80 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
February], 
GREAT DEDUCTION. 
TEAS and COFFEES 
At Wholesale Prices. 
Increased Facilities to Club Organizers. 
Send for New Price-List. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
(P. O. Box 5643.) 31 and 33 Vesey St., New York. 
THE 
The cheapest and best Portable 
Engine offered to the Public. 
PRICE— 4 Horse-Power. 
.$300. 
,l (j ** m 
. 400. 
“ 7 “ “ 
. 475. 
“ SM “ “ . 
. 540. 
“ r> “ “ . 
. 725. 
“ 15 “ “ . 
. 800. 
Price of Stationary Eng 
ines: 
4 Horse-Power. 
....$150. 
6 “ “ ... 
_ 175. 
7 to S'A Horse-Power. 
12 to 15 “ “ . 
_ 225. 
.... 300. 
Send for illustrated Circular and 
Price List. 
H. B. BIGELOW & CO., 
New Haven, Conn. 
NEW AGRICULTURAL 
Steam - Engines. 
FOR 1875. 
More effective and more complete, and more readily 
adapted to the various 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, descriptive, and containing testimoni¬ 
als concerning our PORTABLE, STATIONARY 
and AGRICULTURAL STEAM-ENGINES. 
WOOD, TABER & MORSE, 
Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y. 
Wolcott Bros., 
REAL ESTATE BROKERS, 
TOLEDO, O. 
Farms in Ohio and Michigan a specialty. 
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 
KNOX FRUIT-FARM AM) NURSERIES, 
Great Offers of Plants and Seeds, Fruits 
and Flowers for 1876. 
18 Flowering Plants ky Mail, Prepaid 
for $1.10 
Our catalogue of FRUITS and FLOWERS, and our cata¬ 
logue of Seeds mailed to all applicants free. 
Address K1VOX FRUIT-FARM CO., 
Box 115 Pittsburgh, Pa. 
The G-ortner Planter Company, 
FRAZEYSBUP.G, OHIO, 
Manufacture the best 
Hand Corst Planter® 
Patented Nov. 5, 1812, and April 29, 1873. Deceived the 
first premium at Ohio State Fair. Thousands ofthem in use. 
Every machine warranted. Sold in one-half dozen pacts 
for $9.00 per puck, cash. Money can he sent in registered 
letter or by express. Satisfaction guaranteed, or the money 
returned on return of machines. 
Agents wanted everywhere. Send for circulars. 
Address H.GORTNER. Secretary, 
Frazeysburg, Ohio. 
Mi lie B^ssr-tai in Westchester Co., 
N. Y.- To let. on shares. Address 
JOHN JAY, 22 North Washington Square, New York. 
A NOVEL IDEA. 
$4.06 for $2. 
e pv _ 
Mary L. Booth, Dr. W. W. Hall, James _ . 
liver to each subscriber’s nearest freight Uepot, or Express office, east of the Miss 
one of their “ PREMIUM BOXES” containing the following articles, viz.: 
it* 
One cake of E. Morgan Sons’ Sapolio. Price, 10 cents foa-sciff 
One cake of E. Morgan Sons’ Hand Sjpm.ro . “ in “ s 2 ”2 c-R-’-'o 
One cake of E. Morgan Sons’ Hand Sapolio. 
One package—^ lb.—D uryea’s Satin Gloss Starch. 
One package— y t lb.— Dcryea’s Improved Corn Starch. 
One box Bixby’s Best Blacking. 
One box Bixby’s French Bluing. 
One package Dixon’s Stove Polish. 
One of Dixon’s American Graphite Pencils. 
One package—K lb.—S chepp’S Desiccated Cocoanut .. . 
One BOX-M lb.—R oyal Baking Powder. 
One bottle Royal Celery Salt. 
One cake Jesse Oakley & Co.’s King Soap_ 
Hi- „ = One package F. E. Smith & Co.’s Crushed White Wheat" 
S ° ^ Onk bottle Spaulding s Prepared Glue, with Brush. 
Jol^Sr.g 
O)« Fco ££££ 
&!!fjsj§ 
pc 
.sS- 2172 
!5 = s|i^ 
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10 
8 
8 
10 
10 
10 
10 
20 
15 
25 
10 
15 
25 
5 
15 
Total.....*2.06 
And the HOUSEKEEPER one year, Postage paid, for........ 2.00 
One box -J. Monroe Taylor’s Gold Medal Washing Crystal" 
One package— 1 lb.—S. Wild’s Sons’ Prepared Rice Flour. 
ssJ^ 
^ to “ P.g ^3T<t ^,£.3' 
3SS8§5<yg^I“ 
“ rS , 3§ 
I ®HO "M, p- M 
*f3g.£&5*2 s 
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Making a total, as above announced, of ...for $3 
The prices above quoted are the THE USUAL NEW YORK CITY RETAIL PRICES, and the goods are 
Uictieshest and best in their line, lhe names ol the Manufacturers who contribute the goods is our guarantee of respon¬ 
sibility and honorable dealing. 
In addition to above liberal offer, we allow AGENTS A LARGE CASH COMMISSION, 
mis is n nue chance for enterprising agents to make money rapidly and secure a permanent business. 
AGENTS will save time by sending $2, for which we will forward, prepaid, a “ PREMIUM BOS,” Certificate 
of Agency, Sample Copies, Posters, etc.—A COMPLETE OUTFIT. 
