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AMERICAN AGrRIC ULTURIST. 
June. 
GREAT DEDUCTION. 
TEAS and COFFEES 
At Wholesale Prices. 
Increased Facilities to Club Organizers. 
Send for New Price-List. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
(P. O. !!ox 5(513.) 31 aud 33 Vesey St... New York. 
WOOD, TABES & MORSE, 
Eaton, Madison i'o., A 7 . I. 
M A N 1' F ACTU ijeus of 
Steam-Engines. 
Portable, Staiionary, and 
A grit- ii It aval. 
Hundreds in use-in Shops, Print¬ 
ing Looms, Mills, Mines, and on 
Farms and Plantations for Grain 
! 1 1 resiling. Food Cooking for 
stock.Cot ton Ginning, Sawing, etc. 
Circulars sent on application. 
HO! FOR IOWA 
Homes, at $5 and $i> per acre, on long time. Over 1,500,000 
acres Railroad Lands, free frommortgage, fo^ sale by the 
Iowa Railroad Land Co., all on the C.‘& N.NY. & Ill. Central 
Railway lines, in the middle region of Western Iowa, the 
richest farming belt in the West'. Pure water abundant. Mo 
fever and ague: Send for a land guide. It costs nothing, 
and gives every needful information. Address 
JOHN B. CALHOUN, 
Land Commissioner, 
90 Randolph Street, Chicago, or Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
Lovejoj’s New Style 
GLASS CUTTER 
And Putty Knife 
Cuts glass better than a dia¬ 
mond. Every body should have 
one. Any child can use it. 
Sent to your address on receipt 
of 60 cents and stump by 
ALVAN Ij. LOVEJOY 
229 Washington St,, 
Boston, ... Mass. 
Liberal discount made to dealers. 
STEEL FE1S! 
Bold by all Dealers. 
No. 91 John St , New York. 
HENRY HOE,Sole Agent. JOSEPH GILLOTT&SONS 
BUILDING FELT. 
This water-proof material, resem¬ 
bling tine leather, is for outside 
work (vo tar substances used) and 
inside, instead of plaster. Felt 
carpetings; etc. Send two 3-cent 
stamps for circular and samples. 
C. J. FAY. Camden, N. J. 
CARPENTRY 
MADE EASY; 
Or, The Science and Art of Framing, on a new and im¬ 
proved system. With specific instructions for Building Bal¬ 
loon Frames, Barn Frames. Mill Frames, Warehouses, 
Church Spires, etc. Comprising also a system of Bridge- 
building, with Bills, Estimates of Cost, and Valuable Tables. 
Illustrated by -Thirty-eight Plates and near Two Hundred 
Figures. 
JBy WILLI.4INL 13. 38331.1., 
Architect and Practical Builder, 
Price, Post-paid, - - - - 85.00. 
Address 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
J AS. T. klim k CO. 
Have manufactured a largo stock of 
RICH AND MEDIUM PRICED 
FURNITURE 
for tlie spring trade, which is now on exhibition and for 
sale, at wholesale and retail, at tlieir extensive 
WARE3E600MS, 
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IMPORTANT TO IPENTORS. 
American Agriculturist 
PATENT DEPARTMENT 
In compliance with the request of numerous inven¬ 
tors, we have organized a 
PATENT DEPARTMENT 
in connection with this office for the transaction of ail 
business connected with 
Securing Patents 
in the United States and foreign countries. 
The character for 
Reliability 
which has been maintained by the American Agricul¬ 
turist for more titan thirty years will he carefully 
guarded in this as in other departments. 
All Inventors 
desirous of procuring patents at moderate cost are in¬ 
vited to forward (express prepaid) a model of their in¬ 
vention, with a brief description of its working. The 
model should not exceed one cubic foot in dimension. 
Upon receipt of model an opinion as to patentability 
will he given free of charge. 
Preliminary Era m in at ion 
P at the Patent Office, to determine patenta- 
bility, will be promptly made for it fee of $5. 
Litigation of Patents. 
Bk The services of the best counsel have been ji®. 
secured to prosecute or protect before the 
U. S. Courts and the Patent Office the claims 
T of those intrusting their business to this MP® 
agency. jjj 
Specifications, drawings, engravings, mo¬ 
dels. and all other appliances furnished at 
moderate prices. 
In all dealings with this Department in¬ 
ventors may depend upon promptness, fideli¬ 
ty to their interests, and the best services 
which can be rendered by thorough experts. 
