[July, 
American agriculturist. 
1873 .] 
INVESTMENT BONDS. 
The Northern Pacific Kaili'oad 
Company having determined to 
close Its ?«30 First Mortgage Ciold 
Loan at an aggregate not exceeding thirty mil¬ 
lion dollars, and thereafter to pay no higher rate of in¬ 
terest than 6 per cent on further issues of its bonds, the 
LIMITED REMAINDER OP THE / 3~ | Q LOAN IS NOIV 
being disposed op through the usual agencies. 
As the bonds of this issue are made receivable in pay¬ 
ment for the Company’s lands at ! . I O, they are in 
constant and increasing demand for this purpose, and 
will continue to he after the loan is closed—a fact which 
much enhances their value and attractiveness as an 
investment. 
The Company now has more than 500 miles of its 
Hoad built and in operation, including the entire Eastern 
Division connecting Lake Superior and the navigation 
of tlie Missouri River; it lias earned title to nearly Ten 
Million acres of its Land Grant, and sales of lands have 
thus far averaged $5.fifi per acre. 
All marketable securities are received in exchange for 
Northern Pacifies. 
JAY C00EE & CO., 
SJO Wall Street, IN ew York. 
BARRY’S 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
By P. BARRY. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
“ Barry’s Fruit Garden ” is one of those practical, pro¬ 
fusely illustrated, and comprehensive manuals which Orange 
Judd & Co. delight to publish. It seems to tell almost 
everything which one hook can tell about the ins and outs 
and ways and means of fruit culture. — The Advance 
(Chicago). 
This volume of 490 pages, as its title implies, is devoted to 
the culture of fruits of every variety in orchards and gar¬ 
dens. It describes the diseases incident to the various fruit 
trees, the kinds of insects that prey upon them, and the 
remedies for ridding trees of the evil.— Scientific American. 
Barry’s Fruit Garden strikes us as about as complete a 
manual of the kind as could be desired. Nearly everything, 
in fine, needed seems to he provided in this compact volume, 
and its abundant illustrations render everything intelligible 
to even the uninitiated.— The Methodist (N. Y.). 
The author writes from his own practical experience ; and 
that experience is of no ordinary character, being the result 
of more than thirty years’ work at the head of the largest 
nursery in America, where every operation is conducted 
with eminent skill.— The Country Gentleman. 
It explains all the minutiae of fruit-gardening, even to the 
implements, copiously illustrated by engravings, so that the 
merest novice need not err; gives descriptions of all the 
different kinds of fruit that can lie raised in our climate in 
every stage of their lives, from the germ to the fruit-bearing 
period, with instructions in pruning and grafting, in a most 
satisfactory manner. The chapter on grapes alone is worth 
more than the price of the book.— Jersey City Times. 
It is a ricli mine of information upon fruits of all kinds 
and their proper culture.— Providence Press. 
Mr. Barry has long been known as an authority upon fruit 
culture, and this volume of 490 pages, with a full and care¬ 
fully prepared index, gives the latest results of his study 
and experienc e—Springfield Republican. 
This beautiful volume, of nearly five hundred pages, will 
be cordially welcomed by every lover of nature. It is the 
most perfect work we have seen on the whole subject, and 
well deserves a wide circulation. — United Presbyterian 
(Pittsburgh). 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $2.5 0. 
ORANGE JUDD & CO., Publishers, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
Good Business for Agents. 
AW is the time to secure Good Territory. 
XI ” ORANGE JUDD & CO.. Publishers 
| of American Agriculturist and Hearth and Home, 
have established an Agency Department. 
OLD AGENTS and CANVASSERS, as well as all 
Men and Women wanting profitable employment, will 
find a Capital, Fresh, and Paying Business in an 
Agency for the AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
and HEARTH and HOME, with their Exquisite 
Chromos for eacli Subscriber. 
For lull descriptive Circulars, Terms, Territory, etc., 
address 
FRANK B. VAN SICLEN, Manager 
AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF 
ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
THE BECKWITH 
SEWIMACHIK IIPROYED. 
PRICE, SI 2. 
Witls SSrai<ll5*g--F«»ot and ©tlier 
Valuable Improvements. 
the 
Sleek with Sewiiig'-Maelune, 
which was fully described in the American Agriculturist 
for March and April, 1872. We have already given and 
sold more than one thousand of these machines, and tes¬ 
timonials of satisfaction have come from every quarter. 
We now oiler the Beckwith Sewing-Ma¬ 
chine, Improved, price $8 2. A new and very 
simple braiding-foot has been made, by which a etiild can 
sew on braid without the least trouble, following any de¬ 
sired pattern with ease ; also a new arm, spiral spring 
and lever for raising the presser-foot, all of which are 
now set in a position that leaves the needle free to be 
threaded. The joint is much enlarged, and the machine 
is otherwise greatly strengthened and improved. The 
use of the braider-foot alone will be valued more than 
the cost of the machine. This, with the other improve¬ 
ments, is considered so important, that the Beckwith 
Sewing-Machine Company will make no more of the $10 
style. 
Read what tlie People Say. 
