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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
31 
ANNUAL SHOW 
OF THE 
N. Y. State Poultry Society. 
The Fourth Annual Exhibition of this Society will take 
place at Tweddle Hall, Albany, N. Y., Feb. 7th to 14th. 
Competition open to all. Prizes liberal. Entries close 
January Win. For ENTRY BLANKS and PEIZE LISTS, 
address the Treasurer, 
WM. SIMPSON, JB., 
Box 316. New York City. 
CAPONIZING- INSTRUMENTS. 
Address THE POULTRY WOULD. 
Box 690, Hartford, Ct. 
New and Rare Vegetables. 
I make the Seed of New and Rare Vegetables a specialty. 
Catalogues sent free to all. My customers of last year will 
receive It without writing for ft. 
JAMES J. if. GREGORT, Marbletaead, Mass. 
COLUMBUS NURSEUY.-A very large and com- 
plete assortment of Trees. Small Fruits, Shrubs, Roses, and 
Plants, of the best quality, and at reasonable prices. Cata- 
logues mailed to applicants. It. G. Hanford, Columbus, O. 
Crude and finely ground 
Pish Guano, rich in Am- 
monia and Phosphoric 
Acid. Warranted unadulterated. Samples on application. 
Reliable agents wanted. Delivered in New York. 
WM. H. H. GLOVER, Southold, N. T. 
GUANO. 
FOR 
4~1 AS I.I M R, V-A cent per bushel. For sale at 
%Jf the works of the Manhattan Gas Light Company, foot 
of West 13th st.. and foot of East 14th St., New York. 
Thanksgiving, 
Christinas, 
Jfew Year's Day, 
I Mince-Pies, 
prepare Flum-Puddings, 
I Frnit Cake, 
With Plenty of Raisins. 
Every one will like them better If the seeds are taken out. 
This once troublesome work can now be done certainly, 
3A8ILY, and quickly with our new 
PATENT RAISIH-SEEDER, 
which is wanted by every family. For sale by all Hardware 
and House-furnishing Stores. If the store in your neighbor- 
hood Is not vet supplied, we will send one to any address on 
receipt of $2. Send for "Locke's Patent Itaisin- Seeder." 
Address TURNER, SEYMOUR & JUDDS, 
64 Duane St., New York. 
PRESERVE YOUR LEATHER ! 
A JUDICIOUS USE OF 
FRANK MILLER'S 
Prepared Harness Oil 
Blacking, for Harne&a, Carriage Tops, etc., and his 
LEATHER PRESERVATIVE 
AID 
WATER -PROOF OIL BLACKING, 
For Boots and Shoes, is most excellent economy. These 
articles are always reliable. Manufactured by 
FRANK SnLLER & SONS, 
18 and 30 Cedar Street, New York. 
AMERICAN SUBMERGED PUP. 
"The Best Pump in the World." 
Our Agents report over $300,000 worth of property saved 
from Fire this year by these pumps, teeing the most power- 
ful force-pumps in the world, as well as Non-Freezing. 
See October number, page 396, also the Premium-List, page 
393, of the Am. Agriculturist. This paper never deceives 
the farmers. Sec notice in February number, page 45. Try 
one. If it don't do the work claimed, send it back and get 
your money, as we warrant our pumps to do all we 
claim for them on our circulars. 
Send for circulars or orderR to the Bridgeport M'fg 
«o., No. 55 Chambers St., New York. 
An order for nine No. 1 Pumps secures an exclusive town 
agency. 
Grea/ Western Gun Works. 
Rifles, Shot Guns, Revolvers. 
Caps. Powder, Shot, Wads, Birtlets, Game-B.ies, Shot-Belts, 
Powder-Flasks, Gun materials and Snorting Goods of every 
description at very low prices. Send stamp for a Price-list. 
We send soo* by Kxpress, C.».D., with privilege to ex- 
amine before paying the hill. Army Guns and Revolvers 
bought or traded for. Address J. H. JOHNSTON, 
Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
The First Division of the 
ST, PAUL k PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 
Offer for sale 1,500,000 Acres of Land. 
Along their lines of Railroad. Also, TO\A/N HiOTSJ 
la twenty flourishing Towns and Railroad Stations. 
A«TUAL SETTLERS can purchase on long credit with 7 per cent annual interest. The Bonds of tke Company 
taken at par on Cash. Sales. For Descriptive Pamphlets, Prices, and other information, apply to 
General Office at St. Paul, Minnesota. HERMANN TROTT, Land Commissioner. 
Mem.— Attention is called to Government lands on the west end of the Main Line, which can be taken under the 
Homestead Law. 
90G,000 ACRES 
OF 
EXCELLENT IP^TWVIINGr 
AND SPLENDID 
Michigan Pine Lands 
FOR SALE, 
On which are ONE THOUSAND MILLIONS OF 
PINE TIMBER, and inexhaustible quantities of Maple, 
Beech, Elm, Ash, Hemlock, Oak, etc. 
