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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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GREAT DEDUCTION. 
TEAS and COFFEES 
At Wholesale Prices. 
Increased Futilities «o Club Organizers. 
Semi for New Price-List. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
(P. O. 00X5013.) 
SI unci 33 Vcsey St., New Tort 
WOOD, TABEK & MOKSE, 
Eaton, Madison Co., N. T. 
MANl'FACTUKEKS OF 
Steam-Engines, 
Portable, Stationary, mi<l 
Agricultural- 
Hundreds in use in Shops, Print- 
ing Booms, Mills, Minos, and on 
Farms and Plantations for Grain 
Threshing, Food Cooking for 
Stock,* lotton Ginning, Sawing, etc. 
Circulars Bent on application, 
HO! FOR IOWA 
Homes, at $5 and $G per acre, on long time. Over 1,500,000 
acres Railroad Lands, free from mortgage, for Bale by the 
Iowa Railroad Land Co., all on the C. & N. W. & 111. Central 
Railway lines, in the middle region of Western Iowa, the 
richest farming belt in the West. Pure water abundant. No 
fever and ague. Send for a land guide. It coats nothing, 
and gives every needful information. Address 
JOHN B. CALHOUN, 
Land Commissioner, 
90 Randolph Street, Chicago, or Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
lovejoy's New Style 
GLASS CUTTER 
And Putty Knife 
Cuts glass better than a dia- 
mond. Everybody should have 
one. Any child can use it. 
Sent to your address on receipt 
of 50 cents and stamp by 
ALT AS L. jLOVEJOY 
229 Washing-ton St., 
Boston, - - - Mass. ^ 
Liberal discount made to dealers. 
STEEL PENS! 
Sold by all Dealers. 
No. 91 John St., New Yobk. 
HEMtY HOE, Sole Agent. JOSEPH GILL0TT&S0NS 
BUILDING FELT. 
This water-proof material, resem- 
bling fine leather, is for outside 
work (no tar substances used) and 
inside, instead of plaster. Felt 
carpetings, etc. Send two 3-cent 
stamps for circular and samples. 
€• J. FAY, Camden, N. J. 
CARPENTRY 
E EASY; 
Or, The Science and Art of Framing, on a new an d # im- 
proved system. With specific instructions for Building Bal- 
loon Frames, Barn Frames, Mill Frames, Warehouses, 
Church Spires, etc. Comprising also a system of Bridge- 
building, with Bills, Estimates of Cost, and Valuable Tables. 
Illustrated, by Thirty-eight Plates and near Two Hundred 
Figures. 
Architect and Practical Buildkk, 
Price, Post-paid, - SS.OO. 
Address 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
Have manufactured a large stock of 
RICH AND MEDIUM PRICED 
FURNITURE 
for the spring trade, which is now on exhibition and for 
sale, at wholesale and retail, at their extensive 
WAREROOMS, 
185 Sl 187 CANAL ST., NEW YORK. 
IMPORTANT TO INVENTORS. 
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PATENT DEPARTMENT 
In compliance with the request of numerous inven- 
tors, \vc have organized a 
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in connection with Una office for the transaction of all 
business connected with 
Securing Patents 
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which has been maintained by the American Agricul- 
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vention, with a brief description of its working. The 
model should not exceed one cubic foot in dimension. 
Upon receipt of model an opinion as to patentability 
will be given free of charge. 
Prelim inary Examination 
Pat the Patent Office, to determine patenta- _» 
bility, will be promptly made for a fee of $5. mS 
Litigation of Patents. 
The services of the best counsel have been 
secured to prosecute or protect before the 
U. S. Courts and the Patent Office the claims 
of those intrusting their business to this 
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Specifications, drawings, engravings, mo- 
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For full particulars, address 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
PATENT DEPARTMENT, 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
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JE1XIVIE JUNE'S 
AMERICAN 
Cookery Book. 
Containing upwards of twelve hundred choice and 
carefully tested recipes ; embracing all the popular 
dishes, and the best results of modern science, reduced 
to a simple and practical form. Also, a chapter for in- 
valids, for infants, oite on Jewish cookery, and a variety 
of miscellaneous recipes of special value to house- 
keepers generally. 
By Mrs. J. C. CROLY 'Jennie June). 
PRICE. POST-PAID, .... $1.75. 
Address 
ORANGK JUDD COMPANY, 
345 Broadway, New York. 
Tim Bunker Papers; 
on, 
YANKEE FARMING. 
