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THE FARM AND GARDEN. 



Odds and tiNDS 



'CURIOSITIES TO BE SEEN IN NEW ORLEANS. 



Among tlie novelties we saw in New Orleans 

 were :— 



A piece of lead pipe with the makers name on 

 It. 1500 years old. 



Drum and colored drummer who sounded the 

 long roll at the battle of New Orleans in ISl.'i. 



A model of a mammoth Ki feet high, and in- 

 •chldiiig the curve of the tvislts, 2:3 feet long. 



A heet Irom California that weighed 84 pounds. 

 A pumpliin that weighed 222 pounds, an Irish 

 ^potato that weiglied 12 pounds, and a pear 2% 

 pounds. 



A ratabega turnip from Oregon that weighed 

 ^ pounds, and was four feet in circumference. 

 A straivleafed turnip that weighed 39)^ pounds; 

 4 feet, 2 ineiies in circumference. A 41-pound 

 cabbage licad. Au 8';; pound Irisli potato, car- 

 rots 1) inches in diameter and 32 inches long. 

 Oregon also had an apple that weighed -'i pounds 

 :2 ounces, and pears weighing 2 pounds, U ounces, 

 ■weight. Wheat 6 feet, 6 inches high. 



A worlting model of a locomotive engine made 

 'by a negro from Tennessee. 



Oranges from Florida weighing 2 pounds each. 



Plum trees one year i>ld Hi feet high. Bartlett 

 j)earone year old 1" feet high. Peach trees one 

 j-ear old 10 feet, G inches liigh. 



Nebraska, a Chill siiuash 216?^ pounds. 



Arkansas, Red Clover 7 feet high. 100 tons on 

 "25 acres. 



Big trees, big corn, big wheat, big oats and big 

 ^how. Uo ana see it. 



PERUVIAN GUANO 



DIRECT IMPORTATIONS. 



Our arrangements w'uh Messrs. Hiictadu & Co.. sole 

 importers of PERUVIAN GUANO umler last Cuv- 

 eniment Cumract tMiai)k-s us lu otter tliis thvoi'ite 

 fertilizer at LOW KST ltATE!S. For iiarticiilais 

 and prices CIIKISTIAN & CO., No. 141 North 

 apply lu \\ alei- street, Philadelpbia, Peiina. 



Send 2 cent stamp for catalogue of j^"^ 



Address, Rcniiie, Allisun *fc Co. 



Philadelphia, Peuua* 



GUNS 



CHAMPIOM ^ bALlHIii PRESSES 



A bale In 9 mlnntes 

 Ton an hour. Loads 

 10 to 1 



SEEDS AND PL ANTS 



BEST VARIETIES AT LOW PRICES. 



CATAIiOGVi: FREE. i 



A. E. SPALDING. AIKSWORTH. IOWA. | 



We will send vnu a watchorachaln 

 ItV MAIL OK EXPKKSS, C. O. D. , to be 



exainiiieil belore payingany money 

 nnii II not ^atlJ^factory. returned at 

 ourcxpense. We nianufactnri' all 

 OTir wrilr'licp find save \tm :W per 



vvM. rjitalotrm- tif ^50 stvh's free, 

 Kv.-r\ Wntcli W;iri.inte.l. Atidresa 



SIMDARD AMERICAN WAICfl CO, 



FIIISBUKUU. PA. 



Poison Ivy.— This deadly foe to iiumy Is the 

 thive-nii!;orcd variety. Tho other is luirinless. 



The LARiiKST Room in tlie world under one 

 iroof and iiubrolienl)y pillars is in St. Petersliurg. 

 It is (VJ) feet long by 1.50 broad, and requires ai.OOi) 

 wax tapers to light it. 



Fi.oKiDA Grasses.— Professor Gunning says 

 that Florida has nearly ."KKI speeies of grass, but 

 not a griuss that would fatten asheep. Evidently 

 lit was not eut out for a grazing eountry. ^Vhat a 

 blessing condensed milk mast be to Florida 

 Jolks. But thon the oranges ! 



A LoNQ WaTjK.- A Boston wife slyly atta<hed a 

 pedometer to her husband's roat when be went 

 •out after tea, "Just to balance his books." The 

 'little meter told of (Ifteen miles on his return. It 

 is a long walk around a billiard table for so many 

 lnturs. Strange our young men don't wear out. . 



rn^rrpATioN. — The great panacea for dullness, 

 worM-weariness, and sorn)\v of all sorts Is ()ecu- 

 pation. If the greater portion of our race were 

 not compelleil to work for daily liread, tlie sum 

 of liuman misery would be increased ten-fold. 