Hundreds of letters have been received by us and by the 
Beckwith Sewing Machine Co., extracts from a few of which 
are given below. Some of them were written with 
reference to tlie $10 Machine, but are appropriate to the 
Improved Machine, as that comprises all the excellencies 
of the former, with the additions already noted. 
Plymouth, Wis., Jan. 29th, 1873. 
Dear Srn: I have had the Machine nearly a year, I think, 
and this is the only accident (breaking one needle) that has 
occurred to it. I have used it a great deal, and like it very 
much. Yours respectfully, 
Mrs S. C. 'WILLEY. 
Laclede, Mo., Jan., 1873. 
Dear Sirs; Please send amount inclosed in No. 1 and 2 
needles for Beckwith $10 Sewing-Machine. The little tiling- 
works like a charm. Truly yours. 
S. A. HENLEY. 
Church vi lle, Va., Feb. 22d, 1873. 
Gentlemen: Tlie three Machines came safely to hand, 
and I have sold two of them to my nearest neighbors, who 
are much pleased with them. 
Yours, etc., J. II. HEIZER. 
Kylerstown, Pa., Feb. 13tli, 1873. 
Gentlemen ; Tlie Machine works with perfect satisfaction 
to all. I am young, and never sewed on a machine until I 
got the Beckwith, but by closely following directions on 
the lid of tlie box, I got along without any trouble. 
A. F. HOOVER. 
Clinton Hollow, N. Y., Feb. 9th, 1873. 
Gentlemen: 1 received the Improved Beckwith Sewing- 
Machine yesterday. Words will fail to express my admira¬ 
tion of it. I had never seen one—never used any machine 
much—and had hot tlie slightest trouble in immediately 
sewing with yours. Truly yours, 
A. F. COOKINHAM. 
Blue Springs, Ga., Oct. 6th, 1872. 
Dear Sirs : As this Machine that I ordered from you lias 
proved such a wonder to the people to see it work and 
trouble me so little to start it, they all seem to want it, and 
want me to take the agency and send for machines. Please 
let me know all particulars. 
Respectfully, A. G. HOLCOMB. 
Newport, October 10th, 1812. 
Gentlemen: The Machine 1 bought. of.you September 
■ 21st gives great satisfaction. Wife says she would not give 
it for a $100 machine, it. is so nice and handy. 
Respectfully, CHARLES ALMY. 
We have contracted with tlie Beckwith Sewing Machine 
Company for a large number of them to supply our own 
friends, and as Premiums. Each machine is put 
in a neat, compact box, with hemmer and guide , oil-can 
with oil , thread, different-sized needles, etc., with full 
Printed Directions for using, and delivered to any express 
office in this city, without extra charge above tlie $12. 
As we buy tlie machines at wholesale price, we have de¬ 
cided to give our readers some advantage of this, and we 
therefore propose to make a present for himself or 
herself, or for any friend, of one copy of Hearth and 
Home for six months, or one copy of tlie American 
Agriculturist for one year, to those persons who 
send us $12 for one of the ,machines while this offer 
is continued. 
Tlie New Sewing Machine as a 
PREMIUM without Money. 
To enable those to get this machine who can not raise 
even the $12 to buy it, we make the following offer : 
We will send the Machine free to any 
one who will collect and forward EIGHT 
subscribers for HEARTH AND HOME 
one year at $3 each ; or SIXTEEN sub¬ 
scribers to AMERICAN AGRICULTUR¬ 
IST for one year, at $1.50 each. 
ISP” Almost any lady can readily secure this small 
number of subscribers and get a machine free ; or 
some friend can thus obtain it for her, as a present. 
Address 
ORANGE JUDD & CO., 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
THE BECKWITH 
PORTABLE 
Family Sewing-Machine, 
PRICE $20, 
Enlarged and Improved. 
ITS WEIGHT IS 7 POUNDS. 
We have been offering for a year past 
Tke Beckwith Sewinc - Machines, 
both the original $10 Machine and the $12 Improved, as 
Premiums, and in that time have disposed of hundreds of 
them, which have given almost universal satisfaction, and 
elicited multitudes of testimonials of delight from the reci¬ 
pients. While we continue the offer of the Improved $12 
Machine as heretofore, we now offer the new 
Portable Family Machine, 
price $20,which comprises all the excellencies of the former, 
with many valuable improvements. Its size and power are 
increased, and its capacity tints very much enlarged,without 
impairing its portability. There have been added cam and 
eccentric movement, a balance-wheel, and also an oscillat¬ 
ing needle-clamp, by which the length of stitch can with the 
greatest ease he changed to the finest shade of variation 
without touching the needle. 
We will give one of these #20 Machines to 
any one who will collect and forward to ns 
Thirty Subscribers to American Agricul¬ 
turist. at SI. 50 each, or One Hundred at 81 
each, expressage an the Machine to he paid 
by tlie recipient of if. 
To any one sending ns $20, we will send one of the Machines 
(packed in a neat, portable case; with handle to carry it 
easily), expressage to be paid by purchaser. If, after having 
Hie Machine 30 days, and giving it a fair trial, it does not 
give satisfaction, upon the return of tlie Machine, express 
charges paid, we will refund the $20. 
ORANGE JUDD & COMPANY, 
245 Broadway’, New York. 
