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Agricultural Implements & Machinery

1) American Agricultural Chemical Co., A Fortune in Potatoes. Boston, MA: c. 1910. 4 pp., oblong 12mo. Small brochure with 5 photographs of potato crops in fields in Fort Fairfield, Mapleton, and Caribou Maine. $30.00

2) American Agricultural Chemical Co., Money-Making Corn. Boston, MA: 1916. 64 pp., 8vo. Wrapper. Spine weak. A how-to booklet for growing many different varieties of corn, emphasizing (of course) the importance of good fertilizer. Many photos, tables of statistics and probable yields. $25.00

3) Atlas Portland Cement Co., Concrete on the Farm. New York, NY: 1919. 96 pp., 8vo. Illustrated promotional brochure for Portland Cement uses in farming and building on or for farms. Uses include supports for barns, fence-posts, chicken houses, garage floors, etc. Many detailed diagrams, instructional text and tables are included. $45.00

4) Bauer & Walter, Illustrirter Catalog von Farmgeratlischaten. St. Louis, MO: 1882. 80 pp., 12mo. Catalogue of a wide range of tools and equipment for farms, published entirely in German. Stiff folding wrappers, somewhat worn, corners of back wrapper clipped. Hinges torn and weak. Illustrated throughout. $135.00

5) Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Co., Catalogue No. 26. Chicopee Falls, MA: c. 1910. 64 pp., 8vo. Original red wrappers, excellent condition. Uncolored illustrations. Includes plows, harrows, and other field equipment. Among the more interesting offerings are bobsleds and "Goslee's Tobacco Ridger and Potato Coverer." $50.00

6) Bowker Fertilizer Co., Stockbridge Special Complete Manures. Boston, MA: 1890. 24 pp., 8vo. Promotional catalogue for manures, with illustrations (not of the manure, but of the produce enhanced by fertilization). Illustrated wrappers. $35.00

7) Brown, Alzirus, Manny’s Combined Mower and Reaper for One and Two Horses. Worcester, MA: 1860. 20 pp., 8vo. Illustrated wrappers, fine condition. The machine is shown on the wrappers. Most of the internal pages are devoted to testamonials. $50.00

8) Buffalo Fertilizer and Chemical Works, Honest Fertilizers - Ammoniated Bone Super-Phosphate and Pure Ground Bones. Buffalo, NY: 1878. 16 pp., 8vo. Wrappers, top corner of front torn off, most likely for the stamp. Full of text and testamonials for this fertilizer for vegetables, grains and tobacco. $20.00

9) Buffalo Fertilizer and Chemical Works, Ammoniated Bone Super-Phosphate and Pure Ground Bone. Buffalo, NY: 1883. 24 pp., 8vo. Blue wrappers. Excellent condition. Full of text and testamonials for this fertilizer for vegetables, grains and tobacco. $25.00

10) Carharrt & Curd, Jacobs’ Patent Wheelbarrows. Macon, GA: c. 1890. 2 pp., tall 4to. Tall single-sheet flyer, printed on both sides, with one scraper illustrated on the recto, seven wheelbarrows on the verso. Printed on thin pink paper. $50.00

11) DuPont, E. I., de Nemours, Blasting Supplies. Wilmington, DE: 1917. 120 pp., 8vo. Illustrated catalogue and how-to manual for blasting. Includes blasting machines, blasting caps, squibs, wire, galvanometers, fuses, etc. Quite a bit of the text provides operational advice for blasting rather than an offering of products. $100.00

12) DuPont, E. I., de NeMours & Co., Blasting Accessories. WIlmington, DE: 1925. 80 pp., 8vo. Catalogue/how-to booklet on blasting and explosives. Minor stains to first few leaves. Single-page price list of explosives laid in. $85.00

13) Dutton Co., Whitely's Champion Haymaker 1877. Yonkers, NY: 1877. 20 pp., 4to. Large format catalogue for hay field mowers and cutters. Excellent detailed closeup views of the cutting implements and gears. There are also several very attractive full-page views showing the machines in the field. $250.00

14) Kirstin, A. J., Co., Cheapest Way to Clear Land. Escanaba, MI: c. 1915. 95 pp., 4to. Extensive catalogue for stump pullers, with details on these tools for farmers. Stiff wrappers, fine condition. $125.00

15) Lord & Burnham Co., Two P’s or the Pleasure and Profit of Cold Frames and Hot Beds. Irvington, NY: c. 1915. 32 pp., tall 8vo. Illustrated descriptive brochure of wood frames for planting in what amount to mini-greenhouses. Provides hints for growing both vegetables and flowers. $50.00

16) Mast, P. P., & Co., The Scientific Grinding Mills. Philadelphia, PA: 1886. 40 pp., 12mo. An interesting specialty catalogue from this manufacturer of a wide range of farm equipment. This catalogue contains several models of heavy duty grain mills which grind grain for feeding in several stages to produce a softer product. Much text and many testamonials. $60.00

17) Osborne, D. M., & Co., Handy Book for House & Farm. Auburn, NY: c. 1905. 64 pp., oblong 8vo. Combination farm equipment/cookbook, with recipes and other household advice and information interleaved with illustrations and descriptions of mowers, reapers, harrows, etc. Illustrations of equipment are uncolored. The recipes are primarily for baked or fried dishes. Very bright, colorful wrappers. $65.00

18) Parlin & Orendorff Implement Co., Agricultural Implements - Supplemental Catalog No. F64. Dallas, TX: c. 1905. 95 pp., 8vo. Front wrapper detached, back wrapper highly defective. Some chipping. Illustrated catalogue of plows, rollers, harrows and planters. $50.00

19) Parlin & Orendorff Implement Co., Agricultural Implements - Supplemental Catalog No. F65. Dallas, TX: c. 1905. 95 pp., 8vo. Illustrated catalogue of harrows, plows, cultivators and planters. Printed on horrendous brittle paper, with surprisingly mild damage to wrappers and last leaf. First 5 leaves creased. Though this company was based in Canton, IL, this catalogue is from their Texas branch. $50.00

20) Robinson Clay Product Co., Robinson’s Sanitary Poultry Feeders. New York, NY: 1925. 4 pp., 12mo. Small uncolored folder offering feeding dishes for poultry and pets. $20.00

21) Small Brothers Mfg. Co., Lightning Evaporators. Richford, VT: c. 1916. 20 pp., 8vo. Evaporators and other equipment and supplies for maple sugar production. Includes sap spouts and buckets, cook pans, evaporators and other supplies. Testamonials are included from many producers from Vermont and northern New York State. $50.00

22) Warder, Mitchell & Co., The Illustrated Champion, a Journal of Progress in the American Agricultural & Mechanical Arts. Springfield, OH: 1874. 6 pp., folio. A promotional piece for Champion mowers disguising itself as a newspaper. Last leaf has two cuts out. Light damage along center fold. Much homespun wisdom is interwoving among the illustrations and testamonials for the mower. $45.00

23) Whiting & Cowan, Scythes, Snaths, Forks, Hoes, Rakes, &c. &c.. Osahwa, ON: 1869. 14 pp., 8vo. Black wrappers with gilt type. Light wear and creasing, otherwise excellent. Unillustrated descriptive price list from a Canadian manufacturer of farm implements. There are text sections addressed separately to the hardware merchants and farmers of Canada. $100.00

24) Ziegler, P. R., & Co., Dairy Apparatus and Supplies, Dairy Barn Equipment and Silos. Boston, MA: c. 1910. 116 pp., 8vo. Complete catalogue for outfitting a dairy farm, including veterinary kits, electrical generators, a telephone system, milking stools, bottle washers, and much more. $50.00

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