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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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ALL TAXES PAID 
The Connecticut Valley Railroad 
First Mortgage Bonds, 
FREE OF ALL TAXES in Connecticut; free of in- 
come tax everywhere. Interest payable January and July 
in New York. Road running ; stock paid up larger tlian 
mortgage, road already employed to its utmost capacity. 
We think very highly of these Bonds, and recommend them 
to all classes of investors. 
For sale, at a moderate discount, by 
ALLEN, STEPHENS &. CO., 
Bankers, No. 13 Pine St., New York. 
Send all letters to Post-Office Box No. 3,087. . 
PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL 
Is used in all families where a perfectly safe* pure, and 
reliable oil is appreciated. No accidentia can possibly 
occur from its rise. 
Over 150,000 families continue to use It. 
Oil House of (HAS. PRATT, 
Established 1770. 108 Fulton St., New York. 
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SW Sent Free to all Applicants. 
Address C. I.. ALLE» to CO., 
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What Everybody Wants. 
THE NOVELTY KNIFE. 
For every La<1y*s Work-Basket. For every 
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A handsome two-bladed knife, one an ordinary blade, the 
other the well-known YANKEE BLADE, or Patent 
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Is made of the nest steel, and is the moBt useful implement 
lor the lady's work-basket or the gentleman's writing-desk. 
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Address W. A. FITCH, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
H. W. JOHNS' PATENT 
Asbestos Roofing; 
This Roofing 1 was awarded the First Premium, by the 
American Institute, 1870-1871; Louisiana and Texas State 
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It is adapted to Bteep or flat roofs in all climates, is ready 
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Also manufacturer of Asbestos Roof Coating, Roof- 
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Paints, Building Paper, Carpet Lining, etc., and Dealer in 
Aspbaltum aim Asbestos. 
Descriptive Pamphlets, Price-lists, etc., by mail. Liberal 
terms and exclusive rights to responsible merchants. 
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GEO. A. PBI1VCE & CO. 
ORGANS 
MELODEONS. 
The Oldest, Largest, and Most Perfect Manufactory in the 
United States. 
47,000 
Now in use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the same 
popularity. 
C^* Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N. Y., 
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DOTY'S IMPROVED 
CLOTHES WASHER, 
WITH TIIK 
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Over Sixty Thousand Families In the United States are 
now using the Doty Washing Machine, and as many thou- 
sand women will testify that One "Washing Machine 
Is 3NTot A* XX-u.xxa.'b'u.s- 
There is no mistake about it; this machine will wash 
clothes well and thoroughly, much faster and easier than 
can be done by hand, and with fsr less wear to the garments. 
GOOD CANVASSERS make large wages with this 
Machine and the celebrated Universal Wringer. 
Terms very liberal. Send for Circular. 
Metropolitan Washing Machine Co., 
R. C. BROWNING, President, 
33 Cortlandt St., New York. 
A*n c f\ a Mo n tli, with Stencil and Key-Check Dies. 
q)^ O \J D 011 't f a n to secure Circular and Samples, free. 
Address S. M. SPENCER, Brattleboro, Vt. 
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•*■ "WAY PIANO, cheap. Address 
C. W. A., American Agriculturist, New York. 
giEND $3.00 for sample of my Folding Exhibition 
^ Coop. See cut In Dec. No. of America;* Agriculturist. 
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A. COVERT & CO., Produce Com- 
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WAKING'S 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS. 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
AND j 
DRAINING FOR HEALTH. ' 
By GEO. E. WAKING, Jr., 
Engineer of the Drainage of Central Park, New York. 
CONTENTS. 
Land to ee Drained ; How Drains Act ; How to 
Make Drains; How to Take Care op Drains; 
What Draining Costs ; Will It Pay ! How to Make 
Tiles ; Reclaiming Salt Marshes ; House and Town 
Drainage. 
EXTRACTS FliOM NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
He (the author) describes the action of draining upon 
the soil, the construction of single drains and systems of 
drains, the cost and the profit of thorough drainage, the 
making of tiles, and the reclaiming of salt marshes, 
treats sensibly of malarial diseases, and closes with a 
chapter which should be widely read, on house drainage 
aud town sewerage in their relations to the public health. 
[Portland (Me.) Press. 
Nowhere does this book merit a wider circulation than 
in the West. Every year adds to the thousands of dollars 
lost to this State from want of proper surface drainage, 
to say nothing of the added gain to result from a com- 
plete system of nnder-drainage. This book will proTO 
an aid to any farmer who may consult it. 
[Chicago (111.) Republican. 
A Book that ought to be in the hands of every Farmer. 
SENT POST-PAID, .... PRICE, $1.50. 
EAKTH-CLOSETS 
AND 
EARTH-SEWAGE. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr. (of Ogden Farm). 
INCLUDING: 
The Earth System (Details). 
The Manure Question. 
Sewage and Cess-pool Diseases. 
The Dry-Earth System for Cities and Towns. 
The Details op Earth Sewage. 
The Philosophy op The Earth System. 
With Seventeen Illustrations. 
Paper Covers, Price, Post-paid SO cts. 
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 
A BOOK FOR YOUNG FARMERS, 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., 
Formerly Agricultural Engineer of the Central Park, in 
New York. 
CAllKFULLY REVISED. 
CONTENTS. 
The Plant ; Tiik Soil ; Manures ; Mechanical Cul- 
tivation ; Analysis. 
The foregoing subjects arc all discussed in plain and 
simple language, that any farmer's boy may understand. 
The book is written by a successful practical farmer, and 
is full of information, good advice, and sound doctrine. 
HORACE GREELEY says of it : " Though dealing 
with facts unfamiliar to many, there is no obscure sen- 
tence, and scarcely a hard word in the book ; its 254 fair, 
open pages may he read iu the course of two evenings 
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lie will not learn something of value from its perusal ; no 
one is so ignorant or undeveloped that he cannot generally 
understand it ; and no farmer or farmer's son can study it 
thoughtfully without being a better and more successful 
cultivator than before." 
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Address 
ORANGE JUDD &, CO., 
245 Broadway, New York. 
