AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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©heap Farms! Free Homes! 
ON THE LINE OF THE 
UNION FAGIFIG BAILED AD. 
A LAND GRANT OP 
is,000,000 ^ o res. 3 es ss 
OF THE 
Best Fanning and Mineral Lands in America. 
3,000,000 Acres in Nebraska, 
IN THE 
GREAT PLATTE VALLEY, 
THE 
OF THE WEST, 
Wow for Sale I 
These lands are in the central portion of the United States, 
on the 41st degree of North Latitude, the central line of the 
great Temperate Zone of the American Continent, and for 
grain-growing and stock-raising unsurpassed hy any in the 
United States. 
CHEAPER IN PRICE, more favorable terms given, and 
more convenient to market than can be found elsewhere. 
FREE Homesteads for Actual Settlers, 
THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR COLONIES. 
Soldiers Entitled to a Homestead of 160 Acres. 
Free Passes to Pnrchasers of Land. 
The Poultry Bulletin. 
Vol. III.—Enlarged, Improved,and Beautifully 
Illustrated. iSvrge octavo size. 20 pages and cover. 
Devoted to Poultry, Pigeons, Fish, Rabbits, 
and Pet Animals. 
ITS CORRESPONDESTS include-many of the 
best and most successful breeders in America and England. 
Terms $1 per year. Send for sample copy.. Liberal terms 
to agents. Address 
W. Y. STATE POULTRY SOCIETY, 
Box 316, New York City. 
imi% 0, C00PER, COOPER H8LL~ 
LIMERICK, IRELAND, 
Winner of Six Gold Medals, Pai ls and New 
York, Silver Cups, Medals, and many Hun¬ 
dred Prizes, during the last six years, in the United 
Kingdom, for Dark Brahmas, Silver Dorkings, Houdans, 
Creve Cceur, Cochins, Spanish, Game, Rouen and Aylesbury 
Ducks, Toulouse and Embden Geese. Can supply thorough¬ 
bred poultry at prices according to merit, as well as eggs 
of same. N. B.—Shipments to the United States can now 
be made direct from Queenstown. 
E ras IFOM MATCH*]*©.—Partridge 
and But! Cochins, Dark Brahmas, $3 doz.; 2 doz., 
$5; 4 doz., $8. Houdans, $2 doz.; 4 doz. $6. White Leg¬ 
horns, Silver-spangled Hamburg, Golden Sebright Bantam, 
Black B. Red Game Bantam, $2 doz. Silver-Gray Dorking, 
Light Brahma, $2 doz.; 2 doz., $3; 4 doz., $5. Aylesbury 
Duck (imported), $! doz. Canacker Duck, white with black 
head, from South America, large, handsome. $3 doz. We 
are breeding from imported and best prize fowls, and a Light 
Brahma cock weighing 13X lbs. Send for descriptive cata¬ 
logue. 
W. S. CARPENTER & SON, Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
Send for the new descriptive pamphlet, with new maps, 
published in English, German, Swedish, and Danish, mailed 
free everywhere. Address 
O. P. DAVIS, 
Land Commissioner, U. P. ILK. Co, 
OMAHA, NEB. 
900,000 ACRES 
OF 
EXCELLENT FARMING 
AND SPLENDID 
Michigan Pine Lands 
FOR SALE, 
On which are ONE THOUSAND MILLIONS OF 
PINE TIMBER, and inexhaustible quantities of Maple, 
Beech, Elm, Ash, Hemlock, Oak, etc. 
The grant of lands to the Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail¬ 
road Company, to build their Road from Fort Wayne, Ind., 
to Traverse Bay and Mackinaw, Michigan, comprises in its 
farming lands every variety of soil, from the rich clay loam 
to the light sandy, and they are found in that section of 
Michigan, north of the city of Grand Rapids, and contiguous 
to the great fruit belt on the eastern shores of Lake Michi¬ 
gan, now being rapidly developed hy railroad and other en¬ 
terprises. 
Farming Lands are sold to actual settlers, on cre¬ 
dit, one quarter down, balance in yearly payments, interest 
7 per cent. Persons desirous of locations for farms will, on 
application at the Office in Grand Rapids, lie fur¬ 
nished with Tickets over tlie Road, entitling them to 
Return of Fares, in the event of purchasing any of the 
Company’s farming land. For information about the lands, 
prices, location, etc., etc., address 
WM. A. HOWARD, Land Commissioner, 
Title Perfect. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
5,500,000 ACRES 
OF THE 
RICHEST FARMING LAUDS 
IN THE WORLD, 
For Sale to Actual Settlers, 
NEOSHO VALLEY, KANSAS. 
Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. 
CARS NOW RUNNING 500 MILES. 
The Lands now offered by this Company are mainly within 
30 miles of each side of the road, extending 170 miles 
along the NEOSHO VALLEY, the richest, finest, and most 
Inviting valley for settlement in the West. 
PRICE OF LAND.—$3 to S8 per acre; credit of 
ten years’ time. For further information, address 
ISAAC T. GOODNOW, 
Land Commissioner, Ncoslio Falls, Kansas. 
WOW READY. 
Yellow Nimsemond Sweet-Potato Plants, 50 cts. per 100,by 
mail, postage paid; by ex, $3 per 1,000. lied Nansemond 
and Red Bermuda. 75 cts. per 100. Brazilian, $t per 100. 
