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AMElilOAN AG-KIOULTURIST. 
[Apkil, 
EDEN'S BREED OF SWINE. 
Imported by the nndersignert from Lancashire, Ensland. 
TheBe swine have taken first preminms wherever exhibited 
in England and this counti*y. Advantageous to producers. 
White iu color, well haired, very hardy, small waste, easily 
fattened, very prolific, large size, mature early. Send for 
descriptive circular. 
W. G. LEWIS, LawnFarai. Franiingham.Miiss. 
Berkshlresi Small White YorksMres, and Dorsets. 
Choice plffs of the above breeds, bred from stock selected 
from prize animals in several of tlie most noted herds in 
Englaht).— iS^oios in pig a specialty. Fresh importation of 
■sows in farrow, and choice boars, to arrive soon. Xone sold, 
except of my own importation or breeding. Catalocue, with 
fifices, pedigrees, (fc, sent free on application.— Photo's— 
rue to life—of my breedinp stock sent on receipt of 25 cts. 
Orders entered on receipt of §^.00. 
Address GEO. W. HARRIS, 
RiOHABD M. Hob. "Brlghtside," Morrisania, N. y. 
Thoroughbred Berkshires. 
GRAVES & BREED, 
Hatfield, Mass. 
POLlil mm OR illGIE HOGS. 
L. L. REED, Auburn. Geauga Co., Ohio, Breeder and Ship- 
per of Cotswold Sheep, Magle Hogs, Bronze Turkeys, and all 
the leading kinds of fancy Poultry. Send for Circular, free. 
ESSEX PIGS. 
c. L. os: 
Perfert pedigrees, 
low prices. 
BORN. ~ 
Very 
, Hamilton. N, T. 
Improved Eni^lish Yorkshire Pigs, 
of both medium and sma'l breeds, skillfully bred, from im- 
ported stock of the most approved strains of blood. Tliey 
are white color, well formed bodies, quiet, good feeders, 
very prolific, excellent nurses, and ready fatteuer:;. Sent to 
destination at my risk, and warranted as represented. Illus- 
trated catalogue free as soon as ready. Also Holsteiii and 
Short-horn Cattle. Address Joseph Knight, 
Marlborough Stock Farm. P.O. Boxor),i, XewUuryport, Mass. 
,hio Improved Chesters, received First Pre- 
miums in a majority of the States. Send lor their de- 
O 
Bcription, and Choice Po:iltry, and get ready tor tlie Fall 
Fairs. L. B. SILVER, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Purebred Calves, Chester Wliite, Berkshire and York- 
shire Pigs, Scotch, Skye, and Shepherd pups, Poultrv and 
Pigeons, all of the linest imported strains, bred and for sale 
by Francis Morris, Morton, Del. Co.. Pa. Send for circular. 
FRANCIS MORRIS, P. O. Box 2293, Philadelphia. 
To Farmers, Breeders, and Individuals 
wanting the BEST Cows and Horses. 
The undersigned, for many years breeder of Jersey Cattle 
and Hambletoniau Horses, offers for sale, on reasonable 
terms, luO head of tliorouirhbred and grade Jersey heifers, 
cows and l)iills, and 2.') horses and colts of all ages. Among 
the Jerseys are many lamily cows that s^ive 14 to 20 quarts oi 
■very rich milk per day, and have nuacie 2 lbs. or more of 
splendiil butter per day. Among the horses are Gentlemens 
and Ladies' single driving and saddle hoi-ses, matched paii's, 
and some of them untrained ; can trot a mile inside of three 
minutes. I prefer that all purchasers should examine my 
herd lor themselves, as any written description of such srock, 
to me, by an uni;no\vn seller, would not be satisfactory. 
All stock sold by me is iruarauteed as repiesenred. 
THOMAS FITCH, New London, Conn. 
For !!iale at Fleetivood $tocl«: Fai-ni, 
near Frankfort^ Ky.. Thoroughbreds. Trotters. Jersey 
Cattle, &c. Address J. W. HUNT REYNOLDS. 
G. W. FARI.ee, CRESSKlIili, N. J. 
(1 hour from New York) for past twelve years breeder of 
JERSEY CATTLE. 
BEACOI^ FARM, N&rthpm-t, Long Island, 
BREEDERS OF 
Alderney and Ayrshire Cattle, 
COTSWOLD SHEEP & BEEKSHIEE SWINE. 
