. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Garden. ii^ THE PHILADELPHIA BROADCAST SEED SOWER. (Patenti'd Ain-il 5tli, 1X75, and


. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Garden. ii^ THE PHILADELPHIA BROADCAST SEED SOWER. (Patenti'd Ain-il 5tli, 1X75, and .laiuiury'2;iil, 1877.) irnD QO\lirT\Tr^ wheat, Clover, Timothy, Outs. Barley, Uye, Buckwheat, Millet, JrUlV vJVj VV liM l llite. Flaxseed, nil varieties of (JrasM (Seeds, Bone Dust, Plaster, I'oiiltry 3Iauiire, Phosphates and Fertilizers and Lime, IN POPULAR USE not only in this Country, but also in Europe, South Africa, Australia, and by all considered one of the f^reatest labor-saving machines invented for agricultural purposes. Broad Casting.—We have tin*. a(l\autasii' in i)ri'.s('ntin<; the claims of this over newer ln'oail-castiiig macliiui's, l)i'cause the " ; has been TiiiKri ami I'ik ivi:\, not in speak disparaicinnly of our competitors, bnt In a few plain words nu*ntion some points of sixperiority this sower has over Ist. The ease with which both the No. 1 ami No. 'i IMachines are adjusted and operated.— The No. 1 can be altaelied to any ordinary farm wason, and the No. 'J is ready for work as soon as fastened around the body, while in both the (inantity to be sown ])er acre is readily regulated by a gauge. The ground neeil not br iiri'paii'd further tliaii plowing, tin' follow the sowing. !2d. The llniforniily and Knpidiiy of Sowing. —Owing to t h,; c uisti uetimi of these , the seed is evenly disti ibuted if dirri lious an' proprrly followed. We also chiiiu that wi- have a greater breadth of cast


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