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AMERICAN AGrRICUXjTUIRIST. 
(CrspvIiAB.) 
Consumers’ Importing Tea Co.,) 
No. 8 Church. Street, r 
IP. O. S5ox 5,509. New York. City. ) 
This is a combination of capitalists to supply tlie consum¬ 
ers of Teas througliout the United States on the mutual 
principle 
We have experienced agents in all the best districts of 
China and Japan to select Teas especially for onr'trade. 
IVe 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 impor¬ 
tations), which will enable us to supply them with Teas at 
prices lower than have ever been known, and of those line 
qualities that seldom reach the interior, beipg sold only in 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will take an interest In our enter¬ 
prise, and semi at once for a circular with full explanations 
of how to proceed to obtain our goods, we remain. 
Most respectfully yours, 
Consumers’ Importing Tea Co., 
P. O. Box 3,509. 
No. S Church Street, 
New York City. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in January, 1874, 
by the Consumers’Importing Tea Co., in the Office of the 
Librarian of Congress. Washington, I). C. 
dump. 
An elegant New, Square Grain! Ariou Piano, V/ 3 
Octaves, Rosewood, Four Round Corners, Extra Carved 
Legs, Arion Scroll Desk and Carved Lyre. The List Price of 
this elegant instrument is $830, hut it will be sold at a 
very large discount for cash. 
Address GEO. T. TIMPSON, 
26 Broad St., New York. 
And Hot 
1 Wear Out. 
For sale by Watchmakers. By mail, 30 cents. Circulars 
free. J. S. BIRCH, 37 Maiden Lane, New York. 
STENCIL ™ s. 
For cutting business 
Stencils, all sizes. Also 
complete outfits for 
Clothing stencils and Key Checks, with which young men are 
making from $3 to $20 a day. Send for Catalogue and samples 
to S. M. SPENCER, 347 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 
W A. COVEKT, Produce Cosm» 
o mission Merchant, No. 112 Warren St., New 
York. “Quick sales and prompt returns.” IS”Send for 
my weekly Price-current and Marking Plate, gn 
Wholesale! Retail! 
Pure, fresh, reliable flower and garden seeds. Send for 
catalogue. See our nursery advertisement of best raspberry, 
etc., in another column. W. L. FERRIS, Jr.., & CO.. 
Dutchess Nurseries, established 1SG3. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
THE BRAHMA FOWL 
By LEWIS WRIGHT, 
Author of '■‘■The Practical Poultry Keeperand “The 
Illustrated Book of Poultry." 
CONTENTS.—Chapter I. '['lie Origin of Brahmas.—Chap¬ 
ter II. Economic Qualities and Management of the Brahma 
as a Stock Fowl.—Chapter III. Characteristics of Dark and 
Light Brahmas as Bred for Exhibition.—Chapter IV. The 
Practical Breeding, Rearing, and Management of Brahmas 
for Exhibition.—Chapter V. The Judging of Brahmas. 
Elegantly Illustrated wilh numerous colored lithographs 
and wood cuts. PRICE, POST-PAID, $2.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
A $10 Book in Size and Style for $9. 
Vol. 1, Woorleu and 
Briefs Build iugj 
contains SO 9x12 plates of 
designs for Cottages, Su¬ 
burban and Farm Houses, 
costing$1,000 and upwards; 
also specifications and de- 
g tails. Sent to any address 
free by mail or express, on 
receipt of price, $9.00. 
ORANGE JUDD CO.. 
_245 Broadway, N. Y. 
A $10 Book in Size and Style for $9. 
Vol. 55, ‘’•Wooden and Brink 
Buildings.” contains 80 9x12 plates 
of modern designs for Stores, Banks, 
School-Houses, Churches, Cottages, Ont- 
Buildings, Summer-Houses. Iee-Houses, 
Boat-Houses, Gateways, and Fences, also 
Exterior and Interior details, etc., etc. 
Sent to any address free, bv mail or ex¬ 
press, on receipt of price, $9.00. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
ESTABLISHED 1837. 
We offer the above brand of White Lead to the public 
with the positive assurance that it is 
PERFECTLY PURE. 
For sale by dealers generally. 
ECKSTEIN, JHISJLHjS & CO., 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 
NOTE .—Consumers will consult their INTEREST bv 
bearing in mind that a large proportion of the article sold 
as PURE WHITE LEAD, is adulterated to the extent 
of from 50 to 90 per cent; and much of it does not contain a 
particle of Lead. 
savrm.nL fruit 
A work of 04 pages, that tells how to grow fruits in abundance for 
home use or market, having drawings to illustrate, etc., etc. 
Price, 25 cents, postpaid. our p py it Recorder and Cot" 
tag© Gardener^ a monthly paper, devoted to fruitgrow¬ 
ing, truck raising and home’s adornment, at $1.00 per year. Most 
liberal terms to club agents of any paper in this country. A 
specimen copy as well as our wholesale and retail price list of 
plants and trees free to applicant. Address A. M. PURDY & CO., 
Rochester, N. Y., or PURDY & DOKLAND, South Bend, Indiana. 
