732 
FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE 
UNMISTAKABLY GOOD. 
LONG'S HIGHLY DESCRIPTIVE and ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 
JUST OUT ! 
SEND TEN CENTS AND GET A COPY, TO 
J. C. LONG, Jr., 39 North Ninth St., Philadelphia. 
READ THIS TWICE. 
“THE PEOPLE’S LEDGER” contains NO continued stories; 8 large 
pages, 48 columns of choice miscellaneous reading matter every week, 
together with articles from the pens of such well-known writers as 
NASBY, OLIVER OPTIC, 
SYLVANUS COBB, Jr., Miss ALCOTT, 
WILL CARLTON, J. T. TROWBRIDGE, 
MARK TWAIN, etc. 
U®- I will send “THE PEOPLE’S LEDGER” to any address every 
week for 4 months, on trial, on receipt of only FIFTY" CENTS. 
“ THE PEOPLE’S LEDGER ” is an old-established and reliable weekly 
paper, published every Saturday, and is very popular throughout the 
Northeast and Middle States. Address 
HERMANN K. CURTIS, Publisher, 
12 School St., Boston, Mass. 
THE NATIONAL AGRICELTtRIST 
Contains FOUR DEPARTMENTS, each Appropriately Illustrated 
with Fine Engravings. 
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Will contain practical articles by the most successful farmers and best 
writers, treating of Stock Raising, Sheep Husbandry, Dairy Business, 
Swine, Poultry, Gardening, and Fruit Growing. 
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BEE CULTURE 
Will he found practical directions for the Management of Bees in every 
month of the year. It will teach its readers of Italian Bees, Wintering, 
Swarming, and how to obtain a safe Increase of Stock with the largest 
yield of Surplus Honey. 
the ladies will secure in the 
HOME AND FIRESIDE DEPARTMENT 
A first-class family paper, and the boys and girls will find in the youth’s 
department enoug’h to make their eyes sparkle and their hearts glad. 
Try it for a year and see. Terms, 91.25 a year, in advance. 
Address H. A. KING & CO., 75 Barclay Street, New York 
THE JOURJTAE can be had at any news stand. 
Price, 10 cents single copy. 
MY 
NEW 
CAT- 
AEOG1JE is now ready, and will be mailed to all applicants 
on receipt of TEN CENTS. 
It is beautifully illustrated, and contains much descriptive 
matter that will be found valuable to amateurs and lovers 
of pet stock, generally. 
J. C. LONG, Jr., 39 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia. 
THE NORTHWESTERN POULTRY JOURNAL, 
AND PIGEON AND PET STOCK ADVERTISER. 
Published monthly, at Minneapolis, Minn. 91.00 per year, post-paid. 
A wide-awake, large, three-column, illustrated paper, with a rapidly in- 
creasing patronage ; emphatically, the poultry paper of the NortliWest, 
and a paying medium for advertisers. Hosts of recommendations. 
AGENTS WANTED everywhere, to whom large inducements will be 
given. Sample copy, 10 cents. 
Address T. T. BACHELLER, Publisher, Minneapolis, Minn. 
“ BRAHMA FOWL.” — This excellent work ought to be in the 
hands of every Fancier of Asiatic Fowl. Colored Plates. Sent postage 
paid, on receipt of $2.50. JOS. M. WADE, 
39 N. Ninth Street, Philadelphia. 
CENTRAL NEWS COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, will 
supply News Dealers throughout the United States with the Fanciers’ 
Journal, at the lowest wholesale rates ; after this date it can be had at any 
of the news stands throughout the country. Single copy, 10 cents. 
“ ORDER FROM HEADQUARTERS.” 
THE NEW 
AMERICAN STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, 
As adopted at Buffalo, N. Y., January, 1874, by the 
AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION, 
And published by them. Price, §4 per copy. 
At wholesale in lots not less than 10 copies, 25 per cent. off. For larger 
lots and special rates, send for Price Card. 
EDMUND S. RALPH, Sec’y, Buffalo, N. Y. 
WRIGHT’S PRACTICAL POULTRY KEEPER. 
THE BEST BOOK ON THIS SUBJECT FOR THE MONEY EVER 
PUBLISHED. 
Price, $2.00, free by mail. 
Address FANCIERS’ JOURNAL, Philadelphia, Pa. 
THE FANCIER AND POULTRY REVIEW. 
EDITED BY JAMES LONG. 
New Series, Enlarged. Twopence weekly. Beautifully Illustrated. 
This Journal, which is the oldest paper solely devoted to the Fancy in 
Great Britain, treats upon Dogs, Poultry, Pigeons, Rabbits, and Canaries. 
Portraits of all the champion specimens are given, with original serial 
tales and articles by the best authorities. 
Advertisements, every twenty words, 10 cents. Cuts charged as space 
Mailed free to America for $3.50 per annum ; $2.00 half year. 
Office, 12 Crane Court, Fleet St., London, England. 
The finest and best periodical of its class in America. 
Subscription $1.25 per Year. 
Agents Wanted. Large cash commissions. Send for terms and 
specimen copy. 
C. J. WARD & CO., Publishers, 
P. 0. Box, 851. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
NOW READY, Nos. I to 8, inclusive. 
NEW HIGH-CLASS SERIAL WORK ON PIGEONS, UNIFORM WITH THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF POULTRY. IN MONTHLY PARTS. 
PRICE 50 CENTS PER NUMBER. SENT SAFELY BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF PRICE. 
THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF PIGEONS. 
By ROBERT FULTON, ASSISTED BY THE MOST EMINENT FANCIERS. 
Edited and Arranged by LEWIS WRIGHT, Author of “ The Illustrated Book of Poultry,” “ The Practical 
Poultry-Keeper," “ The Brahma Fowl," &c. 
containing 
STANDARDS FOR JUDGING, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH LIFE-LIKE 
COLORED PLATES, 
PAINTED BY MR. J. W. LUDLOW EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK, AND WITH 
NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. 
For sale at this Office. Sent free by mail on receipt of price. 
