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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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scribers, at $1.50each; or No. 87 for 12 subscribers.— 
(On receipt of price we will forward either barometet.) 
Send to Mr. Wilder for a full description of instruments. 
Nos. 88, 89-^'ew Hybrid Spring 
Wheat.— After a careful trial of sis years, Messrs. B. 
K. Bliss & Sons, who are known as one of the most reli- j 
able seed houses in New York City, offer to the public 
the two varieties of Spring Wheat, the Champlain 
and the Defiance, which we present as Premiums, 
feeling assured that they will be valuable acquisition to i 
the wheat-growers of the country. We have seen speci¬ 
mens of both varieties, raised in widely separated poi- 
tions of the country, and they appear fully to sustain 
what is claimed for them. Premium No. 88, the Cham¬ 
plain Spring Wheat, was produced in 1S70, by Mr. 
Pringle, in his endeavors to unite the remarkable hal'd 1 .- 
ness'of the Black Sea with the fine aud superior quality 
of the Golden Drop. Several varieties were the result of 
this hybridization, from which this one was chosen, as 
realizing the end in view, showing greatly increased vigor 
and oroductiveness oyer both its parents. A careful se¬ 
lection from this for the past seven years has now fully 
established its character, aud we have a wheat bearded 
like the Black Sea, with the white chaff of the Golden 
Drop, free from rust aud smut, yielding a lighter-colored 
grain than the former, which makes a flour of superior 
quality. Its strong and vigorous straw, growing 6 to 12 
inches higher than its parent varieties, stands erect, fre¬ 
quently bearing even in very ordinary culture heads from 
5 to 6 inches in length, containing from GO to 75 kernels 
each. We confidently recommend this new wheat as 
among the earliest, promising to give the grower of this 
most important crop better results than are produced by 
the old and “ run out” varieties now sown. Foui sub¬ 
scriptions, at $1.50 each, will secure three pounds 
of this wheat, sent post-paid. Carefully cultivated, 3 lbs. 
will yield several bushels of seed for the next sowing. 
Premium No. 89, the Defiance, is another variety 
of Spring Wheat of the highest promise, the result 
of a series of experiments by Mr. Pringle in 1871, 
to incorporate superior qualities upon the hardy stock of 
our common Club Wheat, by hybridizing it with one of 
the finest, whitest, and most extensively grown sorts of 
the Pacific Coast. This variety displays great productive¬ 
ness, vigor, and hardiness. It is a beardless, white chaff 
wheat, with heads frequently 5 to 6 inches long, very 
closely set with large white kernels, frequently number¬ 
ing 75 to 80 on the single head. Its white, stiff, erect 
straw, exempt from the attack of rust, its earliness, its 
great vigor and superior qualities, commend it to uni¬ 
versal trial. [See engraving]. Four subscriptions, at 
$1.50 each, will secure three pounds sent post-paid. 
No. 90.—Breech-loadiugf Pocket 
Rifle. —(See Engraving .)—This remarkable little fire 
arm weighs only eleven ounces, yet shoots with great 
accuracy aud power from 30 to 100 yards, or more, aud 
89-DE1TANCE SPUING WHEAT. 
like a rifle. Is in a neat mahogany case , with 250 rounds 
of ammunition. Price, $14. Manufactured by Messrs. 
J. Stevens & Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass. Only 19 sub¬ 
scribers, at $1.50 each, required to get it free. Or it will 
be forwarded on receipt of price, $14. Without the 
mahogany case, we will give it, packed in a paste¬ 
board box, all complete, with 100 cartridges, on re¬ 
ceipt of 18 subscribers, at $1.50 each.—[We will sell 
this one for $12.00]—Receiver to pay expressage. 
in each case to be 
paid by the red- 
2 >ient. An extra 
quality Lancc- 
wood Bow, 
plush handle, 
stained, and pol¬ 
ished, liorn-tip- 
ped, fine strings, 
3 >2 feet /bug, 
price $1, for 3 
subscriptions ut 
$1.50 each, and 
for 4 subscribers 
No. 91.—Bojible-Barreled, Kreech- 
Loading, Central Fire Shot-dun—Rem¬ 
ington’s. —Steel barrels, using paper or brass car¬ 
tridges, that can be reloaded many times ; two dozen of 
which, and reloader, (costing $4). and 500 primers, or 
caps (costing $1), are given with the gun; one of the 
finest guns ever offered the American sportsman, com¬ 
bining all the most desirable features of the best import¬ 
ed, together with some valuable improvements not found 
14 doz. arrows will be added.—Fine Lancewood Bow, 5 
feet long, price $2, for 4 subscriptions at $1.50 each, and 
for 5 subscriptions 14 doz. arrows will be added.—Fine 
Lancewood Bow, 6 feet 
long, price $2.50, for 5 sub¬ 
scriptions at $1.50 each, 
and for fi subscriptions y 2 
doz. arrows will be added. 
