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Prairie View Farm For Sale. 
For Rule, a beautiful farm ul 160 Acres, situated near the 
Fo\ River in the town of Oswego, Kendall Co., Illinois, VA 
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P. PORTER WIGGINS. 
Valuable Farm for Sale. 
To those desiring to purchase land, we would call their 
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not excelled by any In the state. The soil is loamy with 
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Allen's Diseases of Domestic Animals 75 
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Ihidgeman's Fruit Cultivator's Manual 60 
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Brldgemon's Florist's Guide 60 
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Breck'e Book of Flowers l 25 
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Burr's Vegetables of America -100 
Chorlton's Grape-Grower's Guide 7*» 
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Dana's Muck Manual for Farmers ] 00 
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Tucker's Register Rural Alfairs 25 
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Wood's Class Book of Botany 2 50 
Yale College Agricultural Lectures 25 
Yonatt and Snooner on the Horse l 25 
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Youatt on the Hog 75 
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Y'oumans' Chemistry* 1 25 
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DARING AND SUFFERING- : 
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