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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[June, 
Cheap Farms! Free Homes! 
OX TUB LINE OF THE 
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. 
A LAND GRANT OF 
12, 000,000 A O n 33 S 
OF THE 
Best Farming and Mineral Lands in America. 
3,000,000 Acres in Nebraska, 
IN THE 
GREAT PLATTE VALLEY, 
THE 
G-ARTJEN OF THE WEST, 
Vow for Sale t 
These lands are in the central portion of the United States, 
on the 41st degree of North Latitude, the central line of the 
great Temperate Zone of the American Continent, and for 
grain-growing and stock-raising unsurpassed hy any in the 
United States. 
CHEAPER IN PRICE, more favorable terms given, and 
more convenient to market than can be found elsewhere. 
FREE Homesteads for Actual Settlers. 
THE BEST LOCATIONS TOE 00L0MES. 
Soldiers Entitled to a Homestead of 160 Acres. 
Free Passes to Purchasers of Land. 
Send for the new descriptive pamphlet, with new maps, 
fmbllahed in English, German, Swedish, and Danish, mailed 
ree everywhere. Address 
O. F. DAVIS, 
Land Commissioner, U. P. R.R. Co, 
OMAHA, NEB. 
900,000 ACRES 
OF 
EXCELLENT IfVA-RMINQ- 
AND SPLENDID 
Michigan Pine Lands 
FOR SALE, 
On which are OJVE 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 B"ay and Mackinaw, Michigan, comprises in its 
farming lands every variety of soil, from the rich clay loam 
to the light sandy, and they are found in that section of 
Michigan, north of the city of Grand R;ipitls, and contiguous 
to the great fruit licit on the eastern shores of Lake Michi- 
fan, now being rapidly developed by railroad and other en- 
erprises. 
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 (He 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, 
Titlk Perfect. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
1,500,000 ACRES 
RICHEST FARMING LAUDS 
IN THE WORLD, 
For Sale to Actual Settlers, 
UEOSHO VALLEY, KANSAS. 
Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. 
CARS NOW RUNNING 500 MILES. 
The Lanrls now offered by tliis Companyare mainly within 
SO miles ol' each Bide of the road, extending 170 miles 
alone the NKOSHO VALLEV. the richest, finest, and moBt 
Inviting valley for settlement in the "West. 
PRICE OP I. ARID $'i to $8 per acre; credit of 
ten years' time. For further information, address 
ISAAC T. GOODXOIV, 
Land Commissioner, Neosho Falls, Kansas. 
t\"OW BEADY. 
Yellow Nansemond Sweet-Potato Plants, 50 cts. per 100, by 
mail, postane paid; by ex., $3 per 1,0H0. Red Nansemond 
and Red Bermuda, 73 cts. per 100. Brazilian. $1 per 100. 
Cabbage, 40 cts. per 100. Tomato, 25c. per doz. Sidcll's 
Solid Mammoth Tomato, 15 cts. per doz. E-zg, Sage, Cauli- 
flower, and Pepper, 40 cts. per doz., by mail, postage paid. 
Bend for price-list. Address 
O. HURRAS, North Fairfield, O. 
WEKT-POTATO PL.OTS.- 
Tieated especially for planting nt the North. Care- 
fully packed for express fit S~> pi-i* 1 ,nt.)ij ; *:? per 500. By mail, 
fl per 100. C. IT. BARROWS, Wiliimantic, Ct. 
s 
JUST ARRIVED from FRANCE— 64 ko. Pepin 
Coignas*ier, best quality ; 2,< 00 ko. Pepin Pairier, best 
quality ; for sale bf low cost. 
LASSING WIES & CO., P.O. ISox ■ 1,209, New York. 
1£>0 per Cent ^aivecll 
Bay Flower Bulbs from firubc & NicuAvln.nct, 
Bend for Catalogue. IS First street, New York. 
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The Poultry Bulletin. 
Vol. III.— Enlarged, Improved, and Beautifully 
Illustrated. Arge octavo size. 20 pages and cover. 
Devoted to Poultry, Pigeons, Fish, Rabbits, 
and Pet Animals. 
ITS CORRESPONDENTS include many of the 
best and most successful breeders in America and England. 
Terms $1 per year. Seud for sample copy. Liberal terms 
to agents. Address 
N. Y. STATE POULTRY SOCIETY, 
Box 316, New York City. 
JAMES C, COOPER, COOPER HILL, 
LIMERICK, IRELAND, 
Winner of Six Gold Medals, Paris and New 
York, Silver Cups, 3Iedals, and many Hun- 
dred Prizes, during the last six years, in the United 
Kingdom, for Dark Brahmas, Silver Dorkings, Houdans, 
Creve Cceur, Cochins, Spanish, Game, Rouen and Aylesbury 
Ducks, Toulouse and Embden Geese. Can supply thorough- 
bred poultry at prices according to merit, as well as eggs 
of same. N. B.— Shipments to the United States can now 
be made direct from Queenstown. 
