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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
Statement, Jan. 1, 1872. 
TRAVELERS 
LIFE AJ\TD ACCIDENT 
INSURANCE COMPANY 
OF HARTFORD, CT. 
Assets, Jan. 1, 1873. 
Cash in Bank and hands of Asrents, . . . $24"i,23-J 55 
Loans on First Mortgages Real Estate, . . 605,848 41 
Deferred Premiums (being balance of Semi-An- 
nual and Quarterly Premiums), . . . 57,751 83 
Accrued Interest (not due) 18.396 68 
United States Government Bonds, . . . 361,710 00 
State and Municipal Bonds, 121,933 00 
Railroad Stocks and Bonds 8 °. 860 00 
Bank Stock *<*,«*-, 00 
Railway Passengers Assurance Co.'s Stock, . Io6,400 00 
Other Securities, 2 ' 783 95 
Total Assets, S1,910,S91 48 
Liabilities. 
Claims unadjusted and not due $133,379 SO 
Reserve for Re-insurance, Life Department, 941,751 01 
•• •• " Accident Dep't, . 161.S25 70 
Total Liabilities, . . $1,512,900 11 
Surplus as regards Policy-holders, . • 8076,931 37 
BiilV- Department, 
3,745 
13,3:36 
Number of Policies written in 1871, 
"Whole number of Policies written to date, 
Life Department organized July, 1866. 
Principal Features— Ample Security, Low Premiums, Deli 
nite Contract, and a Clean Cash Business. 
Accident Department. 
Number of Accident Policies written in 1871, . 31,797 
Cash received in Premiums for same, . 8369,964 53 
Gain m Net Premiums over 1870, . . 898,496 76 
"Whole number of Accident Policies written, 334,554 
"Whole number of Claims paid to date, . . 14, "348 
Accident Department organized April, 1861. 
Has paid Seven Hundred Dollars a Day, from the start, in 
Benefits to Policy-holders. 
General Accident Policies, for the year or month, written by 
Agents. Insures men of all occupations. 
J. G. BATTEP.SON, Pres't. RODNET DENNIS, Sec. 
Geo. B. Lestee, Act'y. Chas. E. Wilson, Ass't Sec. 
VS~ Agencies in all Principal Cities and Towns 
of United States and Canapas. 
ONE MILLION!! 
Greenhouse and Bedding Plants. 
Safe arrival guaranteed to all parts of the country by mail 
or by express. 
Our Seed and Plant Catalogues 
FOR. 187Q, 
Numbering 17-1 pages, mailed to all applicants on receipt of 
25 cents. To Uiose who will state in what paper they saw 
this, two beautiful colored plates will also be sent. 
SEEDSMEN, 35 CORTLArTDT ST., Hew York 
GRAPE-VINES and Small Fruit.— Splendid 
stock. Also, Greenhouse and Bedding Plants, Roses. 
Verbenas, Dahlias, Geraniums, etc., in great variety. Send 
two 3-cent stamps for Descriptive Catalogues to 
GEO. W. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
CAIIPBGLL'S 60 Days Sugar Corn.— 
New. Believed to be the earliest sweet coin grown. 
Lon"" ears, large grains, and exquisite flavor. Packet, 25c, 
postpaid. GEO. W. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
THE GLEN & HALL 
tiraiu iind Clover Threshing and 
Separating Machines. 
Address The Glen & Hall Manufacturing Co., 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., or DETROIT, MICH. 
Catalogues sent free to all applicants. 
The Garden Cultivator, 
Illustrated and described in the Agriculturist for Decem- 
ber, 1871, pagp 463. is a recently patented hand implement 
which no practical gardener can afford to be without. For 
Bale at wholeaftlt; :md retail. AIbo Town, County, and State 
rights. Sample sent on receint ol $1.75. Agents wanted. 
Addresi THE GARDEN CUHTIVATOR CO., 
Appleton, Wis. 
CLUB AGrElTTS 
Who work for THE PRAIRIE FAR- 
MER tan cither retain 20 per cent on 
yearly subscriptions— that is, remit 
Sl.60 for each name— or send the regu- 
lar price, Si. 00 per copy, and receive 
credit on premium account. In the 
latter case, they may select prizes from 
our list of 150 Different Articles, in ac- 
cordance with the number of names 
sent. The Premiums offered arc all 
standard goods — the best of their kind 
—and the terms on which they arc 
given are not exceeded in liberality by 
those of any other publishers. There 
is no weekly journal so easy or so pro- 
fitable to solicit for. Send for a Pre- 
mium List and canvassing outfit. 
Address 
The Prairie Farmer Co., 
Chicago. 
Trees and Shrubs. 
We offer in our large assortment of all the BEST 
VARIETIES, especially fine stocks of the following : 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, of the best sons. 
FRUIT TREES, Apple, Pear, Peach, etc. 
EVERCREENS of all the rarer sorts. 
JUNIPERS, f"> m 12 inches to three feet. 
ARBOR VIT/E, 3 cts. each and upward. 
HARDY ROSES, 1 and 2 years— strong plants. 
RHODODENDRONS, seedling and grafted. 
PURPLE BEECH— very desirable and scarce. 
FLOWERING SHRUBS in large variety. 
EVERGREEN THORN for Hedges, §103)100. 
CS"~ To these and other portions of our stock the attention 
of Dealers is especially invited. Packages delivered in New 
York. For Catalogues address 
PARSONS & CO., 
Flushing N. Y, 
STEAMER, for Steaminq Fked for Stock; 
Heating Cheese Vata, Tannery Vats, Conservatories, etc. 