Also FANCY POULTRY of choicest kinds, bred from 
the best stock. Address 
J. N. KOBINS, Manager. 
WILLIAM CROZIEE, 
BEACON HILI«, IVortliport, 1.. I., N. T., 
Hecelved a Medal and Diploma on his stock at the Centen- 
nial Exhibition, Importer and Breeder of Clydesdale Horses, 
Ayrshire and Jersey Cattle, South-down Slieep, and Im- 
proved Berkshire Hogs— and English Dorking Fowls. 
N. GUILBERT, 
Evergreen Farm, Gwynedd, Pa., 
Importer and Breeder of Improved Blooded Live Stock, 
Horses, Cattle, Cotswold imd Sontlidown Sheep, Chester, 
Berkshire and Torksliire Pigs, Toulouse,Brem en,Hon2: Kong, 
white China and "Wild Geese, Cayuga, Kouen, Aylesburv, 
Pekin and Musk Ducks. Bronze. Blue. Buff and White 
Turkeys. Dorkings, Brahma, Cochin, Guinea and all other 
Fowl, Deer, Swans, Peacocks, Pigeons, Eggs. &c.. at low 
prices. Best Breeds of Dogs and Maltese Cats, Rabbits, Fer- 
rets, Guinea Pigs. White Mice, t&c. Song Birds of all kinds. 
Fine Milch Cows always on hand. 
Ferrets at five dollars each. S\yan and Deer wanted. 
W« 
roUlTRY W ORI.I>. 
A large, splendidly illusirated popular magazine, devoted 
exclusively to Poultry. It enters its sixth volume January, 
1877. It is brimful of practical suggestions, descriptions of 
breeds, buildinjrs and fixtures pertaining to the poultiybusi- 
ness. $1.25 per year. Send 10 cents for specimen copy. 
Address POULTRY" WORLD, Hartford, Conn. 
DAY'S 
AUTOMATIC INCUBATOR. 
Hiffhest Centennial Award. Cliickens hatclied and 
reareil summer and winter. Machine used as Incubator and 
Artificial Mother at same time. Capacity, 220 eggs. Price, 
$50. See July Agnculturist, 1876. Address 
DAY BROS. & CO., 
92 Linden ATcnue, Baltimore* Md. 
IMPERIAL EGG FOOD. 
[Trade Mark, eecared by letters patentl 
Will make Hens Lay! 
Used by best poultry men ailover the country. Paclcages 
sent by mail for 50 cts., $1 and §2. Circulars with testimo- 
nials free, Seferences: S. T. Sperry, PresH Conn. State 
Poultry Soc^y; IT. II. Stoddard,authorofEggFarm" and 
editor of Poultry World;\ Geo. P. Bumham, author of 
"Secrets in Fowl Breeding.'''^ 
Liberal commissions paid to reliable men for selling. 
CHAItLES R. ALLEN, Proprietor, 
39 Ponrl Street, llartford. Conn. 
rpHE POtriiTRT YARD: How to furnish and 
X m;inage it. Just oat : A practical Ireatlse by W. 
Atlee Burpee, witli benvtifiil colored frontispiece. Only 50 
cts., post-p:u(l. >.c«- Breeders' Manual of Imported 
aild Tlioroiifrlibred Carrie, ^liepp. Hogs, Dngg, Poultry, 
Figeoiis, tind E^fas lor Hatching, elegiintly illustrated, 
20c. Circulars free. A large lot or Choice Stock now for 
sale. BENSON & BUl'.PEE, 223 Church St.. Phlla., Pa. 
N. B. — Extra line Spring Pigs of the Five breeds. 
FARMER'S 
By Prof. I. Law, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
" The best work on the diseases of animals in the English 
language."— Cownirv Gentleman. 
Sent by mail from the Author for $3. 
CHAMPBON 
HOG RINGER. 
Rinss and Iloldcr. 
Only Double Ping ever iii vented. 
Only Ping thatwill effectually keep 
HOGS from rooting. Nosli:irp points 
in the nose. 
BROWN'S 
HOG AriD PIC 
Ringer u»d Rings. 
Only Single King in the m^-u^et that 
closes on the outside of the nose. No 
sharp points in the nose tokeepitsore. 
Ringers/iiic. Rings, 50c. 100. 
Holders, 7r)C. 
Chambersf Bering & Quinlan, 
Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, 111. 
■mTCnTO^r nfiT P produce commis- 
IlUr UfO Jjd L/UljJJj SIGN MERCHANT, 
141 REAOE ST., NEAV TORK. 
EstabUfthed in ISo'i. "Market reports and shipping direc- 
tions sent free on application. 
