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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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THE 
FARM IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY. 
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SMITH’S 
American Organs 
FOR THE 
Services of Chapels and Lodges, 
as well as for Dome Recreation. 
A Thorough Comparison Invited. 
An Illustrated Circular, containing full descriptions and 
prices, will be sent post-paid, on application. 
S. D. & H. W. SMITH, Boston, Mass. 
Garden and Lawn Ornaments. 
Fountains, Vases, Statuary, 
&c. Composite Railings, Gates, 
Guards, &c. Union Fence for 
Country Residences. 
Composite Iron Works Co., 
Formerly Chase & Co., 
No. 109 Mercer St., Yew York. 
ENOCH MORGAN'S SONS’ 
SAPOLIO 
CLEANS, 
POLISHES, 
AND IS 
CHEAPER AND BETTER 
THAN SOAP. 
Depot , 211 Washington Street , New Tork. 
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cer for it and Try it. CB 
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cw York. 
jlHENOVELTYKNire: 
For Ladies and Gentlemen. 
Has one ordinary blade, and one new patent blade une¬ 
qualled for a sewing ripper, eraser, nail trimmer, and many 
other uses. Highly recommended by the American Agricul¬ 
turist. Is made of best steel. Price by mail, post-paid, 
plain handle, $1; Ivory, $1.25; Shell, $1.50; Pearl, extra 
linish, $1.75. 
Send for sample. Agents wanted in every town. 
For sale at wholesale and retail by 
A. C. FITCH, Gen. Agent, 27 Chatham St., New York. 
American Vinegar Generator. 
New plan, just patented. Tor full deserintinn, &c., send 
stamp to A. D. STRONG, Ashtabula, Ohio. 
r fPHE RICHEST FARMING LANDS 
IN THE WORLD! 
1,300,000 ACRES TOR SALE 
TO ACTUAL SETTLERS. 
NEOSHO V ALI TM Y, IC.A INTSvYS. 
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. 
SOUTHERN BRANCH. 
The Lands now offered by this Company are situated 
mainly within twenty miles on each side of the road, extend¬ 
ing one hundred and seventy miles along tile NEOSHO 
VALLEY, the richest, finest, and most inviting valley for 
settlement in the West. 
One-third of the labor required at the East in the culture 
of farms will insure here double the amount of crops. For 
orchards, grape culture, and small fruit in general, it is 
unequaled. 
BUILDING MATERIAL AND FENCING of every vari¬ 
ety and In great abundance. 
STOCK. RAISING.—The rich native grasses of the prairies 
and bottoms, with the large area of unoccupied lands in 
connection, with the dry, mild, and open winters, present 
unequaled, advantages lor the raising of cattle, sheep and 
horses. ’ 
DAiRYING.—In such a country, with ranges for stock nn- 
restricted, and pasture limitless, the production of butter 
and cheese must be profitable. 
FRUIT GROWING is one of the specialties, as demon¬ 
strated by the Gold Medal awarded to the State of Kansas 
bv the Pennsylvania State Horticultural Society for “a 
CO L I, ECTI ON OF FRUITS U.N'SURPASSED FOB SIZE," I1EALT Y 
AND FLAVOR.” 
CLIMATE AND HEALTH of Kansas are unequal¬ 
ed. these, indeed, are among its chief excellencies, ami are 
recommendations for settlement. 
PRICES OF LAND.—From $2 to $8 per acre; credit often 
(10) years’ time. 
TERMS OF SALE.—One-tenth down at time of purchase. 
No payment the second year. One-tenth every year after, 
until completion of pavinents, with annual interest. 
THE HEAD LAND OFFICE 
is located at JUNCTION CITY. To all purchasers of lands 
free tickets from this point are given over the Road. 
For further information address 
ISAAC T. GOODNOW, 
Land Commissioner, 
Junction City, Kansas. 
WAT,UABLE PLANTATION for sale on Eastern 
* Shore of Virginia, S5 miles from Crisfield, the termi¬ 
n' 1 , 5 of the Delaware Railroad; lj* miles front on Bay. 
Splendid fishery ; oysters and wild fowl abundant. Superior 
land for Peaches. 800 acres. Terms accommodating. 
Address H. HAUPT, 119 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
JJE A M.QUA B2TEI2 S 
FOB 
WIRE WINDOW SCREEN’S. 
E. S. & J. TORHEY, 
166 FULTON ST., NEW YORK. 
SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 
45 9 000 . 
Now in Use! GEO. A. PRINCE 
& CO.’S Organs ami Melotleons 
will be delivered in any part of tile United 
States readied by Express (where they have 
no Agent), free of charge, on receipt of list 
price. Send for price list and circulars. Address 
GEORGE A. PRINCE & CO., Buffalo N Y 
GEORGE A. PRINCE & CO., Chicago, Ill. 
MINTON’S ENCAUSTIC TILES. 
