Agricultural Implements & Machinery

1) American Harrow Co., Feeding the Earth. Detroit, MI: c. 1910. 12 pp., 12mo. Illustrated brochure for American's horse-drawn manure spreaders. Extensive text describes the advantages of this company's models. $25.00

2) American Potato Machinery Co., Illustrated Catalogue 1912. Hammond, IN: 1912. 24 pp., 8vo. Potato planters and diggers, with descriptive text on potato farming. The machines can be pulled by horse or tractor. Fine condition. $40.00

3) Avery, B. F., & Sons, Plows - 1878-79. Louisville, KY: 1878. 64 pp., 12mo. Priced and illustrated catalogue of plows from a manufacturer in Louisville. Excellent condition. There is a list of branch offices, located mostly through the South. See Romaine p.2 for an 1899 catalogue from this company. $150.00

4) Avery, B. F., & Sons, Illustrated Catalogue and Price-List of Plows and Cultivating Implements. Louisville, KY: 1882. 38 pp., 8vo. Many fine woodcut illustrations of plows and similar equipment. Also has a poem by Will Carleton, “Song of the Plow,” written especially for Avery. See Romaine for a later edition. $175.00

5) Bain, James M., Directions for Making and Using the Improved Common Sense Incubator. Zanesville, Oh: 1884. 26 pp., 12mo. Paper wrappers, excellent condition. This entire pamphlet devoted to problems of incubating and raising chickens and eggs for market. Sections are devoted to feeding, diseases of chickens, building chicken coops and other facets of the business. $40.00

6) Baker, H. J., & Bros., Season of 1890 - Facts For Farmers, Fertilizers. Brooklyn, NY: 1890. 56 pp., oblong 8vo. The wrappers are stiff textured boards and illustrated with a view of the factory in Brooklyn. The company's offices were on Pearl St. in New York. The text offers fertilizers especially blended for use on various crops. A page lists 20 different products such as asparagus manure, onion manure, etc. $75.00

7) Buffalo Fertiizer and Chemical Works, Honest Fertilizers - Ammoniated Bone Super-Phosphate and Pure Ground Bone. Buffalo, NY: 1882. 24 pp., 8vo. Descriptions of the fertilizers are given along with directions for their use. These were the fertilizers in use before the devlopment of synthetic products. Much of the text consists of testamonials. There is an 1882 calendar inside the back cover. $50.00

8) Case, J. I., Co., Operator's Instruction Manual for the Operation and Care of Case Model “VA” Series Tractors, Fourth Edition. Racine, WI: 1949. 64 pp., 8vo. Printed wrappers, worn and lightly soiled. Internally good. $25.00

9) Coe-Mortimer Co., Animal Bone Fertilizers ... Sole U. S. Agents for Peruvian Guano. New York, NY: 1906. 40 pp., 12mo. Stiff illustrated wrappers. Text describes the various fertilizers and their proper usage. $35.00

10) Conant, C. M., Co., Buckeye Broadcast Seeder with Cultivators. Bangor, ME: c. 1900. 2 pp., 8vo. Single sheet, folded, with illustrations of four models of horse-drawn field equipment. Priced. $30.00

11) Cutaway Harrow Co., Cutaways, Intense Cultivation Is What You Want. Higganum, CT: 1895. 36 pp., 16mo. Paper wrappers with view of factory on the back. Well-illustrated with the machines from which they take the company takes its name. Many other useful machines such as cider presses and heavy rollers are also illustrated. $40.00

12) Cutaway Harrow Co., Clark's Cutaway Disk Plow. Higganum, CT: 1904. 64 pp., 12mo. This item consists of 12 small pamphlets, brochures and flyers for Clark's plows, in their original postally-used illustrated mailing envelope. $85.00

13) Eclipse Corn Planter Co., Eclipse Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributor, Improved. Enfield, NH: c. 1887. 1 pp., folio. Attractive broadside flyer advertising this farm implement. The planter is isslutrated at the top, with the rest of the sheet taken up with a description of its operation and testamonials. $25.00

14) Goulds Mfg. Co., How to Spray, When to Spray and What Sprayers to Use. Seneca Falls, NY: 1906. 24 pp., 8vo. Original tall 8vo wrappers. Illustrated catalogue and descriptive text about sprayers used for crops and painting.Includes stationary and portable models. Weak along center vertical fold. $50.00

15) Griffith & Boyd Co., Manufacturers of Bone Fertilizers. Baltimore, MD: 1920. 84 pp., 12mo. Partially illustrated in color showing the various crops to which the specially designed fertilizers are applicable. Included are sections which provide needed information to farmers everywhere about fertilizers and plant health. $50.00

16) Huntley Mfg. Co., Montor Rice Machinery - Catalog No. 67. Silver Creek, NY: c. 1910. 51 pp., 8vo. Red wrappers, one page torn with no loss. Shows and offers machinery for cleaning, sorting and processing rice. Each of the many machines is offered in a variety of sizes and capacities. $50.00

17) International Harvester Co., Instruction Book - McCormick-Deering Farmall F-14. Chicago, IL: 1938. 92 pp., 8vo. Printed wrappers, soiled. Internally good, one signature loose. Partially illustrated. Owner's manual for a standard farm tractor. $25.00

