[July, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Rich Farming Lands 
For Sale VERY CHEAP by the 
Union Pacific Railroad Co. 
MILLIONS OF ACRES 
IN THE 
STATE OF NEBRASKA, 
AT PRICES RANGING FROM 
$2.00 to $10.00 per Acre. 
Five and Ten Years’ Credit Given, 
with Interest at Six per Cent. 
Convenient to Markets East 
and West. 
The Lands of the Union Pacific Railroad 
Company are the odd numbered Sections for 
twenty miles on each side of the road. They 
are located in the valley of the Platte and its 
tributaries—a region widely celebrated for its 
beautiful scenery, rich, - productive soil, and 
mild and healthful climate. The winters are 
short, and the atmosphere dry and invigorat¬ 
ing. Epidemic diseases are unknown. The 
surface is undulating, covered with nutritious 
grasses, and watered with numerous clear run¬ 
ning streams. All the productions of the 
Eastern and Middle States are grown with 
success. Wheat and Coin are the staples, and 
it is well adapted to the cultivation of Fruit. 
For Stock-raising, in all its branches, these 
lands are unsurpassed. The Union Pacific and 
its branch railroads furnish Market Facilities 
unequalled. Education is free. One-eighteenth 
part of the entire area forms a permanent en¬ 
dowment of the Public Schools. Good Society, 
Schools, Churches, Post-Offices, Mills, Stores, 
and other advantages of civilization are enjoyed. 
The liberal provisions made for Education, 
the freedom from State debt, the rapidity with 
which this section is settling, the numerous 
towns and villages springing up, offering in¬ 
ducements to the merchant and mechanic, ren¬ 
der this tract a most desirable location for the 
industrious man of limited means to secure a 
comfortable home, and acquire competence, 
independence, and position. 
These lands are granted directly to the Rail¬ 
road Company. The title given to the purchaser 
is absolute, in fee simple, free from incum¬ 
brances. They are sold in tracts of forty acres 
and upwards, giving the man of small means 
an equal chance with the capitalist to make a 
safe and profitable investment, one which can 
not be destroyed by fire or flood, a provision 
for future support, not affected by revulsions , 
or liable to the fluctuations of stocks. 
Full information in reference to particular 
localities will be furnished, good lands selected, 
and sales made, free of charge, for persons not 
desiring to incur the expense of coming to ex¬ 
amine the lands in person. 
ALSO, 
THE PIONEER, 
A handsome Illustrated paper, containing the 
Homestead Law, mailed free to all parts of 
the world by addressing 0. I' DAVIS 
Lund Commissioner U. P. R.R. Co., 
OMAHA, JVEB. 
W A. COVER’S’ A CO., l»i-o<lnce 
• Commission Merchants, No. tiS Pearl Street, 
New York. Quick, sales and prompt returns.” H3?"Send 
for our weekly .Prices-current and Marking Plate. 
A OKiVI'S B.OOflt !— $12 a day made selling 
AaL Scissors Sharpener and other wares. Sample25 cts. Cat¬ 
alogue free. T. J. HASTINGS & CO., Worcester, Mass. 
$25 
Per Day guaranteed using our 
I Well Auger 
Foe Sale 
Tim Bunker Papers; 
OR, 
YANKEE FARMING. 
By TIMOTHY BUNKER, Esq., 
OF IIOOKEETOWN, CONN. 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
By HOPPIN. 
CONTENTS. 
-A Stroke of Economy. 
-Ornamental Trees. 
-Timothy-Hunker, Esq. 
-View of the Bird Law. 
-Guano in the Hill. 
-On Moss Bunkers. 
-On Subsoiling. 
—Going to the Fair. 
—In Tall Clover. 
-On Morse Racing. 
-At the Farmers’- Club. 
-On an Old Saw. 
-Book Farming in Ilook- 
ertown. 
-Pasturing Cattlein Roads. 
-The Weaker 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 Tiles. 
-The Clergy and Farming. 
—Women.Horse Racing, 
-Beginning Life. 
-An Apology for Tim Bun¬ 
ker. 
-On County Fairs. 
-At Home again. 
-On Raising Boys. 
-Oil Raising Girls. 
-A New Case of the Black 
Art. 
-A Letter from Neighbors, 
-'file Shadtown Parsonage. 
-Views of Dress. 
-A Rustic Wedding. 
-Saving a Sixpence. 
-Oil Giving Land a Start. 
-Oil Giving Boys a Starr. 
-A Tile in 1 he Head. 
-.Jake Frink Sold. 
-The New York Central 
Park. 
-Oil Irrigation. 
-Feeding with Oil-Meal. 
SENT POST-PAID, 
45. — The Farmers’ Club. 
16.—On Bad Water. 
