think it just the thing for 
sowing salt. E. S. FITCH, Manufacturer of Fertilizing Salt. 
OINTI AES. 
Read the following from one of the largest wheat farms in Minnesota: 
Minneapolis, August 7th, 1882. 
C. W. DORR—Dear Sir:— 
The Seeder you sent to E. W. Roberts, superintendent of my farm, 
Benson, Minnesota, was tested in sowing grain and grass seeds, and in all cases worked per¬ 
fectly. It is str. mgly built, and is a very valuable machine on any farm where seeds of any 
kind are sown broadcast. 
I wish to add here, that the seeds which came from your house were the beBt we have 
ever had from any quarter, and we have bought from most of the large seedsmen. 
Yours truly, A. G. WILCOX. 
Roseville, Ills., Jan. Sd, 1883. 
1 have used your Seeder In both grain and grass seeds, and am fully satisfied with its 
work. It relieves a farmer from carrying a burden upon soft or uneven ground, and from 
the annoyance of weed patches, and but naif a crop in spots—the results of irregular hand 
sowing. It distributes the seeds evenly, and just the desired quantity, 
seen its performance, and request me to sendfor four machines, for which please And draft. 
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PRICE $25.00, DELIVERED ON BOARD THE CARS, READY FOR SHIPMENT. Manufactured by 
THE HES MOINES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
DORR, Secretary.. MOINES, IOWi. 
Champion Cord Binder. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
WHITELEY, FASSLER & KELLY, 
Manufacturers of CHAMPION REAPERS 
and MOWERS, Springfield, Ohio. 
BURPEE’S SEEDS ARE.WAR-* 
“^■■■■ w ranted first-class in every respect. 
Few as Good, None better. In order to induce thousands of % 
new customers to give them a fair trial we will send for 50cts. one 
packet each o f th e following new and choicest varieties: The a 
CUBAN QUEEN WATER-MELON, the largest and best. ™ 
The prize melons grown from our Seed, the past season, weighed re¬ 
spectively, 108 lbs. 5oz., 93Mlbs. and 89 lbs. ?oz. $100 # 
IN CASH PRIZES for 1888, for the three largest melons raised 
from our genuine Seed. Montreal Green Nutmeg Melon, the ^ 
largest on record, one melon weighing 88 lbs. the past season, and ^ 
of luscious flavor. We offer $50 IN CASH for the three largest 
Montreals grown this season. New No. 2 Cabbage, very early, 0 
a sure header of fine quality. Giant White Italian Onion, grown 
to weigh 2H to 4 lbs. each, mild and pleasant. We will pay $25 a 
CASH PRIZES for the largest of these Onions. BURPEE’S w 
CLIMAX TOMATOES, the best of all Tomatoes, certainly the 
climax of perfection. New Perpetual "Lettuce, the finest lettuce w 
for family use, as one sowing will do for the whole season. Japan¬ 
ese Nest-Egg Gourd, of great value to every poultry-keeper, they q 
make the very best of nest-eggs. Egyptian Beet, the earliest. w 
Improved Hollow Crown Parsnips, the best parsnips. Gold* ^ 
en Globe Radish, beautiful, of perfect shape, and quick growth, m 
Spinach, new thick leaved, round. 
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A DCn/l A DI/ADI C n 1C CCD I The above 18 packets at usual prices are worth $1.85. We will send the entire A 
nCNIHnnHDLL urrcn ! collection by mail, postpaid, to any address for only 50cts.> or 5 collections for • 
$ 2 . 00 , and we will put in each collection, free of charge, a sample packet of BURPEE’S MAMMOTH WHITE SUR¬ 
PRISE CORN, and a sample packet of the wonderful NEW WELCOME OATS, the heaviest and finest Oats ever seen. £ 
rnp HhlC nm I AD we will send the above splendid collection of 15 varieties, and ALSO one packet each of the fol- w 
lUn UllC UULLnM lowing: New Prolific Tree Bean, the most prolific known, 1 1?5 Beans having been raised ^ 
on one plant. Each vine bears from 150 to 250pods. Burpee’s Superior Large Late Flat Butch Cabbage, the standard W 
winter cabbage. New Bwarf Round Purple Egg Plant, earliest, succeed everywhere. Round Yellow Banvers 
Onion, one of the best. New Amber Cream Sweet Corn, of delicious sweetness, produced 1120 good ears from IIAhills. £ 
Banvers Carrot, smooth and handsome. Spanish Monstrous Pepper, new, very large, sweet and mild, Burpee’s 
Extra Early Peas, the earliest and the best extra early. New Lemon Pod Wax Beans, marvellous for great beauty, fine ^ 
quality and immense productiveness. London Long Green Cucumber, excellent for table or pickling. Extra Early ™ 
Round Bark Red Radish, extra early, intense red skin and crisp, brittle flesh. Long White Salsify when properly 
cooked is a delicious vegetable. New Mayflower Tomato, early, smooth, bright red. The seeds named above amount to £ 
$2.55 actual value, but the entire lot will be sent, postpaid, to any address for ONLY $ 1 . 00 , and in addition we will 
give a sample packet of the Farmer’s Favorite Golden Bent Corn and the celebrated Golden Grain Wheat, in all ^ 
80 packages, at a little over three cents each. A complete Vegetable Garden for One Bollar, and all the finest w 
varieties. This is certainly the greatest offer ever made. AS ORIGINATORS of this system of offering valuable collection 
of Seeds far below the usual cost, we give to-day the greatest value for the money, ever offered. We grow and paper these seeds 
in immense quantities. We have confidence in our Seeds and know that all who try them once will become regular customers. 
■■■ ^ IN CASH PRIZES for 1888, to the growers of the best vegetables and farm products from Burpee’s 
nW Seeds. Competition open to all. See our catalogue for particulars. Show this advertisement to your 
"beautiful varieties, with full directions for culture, for only 25c. This and the One Dollar Vegetable Collection, total 40 a 
packets. All the Seeds named in this advertisement sent to any address for 40 8 et. STAMPS. ORBER NOW, and ask ™ 
fbr BURPEE’S FARM ANNUAL for 1888, beautifully illustrated, a valuable book of nearly 100 pages, the only com* 
§ lete Catalogue published, embracing Garden, Field and Flower Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Small Fruits, Thoroughbred Live £ 
tock, Fancy Poultry, &c. Every Farmer and Gardener should have it. Important Novelties of real Merit. Address 
W ATI ETC DIIDDEC JP- An PIIILABELPHIA, PA. Warehouses, No. 475 ft 
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MISHAWAKA 
FEED MILLS. 
Combined Sheller and Grinder..$65.00 
No. i Grinder. . . .45.00 
No. 2 Grinder . 30.00 
Grind twenty bushels per hour. 
Address for Circular 
ST. JOSEPH MAN’F’G CO., 
Mishawaka, Ind. 
POWDER 
Absolutely Pure. 
This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength 
and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary 
kinds, and cannot be sold In competition with the multitude 
of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. 
Sold only in Cans. Royal Baking Powder O®., 
106 Wall St., New York. 
