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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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A NEW BOOK ON PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
This Work contains an account of the origin and history of the Plymouth Hock Fowls to 
the present day, including the IMPROVED STRAIN, together with 
Rules for the Specific Mating, Breeding, Care and Management of the Same. 
No Breeder of Poultry should be without It. The scope of this work renders It an ad¬ 
mirable TEXT-BOOK for the AMATEUR. Farmers cannot fall to profit by it, and by 
following its directions can breed and rear PLYMOU1H ROCKS successfully. 
PRICE 75 CENTS. 
F. H. CORBIN, Newington June., Conn. 
THE “PERFECTION” 
MILKING TUBES. 
Are unlike and excel all others. Are all fine metal, smooth 
as glass. Are so made a9 to stop air from entering the hag, 
the defect In all other tubes. For use in Warted, Chapped, 
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Wilcox Patent Cow Fetter. 
A perfect preventative from kicking while milking. Also 
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express C.O.D. If not sal isfactory return, and money will 
be refunded. Send for circular. 
WILCOX BROTHERS, 37 Elm St., Hartford, Conn. 
“ We have tried all devices at times, and yours is the only 
one proving perfectly effectual. 
T. S. GOLD, West Cornwall, Conn., 
Secretary Conn. Board of Agriculture.” 
ROCK’S 
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best ever invented for tethering cows, 
Horses, or other animals in pasture. No 
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howto tie and what to tie with. Address 
EUGENE ROCK, 
Glen Head, Queens Co., N. Y. 
Verseyred swine, pigsnowready 
el to ship. Catalogue free. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
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, 
sm ill waste, easily fattened, 
very prolific, large size. Send 
for circular. 
W. G. LEWIS, 
Framingham, Mass. 
E=irT517 Famous Ohio Improved Chesters 
sold for breeders, in one year. The dark hog lias been in 
great demand, hut there is a reaction. As a result, the fol¬ 
lowing is a sample of what we are receiving from various 
parts of the country “Oliioville. Pa., Jan. 3d, 1879.—Mr. L. 
11. Silver. Cleveland, O.—Sir: Send priceof ‘ Ohio Improved 
Chesters.’ I want one or two pairs of nigs this spring. I 
think your breed of swine will take well here now. The 
people are tired of black hogs. Yours, R. D. Dawson.” 
Send stamp for price of pigs and fancy poultry. 
Address L. B. SILVER, Cleveland, O. 
HEAVY-WEIGHT SWINE! 
JERSEY REDS — famous for heaviest weights. 
P” Send for The Illustrated Farm Annual 
of Blooded Stock, Seeds, Poultry, Dogs, etc. AddresB 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., 221 Church St., Philada. 
Y ERY CHOICE MAGIE or POLAND CHINA 
PIGS for Sale (Magie’s stock). Pigs 2 to 3 months 
old at reasonanle rates. Also a few choice Boars, 6 to 8 mo. 
old, at $.’5 each. Address IV. A. & C. A. IiEED, Orangeville. 
Trumbull Co., O., U.S.A., Breeders, Shippers and Exporters 
of this, the best and most profitable Breed of Swine known. 
FARMER’S MAP 
19x25, FREE! 
J Gives number Farm Animals each 
_ _ _ „ _ 'f\ State, a nd h ow to mark. Address 
H. w. HILL & CO., Decatur, HI. 
CEDAR MOUND STOCK FARM, 
Importer and Breeder of Herd Registered Jersey Cattle 
and Berkshire Swine. G. F. MILLER, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
THOROUGHBRED HORSES 
AT FLEETWOOD STOCK FARM, 
Wishing to reduce my stock. \ will sell at reduced prices. 
J. W. HUNT REYNOLDS, 
Frankfort, Ky. 
A fi.vf, thoroughbred jersey bull 
for sale. Coming S years. Color, dark-fawn. Price, 
$300. Also 2 Bull Calves 8 months old. Price $60.00 each j 
all of good pedigree. Address 
J. COBB, Box 178, Stockbridge, Mass. 
C HOICE AYRSHIRE HEIFERS. & HEIFER CALVES, 
with perfect pedtgreeB. Prices reasonable. Also Brown 
Leghorn Fowls: Pekin Ducks and Brown Leghorn eggs, 
$1.50 per doz. J. ANDREW CASTERLINE, Dover, N. j" 
L t. Brahma, P. RockB, B. Leghorn, W. Leghorn, and P. 
Cochin s. Eggs $1.00 per IS. 
