1878 | 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
199 
BENSON, MAULE & CO. 
would respectfully give notice that, through the retirement of W. A. Burpee, the firm name of Benson, Buicpek & Co. has 
been changed to the above. With increased facilities, ample capital, etc., they are able to offer decided inducements in 
Extra Choice Jersey & Ayrshire Cattle, Cotswold, Southdown & Leicester Sheep. 
our BERK.SHIRES. YORKSHIRES, CHESTER WHITES, and POLAND CHINAS, for delivery 
the present month, are unsurpassed both in quality and pedigree. Our supply of young piirsot the above breeds was never 
finer. Magnificent, well marked Berkshires, served by the famous Imp. boar the Collier, at unusually low figures. 
HIGH-CLASS POULTRY. —Eggs for hatching from best, fowls, securely packed @ average price of $3 for 13. 
' catalogue, ad- 
Safe arrival of ev 
dress 
every shipment and all stock to be as represented, guaranteed.' For further particulars and cataf 
BENSON, MAULE & CO., 223 Church St„ Philadelphia, 
Pa. 
Imperial Egg Food. 
' *** 
(Trade Mark.) 
LAY me HEMS, 
YOUNG CHICKS, 
DUCKS, 
and 
TURKEYS. 
FOR 
ALL VARIETIES 
OF 
POULTRY. 
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, M aide & Co., Philadelphia. | O. C. Swain & Co., 
San Francisco, Cal. CHARLES R. ALLEN & CO.. Proprietors, P. O. Box 103. Hartford, Conn. 
EG@S FOR HATCHING, 
From fine thoroughbred Poultry. $3 per 13. Securely 
packed. Magrane’s Light Brahmas, also Dark Brahmas, 
Partridge Cochins,and Silver-Laced—White Booted—(quaint 
and pretty), and Japanese Bantams. 
Our reputation as judges and breeders is ample guarantee 
for the excellence of our stock. Address 
MAGKANE & FA IIS. SERVICE, 
101 Montclair Ave., Newark, N. J. 
See Frontispiece in March Agriculturist. 
E GGS for Hatching.— White Cochin $3 per 13; White 
and Brown Leghorn, and Black Cochin, $2.50 per 13: B. 
B. E. Game Bantam, $2.00 per 15. J. & G. BOY’EE, Erie, Pa. 
E GGS l—P.Iiocksand L.Brnhmas.LTpham.Gilman, Drake, 
Todd, and Josselyn strains. $2 per 13. From birds 
scaling over 90 points. HILLS & CO., Plaistow, N. H. 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
26 $2.50. N. P. PAYNE, New Britain, Conn. 
PLYMOUTH MOCKS. 
Highest quality of Stock. Have reduced price of Eggs to 
$2.00 per setting for this season. Orders filled promptly and 
satisfaction guaranteed. W. H. CUMMINGS, Milldale, Ct. 
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. 
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 2(>. Send 
for new , novel, practical and useful Circular. 
GEO* S* JOSSELYN, Eredonia, N* Y* 
CAME FOWLS. RED IRISH 
SETTERS, 
“Wj Show Carrier Pigeons, shinned bv J. C. 
(Of*PER, Cooper Hill, Limerick, Ireland, winner 
oi Gold Medals at Paris and New York. Bronze Medal 
and Diplomas Centennial, Philadelphia : also 
lliorougli-bred Hounds. Beagles, and other Dogs. J. C C 
can likewise select Sheep, Cattle, and Horses for 
clients, having had long and large, experience in them. 
I-DO-IT 
for 2 stamps—SendCata- 
logue of Books, Stock, 
Fowls. The latter of 
best strains and pedi¬ 
gree. “Amateur’s Man¬ 
ual," or Specific Mating of Thorough-bred Fowls,” 75 cents. 
“Breeding and Management ,” or thorough-breds for prac¬ 
tical use, 50 cts., botlifor $1 and 4 stamps. “ Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing," Lt. or Dk. Brahmas, from mated hens $5, from good 
stock $3. Ply. Rocks or Houdans, $4. White or Brown Leg¬ 
horns and B. R. G. Bantams, $3. Bronze Turkeys $5. Pekin 
Ducks, $4 per sitting. Stock and fowls for sale. 
I. K. FELCH, Natick, Mass. 
I Irown 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. 
EUGENE B. PENDLETON, " 
Breeder 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 “ Fetch, Judge. 
Showed twice this season. Result, two first premiums. 
Day’s $60 Automatic Mator 
Hatches and rears the young chicks i Highest possible 
endorsements! 
Bay’s Fire Alarm Clocks. 
Run in any position ; keep good time, and give warning 
when there is danger of lire. Sent by mail. Price"$5. 
Address DAY BROS. & CO.. 
92 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Ad, 
SUWHYSIBS POULTRY FARM. 
Eggs from the following varieties at $3.00 per setting. 
Brown Leghorns, Pat. Cochins, Black Cochins, 
White Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks, Dark Brahmas 
A Photograph of the finest Poultry House in the IT. S., will 
be sent to any address for 25 cts. 
W. G. TRACY, 
Tow a lid a. Fa. 
W. KEVXOLWS, Cnckoo, Ta., 
• Breeder, Shipper, and Importer of Pure Bred 
Fowls. Write for Price-list. 
2®” FRIENDS ! If you are in any way interested in 
BEES OR HOMEY, 
We will with pleasure send you a sample, copy of our 
MONTHLY GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, 
with a descriptive price-list of the latest improvements in 
Hives, Honey Extractors, Artificial Comb, Sec¬ 
tion Honey Boxes, all books and journals, and every¬ 
thing pertaining to Bee Culture. Nothing Patented. Sim¬ 
ply send your address on a postal card, written plainly, to 
A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 
Send to GEO. W. SXMMOMS, 
Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of BEE 
KEEPER’S SUPPLIES, Newark, Delaware, for 
Price List of Bee Hives, Extractors, Veils, Queens, Arc., &c. 
