'WICK 
Unit*nil ,1x9 ,uf SUiukiuiji ituu Sock*, wHii iiw! oni toe r_oni]'!«11', 
.l-mI lit :v ut ver-ciuting ivor-wof niitiMenent to ladlo* ol lM9ur«, ** 
rtfll Hi |irotit mat n,i«y 4«(i(ion to thoia that roqnirv ll. 
AccntB wanted every where by the IlifKFonP 
Kmithino AIacuixk Cn>ir*NV. 1 »ana Bickford, 
President, and General Business Hupt., 08'J Broad 
way, New York. 
WM ft, Pomeroy or Hartford iY>,. Ct . writes:—” I 
have used thy Dvubln-refined PoudreLUJ lor i everaL 
yean on Tobacco, and I think It one ol’ the best fertil¬ 
izers made for this crop.” 
A pamphlet glvlug full directions, sent free on 
application to JA MRS T. FOSTER, 
(IB <loi'iIninli Si., New \ uric. 
CAHOON’S 
BROADCAST SEED SOWED 
MABCH 8 
NEWS CONDENSER. 
— Ohio farmers are raising sorghum. 
— Chicago now lias a population of 380,000. 
— Good beet sugar is being made at Freeport, 
III. 
— Owaeco Lake will soon receive 20,000 young 
trout. 
The Atlantic Monthly is now republished 
in London. 
— Shad have already appeared at the South, 
very large. 
Robins and bine birds have appeared in 
Massachusetts. 
Farmers in Georgia will plant a large in¬ 
crease of cotton. 
Palace cars are run on the street railways 
of San Francisco. 
— - Kllburne, Wis„ has shipped 3,640 bales of 
hops In six weeks. 
East Concord, N. II.. is building an Iron 
bridge 440 feet long. 
— Fort Byron, N. Y., has the richest plaster 
bed on the continent. 
Twenty-one editors have recently been 
olncted Mayors in Illinois. 
~ Massachusetts has hastened to congratulate 
the new Republic of Spain. 
Twenty thousand strangers have visited 
Jacksonville, Fla., this year. 
A plow factory In Kentucky will send 100 
plows to the Interior of Mexico. 
Sixty-nine new iron foundries have been 
built In this country since July last. 
The number of pounds of butter made in 
the United States In 1870 iv;n 470,536,461. 
Providence, It. 1., is raising $60,000 for a 
public library, art gallery and museum. 
Cornell University has no Intention of es¬ 
tablishing a professorship of journalism. 
— The Legislature of Michigan has a habit of 
making an annual tour through the State. 
the pooplo of the United States consume 
sugar at the rate of WJ pounds for each, per year. 
"5M!U- , . ,UI “■■_■!*!_.' ,r * ’■ 1 "f**."*" ■ <■ 
ii-r, 
TO FARMERS. 
§ DOUBLE REFINED POUDREl’tfE 
of the ‘'Lodi Manufacturing Co,” for 
sale iu lots to null customers. This arti¬ 
cle Is sold for UAH' TUB PRICE of other 
fertllUeiK, and Is cheaper for Tobuoeo, 
Cotton, Cora and Vegetables than any 
other In market, it l,t made entirely 
from the night soil, offal, Ac, ol New 
York City. Price Idelivered on hoard 
In Now York City) Twenty-dee dollars 
per ton. 
ileal (Bi state. 
I ?OK SALE A FARM OF .100 ACRES OF 
choice Wheat and Fruit Land, 7 miles from But 
falo, 1W miles from R It. Depot at Tonawantja, front¬ 
ing on Niagara River; with beautiful groves; land 
gently rolling ; good turm buildings ; apple and pour : 
orchards; variety of grapes; acres of wheat In | 
ground; tine stock ot Ayrshire cows; also •JO0 head 
of Sheep. good funning utensil#-all of which will 
he sold with farm, If desired. Terms eusy. For fur¬ 
ther particulars, inquire of or address 
Mrs*. K. il UiVGV, 6C0 Main St.. Buffalo, N. V. 
ACRES OF I,AM> FOR SALE (AT 
—* l fell per arm), In the Valley of Va. Build¬ 
ings good ; line orchard, water. &c., climate healthy ; 
convenient to churches, schools, mills and market. 
For particulars, address C, CREIGI1, 
Greenville, Augusta Co., Va. 
I n»I: attention to the following losUtncmlaJ# i 
llg.env T. IIukto.v. Cheshire Co., N. it., writes: 
1 flnet, from ox perl ni rut* made Inst, year, the UmiUU- 
rettnti f-’e -i r i i 1 Is the cheapest fertilizer to Use on 
ToOae-o I put, U hextdo pQruvlan Guano with equal 
cost of both, ami the Tobacco was At) per cent, miter 
where 1 used Poudretto.” 
