1878] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
117 
Imperial Egg Food. 
FOR 
ALL VARIETIES 
OF 
POULTRY. 
(Trade Mark.) 
LAYING HENS, 
YOUNG CHICKS 
DUCKS, 
and 
TURKEYS 
The Best and Cheapest, 
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IfiL Cresylic SOL 
SHEEP DIP. 
Patented May 28fA, 1867, Re-issued July 30 th, 1872. 
A Saponaceous Compound with Cresylic and 
WILL MAKE HENS LAY, 
Winter and Summer, support Fowls during moulting, keep them constantly in fine condition, and increase their profit 
100 per cent. Half of the clucks die annually. This makes bone and muscle early, and will save them. Packages to mix 
with 50 weight ordinary feed, 50 cts.: larger for $1.00 and $2.00. Sent prepaid on receipt of price. 
For sale by Druggists, Grocers, and Postmasters. Local Agents Wanted. 
WHOLESALE AGENTS. 
H. B. Arnold & Co., Boston. | B. K. Bliss & Sons, New York. | Benson, Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. | O. C. Swain & Co., 
San Francisco, Cal. CHARLES R. ALLEX & CO., Proprietors, P. O. Box 103, Hartford, Conn. 
C ORBETT’S INCUBATOR and Mother combined, 
100 eggs capacity, $25. 17 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Med¬ 
als received. Testimonials and Catalogue sent on applica¬ 
tion. Prof. A. CORRETT, 
7 Warren Street, New York. 
Day’s $60 Automatic Incubator 
Berkshires & Yorkshires, 
SnjBffe l K?S5R*l®i4B& < lBWS£ 
High-class LAND and WATER FOWLS. P. 
ROCKS a specialty. BREEDER’S MANUAL, 10 
full-page stock cuts, 25 cts. Address 
BENSON, BURPEE & CO., 
223 Church St., Philadelphia. Pa. 
Hatches and rears the young chicks! Highest possible 
endorsements! 
Day’s Fire Alarm Clocks. 
Run in any position; keep good time, and give warning 
when there is danger of fire. Sent by mail. Price $5. 
Address DAY BROS. & CO., 
92 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
FOWL. Red Brisli Setters, 
" and Show Carrier Pigeons, shipped by J, C. 
COOPER, Cooper Hill, Limerick, Ireland, winner 
of Gold Medals at Paris and New York. Bronze Medal 
and Diplomas Centennial, Philadelphia ; also 
Thorough-bred Hounds, Beagles, and other Dogs. C. C. 
can likewise select Sheep, Cattle, and Horses for 
clients, having had long and large experience in them. 
Lewis’ Lancashire Swine. 
Have no more Hog Cholera! 
These swine have taken first 
premiums in England and this 
country. White in color, well 
haired, very hardy, healthy, 
small waste, easily fattened, 
very prolific, large size. Send 
for circular. 
W. G. LEWIS, 
Framingham, Mass. 
CHESTER WHITES, 
PREMIUM HEADQUARTERS STOCK. 
EUGENE B. PENDLETON, 
llreeder of White Leghorns, 
WESTERLY, R. I. Eggs, $2.00 per doz. Have bred these 
exclusively for 11 years. Shall breed this season from 3 yards. 
No. 1 will have a cock that has scored 94 points. 
No. 2 “ “ “ “ “ 91 “ 
No. 3 “ “ cockerel “ “ 90 “ Felch, Judge. 
Showed twice this season. Result, two first premiums. 
PEKIN DUCK and BROWN LEGHORN 
Eggs, at prices to suit the hard times. Send for my circular 
before purchasing elsewhere. Address 
EVAN LEWIS, Scarlet’s Mill, Pa. 
Also, Improved Yorkshire and Berkshire 
Pigs, all ages.—'Thoroughbred Jersey and Ayrshire 
Calves, "deep butter and milk strains,” a specialty.— 
Scotch Shepherd and other Dogs, bred and for sale by 
FRANCIS MORuIS, Philadelphia, Pa. 
CDM « p r^ A Gl£,0x FOrButlrr Co 0u 
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PARTIES WANTING THI S STOW-PURE SHOU LD SEND 
TO HEADQUARTERS AND AD.DRESS ME AS ABOVE; 
Carbolic Acid. ; 
For Preventing and Curing the Scab and all parasitic dis¬ 
eases of the Skin. Will destroy Lice, Tics, Fleas, &c. 
is beneficial to the general health and condition of the 
flock. The use of this DIP will cleanse and whiten the 
Fleece—also increased the growth or weight sufficient to be 
a full equivalent for the cost of the Compound. 