J. SK.IL,TON, Box428, Reading, Mass. 
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EGGS FOR HATCHING., 
SO-DO-I LIGHT ^BRAHMA 
im/ifi from my Prize,Thoroughbred Stock,three strains, 
$3 for 13: Pure Butt' Cochin, $3 for $13, $5 for 26; 
securely and neatly packed i.iix|» iu handsome baskets; 
FORTY PRIZES in three IVli years. FOWLS always 
tor sale; write for what you want. Please it t wiill IIWli . 
say where you saw this. C.W. PIERCE, IIAIUIUimi 
4,007 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Ills. 
OUR CANARIES, 
AND OTHER PET BIRDS, 
How to MATE, KEEP, FEED, aud BREED them. 
By GEO. P. BURNHAM. 
OUT THIS MONTH. Elegantly illustrated with 50 Fine 
Engravings of ail sorts of Caged Birds—and a beautiful, 
life-size Chromo Frontispiece of the German Canary, 
faithfully colored. A chapter on the Disease of Pet Birds, 
aud how to cure them, concludes this volume. Price only 
• w KKI R0SE Miss 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
From high-class poultry; Light Brahmas, weighing 20 ihs. 
a pair at 10 months old; Brown Leghorns and Rouen Ducks, 
all selected and mated with care, $1.50 per 13—52 eggs for 
$4.00. No circulars. 
JOEL BRUNNER, Zionsville, Lehigh Co., Pa. 
Magrane’s Light Brahmas: also Dark Brahmas. Partridge 
Cochins, Houdans, and White Leghorns. ¥3 per 13, care¬ 
fully packed in new baskets, safe any distance. Stock un¬ 
equalled. Purity and quality positively guaranteed. Ma- 
grane & Fairscr vice, 104 Montclair Av.,Newark, N. J. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Plymouth Rocks and Eight Brahinas, $1.50 for 
13. Imp. Black Turkeys, $5 for 13. Carefully 
packed at express. Having at much expense lately renewed 
my P.R.’s from V. C. Gilman’s and F. H. Corbins, and L.B.’s 
from G. S. Josselyn's and other strains, I deem them good as 
can be got. F. C. BIDDLE, Chadd’s Ford, Pa. 
E&CJS.— EGGS.— 
For Hatching. 15 varieties of choicest Fowls and Ducks. 
“ Low Prices and Best of Stock,” my motto. Send stamp 
for Spring Circulars, with careful illustrations of all my 
stock. Address, A. M. CAREY, Selinsgrove, Penn. 
|W1 /TA CA for hatching. Plymouth Rock and 
■"I . 0 tt « tt American Sebright; stock flrst- 
VJl ^ A class. Prices, $2.00 for 13. 
WILSON R, BALLINTINE, Scottsville. Monroe Co.,N. Y. 
u White Bjeg'ltorai’s ” 
From as fine stock as any in the country; $2.00 per dozen. 
Shall breed from 3 yards this season. 
No. I will have a cock that has scored 93. 
No. 2, a cock that has scored 91, by Felch. 
No. 3, a cockerel that has scored 95, by Bacon. 
Took Silver and Bronze Medal at Hartford, 1st at Provi¬ 
dence, this season. Address, Eugene B. Pendleton, 
Westerly, It. I. 
__ _ _B__ From 
___pure-bred stock. Partridge Cochins, 
Plymouth Rocks.Houdans,Black Breasted RedGames,White 
and Brown Leghorns, Golden Penciled Hamburgs, Pekin 
and Rouen Ducks. Eggs from any variety,$2.00 for thirteen, 
$3.00 for twenty-six. A. S. BEEKMAN, South Branch, N. J. 
~ FOR HATCHING, $2 per sitting. P. Rocks,W. 
T71 Cl / l Cl Leghorns, W. F. B. Spanish, Lt. Brahmas, B. B. 
I’llTiTli R. Games. Send3c.stamp for descriptive cir- 
Ky cular _ LOUIS ANDERSON, Flemington, N.J. 
Eggs for Hatching.— Plymouth Rocks, $1.50 per 13; 
White Leghorns, $1.50 per 13. Illustrated Circulars free. Ad¬ 
dress J. EDWARDS & CO., P. O. Box 21, East Orange, N. J. 
XJiGGS for hatching from highest class Birds. Best 
Xj strains. Circulars. Franklin Poultry Yards (limited). 
NELSON & SEIBERT, Chambersbnrg, Pa. 
TJLYMOUTH ROCKS, White and Brown Leghorns. 
X Eggs $1 per 13. Address, F. A. JOY, 
Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pa. 
7T71GGS FOR HATCHING Plymouth Rocks, DarkBrahmas, 
ID Buff Cochins, Brown Leghorns. Prices reasonable. 
Circulars. CHAS. FELDMAN, Greencastle, Penn. 
gImemwTTIsmI’ 
J. C. COOPER, Cooper Hill, Limerick, Ireland. 
OIGB3EST CI.ASS. 