47. —Cattle Disease. 
48. —On Seed. 
49. —On Breastworks in War. 
60. — Lightning Rods. 
51. —Buying a Farm. 
52. —Top-dressing and Feeding 
Aftermath. 
58, —Painting Buildings, 
at.—The Value of Muck. 
-On-Family Horses. 
-Tile Horn-ail. 
-A Commentary on Roots. 
-Stealing Fruit and Flow¬ 
ers. 
59. —The Cost of Pride. 
• 0.—Swamps Turning Indian. 
61. —Tim Bunker ill his Garden. 
62. —Oil Running Astern. 
68. —On Extravagance. 
■>4. — Tile Farmer’s Old Age. 
65. — On Sheep Traps. 
66. —Old-Style Housekeeping. 
67. —On Keeping a Wife Com¬ 
fortable. 
is.—Starting a Sugar Mill. 
69. —Reasons against Tobacco. 
10.—Trip to Washington. 
71 . —TheSanitaryCoimnissioii, 
72. —Raid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
73. —Raid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
74. —Oil Striking lie. 
75. —Visit to Titus Oaks, Esq. 
70. —The Pickle Fever in 
Hookertown. 
77. —On Curing Pickles and 
Eating them. 
78. —The Cotton Fever and 
Emigration. 
79. — The Cotton Fever and 
Emigration. 
50. —Tlie Food Question. 
81. —On Jim Grow. 
82. —The Eight-hour I,aw. 
83. —Base Ball Clubs. 
84. —The Rise of Real Estate. 
- - - PRICE $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
carpentry 
MADE EASY; 
Or, Tlie 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, witli Bills. Estimates of Cost, and Valuable Tallies. 
Illustrated by Thirty-eight Plates and near Two Hundred 
Figures. 
Ky WII/LI.OI 13. BELL, 
AKCHCTECT AND PltAOTICAL BUILDER, 
Price, Post-iiaid, - - - $5.00. 
Address 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
; r M5 Broadway, New York. 
1874. j 
Beckwith 
Sewing Machines 
$12 and $20. 
We have offered as a Premium, and also for sale, for 
more than a year past, tlie Beckwitli Serving 
Machine, which has been fully described in previous 
numbers of this paper. We -have already given and sold 
more than one thousand of these machines, and testi- 
menials of satisfaction have come front every quarter. 
We still offer the Beckwith Sewing’ Ma¬ 
chine, Improved, price $ 1 2. A new and very 
simple braiding-foot lias been made, by which a child can 
sew on braid without the least trouble, following any de¬ 
sired pattern with ease ; also a new arm, spiral spring 
and lever for raising the presser-foot, all of which are 
now set in a position that leaves the needle free to be 
threaded. The joint is much enlarged, and the machine 
is otherwise greatly strengthened and improved. The 
use of the braider-foot alone will be valued more than 
the cost of the machine. 
Each of these machines is put in a neat, compact 
box, with hammer and guide , oil-can with oil , thread , 
different-sized needles , etc., with full Printed Directions 
for using. On receipt of $12 we will send one of these 
machines to any address, expressage to be paid by the 
purchaser. 
The Vliiehiiie as a Premium. 
We will give one of these $12 machines to 
any one who wilt collect and forward sixteen 
subscribers to American Agriculturist fin- 
one year, at $1.50 each, expressage on the ma¬ 
chine to he paid toy the recipient of it. 
THE BECKWITH PORTABLE 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. 
PRICE $20. 
Enlarged and Improved. Its Weight is 7 Pounds. 
While we continue tlie offer of tlie Improved $12 Ma¬ 
chine as heretofore, we now offer tlie new 
PORTABLE FAMILY MACHINE, 
price $20,which comprises all tlie excellencies of tlie former, 
with many valuable improvements. Its size and power are 
increased, and its capacity thus very much enlarged,without 
impairing its portability. There have been added cam and 
eccentric movement, a.balance-wheel, and also an oscillat¬ 
ing needle-clamp, by which the length of stitch can with the 
greatest ease be changed to tlie finest shade of variation 
Without touching the needle. 
To any one sending us $20, we will send one of the Machines 
(packed in a neat, portable case,, witli handle to carry it 
easily), expressage to he paid by purchaser. 
Trite 3I»clniaie as si Premium. 
We will give one of these $20 Machines to 
any one. who will collect and forward to ns 
Thirty Subscribers to American Agriculturist, 
for one year at $1.50 each, or One Hundred 
at $leach, expressage on the Machine to be 
paid toy the recipient, of it. 
J®" Almost any lady can readily secure the small 
number of subscribers required to get cither the $12 or 
the $20 Machine as described above ; or some friend call 
thus obtain it. for her as apresent. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway,; New ; York. . 
