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AMERICAX AGRICULTURIST. 
229 
Celery Plants. 
tnrge IVhite Solid, per 1,000 $5.00 
Dwarf ■\Vliite SoUd, '• So.OO 
S3 per 300. Ready June 13th. Packed and 
DcliTcrcd at Express Office. 
■IV001.S0X & CO., Passaic, ^T. J. 
Fine Teas. 
This 1^ a coni!>inat1on of capitalists to snpniy the con- 
Boniers of Teas throughout the Cniteci States oh the mutual 
priuciplt:. 
We expect every consamer of Teas to render u" all the 
assistance tliev ran in ciirrvinir oat our enterprise, as we 
make a specfalry of SCPl^'LTING CON'Sl'MERS ONLV, 
farid allow no middlemen to make anj' profit on our im- 
portations,! wliicli will enable us to supply them with Teas 
at prices lower than have ever been known, and of those 
fine qnaiici -^ that seldom reach the interior, being sold only 
In lar;:e cities aud among the very wealthy. 
SEyD FOR PRICE LIST. 
COXSOIERS' DIPORTL\G TEA CO., 
No. 8 Church Street, 
p. O. Boz 5509. NEW YORK OITT. 
These Paints are in everj- respect strintlv flrst-class, and 
second to no other* in tlie mnrket In puiilv, rirlmes^ and 
permanency of color, beauty of finish and (lur:ibility. They 
are prepared rt'ady for riie brusli in twelve newest shades 
and standard colors, suitable for the tasteful decoration of 
all classe* of haildinss, and for all purposes where a perfect 
protection coating in required. I'iiev possess a superior 
body, and are more economical than any otliers two coats 
belnp fnlly equal to tlireeof any of the variou< liquid chemi- 
cal paints, wliicli contain water, alkali, snnp. etc.. :ind we 
guarantee th'-m to be the tnnst durable paints in the icm'ld 
JOT r.tif-Uifi \rf.y\-. Sfid lor •;:inip'-s. 
ASBESTOS ROOF PArST. For tin and shingle 
ASBESTOS FIKE PROOF PAINT, an economi- 
c:i! MMi>n!iUt: [■ir Wiii:,- Lciid, lur uut-lmiidiu^s. i'C. 
Rooflnsr, Sheathing, Steam-Pipe and Boiler 
CoTcrineSf Steam Packine* &c. 
AH Ihe^p waferiou are prepared rearly for UJie, in jient 
anri compact form^ are suitable for all cinnates.and can 
be eafdly appUed bv any one. Liberal inducements to Gen- 
eral Merchants. Dealers, and Large Consumers. 
SE^T) FOR SAMPLES, ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES, 
PRICE LISTS, &c. 
H. W. JOHNS MANTJrACTTmmO CO., 
87 Maiden Lane, New York. 
PHH-ADRLPHIA BRANCH, 406 Arch St. 
r. II. WILSOV, RMtiniore. 
IIOWXIE. TRAINER &. CO.. Boston. 
S. W. HEMPS'IED & ro.. Colnnibus, O. 
T. S. * A .1. KIRKWOOD. Chicago. 
M. M. BUCK k CO.. St. I.onls. 
C. A. PARKER & CO.. Ni-w Orleans. 
THOMPSON i UPSON. Siin Francisco. 
THE CILPIN SULKY PLOW. 
Con'^trnrted entlrelv of iron and 
steel. Ka.Nil\- operated enrircly by 
one lever, simple, strong, dura- 
ble. Performs better work in 
unskilled h;inds than a skillful 
plowman can do with wulkini; 
plow. 7.00f) sold and in use in two 
years, irlvins unhounded satisfiic- 
' tion. Gold Medal jii Illinois State 
I tiial 1974. a'ld Indiana State trial 
>>, the two hiL;hest ever award- 
ed ^nlky plow-^. 
R. H. ALLE\' & CO.. T-5> WatT St.. New York, .Agent. 
DEERE 4; CO.. Moline, Ills. Esiabli-hed 1>U7. Mannfac- 
tureraot tiiinjj Plows. Cnltjviitors. and Steel Plows of all 
6)zc.-.i.-sp'.'clally uduKted lo^tlcliy soilb. Scud lur circulars. 
THE AUTOMATIC 
KEVKIISiRLICnr SWIVEL PLOW, 
for level land and hillsides. Turns 
a perfect furrow ; no dead or hack 
furrows. The handler ch:inire at 
each turn, and t-nn'de Ihc plowman 
to w!\Ik direcrlv behind in furrow, 
as no other swivel pbiws dn. The 
Coulter rhanscs autoniailcally, 
wltiiout tiiklns the hands from thn 
handle. It Is the latest and most "(clcntinr of ,iU Swivel 
Plows. TUE NEW yoKK PLOW TO.. 
5."t Beekman St., New York. 