For full particulars, address 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
PATENT DEPARTMENT, 
S ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York, 
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JENNIE JUNE’S 
AMERICAN 
Cookery Book. 
Containing upwards of twelve hundred choice and 
carefully tested recipes; embracing all the popular 
dishes, and the best results of modern science, reduced 
to a simple and practical form. Aiso, a chapter for in¬ 
valids, for infants, one on Jewish cookery, and a variety 
of miscellaneous recipes of special value to house¬ 
keepers generally. 
By Mrs. J. C. CROLY (Jennie June). 
PRICE, POST-PAID, - - - - $1.75. 
Address 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
Tim Bunker Papers; 
OR, 
YANKEE FARMING. 
By TIMOTHY BUNKER, Esq., 
OF HOOKERTOWN, CONN. 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
By HOPPIN. 
CONTENTS. 
-A Stroke of Economy. 
-Ornamental Trees. 
-Timothy Bunker, Esq. 
-View of the Bird Law. 
-Guano in tlie Hill. 
-On Moss Bunkers. 
-On fcubsoiiing. 
-Going lo the Fair. 
-In Tall Ciover. 
-Oil Horse Racing. 
-At the Farmers’ Club. 
-On an Old Saw. 
-Book Farming in Hook- 
ertown. 
-Pasturing Cattle in Roads, 
-The Weiik'-r Brethren. 
-Curing a Horse Pond. 
-Domesticities at Tim 
Bunker’s. 
-Takes a Journey. 
—On Farm Roads. 
-A New Manure. 
-Losing the Premium'. 
-A New Enterprise. 
-Making '1 ilos. 
-The Cl< rgy and Farming. 
-Women Horse Racing. 
-Beginning Life. 
-An Apology for Tim Bun 
ker. . 
-Oil County Fairs. 
-At Home again. 
-On Raising Boys. 
-On Raising Girls. 
-A New Case of the Black 
Art. 
-A Letter from Neighbors. 
-The Sliudt.own Parsonage. 
-Views'of Dress. 
-A Rustic Wedding. 
-Saving a Sixpence. 
-On Giving Land a Start, 
-On Giving Boys a Start. 
-A Tile in the Head. 
-Jake Frink Sold. 
-The New York Central 
Park. 
-On Irrigation. 
-Feeding with Oil-Meal. 
45. —The Farmers’ Club. 
46. —On Bad Water. 
47. —Cattle Disease. 
48. —On Seed. 
49. —On Breastworks in War. 
50. —Lig)itiling Rods. 
51. —Buying a Farm. 
52. —Top-dressing and Feeding 
Aftermath. 
53. —Painting Buildings. 
54. —The Value of Muck. 
55. —On Family Horses. 
56. —The Horn-ail. 
57. —A Commentary on Roots. 
58. —Stealing Fruit aud Flow¬ 
ers. 
59. —The Cost of Pride. 
60. —Swamps Turning Indian. 
61. —TimBunker in his Garden. 
62. —On Running Astern. 
63. —Oil Extravagance. 
64. —The Farm: r’s Old Age. 
05.- Oil Sheep Traps. 
6(i.—Old-Style Housekeeping. 
67.—On Keeping a Wife Com¬ 
fortable. 
68— Starting a Sugar Mill. 
69. —Reasons against Tobacco. 
70. —Trip to Washington. 
71. —The Sanitary Commission, 
72. —Raid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
73. —Raid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
On Striking lie. 
■Visit to Titus Oaks, Esq. 
•The Pickle Fever in 
Hookertown. 
■On Curing Pickles and 
Eating them. 
•The Cotton Fever and 
Emigi ation. 
■The Colton Fever and 
Emigration. 
■The Food Question. 
On Jim Crow. 
-The Eiglit-liour Law. 
Base Ball Clubs. 
The Rise of Real Estate. 
SENT POST-PAID, 
- - - PRICE |1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
Every FARMER ami STOCK KAISER, and 
EVERYBODY that keeps a HORSE, a COW, 
POULTRY. SHEEP, or SWUVE-vvliolli.r lie 
lives in City, Town, or Country—wants the 
Live $t©ck Journal. 
Monthly. ¥1.50 per year. In its 5tli Volume. Beautifully 
illustrated. The bes’t, instructor upon every class of Live 
Stock. National—giving equal attention to the Stock Inter¬ 
ests of every State. Treats, by practical writers, upon tlie 
Farm, the Dairy, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, 
Bees, Fish, and their diseases. Specimen 10 cents. Address 
LIVE STOCK JOURNAL CO., Buffalo, N. Y. 
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