L H. ftitEl.DC>>', 3up’l of the New Jersey Prate Re¬ 
form School, tvritos” We have used Pond rat te for 
several year* upon our farm crops and for the money 
invested wo have found nothing that lias done us so 
much servleo.' 
W. F.Gffitius of EsaexCo., N.Y.,writes: "I have 
used the Do/iMt-ixTtmvt PotaiMU for t lie last net yeais, 
and I consider 11 the cheapest fertilizer I can buy— 
(llvlln; Him litftAf r*4#w.ll1lR for Mu. nr,at *» 
THE BEST MANURE 
In the world is obtained, without cost, bv using 
Goux’s Absorbent Closet mid Uriuul.' Ware- 
rooms, cor. Varlok, Vestry and Canal Sts., New York. 
$U,occUuncou,$. 
HOW SHALL WE PAINT 
oun HOUSE? 
Is the title of a very interesting and valuable hook, 
giving practical hints on painting thus enabling 
every man to be his own painter. Hent free on ap¬ 
plication, by A. REICH & GO., 
314 I’sarl St., Now 4 ork. 
( U IUU\ Mil.!. 1*1 IS 4)11 A NIC If, 
ft?* 1 O.UIM.F acres, or 830,000 about 70 acres, 
choicest, gardening land, imWi ton'ldf/iy* thereon worth 
the whole price. Just outside city limits, and within 
11) minutes’ drive of Post-Office of Rochester, N. V, 
^uMUation#. 
A NEW VOLUME COMMENCED JANUARY, 1873. 
FIRST-CUSS ILLUSTRATED GARDENING PERIODICAL. 
Published Weekly, price 3d.; free to America, 4d. 
THE JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, 
i»‘oUilh‘ tOavflmv, and (Touatvy (fJcntlemau. 
A CHRONICLE OF Till] HOMESTEAD, IMU l-TKY-V V1UL APIARY AM) DOVECOT. 
CONDUCTED BY G. W. JOHNSON, F.IUt.N,, A ROBERT HOGG, LL.D., F.L.S., 
Assisted by a Staff of the best Writers On Practical Gardening, und other Rural Pursuits connected 
with the Household. 
This long established and widely circulating Journal consists of Thirty-two Pages of Letterpress, with 
occasional Supplements or Eight, additional Pages; and Is richly Illustrated with Wood Engravings In 
the highest stylo of the art. 
The subjects treated on embrace every Department of Gardening and Rural and Domestic Economy, 
ID minutes’ drive of POwt-Ofliee of Rochester, N. y. the leudlng object being to render this Journal a welcome guest in every country home. 
Or will exchange for a large farm or other property. Natural History and Botany, m> far us they relate to Gardening ami Husbandry, are amply ir 
For further information, cull on or address on, and embrace Zoology, Geology, Mlneruiugy. Meteorology , and Plivsloloi eul, Structural, Syste 
H. F. t’OKftON, 
12 Exchange Place, Rochester, N, Y. 
GRAIN AND FRUIT FARM 
TOR BALE, 
Situated 3 miles west of the thriving village of Mace- 
dou, Wuyno Co., N. Y.; If, miles east of Rochester; 
near tlin line of the N. Y. O. It. R, and Erie Canal; 
containing 071% Acres i cultivated In part as a 
Sum II Frill I Nursery, having I ucrcs Grape*, 
Sucre* flinch her rim, l£ nnpbcrrica and St in vv- 
herriev, aud u stock uf plant* of each over 10 
choice vurtctle*. Good Iwustterv Jramc dwell toy, 
with pleasant, grounds l’/i« is a mix 01‘POrtMiiil,i toe 
se.rurtim one ot the most attractive- awl pleasant honau 
to be found In any rural district— the health of the 
proprietor obliging him to quit business. 
Address . M. N. WILSON, 
Mueedon, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
$mi)lcmentj!i and iUiuluncvy. 
and Popular Botany. 
Biographies ami 1 
J ITSE yk 
r MONHs\ 
S “ IC, ""\ 
7 is & mapersqM 
IRE THE CIIEAPES’l’' 
trrVor sale by Machine Agents and Dealers. 
IMPROVED POUER 
a j, S i 1 B*i n lit ass. Katciikt-iihau 
ftcuiiWK, liMtityv’D CllAi'- 
ku, Iron Posts, and forty 
other things for Cider Mills and Vinegar Factories. 
For Circulars, address J. W. MOUNT, Medina. N. V. 
