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Address all orders to 
ORANGE JUDD & CO., 
241 Broadway Nkw Yor.K. 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 
BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
A School of Agriculture and Horticulture. 
This School is to be opened September 2^, 1871. It will 
teach Practical Agriculture and Horticulture, and the 
sciences and arts subservient thereto. The regular course 
of study will fill three years. Any person 18 years of age. 
not being a candidate for a degree, may take such part of 
the regular course as lie pleases. The year extends from 
Sept. 28, 1871. to June 27, 1872. The tuition fee for regular 
students will be $150 a year ; this fee will be freely remitted 
to poor, meritorious students. The teachings of the school 
will be amply illustrated by the rich scientific collections of 
the University, and by a botanic garden, a large and profit- 
able farm, greenhouses, propagating houses, and field exper- 
iments. For particulars, address 
JAMES W. HARRIS, Secretary, Cambridge, Mass. 
Turnip Seed 
FROM SELECTED 
STOCK. 
BY MAIL, 
Postage Free, 
Per oz. K lb. Per lb. 
Kavly Flat Dutch 10 30 1.00 
Early Snow-ball 10 3» 1.00 
White-top Strap-leaved 10 25 75 
Red-top Strap-leaved 10 25 75 
Large whit" Norfolk 10 25 75 
Long White Tankard 10 25 75 
Lons White, or Cow's Horn 10 25 75 
■White Globe 10 25 75 
Yellow Malta 10 30 1.00 
Earlv fellow Finland 20 60 2.00 
Yellow Aberdeen Purple-top 10 30 1.00 
Robertson's Gold™ Ball 1 10 30 1.00 
Large Yellow Globe 10 30 1.00 
Teltow, or Small Berlin 2» 60 2.00 
TURNiP,-Ruta-Baga. 
Sklrving/s Purple-top 10 25 75 
Laing's Improved 18 25 75 
Improved American ...<... 10 25 75 
Sweet German i 10 30 1.00 
Long White French. 19 39 1.00 
Prices for larger quantities to dealers, either In bulk or 
packets, will be given on application. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS, BY MAIL, 
Postage Free. 
Celery Plants— Incomparable Dwarf White, per 100. . . 75 cts. 
" Giant White Solid, per 100 75 cts. 
Cabbage Plants, Drumhead, Flat Dutcti, Satot, and 
Ked '. 75 cts. per 100. 
RICHARDSON & GOULD, 
P. O. Box 5,134 345 Broadway, N. Y. 
American Agriculturist Building. 
Eureka Butter Worker. 
P. T. BAMUM'S 
Working position. Draining. Detached. 
Common howls are used, and of all sizes. A large ladle Is 
attached to a lever, enabling a person t» wash, salt, press, 
cut, turn and work hard butter easily ahd •perfectly in every 
part o( the bowl, in any manner desired. Exactly the hand- 
ladle principle. Three times faster and easier than with a 
hand-fadle, and not as liable to injure the butter. It is 
light; convenient to carry; nothing liable lo get out of 
order ; very simple, and as handily "washed as any bowl and 
ladle. The bowl is securely held against a solid rest, is 
easily revolved, and tipped to drain by the strength of one 
flnger ; also removed aa readily as from a table. Retail 
prices, 57, $7.50, $3. Tbrec Biacs. Liberal discount to the 
trade. 
J. P. CORBIN, 
Whitney's" Point, N. T. 
MUSEUM, MENAGEEIE, 
Caravan, and Hippodrome. 
THE MOST STUPENDOUS EXHIBITION" ON EABTH, 
comprising the largest, most novel, most varied, most inter- 
esting, and most comprehensive EXPOSITION OF MOIiAL 
AND INSTRUCTIVE AMUSEMENTS ever brought togeth- 
er in any country, presenting lo the public Three Distinct 
Entertainments, in three different tents, for one single price 
of admission, is now on its triumphal tour through the coun- 
try, and will devote the whole ot the present season to the 
NEW ENGLAND STATES. This Great Exposition of the 
Wanders of all Nations comprises ;"00 Men and Horses; Liv- 
ing Wild Animals and Strange Reptiles in infinite variety ; 
100,090 Curiosities, animate and inanimate, including Giants, 
Dwarfs, and other human phenomena; moving Automaton 
Figures. Egyptian Mummies, "Wax Statuary, and other ob- 
jects of interest, that it would require columns to enumer- 
ate; and DAN COSTELLO'S MAGNIFICENT CIRCUS, 
with fifty talented performers from all parts of the world, 
and an unapproachable collection of performing Horses and 
Ponies, the whole, brought together at an expenditure of 
over Half a Million Dollars, and all exhibited for a single 
price of admission. From the very beginning of its present 
tour this monster establishment has achieved a success with- 
out parallel, and although its three enormous tents have 
been enlarged again and again, in the large cities thousands 
have been turned away at each entertainment for want of 
room. The STRICTLY MORAL CHARACTER of all the 
entertainments, and the care taken to render the Exhibi- 
tion in all its departments entirely free from any features 
Which could be deemed objectionable to the religious por- 
tion of the community, have received a cheerful recognition 
from the public and the press, and have contributed in a 
great measure to the unbounded popularity of the establish- 
ment. All the leading New York papers, and the most re- 
spectable and influential journals, wherever it has been, 
have united in pronouncing BARNUM'S NEW SHOW the 
most gigantic, meritorious, unique, refined, and attractive 
Exhibition extant. Its progress through the Eastern States 
will be duly announced through the local papers, and by a 
lavish use of illustrated advertisements, largo and small, 
which will afford particulars in all their detail. 
