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AMERICAN AG-RICULTURIST. 
[June, 1868.] 
(Advertisements on this page, $2.50 per Agate Line of Space.) 
~ ESTABLISHED ' 18eiT" 
THE 
GREAT AMERICAN 
TEA COMPANY 
HAVE RECEIVED 
TW© FULL CARGOES 
OF THE FINEST NEW CHOP TEAS. 
22,000 HALF CHESTS by ship Golden State. 
12,000 HALF CHESTS by ship George Shotton. 
In addition to these large cargoes of Black and Japan 
Teas, the Company are constantly receiving large invoices 
of the finest quality of Green Teas from the Moyune dis¬ 
trict of China, which are unrivaled for fineness and delica¬ 
cy of flavor. 
To give our readers an idea of the profits which have been 
made in the Tea trade, we will start with the American 
houses, leaving out of the account entirely the profits of the 
Chinese factors. 
1st. The American house in China or Japan makes large 
profits on their sales or shipments—and some of the richest 
retired merchants in the country have made their immense 
fortunes through their houses in China. 
2d. The Banker makes large profits upon the foreign ex¬ 
change used in the purchase of Teas. 
3d. The Importer makes a profit of 30 to 50 per cent, in 
many cases. 
4th. On its arrival here it is sold by the cargo, and the 
Purchaser sells it to the Speculator in invoices of 1000 to 
2000 packages, at an average profit of about 10 per cent. 
5th. The Speculator sells it to the Wholesale Tea Dealer 
in lines at a profit of 10 to 15 per cent. 
Oth. The Wholesale Tea Dealer sells it to the Wholesale 
Grocer in lots to suit his trade, at a profit of about 10 per 
cent. 
7th. The Wholesale Grocer sells it to the Retail Dealer at 
a profit of 15 to 25 per cent. 
8th. The Retailer sells it to the Consumer for all tub 
PROFIT HE CAN GET. 
When you have added to these EianT profits as many 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages and wastes, and 
add the original cost of the Tea, it will be perceived what 
the consumer has to pay. And now we propose to show why 
we can sell so very much lower than other dealers. 
We propose to do away with all these various profits and 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages and wastes, with 
the exception of a small commission paid for purchasing to 
our correspondents in China and Japan, one cartage, and a 
small profit to ourselves—which, on our large sales, will 
amply pay us. 
By our system of supplying Clubs throughout the country, 
consumers in all parts of the United States can receive their 
Teas at the same price (with the small additional expense 
of transportation), as though they bought them at our ware¬ 
houses in this city. 
For manner of getting up Clubs, see former advertisement 
in this paper. 
Parties sending Club or other orders for less than thirty 
dollars had better send Post-office Drafts or money with 
their orders, to save the expense of collections by express ; 
but larger orders we will forward by express, to collect on 
delivery. 
Hereafter we will send a complimentary package to the 
party getting up the Club. Our profits are small, but we will 
be as liberal as we can afford. We send no complimentary 
package for Clubs less than $30. 
Parties getting their Teas of us may confidently rely upon 
getting them pure and fresh, as they come direct from the 
Custom House stores to our Warehouses. 
We warrant all the goods we sell to give entire satisfac¬ 
tion. If they are not satisfactory, they can be returned at 
our expense within 30 days, and have the money refunded. 
The Coinpanyhave selected the following kinds from their 
stock, which-they recommend to meet the wants of clubs. 
They are sold at cargo prices, the same as the Company sell 
them in New York, as the list of prices will show. 
PRICE LIST OF TEAS: 
OOLONG (Black), 70c., 80c., 90c., best $1 ® lb. 
MIXED, (Green and Black), 70c., 80c., 90c., best $1 per lb. 
ENGLISH BREAKFAST (Black), 80c., 90c., $1, $1.10, best 
$1.20 per pound. 
IMPERIAL (Green), 80c., 90c., $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per pound. 
YOUNG HYSON (Green), 80c., 90c., $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per 
pound. 
UNCOLORED JAPAN, 90c., $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per pound. 
GUNPOWDER, (Green), $1.25, best $1.50 per pound. 
Consumers can save from 50c. to $1 per pound by pur¬ 
chasing their Teas of this Company. 
COFFEES ROASTED AND GROUND DAILY. 
GROUND COFFEE,20c„ 25c., 30c.,35c..best -10c. per pound. 
Hotels, Saloons, Hoarding-house keepers, and Families who 
use large quantities of Coffee, can economize in that article 
by using our FRENCH BREAKFAST AND DINNER COF¬ 
FEE, which we sell at the low price of 30c. per pound, and 
warrant to give perfect satisfaction. 
ROASTED (Unground) 30c., 35c., best 40c. per lb. 
GREEN (Unroasted) 25c., 30c., 33c., best 35c. per lb. 
N. B.—All villages and towns where a lai-ge 
liumbex- i-cside, by Clubbing togetliei-, can re¬ 
duce tlie cost of their Teas and Coffees abont 
one-tlxiial (beside tlxe Express cliai-ges,) by 
sending dii-ectly to “Tlxe Gi-eat American 
Tea Company.” 
BEWARE of all concerns that advertise themselves as 
branches of our Establishment, or copy our name either 
wholly or in part, as they are bogus or imitations. We 
have no branches, and do not, in any case, authorize the 
use of our name. 
Post-Office orders and Drafts, make payable to the order 
of “Great American Tea Company.” Direct letters and 
orders to the (as below, no more, no less) 
; Great American Tea Company, j 
Nos. 3 | and 33 VESEY-ST., 
: Post-Office Box, 5 ,( 143 , New York City. : 
I BOOK FOR EVERY FIRMER. 
TIE ELEMENTS OP 
AGRICULTURE 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jun’r., 
AUTHOR OF 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT AND DRAIN¬ 
ING FOR HEALTH. 