PRODUCE COBOHS- 
SION MERCHANTS. 
Sole Agents for Alex. Hornby's Sieam-cooked White "Wlieat 
and Oat Meal. No. 37"9 Wasliiiieton-st,. N. Y. 
(Esfd 1845.) Kef., Irving National BaitlT, Tsevf Tork City. 
OMMISSrON HOUSE of F. HOPP & CO., 
317 Wasliington St., ^'. Y. Good sales and prompt re- 
tnms. Send for AVeekly Price <:nrrent and Shipping Plate. 
A long felt Need supplied. 
The SESfSIBLE COI^LAR 
PAD is iust whatits name su^ge^ts, 
aperfectLeiitherPatl.combiniugthe 
advaiitiiges of Firmness, Elasticity, 
and the medicinal pi-operties of 
tanin. No pad ever before intro- 
duced gives such universal satisfac- 
tion. They are warranted to cure sore necks and to prevent 
galls. Ask vour harness mr\kerforthem. Maunfactni'ed by 
the SOLE LEATHER PAD CO., of Clean. K. Y. 
T {Tit^TT » AGENTS makefi2perdaysellingour 
Ij'LfiJ'lV J NOVELTIES. Catalogues free. 
T. .T. HASTINGS & CO.. Worcester, Mass. 
PEKIIV DUCKS (Eggs $2.60 per doz.), .Java Games, 
and White Guinens (Eggs $3 per 15). Address, with 
stamp .7AMES E. SISSON. Westerly, R.I. 
GGS FOR HATCHING !- Dark Brahma, Buff 
Cochin, and B. B.K. Game Banrams. 
B. N. DAVIS, Dayton, O. 
E.&O.WAED, 
E 
Plymouth Rocks, TJpham's stock; Leghorns, Brahmas, 
Bantams, etc. ; Ground Bone. etc. ; Shells for fowls and 
Land FertilUers. Send for prices. A. VIGNOS, Canton, O. 
TdITvd C a T T? game chickens and 
X"l/Jti BAljlli. ergs. Prices reasonable. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Correspondence fully and careful. 
Ir answered. J. W. REYNOLDS, Cuckoo, Va. 
High Class Poultry. 
Llgiit and Dark Brahmas, Partridge and White 
Cocnins, Brown and White Leghorns, Houdans, 
and G. S. Bantams. For sale at all seasons, at 
reiisonable prices. Ei^gs. securely packed in 
w new baskets. $3.00 per 13, or $5.00 for 26. Please 
" state wliat you want.. Send for Circular. 
GEO. S. JOSSEIiYN, Fi-edonia, N. T. 
AME F01;FJL. Rea Ii-Jsli i^etters, 
and Carrier Pigeons, bred and shipped by J. C» 
COOP£R« Cooper Htllr Limericki Ireland, win- 
ner of Gold Medals at Paris and Kew York; also Thor- 
oughbred Hounds, Beagles, and other Doss. J. C. C. can 
likewise select Sheep* Cattle» and Horses for clients, 
having had long and large experience in them. 
HITE FACE BliACK SPANISH, $3 to $5 
Citcli. Ei;gs, §: per dozen ; a dozen, ^. Also 10 varie- 
ties Standard Poultry and 25 of Pigeons. Send stamp for 
Circular. Orders sliipped pmninr. S^~ 1 received 135 
Premiums at 5 Fairs in 1876. 
WM. MOURIS AVENDELL, 443 Madison Ave,, Albany, N.T. 
EVGENf: B. PENDIiETON, 
Breeder of White Leghorns, 
AVESTERLY, R. I. 
Having bred White !Le(rhoms exclusively for 
10 years, 1 am now prepared to furnish Eehb at $2.00 per 
(loz., or 3doz. for $5, from as fine Stock as any in the country. 
tS^.My Fowls have always taken Premiums wherever shown. 
Received 1st and 2d Premiums on Fowls at Providence, R. I., 
Feb., 1877, and Combination Premium for Best Cockerel. 
PURE BRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
A SPECIALTY. 
My cock w^aa given first prize, and awarded 94 points at 
the Central Conn. Poultry Exhibition. Am breeding him 
with 10 very superior hens, not akin. Eggs $3.00 per 13, 
securely packed. W. H. CUMMINGS, Milldale, Ct. 