 And yet we go on all our lives sighing for that 

 blessed far-otrtinie when we shall be rich enough 

 to retire from business. Have you yet met the 

 really happy idler? 



AOXE-Eoo Feast.— DwightWeitin counted the 

 guests who were to dine witli him at his ostrieli 

 ■farm in Calil'ornia, and found tlure were ten. 



" One egg will do I guess," and they repaired to 

 ^he paddock, and soon came back with a fresh 

 •ostrich egg, whose contents equaled twenty-eight 

 hens eggs. It was boiled one hour then shelled 

 and carved, and all declared it very good eating. 

 Its appcarence and taste was like a ducks egg, 

 »nd it had a pei'uiiar flavor. 



Rathek ancient Peas.— It was related that 

 Mr. Wilkenson, the learned explorer of Egypt, 

 found a vase hermctiealiy sealed in a mummy 

 pit, which he sent to the British Museum. The 

 vase was accidentally broken, and witliin were 

 found a few peas dry, wrinkled, and hard as 

 ■stones. They were planted under glass, and in 

 thirty days sprang up and grew. They may have 

 been burled since the days of Moses. What a 

 ■wonderful thing is the life-power even In the 

 humblest seed or i>lant 



The late Cyrus H. M'Cormiek may well be 

 called a benefactor of his race. Without his in- 

 vention, how little of our great wheat belt would 

 be cultivated, and how little wheat exported. 

 The oid-linie sickle and scythe would be a poor 

 ■dependence for feeding such a world full of peo- 

 ple ac we now have to supply. To render vast 

 tracts of land so useful, thus increasing national 

 -wealth and cheapening tlie staff of life all over 

 the world, is a higher achievement than those of 

 most of the famous statesmen, warriors, or scien- 

 tists of au age or country. 



Address Famous Manufact^g^ Co., Qulccy, IlL 



To clear your land of Stumps atii Boulders, use 



-JUDSON POWDER- 



CHEAPER THAN THE STUMP PULLER. 



SEND KOR PAMPHLET AN.> I'KICE-I.IKT. 



JUDSON POWDER CO., ""e* y^if^ET^- 



ANDERSON, HARRIS k GO. ■ADCC PROFITS 



Wholesale MnnnfocttiTers 404 ■HllWt I IIVI I I V 



404 



LIBERTY ST., 



CINCINNATI, 0, 

 Platlorm and Hill 



Platform Wagons 



CRYSTAL CREAMER. 



LATEST I BEST I 



Glass Cans, fast Iron Water Tanks, 

 Paitnt Ice Bux, requires liiile if 

 any ice, no rust, no corroding. Used 

 by besl dairymen. Large or small 

 dairios. any size. Write for circu- 

 |. lars and sjiecial ofler to first pur- 

 chaser lo introduce, at once. 

 O. lu KNEEI.AND. Franklin. X. T. 



^ FAIRVIEW-NURSERIES'-t«r^ 



^v aOO AtllES IN FliriT TKKKS AND 

 "=^ SAIAl-I- FRl'IT PLANTS. 



•i^.OOO I'lm li Tri'es, dicii-i- Kieflerand 



,e (oiile IVar Trees^ All kimis ot luir- 



ser\ >-u.rk. small fi'uits. and Osase Or- 



nnJBC specialties. Send for price-list. Ad 



dress, J, PERKINS. MOORESTOWN. H. J. 



ONL\ 820 I.NVESTBK.NT rpi(iiire<l. N*>w I'rnrpi*, 

 jt^A timr-'Uchlypiactical mi-thod tormuli ng 

 Rul'l'er Stamps, with compleie t raveling' outtit 

 chert,. forSaO. Ample -In'k "Khrnrh ontni to 

 makpS40. 511 N NOW JIIKK SS I" $2S pcrilnT. 

 For piirticolara an'i private circular, send 



Lrp'J.W.MANNEER.XiffJi^ 



BEI«s The FLORAL WORLD 



Made for the monev 



i^^ FREE 



CATALOUCE 



A siiperh Illustrated :s>l.O0 ninntlily free 1 year to all 

 irau-J that enclose this ad. lu us non' " Uli 2-li'. (or postuKC. 