Cabbage, 40 cts. per 100. Tomato, 23c. per doz. Sidell’s 
Solid Mammoth Tomato, 73 cts. per doz. Egg, Sage, Cauli¬ 
flower, and Pepper, 40 cts. per doz, by mail, postage paid. 
Send for price-list. Address 
O. HURRAS, North Fairfield, O. 
CjWE fi’J T - M® <JR '4' A T « PI.A^'TS.- 
Treated especially for planting at the North. Care¬ 
fully packed for express at $3 per 1,000; f-3 per 500. lly mail, 
C. II. BARIIOWS, Willimantic, Ct. 
$1 per 100. 
J UST ARRIVED from FRANCE—64 ko. Pepin 
Coignassier, best quality; 2,( 00 ko. P6pin Pairier, best 
quality; for sale below cost. 
LASSING W1ES & CO, I’. O. Box 4,208, New York. 
1£50 per Cent Saved I 
Buy Flower Bulbs from Grube Si Nleuwlaud, 
Send for Catalogue. 13 First street, New York. 
£la.fely packed—EOGS-- from pure-bred 
E-? selected fowls. Houdans, Silver-Spangled Hamburghs, 
and Gold-Laced Sebright Bantams, $3 per doz, or two doz. 
for $5. Neither of the cocks is related to the hens. 
JAMES SHEPARD, Bristol, Ct. 
IF HEELER’S Java Game Fowls. 
» “ Try them, and see if they are not the finest Fowls 
you ever had or saw. $12 pair; eggs, $3. 
GEO. S. WHEELER, Foxboro, Mass. 
EGGS from Imported Fowls—L. B. Silver, Salem, O. 
tFiKEAT CHANCE for ISiitclters 
vff and Market-men at the National Capital. 
Sales at auction of the stands in the immense new market 
buildings at Washington, D. C, will commence May 25tli. 
Send for circular of particulars to 
ADOLF CLUSs, Architect, Box 93, Waahington, D. C. 
Fleetwood Farm, 
Near Frankfort, Ky., 
Thorough-bred Horses, Trotting Stock, Im¬ 
ported Alderncys, South Dowu Sheep, etc. 
J. W. HUNT REYNOLDS. 
(State where you saw this advertisement.) 
Bt SALE.— 
is. Jersey bull calf, pedigree perfect, $50; do, pedigree 
defective, $30. Poland China pigs, $10 each. 
FRANK H. HALL, Aurora, Illinois. 
M OLSTEIN or DUTCH BULL for sale. Will be 
three years old July 12th. A very superior animal. For 
price and pedigree, address A. S. EATON, Staffordville, Ct. 
SALE .—Pure Jersey Cattle —Bulls, Cows, 
-B- Heifers, and Calves. Address 
RICHARD YOUNG, Morton's P. O, Delaware Co., Pa. 
BL4CI H.&SS for stocking ponds. 
JERSEY CATTLE. Family cows. 
Address W. CLIFT, Mystic Bridge, Ct. 
Imported Animals & Fowls—L. B. Silver, Salem, O. 
M GUILBERT, Evergreen Farm, Gwynedd, Pa., 
e has for sale Blooded Cattle, Calves, Cotswold and 
South-Down Sheep—Lambs, $15 each—Berkshire, York¬ 
shire, and very fine Chester White Swine—English Grey¬ 
hound and other Dogs—Fancy Poultry—Eggs, $3 a dozen— 
Pigeons—Madagascar Rabbits —Peafowl —Swans —Eagle— 
and other curiosities. 
• Royal Berkshire and Chester White Pigs. 
«* Eggs from 20 varieties Land and Water Fowls. 
Best Shipping Box for Eggs in I he world. 
r b State what you want,and send stamp forDeserip- 
w tive Price-list. 
0 Dr. G. C. PITZER, Detroit, Pike Co., 111. 
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CP 
Emex Pigs. 
Jersey Cattle® 
Bred and for sale hy 
G. W. FABLEE, 
Crossbill, N. J. 
P OLAN»=CB0WA FIGS.—I am breed¬ 
ing for sale pure-bred Poland-China pigs. My stock 
is bred from some of the best stock of A. C. Moore and 
Irwin, the best or among the best breeds of this stock. 
Price ten dollars each. Address 
S. B. KIRTLEY, Mexico, Audrian Co., Mo. 
Premium Chester Whites; Berkshire 
and Essex Pigs. 
Bred and for sale by GEO. It. HICKMAN. 
"West Chester* Chester Co., Pa. 
Send for Circular and Price-list. 
Homes for Everybody. 
.A. MODEL, COLONY, 
Organized upon temperance principles. The sale of intoxi¬ 
cating liquors as a beverage within the Colony limits strictly 
prohibited. Fifteen Townships of very rich land in south¬ 
western Minnesota and north-western Iowa—the healthiest 
climate in the United States. Good markets, cheap fuel and 
lumber. The St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad now running 
through the lands. The advantages of good society, churches, 
schools, and a rapid increase in the value of their property 
secured to members in the shortest possible time. Send 
stamp for a copy of The National Colony Journal, giving 
full particulars. 
MILLER, HUMISTON & CO., 
Toledo, Os! io. 
PROVIDIiGE WRINGER. 
WMW 1872. 
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PROVIDENCE TOOL COMPANY, 
II Warren st., N. Y., and PKOV., R. I. 
AGREAT OFFER J 481 Broadway, ’ 
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