1871.1 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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NOURSE, WHITE & CO., 
Westboro, Mass., 
Manufacturers of 
Pot, Plant, Garden, and Ve- 
randa Trellises, 
AND 
Nourse'a Voiding Plaut Stand. 
Also, Dulb Tables, Ferneries, 
Wardian Cases, and various Floral 
and Horticultural Adornments. 
Plant and Dahlia Sticks from 2 to 6 ft. 
high. We are now prepared to fill orders 
for Spring trade, to any extent required. 
Our Trellises are made wholly of wood 
and reeds, being much lighter, cheaper, 
and more durable thaji wire, and include 
a great variety of styles and eizes. Cat- 
alogues sent upon application. 
For sale generally by dealers in Agricul- 
tural and Horticultural Implements. 
GREEN ISLAND GRAPE-VINES (Thompson's), 
Propagated and for Sale by 
RYDER A CO., 
Send for a Cir«ular. Sing Sing, N. Y. 
1 00 ^ us ' Evergreen Broom-Corn. — Seed well 
matured and clean, unexcelled In quality. One 
peck, 75c; X bu., $1.25; one bu., $2. JAMES L. PACE, 
Kingston, Luzerne Co., Pa. 
6 ||nn DOWNING'S SEEDLING GOOSE- 
$ v W BERRY. Send stamp for price. 
G. W. FUAZIER, New Castle, Pennsylvania. 
Special Notice, 
2,500 IVo. 1 Cold-frame Jersey Walsefield Cabbage 
Plants now ready, at S8 per 1,000. No charge for pack- 
ing or delivery to Express office. $1 per 100, by Mail, 
post-paid. 25,000 Genuine Tropny Plants ready in 
May; 150,000 Nanscmond Sweet-Potato Plants in 
May and June. 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
20 choice varieties, annuals, $l; 20 choice varieties, peren- 
nial and biennial, %\ ; 10 choicest varieties, extra fine, peren- 
nial and biennial, $1. The three collections mailed free 
-on receipt of $2.50. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Conover's Colossal Asparagus; 10 varieties Bush Beans; 
12 var. Pole Beans; 5 var. Celery; 8 var. Sweet Corn ; 6 var. 
Egg-plant; 7 var. Lettuce; 8 var. Water-melon; 5 var. 
Onious ; 10 var. Peas; 6 var. Pepper; and many other vari- 
eties of peed, at 10c pkt. Jla tied free on receipt of price. 
New Valparaiso Mnskmt-lon, very large and fine, 
15c. pkt. Joint Pop-corn, 25c. Joint Sweet-corn, 50c. per 
pkt., or 5 pkts. for $2. Sanford Corn, 10c. pkt. New Egyp- 
tian Beet, 10c. pkt. Moore's Early Concord Corn, 50c. pkt. 
Tropny Tomato Seed, Free, as previously advertised. 
Special Offers to Clubs. Catalogues free. 
Address H. E. ACKER, Seed-Grower, 
Woodbridge, N. J. 
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GUANO." 
No. 1 Peruvian. 
Sardy'a 4t Soluble Phospho-Peravian.''' 
do. "Ammoniatcd Soluble Pacific." 
The ubc of the above "Soluble Phospho-Peruvian," and 
11 Ammoniated SoluMe Pacific" Guanos, Is particularly 
recommended, being compounds of the richest Phosphatic 
Guanos, rendered soluble, and highly ammoniated ; making 
the most concentrated and profitable fertilizers in use for 
all Cereal and Root Crops. 
For prices and full particulars send for pamphlet. 
For sale in quantities to suit, by JOHN B. SARDY, 
88 Wall-st.. New Yorlc. P. O. Box 5,883. 
"Feed your land and it will feed yon.** 
| W & C| TRADE-MARK. 
AMMONIATED SUPERPHOSPHATE, 
Superior to, and much cheaper than, 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
Orders solicited from Dealers or Consumers. Send for a 
Pamphlet. JOHN VANDEUBILT A BROTHHRS, General 
Agents. Warehouse for Choice Seeds, Fertilizers, and Im- 
plements. 23 Fulton-st., N. Y. 
Blood & Bone Fertilizer. 
The Bergen Fertilizing Co. are prepared to offer an 
article which is, as it Is represented to be, simplv blood 
and bone, equal to pure Peruvian Guano. Price, delivered 
in New York, $65 per ton. 
Agenta, HENDERSON & FLEMING. 
67 N assau St., New York. 
BONE-MEAL, 
For Agricultural purposeB, free from adulteration. Send 
for Circular. LISTER BROTHERS. Newark. N. J. 
ERSEY CATTLE FOR SALE.— Cows, Bulls, 
Heifers, and Calves. Address, RICHARD YOUNG, 
Morton's P. O, Springfield, Del. Co., Pa. 
^ Catalogues sent free. 
PK)R SALE, HERO, Thorough-bred Jersey Bull, 
-■- with Pedigree, JO months old. 