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ENTERPRISE 



Wind M'^i- 



Knoun and sold Iliroiiirhout 

 the wtirld, and uckiM>wU-il;;ed 

 the IJesi. Simple, Duriihic, 

 strong. FfW JulntH. Friction- 

 less Turtitable, Multipl> ing 

 Ball ("Hivernor. All size's lor 

 lUUlruad. I'ity.and Farm pur- 

 poses. Eveiv mill warranted. 

 ENTEKPKISE F£EI> MILL. 

 New and start linff. For Wind, 

 Horse. str;un. or water power. 

 Climax Corn and Cotton Culll- 

 valors, T'lnnpH, TaiiKs, ttc- 

 Kond for HKOU'> Culnloffur. 

 SANDWICH ENTERPRISE CO.. 

 S.V.NUWKll, ILl. 



EsUhlldhed IWU. Ortdnat Importer of tho hmons Prince Ed- 

 warilV Ittlnnd Early Ro»e, and wholesale rlealcr in flio lycit 

 ■itaii-lnril vani lii . Prices al«av> ih-' \nvci-A consislmt with ijuallty 

 an-l I'uriiv. \. K.— Wc deal in no faiiev kinds. 



SPECI ALOFFER SEEPS^^'^^^'° 



Our Seeds are UNS!'RPASSEn in the world. Tn prnve their (ireat ,"*»upcriority, and introduce them 

 intothoasandsof new homes, wp will 4^» A A ( ArTllfll Ufll IIP <tO 7Rl 5J!' U ^'''Ki I \l, IN- 

 eendKKKi: bv iiinil, on receipt ..f 2>I.UU ( «L I UAL WALUtai^-XaJ TuAlU CTION HOX 

 OF SEEDS. contnininK 3<> l-urce Pnrketsof all the IlKST, New and Stnndard VECiETAHIvES, 

 making a complete fnmily jiarden. For list of variptif*. see onr lar^e ndverliHeiiient in Eebriinry number 

 of this paper 3 Bo\eHr*^CI nU/CD 001 I CPTinU Cnmprisinp lO Pa.cket'^ri.nir^af Floir^r Sr^'io.wat^a 

 mailed for only *2..jO. Oar rLUflCn UULLlUi lUll postpaid for 2o cenlHia stamps 5 cnllectionB,J)| 

 tf> I f\g\g\ |U PACU DDITrC ^"' ^^^ products of our Seeds in mS.j— competition opr^n lo all. 

 «9IbVww m bRon_r_nliC j For particulars, see our (■arden and Farm .^lanniil. mailed *' 



I' rep. 



JOHNSON & STOKES 



«3- SEED WAREHOUSES -%* 

 Nos. 21» Si 1114 ftlAKKET ST. 



PHILAD'A, PA. 



P oultry for PLEASURE 



ANB 



P oultry for PROFIT. 



We are called npon now-a-day* tn cive jn-^t thfV>pst po^sihle cooda forth' 

 the l''i»>t iHjtsiblt; nioii'j- A Poultry Book U wanted for 25 centR. 

 which will l>e complete in itself. To 8up|ily this want wo submit this littlu 



book.opoui^jPY FOR PLEASURE AND POULTRY FOR PROFIT." 



It Is intcnd'd to give the reader a giMvl unUTsianding of the diderent 

 varieties of fowl? : show up the good qualities of each, and let blm see 

 wMch are hest adapt^'d to special want's. 



It ia intended lo show how best to house them and care for them, 

 that a person may derive profit from them and enjoy tlioni : also to arm 

 the pouUrvman uRainsl dis«ases which threaten his fowls. 



All of the important features of the business that ari' nttraetinjt special 

 Kitenlion at the present time. Ineubotom and Caponn are diacussiil 

 wiih intended fairness to all. 



inPAnTiv.-Snhjeet "KEEPING POULTRY ON A LARGE SCALE.*; 



Is the only solution of the qur-siian '■ llow fan It be <I«no an<l pny I*' 



There are Rood llhistrntinns of -hihc of the [irincijitil ^aneli^■'^ of fi.wl<. also 



of the best Poultry lloiineo for the fanclt-r or .vtrnvive poultrv keepir. 



Sent on receipt of £5 ccntw* or 5 bookii for #1.00. Postal ^ote^ 



preferred 



FRANKLIN NEWS COMPANY, 



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