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8 Prices Reduced. 
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A few good boars, six to eight months old, for sale at 
$30 each. 
E ssex and Yorkshire pigs at reduced 
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Sows, one to two years, in pig... 30.00 
Dark and Light Brahmas, Bun and Partridge Cochins, 
Pekin Ducks, and Bronze Turkeys. Circulars free. 
_ J. S. GILES, Apalachin, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
IMPROVED EfttOLISH YORKSHIRE PiQS. 
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quiet, excellent, nurses, mature early, and are ready fatten- 
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Catalogue mailed iree. Also Holstein and short-horn Cattle. 
JOSEPH KNIGHT, 
MARL BOROUGH STOCK FARM, 
P. O. address Box 352. Newhuryport, Mass. 
wants it. Dairymen and all classes use them. 
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Victorious in every trial. Send for new illus¬ 
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N. GUILBEKT, 
Evergreen Farm, Gwynedd, Pa., 
Importer and Breeder of Improved Blooded Live Stock, 
Horses, Cattle, Cotswold and Southdown Sheep, Chester, 
Berkshire and Yorkshire Pigs, Toulouse,Bremen,Hong Kong, 
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Fine Milcli Cows always on hand. 
Ferrets at. live dollars each. Swan and Deer wanted, 
®1!H mow CAT- 
alogue of Blooded Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, Dogs, Ac., 
is just out. Elegantly illustrated with cuts from life of noted 
Imported and Prize animals, containing descriptions, points 
for judging, facts on breeding, &c. It should be in the hands 
of every breeder and farmer. It is furnished at cost of 
publication, 20c. post-paid. Send for it at once. 
BENSON & BURPEE, Seed Warehouse. 
_223 Church St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
FARM, Northport, Long Island, 
-H-© BREEDERS OP 
Alderney and Ayrshire Cattle, 
COTSWOLD SHEEP & BEEKSHIEE SWIPE. 
Also FANCY POULTRY of choicest kinds, bred from 
tlie best stock. Address 
J. N. ROBINS, Manager. 
WILLIAM 0R0ZIEE, 
BEACON HILL, 
NORTHPORT, LONG ISLAND, N. Y„ 
Breeder and importer of Clydesdale 
Horses, Ayrshire and Jersey Cattle, 
and improved Berkshire Hogs. 
G. W. FARLEE, CRESSKILL, N. J. 
(1 hour from New York) for past twelve years breeder of 
JERSEY CATTLE. ___ 
DAY’S 
AUTOMATIC INCUBATOR. 
Highest Centennial Award. Chickens hatched and 
reared summer and winter. Machine used as Incubator and 
Artificial Mother at same time. Capacity, 220 eggs. Price, 
$50. See July Agriculturist. 1876. Address 
DAY BROS. & CO., 
_92 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
GEO. S'! JOSSELl'iK, 
FREDONIA, N. Y„ 
Has bred this season at his home yards, up¬ 
wards of 700 Light Brahmas, Dark Brahmas, 
Partridge and White Cochins, White Leghorns, 
Brown Leghorns, Houdans. Also Golden Sea- 
bright, Bantams. Stock as good as any man's, 
and prices reasonable. Please state explicitly 
what you want. _ 
C JAME FOWIa BSe«l Irisla Setters, 
™ and Carrier Pigeons, bred and shipped by J. C, 
COOPER, Cooper Hill, Eisnerick, Ireland, win¬ 
ner of Gold Medals at Paris and New York ; also Thor¬ 
oughbred Hounds, Beagles, and other Dogs. J. C. C can 
likewise select Sheep, Cattle, and Horses for clients, 
having had long and large experience in them. _ 
!D>lsic]k. BEass for stocking ponds —IPel^in 
.kB Ducks, Bronze Turkeys, descended from a pair 
weighing (73 lbs. Jersey Cattle, A. T. C. C.R.. and Cots* 
wolds, at low prices. Address AV. ( LIFT, Mystic Bridge, Ct. 