18) International Harvester Co., McCormick-Deering Line, General Catalog No. 39. Chicago, IL: c. 1940. 614 pp., 8vo. A huge catalogue, produced for equipment dealers, with IH's entire line of farm equipment. Includes a large selection of tractors, hay handling equipment, cream separators, cotton and corn planters, cultivators, threshers, and other heavy equipment for planting. $100.00

19) Joliet Mfg. Co., Catalogue of the Model Corn Sheller, Eureka Positive Cylinder Feed. Joliet, IL: 1880. 30 pp., 12mo. Small illustrated catalogue of corn shellers, lightly worn, small tears near spine. Illustrated wrappers. An early Midwestern catalogue. See Romaine p. 8 for an 1877 issue. $125.00

20) Massey-Harris Co., Stiff and Spring-tooth Cultivators - No. 19. Racine, WI: c. 1935. 2 pp., folio. Large circular which folds down to 12mo. Spring-tooth cultivators for farms shown on one side, stiff-tooth on the other. $20.00

21) McSherry Mfg. Co., Founded on the Rock of Ages “Success”. Middletown, OH: c. 1910. 44 pp., oblong 12mo. Illustrated wrappers, with a brightly colored depiction of an eagle perched on a piece of farm machinery. Fully illustrated. Describes many types of equipment, and shows detail on many parts. Export price list at the back in English, Spanish and German. $200.00

22) Ohio Cultivator Co., Sulky and Walking Cultivators, Steel Lever Harrows, Eclipse & Ohio Corn & Cotton Planters and Other Implements. Bellevue, OH: 1894. 8 pp., 16mo. Several nice woodcuts illustrate this fold-out pamphlet which offers a variety of farm implements useful for planting plowing and cultivating crops. $45.00

23) Ohio Hydrate & Supply Co., A Job that Took a Million Years, or the Tale of the Clam. Woodville, OH: c. 1920. 16 pp., 4to. Promotional catalogue on lime and its use as a fertilizer, describing many different sources of lime as well as is processing for fertilizer. $40.00

24) Ohio Rake Co., Agricultural Implements Catalog #14. Dayton, OH: 1906. 56 pp., 8vo. Photographic illustrations and descriptive text of the products made by Ohio Rake. Colorful stiff wrappers. There is one colorful illustration of a rake at the center fold. There is also one swinging lawn chair/hammock offered. $50.00

25) Ralston, John, & Co., The Farmer's Handbook - Reliable Bone Manures. New York, NY: 1874. 16 pp., 12mo. Circular for uses and advantages of bone fertilizer in farming. Also has 2 ads for Bickford & Huffman of Macedon, New York, maker of agricultural implements. $30.00

26) Reid, A. H., Catalog. Philadelphia, PA: c. 1927. 65 pp., 4to. Cardboard wrappers and loose leaf expandable format. Well-illustrated catalog of the items needed by commercial dairy companies and anyone handling milk and milk products. Includes vats, tanks, pasteurizers, thermometers and coolers. $60.00

27) Sheer, H. M., & Co., Illustrated Catalogue of the Acme Compound Regulator and Automatic Lamp with Plans for Building the Famous Peerless Incubator. Quincy, IL: 1904. 80 pp., 8vo. Incubators and other equipment for hatching chicks. Illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with photographs throughout, showing steps for constructing the incubators. $50.00

28) Skinner Irrigation Co., Skinner System of Irrigation - Catalogue 313-B. Troy, OH: c. 1925. 24 pp., 4to. Extensive catalogue and promotional brochure for sprinkler systems. Most are designed for home lawns and gardens, others for commerical greenhouses and similar uses. The last page lists some prominent customers. These include John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon, Henry Ford, Alfred DuPont, J. P. Morgan and some of the major seed producers. $125.00

29) Spencer, J. A., Spencer Box Press. Dwight, IL: c. 1895. 20 pp., oblong 8vo. Lacks front wrapper, back wrapper loose. Catalogue describes and illustrates a line of box presses for baling hay. An interesting farm equipment catalogue from a rural manufacturer. $50.00

30) Stringer, Barr & Co., Illustrated Price List - 1880. Munnsville, NY: 1880. 28 pp., 16mo. Small illustrated catalogue of steel and iron plows, cultivators, and other farm implements. Covers soiled and detached. Price list at back. Also offers jack screws and one model of stove. Wrappers detached but present. Front wrapper chipped. $50.00

31) United Factories Co., The Combined Catalogs for 1908. Cleveland, OH: 1908. 224 pp., 4to. Good condition, front cover chipped at corners. Tools and supplies for farms primarily, including wagons and carriages, plows, brooders, hatchers and incubators, hardware, paint, ranges, fencing, sheds, etc. Fully illustrated, uncolored. $125.00

32) Vermont Farm Machine Co., The Granite State Horse Hay and Grain Rake. Bellows Falls, VT: 1872. 12 pp., 12mo. Small folding flyer with descriptions of this machine. One illustration. Almost half of the text is testamonials from all over New England. $30.00

33) Vermont Farm Machine Co., Improved United States Separator. Bellows Falls, VT: 1903. 40 pp., 8vo. Tall fold-out catalogue mostly devoted to machines used by the dairy industry. Cream separators, butter printers and similar machines are illustrated. The wrappers are illustrated by medals won by the machinery.