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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
JAS. M. THORBURN & CO., 
Seedsmen, 
No. 15 JOHN STHIJIJT, 
NEW YORK. 
Catalogues free on application. 
J. M. THORBURN, GRANT THORBURN, Jr., 
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ACENTS WANTED to Sell the NEW BOOK, 
F ARMING FOB PROFI T 
TELI.S HOW TO 
Cultivate all the Farm Crops In the BeBt Manner* 
Breed, Feed and Care lor Stock :Grow Fruit; Manage 
Farm Business; Make Happy Homes, and 
MAKE MONEY ON THE FARM. 
Every Farmer should have a copy 860 Pages. 
140 Illustrations. Send lor circulars to 
J. C. McCURDF & CO.. Philadelphia, P«, 
"KEY* 
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FOR THE FAMILY. 
One family of children having Webster’s Unabkidged, 
aud using it freely, and another not having It, the first will 
become much the more intelligent men and women. 
“ Every farmer should give his 90 ns two or three square 
rods of ground, well prepared, with the avails of which they 
may buy it. Every mechanic 9hould put a receiving box In 
some consoicuous place in the house, to catch the stray 
pennies for the like purpose.— Mass. Life Boat. 
NEW EDITION. 
Containinga SUPPLEMENT of over 
4600 .\HW WORDS and meanings, 
ALSO, A NEW 
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of over 9700 NAMES. 
G. & C. MERRIAM, Publishers, Springfield, Mass. 
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MONTHLY GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, 
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LANDRETHS’ GARDEN SEEDS 
ARE THE PUODUCE OF OUR FARMS SITUATED AT 
BRISTOL, Bucks County, Penna., BURLINGTON, Burlington County, N. J., 
MANITOWOC, Manitowoc Co., Wis., MONASKON, Lancaster Co., Va., 
the whole comprising a total of 15 74 ACRES owned, occupied, and cultivated by ourselves. Upon these lands we have 
applied in a single season $20,000 worth of purchased fertilizers, a fact which exhibits the magnitude of our operations. 
THE STOCK SEEDS 
from which all our crops are grown on all the farms, are produced on Bloomsdale, the Pennsylvania farm, and under 
the daily scrutiny of the proprietors, are thoroughly culled of all departures from the true types, and produce crops of 
such purity of strain as to warrant us in declaring that none are Superior and few Equal/ Varied soils and climates, 
systems of cultivation, drying houses, steam machinery, implements and appurtenances generally, demonstrate our ability 
to produce large stocks of seeds upon the most favorable terms. 
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IOWA BARB FENCE COMPANY, Limited, 
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MANUFACTURERS OF BURNELL’S PATENT 
FOUR-POINTED BARB STEEL WIRE FENCING, 
Galvanized and Painted. Also, Staples, Diggers, 
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Patented .Tune 19, 1877. 
Shows the exact 9ize of our wire and barbs, except 
that the barbs are 6 inches apart and not S%, as 
shown In cut. One pound measures 15 feet in length. 
Shows our wire put up on spools, ready for shipment. 
Dimensions of spool, about 18 x 20 x 22, measuring about 
4>£ cubic feet; weight, about 100 pounds, and length of 
wire, about 1500 feet. 
Made ol two strands of No. 12 Steel Wire, twisted together Just 
enough to allow for the contraction and expansion of the metal, 
caused by the difference in temperature, and still not so much as 
to injure the structure of the steel. 
The Barbs on our wire are FOUR POINTED, thus always 
presenting a Barb laterally or at a right angle, which is a GREAT 
ADVANTAGE over the two-barb wires, as cattle are unable to 
get against the fence to break it or push It down. 
The Barbs are fastened to the wire (at Intervals of six Inches) 
in a manner entirely different from any other, being securely 
locked AROUND and BETWEEN botli wires, so that they can 
not slip or move toward each other, and they also prevent the 
untwisting of the cable should either wire get broken. 
The use of Barbed Wire for fencing Is ho longer an experiment, 
but Is an acknowledged necessity, as over ONE HUNDl’.ED 
THOUSAND MILES of it were put up last year, and we con¬ 
fidently expect twice the quantity will be used this year, as there 
is no other material anywhere near as cheap, as lasting, or 
effective. 
A thousand pounds of our Wire makes a mile of 
fence of three strands, at a cost of only 50 to 75c. 
a rod. 
KARMEUS NEED NOT FEAR INJURY TO STOCK. IT IS 
IN UNIVERSAL USE THROUGHOUT ALL STOCK RAIS- 
INC DISTRICTS. 
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Published in German also. Send for circulars to 
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Prices, complete, 
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Address 
BLOOMFIELD MFG. CO., 
34 Dey Street, New York. 
PULVERIZING HARROW, 
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Especially adapted to sod and hard clay where other 
Harrows utterly fail. The best tool in the world lor pre- 
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Editor of the American Agriculturist. See March number, 
pagesS4,96nnd 122. NASH «& BRO*, Sole Manufacturers. 
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