The Louden Hay Carrier 
Elovatou th« liny ptriimdiculorlv from the load, car- 
lies it hoi'Uontally to any part Of tin* mow, and returns 
the empty fork back to the load. Pitches Into u win- 
•low. stacks In the field. Saves its cost every sea¬ 
son. Heo Illustration on page 1(59 ot ki rai. Nine- 
Yorker Of March 8, Agents wanted. Send s,ami< 
for Circular, Prices and Terms. 
LOUDEN MTU WORKS, 
P'iiirlield, loon. 
ritHE SUPERIOR II AY SPREADER can-, 
JL not be surpassed for Workmanship, Durability 
and Lightness of Druft. 
.' 'it 1 ,- Io oo/sMv , 
r 
v Ms 
I Send 25e. for the new self -adjust- ^ 1 , 
lug Cigarette and Cigar-holder, or —- . 
1 3 for V)e. M. K. ROBERTS \ CO., " 
170 Broadway, New York. 
WANTED. EDITOR Coiiiueteul to take 
V V charge ol a prominent Agricultural and Family 
Newspaper. Address (stating where you Hud this ad¬ 
vertisement), with references and terms, E. P. & Co„ 
care of Dodd’s Advertising Agency, Boston, .Muss. 
$100,000 FOB ONLY $10 
, TEN THOUSAND GASn GIFTS, aggregat- 
8300,000, will be distributed by lotto patrons 
2* \h« Third Griind Gift fomert In aid of the 
Public Library »t liv„ at LouGvlIle, Ky.,Tues- 
April8, l-Vi. Gifts range from SKI In 81 OO,- 
006, .ill cnsli. Whole tickets $1 i.i, halves. t!i, .iuui'- 
ters *2.at). Tile lirst Concert, Doc. Pi, 1871, and soootul, 
uee. 7 , Iri7-f, went oil with great success and received 
universal approval for the scrupulous Integrity with 
wtiicb they were conducted and promptness with 
which gifts were paid. For tickets and Tull informa- 
i l ‘‘ n ,j, iM,f | r oll.m.’hos. B. Bruinli-m-, Agent 
lor 1 rusteeaFubltc Library of Ky , Library Building, 
kvnisvillr:, Ky, 
0 BERLIN BUSINESS COLLEGE. SITUATIONS 
as Bookkeeptrm,Salesmen, Profs.oi Penmanship 
®ss*“ wwsb£«J! ggigir 
KIDDER'S PASTILLES. AJSsaK 
1 J 1 t>7 ft)all# STOWELL& Co. i l;i n,Mtt88. 
OPIUM-E ll TIN If A NT f DOTI^DIscoveredandcom- 
„ pounded by a sufferer 
send stamp for treatise “On Opium-Eating audits 
Cure” to W. B. SQUIRE, M. D., Worthington, ind 
Sows all kinds of Grain and Grass Seed. One man 
can do as much work with the Hand Machine as five 
men cun do without It. Price of Hand Machine, *10. 
I have agents in all parte of the country. Hood stamp 
for Circular. ft. IL OOODKLL, 
Sole Manufacturer, Antrim, N. 1|. 
ll.iltKI.NGTOA’N PATENT. 
The only com- _, 
blnod Need O f sit-a ca r r 
.Sower and YjC J it W Jr 
Ctfi.Tiy*Toa. Jr -* il 
Made only by / / Sen dfor 
AmssPlow Co. fK/, circular. 
53 Bookman 
IMKiWKU*. RE SURE AND EXAMINE 1 
I the superior Hnj spreader i It Is the cheapest, | 
most oompleteaud most durable Hay Tender over pul I 
Into the Held. Rendu few of the comments received. ; 
send lor circular and description to HJGGANUM 
M F’G OO., Hlggujjuiu, ft. 
Solid Cast Steel Drag Teeth. 
A set of 40 boxed and delivered to Express or II. R.; 
X a, 11 In. long, about ih lbs., for *0.00. 
N U In. long, about 01 lbs., for *7.50. 
Liberal dlncount to the Trade. Address 
8WEFT’S 1)1’F’G GO,, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Biographies ami Portraits of the most celebrated Horticulturists. 
Reviews of New Rooks relating to the above subjeets: Reports of Horticultural and Poultry Socie¬ 
ties’ Meetings throughout the country; aud Setciilltlc- Notices. 
To Advertisers the “Journal of Horticulture” will be found a valuable and effective medium, from 
lln extensive circulation among the middle uiul upper classes. A Specimen Number sout by t>"Bt for 4d. 
