1877.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
309 
PARENTS 
buy SILVER TIPPED SHOES for 
your Children. You will find your 
shoe bills reduced one half. 
Fine Teas 
This Is a combination of capitalists to supply the con¬ 
sumers 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 proiit 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. O. Box 5509. NEW TORE CITY. 
YOU CAN BUY A 
Genuine Waltham Watch 
■without anv risk and without leaving your home. Write 
for our Price List, which is sent free and gives full par¬ 
ticulars. Address 
HOWARD Sc CO., No. 222 Fifth Avenue, New York. 
Mention Agriculturist token you write. 
HARDWARE and CUTLERY. 
Builders Hardware.— Everything necessarv for build¬ 
ing or repairing the House, Barn, or Outhouses, machin¬ 
ist s Hardware.— Screws, Washers, Bolts, Wrenches, etc. 
House Furnishing Goods, including Refrigerators, al¬ 
so Fanning Implements and Tools of all kinds 
JOSEPH T. FARRINGTON, 
32 Howard St., New York City. 
DIPLOMAS 
Agricultural societies. 
Specimens supplied by 
The Major & Knapp Engraving, Mfg. and Lithographing Co. 
B6 & GS Park Place, N. T. 
jpRIENj ^||^ i" are In any^rajMm 
we will witli pleasure send von a sample copy of our 
Monthly GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, with 
a descriptive nriee list of our latest, improvements in Hives, 
Honey Extractors, Artificial Comb, Section 
Honey Boxes, all Books and Journals, everything per¬ 
taining to Bee Culture. Nothing patented. Simply send 
your address on a postal card, written plainly, t 
. T Medit 
A. I. ROOT, 
linn, Ohio. 
THE 
PEOPLE, 50 pages, 40 engravings of houses, post-paid aoe. 
Send for it. GEO. PALLISEB. A rchitect. Bridgeport, Ct. 
Agricultural 
Insurance Company, of Watertom, N. T, 
Twenty-four years old. Total assets for the security of 
Policyholders January IsF. 1877, *1,050,622.00. Insures only 
Farm Property and Residences against fire and lightning. 
Takes no business risks. 
50 
MIXED CARDS, with name 10c. & stamp. 26 
sty les Acquaintance Cards, 10c. Samples for 3c. 
M. W. DOWD & CO.. Bristol, Conn. 
Paints, Roofing, Steam Pipe and Boiler Cover¬ 
ings, Steam Packing, Sheathings, Fire, Acid, and 
Water proof Coatings, Cements, &c. 
Send for Samples, Illustrated Catalogues, Price-Lists, &c. 
87 MAIDEM LAWE, MEW YORK. 
Invalid BbgiiZhxhg . 
ROLLING CHAIRS. 
MAD E. 
V/lWnxb&j Scn<l for 
Circular to 
FOLDING CHAIR CO., NEW HAVEN, CT. 
The Lancaster 
BUTTER CARRIER 
with a CUP for every print or pat, will enable von to 
market your butter in the best possible condition. All sizes 
and forms of Box and Cups made. Price $10 for a 48-pound 
carrier, with center Ice-box. Send for Circular. See adver¬ 
tisement with cut in June No., page 23^. 
E. L, RESH, Lancaster, Pa,, Pole Mannfaot. 
BUTTER WORKER. 
The most Effective, Pimple 
and Convenient Yet In vent¬ 
ed. Works 30 lbs. in 
, less tlmii 5 minutes, 
; thoroughly working out the 
buttermilk and mixing in 
the salt. Pend for circular 
and price lists. 
A. II. EE ID, 
No. 6 North 18th St., Pb.ln.IelpliSn, Pit, 
Q| spa how to moke, pack, preserve & COLOR. 
BE 4# I S Ba Utt Extract Rancidity. Dairymen's Receipts 
M for Soont stamp. M”" " “——■ - - - 11 
MRS. B. SMITH, 327 Arch St., Philada., Pa. 
NORNY’S 
Fruit Preserving’ Powder 
Is tasteless, and preserves all kinds of fruit, cither witli or 
without being air tight. This powder has been used for the 
last seven years in all the Slates of the Union, with perfect 
success. It retains a liner flavor than any other process. 
Price, 50 cents a box, which preserves 60 pounds of dressed 
fruit. Three boxes for One Dollar. Sent by mail, to 
any address, with lull directions. Usual discount to the trade. 
JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY & CO., 
602 Arch. St., Philadelphia, General Agents. 
S. B. JEROME & CO. 
Extra Quality Clocks. 
NEW HAVEN, CONN. 
(Established 18.'.6.) 
Manufacture various special 
novel and tasteful styles of 
DETATCHED 
Lever Time Pieces. 
They have substantial and dura¬ 
ble metal movements, with bal¬ 
ance wheel likea watch : will run 
in any position, and are of especial 
Value to the traveller. 
They are suitable for the Libra- 
IIIM1 rv, the Family Room, the Dining 
—A Room, the Sleeping Room, the 
Shop, the Stoi c, and the Cabin, 
and anv place where correct time 
is desirable. 