F. A. NOURSE. Milford, N. H. 
G 
KK4T AUCTION SALE of 
Choice Ayrshire Cattle — Being under the ne- 
cesBlty of reducing my Btock, 1 will sell at auction on Wed- 
nesda'v, tile liitli clay of April, at 'i o'clock, P. M., from SO to 
40 head of Pure-bred Aynhire Cattle. Cows, Heifers, and 
Bulls, a majority of which were hred with great care under 
my own eye. The sale will take place at my farm in the 
City of Springfield. Mass., about one mile north of tile Kail- 
road Depot. Catalogues sent on application. 
I. It. Page, Auctioneer. 
WDI. BIRNirc, 
Springfield, Mass. 
BEAUTIFUL BAT STALLION, 16 hands high, 
coming eight years, trots in three minutes, sired by 
" Kemble Jackson." 'Price, £1.500. Thorough-bred Shorthorn 
Durham Bull, 3 years old. Price, $300. Imported Aldeiney 
Bull, 3 years old. Price, $1">0. For sale by 
N. GCILBERT. Gwynedd, Pa. 
ALDERNETS (JERSEYS) for sale, by 
G. W. FAKLEE, Crcssklll, N. J. 
One hour from New York. 
RIZE JERSEY OR ALDERNEY COWS, 
Heifers, and Calves for Sale, low. Every Animal 
guaranteed as represented. Full pedigree. Send stamp for 
ircular. _ „ , 
J. M. HALSTED, 571 Broadway, New York. 
Premium Chester White Pigs. 
Bred and for sale by 
GEO. B. HICKMAN, 
West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. 
B^~ Send for Circular and Price-List. 
**SOtl LBS ' WEIGHT of two Ohio Improved 
^O W CHESTER HOGS. Send for Description of 
this Famous Breed, and a great variety of other Thorough- 
bred and Imported Animals and Fowls. 
Li. B. SILVER. Salem, Ohio. 
Pure-bred CHESTER PIGS aud choice POUL- 
TRY. Also, Peerless, Early Rose, and Climax Pota- 
toes, and Norway Oats. Send for Circular. Eggs, after 
Miirch 1st. P. W. HARBAUUH, New Lisbon, Ohio. 
PURE BRKD CHESTER WHITE PIGS, Bred 
and lor sale by C. C. FULLER. Nelson, Portage Co., 
Ohio. Send for Circular and Price-List. 
DtRE-BRED CHESTER WHITE 
■*■ Pigs, fancy Poultry, &c., bred and shipped by 
J. W. &M. IRWIN. Peliningtonville, Chester Co., Pa. 
Eggs for Hatching a specialty. Seud Btiimp for Illus- 
trated Circular. 
GREAT GOLD MEDAL, 
NEW YORK.. 
SECOND TIME DECEMBER, 1870. 
Silver cup for Dark Brahmas, Silver cup for Huff Cocliins, 
Silver medal for Black-red Game, Silver medal for Geese, 
also seven Bronze medals, live Diplomas and one Honorable 
mention on Dorkings, Spanish, Brown-red Game, Cieve- 
cceur. La Fleche, Sultans, Rouen and Aylesbury Ducks,— 
winning at the same time in Dublin and Cork Exhibitions, 
in nearly all these varieties, and notably, both 1st Prizes 
with Houdaus. J. C. COOPER, 
Cooper Hill, Limerick, Ireland. 
Can supply good birds. Price, according to requirement. 
EGGS ior hatching from my choice strains of 
Poultry, that have taken 1st prizes, gold, silver, and 
bronze medals, and special prizes (silver cups) at the lead- 
ing Exhibitions in the U.S. Also, the N. X. State Poultry 
Society's large gold medal, as special premium from the 
" Agriculturist," for the best Dark Brahmas, exhibited Dec, 
Per doz 
Dark^Brahmas $6.00 
Buff Cochins 6.00 
Partridge Cochins 6.00 
Light Brahmas 2.50 
"White Dorkings 2.50 
Gray " 2.50 
Aylesbury Ducks 4.00 
Per doz. 
Houdans $r>.00 
La Fleche 5.00 
Crevecceurs 5.00 
B. R. Game Bantams 6.00 
Duckwing Game " .... 6.00 
Golden Seebright '* 3.00 
Rouen DuckB 4.00 
yl._. 
N. Y. Draft, P. O. Order on Utica P. O., Bent at my risk 
No Eggs or Fowls sent C. O. D. G. H. WARNER, 
New York Mills, Oneida Co., N. Y. 
O POULTRY FANCIERS AND AMATEURS. 
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—Having purchased from Mr. J. H. Fry (New Brighton, 
N. Y.) his entire importation of White Cochins (for which I 
received 1st premium at N. Y. State Exhibition in New York 
in December, 1870). also his choice Birds of Buff and Par- 
tridge Cochins, with some extra Dark Brahmas, I am pre- 
pared to book orders for Eggs to be furnished during the 
coming season. Mr. Fry's Establishment having oeen 
visitea by most of the Poultry Fanciers in the United States, 
the quality of the stock is too well known to require fur- 
ther comment. The Fowls can be seen in my yard at any 
time. For Price-LisLand information, address, with stamp 
inclosed, 
JOHN J. BERRY, 
Hackensack, N. J. 