This Preparation is Warranted to lie entirely harmless 
and free from all poisonous Compounds, and will posi¬ 
tively do all that we claim for it. Put up in packages of 1, 
5, 10, 50, 100, and 200 pounds. 
Buchan’s Cresylic Ointment. 
Certain Death to the Screw "Worm or Grub. 
It not only destroys the worms, but cleanses and quickly 
heals up the offensive sores made by it. 
No fly will attack a wound to which this preparation has 
been applied. Sheep whicli rarely recover from the attack 
of the worm under the ordinary treatment, are quickly 
cured by this application. In solution, this ointment will be 
found invaluable for Healing Saddle Galls, and all abrasions 
of the skin of animals. 
For further particulars, send for price lists and circulars to 
KIDDER & LAIRD, 
83 John Street, New York. 
FRESH EGGS. 
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NOTHING IS BETTER 
TO MAKE HENS LAY IN WINTER 
J & W. A. JUNKIN, Mercer, Pa., Breeders of Im- 
• proved Cheshire Swine. Pigs $10 each. Also Pure¬ 
bred White Leghorn and Partridge Cochin fowls, $1.50 each. 
(HAS. FELDMAN, Grccncastle, Pa., 
has eggs for sale from high class Brown Leghorns and Buff 
Cochins. Price $1.50 per setting of 13. 
"Plymouth Rocks, Spanish, etc., from Upham’s stock. 
I. Ground Bone and O. Shells for fowls, and Land Ferti¬ 
lizers. Address with stamp, P. M., Canton, O. 
High Class Poultry. 
Light and Dark Brahmas, Partridge and White 
Cochins, Brown and White Leghorns, Houdans, 
and G. S. Bantams. For sale at all seasons, at 
reasonable prices. Eggs, securely packed in 
new baskets, $3.00 per 13. or $5.00 for 26. Send 
for new, novel, practical and useful Circular. 
GEO. S. JOSS EL YN, Fredonia, N. Y. 
ROCK MAPLE POULTRY FARM. 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
Tile Best Fowls for"All Purposes. 
I am now prepared to deliver P. Rock and White African 
Bantam eggs for the hatching season of 1878, at $1.50 per 13, 
or $2.00 for 26, carefully packed and warranted fresh. Remit 
money through Post Office Order or Registered Letter. 
GEO. H. RATHBUN, Wlllimantlc, Conn. 
E GGS FOR HATCHING, — High-class, thorough¬ 
bred stock only. “Magrane’s” Light Brahmas, Dark 
Brahmas, Partridge Cochins,Silver-laced, and White Booted 
Bantams. $3.00 per 13. No circulars. MAGRANE & 
FAIRSERVICE, 104 Montclair Ave., Newark, N. J. 
I Irovvii Leghorn Fowls. 
They excel in Egg-producing, are Non-setters, 
I will forward young broods of chicks, age from 10 to 21 
days, at $1.00 per chick, after June 1. Guarantee safe arrival 
in a healthy condition. Eggs $3.00 per 13. Send for Circular. 
EDWARD LUTZ, 
Or Emsworth, Pa. 80 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 
STJNNYSXDE POULTRY FARM 
A fine lot of chicks of the following varieties for sale. 
Brown Leghorns, Pat. Cochins, Black Cochins, 
White Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks, Dark Brahmas. 
A Photograph of the finest Poultry House in the U. S., will 
be sent to any address for 25 cts. 
W. G. TRACY, 
Towanda, Pa. 
P oland China Pigs, boxed and shipped by freight or 
express, 6 to 8 weeks old. May 1st. Address for low 
prices E. OLIPHANT, New Lisbon, Burlington Co., N. J. 
SOW S WITH I»IG.— For 
-®-4 Sale: Six Essex Sows, descending from Jos. Harris’ 
Stock, with pig by my Thoroughbred Essex Boar, No. 523, 
(raised by same). Weight 100 to 200 lbs. each. Price 10c. per 
lb. Also pigs by said Boar (10 to 75 lbs. ea.) same price, add¬ 
ing $5 each. Address, Otto Ernst, Clay Mines, S. Amboy, N. J. 
IVERSIDE FARM BERKSHIRES.- The 
breeding herd consists of 2 Imported Boars, 12 Import¬ 
ed and 7 Canadian bred Sows. (See report of New England 
Fair in Country Gentleman of Sept. 13, 1877.) All the 
Berkshires are entered in the American Berkshire Record. 
Berkshires and Cotswolds imported on Commission. 
