AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
INCREASE 
The Yield, Save Time and Money, by using 
THE PHILADELPHIA 
BROADC AST SEED SOWER 
For sowing all varieties Graiu, 
Grass Seeds, and Fertilizers. No. 
1 Machine, price $30, sows 12 to 15 acres 
per hour. No 2 Machine, price $6, from 
4 to 6, sowing better and tar more 
evenly than by band or any other 
method. Send for circular and testi 
inonials. Agents wanted everywhere. 
BENSON, MACLE & GO.. Manufacturers 
223 Church St., Phila.. Pa. 
N. B —Our larg' Illustrated Catalogue 
of Reliable Garden Field, and Flower 
Seeds, Agricultural Implements, and 
everything for Farm or Garden, mailed 
free to all. 
MARE MONEY, ALL OF YOU ! 
Caxtouette Press, $8.00. 
Caxton Press. $13.00. 
Columbian Presses from $25 to 
$56; will do the work of a $250 press. 
All are self-inking. Presses from 
$3.30. Send Stamp for catalogue to 
CURTIS & MITCHELL, 
13 Federal St., Boston, Mass. 
ESTABLISHED 1347. 
.Owing to the Failure of the Mush 
L House ot Earlebach & Co. 
Germany, we purchased 
their 
entirt 
stock 
'' Paganini Violins. 
Celebrated for fine tone and finish. Italian strings, 
ebony pegs, inlaid pearl tail-piece, fine long bow with 
lvorv and silvered frog, in violin box. Book of Instruc¬ 
tion vith 558 pieces choice music, including all from 
Pinafore. By express for $3.50. Instruments of this 
quality are often sold as high as $10 Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed, or money refunded This chance to get a fine in¬ 
strument .or so small a sum Is seldom offered Do not 
delay order at once, and secure a great bargain. Address 
G. H. W. BATES & CO.. Importers, Boston, Mass. 
The Oldest and Largest Scroll 
Saw House in America, s 
SCHOLL SAWS, guaranteed as represented!} 
MECHANICS’ TOOLS, of tile best makes. 
FANCY WOODS, CLOCKS, CUTLERY. 
MACHINIST TOOLS, OIL STONES, LATHES. 
SKATES, DUMB BELLS, INDIAN CLUBS, 
Camp Stcols, Hammocks, Boxing Gloves, 
Bicycles and Velocipedes. 
ARCHERY. 
Fine Archery Equipments, Yew Bows, etc., 
For Club and Private Practice. 
LAWN TENNIS, CROQUET, BASE-BALL. 
ALL KINDS OF 
New Games and Home Amusements, 
PRINTING PRESSES, ETC. 
ffS’-Send for Illustrated price list (free) before purchasing 
elsewhere. 
Sole Manufacturer of Grave’s Patent Target Gun, Agent 
fot Horsman’s Fine Archery, Sole Importer of the Wilkin¬ 
son Saw Blades. 
JOHN WILKINSON, Importer & Manufacturer, 
77 State Street. Chicago, Ill. 
FORTUNES 
FOR FARMERS. 
Fifty Thousand Farms! 
6,000,000 Acres now ottered by the Northern Pacific 
Railroad In Minnesota and Dakota 
At $2.30 per acre and upward, according to location 
and quality. 
Best wheat land in the world! The richest meadow lands! 
The choicest timber lands ! Suit ble for diversified farm¬ 
ing. stock raising, and dairying. Terms—One-sixth cash, 
balance in five annual payments at 7 per cent interest. 
Preferred stock of the Company tt&en at par in exchange 
tot lands east ot Missouri River. The best opportunity left 
In the United States to procure Government lands near rail 
road and towns is on the line of the Northern Pacific Rail 
road Reduced rates of fare and freight to settlers Re¬ 
duced 'ate of fare to land seekers. For all Information 
Illustrated paper, maps, &c. address 
JAMES B. POWER, Land Commissioner, 
SX. PAUL, MINN. 
Exhausted Wheat and Potato Lands may be Restored to their 
Former Fertility. 
The Napes Complete Manures. 
Prepared expressly for use on light and heavy soils for growing WHEAT, GRASS, 
POTATOES, TOBACCO, HOPS, SUGAR CANE, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, etc. 
