[April, 
AMERICAN AGrRIOULTURISE 
1880 .] 
THE EVENT Of THE SEASON. 
On March 10,18S0, -will be published the first number of 
RIDLEY’S 
FASHION MAGAZINE, 
CONTAINING IN ITS 
10 0 Large Quarto Pages 
Interesting Stories in Prose and Verse, 
Useful Home Articles, 
Amusing and Instructive Sketches, 
Two Mammoth Fashion Plates, 
Profuse Illustration of ttie Fashion of the Day, 
With the LOWEST NEW YOUK PRICES of each article, 
clearly stated, affordin'; an OPPORTUNITY ot SHOPPING 
in an INTELLIGENT AND ECONOMICAL MANNER. 
Single Number, 15cts. 50cts. Per Year. 
Parties intending to subscribe for any paper or Magazine 
should write us for OUR ECONOMY COMBINATION 
CIRCULAR, by which money may he saved, and the 
FASHION MAGAZINE obtained FREE. 
EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS TO AGENTS 
for 1880. 
Address 
EDWD. RIDLEY & SONS, 
309, 311, 311 1-3 GRANDiSTREET, 
5S, 60, 62, 64, 66, 6S, 70 ALLEN STREET, 
NEW YORK OITA’, N. Y. 
An Elegant Imported Cornet, 
WITH SUPERB CASE, 
ONLY 
A BARGAIN NEVER EQ.UALLED. 
The«e Cornets were designed and manufactured in Paris 
expressly for us, and have all the late Parisian improve¬ 
ments. The workmanship on them is par excellence, as no 
expense was spared in their construction, lhe design and 
finish is simply elegant, while their sounding powers 
and brilliant tone is marvellous, 
$25.00 Cornet ever offered. Each tirntnim 
equal to any 
nment lias all the 
crooks and set-pieces for Bb, A, Ab, G <fc F, and is packed 
mtly trimmed compartment case, with lock ana 
in an elegantly.. .. , 
handle. Each purchaser sending cash with ordeis we give 
free of all cost our Complete Teacher lor the Cornet. 
REMEMBER these figures are WA1 UNDER 1 RICE, as we 
MUST REALIZE AT ONCE. Sent C. O. D., with privilege 
of examination before buying, on receipt ol $3.00 as a de¬ 
posit. CHARLES W. STORY, 26 Central St.. Boston. Mass. 
T ETERI NJVStf 
C0S@LlNE 
tTP.ADK MAKK.] 
Veterinary Cosmoline 
THE NEW BOSS HORSE HOE. 
A Single Bag Sold at Ton Bate. No Cartage Charged. 
The Mapes Potato Manure. 
Price per ton, $48. Per Bag (200 lbs.), $4.80. 
Use three bags per acre—in drills or hills. 
840 Bushels Potatoes (Burbanks), from 10 bushels seed on two acres. 
WILLIAM S. ROBINSON, MATTITUCK, SUFFOLK CO., L. I„ Feb. 28th, 18S0, reports:— 
> Soil, good loam ; season good for potatoes; planted last of April Burbank seedling potatoes; applied lour hags per 
acre (costing $20), of the Mapes Potato Manure ; Fertilizer was applied ill the drill. 
Planted 10 bushels of seeds on certainly not two acres of land, and got 840 bushels of good potatoes; not over two 
bushels in one hundred of small ones. 
Used 800 lbs. of the Mapeb Potato Manure per acre and n.thing else; probably the heaviest crop ever raised in Suffolk 
County.” 
The Mapes Grass and Grain Spring Top-Dressing. 
Price per Ton, $51. Per Bag (200 lbs.), $5.10. Spread broadcast oil Grass or Grain—two bags per acre in 
spring—earlier the better. 
Wheat and Permanent Grass—The Mapes Wheat Manure Compared 
with Stable Manure.—Years 1877-78-79. 
Is a heavy oleaginous hydro carbon of the consistency of an 
ointment, derived exclusively from petroleum. It is ab¬ 
solutely free from acids, alkalies, or moisture. When ap¬ 
plied to wounded and inflamed flesh, it is a perfect protec¬ 
tion against atmospheric action, flies, insects, animalculse, 
preventing the generation of microscopic organisms, and al¬ 
lowing nature absolute freedom to heal itself rapidly by a 
healthy granulation without scars. Never lias there been a 
veterinary ointment that would heal so rapidly all the 
wounds, sores, and surface diseases of horses, cows, sheep, 
poultry, etc. For sale by Druggists. Price 75c. in lb. 
cans.' Descriptive circulars mailed in answer to postal 
SSds. E. F. HOUGHTON & CO., 
211 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
For General Purpose Work it is Strong, Practical, 
and Cheap; it Cultivates, Hoes, and Weeds out the 
rows. Sold only from manufactory. Address 
WM. PERRY & SON, Canandaigua, N. Y. 