C. P. MATTOCKS, Portland, Me. 
W. FARLEE, Cresskill, N, J.. (1 hour from 
New York), for past 14 vears 
BREEDER OF JERSEY CATTLE. 
G. 
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE STOCK, 
at Northport, Long Island. 
Intending to go to Europe again the coming Bummer, I will 
sell at auction, at my farm a' Northport, Long Island, this 
Spring, April 10th, my herds of 
JERSEY AND AYRSHIRE CATTLE, 
South-Down Sheep & Berkshire Swine. 
These animals have won many laurels in hotly contested 
Show rings, both in Europe and America. The Jerseys are 
headed by the bull COSSACK : the Ayrshires by LAIRD OF 
HILLHURST. 
Passengers can reach the Sale by regular trains on the 
Long Island K. R,, and a special tram from Northport will 
be provided for their return, connecting with the regular 
trains at Hicksvllle. Special rates at about half-fare are 
kindly promised by Mr. Chittenden, general passenger agent 
of the road. 
For further particulars, address 
WM. CROZIER, Northport, N. Y. 
A S. Bceh ilia n. South Branch, N. J., offers 
• for sale high bred Colts, sired by Volunteer Prince, he 
by Goldsmith’s Volunteer, dam, Lucy, she by Honest Allen. 
C entennial Devon Prize Her«l, belonging to J. 
CHESTON MORRIS, M. D„ Breeder of Devons, 
South Downs, and Berkshires, Fernbank, near West 
Chester, Pa. May be seen Thursdays. 
Istulc BSass for stocking ponds—JPoUciin 
F or Stile SB a Fleetwood Stock Farm, 
near Frankfort, Ky., Thoroughbreds. Trotters. Jersey 
Cattle, &c. Address J. W. HUNT REYNOLDS. 
TBGGS FOR HATCHING,— Brown Leghorns, un- 
JL-i surpassed as egg producers. Light Brahmas, extra 
size. Rouen Ducks, very beautiful. All strictly pure. Eggs 
$2.00 per 13, three settings for $5.00. 
JOEL BRUNNER, Zionsville, Lehigh Co., Pa. 
OR TO 
MAKE PIGS CROW 
THAN 
ANIMAL MEAL, 
Consisting o( Bone and Meat of Animals, and Parched 
Grain, with so nearly all the moisture taken away as to be 
dry and odorless. Mix one part of this with six or eight 
parts of ordinary food. It is too concentrated to feed alone. 
Price Trial Bag, 30 lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $3.00. 
Send for Pamphlet, for 1878. full of informa¬ 
tion, mailed free. MADE ONLY BY 
W. H, BOWKER & CO., 
3 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK. 
43 CHATHAM ST., BOSTON. 
Also Sole Agents for Sfockbridge 
Manures and Makers of Hill and Drill 
Phosphate. 
BEST COWS AN1) HORSES. 
The undersigned, for many years breeder of Jersey Cattle 
and Hambletonian Horses, offers for sale, on reasonable 
terms, 70 head of thorough-bred and grade Jersey heifers, 
cows and bulls, and 30 horses and colts of all ages. Parties 
are invited to examine the stock before purchasing. All 
stock sold by me is guaranteed as represented. 
THOMAS FITCII, New London, Conn. 
RE CUILBERT, 
Evergreen Farm, Gwynedd, Pa., 
Importer and Breeder of Improved Blooded Live Stock, 
Horses, Cattle, Cotswold and Southdown Sheep, Chester, 
Berkshire and Yorkshire Pigs, Toulouse,Bremen,Hong Kong, 
White China and Wild Geese, Cayuga, Rouen, Aylesbury, 
Pekin and Musk Ducks, Bronze, Blue, Buff arid White 
Turkeys, Dorkings, Brahma,Cochin, Guinea and all oilier 
Fowl, Deer, Swans, Peacocks. Pigeons, Eggs. &c.. at low 
prices. Best Breeds of Dogs and Maltese Cats, Rabbits, Fer¬ 
rets, Guinea Pigs. White Mien, &e. Song Birds of all kinds, 
and Shetland Ponies. Fine Milch Cows always on hand. 
Newfoundland Pups of Centennial First Premium Stock. 
Early spring pigs, two months old. Boar, $20. Pair, $37,50. 
Trio, not akin, $55. Orders entered on receipt of $5.00, and 
filled in rotation as soon as the pigs are strong enough to 
stand the journey. I guarantee the safe delivery of the pigs. 
Address, JOSEPH HARRIS, 
Moreton Farm. Rochester, N. Y. 
