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• SALT CEEEK, AT ASHLAND, NEB.,—LOOKING TOWARD THE PLATTE HILLS, FfiOM THE MILL HILL. 
BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD. 
Swa and Nebraska Lands for Sale 9 on 1© Years Credits 
At low prices, and only SIX per cent interest, payable annually for first four years. TWENTY per cent deducted for cash down, and 18, 15, or 10 per cent if paid in full in 
one, two, or three years. 
Free Pateses in Iowa or Nebraska, and reduced fare and freight from Chicago allowed to our land buyers and their families. 
A Premium of 20 per cent is given in Nebraska for cultivating half of land bought in 1873 within two years from date of purchase. 
Products have paid for our lands in two years, and now our liberal Reductions, Rebates on fare and freight from Chicago, and Free Passes either in Iowa or Nebraska, will more than 
pay for r quired improvements and land in two years from date of purchase ; still, our long 10 years credit at 6 per cent interest can be had if desired. Better terms are not offered 
L1\D BUYERS passing through Chicago, to secure all benefits we offer, should call at our Chicago office. 59 Clark Street, oppo ite the Sherman House, and buy Land Exploring 
Tickets of \Y. II. Wisner, Agent. These Tickets, and instructions given with them, secure to our land buyers all offered Rebates on Fares and Freights from Chicago through. Don’t 
fail to call at 59 CLARK ST., CHICAGO. Circulars giving full particulars are supplied gratis. 
A SECTIONAL MAP, on a large scale, showing exact location of Iowa Lands, is sold for 30 cents, and a similar map of Nebraska Lands is sold at same price. 
Apply to or address CEO. S. HARRIS, Land Commissioner, Burli ngton, Io wa. 
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 
RAILROAD. 
THREE miLIOX ACRES 
LANDS. 
LIBERAL TERMS lo IMPROVERS. 
11 Years’ Credit, 7 per Cent Interest. 
JVo part of tile Principal; payable for four 
years. 
“I would suv, that in the course of many years, and 
through extensive travel, I have not seen a more inviting 
country, nor one which offers greater inducements, with 
fewer objections to settlement, than these lands of the 
A. T. & S. F. R.i:.”— Extract Report of I7enry Stewart, 
Anricullural Editor American Agriculturist. 
“ I never passed over an equal extent of I.and with a bet¬ 
ter average of quality; perhaps never any which was alto¬ 
gether so good ."—Extract Letter, E. A. Curley, Special 
Commissioner "’Field," England. 
For full particulars inquire of 
A. E. TOTJZATLIN, 
Land Commissioner, TOPEKA, KAN. 
Stebeopttcons, etc., etc. New slides at greatly reduced 
prices. A very profitable business for a man with small 
capital. Send stamp for Catalogue. 
W. MITCHELL MCALLISTER, 
1,314 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 
JLMRST Premiums awarded by Amer. lust., 1870. 
MICROSCOPES. 
Illustrated Price-List sent free on application. 
MAGIC LANTERNS. 
Catalogue, priced and illustrated, sent free. 
T. IT, McALLISTER. Optician, 49 Nassau-st., IV. Y. 
Some persons will subscribe for a paper from seeing a 
campaign oopv, got up with special care for the purpose of 
talcing,” or through the importunities of club agents, or 
before reading « copy, and in most cases come out about as 
the boy does on his “ pony.” !) It turns our. to he a hog 
instead of a horse, and naturally rushes for its accustomed 
place—the swail. He careful then to subscribe for a paper 
that will prove what its name indicates and every copy as 
good or better than the last. We, therefore, to prevent sm-h 
a mistake, offer to«end any and all applicants a specimen 
copy of the 
FRUIT RECORDER & COTTAGE GARDENER 
free , or three copies of (liferent months for ten cents, or we 
will send the paper for next year and the balance of this 
year for the regular subscription price, $1.0:). The editor 
and proprietor, A. M. Purdy, is a life-long worker in the 
soil, and lias now under cultivation over tiro hundred acres 
in lruit. vegetables, and flowers. He also exchanges for all 
the leading agricultural and horticultural papers of the (lav, 
and copies into the Recorder all practical matter of value. 
He can show more testimonials as 10 its wort.i in proportion 
to the number of its subscribers than ran be produced for 
any other paper of its class in the country. A single speci¬ 
men copy of any of its issues will satisfy all on this point. 
Club agents will find onr terms very satisfactory,while ladies 
and lovers of flowers and fruits will find our premium offer 
extremely liberal. Send for our terms and specimen copies. 
Again, many people pay out $1.50 to $'2.00 for books on 
growing small fruit, when they can get more practical In¬ 
formation from our G4 page 
“SMALL FRUIT INSTRUCTOR,” 
Price 25 cents, post-paid, than from ail these books com¬ 
bined. Send for a copy and be convinced. It will tell you 
just how, token, and what to plant for a family supply of 
fruit, or how to proceed to set out a market plantation— 
how to mark t, etc., etc. 
Address A. M. PURDY, Palmyra, N. Y. 
PER WEEK, hml expenses paid. TV. 
want a reliable agent in’erery County in 
the IT. S. Address ITunsoNlt. Wire Co., 
130 Maiden Lane, N. Y., or Chicago, III. 
The circular and price-lisi of 
hives, bees, etc., may be obtained of 
QUINBY & ROOT, St. Johnsvilb', Mont.cn., N.Y.,or at the 
office of the Am. Agriculturist, 215 Broadway. New York. 
B13'ES« 
THE HAKES IMPROVED 
SWIVEL PLOW, 
FOR SIDE MILL AND LEVEL LAN©. 
Leaves no dead furrow in the center, or ridges on the 
sides, securing an even surface for the working of the 
Mower, Tedder, and Rake. 
This now effects the complete inversion and pulveriza¬ 
tion of the soil on level as well as uneven surfaces. 
In perfection of shape, beauty of outline, finish, and dura¬ 
bility we challenge comparison with any other Plow made. 
Examine the Hakes Plow before purchasing. 
Made only by 
AERIES PLOW COMPANY, 
53 Beefcman S4., New TTorlc. 
and Qaiincy Ilall, Boston. 
\PT Send for Circular. 
mmmw hob-ioi 
The Cheapest & Best. 
Cures and Prevents 
all Diseases Incident 
to the Morse’s Foot. 
.TOST PUBLISHED, 
“Rational Horse-Shoeing,” 
with plates, illustrating how to perform operations and cure 
foot troubles. Sent by mail on receipt of one dollar. Send 
stamp for circular to 
GOOD ENOUGH HORSE-SHOE, 41 Dey St., N«w York. 