Formerly Agricultural Engineer of the Central Park, New- 
York. Revised Edition. 
This hook was first published about 15 years ago, and was 
more largely sold than any hook of the same character ever 
brought out in America. 
It lias now been carefully revised in the light 
of the latest discoveries of Agricultural Science, and is cor. 
dially recommended to every farmer, young or old, who 
would understand the simple principles on which liis suc¬ 
cess must depend. 
It is written in a style that will he readily understood by 
all, and while necessarily referring to, and explaining, the 
chemical relations between the soil and the plant, there is 
the greatest possible avoidance of the use of Scientific terms. 
In fact it maybe regarded as a translation into the simplest 
English of much that, while it is of the greatest importance 
to the farmer, lias hitherto been so clothed in technical lan¬ 
guage as to be practically inaccessible to him. 
The chapters on Manures will be accepted by all as a clear 
statement of the principles which underlie the production 
and use of the most common fertilizers, and will be found 
most valuable to the practical farmer. 
If a copy of tliis hook could he placed in the hands of 
every farmer in the land it would add largely to the average 
crops of the whole country. 
PRICE ONE DOLLAR. 
Published and for sale at the office of 
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE. 
Sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt of price. 
RURAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
Robert Morris Copeland, author of Countrv Life, furnishes 
plans and advice for laying out Public and Private grounds 
of every description. Refers to .John M. Forbes, Nathaniel 
Thayer, Boston. F. G. Shaw, New York, O. S. llubbell, Phil¬ 
adelphia, G. T. Fletcher, Indianapolis. Ind. 
Office 40 Barristers' Hall, Boston, Mass. 
fiEE E1>WAR1> BIIBfcOESS’S adver- 
tiseraent of “ Cabbage Plants ” on page 238. 
RAND’S PNEUMATIC CIS. 
WARRANTED. 
The Simplest, Safest, and Best Gas- 
Works in the World. 
The gas made by these works is more uniform in quality 
than that made by any other known process. 
The material need be supplied but once during the year, 
while all other apparatus used for making gas, such as are 
known as automatic machines especially, have to be sup¬ 
plied as often as weekly, semi-weekly, and daily. 
The works being outside, and entirely separate from the 
dwelling-house orBuilding to be supplied with the gas, ser- 
vants and others have no occasion to approach them. 
All machinery being entirely dispensed with, these works 
can never get out of order. 
The gas can be made for less than one-half of the price of 
coal-gas. 
Enough gas can be made in from five to thirtv minutes to 
supply dwellings, hotels, and factories using from twenty- 
five to one thousand burners. 
Accidents are impossible, as the tank holding the liquid is 
placed in the ground surrounded by water and covered with 
the iron gas-holder. 
It is the only portable gas-works that insurance compan¬ 
ies do not class as extra hazardous. 
We guarantee our gas-works to give satisfaction. 
No skill is required to make this gas; a boy ten years old 
can make sufficient gas for ordinary dwellings in five minutes. 
It is a cheap, cleanly, and convenient substitute for coal or 
wood to heat dwellings, and for all culinary operations, etc. 
Those desiring further information will please send for 
descriptive circular to the Office of the Company, where 
working models may be seen. 
A. C. RAND & CO., 
_16 Nassau Street, New York. 
Send for Descriptive Lists of our Goods. 
No. 1. No. 2. 
First Premium awarded these articles at the N. Y. State 
Fair, Buffalo, 1S67. 
No. 1 represents the interior working part of our new Block 
for Elevating Hay Forks or other articles, and carrying while 
elevated, over the great beam or other obstacles, and again 
lowering and discharging at. any point desired. 
No. 2 represents our ifew Pat. Grapple, with holder attach¬ 
ed—by which Pulley Blocks, Hoisting Tackle, dec., can be 
put up or taken down without the aid of a ladder. 
We also manufacture Wagon skeins and Boxes, Raymond's 
Pat. Hay Elevator, Wise’s Climax Horse Hay Fork, Pat. 
Malleable Whiffletree Hooks, Miles’ Pat. Wagon Stakes, and 
Bolster Plates, Pat. Metallic Button-holes for Carriage Trim¬ 
mers, Pulley Blocks, &c., &c. Address 
HAWLEY, McCLURE & CO„ Utica, N. Y. 
BOILER. Patented Nov. 29th, 
1864. This Boiler is self-acting, 
and dispenses with labor and the 
wear ot clothes. The hot suds 
and steam by the action of heat, 
are poured upon and forced 
through the clothes, (at the rate 
of nearly 300 gallons in 20 min- 
Trade Mark. utes), cleansing them perfectly 
without rubbing. It has been thoroughly tested and pro¬ 
nounced unequaled as a clothes washer. 
No.S, medium size, will flt any Stove or Range, Price $10. 
Good canvassers and Agents wanted for every town in 
Eastern and Middle States. A splendid opening for enter¬ 
prising men. Sample Boilers sent to any address on receipt 
of price, or C. O. D. Send stamp for Circular. 
AUTOMATIC CLOTHES WASHER & BOILER CO., 
P. O. Box 6,80S, General Agency, No. 19 Cortlandt-st„ N. Y. 
1®" State axxtl County Rights for Sale. 
FARMERS LOOK AT THIS. 
An invention for hitching three horses to a plow—so there is no side draft. Thousands are in use on the prairies. Sure 
and simple. Single Clevis—sent by Express—free of charge, Price $5. Liberal discount to the trade. 
N. B.— Any infringement of Patent promptly prosecuted. For particulars address 
G. H. GALE, Sec’y, THREE HORSE CLEVIS M’F’G. CO., Kalamazoo, lUich. 
TPiffE Antomutic 
-H. CLOTHES WASHER AND 