Light and Dark Brahmas, Partridge, White Cochins, 
White and Brown Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks, Hou¬ 
dans, Golden Sebright, and B. B. R. G. Bantams.-Pekin, 
Ajlesbury, and Rouen Ducks.—Mv stock is unsurpassed. 
My location is central, and desirable for Eastern, Western. 
Southern, and Canada customers. My establishment is 
largest in the world. Prices moderate. Eggs. $3 per 13, $5 
per 26. Send for new. novel, practical, and useful circular. 
_ GEO, S. JOSSELYN, Fredonia, N. Y. 
New England Stock and Poultry Farm. 
Having had 8 years experience in the breed>ng of Pure 
Premium Plymouth Rocks, I can recommend them to be the 
best Fowls in the world for all purposes. Eg^s for Hatching 
at $1.25 per 14, or $2.00 for 30. and 100 for $5, carefully packed 
and warranted fresh. Remit money through P. O. Order or 
registered letter. G. H. RATHBUN, 'VVlllimantic, Conn. 
Best & Cheapest 
Buclimi’s Cresylic Sheep Dip prevents aiio 
cures tlie scab and all parasitic diseases of 
tlie skin. 
IhieSian’s Crcsylic Ointment is CERTAIN 
DEATH to tlie Screw-worm or Gruli. 
For further particulars, send lor price lists and circulars to 
KIDDEli & LAIRD, 83 Jolin St., New York. 
POULTRY AND PIGEONS 
C. E. I/, HAYWARD, Peterboro’, N. II. 
Importer and Breeder. All kinds of 
A.AAB> an® waver fowls, 
Is receiving stock from Europe monthly. Among the 
kinds lately imported are Langshans, Buff Polish, Minorcas, 
Pekin Bantams, Japanese Bantams, Golden Pheasants, Sil¬ 
ver Pneasants, King Neck Pheasants, Albino Pheasants, and 
other kinds. 
Air. Hayward has the largest variety of fancy Poultry and 
Pigeons in America, and has won more premiums than any 
other Breeder in America in the past three years. 
If you are in want of any kind of Poultry, Pigeons, or 
eggs for hatching, send stamp for list of upwards of 200 
varieties, for sale by Mr. Hayward. 
AMERICAN 
Cattle Food Co., 
DEALERS IN 
€8TT0N HI OIL MIML 
PURE AND UNADULTERATED, 
Shipments made to all sections of the Country at 
the lowest market rates. 
SEND ADDRESS FOR CIRCULAR AND PRICE LIST. 
STATE QUANTITY DESIRED. 
OFFICE, 142 Pearl St., Room 17 , N. Y. 
NEW STEEL HORSE SHOE, 
,, Vf ith Level Spring Platform-Continuous 
Calk. I he best in the world. Cures Tender 
and Contracted Feet, Corns, Interfering, Quar¬ 
ter-crack Lameness, and all evils resulting from 
the use ot the common shoe. Responsible 
men can make money selling this 
shoe. Send for pamphlet. Trial 6et 
with nails, $1.00. To measure, place 
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The JOHN D. BILLINGS PAT¬ 
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2G5 Broadway, New York. 
AMERICAN 
VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
Incorporated under the General Law 
for Incorporation of Colleges, 
Chapter 51, Laws 1870 — Chapter 319, Laws 1848. 
141 West 54th St., betw. 6th & 7th Avs., 
NEW YORK CITY. 
The fourth regular course of lectures will commence in 
October, 1878. Circular and information can be had on ap¬ 
plication to 
A. tt.SAffJTAISIb, 
Dean of Hie Faculty* 
Thoroughbred and Grade Jerseys. 
I offer for sale, at reasonable prices for the quality, 75 
head of thoroughbred and grade Jersey Heifers, and Cows 
of all ages. Also 10 thoroughbred Jersey Bulls, from 2 
months to 4 years of age. My thoroughbreds are not 
equalled by any of the late importations, and mv grades re¬ 
commend themselves by their production. I refer to every 
individual who ever purchased an animal of me during the 
30 years I have bred this stock. All animals sold by me are 
guaranteed as represented. For terms, apply in person to 
THOMAS FITCH, New London, Conn. 
Hambletonian Horses and Colts also for sale; best blood. 
T> IVERSIDE FARM.— Jerseys, Berkshires, and Cott- 
XV wolds Imported, bred, and fst sale. Bronze Turkeys, 
Pekin Ducks, and Light Rrahmas. $end for catalogue. 
C. P. MATTOCKS, Portland, Me. 
USE THE 
“ Trade 
VERY BEST. 
H, Mark.” 
ANN T O . 
L. E. RANSOM, 34 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City. 