This Steamer is made of "Wrought Iron, thoroughly riveted 
and finished in good sivlc. It has a reliable Automatic or 
Self-Regulating Water "Feeder, Safety Valve, Vacuum Valve, 
"Water Gauge Cocks, Whistles, etc., all complete. The boiler 
is peculiar in construction, being One Complete Dooele 
Boiler -within Another, thc~ two communicating one 
with the other. It has an extraordinary amount of fire 
space for the size of the boiler ; No. 3, a medium size, having 
8,653 square incites of fire, surface ; consequently, it requires 
but little fuelloiuii it. Either wood or coal may be used 
for fuel. 
It will cook more feed or beat more water in a given tunc 
than any other steamer of the same size or cost. It is more 
durable than auv other, for the reason that the fire-box is 
made of wrought iron, and is entirely surrounded leith 
ivuter. We are also manufacturing 
Anderson's Low Pressure Steam Heater, 
for heating Private Dwellings, Stores, Churches, Conserva- 
tories, etc. We manufacture for all the territory east of 
Illinois. 
For further particulars, address 
P. P. MAST & CO., 
Springfield, Ohio. 
EMPIRE 
Windmill Manufacturing Co., 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Tour orders are respectfully solicited. Address 
E. C. BANCROFT, Sec'y and Treas., 
Syracuse, N, Y. 
-TS 
MmFlNG 
First Premium [Medal] awarded in 1870 and in 1871, in- 
dorsed by Certificate from American Institute, as 
"The Best Article In the Market." 
The Asbestos Hoofing is not a temporary substitute for 
a roof, but is a substantial and reliable material, which can 
be safely used in place of tin, slate, etc., on steep or flat 
roofs, in all climates, and can be easily and cheaply trans- 
ported and applied. 
Also manufacturer of Asbestos Roof Coating, Asbestos 
Boiler Felting, Hoofing and Sheathing Felts, Boiler Scale 
Preventive, Acid, Water, and Fire-proof Compositions, and 
dealer in Asbestos, Asjjhaltum, aud Genehal Koofiko 
Materials. 
Descriptive Pamphlets, Price-Lists, etc., by mail. 
H. W. JOHNS, 78 William St., New York.. 
(Established in 1858.) 
ABY'S CHAIR.— It is 
splendid in every respect.— Complete, 
perfect, and safe.— The chair is of black 
waluut — upholstered — having green, 
blue, scarlet, or crimson cords to suit 
the fancy, and made to hang straight 
down from a book in the ceiling, or, 
as illustrated, going around. A baby 
can sit down, stand up, turn round, 
walk, run, jump, swing— keeping time 
to music— long before they can run 
alone. — Splendid exercise. — A T o more 
crying.— l\o more -soothing syrup or 
paregoric needed. The whole world to 
be supplied. Now, if you want a nice, 
light ma iuifiictunngbusiness,somethmg 
that will PAT,^nd stamp for " Private 
Circular," or $1 for a sample chair. 
f'olvin, 94 AVaverley Place, Newark. N. J. 
Address I.,. O. 
FENCE. 
The attention of farmers is called to the fence recently 
invented aud patented by Thomas II. Speakman, No. 26 K". 
7th St., Philadelphia, an engraving of which is found in the 
present number of the Agriculturist. Any information 
respecting it may be obtained by communication with the 
inventor, and models may be seen, and circulars, with full 
details of construction, and information as to right b, etc., 
obtained, by application to FITCH & THAIN, 245 Broad- 
way, New York City. 
E. SPEAKMAN & CO., 225 "West Randolph St., Chicago. 
RICHARDSON & HOOPES, 303 Market St., Wilmington, 
Del. 
THOMAS & BARBER, "vVest Chester, Pa. 
SPEAKMAN & COATKS, Chester, Pa. 
CARHART'S 
Patent Two-Horse 
Pulverizing Cultivator 
was awarded the First Premium at State and County Fairs 
in1S70and'7l. 
It is superior to the best "Wheel Cultivator. 
The price is only Twenty Dollars. 
The draft is reduced nearly one half. 
The depth you wish it to run is regulated without the use 
of wheels. 
It can be drawn close to a tree or plant without injuring it 
It is not disturbed by short undulations of earth like tbo 
"Wheel Cultivator; but pulverizes, levels, and fits the ground 
for the Mowing Machine better than any Cultivator in use, 
and can be usedfoi more purposes than any other implement 
on the farm. 
C. C. BRADLEY & SON, 
Manufacturers, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Not to be Paid for until Tried. 
WORLD. 
Do you want the Agency, or one for your own use? 
Ask your merchants for them, or send for circulars. 
PEEKSKILL PLOW WORKS, 
ill Beekman St., New York. 
andGl Merwin St., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Holbrook's Patent Swivel Plows, 
For Level Land and Side Hill, 
■WON TUB 
HIGHEST PRIZE 
BtN.Y. Stale Trial, 
1870, for Plowing 
Sod &, Stubble 
They leave no dead furrows nor ridges, bat an even sur- 
face "for the Slower, Tedder, aud Ilake : are of easy draft ; 
clear and pulverize thoroughly ; have Self-Adjusting. Self- 
Clearin- 1 ', Hinged Steel Cutters, Changeable MoM-Boards 
for Sod and Stubble. Send for circular. Manufactured by 
F. F. HOLBROOK &. CO., Boston, Mass. 
