Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08
BOYD & SNODGRASS.


The agricultural implement and kim
bred lines of trade have developed to a
wonderful extent in this section during
the past ten or fifteen years, and in this
city are number Of enterprising firms
who make it their speciality to provide
farmers with whatever is latest and
best in the way Of agricultural machin-
cry.
On the 1st of April, this year, the
ranks of the implement and phosphate
dealers received an accession In the
firm of Boyd & Snodgrass. These gen.
tlemen felt that the field was not yet
filed, and the fact that their trade thus
far has more than surpassed their most
sanguine expectations shows that their
Judgment was not at fault. Messrs.
Boyd q Snodgrass have made speci-
atty Of Mach.neryfrom the Hagerstown
Steam Engine and Machine Company
manufacturing concern that has de-
servedly won to itself a place as one of
the most reliable establishments of its
kind in the valley, and in recommend
ing machines from these shops Messrs.
Boyd & Snodgrass very well know that
facts abundantly sustain every rep
resentation they may make.
We met the co-partners at their Office
in the st. Clair Hotel building, this
city, on the 1st inst, and, naturally
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well they felt satisfied with the outlook
for trade this fall. Said they:
I'VE have already sold five portable
engines. ranging from eight to twelve
horse power each; we have also sold
two separators, of the Hagerstown
Steam Engine and Machines Company's
make; we are HOW filing orders for sew
en- grain drills and expect orders for as
many more within week, and you can
infer f. ON that how well we are satisfi-
ei."
For these engines, separators and
drills the claim is made that they are
uneXcclled.if equalled, and their points
ofsuperiority BOYD Il Snodgrass will,
we doubt not, take pleasure in making
manifest to Whenever will call at their
office and warerooms. The firm have
also had marked success the past sea-
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proved Buckeye reaper and mower,
made at Poughkeepsie, n. ", land which
is we'll know throughout the world.
Another machine which they recon-
mend to farmers is the the Thomas
Perfect Pulyerizing Harrow, made at
Geneva, n. Y, a machine that is con-
ceded to have few il any equals. Other
machinery is handled, and Boyd d
Snodgrass have, III their choice of i'm
plements, secured the agency for only
those which they as practical men can
heartily and fully recommend. They
also make it point to carry full line
of farmers small hardware--in brief,
they wish to supply their customers
with whatever is, in their Judgment,
best. Their seeds are also specially.
The fertilizer trade Of the firm is also
important. They are both manufac-
turers and dealers, and already this
season have shipped upwards of $50
tons, including theirown make as well
as that of ODER d Sons, and have orders
aggregating as much more. Such an
exhibit, in view of the extreme compe-
tition that prevails in the fertilizing
trade, is most creditable, and, to our
mind, Boyd & Snodgrass have every
right to expect a very marked growth
of this special department of their BUSH
ness. Aiming at securing both strength
and purity in their fertilizers, they feel
sure of giving the utmost satisfaction
to every customer.
The co-partners unite in giving the
business in hand their personal atten-
ton. Each is well-known citizen Of
this vicinity, Mr.. Boyd being native
of Bunker Hill, while Mr.. Snodgrass
was born and raised a farmers boy
near this city--in fact, he still owns