THIS JOURNAL HAS TUIO LAUGKHT Cl lU’IJ f.ATION OF ANY HORTICULTURAL PERIODICAL 
IN EXISTENCE 
OFFICE 171, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.O, 
To be had direct from the Ofllee on pre-payment of the following terms:—One Quarter, Is.-Id.; Half 
4 ear, 8s. 8d.; One Year, 17s. Id. 
PoBt-ortlce orders to be made payable at the Genera) Post-Office, London, to Edward II. May. 
$MpkmeKt$ and iUacluncnj. 
WARREN HOE. 
a 20,000 Hold Inst year. Upwards of 
tP hsttk 60,000sold for 1873. Show this to 
your merchant; asltblmto let you 
try one. You will not part with It 
for twice Its cost. Made only hy 
PETERS RUOTHKRS' MANll- 
FACTURING COMPANY. Mai- 
rpiME, MONEY AND STRENGTH SAVED 
L by using Gluvk’w l'sm-ut Tobneco Kh!u>-»- 
and Hilling Plow. The most complete Implement 
ever put Into the liandsof Llie Farmer. It Is the sim¬ 
plest, eaatoiit handled, and takes up no morn room 
than an ordinary plow, it combines four of the most 
valuable tools m one, anil with one Horse and Roy will 
do more work than ten men. A* a Tobacco Khlgor it 
has no equal. Asa llllliri« Plow Itstnuds unrivaled. 
Asa etmivuiorof all crops that require lulling It is 
utirerpiisBed. Asa 1 lurseliOe nothing Compares with 
tt. Send for Circular, und got description of the host 
line of tools ever put Into the hands of the Farmer. 
H1GOA N UM M F’G CO., Ills gun urn, Conn, 
IP mg 
1 1ISw4' 
This Msohliw whh pnimt lropwv«iiuuni 1 • , imrsni,...! 
— 111 t f,Ki.niutiol.l, f.jr el I. Ij nr riliviu or isiioy W'Ulll. II 
4 PTE It ONE DA VS U8E OF TIIE 81- 
1\ PEIMOIC IIA) SFKEAOER no farmer will 
ever part with it. 
TAH'R'CJ and JVAiIi 
JL JCAiV^JEaR 9 of every variety, In pack¬ 
ages TO SUIT, sent to 
any address by A 1)1 Ell IGA N TACK CIO., 
Manufiw.luiies, 117 Chambers Ht.., N. Y. 
G1AKII ART’S PULVERIZING CIJLTIVA- 
\.i TOR has more practical niuiits than any cultlva- 
tor in use, aud 1» indispensable as a lavru iinulemeut. 
Price, *22. C. (. BRADLEY & HON, 
Manufacturers, Syracuse, N. V. 
W E WOULD NOT SELL Ol It 8IIPE- 
l'ior liny .Spreader for live times Its cost If 
we could not obtain another. 
I1?!EI For E. M. BOYNTON’S PAT. LIGHT- 
E@8fisjNING SAWS, nddffH 80 Jjuakmnn Strn«t 7 N. V. 
tb-.r nrc oflnOlnguawoi-. U-Miiln/i nib cut three times 
PT AJI ,, ta»t ni sn BIO. A e ft cro«» cut, £8, geud for uu 
V q 111.i<l ,,,r,.,t Cutaicguv, utnlled free. 
DOUBLE HARPOON 
Horse Hay-Fork. 
WrftcripHvc C'atalogiie sent free. 
PEN NOCK MANUFACTURING 00., 
Kcnneii Hiniarr, Cheater Go., 1’u. 
SEYMOUR’S SHEARS & SCISSORS. 
“The Best arc the Cheapest.” H 
Extra Quality. Crocus Polish. Jr ^ a , c 4 
—i s' 
a-o . 
Salt 
a 
Family Size, - - $l.BO 
I.adica’ Bciasors, - 1.00 =° j 
By mail, pre/ninl. Sind i'. O. Order or Draft arcgja 
Farmers, you an buy, for a short time, AT 
WHOi.KSAf.K prick the moft valuable and labor- 
saving implement for preparing and cultivating soil. 
A new principle that must become universal. Ad¬ 
dress the manufacturer, 
G. E. Hutchinson, Cleveland, o. 
P ATENTS.—JOHN McC. Perkins & Co., 513 7th 
8t., Washington, D. C. Advice and pumpblet free. 
2Uu,$kill $[n,fitYumc»t,$, 
MASON & HAMLIN 
CABINET ORGANS. 