Celery Plants, Improved Dwarf, 75 
cents per 100; $3.00 per 500; $5.00 per 
1.000; $20 per 5,000. Larger quanti- 
ties at lower rates. Large White 
Solid, at same rates. Either of the 
above kinds sent by mail, post-paid, 
for $1 per 100. Also, Cabbage plants. 
Drumhead, Flat Dutch, Savoy, or 
Red, 75c. per 100; $3 per 500; $"5 per 
1,000. I am also making extensive 
preparations for the production of 
Greenhouse and Bedding plants, and 
I call the attention of the trade and 
all lovers of Floriculture to this fact. 
JOHN AVHITE & SON, 
r.ox 75, Bergen, Jersey City, N. J. 
Vegetable 
PLANTS 
For Fall 
CROPS, 
Now Ready. 
P. o. 
[Jonx "VVhite, late For.-inan for P. Henderson.] 
REMOVAL 
HITCHCOCK'S MUSIC 
TO 
Store 29 BEEKMAN ST., N. Y. 
OUR PATRONS arc INVITED to call at our 
new store and examine our stock of SHEET MUSIC. 
Those who send by Mail can address to Post-Office Box No. 
8,008. Any piece of music published In this country can be 
ordered of us, provided the retail price is inclosed with the 
order. Catalogues, containing over 600 pieces, mailed tree. 
The following 30 pieces will lie mailed on receipt of Three 
Dollars, or singly at 1J cents each. Please use name and 
number. 
No. 
1(:0. I love a Little Body Vonff. 
90. .Tosie Galo;- instrumental. 
97. The Ty role -and his Child Song. 
76. Remembrance . Song. 
75. Ristori Waltz lustrum' ntal. 
71. Do vou Bendy Thin!; he Did ? Song. 
67. Was there nny Harm in That? Song. 
57. Corinna Wr.ltz Instrumental. 
51. Maiden's Prayer Song. 
49. Monastery Bells Instrumental. 
43. Alpine Bel!? Instrumental. 
•in. The Bridge 8ong. 
3^. Reaper and the Flowers Song, 
21. Carnival of Venice Instrumental. 
17. Kiss Waltz Instrumental. 
Pi. In Tears I Pine for Thee Song, 
15. Grand Dnchesse Waltz Instrumental, 
] l. Pulling Hard against the Stream Song. 
13. Indian March Instrumental. 
12. The Fros-t Flower Bong, 
1!. Daughter of Eve Instrumental. 
10. Nun's Prayer Song. 
9. Faust March Instntnienta . 
S. Nelly Carey Song, 
7. Delhi G:ilop Instrumental, 
(\ Sleep Well, Sweet Anircl Song 
5. Orphee aux Enters Galop Instrumental' 
4. It Is Better to Laugh than be Sighing Sottg" 
3. Wedding March Instrumental' 
2. My Soul to God, my Heart to Tine Song\ 
Address, BENJ. W. HITCHCOCK, Publisher, 
39 Bcckman St., New York. 
GREAT NATIONAL LOAN. 
$133,000,000 NEW 5 PKR CENTS. 
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN 
COIN. 
Interest quarterly, February, May, August, and 
November. 
BONDS FREE OF ALL TAXES, LOCAL 
OR NATIONAL. 
The Treasury Department having already received sub- 
scriptions to the amount of $07,000,000 to the first two hun- 
dred millions of the New Loans authorized by the Act of 
Congress, of July 14, 1870, for refunding the Public Debt, 
bearing live per cent per annum interest, now offers to pop- 
ular subscription the remaining $133,0C0,0C0of this particu- 
lar Loan, and is prepared to promptly deliver the Coupon 
Bonds or Registered Certificates in exchange dollar for dol- 
lar for any of the United States six per cent Bonds or Reg- 
istered Stocks, known as Fire- Twenties, or for Gold Coin at 
the par value of the New Loan, and accrued Interest from 
the first of May. When this amount, to which preference is 
given, is taken up, the remainder of the Five per Cents, 
$300,000,000, embraced in the Act, will be offered in connec- 
tion with $300,000,000 Four and one-half per Cents, and any 
part of $700,000,000 of Four per Cents, the one running fifteen 
years and the other thirty years. 
