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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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GOODNEWS 
LADIES! 
Get up Clubs for our CELEBRATED TEAS and COF¬ 
FEES, and secure a beautiful MOSS-ROSE or GOBD- 
BAND TEA-SET (44 pieces), our own importation. One 
of these beautiful China tea sets given away to the party 
Bending a club for $25. This is the greatest inducement 
ever offered. Send in vour orders and enjoy a cup of 
GOOD TEA or COFFEE, and at the same time procure a 
HANDSOME CHINA TEA-SET. No humbug. Good teas, 
30c„ 35c., and 4 >c. per lb Excellent teas, 50c. and 60c., and 
very best from 65c. to 90e. When ordering, be sure and 
mention what kind of Teas you want—whether Oolong, 
Mixed, Japan, Imperial, Young Hyson, Gunpowder, or Eng¬ 
lish Breakfast, w e are the oldest and largest Tea Company 
in the business. The reputation of our house requires no 
comment. For full particulars address 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
P. O. Box 289. 31 and 83 Vesey St., N. Y. 
Southwestern 
innesota 
"I have used the { ACME ’ Pulverizing 
Harrow, Clod Crusher & Leveler on soil so 
heavy that an ordinary Harrow would hardly 
make an impression; by giving it a few 
strokes (with the 'ACME') the hard lumps 
were transformed into a mellow soil fit to re¬ 
ceive any crop." (See page 204 , this paper.) 
^AFE INVESTMENTS. — Of large or small 
Martin, Watonwan, and Brown counties. Only five hours 
by Omaha R. R. from St. Paul. Near the City of Mankato. 
Thriving village, schools and churches. Spring water lakes 
and rivers, deep, rich soil, beautiful meadows. Rapidly be¬ 
coming the Garden Spot of mixed farming in the North¬ 
west, with competing railroads. 75.000 acres of undulating 
prairie, near the “ Big Woods ” of the Minnesota River, at 
$6 to $8 per acre. J. H. DRAKE, Land Commissioner, 
St. Paul, Minnesota. 
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amounts made by John D. Knox & Co., Bankers 
and Loan Agents, Topeka. Kansas. Special attention 
given to placing money on farm and other good and pro¬ 
ductive property, at 6 to 8 per cent. We have made 
many hundreds of loans for persons from England to 
California. Pay interest on Time Certificates of Depos¬ 
its from 3 to 5 per cent, according to time. Send for a 
free copy of “Knox’s Investor’s Guide.” Address 
JOHN D. KNOX & CO., Topeka, Kansas. 
MIXED FARMING 
IN NEBRASKA. 
Crain, Corn, and Live Stock Crowing 
Combined. 
The most Profitable and agreeable of any occupation, 
1882 
Reports prove the agriculturists of Nebraska to have 
been the most successful of any people in the West. 
Write for information about the above matters—also 
about U. P. Ry. lands in this State, which will be sent Free, 
in great variety, by LEAVITT BURNHAM, 
Land Commissioner U. P. Ry. Co., 
Omnlia, Neb. 
tW Refer to this advertisement. _sm 
KANSAS -»■ 
“THE GOLDEN BELT” 
■ALONG THE- 
KANSAS DIVISION U. P. R’WAY 
STOCK RAISING WOOL GROWING 
Buffalo Grass Pasture Summer and Winter. Unsurpassed for Climate, Grasses, Water 
CORN and WHEAT „ FRUIT „ , 
170,000,000 bus. Corn. 35,000,000 Wheat. The Best in the Eastern Market. 
Pamphlets and Maps free. B. MCALLASTER Land Commis’r, Kansas City, Mo. 
1,000 000 ACRES CHOICE LANDS IN 
M I N N ES0 TA & D AKOTA.. 
'$ 0 ' V §§ Spi ilE<^ 
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m OR SALE A T.-S2A2 TOS6----PER A ORE OP 
EASY TEEMS. FREE FARE & LOW FREtGH T 
TO PURCHASERS.r: . GAINING 
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CHA S. E:. *Si"/ ZV7A/7 O l\l .S’ 
LANE) COMO C.S<N:VY. AYCHICAGO,ILL. 
WESTERN 
STOCK. 
FARM 
FOR SALE. 
Situated in the heart of the great 
Western stock region. Valuable 
improvements: 1,000 acres under 
fence. Thoroughbred Stock, Sta¬ 
bles, Sheds, Corrals, and every 
convenience for fine stock growing. 
Handsome Brick Residence. For 
full particulars apply to 
GEO. IP BEMIS, 
Omaha, Neb. 
North Dakota 
To-day offers unequalled advantages to the farmer, me¬ 
chanic, laboring man, or capitalist. The James River 
Valley, along the Northern Pacific Railroad, is 
the most inviting portion of North Dakota, with a 
record of from 20 to 40 bushels of “No. 1 hard" wheat 
to the acre. Millions of acres of the best prairie land, near 
railroads, free to settlers. Men with breaking teams, labor¬ 
ing men and women can find constant employment at ex¬ 
cellent wages. Pamphlets, with reliable information, and 
map sent free to any applicant by addressing 
SECRETARY BOARD OF TRADE, 
Jamestown, Dakota. 
YOUNG MAN, GO WEST, 
-TO THE- 
Park Region of Minnesota. 
The Land of Lakes, of Groves, of Meadows, of No. 1 Hard 
Wheat, of CHEAP HOMES. S4 to per acre, of 
first owners. Send for Maps and Pamphlets to 
C. J. WRIGHT, Fergus Falls, Minn. 
'OUTH DAKOTA 
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Free Lands! Good Crops! 
The Bismarck Land District, 
the Largest in the World. 
BiSMAROK, and the Missouri Slope. 
For full information regarding the great Missouri 
Slope, the most productive region in the north¬ 
west, its advantages, chances for investment in 
city property or farm lands, how to obtain free 
government lands, quality of soil, products, etc., 
"send to the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, 
Bismarck, North Dakota. 
DUNLEITH STOCK FARM FOR SALE. 
As a whole or in parcels, each with improvements, build¬ 
ings mostly new. 400 acres, one of the finest grazing and 
stock farms in Maryland, situated in a thriving section of 
Harford Co., healthy, convenient, good roads, land and 
water of excellent quality. For terms and particulars ad¬ 
dress THOS. A. HAYS, Chiirchyille, 
Mention this paper. Harford Co.. Md. 
/-v A I ICADMI A Fall description by coun- 
OALlrLJrvIMIA. ties: 200-page pamphlet 
and map: price 50 cents, postage paid. 
McAFEE BROTHERS, Land Agents, 
234 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. 
TTV A 71/T (A ISO Delaware Fruit and Grain 
in BA IWB ^ Farms cheap. Catalogues free. 
JL XJL.1LVXT.B_ a. P. GRIFFITH, Smyrna, Del. 
OME TO MARYLAND ’-Improved Farms, $7 
to $25 per acre. Descriptive Catalogues sent free. 
H. P. CHAMBERS, Federalsburgh, Md. 
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Ms’ Automatic Cleese later. 
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CHARLES MILLAR & S0H, Utica U. Y. 
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COHN STALK CUTTERS. 
MARSEILLES MAN’F’G 
Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. JD. 
Hon. A. U. Stephens, 
and others 
recommend 
them. 
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