At present prices arc the best investment that cau be made, 
as you get fall value for your money. 
We send single WALTHAM WATCHES to all parts of the 
country, no matter how remote, witliout the slightest risk to 
the purchaser. Write for our Price List, which giTes full 
particulars aud describes all the varions grades of Gold and 
Silver Watches, all of wliicU are warranted by special 
certificate. 
WJten you write mention American Agriculturist. 
Address 
HOWARD & CO., 
222 5th Ave., Kew Xork. 
Benlers and all who bny to sell nsnin need not write to us, 
for we make no discounts whatever, and only care to sell 
watches to those who wear them. We sell a single watch 
jusC as low :is wc would a dozen. 
AIIKPITGHIN 
APPARATUS, 
Chnpman's. Bf«t Fork and ronveyoT in 
nse. Unio ids and carries Hav. Grains, &c- over deep 
mows, into sheds. barn«, &c. Saves labor, time, money. 
Sent on trial, '"tr^o'irssent.. Agents wanted. 
G, B. AVeeks Syracuse, N. Y. 
TJ^eFEARLESS 
Railway Threshing Machine proved Itself 
the "Best at Centennial Trial," and was 
the 6nly Machine awarded a 
Centennial Medal 
AND CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, 
on both Hor^e Power and Tbr^sher and Cleaner, flt the 
Centennial Exhibition, as shown by Official Report, 
yr\i\Q.\iBriysi'' F r speoal/eainresinthe Poicrrtosecure 
lif/ht ru in ing and ininim nmfr'ctton. For t/ie ingenious 
form,of t^e Sraio Shakers, ichfch in.^ure the pro' er 
agitation t ' sfiparate thA grain from the straic." For 
catalogue, adUrcsa MINARD HARDER, 
Coblpskin. Schoharie Cotinty, N. T. 
THE UNION RAILWAY 
HORSG POWER. 
Proilacing nmeh more 
power than other riiil- 
way powers, witii mtKh 
less elev'ttion. 
ZV S'-nd for Descrip- 
tive Ctrcuiar. 
Wm. L. Boyer & Bro., 
Piiil;ii|elpliir\. Pa. 
The Anti Friction Hay Carrier 
Saves labor aod money. Il i* simple ; the crap- 
r'-g; posuive ; it runs on frulion roiU. hcnix- 
.1 come back on sli^hl iDclini:. The track i» 
;_iT)en=ive ; the carrier costs butslrille; manj 
huniircdsare In u»o. Nolrouble ntiout jret- 
■.-aj; over hi:;h btiaint, or to the enJ of ilt-cp 
tivt. Hay is dropjH'.l ivherv w.inteJ, and tl.e 
iv.^rk of inowincii rv.iukvd. Track »hould be 
pat up now irttile barns arc full. 
Seoa for drcuUrs anl designs ft>r tra^VInc 
bvn, to C S. ^Tliid Eagloe Si l^mp Co., Ita- 
t:\^\:u in., inaoufActiirc's ^' the Uid Rellablo 
HiUl.uJ:iy siaadifd Wmd MUl. 
CHilS.H.&IBBUCO.,$i' 
I .urrchantB,2.">': Wasiiinc- 
t'^n Si..N('vv- York. F.^riv Frnirs'a' 'I V.-c^tablcB a Snclallv. 
Onr facilities for sellincf Hoc-hoase and early 
frnits are unsnrpnssed. KffiTenccfl: Moore, Jenkins 
& Co.. w; Franklin St.. >". T. Market Kcports sent iree. 
Timber and Wire combined, making the stronee^t. cheapest, 
and nio-*t durnble fi-mc ever offered lo the Farniliie Community. 
Price* rnnctn:; from S7.00 por liuntlrcd feet 
upwards.— Send for descriptive circular. 
State, County, Railroad, and 
Farm Rights for Sale. 
Factory, 
Price for atjove Sly ic, §1:4.50 per 100 feet. 
HO. S-4, «4 *t Sr. Mun:;in St.. and 
r.7. 08. 60 VC 70 Tnnt|ikln« St., 
wliere specimens of several styles oi the fence can be seen erected. 
Si American Fence Manufactiiring Co., 
Office, S6 Dlamgln St., Ne^v York. 
HARDWARE and CUTLERY. 
Builders HardwTire.— Every thin!:nec»^ssiti'. forhnild- 
In;: r rtnv.nnz rie Hous^, Barn, or Outhouses. Slackill" 
is' B Hardvrare. — cr-^-w?. Washer?, Bolts. WrenciR?, etc. 
Hoase Farnishinsr QoodSv inf-lnding Refr'gtrators, ai- 
60 Farming Iniplcmencs aiui Tools otall £inds 
J05?EPH T. FARRINGTON, 
3^ Howard St., >iew York City. 