Poiri/rrev fanciers, atte^i. 
TIONI— THE AMERICAN STANDARD OF EXCEL- 
LENCE. Now ready. It contains a complete description of 
every known fowl, as revised by the Fanciers of America, 
at their convention, February. 1871. Also, a Treatise on 
Raising Prize Birds for Exhibition. Every one who keeps 
fowls mustJiave it. Price 00 cts. Sent post-paid. Address 
WM. 
LOCKWOOD 
3ft 
Box 090, Harlford, Conn. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. — Houdans, Dark 
Brahmas, Buff Cochins, Lemon Cocliins, $4 doz. ; Light 
Brahma, Silver Gray Dorking, Spangled Hamburg, Golden 
Sebright Bantam, White Leghorn. $2 doz.; White Poland 
Bantam, $3 doz.; 4 doz. Light Brahma Eggs, $5; 4 doz. 
Houdan, $10. We are breeding from a Light Brahma Cock 
weighing 13^ lbs. 
Several binds of our Fowls we imported from Cooper, 
good as any in the country. Send for Catalogue. 
W. S. CARPENTER & SON, Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
Pure -bred Houdans. 
From the best Btrain in the country. The undersigned 
offers for sale Jfiggs of the above @ $4 per doz. Address 
BE\\J. F. ROBBINS, Madison, Jefferson Co., Ind. 
Houdan, Gray Dorking and Dark Brahmas, 
The Subscriber will fill orders for Eggs from the above 
varieties, which he has made a specialty, having a well-se- 
lected stock of the, best imported and premium Fowls. 
Houdan and D. Brunmas, $:>.0U per doz.; Gray Dorking, $3.00 
per doz. Address. 
C. D. VALENTINE, Fordham, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
EOC*S. — LUjht Brahma cross of Williams & 
Teas' stock. SilverOray Dorkings, imp't'd, by late H.H. 
G. Shakpless, extra fine ; aud superior Rose Comb Domin- 
iques. For prices, address J. L. BROWNING. 
Chatham 4 Corners, N. Y. 
Eggs for Hatching 
From Dark and Light BrahmaB, Partridge Cochins, Hou- 
dans, White Georgian Games, ami (lame Bantams. 
A. C. WILLIAMS, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 
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HITE LEGHORNS a SPECIALTY.— Bred 
with care for past seven years. $lr> Trio, by 
G. W. FAKLEE, Cresskill, N. J. 
EGGS for hatching from Dark and Light 
Brahmas, Houdans, anu Crevecceurs. Inclose stamp for 
List of Prices. E. H. WHITNEY, Cambriilgeport, Mass. 
EGGS for Hatching from my superior Light 
Brahma aud Golden Hamburg Stock. Address, with, 
stamp, LEWIS T. SANBORN, Hampton Falls, N.H. 
Empire Mutual 
Life Insurance Company 
OF NEW YORK. 
Office, - 139 Broadway. 
Success the Criterion of Excellence, 
The EMPIRE has achieved a success unparalleled in the his- 
tory of Life Insurance. 3, M 'J Policies were issued 
in tlie firs* Twelve Months, Insuring 
87,813,850.00, which is the largest initial year's business 
ever done by a Life Insurance Company. 
AND WHY NOT? 
Notice the following Liberal Pea* urea: 
Ordinary Whole Life Policies absolutely Non-For- 
fel table from payment of the first annual premium. 
All other Policies Nou-Forfeitable after two annual 
payments. 
All Policies incontestable for usual causes, and abso- 
lutely incontestable after two annual premiums. 
All restriction upon travel aud residence removed, 
and no permits required. 
One-third of all premiums loaned to the insured, If 
desired, and no notes required. 
No accumulation of Interest on Deferred Premi- 
ums, and no increase of annual payment on any class of 
policies. 
Dividends Accumulative, the surplus being re- 
turned to the Policy-holder, equitably in proportion to his 
contribution thereto. 
The business of the Company conducted upon the Mutual 
Plan. 
Example of the Non-Forfeiture Plan of the 
tire. 
Empi: 
Age of the Party Insured, 35— Ordinary Whole-Life Policy. 
One Annual Premium 1 Will f 2 years and S days. 
Two " Premiums continue I 4 " " 12 " 
Three 
Four 
Five 
the policy 
m 
force 
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FIRST-CLASS AGENTS WANTED In all parte of the coun- 
try. Apply at the Home Office, 139 Broadway. 
OFFICERS: 
G. HILTON SCRIBNER, President. 
GEO. W. SMITH, Vice-President. 
SIDNEY W. CROFUT, Secretary. 
L. H. WATERS. Actuary. J 
THOS. K. MARCT, M.D., Medical Exam'r. 
EVERETT CLAPP, Superintendent 
WANTED— AGENTS, to sell the celebrated 
HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. Has the 
under-feed, makes the " lock-stitch " (alike on both sides), 
and is fully licensed. The best and cheapest family Sewing 
Machine in the market. Address JOHNSON, CLARK A 
CO., Beston, Mass., Pittsburgh, Pa., Chictigo, Illinois, or 
St. Louis, Mo 
