[December, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
1879 .] 
Agricultural 
Dunce Company, of Watertown, N, T, 
Capital $200,000.00. Net Surplus, $216,645.62. Total assets 
for tlie security of Policy-holders, January 1st, 1879, $1,150,- 
063.99. Insures only Farm Property and Residences against 
tire and lightning. Takes no business risks. 
NEBRASKA 
IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE, 
THE WORLD OYER, 
The best State in which to find a 
It lies in the right latitude, and the climate is not 
excelled, if equalled, for combining 
Farming & Stock Raising. 
THE 
* AWARDED 
jpIGHESTHONORS 
)$ AT EVERY 
£ Worlds Exhibition 
FOR 
Thirteen Years 
PRICES m 
$54.S66.$78.$84.gp 
TO $500 If, 
? AND UPWARDS: 
ALSO ~(im 
FOR EASY PAYMENTs||| 
$5 PER MONTH FOR 
12 MONTHS,OR $6.75 £ [fif 
PER QUARTER. FOR 2|§ , 
10 QUARTERS,*™ u PWARDS.j, 
CATALOGUES FREE.% 
NO OTHER 
IAmericanOrgans 
'have been awarded 
SUCH AT ANY. 
MUSICIANS GENERALLY REGARD THEM AS U N E QU A LLE D"~ TH EO D O R E THOMAS 
|I54 Tremon tSt., BOSTON ; 46 E. I4th.St. UJniohSq) NEW YORK ; 25Q and 252 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 
JOSEPH LIOTfS 
* STEEL * 8 PENS. 
Cold Medal, Paris, (87C. 
The Favorite Numbers, 303, 404, 332, 
351, 1 70, and his other styles. 
Sold throughout the World. 
BURLINGTON AND 
MISSOURI RIVER 
RAILROAD CO. 
Have yet for sale in Eastern Nebraska, over One 
Million Acres of 
CHOICE LANDS. 
The Stock Raiser can buy for large range, 
the Cheap Pastoral Lands, and the man 
who wants a £ section to make a 
Farm and Home, can have his 
wants supplied. 
16,000 have already bought land 
of this Co., 
And there is room for 10,000 more. 
For full particulars, maps, &c., Address, 
JNO. C. BONNELL, 
Gcn’l Ag’t II. & ItT. R. R. 
OMAHA, NEB. 
“A Climate of the Moun¬ 
tains with a Soil of the 
Valleys.” 
The St. Paul 
& Sioux City 
Railroad 
Traverses the wheat garden and Indian corn region of the 
Northwest, Southwestern Minnesota and Northwestern 
Iowa. N' t so far North as to be limited In varie ty of pro¬ 
duction. Not so far South as to be subject to malaria. 
l.CCO.OOO acres of unequalled farming and stock-raising lands 
■with unsurpassed natural adva tages for location, climate, 
soil, and nearness to market. They produce 20 to 40 bushels 
of whent, 46 to CO bushels of Indian corn ; 250 to 300 bushels 
of potatoes; 175 to 200 gallons Anther Cane syrup to the 
acre. Natural blue jolm meadow grass. Undulating prairie 
of deep rich loam. 1,000 to 1,200 feet above sea level. Lakes 
and streams, numerous churches, schools, mills, and thrifty 
villages. 
Choice lands on long credit or large discount for cash. For full particulars, address 
JAMES II. DRAKE, 
Land Commissioner, St. Paul 
Minn. 
Winchester Repeating Fire Arms. 
|The Best and Most Reliable Arm in the World. 
BADGE WON 
BY 
MAJOR JAMES E. STETSON 
in a rapidity and accuracy 
match, using the Winchester 
Rifle as a single Breech Loader 
in competition with the Ward- 
Burton, Remington, Spring- 
field, Sharps, Peabody, and 
other rifles. 
LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES. 
Sporting Rifle, Octagon Barrel. 
“ “ Round 
Carbine. . 20.00 
Model ’06. 
Model '73. 
Model ’76. 
si..$23.00 
$27.00 
$35.00 
. 23.00 
27.00 
35.00 
. 22.00 
25.00 
32.00 
... 20.00 
24.00 
27.00 
BSP Every Variety of Metallic Ammunition 
at the Lowest Market Bates, 
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. 
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., 
New Haven, Conn., or 
245 Broadway, New York. 
AGENT FOR PACIFIC COAST: 
JOHN SE1NKEK, 115 Fine St., San Francisco, Cal. 