AGEXTS, LOOK. IgiS^^i"^ 
iilogae iree. i. J.'H.iSTI^'GS & CO.. Worc'Ster. Mn5.=. 
AN EGG FARM. 
THE MMAGEMMT OF POTJLTET DT 
LAEGE iniMBEES, 
Bt h. h. stoddakd. 
D£12»G A SEEIES OF ABTtCLES WEITTZS" TOE. THE AMEKICa:.- 
AGEICULTCEIST, 
^'ITH OTHER AKTICLES. 
ILLCSTHATED. 
CONTENTS. 
Introdnction. — Plan of Farm.— Manner of Feeding. — 
Location of Farm.— Kind of Soil.— Crops on the Farm.— 
Supplying Water and Food.— Collectine and Storing Dry 
Earth. — Houses for Layers. — Feeding House for Winter. 
— Hoasea for Sitters. — Arrangements for Breeding Stock, 
—Fowls for Layers.— Fowls for Sitters. —Management 
of Breeding Stock. — Coops for Chickens. — Feeding 
Chickens.— Setting the Eggs.— Management of Sitting 
Fowls. — Teeting the Egsa. — Winter Management. — 
House for Early Hatched Ptillets.— Shelters for Fowls 
and Chickens.— Kind of Food.— Bnilding for Storing and 
Cooking Food. —Management of Tonnsr Chickens. — 
Feeding and Sheltering Chickens. — Additional Build- 
ings. — General Conclusions. — Farm Poultry House. — 
Poultry Farming. — Poultry Keeping as a Business. 
Price, post-paid, paper covers, 50 eta. ; cloth, 75 cts. 
NOTICES BT THE PRESS. 
The work is very pnictical, all the illusiraiione and 
dcsciiptions of buildiiig being of those of the plainest 
and cheapest construction, within the reach of any one 
who keeps a dozcu fowls. The directions for manage- 
ment are plain, and evidently the result of the experience 
of the author. — Country Gentleman.. Albany. 
Everythiui; pertaining to the "production of eggs and 
the breeding and raising of poultry is here given, aud no 
difficulty to be avoided or poiut in which labor may be 
saved, seems lobe unprovided for. — TJie ScUan Gazette. 
Salem, Mass. 
This is a handsomely illnstrated little work on the 
management of poultry in large numbers. It will no 
tloubt be a valuable addition to otir poultry literature. — 
Cdman's Rural World, St. Louis. 
It contains a vase amount of information in a little 
epacc iu regard to the management of poultry in large 
numbers. It contains about 100 pages, and is nicely il- 
lostrated with plans of buildings, implements, breeds of 
fowls, etc., ctc—O/iio Farmer, Cleveland. 
Iti;ives a full and instructive account of the manage- 
ment of poultry iu large numbers, witli plenty of excel- 
lent illustrations. — Chi-istian HegUter, Boston. 
It gives in a clear and comprehensive manuer the best 
plans for breeding stock aud management of young 
chickens, with cuts of the most c,coiioniical houses, and 
showing fancien* how !o make the business a profitable 
one. — Stoneham. Senlinel, Stoncham, Mass. 
Be Poultry Tari aii Martet; 
on. 
A Practical Treatise oe Galliiiociiltiire. 
By Prof. A. Coibctt, 
Inventor of the NcwProces^s for H-'itcIittip Ejrcs and Hnlsln^ 
Poultry, 6// ineanti of Horse ilanitre aiont, for wlik-h Gold 
and Bronze Mcdiils. nnd several Diploina.>;. liave been award- 
ed by State and County Kuirs. and the American Institute. 
Leading newspapers endorsed the valuable illscovery of this 
simple proce&s -which Is fully described In this book. ciTlng 
the valuable U.formatlon acquired by 20 years' eipericuce 
in roultry Breeding. 
OPISIoyS OF THE PRESS. 
Prof. Corbctt h.i* been very suoccssful. We saw the proof 
of Ills success. The result of Prof. Corbctt's Inrcsllsatlons 
and experienco has been compiled Into a book entulcd : 
" The Poultry -Yard nnd Market." wlilcli L« published by the 
OranRO Jndd Co.. and sold for flfly ccnls.-Jni^rfcau Agri- 
cuUurUl. July, 1S"«. 
It Is replete with ralnntc explanations which cannot fall to 
be of great service to farmers and breeders.— .V<ir York 
VefKhJ UtriiUi, September SOth, 18TC. 
5!r. rorbett*s Invention Is alike valuable to the honsewlfo 
of moderate means, passhur her leisure moments In Iho 
poultry var I, as to the breeder on a large scale who seeks 
t > snnplv great city markets with effgs and chickens,— A'«o 
York WetUu MliuNi. September 15th, iSS. 
PRICE. POSTPAID. 50 CESTS, 
FIther of Ui« above books sunt post-paid on receipt or 
price by 
ORANGE JTJDD CO,, 345 Broadway, New York. 