CONQUEROR TOMATO lEEDS, 
For 10 cents we will send free to any address, a large 
packet of this splendid early tomato, and a copy of our 
New Catalogue of Select Seeds, Choice £eed 
Potatoes, Vegetable Plants, «Ste. Our stock isiirsl- 
cluss, and rates Very Low. 
TILLINGHAST BROS., 
Factoryville, "Wyoming Co., Pa. 
C ENTENNIAL, HYBRID POTATO. Choice 
Novelty, 10 eyes, SI- Also Lounshury’s Perfection 
Potato. Beet new seedling from Early Rose, 1 111., $1. Pre¬ 
paid. JOHN W. LOUNSBURY, Cannons Station. Conn. 
STEAM ENGINES FOE 
CHEESE FACTORIES, &c 
“ Tile Iron Slave,” First Premium New York State Fair, 
1875. Also many other great improvements in Cheese and 
Butter-making apparatus. Send for circular. 
CHARLES MILLAR & SON, U tica . N. Y. 
THE JONES SYSTEM. 
Direct sales to I He user. All sales on trial* 
Freight. Fait Paid. 
No risk to the purchaser, as no money is paid until you 
are satisfied. The Jones System will bring your groods at 
lower prices. Will you try it, or continue to sustain mono¬ 
polies.—For free Trice List of Scales address 
JONES, of Binghamton, N. T. 
TOOLS. 
of all hinds for Fanners. Blacksmiths, Carpen¬ 
ters, and all classes of Mechanics. Illustrated 
Catalogues free to auy address. GOODNOW & 
WIGHTMAN, 23 Corniiill, Boston, Mass. 
I M)OT LATHES, Scroll Saws, Tools for meclian- 
1 ics and amateurs, Farm Shop outfits. Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue Free. Jackson & Tyler, 16 German St., Baltimore,Md. 
Boiarta’s Patent Uniiersal Eccentric lilts 
for Grinding Bones, Pot Shells, Ores, Old Crncibles„Fire 
Clay, Guanos, Oil Cake, Feed, Corn and Col), Tobacco, Snuff, 
Sugar. Salts, Roots, Spices, Coffee, Cocoanut, Tomatoes, 
Saw-dnst, Flax Seed, Asbestos, Mica, Horn, etc., and what¬ 
ever cannot he ground by other Mills. Also for Paints, 
Printers’ Inks, Paste, Blacking, etc. 
JOHN "W. THOMSON, Successor to James Bogaiidus, 
Cor. White and Elm Sts., N. Y. 
ROOFING, Fire and Waterproof ROOF COAT¬ 
INGS, ROOF PAINT, CEMENT for repairing leaky 
roofs. PAINTS, all colors, for villas, cottages, outbuild¬ 
ings, fences, &c. SHEATHING FELTS, MOTII 
PROOF CARPET LINING. Steam Pipe ami 
Boiler Coverings, Steam Packing, &c. Ready lor 
use, and easily applied. Send for Pamphlets, Price Lists, &c. 
H. W. JOHNS, 87 Maiden Lane, N. Y. 
Our New Descriptive 
CATALOGUE 
of Flower and Vegetable 
SEEDS, 
Grains, Grasses, Small Fruits, 
AND GARDEN REQUISITES 
is now ready for mailing to all who enclose ten cents. 
To old customers it will he sent gratis. 
R. U* ALLEN & C© 0? 
P. O. "Box S7G 
189 & 191 Water St., New York. 
Market Gardeners 
AND 
FLORISTS 
"WILL BE SENT OUR 
WHOLESALE LIST of 
FLOWER & VEGETABLE PLANTS 
And SEEDS, 
ON APPLICATION. 
85 Cortlandt Street, 
NEW YORK. 
. GOOD ffjEEBS "" 
Grown with care and painstaking from selected stocks 
always pay* Try mine. Sec advertisement “All About 
Gardening. J. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, 
Rockford, Illinois. 
OUR 
NEW CATALOGUE 
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SENT FREE. 
Geo. S. Haskell & Co., 
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 
StAWIM 
FLOWER SEEDS, 
1a Agricultural implements, 
"A GUANO, BONE-DUST, ETC. jL., 
VANDERBILT BROS, 
S3 Fultou st., N. Y. 
<f>> Send for catalogue. 
Tailby’s Hybrid Cucumber. 
This combines in itself the best qualities of the English 
Frame and the White Spine. 
IS REMAEMABLY PIADEIFIC, 
as Handsome as a Picture, and in brief, any man who plants 
it side by side with the best varieties he raises, 
WILL FIND IT AN ACQUISITION. 
Per Package, 15 cents. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, 
Marblehead, Mass. 
Chilli Red, Early Goodrich, Peerless, 
and Rose Seed Potatoes, 
for sale by 
MEYERS & ALLEY, 
83 Murray SI., N. V. 
