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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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*-«js?sss>»The Fertilizer for Fall Crops. 
COMPObED OF 
Bones, Flesh) Blood) Calcined Bones) Phosphatic Guano, Potash, and Sulphuric Acid. 
, Analysis on dry basis, April 9th, 1874 ; cargo, 349 tons ; Sell. 
J W. J. Parks ; by Dr. I. Walz, New York. 
) Analysis oil dry basis, January 10th, 1864, by O. A. Liebig, 
j Baltimore, Md. 
Ammonia. 3.57. 
Decomposed 1/liosphoric Acid, 14.57 
Ammonia, SJ34. 
Decomposed Phosphate, 25.68. 
Aktitur Sherwood, Grower of Onions, etc., at "Westport, Conn., used three tons this sea- 
son, and writes, .July 21st, 1874 : *' Am satisfied, in my judgment, from what I have seen of Mapes* 
Superphosphate that it is the best commercial fertilizer I ever used, and 1 have used nearly all, it" 
not all. of those known in our State." 
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Present Planting ! 
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S 
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OF 
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State, County, and other Fairs for 1874. 
State Fairs. 
California Sacramento Sept. 21-26 
Colorado Denver Sept. 29-26 
Connecticut Hartford Sept. 22-25 
Georgia Atlanta Oct. 13-24 
Illinois Peoria Sept. 14-18 
Indiana Indianapolis Sept. 7-Oct. 7 
Iowa Keokuk Sept. 21-25 
Kansas Leavenworth Sept. 7-11 
Maine Lewiston Sept. 22-25 
Maryland Baltimore Oct. 6-10 
Minnesota St. Paul Sept. 8-12 
Mississippi Jackson Oct. 26- 
Montana Helena Sept. 14-21 
Nebraska Omaha Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
New England Providence, R. I Sept. 1-4 
New Hampshire Manchester. Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
New Jersey Waverly Sept. 14-19 
New York Rochester Sept. 14-18 
North Carolina Raleigh Oct. 10-19 
Ohio Colnmbtis Sept. 7-11 
Oregon Salem Oct. 12-17 
Pennsylvania Easton Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
Vermont Rntland Sept. 8-11 
Virginia Richmond Oct. 27-30 
West Virginia Clarksburg Sept. 22-24 
Wisconsin Milwaukee Sept. 7-12 
District and Union Fairs, 
Antwerp Union Antwerp, N. Y Sept. 2- 4 
Bianford Union Blanford. Mass Sept. 16-17 
Cambridge City Cambridge City, Iud. . Sept. 18-21 
Ct. River Valley Clarcmont, N. H Oct. 8-10 
Ct. Stock Breeder's Ass.Hartford Sept. 23-25 
Dcerfield Valley Charlemout. Mass Sept. 29-30 
DeKalb Union Sandwich, III Sept. 22-25 
District Fair Associat'n. Flora, 111 Sept. 29-Oct. 9 
Dog River Valley Nortlifleld. Vt Sept. 15-17 
Dubuque District Dubuque, 111 Oct. 19-25 
Edinburgh Union Edinburgh, Ind Sept, 22-26 
Ford Union Gibson City, 111 Sept. 1- 4 
Fountain & Warren Attica, Ind Sept. 15-18 
Fountain, Wa'en.&Vermillion. Covington, Ind. Sept. 22-25 
Fulton District.. Avon Sept. 8-11 
Gosport District Gosport. Ind Sept. 1- 5 
Hartford Central Hartford, O Sept. 16-19 
Hoosac Valley North Adams, Mass... Sept. 22-24 
Indiana, North East'n.. Waterloo Oct. 6- 9 