Send postal card for circular. 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
The best fowls for all pnrposes. I am now pre- 
pared to deliver eggs for the hatching season of 1877, at f 155 
per setting of IS. 3 sittings $3.60. 4 sittings $4.25. 5 sittings 
Is.OO, carefully packed and warranted fresh. 
George H. Ratlibun, Bloomfield, Conn. 
PLEASANOE FAEM POULTET. 
PLTMOTJTH liOCKS, | BKOWN LEGHOHNS, 
LIOHT BKAHMAS, 'WHITE LEGHOHNS, 
HOUDAN'S, 1 BLACK HAMBDRGS. 
The above varieties of fowls are from the best strains, and 
are most carefully mated for breeding. Birirs 33c. each. 
Also Herd Registered Jersey Cattle, and Small "White 
Yorkshire Swine. Address M. B. MAGUIRE, Manager, 
Westchester, 'Westchester Co., N. X. 
PREffrrUM Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns, Brahmas, 
Hamburgs, Bronze Turkevs, and Pekin Ducks. Send for 
price list of eggs to GEO. S. 'WHEELER, New Ipswich, N.H. 
Black Itasis for stocking ponds — Pcltin 
Docks, Bronze Turkeys, Duck's and Hen's eggs 
In -season. Jersey Cattle, A. I. C. C.R., and Cotswolas, 
at low prices. Address '\V. CLIFT, Mystic Bridge, Ct. 
White Leghorn Eggs for Hatching', 
from Pedigree fowls, bred to the standard. I breed only this 
kind, and have three yards of choice fowls. Illustrated cir- 
cular for stamp. M. S. STRONG, Bristol, Ct. 
EGGS FOR HATCHma 
Brown Leghorns Per dozen. .$1 50 
BlackCochin " ..150 
BoffCochin " ..2 00 
PlymouthKock " ..200 
Light and Dark Brahmas " ..-2 00 
Stock from the best strains. Egg-Food and 'Vermin Pre- 
ventive. Pound trial j)kgs. 25 cts., by mail, 40 cts. 
E. J. CARPENTER, 67 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. 
PEKIN DUCK and BROWN LEGHORN 
Eg^. at prices to suit the hard times. Send for my circular 
before purchasing elsewhere. Address 
EVAN LEWIS, Scarlet's MiU, Pa. 
EGGS r'OR HATCHIIVG. — Hlgh-cla?s, thorough- 
bred stock only— Light and Dark Brahmas; %\ltiteand 
Partridge Cochins; Silver-laced and "Wliite Booted Bantams. 
Price $:i per setting. Prepaymentrequired. MAtiKANE & 
FAIliSERVlCE, 104 Montclair Ave, llewark, N. J. 
]V01S¥ IS THE TIME, 
and here is the place, to obtain Eggs lor Hatching, from 
pure-bred fowls, ( 13 varieties) . at prices within the reach of 
all. Send for Descriptive Catalogue— free. Address 
A. M. CARB'i', ScUn's Cirove, Fcnn. 
GGS "WAKRANTED PURE AND FRESH. — Plymouth 
Rocks, Brown Leghorns, Light Brahmas, and Golden 
Sebright Bantams. Choice Stock, J1.50 lor 13 eggs, $5.00 for 
52 eggs. Packed with care. 
Address HERBERT E. PECK, FEASKUlf, Mass. 
EGGS FOR HATrHI\"G from high class 'White 
and Pratrldge Cochins, $2.00 per 13. 'White Leghorns 
$1.50 per IS. 'W. P. Mticlimore, Basking Ridge, N. J. 
Eeaa for Hatchinor— From carefully selected Light and 
Diirk Brahm.as. White and Brown Leghorns. First 
orders, J'.'.OO for 13 ; additional orders this season, $3.00 for g. 
FI;aXK L. MOOP.E, aie church St.. Poughkeepile, N. T. 
Breeder of Ll?ht and Dark Br.ihmas. Partridge Cochins, 
and White Leghorns. Pedigree and Premuim Birds. 
Eggs from the above $3 per 13. carefully packed. Can spare 
a few sittings from mvlmporied B. B. R. G. Bantams. Can't 
be beat. G. H. PEASE, Canisteo, Steuben Co., N. T. 
"WTtMAM E. McftUIL,I<llV, Newbnryport, Mass. 
High-Class Black Breasted Red and 
Yellow Duckwing Game Fowls. 
Subscription to the "Poultry World," the leading 
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