T||E nillV Ami-rlcan Musical Inatrninentfl of 
I nc Vi II L I Much extraordinary and recognized 
excellence) a* to command a wide sale in Puropo, not¬ 
withstanding ooaipetltlon then* with producis of 
cheap labor. « 
A I HI A VC awarded highest premiums, including 
HLnHIo the Modal lit tbo Parts Fxporltlon. Of 
hundreds of IndiiHtrlnl ISxhibltltmH, there letvo not 
berurix in all where any other organs have been pre¬ 
ferred to tlicne. 
III! IUC DC A I I V recommended by eminent 
UnivCItwHLLI miislolatm a# possessing ex¬ 
cellencies tint attained !tt any others. Bee opinions 
Of ONE TtlOUBAND In Tetitlinonial Circular. 
rypi 1ICIUCI V employing several Important 
CAuLUwllCLI luvontlons and embracing 
©very real Improvement. 
THE MOST EXTENSIVE RVffi: 
turics lu the world, producing better work at leBS 
cost than otherwise possible. 
DDI^CC riven and ,is low aa consistent 
rElluCO rlACU with scrupulous employ¬ 
ment of only best material and workmanship. 
ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR AND TESTI¬ 
MONIAL CIRCULAR, WITH IMPORTANT IHfOJMA- 
T10H ABOUT 0RDAMS WHICH MAY SAVE PURCHASERS FROM 
DISAPPOINTMENT IN PURCHASE Of INFERIOR OR WORTHLESS 
INSTRUMENTS OR PAYMENT Of HIGH PRICES, SENT FREE. 
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 
151 Trkmont St., Boston ; 25 union n.qitark, New 
York; so and 82 Auams Ht., eniCAOo. 
Sri and Parlor lasic, 
!*JOU cash for double-reed, sl.v stops, powerful- 
tonecl Urgttua. Warranted the beat. ftstM'S e«Bh for 
7-oetave, rosewood, carved leg, fully warranted 
Piunoe. WM A. POND \ CO., 
No. 547 Broadway, New York. 
Plane*. 
You si* WHY we rnti tiril 
First i.iusa 7 Octave Plano* for 
S20O? Wv unswt-r -It costs 
less tlmu 9300 to make any 
U SOOO Piano sold through 
T'i IScj Agi ut>, all of whom inuke 10 O 
rat V" per ct. profit. We )■)*»• no 
USr 1^ it Agents, bill »li!p 'lirset to funii- 
• U. V Heat Fltomry ntio.-, ind wsrriint 
6 Year*. Scad for HliMlrated circular. In wlilth wo refer 
to over SOO Bankers, Merdinntj, Ar. (jnni# <ff whom 
you may know), tislng our Pianos, in 44 Htatea and 
Territories. Plenne Jtati: where you rjiw this riotice. 
U. 8. Plano Co., 066 Broadway, N. Y. 
DUNHAM & SONS, 
(Established in 1834,) 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
PIANO-FORTES. 
Mookk’h Rural New-Vouuku or November 18, 
1871, stiyB: 
" Having used ono of their Instruments In our 
family for twenty years, wo cun oouffdentiy commend 
them to our reader* a* being ttrst-clntra In every re¬ 
spect. Both professional and amateur players on th 
piano pronounce our DUNHAM very superior In tone. 
An instrument that has retained its brilliancy and 
sweetness of tone for a score of years needs no far¬ 
ther commendation.” 
17 Union Square, 
NEW YORK. 
£tofU and roultnj. 
P REMIUM STANDARD AND PEDIGREE 
FOWLS FOR HALF. French Asiatics, Dark 
Bralunas und Game Eggs, *8 per dor. Derby und 
Duck-Wing Game Kgus, from my celebrated strains, 
! *12 per doz. Only a limited number for sale. Ad- 
( dress, with stump for Circular, 
HENRY SB Eli HITT, 
Poulterer l’or Isaac Van Winkle, 
Box 13, Greenville, Hudson Co., N. J. 
FREE—A BEAUTIFUL CATALOGUE 
Of Fancy Fowls and Eggs for Hatching. Address 
D. it. eoui 
esttUdd, Union Co., N. J. 
M V ILLUSTRATED POULTRY CATALOGUE. 
Send for my Descriptive 1,1st of the best varie¬ 
ties of Poultry known. JOHN S. IVES, Salem, Mass. 
JOHN S. IVES, Salem, Mass. 
I JGGS FOR IIATGIIING.-I will now book or- 
_j ders for eggs from my well known strains of Fan¬ 
cy Poultry, Including over 20 varieties ot Fowls aud 
Ducks, to be shipped ns Boon ns the went her will per¬ 
mit. Inclose stamp, and write for wlmt. you wunt to 
C. N. BROWN, Uuadlllu Forks, Otsego Co., N. Y. 
