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102. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

REDDICK MOLE TRAP.--All the old traps boiled down into a better one at one-third the old price; a first class trap. No mole can pass under this trap and live. Price $1.00 each.
BIRD SEED.--Clean, fresh seed. Postage 10c per lb. extra; Canary, 8c per lb.; Russian Hemp, 8c per lb.; Rape, 10c per lb.; Sunflower, 10c per lb.; Maw, 5c per oz.; Mixed Bird Seed for Canaries, 8c per lb.; Mixed Seed for Parrots, 15c.; Cuttle Bone, 3c each, 25c per doz.

VALUABLE BOOKS.
It will pay you to read some of the following books which are sent postpaid on receipt of price:
Henderson's Gardening for Profit.--New edition. By Peter Henderson. Price $2.00.
Onions: How to Raise Them Profitably.--Being the practical details by seventeen practical onion growers. Price 20c.
Celery.--By G. Bochove & Bro. Price 50c.
The A B C of Potato Culture--By T. B. Terry. Revised. Price 40c.
Fitz's Sweet Potato Culture.--Cloth. Price 60c.
Brill's Farm Gardening and Seed Growing.--By Francis Brill. Price $1.00.
E. P. Roe's Play and Profit in My Garden.--The author shows how he evoked a profit of $1,000.00 while carrying on pastoral and literary labor. Price $1.50.
Asparagus Culture.--The best methods. Price 50c.
Our Farm of Four Acres, and the Money We Made By It.--Price 30c.
Ten Acres Enough.--Showing how a very small farm may be made profitable. Price $1.00.
Henderson's Practical Floriculture.--New and enlarged edition. Price $1.50.
Practical Fruit Grower.--By S. T. Maynard; 124 pages, fully illustrated. Price 25c.
Farmer on the Strawberry.--Price 25c.

Guide to Floriculture.--A most instructive little book, full of information about growing flowers in the house and in the open ground. Very good and practical. Contains also a monthly calender of operations which are of great value. Price 25c.
Fuller's Grape Culturist.--Best work on the culture of hardy grapes. By A. S. Fuller. Price $1.50.
Fuller's Small Fruit Culturist.--Price $1.50.
Art of Propagation.--Price 25c.
Canning and Preserving.--By Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Price 40c.
Complete Text Book on Silk Culture.--Full of interest in regard to silk culture which is a pleasant and profitable business for ladies. Price only 5c.

POULTRY BOOKS.
American Standard.--Every poultry breeder should have this for a guide if he intends to keep or show fancy pure bred fowls. Price, $1.00 postpaid.
Philosophy of Judging.--A companion to the Standard. Price $1.00.
Poultry for Pleasure and Profit.--A 48-page book containing instructions for every one who keeps poultry. Price 25c.
Practical Poultry Keeper.--62 pages, quite complete and valuable. Price 10c.
Some of Lee's Ideas.--On poultry breeding. Price 50c.
Art of Incubating and Brooding.--Invaluable to large breeders; 60 pages. Price $1.00.
Possom Creek Poultry Club.--By Uncle Rastus (J. H. Davis). A humorous book of 110 pages on poultry culture. Price 35c.
Pigeon Queries.--Of interest to pigeon breeders. Price 25c.
500 Questions and Answers.--On poultry breeding. Price 25c.
A B C of Poultry.--A practical book for the beginner. Price 25c.
Low Cost Poultry Houses.--Illustrated with numerous plans and specifications. Price 25c.
Special.--Any five of the above 25 cent books for $1.00.

POULTRY SUPPLIES.
The annual sales of poultry and eggs in Iowa amount to several times the value of the fruit crop, and still it is surprising to see how little attention is paid to this business, the possibilities of which are almost beyond estimation. We handle a complete line of poultry supplies and are constantly testing the new inventions in this line and are particular to handle only the best, which we are sure will please our customers. Prices are subject to important market changes. We will be glad to name special figures on large lots.
PAUL'S STONEWARE DRINKING FOUNTAIN.--For poultry, pigeons and bees. These fountains keep the water cool and clean, and prevent the birds from getting wet. Price two-quart size, 25c; doz. $2.50; gallon size 35c, doz. $3.50; two-gallon size, 50c, doz. $5.00.
BROCKTON POULTRY FOUNTAIN.--Indestructible galvanized iron--will last a life-time. Price, $1.25.