Indiana, South East'n. .Aurora Oct. 1- 5 
Iroquois District Watseka, 111 Sept. 8-12 
Jo Daviess Union .. ..Warren, 111 Sept, 22-25 
Lamoille Valley Morrisville, Vt Sept. 16-17 
Logan Union Atlanta, 111 Sept. 1- 5 
Mad River Valley Waitefield, Vt Sept. 9-10 
Marshall District Plymouth, Iud... Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Marshall Union Wenona, III Sept. 28-Oct. 2 
Michigan Eastern Ypsilanti Sept. 29-Oct. 4 
Mitchell District Mitchell, Ind Sept. 29-Oct. 3 
Montgomery District.. Litchfield. Ill Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
Mooresville District. .. .Mooresville, Ind Sept. 1- 5 
Nebraska Southern Lincoln Sept. 22-26 
New York Central Utica Oct. 6-10 
Ohio Central Hartford Sept. 16-19 
Ohio Central Mechanicsburg Sept. 1-5 
OhioCentral Orville Oct. 14-1S 
Ohio Northern Cleveland Sept. 14-18 
Ohio Southern Dayton Sept. 29-Oct. 3 
Oneonta Union Oneonta, N. Y Sept. 22-24 
Palmyra Union Palmyra, N. Y Sept. 24-26 
Pennsylvania, East Norristown Sept. 16-19 
Perry Union Du Quoin, 111 Oct. 19-23 
Phoenix Union Phcenix, N. Y Sept. 22-24 
Prairie Farmer District. Francistown, Ind Oct. 22-25 
Racket & St. Regis Valley. . Potsdam, N. Y. . . . Sept. 22-24 
St. Lawrence Valley Fort Covington. N. Y.Sept. 9-11 
Schenevus Valley Schenevns, N. Y Sept. 17-19 
Susquehanna Valley Uuadilla, N. Y .Sept. 8-10 
Switzerland&OhioDis'tEast Enterprise, Iud. .Sept. 8-11 
Trenton Union Trenton, N. Y Sept. 8-10 
Thorntown District Union Citv, Ind Sept. 21-26 
Union City District Union City. Ind Sept. 15-1S 
Vermillion District Danville, 111 Sept. 28-24 
Wellington Union Wellington, O Sept. 22-25 
White River Valley Bethel, Vt Sept. 2- 4 
Whiteside District Morrison, 111 Sept. 8-11 
Winfleld Union West Winfield, N. Y.. Oct. 6- S 
Wisconsin Northern Oshkosh Sept. 2S-Oct. 2 
Wisconsin Southern... Janesville Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
Industrial Fairs. 
American Institute New York Sept. 9-Nov. 14 
Aunsville and Lee Taberg, N. Y Sept. 16-18 
Cincinnati Cincinnati. O Sept. 2-Oct. 3 
Franklin Institute Philadelphia Oct. 6-31 
Kansas City Kansas City, Mo .... Sept. 14-18 
Louisville Louisville, Ky Sept. 10-Oct. 7 
Richmond. Ind. Ass'n.. Richmond, Ind Sept. 7-12 
St. Joseph Ind .St. Joseph, Mo Sept. 7-13 
Wis. Industrial Ass'n .. Mineral Point Sept. 1-4 
Wurthington, Ind Worthiugton, Iud Oct. 5- 9 
Provincial Fairs. 
GuolpU Central Gnclph, Out Sept. 14-17 
Ontario Provincial Toronto Sept. 21-25 
Ontario Western London Sept, 29-Oct. 2 
X. S. Fruit Growers' Ass'n. Wolfville Sept. 16-17 
N. S. Yarmouth Yarmouth Sept. 30 
Horticultural Fairs. 
Horticultural Concord, N. n Oct. 6- S 
Maine Pomological Portland Sept. 22-25 
MassachusettHorticult'lBoston Sept. 15-18 
Michigan Pomological.. East Saginaw Sept. 14-19 
NewburghBay Newbnreh, N. Y Sept. 22-24 
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Sept, 15-19 
Worcester Hort Worcester, Mass.. Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
Poultry Snows. 
Bucks Co., Pa Doylestown Dec 
Central New Yprk Utica 
8-11 
..Jan. SMS 
