Send for my List of Farms and timbered Lands for sale. DEWITT C. SMITH, Land Agent. Stone Fort, Saline Co., Illinois. When you write mention THE PRAIRIE FARMER. * * * * * [Illustration] Print Your Own Cards Labels, Envelopes, etc. with our $3 PRINTING PRESS. Larger sizes for circulars, etc., $8 to $75. For pleasure, money making, young or old. Everything easy, printed instructions. Send 2 stamps for Catalogue of Presses, Type, Cards, etc., to the factory. KELSEY & CO., MERIDEN, CONN. * * * * * First-Class Plants OF BEST VARIETIES OF SMALL FRUITS. Catalogues free. Address O. B. GALUSHA, Peoria, Ill. * * * * * [Illustration] We will send you a watch or a chain BY MAIL OR EXPRESS, C.O.D., to be examined before paying any money and if not satisfactory, returned at our expense. We manufacture all our watches and save you 30 per cent. Catalogue of 250 styles free. EVERY WATCH WARRANTED. ADDRESS STANDARD AMERICAN WATCH CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. * * * * * [Illustration] FARM MACHINERY, Etc. GREAT SAVING FOR FARMERS. THE Lightning Hay Knife! (WEYMOUTH’S PATENT.) [Illustration] Awarded “FIRST ORDER OF Merit” at Melbourne Exhibition, 1880. Was awarded the FIRST PREMIUM at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia, 1876, and accepted by the Judges as SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER KNIFE IN USE. It is the BEST KNIFE in the _world_ to cut _fine feed_ from bale, to cut down _mow_ or _stack_, to cut _corn-stalks_ for feed, to cut _peat_, or for ditching in marshes, and has no equal for cutting ensilage from the silo. TRY IT. IT WILL PAY YOU. Manufactured only by HIRAM HOLT & CO., East Wilton, Me., U.S.A. _For sale by Hardware Merchants and the trade generally_ * * * * * [Illustration] CHICAGO SCALE CO. 2 TON WAGON SCALE, $40. 3 TON, $50. 4 Ton $60, Beam Box Included. 240 lb. FARMER’S SCALE, $5. The “Little Detective,” ¼ oz. to 25 lb. $3. 300 OTHER SIZES. Reduced PRICE LIST FREE. [Illustration] FORGES, TOOLS, &c. BEST FORGE MADE FOR LIGHT WORK, $10. 40 lb. Anvil and Kit of Tools, $10. Farmers save time and money doing odd jobs. Blowers, Anvils, Vices & Other Articles AT LOWEST PRICES, WHOLESALE & RETAIL. * * * * * CHAMPION BALING PRESSES. [Illustration] A Ton per Hour. Run by two men and one team. Loads 10 to 15 tons in car. Send for descriptive circular with prices, to GEHRT & CO., 216, 218 and 220 Maine St., Quincy, Ill. * * * * * “THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST.” ENGINES, SAW MILLS, THRESHERS, HORSE POWERS, (For all sections and purposes.) Write for FREE Pamphlet and Prices to The Aultman & Taylor Co., Mansfield, Ohio. * * * * * MISCELLANEOUS. LIFE LOANS AT 4 PER CENT. [Illustration] Principal need never be paid so long as interest is kept up. [Illustration]