SEMI- TROPIC CA UFORK I A 
190 
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TO MAKE HENS LAY. 
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nothing it bout poultry keeping i#, that it y \ O 
requires no special knowledge or skill to AND 
- - — —ft... I.nnittAiin nn »%0 Otl M fill I K f F | | ||fl I 
Tttl Pnn,rt:r 
popular notion 
J V{ 
m the fnCtewin^f pie 
scripl 
lion; Put 
two or a 
vvatci 
in a k >(i It 
and one 1 
l"i. 
nr two sti. 
mil iincb 
kettle 
over tin 
fire. Wh 
boils 
stir iu coin 
'no Indinri 
hare i 
i thick mi,*; 
h I,..t it 
or so 
Feed lmt 
Hume-n 
tine ni 
id stirred in,i> iini!,|), , 
the si 
aove di,T,:| 
lone, am) 1 
m e go 
1 nag from 
tire to ten 
H* "J'"'"' - 
ram on the business successfully. -- 
is nn erroneous opinion. Successful poitl-J 
lore ijnnrts of ( l . v feeopin^r on a large scale will require. 
‘•A* wal 1»|)- ni 1t only unlive ability of a high order, bull 
jlir.i put I In j rm , 0 ] ( inline, nud intimate knowledge 
m tl.c wnh-i : u9 wo || It will also require capital, 
111 *v m f «i>i (1 f Viiu i ml . l.l.. 
NEW YEAR 
CARDS. 
"""•‘I do not eider the ralrulntions of the sp*o- 
Tl"' 1 ulalor*. Poultry keeping on n liirgo aedej 
' 1,1 is not. impossible, bill ciiTitlusl«nc5ea «lnlte| 
den I 
hen 
V'H lor 
li 
1 lulled 
horae-radtsh, ur, 
lietter than unenok 
8 i , "°n 1 , , i" iin. 
schIb: 1 ' oust. comprising 
PLAIN, ILLUMINATED. EMBOSSED. 
w iiuil no | mvl , jjnl the inch nation, while most uf ’ 
lieur n good (|„, c| , w / lo f.j R , inclination, and are ETC., ETC., ETC., 
ii ii.Pri jicop >■ '‘bout .1 f 1( || ,,f j, " imjj. nj^na „nd requiaite! n ■ ... 
I.I such vve vv,,„M ■ Bkl - jl Mam ,,,,, I„.. rl „., iul -™‘S'pnne from «.60 to $5.00 por 
1 .' " ‘ f’• •! .. Ht- estuLilisliuitirit, and our ml |,n !! ted ‘ . In ^ditKm to the above 
y»*tiwi I willi #•* A i.i.»»_ I . . . .. MVfJ—jjnjji — 1 —m 
>'il i n if 
Wi 
previous t, 
long fin 
if cum plaint fm 
not getting ou 
" (1111111' recoinin 
Hmled apple skin-; seasoned with re 1 1 pep- 
pi-r, or builed poUtuee aansniii-d with 
ifuod for f«ed uiiiili 
'(• food. Corn when 
NS"Its vvwi ^ impracticable in uind ciiMca, TIiohc 
tr " l"' 1 ' • • Who have inearm enough to undertake it, { 
1,0 Imvu not the inoltunfiun, while 
wi 
t‘S 
til I P 
hit sc 
STEEL PLATE CARDS, 
Ul up in sets in neat boxes, suitable for 
icnip hooka, making n beimLiful 
Vice is to try wind, cun b« done in a small j " * la, ‘ *' n, s 
w,iv first ai'd let the bu.,i.,.,ss gmw liy 1 CRAYON-CHROMO, EMBOSSED AND 
nntuml ilrgrcva ,—K Ifimrxfmti. CT 
fed tv the hen by itself, has a I widenijv to : ' r ' NV thoee who aUtuupt the limit ' Pl ATF rARn '' 
faUen, rather limn to inndnco the inure in pot» make a fatal mistake i„ 
pttifilnble egg-lacing', \ Hpounful ..f s U |.! ,|u ' ti O' foumlution, in the seluctiiig of the 
phnr stirred will, their fr,i| nncnaimmllv, r oif - Ar “ n - V afH ' 11 M ' l) ^bicl) is too ."un- 
" l!l n| l '-him of \i rmin ami .. up llii.ii- i"' c * ,1 ‘ "IJ 11 " wain (o pots freely through 1 HOLIDAY PRESENT 
fiystpin. jit, aud I ho plants soon become water-.. 
