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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[July, 
AMERICAN 
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TO 
Flock Masters and Sheep Farmers, 
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“ 400 “ 100 “ “ “ 13.00 
“ 200 “ SO “ “ “ 7.00 
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Very choice pure bred Pigs, not akin, of Chester Whites, 
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WILLIAM CR0ZIER, 
BEACON HILL, 
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Breeder and Importer of Clydesdale 
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