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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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IF YOU WANT A FARM OR HOME, 
YOU SHOULD BUY OF THE 
BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD CO. 
IN’ IOWA OK 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 irom 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. 
A\D YOU SHOULW BSB.'Y THIS YEAR. 
BECAUSE —Purchasers of our lands in Nebraska during 1874 who cultivate one-half their land within two years from their purchase are allowed a reduction of twenty per cent on it» 
price. LARGE DISCOUNTS also, FOK CASH, within One, Two, or Five Years, 
tar* Send for Circulars, with full information on all points, to CEO. 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. JAS. R. WOOD, General Agent, 59 Clark St., Chicago, Ill. 
The best and cheapest Paint In the 
■world for Iron, Tin or Wood. For sale by 
the Trade everywhere. PRINCE’S METALLIC 
PAINT CO., Manufacturers, 96 Cedar St., New York. 
CAUTION. —Purchasers and consumers are cau¬ 
tioned against imitations of our Metallic Paint. 
All genuine PRINCE'S METALLIC PAINT will 
bear our name and trade mark on each and every 
package. Send for a circular. 
PAINT 
Lake Superior and Mississippi It.R. 
Saint Paul, June, 1874. 
This Company lias for sale large tracts of Land, in the 
vicinity of its Railroad, on which are extensive wild 
Cranberry Marshes, from which several Thou¬ 
sand Bushels were gathered in 1873. To any person 
acquainted with the culture of Cranberries, rare oppor¬ 
tunities are offered. Address 
JNO. P. ILSLEY, 
President and Land Commissioned. 
THE PENN MUTUAL 
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
OF PHILADELPHIA. 
ASSETS ACCUMULATED, $1,437,990.90. 
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. 
YOUR HOUSE WITH THE 
NEW YORK ENAMEL PAINT 
AND SAVE 50 PER CENT. 
White, Black, and all the other Shades, mixed 
ready for use. 
Send for Sample Cards and Price-List. 
If. Y. Enamel Paint Co., 43 Chambers St.,N.Y. 
BUILDING FELT. 
This water-proof material, resem¬ 
bling fine leather, is for outside 
■work (no 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. 
FIRE INSURANCE 
COMPANY, 
201 Broadway, N.Y. 
Capital Stock...$500,000 
Cash value of Assets.$1,308,224 
Total Liabilities. . 82,302 
Net Assets.$1,225,9-22 
Dwellings and Farm Risks a specialty at all our Agencies. 
HENRY A HOWE, President. 
P. NOTMAN, V. P. and Sec’y. 
“EDEOCjRAPHY.” m 
plete system of Phonetic Short Hand—the 
new book on the art ot 
Writing by Sound; a com¬ 
plete system of Phonetic Short Hand—the shortest, most simple, 
easy, and comprehensive, enabling any one, in a short time, to report 
trials, speeches, sermons, &c. The Lord’s Prayer is written with 
forty-nine strokes of the pen, and 140 words per minute. The unem¬ 
ployed should learn this art. Price, by mail, 50 Cts. Agents wanted. 
Address T. W. EVANS A CO., 139 S. Seventh Street, Phila., Pa. 
fhould send to Geo. P. Rowell & C 
41 Park Row, N. Y., for their Eighty-page Pamphl 
containing lists ol 3,000 newspapers and estimates, sliowi 
the cost of advertising. Mailed free to all applicants. 
H ow to Make a Ibollajr or Two, 
Mornings and Evening—near home—with “GOOD 
BOOKS FOR ALL.” Send stamp for facts to S. R. WELLS, 
389 Broadway, New York. 
Tongue-Lolling Bits* 
We make Bits to prevent the above bad habit. $2, $3, or 
$4, for cash with order, or C. O. D. Hand-forged Bits made 
in any style to order. Patentees of the 
BALDWIN BIT, for side pullers and hard mouths. 
$2, $3, and $4. Also agents for the 
MARTIN BIT. See adv. in “Turf, Field, and Farm,” 
and “ Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times.” 
JOS. BALDWIN CO., Newark, IV. J. 
Hew Tori College of Veterinary Swobs, 
INCORPORATED 1857. 
Lectures for 1874 will commence about the middle of Octo¬ 
ber and continue until the last of February, 1875. 
Fees: Matriculation, $5; Faculty, $120 ; Graduation, $25; 
Dissecting, $5; Address for Circulars, 
A. F. LIAUTARD, V.S., M.D., Sec’y. 
205 Lexington Ave., New York. 
$290 Piano. Circulars free. U. S. Piano Co. 810 B’dway, N.Y. 