—Extra quality Self Lance- 
wood Bow, made to 
weight, 5 feet long, price 
$3, for G subscriptions at’ 
$1.50 each, and for 7 sub¬ 
scriptions H doz. arrows 
will be added. The same 
quality of Bow, G feet 
long, price $4, lor 7 sub¬ 
scriptions at $1.50 each, 
and for 8 subscriptions y % 
doz. arrows will be added. 
[Send two three-cent post¬ 
age stamps for our “ Sportsman’s Library ” Catalogue, 
containing a full list of Archery Goods, Sportsman’s 
Equipments, etc., and the outlines of nearly two hundred 
works. It is beautifully illustrated with nearly 100 En¬ 
gravings of dogs, horses, birds, fish, and game generally,] 
No. 97.—Cauvas Uun Cover.— Extra 
can be loaded and fired five times a minute. It can be 
carried inside the vest, and is accompanied by an ex¬ 
tension breech, and it may be used either as a pistol or 
with any other. Just as good as many of those import¬ 
ed at a cost of $150 to $200 or more. 52 subscriptions at 
$1.50 each will secure it free; or we will forward one by 
express or otherwise as directed, on receipt of price, $45. 
Nos. 93, 93, 94. — Long- Range 
Creedmoor Rifles used by most of the successful 
competitors at the International, State, and other rifle- 
contests. A great desideratum for shooting one-third to 
five-eighths of a mile or more, at game or otherwise. The 
Remingtons now make them at three prioes. The barrels, 
locks, etc., all of the same quality, and shooting equally well 
—the differences being in the stocks and extra finish. All 
three have vernier sight, wind gauge, and spirit level. No. 
92 lias a “pistol grip” stock; No. 93 is without pistol 
grip ; No. 94 has a military stock. Some prefer these ; it 
is a good deal a matter of taste, the shooting and calibre 
of all being the same. 100 subscriptions at $1.50 each, 
will secure No. 92, price $100, free —Or 88 subscriptions 
at $1.50 each, will secure No. 93 free, price $80—Or 70 
subscriptions at $1.50 each, will secure No. 94 free, price 
$G0 (with Spirit Level ); or we will forward any style, 
by express or otherwise, on receipt of the price named. 
No. 95.—Sina’le-Barrel, Breecli- 
Loading Shot-Gun, No. 16 Gauge—Rem¬ 
ington’s. —Plainly made, but shoots just as well as 
the most costly carved and ornamented weapons. Can 
be loaded and fired 5 to 10 times a minute : cleaning-rod 
and loading-stick, accompany the gun. 23 subscribers at 
$1.50 each will secure it free, carriage unpaid ; or we will 
forward one by express or otherwise, on receipt of $18. 
No. 96.—Archery Goods. The Orange 
Judd Company have added to their business a “Depart¬ 
ment ” for the supply of equipments for every kind of 
legitimate Field Exercise and Games. Among these are 
Archery Goods, and the following are a few that 
can be offered as premiums for subscriptions, carriage 
heavy water-proof canvas, lined with flannel, Victoria 
shape, with binding and handle. Price, $1.50. Manu¬ 
factured by Thomson & Sons, 301 Broadway, N. Y. Four 
subscribers, at $1.50 each, will secure this, sent prepaid. 
No. 98.—Hunting- 81iocs.— Oil finished 
grain leather slioepack or moccasin, 
made with broad heavy soles and 
spring heel hob nails on heel, laced 
in front with hooks (over English 
style water-tight tongue), thus secur¬ 
ing perfect fit around the ankle, making an easy- 
fitting, water-tight, durable shoe, especially adapted 
for the use of hunters, infantry, and pedestrians gener¬ 
ally. Price, $7. Manufactured by Thomson & Sons, 301 
Broadway, New York. Ten subscriptions, at $1.50 each 
will secure a pair of these Hunting Shoes. Carriage to be 
paid by receiver. Send shoemaker’s measure with order. 
