THE PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. 



-jOQA —CHARTER PE R PETU A L.— 1 09Q 



Fi^.A-isrK:3L.iJsr 

 FIEE INSURANCE COMPANY 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 ASSETS ON JANTTARY 1, 1866, 



$2,506,851 96. 



Capital $400,000 00 



Accrued surplus 944,543 15 



Premiums 1,162,308 81 



UNSETTLED CLAIMS, INCOME FOR 1SC6, 



$11,407 53. $310,000. 



LOSSES PAID SINCE 1829, 



OVER $5,000,000. 



Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms. 



DIRECTORS: 



Edward C Dale, 

 George Falcs, 

 Alfred Filler, 

 Fras. M. Lewis, M. D., 

 Peter McCail. 

 CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. 

 EDWARD C. DALE, Vice President. 

 J. W. McAllister, Secretary pro tem. 



Charles N. Bancker, 

 Tobias Wagner, 

 Samuel Grant, 

 George W. Richards, 

 Isaac Lea, 



SORGO JOURNAL 



AND 



This is the first and only serial devoted .specially to the 

 NoRTHER-N C.\NK and SiGAR Bekt enterprise. It affords 

 the latest and most reliable information upon the subject 

 of seed, soil, cultivation and the operation of harvesting, 

 grinding, defecating, evaporating, refining, graining, etc. 

 The Correspondence Sammaiy presents, m a condensed 

 form, the details and results of numerous practical ope- 

 rations, forming an invaluable record of facts. 



In the department of Farm Machinkry is included no- 

 tices of approved new inventions for the household, prac- 

 tical observations upon the value and use of prominent 

 labor-saving machines, and important general informa- 

 tion upon the mechanic, of the farm and family. 



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 SORGO JOURNAL AND FARM MACHINIST. 



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BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. 



Mth Year. 240 Acres. 8 Large Green- 

 houses, 7 of 100 feet each. 



General Assortm^t of Standard and Dwarf Fruit, 

 Ornamental and Nursery Stock. 



Grjpes and Small Fruits — with Kitatinny, Wilson's 

 Early, and Chrystal White Blackberry. 



Osage Orange Plants and Seeds — Wholesale and retail. 



Evergreens — Twenty acres, mostly medium and small 

 sizes, just right for shijiping. 



Ornamental Trees — Large and small sizes. An excel- 

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BEDDING AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



A magnificent stock, with very nearly all the latest ad- 

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 splendid stock of Dahlias, Lilies, Gladiolus, Tuberoses, 

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 Carnations, the very latest and best Double Petunias, 

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Three Catalogues issued Annually. 

 1, Descriptive, 2, Wholesale; 3, Greenhouse, Bedding 

 and Miscellaneous. Will be sent for three red stamps. 

 Packing carefully done. 



F. K. PHOENIX, 

 Bloomhigton, McLean Co., HI. 



WARDER, MITCHELL & CO., 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



FARM MACHINERY, 



Lagonda Agricultural Works, 



SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 



We offer the following first-class Implements: 

 New York Setf-rahing Reaper and Moicer. 



New York Hand-raking Reaper and Mower. 

 New York Single Reapers. 



STAFFORD RIDING CULTIVATOR, 



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Improved Buckeye Cider and Wine 3Iill and Press. 



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