The grant of lands to the Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail- 
road Company, to build their Road from Fort Wayne, Ind., 
to Traverse Bay and Mackinaw, Michigan, comprises in its 
farming lauds every variety of soil, from the rich clan loam, 
to the light sandy, and they are found iu that section of 
Michigan, north of the city of Grand Rapide, and contiguous 
to the great fruit belt on the eastern shores of Lake Michi- 
gan, now being rapidly developed by railroad amd other en- 
terprises. 
Farming Lands are sold to actual settlers, on cre- 
dit, one quarter down, balance in yearly payments, interest 
7 per cent. Persons desirous of locations for farms will, on 
application at the Office in Grand Rapids, he fur- 
nished with Tickets over the Road, entitling them to 
Return of Fares, in the event of purchasing any of the 
Company's farming land. For Information about the lands, 
prices, location, etc., etc., address 
WM. A. HOWARD, Land Commissioner, 
Title Perfect, ***and Rapids, Michigan. 
NEW INVENTIONS — NEW STYLES. 
MASON & HAMLIN 
CABINET ORGANS. 
Highest Excellence, Lowest Prices. 
We introduce this season several new inventions of great 
value; including DAY'S TRANSPOSING KEY-BOARD, 
enabling every performer to transpose the key irithout 
slightest difficulty. 
Also, new 6tylks of Cabinet Organs in very rich and 
beautiful cases, at extraordinarily low prices. 
Full particulars in circulars and ILLUSTRATED CATA- 
LOGUES, sent free to any address. 
It can hardly be longer necessary to advertise the quality 
of the Mason & Hamlin Organs, for it is scarcely disputed 
by any that tbey we thk bkst in the world ; the 
VERY STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE 
among instruments of the class. 
Every purchaser may be sure that he is obtaining, in pro- 
portion to its size, capacity, style, and class, the very best 
instrument which it is practicable to produce. We are not 
afraid to warrant all our work a$ up to even this high 
standard. 
But while the superiority of the Mason & Hamlin Organs 
is established, it is not so widely known that the prices are 
not higher than those of ordinary Instruments. *SYc offer 
the largest variety in the country— one to thirteen stops— at 
from $50 t<f $1,000 each. 
Every one interested should at least send for the ILLUS- 
TRATED CATALOGUE and CIHCULAUS of the Com- 
pany, which COST NOTHING, being sent poBt-paid. 
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 
590 BROADWAY, NEW TORK, 
IS* TREMONT ST., BOSTON. 
[AGIC LANTERNS 
Stereopticons, and Dissolving View apparatus of 
every description, and ninny thousand views for the 
same. A vkry Profitable Employment for the 
Long Winter Evenings. 
Priced and Illustrated Catalogues sent on application. 
W. MITCHELL MCALLISTER, 
728 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Fa. 
TpilCC fiOWE'S PATENT ELASTIC 
nUOO. BELT TRUSS (for Rupture or Hernia) 
is as easily worn as a garter ; is durable and safe. It. has 
cured patients In from 5 to 2." weeks. State rights for sale. 
Traveling and local agents wanted. For particulars, send 
tHree-cent stamp for circular. Address HENRY HOWE, 
Box 758,Council Bluffs, Iowa. 
1,500,000 ACRES 
of the 
KH1IEST FAR9IIN« !T,AJ!tftftS 
IN THE "WORLD 
FOR SALE TO ACTUAL SETTLERS. 
NEOSHO VALLEY, KANSAS. 
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Co. 
Cabs now Running 400 Miles. 
The Lands offered by this Company are mainly within 20 
miles of each side ot the road, extending 170 miles along the 
NEOSHO VALLEY, the richest, finest, and most inviting 
valley for settlement in the West. 
One third of the labor required at the East in the culture 
of farms will insure here double the amount of crops. 
PRICE OF LAND.— $2 to $S per acre; credit of ten years* 
time. 
TERMS OF SALE.— One tenth down at time of purchase. 
No payment the second year. One tenth every year after, 
until completion of pavments, with annual interest. 
For further information, address 
ISAAC T. GOOD1VOW, 
Land Commissioner, Neosho Falls, Kansas. 
Pleasant Homes 
IN THE 
Orange Groves. 
Good soil, good climate, 
fish and oj'sters, game and 
frnits, sea bathing and boat- 
ing, at 
Daytona, Florida. 
Inquire of M. DAY, Jb., 
34 Park Row, New York. 
Hawkes' Patent Fountain Holder. Nickel plate, 50c: 
Hard Rubber, ?150 and ?". "Writes one to ten hours. Use 
any pen. By mall. Send stamp for circular. 
HAWKES, 06 Nassau St., New York. 