EGGS FOR HATCni^G.- Partridge 
and Bufl Cochins, Dark Brahmas, $3 doz.; 2 doz., 
$5; 4 doz., $8. Houdans, $2 doz. ; 4 doz. $6. White Leg- 
horns, Silver-spangled Hamburg, Golden Sebright Bantam, 
Black B. Red Game Bantam. $2 "doz. Silver-Gray Dorking. 
Light Brahma, $3 doz.; 2 doz., §3; 4 doz., $5. Aylesbury 
Duck (imported), $1 doz. Canacker Duck, white with black 
head, from Soutli America, large, handsome. $5 doz. We 
are breeding from imported and best prize fowls, and a Light 
Brahma cock weighiug 13>£ lbs. Send for descriptive cata- 
logue. 
W. S. CARPENTER & SON, Rye, Westchester Co., N.Y. 
WsilVly pa,clte«l— EGGS — from pure-bred 
^3 selected fowls. Houdans, Silver-Spangled Hamburghs, 
and Gold-Laced Sebright Bantams, $3 per doz., or two doz. 
for $5. Neither of the cocks is related to the hens. 
JAMES SHEPARD, Bristol, Ct. 
IIEELKR^ Java Game Fowls. 
Try them, and see if they are not the finest Fowls 
you ever had or saw. $12 pair ; eggs, $5. 
GEO. S. WHEELER, Foxboro, MaBS. 
EGGS from Imported Fowls— L. B. Silver, Salem, O. 
GREAT CHANCE for Butchers 
and Market-men at the National Capital. 
Sales at auction of the stands in the Immense new market 
buildings at Washington, D. C, Will commence May 25th. 
Send for circular of particulars to 
ADOLF CLUSS, Architect, Box 93, Washington, D. C. 
Fleetwood Farm, 
Near Frankfort, Ky.. 
Thorough-bred Horses, Trotting Stock, Im- 
ported Alderneys, South Down Sheep, etc. 
J. W. HUNT REYNOLDS. 
(State where you saw this advertisement.) 
FOR SALE.- 
Jerseybull calf, pedigree perfect, $60; do., pedigree 
defective, $30. Poland China pigs. $ 10 each. 
FRANK H. HALL, Aurora, Illinois. 
HOLSTEIN or DUTCH BULL for sale. Will be 
three years old July 12th. A vert/ superior animal. For 
price and pedigree, address A. S. EATON, Staffordville, Ct. 
I^OR SA.1*Tl.~-rure Jersey Cattle— Bulls, Cows, 
H'dfers, and Calves. Address 
RICHARD YOUNG, Morton's P. O., Delaware Co.. Pa. 
BLACK BASS for stocking ponds. 
JERSEY CATTLE. Family cow.. 
Address W. CLIFT, Mystic Bridge, Ct. 
Imported Animals & Fowls— L. B. Silver, Salem, O. 
NGUILBERT, Evergreen Farm, Gwynedd, Pa., 
• has for sale Blooded Cattle, Calves, Cotswold and 
South-Down Sheep — Lambs, tl't each — Berkshire, York- 
shire, and very fine Chester White Swine— English Grey- 
hound and other Doirs — Fancy Poultry — Eggs, $3 a dozen — 
Pigeons— Madagascar Rabbits — Peafowl — Swans — Eagle— 
and other curiosities. 
jf Roval Berkshire and Chester White Pigs. •wy 
*) Eggs from 20 varieties Land and Water Fowls. 
O Best Shipping Box for Eggs in the world. "T 
7-k State what you want, and send stamp forDescrip- jfj 
W tive Price-list. t +* 
n De. G. C. PITZER, Detroit, Pike Co., 111. Z 
Essex Pigs. 
Jersey Cattle, 
Bred and for sale by 
G. W. TARLEE, 
Crcsskill, N. J. 
P©I>A^fI>-CIIlNA PIGS.— I am breed- 
ing tor sale pure-tired Poland-China pisrs. My stock 
Is bred from some of the best stock of A. C, Moore and 
Irwin, the best or among the best breeds of this stock. 
Price ten dollars each. Address 
S. B. KIRTLEY, Mexico, Audrian Co., Mo. 
Premium Chester Whites ; Berkshire 
and Essex Pigs. 
Bred and for sale by GEO. B. HICKMAN, 
West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. 
B3T" Send for Circular and Price-list. 
Homes for Everybody. 
A. MODEL COLONY, 
Organized upon temperance principles. The sale of Intoxi- 
cating liquors as a beverage witliiu the-Colony limits strictly 
prohibited. Fifteen Townships of very rich land in south- 
western Minnesota and north-western Iowa— the healthiest 
climate in the United States. Good marketB, cheap fuel and 
lumber. The St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad now running 
through the lands. The advantages of good society, ehurches, 
schools, and a rapid Increase in the value of their property 
secured to members In the Bhortest possible time. Send 
stamp for a copy of The National Colony Journal, giving 
full particulars. 
MILLFK, HTJMTSTOIV & CO., 
Toledo, Ohio. 
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