Address CHAS. F. WINGATE & CO., (Limited), Publishers, 
Sample copy sent, postpaid, on receipt of 10 cents. 69 Duane St., New York. P, 0, Box 5,346. 
Mention American Agriculturist. 
The BEST PRAIRIE LANDS in IOWA and NEBRASKA! 
FOR SALE BY" THE 
Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Go. 
LOW PHICES! 
10 YEARS CREDIT! SIX PER CENT INTEREST! 
m PAYMEHT ON PRINCIPAL TILL FOURTH YEAR. 
Read anti Re member ouv Offers, open till .July 1st, 1870. 
Discount in Iowa of 20 per cent for cash. Discount In Nebraska of 20 per cent for improvements. Discount of 20 per 
cent to buyers on short credit. Prejnium of 20 per cent on cultivation of land. Free fare by the “ Burlington Route " to 
buyers of Iowa Land. Half fare by “ Burlington Route ” iu Illinois and Iowa, and free fare in Nebraska, to buyers of Ne¬ 
braska Land. Half first-class fare by “ Burlington Route ” to families of buyers. Low freight on household goods and 
farming implements, from Chicago westward, by the “ Burlington Route.” 
ONE MILLION ACRES IN IOWA AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA! 
U3?“ A fine country in which to combine Farming and Stock Raising. The SOIL is rich and easily cultivated; 
CLIMATE warm, SEASONS long, TAXES low; EDUCATION FREE. 
LAMB EXPLORING TICKETS 
Sold at Important stations on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and cost of same refunded when land is bought. 
TTT For circulars that will describe fully these lands, and the terms of sale, apply to or address 
LAID COMMISSIONER, IS. & M. R. R. R. 
■ Burlington, Iowa, for Iowa Lands, 
or Lincoln, Neb., for Nebraska Lands 
Sectional Maps, showing lands unsold In Iowa, will be forwarded on receipt of thirty cents, and a similar map of un¬ 
sold lands in Nebraska, for same price. 
H0VEY & CO., 
53 North Market Street, Boston. 
OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 
OF 
New and Rare Plantsfor 1876 
Will be issued in February, containing many novelties and 
beautiful plants, and will he mailed free to all applicants on 
the receipt of two three-cent stamps. 
OSES, VERBENA 
- AMD EXHIBITION PLANT 
ukes Meciai at Exposition 
K i 
BEDDING 
Sweepstak 
Fine Stock at Low Figures. Catalogue FREE. 
Address 15. I*. CR1TCHEIX, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
S 
SEED CATALOGUES FREE. A ^"‘ 
FLOWERS and VEGETABLES. Best SEEDS 
in the world; sure to grow; large packets; low prices. 
Books, Papers and Chromes as premiums. Address 
COLE & BROTHER, Seedsmen, Pella, Iowa. 
The Victor Potato. 
Yields 500 Bushels per acre. Cooks white 
as snow. Testimonials furnished. 
Sent post-paid, Two ibs., whole potatoes, 75 cfs.; 75 eyes, 
SI: 150 eves, $1.50: by express as freight, paid by purchaser, 
one peck, $2.00; one bushel, $5.00, onebbl., $10. Discount 
to Granges. Address all orders to 
A. C. ASHALD, Garrcttsvilie, Ohio. 
TO THE TRADE. 7 
\ choice collection oF POPULAR PLANTS 
for the Spring Sale of 1876. 1179” Send for price list. 
L. B. CASE, Richmond, Inti. 
For 2.7 cts. I will send a package of Sugar 
Trough Gourd Seed, one of Verbena, Pansy, 
and Double Zinnia, and my Quarterly Cata- 
I logue for one year. T’lie Gourds grow by 
the acre, to hold two buckets full each, and 
I exhibited one at the Agriculturist office 
_ that held over eleven gallons. We use them 
for baskets, lard cans, &c., &c. The flower seeds are the 
choicest. Address WALDO F. BROWN, 
Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 
S TAR OF THE WEST, the best Strawberry—100 
acres in Small Fruits—Colossal Asparagus Seed—Millions 
of Trees and Plants at Pomona Nursery. Send for 
Circular. WM. PAliRY, Cinunminson, N. J. 
I TIOR SALE. RARE CHANCE.— A Greenhouse, 
^ nearly new, well stocked, good local business establish¬ 
ed. 7 minutes walk from depot; also 2 acres excellent land. 
Address EDWARD A. JAMES, Weymouth, Mass. 
ADVERTISING BATES. 
American Agriculturist. 
F.rVGI.ISIV KDITIOH. 
Ordinary Pages. SI .50 per'line (agate), each insertion. 
Last Page, and Third Cover Page, S3 per line. 
Second Cover Page—'. S3.50 per line. 
1‘age next to Reading and Last Cover l‘age— S3.00 per line. 
No advertisement taken forless than $4.50 each insertion. 
liFJliHM EWITIOH. 
Inside I'ages, 25 cents per line, each insertion. 
Business Notices and Last Page. 40 cents per line. 
No advertisement taken for less than $1.00 eacli insertion. 
8®”No Advertisement of Medicines or Humbugs received. 
Address all orders to 
ORANGE .TUDD COMPANY. 
245 Broadway’, Nrtw York. 