P RICES REDUCED. — A. S. BEEKMAN, South 
Branch, N. J.. offers for sale pure-bred Poland China 
pigs, at $12 per pair, not akin. Sitip when two months old. 
Aiso some six months old coming in profit. 
The Best and Cheapest, 
BUCHAN’S 
Cresylic 
SHEEP DSP. 
Patented May 2S th, 1867, Re-issued July 30 th, 1872. 
A Saponaceous Compound with. Cresylic and 
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 fall equivalent for the cost of the Compound. 
This Preparation is Warranted to he 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 which rarely recover from the attack 
of the worm under the ordinary treatment, are quickly 
cured by this application. In solution, this ointment will he 
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* 
W ATBL.EE BURPEE & 4 0. (late 
» of Benson, Burpee & Co., formerly W Atlee Burpee), 
breed and ship Die finest thor¬ 
oughbred Ayrshire and Jersey 
Cattle, Southdown and Cots¬ 
wold Sheep. Chester White, 
Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, 
and Poland China Hogs, Land 
and Water Fowls and Eggs, 
Fancy Pigeons, and Dogs—of 
tlie best strains in Hie world. 
Burpee’s New Complete Catalogue and Breeders’ 
Manual, just out, is I rimfull of reliable descrintions, hand¬ 
some illustrations from life, and low prices. Don't fail to 
write for it. at once —it is FREE. Address plainly 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., 221 Church St., 
P. O. Box 1391), Philadelphia, Pa. 
PURE-BRED 
JERSEY 
IMPORTED 
CATTLE. 
Mr. E. P. P. FOWLER, Southampton, England, 
Will sell at auction, without reserve, 
On Tuesday, May 21st, 1878, at 12 o’clock, noon, at 
HERfC^ESS’ BAZAAR, 
Ninth and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia, 
TWENTY-FOUR PURE-BRED 
JERSEY HEIFERS. 
Direct from the Channel Islands. To arrive per steamship 
Otranto, leaving Southampton April 19th, 1873. 
BSP*” Catalogues mailed on application. 
ALFRED M. MEEKNESS & CO., Auctioneers, 
PHIL A DELPHI A. 
ROCK’S 
IMPROVED TETHER 
OB 
PICKET STAKE, 
with combination swivel, warranted not 
to wind up or foul the chain or rope, the 
best ever invented for tethering CoWs, 
Horses, or other animals in pasture. No 
fences needed, all the waste grass util¬ 
ized. Send for circular and information 
how to tie and what to tie with. Address 
EUGENE ROCK, 
Glen Head. Queens Co., N. Y. 
THOROUGHBRED and GRADE 
JERSEY © 
FOR SYLE. 
Thoroughbred IIElFER CALVES, weaned and unweaned, 
do. BULL CALVES, do. do. 
do. Y’EARLING HEIFERS, 
do. do. BULLS.flt for service this spring, 
do. 2-year-old BULLS, 
do. do. HEIFERS, in calf, 
do. HEIFERS and COWS, 3 to 8 years old. 
Grade Jersey Heifers and Cows of all ages, from two weeks 
to seven years old. I have nearly 100 head to select from. All 
my 6tock is bred expressly for their butter qualities, aud no 
calves are raised from dams that do not yield 9 lbs. or more 
of splendid butter per week, when fresh. All orders requir¬ 
ing me to select for purchasers are solicited at once, as I 
shall fill them in turn as received, but I much prefer that 
purchasers examine for themselves. Terms reasonable. Ap¬ 
ply at once to THOMAS FITCH, New London, Conn. 
WILLIAM CROZIER, 
BEACON HULL, Northport, L. I., N. Y., 
Importer and Breeder of Ayrshire and Jersey- 
Cattle, Southdown Sheep, Berkshire Swine, 
English White Dorking Fowls, and Shepherd 
Dogs. Received a Medal and Diploma on stock at the 
Centennial Exhibition. 
N. GUILBERT, 
Evergreen Farm, Gwynedd, Pa., 
Importer and Breeder of Improved Blooded Live Stock, 
Horses, Cattle. Cotswold and Southdown Sheep. Chester, 
Berkshire and Yorkshire Bigs, Toulouse,Bremen,Hong Ko.ng, 
White China and Wild Geese, Cayuga, Rouen, Aylesbury, 
Pekin and Musk Ducks, Bronze, Blue, Buff aud 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 Mice, &c. Song Birds of all kinds, 
and Shetland Ponies. Fine Milch Cows always on hand. 
Newfoundland Pups, Deer, and Swan wanted. 
O hio Improved Chesters, received First Pre¬ 
miums in a majority of the States. Send for their de¬ 
scription, aud Choice Poultry, and get ready for the Fall 
Fairs. _ L. B. SILVER, Cleveland, Ohio, 
C entennial Devon Prize Herd, belonging to J. 
CHESTON MORRIS, M. D., Breeder of Devons, 
South Downs, and Berkshires, Fernbank, near West 
Chester, Pa. May be seen Thursdays. 
JPIGUS. 
Parties ordering at once, can get full blood Poland China 
pigs, 6 to 8 weeks old, at $5 each—as good as the best A No. 1. 
E. OLIPHANT, New Lisbon, Burlington Co., N. Jersey. 
ERSEY RED SWINE. Heaviest weights, easiest 
kept. Pigs from premium stock. Send for Circular. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
