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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
April.] 
TEAS and COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PltlCES 
In Lots to Suit Customers. 
SPECIAL TERMS TO CLUB ORGANIZERS 
anti those who devote whole or part of time in 
selling our goods. 
SEND FOE NEW PRICE-LIST. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
(P. O. Box 5643.) 31 and 33 Vesey St., New York. 
Steam - Engines. 
FOR 1 & 77 . 
More effective and more complete, and more readily 
adapted to the various mechanical and agricultural uses 
than any other in the market. Practical improvements 
accumulated from twenty years’ manufacturing experience, 
with reputation maintained and success established. 
Send for Circulars, desorintive. and containing lestimoni- 
als concerning our PORTABLE STATIONARY 
and AGRICULTURAL STEAM-ENGINES. 
WOOD, TABER Sc WORSE, 
Madison Co., N. Y. 
CLIPPER Vertical Engines, off and on wheels! 
Price on wheels. 6 Horse Power, $485. 8 Horse on wheels. 
Price $700. Dry Steam Horizontal Engines, 8 Horse Pow¬ 
er Climax, on wheels, $045. Builders of Stationary Engines, 
4 styles, from 6 to 700 Horse Power. Corlis’s Engines, Extra 
Finish and cut off Engines. Crank Stationary, and Plain 
Finished Engines, Boilers, Circular Saw-Mills, &e. Succes¬ 
sors to Utica Steam Engine Co., formerly Wood& Mann, 
Established 1857. We have the largest line of Engine Pat¬ 
terns in United States. 
TAYLOR M A NUB 1 A ( TURIN G CO., 
Westminster, Maryland. 
Good responsible Agents wanted. 
Herald of Health for 1877 
anil 4 hack Nos. free $1.OO. Samples 10 cents. 
Eatingfor Strength, or how to feed ones self so as to main¬ 
tain health, $1.00. Liver Complaint, Headache and Nervous 
Dyspepsia, their Cause. Prevention, and Cure, by Hygiene, 
$1.00. All the above, $3.50. Circulars free. See Dec. Agri¬ 
culturist. WOOD & HOLBROOK, 
13 & 15 Laiglit St., New York. 
“NEW ROCHELLE.” 
A wonderful Raspberry. Send for a circular. 
S. P. CARPENTER, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
SEED. No. 1 plants, $2.50 per 1,000, packed. New 
seed, $2 per peck; $7 per bushel. 
GOLDEN MILLET SEED, $1.25 per bushel. I 
raised 8)4 tons of splendid bay to the acre. Address 
BENJ. H. BROWN, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 
BUTTER WORKER. 
The most Effective, Simple 
and Convenient Yet Invent¬ 
ed Works 30 lbs. in 
, less than 5 minutes, 
' thoroughly working out the 
buttermilk and mixing in 
the salt. Send for circular 
and price lists. 
A. H. REID, 
No. 6 NortU 18th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
BUTTER 
Butter a Golden Yellow N 
COLOR, far anperior to Anetto; does, 
not make red or rancid like it, but fleet 1 
l Yellow Natural Color. Awarded CKNTENNIAI 
P 1 IZK MEDAL. For Sale by Counlr Stores and Druggiati. Cir ‘ 
eulars free, a sample by mail, to color 61) lbs. of Butter, 15 Cts 
Agents wanted MRS.B.SMtTH. *57 Areh St. Pbllade. 
Best in the World. Only one does not color the bub 
termilk, If added before churning. 
TO COLOR BUTTER! 
EVERY DAIRYMAN SHOULD USE 
WELLS, RICHAHDSOIT & CO.’S 
PERFECTED BUTTER COLOR. 
It j addS ; nve ! ^ent^rcr^oun^O ( tti^valne^ 
^ jTgives a pure"rich llnntTcfloirToIor 'r 
If in11'a rts no taste or smell. 
"^ ^isjisjmrnil cs-Taysalt 
- It^sbetterthanCarrots. 
l^'^tt^tTmiiryumittto. 
It”is 1 '_i wither coloring. 
Foroig~oir<lome^crilquiyor solid . 
EST" A sample sufficient to color fifty pounds of butter 
will be sent to any address, postpaid, on receipt of ten cents. 
Every Dairyman who wiBhes to realize the highest price 
should give it a trial now. 