Registered Bonds will be issued of the denominations of 
$50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, and coupon bonds of 
each denomination except the last two. The interest will 
be payable in the United States, at the office of the Treas- 
urer, any Assistant Treasurer, or designated depository of 
the Government, quarterly, on the first days of February, 
May, August, and November, in each year. 
The interest on the Registered Stock of this Loan, it is de- 
termined by the Treasury Department, will be paid under 
the following convenient regulations, thus bringing a Gold 
Check for the Quarterly Interest, to the Post-office of every 
holder, free of trouble or expense, dispensing with attend- 
ance, in person or by proxy, at the Treasury, for the purpose 
of receipting for and drawing such Interest. 
The whole proceeds of the New Loan will be applied to 
the payment or redemption and cancellation of the 5-20 
years six per cent bonds, and in addition to these proceeds, 
the 5-20s arc being reduced by purchases, averaging, for two 
years past, about $10,000,000 per month. 
The entire effect, therefore, of the New Loan, in connec- 
tion with the existing Sinking Fund processor the Treasury, 
is to reduce both Principal and Interest of the Public Debt 
of the United States. The Loan creates no additional sup- 
pin of Government Stocks, while the application of the sur- 
plus revenue Is constantly lessening the Funded Stocks bear- 
ing six per ccDt Gold Interest. 
The. policy of the Government since the close of the War 
in 1865, which left a debt upon the country of $2,755,000,000, 
and an annual taxation of $311,0n0,000, has been to reduce 
steadily both Debt and Taxes; to reduce the. Principal of 
the Debt by actual payments, and to lessen the annual bur- 
den of Interest, and thereby the burden of Taxation, not 
onlv through such payments, but by funding the debt at the 
cheapest rates of Interest practicable from time to time, un- 
til it is now felt that the very cheapest rates are due to the 
high Credit, unblemished Public Faith, and vnstand grow- 
ing resources of the country. From $2,735,000,000, the Prin- 
cipal of the Debt has been reduced to $2.200,000,000— both 
sums exclusive of accrued interest— and from ihe heavy 
burden of $151,832,009 per annum, the Interest charge has 
been reduced to £112.130,000 per annum; While the annual 
taxation, under the Internal Revenue system, which the 
necessities of the War and the Debt thereby created render- 
ed necessary for at least a short series of years, has been re- 
duced from $311,000.1 00 in l$65-6ti to about $!54.000,000 per 
year in 1870-71, (estimating for the highest probable collec- 
tions in the enrrent month, the last of the Fiscal year,) or 
less than one-half the first named sum. And in the year 
1871-72 a further reduction of $28,1)00,000 will come in under 
the Act of July, 1870, so as to give only $1. '0,000,000 for the 
year, or about two-fifths the maximum of 1365-66. 
By the successful refunding of the Public Debt at moder- 
ate rates of Interest, and by continued economies in the ex- 
penditures of the Government— which In two years from 
March 4, 1869, to March 4, 1371, amounted to $126/100,949, or 
an average saving per year of $iJ3,350,474— It is believed that 
nearly the entire system of Internal Taxes can be dispensed 
with in a few years, or so much of it as requires the ma- 
chinery of District Assessors and Collectors. 
The Secretary of the Treasury lias just published the 
Monthly Schedule of the Public Debt to June 1. from which 
it appears that he has further reduced the total of Funded 
Gold-bearing debt since Mav 1, by the sum of $S.nG0,C00 by 
purchase ofTJnited States £20s for the Sinking Fund, and 
reduced the 5-20,? by the further sum of $8,217,400 by conver- 
sion into the New 5" per Cents. The whole Funded Debt now 
stands, $1,804,128,750, a3 against $2,107,846,150 two years ago 
when the present Administration came into office. Adding 
to these sums the net Circulation of the Treasury, (that is. 
in Greenbacks and Greenback Certificates, after deducting 
Gold ami Currenev on hand.) the following is the compari- 
son of Debt of all kinds, at present, and at the close ot the 
War, and in I860: 
• Julv. 1865. March, 1P60. Jnne, 1371. 
U.S. Stocks. ... $2, 150,7*4, 112 $2,107346,150 $1394,128,750 
Circulation 605,211,163 833,545,854 866,883,003 
Total $2,755,995,275 $2,491,899,904 $2,260,461,753 
The proposed further reduction of the annual interest 
charge upon the Public Debt by refunding is as follows: 
By exchange of $300,000,000 United States six 
per cents for new five per cents of 1881.... $5,000,000 
By exchange of $800,000,000 United States six 
pf*r cents for four and a half per cents of 
1*86 4,500,000 
By exchange of £700,000/00 United States six 
per cents for four per cents of 1901 1 1.000, COO 
Total saving per annum by refunding $C3,500,OOfl 
C. C. NORVELL, 
In charge of Advertising U. S. Loans. 
Treasttry Office, ) 
Nkw York, June 3, 1371. J 
