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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Fine Teas. 
Burners of Teas throughout the United States on the mutual 
principle. 
We expect every consumer of Teas to render us all the 
assistance they can in carrying out our enterprise, as we 
make a specialty of SUPPLYING CONSUMERS ONLY, 
(and allow no middlemen to make any profit on our im¬ 
portations,) which will enable us to supply them witli Teas 
at prices lower than have ever been known, and of those 
fine qualities that seldom reach the interior, being sold only 
in large cities and among the very wealthy. 
SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 
CONSUMERS’ IMPORTING TEA CO., 
No. 8 Church Street, 
P. 0. Box 5509. NEW YORK CITY. 
PARENTS 
buy TIPPED SHOES for your Chil¬ 
dren. Neatness, Comfort, and Economy 
alike demand it. 
yoTT can buy a 
Genuine Waltham Watch 
without any risk and without leaving your home. Write 
for our Price List, Which is sent free and gives full par- 
tieulars. Address 
HOWARD Sc CO., No. 322 Fifth Avenue, New York. 
Mention Agriculturist when you write. 
IKTALXD BBCffiZHlNG 
ROLLING CHAIRS. 
nd for 
Circular to 
CHAIR CO., NEW MAYEN, CT. 
fill A 0 U PTBBCJ P. flfl General Commission 
Ulmo. Ill UIDBU (X III).. Merchants, 252 Washing- 
ton St.;New York. Early Fruits'and Vegetables a Specialty. 
Oar facilities for selling Hot-house and early 
fruits are unsurpassed. References: Moore, Jenkins 
& Co., 127 Franklin St., N. Y. Market Reports sent free. 
HW JOHNS' _ PATENT 
second to no others in the market in purity, richness and 
permanency of color, beauty of finish and durability. They 
are prepared ready for the brush in twelve newest shades 
and standard colors, suitable for the tasteful decoration of 
all classes of buildings, inside and out, and for all purposes 
where a perfect protective coating is required. 
Owing to the wonderful covering properties of these paints, 
the fanner, merchant, or manufacturer can, by their use, 
preserve and beautify their buildings, fences, or other wood 
and iron work, at from one-half to’ two-thirds of the usual 
cost of other ready mixed paints, or white lead and linseed 
oil. TW These Paints are sold by standard U. S. gallon 
measure, and our packages contain torn eight to twelve 
pee cent MoitE PATNT than those usually sold. 
THE ASBESTOS PAINTS contain no water, alka¬ 
li, or other useless or deleterious Ingredients such ns are 
used in nearly all the liquid or so-called chemical paints, and 
are guaranteed to be the most durable paints in the world 
for outside work. Send for samples. 
ASBESTOS ROOF PAINT. For tin and shingle 
roofs, iron work, agricultural implements, fences, out¬ 
buildings, &c. We guarantee this to be a better article than 
hasever before been offered, to the public for similar purpo- 
Hi ’ ‘ *•*- ' jn the world fthe Pernia- 
ses. The largest area of tin roof in the world ftbe 
nent Exhibition Building at Philadelphia,) which was in very 
leaky condition, has been painted and restored with this 
Paint where all others had failed. 
ASBESTOS FIRE PROOF PAINT, white or light 
tints; tor the protection of Factories, Bridges. Boiler 
Booms, and other wooden structures in danger of ignition 
from sparks, cinders, or flames. It is also an economical and 
desirable substitute for White Lead for preserving the class 
of Outbuildings, Fences, etc., which are usually left un¬ 
painted. 
Roofing, Sheathing, Steam-Pipe and Boiler 
Coverings, Steam Packing, Ac. 
All these materials are prepared ready for use, in neat 
and compact form, are suitable for all climates, and can 
be easily applied by any one. Liberal inducements to Gen¬ 
eral Merchants, Dealers, and Large Consumers. 
BEND FOR SAMPLES. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES, 
PRICE LISTS, &c. 
H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING CO., 
87 Maiden Lane, New York. 
(PHILADELPHIA BRANCH. 406 Arch St. 
DOWNIE. TRAINER & CO., Boston. 
I F. H. WILSON, Baltimore. 
Also for I S. W. HEMPSTED & CO., Columbus, O. 
sale by IT. S. & A. J. KIRKWOOD, Chicago. , . 
M. M. BUCK & CO., St. Louis. 
C. A. PARKER & CO.. New Orleans. 
THOMPSON & UPSON, San Francisco. 
Your Clothes!! 
DO YOU LIVE 
Away from Good Tailors 
or Clothing Stores? 
If so, you can get any Suit or 
Garment you want, made just as 
you want it, Very Cheap,— 
generally far Cheaper than you 
can get it near home.—Send to 
Foote & Richardson, 
245 Broadway, New York, 
for free samples of cloths, of any 
kind and cost you want. They 
will send exact cost of each, and 
plain rales for measuring your¬ 
self. If you like samples and 
prices, you can quickly get any 
garment you want. See June 
“American Agriculturist,” p. 230. 
HARDWARE and CUTLERY. 
Builders Hardware.— Everything necessary for build¬ 
ing or repairing the House, Barn, or Outhouses. Machin¬ 
ists Hardware.— Screws. Washers, Bolts, Wrenches, etc. 
House Furnishing Goods, including Refrigerators, al¬ 
so Farming Implements and Tools of all kinds 
PRODUCE COMMIS- 
MERCHANTS. 
E. & 0. WARD, p sk3n 
Sole AgentB for Alex. Hornby’s Steam-cooked White Wheat 
and Oat Meal. No. 279 Washington-st.. N. Y. 
(Est'd 1845.) Ref., Irving National Bank, New York City. 
RUFUS L. COLE, 
PRODUCE COMMIS- 
, SION MERCHANT, 
141 Rrade St., New Yorki Established in 1852. Market 
reports and shipping directions sent free on application. 
COMMISSION HOUSE of F. HOPP & CO., 
Y^31i Washington St., N.Y. Good sales and prompt re¬ 
turns. Send for Weekly Price Current and Shipping Plate. 
The Farm-Yard 
Club of Jotham. 
An Account of the Families and 
Farms of that Famous Town. 
By 
GEORGE B. L0RING. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
The Farm-Yard Club of Jotham, an Account of the Fami¬ 
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the information which both the amateur and the professional 
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Tne number and excellence of the illustrations deserve spe¬ 
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skillfully executed, and having, moreover, a peculiar ap¬ 
propriateness.— Globe, Boston, Mass. 
Dr. Loring has given us a book which is at once cyclopedic 
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interesting as a story, for the bright thread of real life and 
loye that runs through it.— Golden Rule. 
Octavo, 603 pages, with 70 Illustrations of Characters, Coun¬ 
try Scenes. Farm Animals, and Implements, by Champney, 
Rose, Latbrop, Forbes, and others. Price, post-paid, $3.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadwat, New York. 
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Suited to the wants of Architects, 
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Frame or Brick Buildings of any 
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Woollett’s Villas and Cottages; 
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Contains Twenty Plates, showing Eighteen Modern and 
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Illustrated by 32 Original Plates fully described and drawn 
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Containing Twelve Folio Plates, showing Twelve Designs 
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