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IOWA LEG BAND.--Well shown in illustration, being made all of one piece of soft, pliable, brass band. The loop is bent up in such a shape that the strap part of the band is easily inserted and fastened and can be instantly adjusted to fit any bird from a pigeon to a turkey. Impossible for the bird to loosen and will not injure the leg. Price, 25c per doz., $1.75 per 100 postpaid.
POULTRY WIRE NETTING.--The best make, thoroughly galvandized [galvanized] to prevent rusting, properly twisted, made of No. 19 wire and of 2-inch mesh. It is put up in rolls 150 feet long, and of various widths. Price per roll as follows: 18 inches wide, $1.30; 24-inch, $1.70; 36-inch, $2.50; 48-inch, $3.25; 60-inch, $4.20; 72-inch, $5.00; 5 rolls or more at 10 per cent discount. Half rolls at 1 cent per square foot.
GALVANIZED STAPLES.--For putting up netting. Per lb. 10c.
CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS.--This is a most important article for the poultry yard and should be supplied to the fowls liberally. Of superior quality. Your hens will keep healthier, lay better, aud [and] eggs will be more fertile if supplied with it. Price 10 lbs. 35c, 25 lbs. 50c, 100 lbs. $1.50, 200 lbs. $2.50.
WEBSTER & HANNUM BONE CUTTERS.--Very popular in some localities. No. 1, each $10.00; No. 2, each $12.00.
MANN'S GREEN BONE MILL.--Price $19.00. Same for attaching to post, $16.00.
DAISY BONE CUTTER.--We have tried all kinds of bone cutters that we know of and this work most decidedly the best. Turns easy, cuts fine and fast, and is simple in construction, nothing to get out of order. Weight, 130 lbs. Price, $18.00; our price only $16.00; or without legs for $13.50.
CLIMAX EGG BASKET.--The best basket made for shipping eggs for hatching. Price per 10, 50c; 50 for $2.25; 100 for $4.00.
BISDEE' ROUP SPECIFIC.--Best cure for roup. $1.00 per pkg. postpaid.
CRACKER CRUMBS.--An excellent and cheap food for poultry, especially for young chicks. Price $1.50 per barrel.
LINSEED OIL MEAL.--10 lbs. 35c, 25 lbs. 75c, 100 lbs. $2.00.
PEEL'S POULTRY FOOD.--Will keep hens in good health and cure chicken cholera and other diseases of chickens and turkeys. It is a splendid egg food, endorsed by leading poultry raisers. Per 4-lb. pkg. 50c, 1 3/4-lb. pkg. 25c. Postage 16c per lb. extra.
CRUSHED RAW BONE.--Really better than the shell, but it will pay to use both. Of the best quality, being manufactured from fresh bones. Price, 10 lbs. 40c, 25 lbs. 75c, 100 lbs. $2.25.
FINE BONE MEAL.--Ground fine for feeding small chickens, also used as a lawn fertilizer. Price, 10 lbs. 40c, 25 lbs. 75c, 100 lbs. $2.25.
SUNFLOWER SEED.--One of the best egg producing foods known, and will keep your poultry in fine condition and give a gloss to the plumage. Per lb. postpaid, 25c; by express, 10 lbs. or more, 8c per lb.
GAPE WORM EXTRACTOR.--Price 15c each, 4 for 50c postpaid.

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PHILADELPHIA POULTRY MARKER. When hatching chicks from several yards it is of great importance to mark them so you may know exactly from which yard they are bred. To mark them a very small hole is punched in the web of the foot. This hole enlarges as the bird grows, and always remains. We furnish a very convenient little spring punch as shown in cut at 25c, postpaid.
SOFT EXCELSIOR.--Cut fine from soft wood. A most useful article; largely used for packing eggs for shipment. $1.00 per bale of 50 to 65 lbs.
SPONGIA TABLETS.--For curing roup. 10c per doz., 4 doz. for 25c, postpaid.
PORCELAIN NEST EGGS.--5c each, 30c per doz.
HEMP SEED.--Used largely for feeding birds and pigeons. Per lb. 8c.
FRENCH POULTRY KILLING KNIFE.--Best and most humane method of killing. Price 50c, postpaid.
WEBSTER CLOVER CUTTER.--This new machine is a small affair, but cuts quite rapidly. Price $3.00.
WILSON'S BONE MILL, No. 1.--One of the greatest conveniences about a poultry house. Not only will they grind shell and dry bone, but are also just the thing to crack wheat or corn for little chicks; grind charcoal to mix with soft feed; grind up dry bread crusts, etc. Price $4.50.
NEST EGG GOURD SEED.--Produce hundreds of white gourds closely resembling eggs in size, color and shape. Should be grown by all poultry men. Price per pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

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IMPROVED MOISTURE GAUGE.--Best thing we have seen to regulate the moisture in incubators. Price, $1.00, or by mail for [$1.?].
IMPROVED OLENTANGY BROODER.--Capacity 120 chicks. We have thoroughly tested these and believe them to be the best brooder made. Price, only $6.00.
TESTED THERMOMETERS.--Manufactured expressly for incubators; very sensitive and accurate. We take great pains in packing to avoid breakage, but customers must assume risk of breakage in transit. Price 80c each, postpaid.
CAPONIZING INSTRUMENTS.--The use of these adds greatly to the profit in raising poultry. We handle only the best makes; price, with complete book of instructions, $2.00 per set.
PERSIAN INSECT POWDER.--A splendid insecticide, but harmless to human beings. Ours is the best quality. Price, 1/4 lb. 25c, 1/2 lb. 40c, 1 lb. 75c, postpaid.
INSECT POWDER GUN.--Each 10c, postpaid.
LAMBERT'S DEATH TO LICE.--A cheap and effectual remedy for all kinds of poultry vermin, moths, lice on horses, cattle or plants, fleas on dogs, etc. Price, 25c per pkg. of about 1 lb., or by mail for 40c.
INCUBATORS.--It is the most important thing with poultry breeders to have a perfect incubator, and we can most highly recommend the Improved Monitor, which has been a standard for years, and the Successful. It will not pay you to buy a cheap machine as it is sure to prove expensive in the long run. Price of either the Successful or Improved Monitor, 100 egg capacity, $25.00; 200 egg, $35.00.