These highly concentrated Manures are now used by thousands of farmers in all the Seaboard and Middle States, as 
well as in South America and West Indies. 
Tliey are not stimulants, but COMPLETE MANURES, the same as Stable Manure, and their continued use 
result in permanent improvement of the land. 
Growers in Ohio and other Middle States find them more economical even after paying railroad freights, than 
purchased stable manure or local fertilizers. 
y All Fertilizers, Peruvian Guano, Potash Salts, and Chemicals sold on guaranteed cliemical analyses, 
r Send postal for Pamphlet. Correspondence solicited. 
THE MAPES FORMULA AND PERUVIAN GUANO CO,, 
158 FRONT STREET, NEW YORK. 
P. Van Zandt Lane. President, Charles V. Mapes. Vice Pres't and Gen'l Manager. Edw. V. Z. Lane. Treasurer, 
SECOND TO NONE 
Sale in 1865 - 754 Tons. 
“ “ 1879 - - 40,998 “ 
This Fertilizer, which was at first sold almost entirely in the Southern Slates, 
lias of late years become so deservedly popular in the North, for the cultiva¬ 
tion cf all Farm Crops, that the Company have enlarged their works especially 
to supply the Northern demand, and we are now in a position to fill orders 
promptly. Pamphlets containing testimonials and other information furnished 
by our local agents, or on application to 
GLIDDEN & CURTIS, 
GENERAL SELLING AGENTS OF PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY, 
BOSTON, MASS. 
THE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS 
that this food has attained in this country (the sales of which aggregate as much as all other foods combined) is due to its 
intrinsic merit, containing as if does all the elements essential to growth and repair either in the Infant or Invalid. Ridge's 
Food IS JVOT A MEDICINE, neither is it a new, untried preparation, having been in use in England and the United 
States lor 30 years—but it is a highly nutritious and because a cooked food easily assimilated. From a cliemical stand¬ 
point approximates nearer to human milk rlnjn any other preparation. 
The success of Ridge’s Food has caused the market to be overrun with worthless imitations. In asking for 
Ridge s Food see that you get it. Take no other. Can be had of almost any druggist. In cans of 35 cents, 65 cents, 
$t.^5, and $l.»5, bearing signature of WOOLRICH & CO., on every label. 
COLUMBIA 
BICYCLE. 
Bicycle riding is unsurpassed as 
a method of travelling, whether 
for speed, sport, or the renewal 
of health. No horse can compare 
with the bicycle for endurance, 
no other pastime is half so fas¬ 
cinating, and the exercise is rec¬ 
ommended by the medical pro¬ 
fession as being most conducive 
to health. Appleyard rode 100 
miles in 7 hours, over a common 
turnpike road, and Waller has 
accomplished 1,400 miles in 6 
days. Send 3c. stamp for 24-page 
catalogue, containing price lists 
and full Information, or 10c. for 
catalogue and copy of “ The 
Bicycling World.” 
THE DOPE M’F’G CO., 
No. 101 Summer St., 
Boston, Mass. 
NEW CHAMPION 
Retail Price.— Plain Barrels, 12 bore, $14.00; Plain 
Barrels, 10bore, $15.00; Twist Barrels, 12 bore. $17.00; 
Twist Barrels. 10 bore. $18.00. The frame and trimmings of all these 
guns are Nickel Plated. This gun possesses many advantages over any 
single breech-loading gun yet produced in this country. It has a patent 
side-snap action with a safety attachment, by means of which it can bo 
We Take great pleasure in offering this gun to the public, and feel safe to 
eay it is the best American Single Breech-Loader vet produced. Send 
•tamp for Illustrated Catalogue of Guns. Rifles, Revolvers, and 8kates. 
Address JOHN P LOVELL k SONS. Gun Dealers. Boston. Mm >' 
Every Watch Owner’s Friend, 
' ANYWAlTCH 
A key that is al¬ 
ways clean, and 
never wears out. -_-,— H 
Sold by all Jewellers and Watchmakers. Sent to any ad¬ 
dress, iiy mail, for SOc. Automatic Eye Glass Holders, by 
mail 25c. Birch’s Pat. Key Ring. 10c. Send for circular. 
J. 8. BIRCH & CO., 38 Dey St., N. Y. 