„„„ Lggml. The noil should b* ponitiu enough I Iu y l ,0,so » with a taste for the , haste 
EGO PRODUCTION IN AUTUMN, «" admit, of the free- pa-mge 0 f water, and aiul beautiful in flue art. Address; 
Give the leghorns flu bust fond tn be 0 b I " 9t M , at "° “f 1 *' 0 " s to l, 'T IJ P- A pile ’eom- 
butiod, Hiid there will bn little complaint i°' e ' |UaI l , ' ,rt ‘ ,,f |«»r»ially decayed 
-•l.oul eges, The quid,ly, quantitt and L, ' “fY 0 '?' “b' 1 wood loam, will, vvl 10U 
kmc are witiafnetory olu , p P| .,, (1 , j J «|tu..tld»l t v dt-eayed, make the best p„ ssl - 
trmitu( 0W,i b ° Wlt ' 7 ‘ l fu " lv •«' L- give the, We L lu " t ' 
ptZl% t’uu'l^SSXZ'iliii 1 r, 1 ^ksirable bubiiiess . 
tub,rate mem ,.f keeping th '^ “I ^ ult, - v h «**W . 1 
*“ .. -ri" v. . Just Published and ready for Delivery, 
" ktu '*ilue of milk > u . u'V 1 '"" ,y '. tl ‘" l ,,r 'duot returned A.uj . , , _ _ 
Ametii'an taVni-lii.un,eH in to fn-qurntlv liml i'J ''iteiition rtt j HU fu'i'.y", W. Sj!bUTHORS’ carnival 
Z SSWais sfcfs-' " iu r 1 ltPSSSl*3r tt ? rSi; 1 
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lowi. va 'i"tiea w ” 
r n in TIN a de p artment 
-OF— 
jA. L BANCROFT & C0„ 
121 MARKET STREET, S F. 
t hus «>x pat inti 
>d, and 
“ r 'bin por]i.m 
luitKn l,i U l j ll(l 
for the u-.t- of 
cli'liio Dls 
the most 
itlidrJUi'Mo, Hum .. tied o‘ ' Villr.'in 
Milk ife utie pf the niimt details 'j 
^'hwb ntduii- h«-. -iq,! ,u * lt ‘WK Ud- b.,si„ e 
me. auii'n it . ...a, . . 1» uihli.ri..i. 
JIIuhtrakod with ekotches nud reproduc- 
Iioiih from photographs of the Principal 
I’OoUis and Tableaux of the Into 
„f Bllillml H ' a|jvt((|i .- I-— .1 M me lien.I 
"• Lethelie in. vs‘,1 . 
*i'-a JS3! sra 
.. Tii^HSj' '"“I.wd.n£ fa «^l 
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AUTHORS’ CARNIVAL, 
Ihl" I;: 
Would 
given. 
To ; 
potato 
ior tin 
to BIIIII 
: T u,a ".U emit*!,, 
>»mu,within it„. if 
•bg, til,I.. t,, ri „ - 
iulidil multq.ly | i(J 
11 Would nut V „„ w 
'»^re fjiivnieing m. 
. . 
ciiiuiion a „ r j 
r ""»k be nocil 
Kill 
-It 
Hi one 
Hi 
1. 
Aten fowl*, ooeVi-d 
» sw ved to them 
una « w four vu 
»iughi,.ii ng [i. iw 
iven. aiid tliia 
nduid fwj<l h . , 
orfloe 
lean], 
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i iuohJh 
*; r ,r Gaudy 
• “H yiuvn us c,in 
' '' !IH ®i'ouoiiii.;aJ 
«•>»•« be cinq r,;; 1 ';v 
^HCIj Vl'ftr n«. ii . IUt - 
uriwk,fi H4i | e l f • **' iUl flockH 
tz. ,m 
If you winih! . „ 
fur thia paiiei \y' I V / "' sub- j 
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"""‘K,, Who k., O . , 1 l ,ll - y < ‘ t "rv 
ELEGANTLY BOUND IN CLOTH 
Price to uubKcriliora, in advanoe, |1.00. 
Hulnoriptious rooeived at, 
'/ ! 1 M A I«’ K ET Si i'«M_-t, S. F , 
By A L, Uancroft & Co. 