For Vestibules, Halls, Hearths, Conservatories. &c. 
Garnkirk Chimney Tops, Plumbers’ Mate¬ 
rials, u-c, MILLER & COATES, 
279 Pearl St., New York, 
ESS. STEiOSTG-’S Remedial Institute, 
SPRINGS. N. Y.. for Lung. Female and 
10 , r ! ISKAa EA is endorsed bv the first names of the 
country. For its advantages, send for a Circular. 
Tho principles of their construction and nsc ; with sim¬ 
ple and practical explanations of the laws of motion and 
force as applied on the farm. By .John J. Thomas. 
With 2S7 illustrations. Price $1.50. 
The basis of this admirable work was an essay published 
in 1850, in the Transactions of the N. Y. State Agricultural 
Society, which was enlarged, and in 1854 published by tho 
Harpers. It has been, and remains, the only work in which 
the principles of Natural Philosophy, namely, the mechani¬ 
cal powers, and the powers of water, wind, and heat, arc 
systematically discussed as applied to the operations of tho 
farm. This work has now been most carefully revised by 
the author. It is much enlarged, and a great part has been 
re-written, while the illustrations, before abundant, now 
number two hundred and eighty-seven. There is not an agri¬ 
cultural writer that could be named more respected than 
John J. Thomas, or one whose judgment and freedom from 
personal bias in discussing new implements could be more 
implicitly relied upon. 
NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 
Originally by ItioJiarrt I.. Allen. Revised andgreatly 
enlarged by Lewis F. Allen. Price $2.50. 
Allen’s American Farm Book has been one of the standard 
farmers 4 hand-books for twenty years; it is still a valuable 
book,but not up to the times; and as its author,Mr.R.L.Allen, 
could not give time to its revision, this was undertaken by 
liis 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 tlie New American Farm Book. 
II0W CROPS GROW. 
A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, structure, and 
Life of the Plant. With numerous illustrations and tables 
of analyses. By Prof. Samuel W . Johnson, of 
Yale College. Price $2.00, 
This book is a guide to the knowledge of agricultural 
plants, their composition, their structure, and modes of de¬ 
velopment and grow Ill; of the complex organization of 
plants, and the uses of the parts, the germination of seeds 
and the food of plants, obtained both from the air and the 
soil. Very full and accurate tables of analyses arc given, 
and tables of the proportions existing between different 
principles, oily, starchy, or nitrogenous, in the same and 
different plants. The hook is an invaluable one to all real 
students of agriculture. 
HIGH FARMING WITHOUT MANURE. 
Six Lectures on Agriculture, by Mr. George Villo, Pro¬ 
fessor of Vegetable Physiology, Paris. IV. vol., 108 pp. 
A second edition of this valuable manual, under the direc¬ 
tion of tlie Massachusetts Sociely for promoting agricul¬ 
ture, has been published. Price, 35 cents. 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 
A guide to tlie successful propagation and cultivation of 
Florists’ Plants. By Peter Henderson, author oi “ Gar¬ 
dening for Profit.” Beautifully illustrated. Price $1.50. 
Certainly the most practical and desirable work that has 
ever been published on this subject. IVe are selling them 
rapidly. Some no doubt will say that it exposes the “so- 
crets ” of the Trade too freely, and that it will make Garden¬ 
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Othello’s, will be gone.— H. A.Dbeer, Seedsman, Phila., Pa. 
Full to overflowing with valuable information. 
Francis Richardson, Toronto, Canada. 
Thoroughly practical, yet readable as a novel.—N. Y. Sun. 
Just the work for the young Florist or Amateur, as it tells 
him clearly there is no such thing as failure, if its simplo 
teachings are followed. 
Galvin & Geraghty, Florists, Newport, R. I. 
PARSONS ON THE ROSE. 
A Treatise on the Propagation, Culture, and History of 
the Rose. Revised and newly electrotvped. Illustrated. 
By Samuel B. Parsons. Trice $1.50. 
The Rose is the only flower that can be said to have a his¬ 
tory. It is popular now and was so centuries ago. In his 
work upon the Rose, Mr. Parsons has gathered up the curi¬ 
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the esteem in which it was held in former times. A simplo 
garden classification has been adopted, and the leading vari¬ 
eties under each class enumerated and briefly described. 
The chapters on multiplication, cultivation, and training, 
are very full, and the work is altogether the most complete 
of any before the public. 
HERBERT’S HINTS TO HORSE KEEPERS. 
By the late Henry William Herbert (Frank 
Forester). price $1.75. 
A complete manual for Horsemen, embracing; How to 
Breed a Horse; How to Buy a Horse; How to Break a 
Horse ; Ilow to Use a Horse; How to Feed a Horse: How 
to Physic a Horse: How to Drive a Horse, elc.- and a chapter 
on Mules and Ponies, etc Beautifully illustrated. 
Either of the above books sent post-paid on receipt of 
price by 
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