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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[April, 
PRAIRIE, TEN MILES EAST FROM LINCOLN, NEB. 
A FINE REPRESENTATIVE VIEW OF FARMS AND CULTIVATED GROVES ON ROLLING PRAIRIE. 
IF YOU WANT A FARM OR HOME, 
YOXJ SHOULD BUY OF Til 11 
BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD CO. 
IIV IOWA OR NEBRASKA. 
BECAUSE—Their prices are low, ranging for the best land from Three to Ten Dollars per acre. 
BECAUSE— No payments are required of the purchaser for four years, except interest at six per cent. 
BECAUSE—After the fourth year only one seventh of the principal is payable annually till the whole is paid. 
BECAUSE—You are not required to go into a wilderness, these being well-settled States, the population of which Is rapidly increasing. 
BECAUSE—The mildness of the climate and fertility of the soil is such that the settler can pay for his farm from the products raised upon it long before the time when the principal 
becomes due. 
BECAUSE—Failure of crops from drouth is unknown. 
BECAUSE—Large allowances are made upon fare and freight, thus giving low rates on both to purchasers of this Company’s lands. 
ANI) YOU SHOULD BUY THIS YEAR. 
BECAUSE—Purchasers during 1874 who cultivate one-half their land within two years from their purchase are allowed a reduction of twenty per cent on its price. 
LARGE DISCOUNTS also, FOR CASH, within One, Two, or Five Years. 
^ Send for Circulars, with full information on all points, to GEO. S. HARRIS, Land Commissioner, 
At Lincoln, Nebraska, for land in Nebraska. At Burlington, Iowa, for land in Iowa. 
Or to w. D. COWLES, General Agent, 317 Broadway, New York. J AS. R. WOOD, General Agent, 59 Clark St., Chicago, Ill. 
HARNESS 
MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY 
FOR THE 
TRACK, ROAR, PARK OR FARM. 
Single at $8, $12, $15, $20, $25, to $200 per Set. Double at 
$25, £50, $35, $40 to $500 per Set. Blankets, Sweats, Hoods, 
Muzzles, Clipping Machines, and Horse furnishing goods of 
every description, style, and grade, adapted for use on the 
Track, Road, Farm or Stable. 
C. M. BIOSEMAN & BRO., 
Manufacturers, 114 Chambers St. 
“ Send for Descriptive Price-list." _ New York. 
Automatic 
PUMPS. 
Water driven to any 
height and distance hy 
compressed air. Coun¬ 
try li oases supplied 
cheaplv and certainly 
for bath-rooms, water 
closets, hot and cold 
water faucets, etc. 
Plenty of fresh water 
for stock on farms. 
Address 
Hartford Pump Co., 
11 Trumbull St.. 
Hartford, Conn. 
The Banner Windmill 
Ha* proved itself the most reliable and perfect Windmill in 
jse. Trial ami warranty always given. Circulars free. Rare 
chance for agents. IV. P. MIX, Columbus, Ohio. 
SOMETHING NEW. 
LOTS OF FUN. 
Endless amusement for both young and old. 
THE GREAT PUZZLES. 
They are sure to please everybody. Packages containing 
do 
dozen different puzzles sent anywhere for 25 cents. 
COMF- ' ~ ' 
Address PUZZLE COMPANY, 755 B'roadway, New York. 
Agents, you can sell them fast. Liberal discount. 
A dvertisers should send to gro. p. Rowell & Co., 
41 Park Row, N. Y., for their Eighty-page Pamphlet , 
containing lists of 3,000 newspapers and estimates, showing 
the cost of advertising. Mailed free to all applicants. 
NIAGARA 
Capital Stock. 
Cash value of As-ets.... 
Total Liabilities. 
FIRE INSURANCE 
COMPANY, 
201 Broadway, N.Y. 
.$500,000 
Net Assets.$1,225,922 
Dwellings and Farm Risks a specialty at all our Agencies. 
HENRY A HOWE, President. 
P. NOTMAN, V. P. and Sec’y . _ 
THE PENN MUTUAL 
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
OF PHILADELPHIA. 
ASSETS ACCUMULATED, $4,427,996,96. 
The Penn is a purely mutual Company. All of its surplus 
premiums are returned to the members every year. Divi¬ 
dends may be applied to reduce the premium or increase 
insurance as desired. SAM’L C. HUEY, Pres. 
General and Local Agents wanted in the Middle and West¬ 
ern States. Apply to H. S. STEPHENS, Vice Pres., No. 921 
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. _________. 
lovejoy’s New Style 
GLASS CUTTER 
And Putty Knife 
Cuts glass better than a dia¬ 
mond. Everybody 6hould have 
one. Any child can use it. 
Sent to your address on receipt 
of 60 cents and stamp by 
ALVAN li. LOVE JOY 
229 Washington St., 
Boston, - - - Mass. 
Liberal discount made to 
agents wanted 
for the HOPE SEAT SPRING, the besr. cheapest, 
and most durable spring ever offered. Send for circular. 
BENJ. F. WELLS. Sole Agent, 
47 Dey Street, New York. 
