1872.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
79 
Empire Mutual 
Life Insurance Company 
OF 
NEW YORK. 
Office, - - - - 139 Broadway. 
Success the Criterion of Excellence. 
Compared with the following well-known Companies, the 
prosperity of the EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE has 
been most remarkable. 
The average Number of Policies issued by the 
Empire Mutual in the first 2 years was 4,016 
Mutual Life " 11 " " 1.46S 
New England Mutual '* 22 u " 812 
NewYorkLife " IS " " 1,098 
Mutual Benefit " IS " " 1,019 
Connecticut Mutual " 16 " " 1,183 
Cliarter Oak " 13 " " . 1,027 
Massachusetts Mutual " 17 " " 1.05S 
The ratio of Policies issued in 1870 by the Empire over 
those Issued in 1S69 was 167 per cent, and of Receipts, 600 
per cant. 
Number of Policies issued in first two years, - - 8,032 
Annual Premium thereon, $793,742.45 
Amount Insured thereby, $17,286,406.00 
Average Amount of Policies, $2,152.00 
Total Assets at the end of two years, above ■ $700,000.00 
Notice the following Liberal Features : 
•rdinary Whole Life Policies absolutely Non-Poi-- 
tfeit:iijlc from payment o{ the first annual premium. 
All other Policies Non-Forfeitable after two annual 
payments. 
aii Policies incontestable for usual causes, and abso- 
lutely incontestable after two annual premiums. 
All restriction upon trnxel and 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. 
Dividend* 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. 
G. HILTON SCRIBNEK, President. 
CHAtNCEY m. DEPEW, Vice-President, 
FLAX. HEMP. RAMTE^ 
"We make separate Brakes for each article. The Flax 
Brake is well known as the best in any market. The Hemp 
Brakes are strong, and will break fast and firBt-rate, taking 
out nearly all the woody matter. The Ramie Brake will do 
the work, and clean this new plant as required. Please send 
for Circular to JOHN W. QUINCY, 
Treasurer, Mallory & Saniord Flax and Hemp Machine Co., 
98 William St., New York. 
RY ** Carolina Farmer," first-class 
Agricultural Magazine, Wilmington, North Carolina. 
I.'.OO per year. Advertising ratea low. 
NO FREEZING-NO SNOWS— RIPE 
ORANGES AND GREEN "VEGETABLES AT 
DAYTONA, FLORIDA. 
For Cheap Lands and Homes, Inquire of 
H. DAY, Jr., Mansfield, Ohio. 
Thorough - bred Stock. - 
Ayrshire, Jersey, and 
Guernsey Cattle. 
Cotswold Sheep, Ewes, and Rams of the 
famous Maple Shade Flock. 
Berkshire Pigs, of the best strains* 
Essex Pigs, as fine as any in the country. 
All the above arc strictly thorough-bred, wKh undoubted 
pedigrees, and will be sold at reasonable prices. 
L. A. CHASE, 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
The First Division of the 
ST. PAUL k PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 
Offer for sale 1,500,000 Acres of Land 
AlODg their lines of Railroad. Also, TOVPTT IjOTSS 
In twenty flourishing Towns and Railroad Stations. 
ACTUAL SETTLEKS can purchase on long credit with 7 per cent annual Interest. The Bonds of the Company 
laken at par on Caxh 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 
floraeatead Law. 
900,000 ACRES 
OF 
EXCELLENT FARMING 
AND SPLENDID 
Michigan Pine Lands 
FOR. SALE, 
On which are ONE THOUSAND MILLIONS OP 
PINE TIMBER, and inexhaustible quantities of Maple, 
Beech, Elm, Ash, Hemlock, Oak, etc. 
The gi'ant 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 clai/ loam 
to the light sandy, an4 tliey are found in ih.it section of 
Michigan, north of the city of Grand Rapids, and contipntus 
to the great fruit belt on the eastern shores of Lake Michi- 
gan, now being rapidly developed by railroad and 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 Gtnnd Rapids, be 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, 
Titlb Pebfect. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
FOXl SAT^E. 
VERY VALUABLE RIVER FARM; one of 
the finest in East Tennessee; 700 acres; 400 in 
fine cultivation ; mostly first-class river bottom ; lar^e brick 
hoHSe and out-buildings; fine orchard. Price $35,000; one 
sixth cash, and balance in five equal annual installments, 
with Interest. Send stamp for Teunensee Land Regixttr . 
Large list of all kinds of property for sale, and interesting 
Information about climate, etc. Address MUNSON <t 
BAILEY, Real Estate Agents, Knoxville, Tennessee. 
IirA^TED, a good grain and dock farm, 
»» well stocked, on shares, by a first-class practical 
farmer (American). Is a good Judge of stock. Or would 
take the management of a (rood farm. The best ol refer- 
ence given. Address FARMER, Am. Agriculturist, N. T. 
400.000 ^ASDARDPearTre« 
jry I 
E. MOODY & SONS, Lockport, N. Y. 
at greatly rcdnced rateB, and a complete 
assortment of Nursery Stock. Address 
CJTj^IV^T^ "Will. M. Cart.eton'h Gkeat 
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WATERS, EBERTS & CO., Publishers, Chicago. 
SILVER. TIPPED SHOES 
WEAR TWICE AS LONG 
as Bhoea without. 
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We desire to secure the services of a few more experienced 
agents, school teachers, and energetic men to solicit for our 
new and popular work, which has proven to be one of the 
best selling books in the market. 
For naviculars, address 
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