92 ' Joseph Bkeck & Sons’ 
This is an age of improvement. . Farmers cannot go on in the old ruts, doing their work as 
their fathers did it fifty years ago, but must find out and must use really valuable labor-saving ma¬ 
chines. We do not wonder that they are afraid to buy machines that they are unacquainted with, 
as they have so often palmed upon'them worthless machines that are of no real value to them. 
We arc manufacturing broadcast Seed Sowers, which have been sold in every State in the coun¬ 
try, and also in Canada and South America, and have been found to be just what we say they are, 
and to do all and more than we claim for them. 
The Hand Machine, at a common walking gait, sows from four to eight acres per hour. The 
acknowledged superiority of these machines over all others has already placed them in the front 
rank of labor saving agricultural implements. A saving of four-fifths of the labor, and one-third 
of the seed used in hand sowing, is effected by these machines. A person entirely unused to 
sowing by hand can use either machine with perfect success. 
They are warranted to give perfect satisfaction, and to save their cost in less time than any 
other farm implement yet introduced. They are substantially built, and with ordinary care will 
last many years. 
PRICE LIST. 
Manufacturer’s Price. J- Brock & 8ons’ Net Cash Price. 
Hand Machine. $6.00. $ 5 * 5 ° 
Horse Machine. 25.00. 23.00 
On application we will mail circulars giving full directions for use, the quantity of different 
seed they will sow to the acre, and other valuable information. 
ALBANY CORN AND SEED PLANTER. 
The Albany Planter is sold as a plain planter, as a planter with Fertilizer Attachment, and 
as a planter with Fertilizer and Horse Hoe Attachment, making it the cheapest and most effec¬ 
tive implement on the farm. It will save its cost in planting ten acres of corn. One man and a 
horse can plant from seven to ten acres of corn in one day with the planter, at a cost of $3.50 
to $5.00. 
Cost to Plant Fifteen Acres by Hand : 
Marking both ways, one man and horse, two and one-half days, at $3.00. $ 7 - 5 ° 
Planting, twelve men, at $1.00. 12.00 
Board for ten extra men, two meals each, at 25 cents.. 5 *°° 
Wasted, one bushel of corn... loo 
Total cost by hand.$25.00 
In addition to the above, $1.00 to $5.00 per acre should be allowed in favor of the planter, 
from being able to plant when the ground is ready, and not being obliged to wait until your neigh¬ 
bors are through planting before getting the help to plant by hand. A better crop is the invari¬ 
able rule if the seed is all put in at once, and when the ground is in the best condition for it. 