VALENTINE FROST, LOCUST VALLEY, L. I„ Feb., 1880, reports:— 
“In fall 1877, seeded down with wheat and applied broadcast, 1,000 lbs. per acre of the Mapes Wheat Manure. ’Hie 
land was excellent wheat and grass land when well manured. The yield of wheat was heavy and ot line quality; in 18,9 
the first mowing of grass cut heavy; crop was “ down ” two weeks before cutting. Where I used stable manure the yield 
was not, in any case, any better than from the Mapes Manure and the cost was more than double. The season was tolerably 
favorable. 
I had two lots; one of eight acres and one of six acres; on the six acre lot I put 300 loads of New York Stable 
Manure oil half of it (3 acres); and on the eight acre lot put 400 loads of New York Stable Manure oil four acres, a half oi it. 
On the remaining portions, half of each lot, I put 1,000 lbs. of the Mapes Wheat Manure per acre. Both yielded excel¬ 
lently of wheat. The grass was extraordinary fine , the advantage being if angthing in favor of the Mapes Manure through 
all lhe years. The point is, that the Mapes Manure costing $35 per acre . was fully equal if not better than the New York 
Manure , the latter costing $55 to $60 per acre, independent ot great saving in cost of application." 
“ Have used the Mapes Manures four years with good results, and use them in increased quantities eacli year.” 
The Mapes Complete Manure (for light soils). 
This is our Manure for Onions, Cabbages, and all Garden truck on all soils, and for Grass and Grain Crops, seeding 
down, on light soils. 
mL n Marine fnvn Mann VP Price per Ton, $49. Per Bag, $4.90. lor 
me Jlldpeb VUJLII J.T1.CIMU.J.O. practical results in the use of all these Manures during 
past season by farmers, truckers and others, see American Agriculturist March No., page 114. These Manures are all ready 
mixed, in flue, dry condition, easy of application. Full Directions for use and Analyses accompanying every package. 
Send for new pamphlet (1S80). Pamphlets mailed gratis. Address 
THE MAPES FORMULA & PERUVIAN GUANO CO., 158 Front St, New York. 
Branch Store: 242 State St., Hartford, Conn. 
THE LEADING AND POPULAR DRY GOODS HOUSE OP PHILADELPHIA. 
SHOPPING 
With US through our SAMPLE AND MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT is simple, 
easy, and advantageous. Anyone writing to us for Samples, mentioning the kind of goods 
needed, will receive, by return mail, the desired samples and information. Goods sent 
BY HAIL OR EXPRESS. 
Through this means ladies everywhere throughout the United States avail them¬ 
selves of a very convenient plan of receiving Dress Goods, Trimmings, and a General 
Outfit from the head-centres of trade, where they can at all times obtain the best goods, 
newest and latest styles to be had for the least money. __ 
HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. 
Manufacturers, Retailers, and, Importers of Choice Novelties in Dress Goods, 
Silks, Trimmings, etc., 
CHESTNUT, ABOVE BROAD STREET, 
PHILADELPHIA, PA., 
(ESTABLISHED 1842,) 
And 13 Rue Richer, Paris, France. 
All Samples and Information sent free to all parts of the United States. 
WE BUILD THE STRONGEST 
WIND MILL in the WOULD. 
(13 SIZES.) 
For farm pumping, irrigation, drainage, grind¬ 
ing, and all power purposes, from 1 to 30 horse¬ 
power. Circulars free. 
ECLIPSE WIND MILL 00. Beloit,Wis. 
LI 50,000 FARMS! A 
NORTHERN PACIFIC R R. 
MINNESOTA & DAKOTA. 
BEST WHEAT LAND IN AMERICA! 
CIRCULARS AND MAPS FREE. 
J. B. POWER, Land Commissioner, 
St. Paul or Brainerd, Minn. 
N $2.50 per Acre anft Upward! |D 
Wood Sole Shoes 
Wear three times as long as leather 
soled shoes. Keep the feet perfectly dry 
and warm, are easy to the feet, being 
_ J .- fl,n antlAn n,V 
shaped to suit the action 
in walking. Particular¬ 
ly adapted to Miners, 
Farmers, Butchers, Dy¬ 
ers, and all Laborers. 
CHAS. W. COPELAND, 
Sole Manufacturer, 
Boston, Mass. 
Send Stamp for Circular and Price List. 
Breech-Loading Shot Guns. $20 to $300. Double Shot GuM.jl 
$8 to $150. Single Guns. $3 to $20. P.ifles and Cat ti ldges. $8, 
to $75. Revolvers, $1 to $25. Send stamp for Price List. , 
* GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS. Pittsburgh. Pa. I 
K 
iefler Pear, LeConte Pear, Champion Quince, i| 
Japanese Persimmon Trees. 
v J. S. COLLINS. Moorestown, N. J. 
