90 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
February. ] 
SPECIAL OFFER! 
TEN POUNDS of our NEW CROP TEAS, Black, Green, or 
Mixed, sent byexpress, charges paid, on receipt of $6.00. 
A BEAUTIFUL. Oil, OBROMO, Size 20x24, 
of our lamented President 
GARFIELD 
will be mailed with every $6 order. 
Now is your time to ENJOY A CUP OF GOOD TEA at 
almost Half Price, and a perfect likeness in oil of our mar¬ 
tyred President, or GET UP CLUBS among your 
friends. On $20 orders we deduct 15 per cent off, pay all 
express charges, and enclose the ckromo, one for every 
live pounds. 
The Great American Tea Co., 
(P. ©. Box 289) 31 & 33 Vesey St., N. Y. 
CALIFORNIA LANDS, 
large or small tracts; homes or investments, for sale by 
McAfee Bkothers, 328 Montgomery St., San Francisco,Cal. 
Westward Ho! 
Southwestern Minnesota is the great blue grass 
region of the Northwest. Unexcelled for fertility, health, 
and beauty. Rolling Prairies. Spring Water Lakes. Nu¬ 
merous Railroads. Lands $5 to ST. Choice selections 
now offering. Write for Circular. 
J. II. DRAKE, Land Commissioner, 
St. Paul, Minn. 
gEST HyHEAT" 
AND GRAZBNG LANDS ARE FOUND ON 
the Northern Pacific r. r. 
lit MINNESOTA, DAKOTA, 
and MONTANA. 
BIG CROP AGAIN IN 1881 
Low Prioes ; Longtime; Rebate for Improve* 
ment; Reduced Fare and Freight to Settlers. 
For Full Information, address 
R. M. Newport, gen. land agt. 
Mention this Paper. St. Paul, Minn 
for sale;* to $ei-°.PER acre:o 
EASY TERMS. FREE FARE: & LOW FRE/GHt 
TO FOR era sers:. FOR GU/OE corfa/ring 
MAP<&■ FULLlRFORMA F/OA/. ADORESS ■: .. 
CHAS: £T . \sif/vr/wj o.ns., 
LANO COMR C.S< NiW-RYCR/EAGO,/LL. 
Over 1,©00,000 Acres 
of Choice Farming Lands in 
the Near West. 
For Sale by tlie 
[. II, Land Co. 
FARMS 
Cedar Ifcrpids* Iowa* 
Branch Office, 92 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. 
Acres of timber and prairie 
Land along the line of the St. Lonls 
and San Francisco Railway for sale on seven 
years’time, at from $2.00 to $8.00 an acre. Free 
transportation from St. Louis to purchasers as 
per Circular sent on application to 
W. H. YEATON, ^Temple Building, $ W. H. COFFIN, 
_ JL°- L ' d Uom - $ St. Louis, Mo. ( Lmdi ± 
Kli 
Esr 
UNION PACIFIC RY. LANDS 
IN NEBRASKA. 
Fertile Soil, Long Summers, 
Short Winters. 
Special Inducements to Land Seekers. 
Those going West will find it to their advantage to send 
for information, which will he mailed free. 
Apply to LEAVITT BURNHAM, 
Land Commissioner U. P, Ry. Co., 
Omaha, Neb. 
U3?" Refer to this advertisement. 
CHEAP FARMS 
AND NEAR TO MARKET! 
The State of Michigan has a good climate, a fertile soil, 
four thousand miles of railway and sixteen hundred miles 
of lake transportation, convenient markets, a settled so¬ 
ciety, established institutions, great and diversified in¬ 
dustries, a liberal free school system, low taxes and prac¬ 
tically no debt. It lias also several millions of acres of un¬ 
occupied lands, suitable for almost every variety of hus¬ 
bandry, many of them subject to free settlement under 
United States or State Homestead laws, and all of them for 
sale at prices within the reach of men of small means. 
A PAMPHLET, issued under authority of the State, con¬ 
taining a map of Michigan, sketches of Us Industries, Agri¬ 
cultural Productions, and Institutions, and descriptions of 
its Soil, Climate, Timber, the Situation of its Unoccupied 
Lands, etc., will be sent free of charge on application by 
letter addressed to the 
COMMISSIONER OP IMMIGRATION, 
Detroit, Michigan. 
200 MARYLAND FARMS, 
Near railroad and navigable Salt-water (with all Its lux¬ 
uries), in Talbot Co., Md. Climate mild and healthy. Titles 
good. 1882 Pamphlet and Map showing location, free. 
Address 
E. SHANAHAN, Atty., Easton, Md. 
FARMERS to 
Dairy and Farming 
Improved and unim¬ 
proved Farms for sale or to rent, upon favorable terms, 
with privilege of purchasing. For information address, 
SAMPSON & FRENCH, Storm Lake, Buena Vista Co., Iowa. 
F ive hundred Virginia farms and 
MILLS for Sale or Exchange. Write for free 
Catalogue. R. B. CHAFFIN & CO., Richmond, Va. 
M ARYLAND FARMS S7 to $2-5 peracre. Short 
winters, breezy summers, healthy climate. Cata¬ 
logues free. H. P. CHAMBERS, Eederalsburgh, Md. 
F OR SALE, and at about the Lowest Figures 
ever heard of, my entire Nursery Establishment 
Assortment No. 1 and location one of the best at the West 
Address P. P. PHILLIPS. 
Park Nursery and City Gardens, Lawrence, Kansas 
T1 * H/T (1 150 Delaware Fruit and Grain 
t' f\ I h IVI ^ Farms cheap. Catalogues free 
IAAID-IUca. p. GRIFFITH, Smyrna, Del 
O A I I T 11 Don’t locate before seeing our James 
OvU 8 n River Settlement. Illus. catalogue free 
J. F. Mancha, Claremont, Surry Co.,Va 
PAR fiill?_IMPROVED FARMS.-Send ad 
OAflilL. dres8 t0 H N. BANCROFT & SON 
Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., O., and get the price and ful 
description of the cheapest good farms for sale in the State 
A 600-ACRE FARM FOR SALE !-Most deeira 
ble for residence, stock,’sheep, and grain. A great bar¬ 
gain. Hewlett’s, Hanover Co., Virginia. L. B. Anderson. 
300 IMPROVED FARMS 
on W. H. SICKELS & SON, 234 Broadway, N. Y.; or, 
address H. S. EVANS, 713 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Mo. 
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