VW An energetic man wanted toad as agent in every 
town. Liberal terms to the right man. For terms and 
territory, Address at once, 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., 
Burlington, Vermont. 
INSURANCE COMPANY, 
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 
261 , 262 , 263 Broadway. 
-««—ORGANIZE® 1850—- 
ASSETS, $4,827,176.52 
SURPLUS, $820,000 
EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY 
ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS 
ALL ENDOWMENT POLICIES 
AND 
APPROVED CLAIMS 
MATURING IN 1877 
WELL BE 
AT 7 i 
ON PRESENTATION. 
JAMES BUELL, - - PRESIDENT. 
€. M. MARVIN, General Agent, 
301 Broadway, It. Y. 
STEEL PENS, 
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. 
No. 91 John St., New York. 
HENRY HOE, Sole Agent. JOSEPH GILL0TT & SONS. 
Send Us Fifteen Cents 
and receive | W pages N ew MU SIC by 
return mail, “ • worth in sheet music 
form §3.00. The FOLIO. 
WHITE, SMITH & CO., BOSTON, MASS. 
A NKW DEPARTU1!E .—Traveling and local sales- 
_OL men wanted. STAPLE GOODS. NO PEDDDING. 
Salary $75 a month. Hotel and traveling expenses paid. S. 
A. GRANT & CO., manufacturers of ENVELOPES and 
PAPER, 2,4, 6, and 8 Home St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Ba s ama aaM Mta VALUABLE INFORMATION 
mill jgfTOKniS That will enable any Reliable, Ke- 
■ml L „ "BaH spcrtahlc man to establish a PAY" 
BRgBKffiSM IJVG BUSINESS in his own town, 
may be obtained by addressing the undersigned. 
Manager A. C. CO., Auburn, N. Y. 
WIVES AM) DAUGHTERS WANTED 
in every town east of the Mississippi river, except in Illinois, 
Indiana, and Michigan, to sell the best patented Corset 
ever offered. Iieady sales! Large profits! 
Address WM. II. HYDE & CO., 
No. 1 Todd’s Block, iNew Haven, Conn. 
MOUSTACHE PROTECTOR. 
Will fit any ^§The best "selling novelty 
for Agents. Gents must 
have it. Ladies! get it 
for them. Only 25.cts. 
by mail. Circulars free 
as air. Storekeepers 
send for it. 
C. H. BARROWS, 
Patentee, 
Willimantic, Conn. 
1 white cards, and 15 samples. 
/I CL your name on all. Agents’ 
/ I ' | circular, &c., for 10c. and 
1 9J 3c. stamp. “ None nicer in 
the world at any price”— 
‘•neatest and best we ever saw',’- 
“ never so well suited before or 
like expressions come by nearly everv 
mail.—One agent says, “Double your priees. yon beat them 
all.” Another says, “ I know of more than fifty places to 
get cards and like yours best.’’ Mr. Hodgkin, P. O. clerk at 
Salem, Oregon, sent me orders amounting to nearly $100, 
shortly after getting my circular. 
W. C. CANNON, Box 279, Boston. Mass. 
P. S.— If yon don’t wish for Cards yourself, send for the 
Sample Pack, and set some poor fellow, who’s out of work, to 
canvassing. Many of my agents are doing first-rate. W. C. C. 
Tbe Maiplar Clrara 
and 
Butter-worker. 
Simple, efficient, and always 
reliable. No inside fixtures. 5 
sizes made. Endorsed by leading 
Dairymen. Agents wanted where 
we have none. Send for circulars. 
CORNISH & CURTIS. 
Fort Atkinson, Wis, 
BOOK AGENTS HARVEST. 
The original and only authorized record of the 
LIVES AND LABORS OF 
MOODY & SANKEY 
AND 
MARK TWAIN’S 
“ ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER,'’ 
are the two books with which agents are winning success 
and money. They distance everything on the course. Send 
for our free circulars and see for yourselves. 
Address AMEUICAN PUB. CO., Hartford, Conn., 
Chicago, Ill., Cincinnati, O. 
AGENTS WANTED for the NEW 
FARMER’S BOOK. 
Gives full information on all kinds of Farm-work, Drain¬ 
age, Fertilizers. Rotation of Crops, and Farm-Stock. In¬ 
cludes a most valuable and practical treatise on House¬ 
building, and book of Legal forms and Laws for farmers. 