By TIMOTHY BUNKER, Esq., 
OF HOOKEETOWK, CONN. 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
By HOPPIN. 
CONTENTS. 
,— A Stroke of Economy. 
. — Ornamental Trees. 
.—Timothy Blinker, Esq. 
.—View or Hie P.in.l Law. 
—Guano in tlic Hill. 
. — On Moss Ilmikcre. 
.—i m Subsoiling. 
.—Going to the Fair. 
, — In Tall Clover. 
. — On Horse Racing. 
— At the Farmers Club. 
.—On an old Saw. 
, — Book Farming iu Hook 
ertown. 
.—Pasturing Cat He in Roads 
.—The Weaker Urethrcn. 
.— CDTIBg ivHo,se Pond. 
.—Domesticities ar Tim 
Bunker's. 
—Takes a Journey. 
—On Farm Roads. 
A New Manure. 
— Losing the Premium. 
,— A New Enterprise, 
■Making Tiles. 
The Clergy and Farming 
"Women Horse Racing. 
■Beginning Life. 
.—An Apology for Tim Bun 
ker. 
,— On County Fairs. 
.—At Home again. 
— On liaising Boys. 
—On liaising Girls. 
—A New Case of the Black 
Art. 
,— A Letter from Neighbors. 
— TheShadtown Parsonage. 
. — Views of Dress. 
.-•A Rustic Wedding. 
, — Saving a Sixpence. 
,— On Giving Land a Start. 
—On Giving Boys a Start. 
,— A Tile in the Head. 
.-.lake Frink Sold. 
—The New York Central 
Park. 
,— On Irrigation. 
.—Feeding with Oil-Meal. 
SENT POST-PA ll>. 
45.— The Farmers' Clnb. 
46.— On Bad Water. 
47.— Cattle Disease. 
48.— On Seed. 
49.— On Breastworks in War. 
-T-itflitninp Rods 
— Buj ing a Farm. 
-Tbp-flresslngandFeeding 
Aftermath. 
53.— Painting Buildings. 
54.— The Value of Muck. 
—On Familv Horses. 
56.— The Horn-ail. 
17^-A Commentary on Roms. 
■8.— Stealing Fruit and Pi w- 
ers. 
59.— The Cost of Pride. 
SO.-- Swamps Turning Indian. 
6jj .—Tim Bunker In his Garden. 
12.— on Jiunuina Astern. 
.3.— On Extl;-lY;,_-,,iwr 
Ci.— The Farmer's Oki'Agc. 
65.— On Shdcp Traps. 
66.— OIa*-S tyle II" u seteenin g. 
(37.— On Keeping a Wife Com- 
fortable. 
GS.— Starting a Sugar Mill. 
69. — Reasons against Tobacco. 
0.— Trip to Washington. 
1 1. —The SanitarvCoinmfssion. 
72.— Raid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
73.— Paid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
74. — On -Striking lie. 
75.— Visit to Titus Oaks, Esq. 
76.— The Pickle Fever in 
Hookerlown. 
-On Curing Pickles and 
Eating them. 
73.— The Cotton Fever and 
Emigration. 
79.— The Cotton Fever and 
Emigration. 
SO.— The Food Question. 
SI. — On Jim (row. 
82.— The Eight-hour Law. 
-Base Bali Clnhs. 
-The Rise of Real Estate. 
PRICE $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
345 Broadway, New York. 
Every FARMER ami STOCK RAISER, and 
EVERYBODY that keeps a HORSE, a COW, 
POULTRY, SHEEP, or SWINE- whether Ike 
lives in City, Town, or Country— wants the 
Live Stock Journal,, 
Monthly. $1.50 per year. In its 5th Volume. Beautifully 
Illustrated. The best instructor upon every class of Live 
Stock. National— giving equal attention to the Stock Inter- 
ests of every State. Treats, by practical writers, upon the 
Farm, the Dairy, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine. Poultry, 
Bees. Fish, and their diseases. Specimen 10 cents. Address 
LIVE STOCK JOURNAL CO., Buffalo, N.Y. 
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ANTED. - Thc Fnited states Lifc ,ns " rance Company is now reorganizing its Agency 
Department, and is prepared to negotiate with gentlemen of business ability to act as 
Agents. Prcvions connection with the business is not considered necessary. 
Apply at the Home Office, 261 Broadway, New York. JOHN E. DEWITT, President. 