The “St. Nicholas,” imitation morocco. (4}(x4).$2.00 
The “Souvenir." turkey morocco, (tj^xli.. 2.50 
The “Cabinet,” black walnut. (lix4K>. see cut. 2.50 
The “ Boudoir,” octagon, morocco, (5 in.).. 3.50 
The “ Roslyn,” Scotch plaid. (6x4K). 4.00 
The “ Melrose." Scotch plaid, <6x4)3). mantel. 4.01 
The “ Holvrood,” polished white holly. (6x4>0. 4.00 
Accuracy and Durability Guaranteed. 
Carefully packed and sent salely by mail, post-paid, on 
receipt of price. 
CM H,GIBBS& CO.. 
ton Sr ..New i ork. Early Fruits'anrl Vegetables a Specialty. 
Our facilities for selling Hot-house anil early 
fruits are unsurpassed* References: Moore, Jenkins 
& Co., 12( Franklin St., N. Y. Market Reports sent lree. 
IMPERIAL EGG FOOD. 
FOR 
ALL VARIETIES 
OF 
POULTRY. 
LAYiNC HENS, 
YOUNG CHICKS, 
DUCKS, 
and 
TURKEYS. 
Trade Mark secured by Letters Patent 
WILL MAKE HENS LAY. 
Prevents and cures all common ailments and increases the profits of the Poultry Yard from 50 to 100 per cent. On 
application we will send circulars and testimonials from the best authorities on Poultry Matters in the country. Packages 
sent by mail on receipt of 50 cents for trial size. $1.00 and $2.00 for large packages. 
For sale by DruggiBts, Grocers, and Postmasters. 
WHOLESALE AGENTS. 
I John F. Henry & Co., New York. I Benson & Burpee, Philadelphia. 
| B. K. Bliss & Sons, New York. | K. E. Sellers & Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 
CHARLES R. ALLEN & CO., Proprietors, P. O. Box 103, Hartford, Conn. 
Potato Pests. 
Heins an Illustrated Account of the 
Colorado Potato-beetle 
AND THIS OTHER 
Insect Foes of the Potato 
IN NORTH AMERICA. 
With Suggestions for their Repression 
and Methods for their Destruction. 
BY 
CHARLES Y. RILEY, M. A., PH. D. 
(8TATR ENTOMOLOGIST OF MISSOURI.) 
FINELY ILLUSTRATED. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
THE COLORADO POTATO-BEETLE. 
Its Past History.—The Insect’s Native Home.—Rate at 
which it traveled.—How it traveled.—It spreads hut does 
not travel In the Sense of leaving one District for another.— 
Area Invaded by It.—Causes which limit its Spread.—How it 
affected the Price of Potatoes.—The Modification it has 
undergone.—Its Natural History.—Its Poisonous Qualities.— 
Its Food Plants.—The Beetle eats as well as the Larva.—Its 
Natural Enemies.—Remedies.—The Use of Paris Green.— 
Bogus Experiments —Alarm about the Insect Abroad.— 
Nomenclature.—Tlie Bogus Colorado Potato-beetle. 
OTHER INSECT FOES OF THE POTATO. 
The Stalk-borei:.—The Potato Stalk-weevil.—The 
Potato ok Tomato-wokm.—Blister-beetles. The Striped 
Blister-beetle. The Ash-gray Blister-beetle. The Black-rat 
Blister-beetle. The Black Blister-beetle. The Margined 
Blister-beetle.—T he Three-lined Potato-beetle.—The 
Cucumber Flea-beetle.—The Clubbed Tortoise-beetle. 
Price, Post-paid, paper covers, 50 cts.; cloth, 75 cts. 
NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 
Originally by RICHARD L, ALLEN. 
Revised and greatly enlarged 
Ry LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $2.50. 
Allen’s American Farm Book has been one of the standard 
farmers’ hand-books for twenty years; it is still a valuable 
boolc.hutnotupto the times; and as its author.Mr.R.L. Allen, 
could not give time to its revision, this was undertaken by 
his brother, Hon. Lewis F. Allen, the distinguished farmer 
of Erie county, editor of the American Shorthorn Herd- 
Book. The work is greatly enlarged, and full of suggestions 
from the rich experience of its editor and reviser, and is 
called the New American Farm Book. 
HARRIS OH THE PIG. 
Breeding , Bearing, Management , and Improvement, 
With numerous Illustrations. 
By JOSEPH HARRIS. 
PKICE, POST-PAID, $1.50. 
This is a most valuable treatise upon the breeding 
rearing, and management of swine, and is by one thorough¬ 
ly familiar with the whole subject. The points of the various 
English and American breeds are thoroughly discussed, and 
the great advantage of using thorongh-bred males clearly 
shown. The work is equally valuable to the farmer who 
keeps but few pigs, and to the breeder on an extensive scale 
Either of the above hooks sent post-paid on receipt of 
price by 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