The most valuable Farmer's Book ever published. For full 
description and terms, address 
.1. C. McCURDY & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Mark Twain’s Patent Self-Pasting 
Scrap Book. 
Prices from $1.25 to $3.50 each, 
including postage. 
Send for a de criptive Cir¬ 
cular. 
SLOTE, WOODMAN & CO., 
119 & 131 William Street, 
New York. 
21.000 
FACTS for working men of every 
trade are in our new Illustrated 
FARMERS’ &t MECHANICS’ 
MANUAL. Edited by Geo. E. Waring, Jr. Its labor- 
saving tables, calculations, diagrams, rules,211 illustrations, 
and 506 octavo pages, sell the book at sight. $3. Sent on 
receipt of price. Agents Wanted. 
E. B. TREAT, Publisher, 805 Broadway, N. Y. 
FARMING 
WITH GREEN MANURES. 
On Plumgrove Farm, by C. HARLAN, M.D. 
CONTENTS. 
Chap. 12. White Mustard. 
ic Acid, Potash 
2. Covering the Soil. 
3. Surface Manuring. 
4. Water as a Solvent 
5. Tillage a Manure. 
6. Green Manures.. 
7. Green Corn as a 
Mulch for Wheat. 
8. Hungarian Millet. 
9. Green Clover. 
10. Green Eye. 
“ 11. Green Buckwheat. 
Price, post-paid, 50 cents. 
ORANGE JUDD CO., 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
Feeding Grain for 
Manure. 
16. Forage for the 
Horses on the Farm. 
17. Loss of Manure. 
18. John Johnston and 
others on Raising 
Wheat. 
19. The Preservation of 
Health on the Farm. 
I 
Send One Dollar for the Pocket Edition of 
WEBSTER’S DICTI ONARY 
Contains 18,000 Words, Rules of Spelling, Tables 
of Money, Weights and Measures; Abbreviations, 
Words, Phrases, Proverbs, &c.,from the Greek, the 
Latin,and the Modern Languages. Morocco Tucks, 
Gilt Edges. By mail.when not otherwise obtainable, 
on receipt of $ 1 . 00 . For sale by dealers generally. 
IVIS0N, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR & CO., 
Publishers Webster’s School Dictionaries, 
138 and 140 Grand St.. New York. 
THE” MORNING HOUR. a . 
Now ready for agents. The great family subscription book 
of the year. Meets a daily household want. I he author is 
everywhere known. His other books have had a great sale, 
and are iu constant demand. This is his crowning work. 
Exclusive territory. For full particulars, address, 
J. H. EARLE, Boston, Mass. 
“ Palliser’s Mel Homes for tie People.” 
50 pages, 40 engravings of houses and plans to suit every 
taste, post-paid, 25 cents. Evety reader of the American 
Agriculturist should have it. It gives prices of houses and 
cost of plans and specifications. Send for one. 
GEORGE PALLISER, Architect, Bridgeport, Conn. 
WOMAN on the AMERICAN FRONTIER. 
A valuable and authentic history of the heroism, adven¬ 
tures, trials, privations, captivities, and noble lives and 
deaths of the pioneer MOTHERS of the Republic. 
Illustrated with full page engravings. 
AN INTENSELY INTERESTING BOOK. 
Intelligent men and women wanted as agents. Address 
S. S. SCRANTON & CO., Hartford. Conn. 
and STEREOPTICONS. CENTENNIAL MEDAL 
and DIPLOMA. 74-page Catalogue, u l> 
STTN D A Y'^CHoViTs,' PARLOR ENTERTAI N- 
MENTS, md^PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS. Fays well. 
Small capital required for an outfit. 
McALLISTER, Mfa. Optician, 49 Nassau St., N. 4 ■ 
■0^1 BEAUTIFUL PORTRAITS from 
■S 3 ” TT**8i rmnninn Cnvd Photographs. &c. Description 
m prices free. We want Agents and will 
ItWsrannay them well. A splendid business. 
Address TEN EYCK & CO., Auburn,N.Y. 
BUY A I 200 Eastern Shore Farms. Easy terms. 
FARM! Northern neighbors. Free catalogue. 
J C. Plummer, Cambridge & E. New Market, Dor. Co., Md. 
