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[GLEANIKGS INtBEEuCULTUEE. 



I', IDEC.il- 



out to'prorluce sets).— Qt., 10 cts.; prck, 75; biislul. 

 f:i.fjO. 'I'liis wiiinnkcr onion, be it rt ii.emln icfl. i^ 

 an impruvt-Ti eActecliiiK'lj I. ardy variety vl ilie poia- 

 to union 



While Miiltiplior. — S;iDie price as the Wliit1al<er. 



Wliite Frizeiakcr (new ) sets, same i riot > as al'Ove 



Alaska peas. — The standaid extra early pea.— Qi., 

 10 rts. : p. ck, 7.5; hiishel, *-'.Wl. 



Hulib'fd squash seed.- Ounce. 5 cts.; 1 lb., 30; 5 

 lbs.. *1.25. 



M Us Karlie-t in the World tomato— .'ee dfscrip- 

 liiiu 1 II pag-i Mi7 — Packi t. •5 cts ; )i ounce, 15; ouuce, 

 60 The se« d is of our own mi owing. 



Sweet clover.— 1 Ih.. lu els.; 10 or more lbs., 6 cts. 

 per lb. ; h lbs. at 5 c s. |>et lb 



Jap 111' so biickwln at.— Pound. 5 cts ; peek. 20; y^ 

 bushel, 35: hushel. HO: g-busliel b:iK. ^l-'^O; 10 or 

 mure husliels, purcha-er piiyiuf? for bags, 45 cts. per 

 busliel. 



lie Kvre to add ion all the ahove) 10 cts. ■per lb. for 

 poiitaue and pachiny if ordered hu mail. 



Uuckwheai fltjur.- lOlbs.. 25cts.; si. ck of 125 lbs., 

 only 2 cis. per lb., sack included. 



THE BATTLE CKEJK HKALTH FOODS. 



Please bear in n.ind. friends, that we siill have 

 free samph s of the above to give away. Siniply 

 mention wlien you at e ordering goods by freight or 

 express, and we will put in a package wiihoui 

 ch.iiffc. If you want ilum by mail you will lia\e 

 to send 10 els. lor postage. 



POTATOES ORDERED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. 



We shall continue to do this winter as we h;ive 

 done before Ail potatoes ordcrtd duiiiig the win- 

 ter inoni hs will be packed up. labeled, and careful- 

 ly housed in our fntst-piooi ct liars until time for 

 shipping. The advaniHgc of oidt- ring eai ly is ihat 

 jou "ill gt t iheni beb re ihej aie sold out. or lieior« 

 thert is an ;idvaiici' in piice We sncciodL-d so woil 

 ill sliippi a poiaii es soni li last wiiiier thit «e « ill 

 fill all orders at our own risk to points in the south ; 

 tliiit is. il we codttucie (o (ofrr /7ie )"i.'-/f, depending on 

 weal her and locality , we will siand i he lo~s ol tin n 

 freiziiig. This we do in ordi r to assist iho-evho 

 want to plant eajliur tlmn ili*> first of Apiil. ^\ e 

 wir, however, do our \ery best to ship p(.t;itoi s in 

 the winter lime to all points, but \\e caii iioi tal-e 

 the risk oiirsilvis unless the shipnn ni Jan I e uiade 

 to go speedily into the more souilnrn clime. IJ.n 

 coalinytlio barrels with heiivy p:iper, and packing 

 in sa > diisi, we can uttuallij succeed at ai y time dur- 

 ing h winter. 



If o ir iniccs !iie not as low as t'ose of oihcr re- 

 sponsible de li rs We will make thi-iii so. And t veii 

 after y"ii have I ought J our poiaioes and i aid for 

 them, if i! should turn out ihat .you have paid more 

 than .\on would liavi- done b.\ buyiim elsewlnre, we 

 will make the price right when api nsi xl of the tact 



For our cncular giving sp. cial piicis on se( d po 

 til toes for I he Com in if seas, n, gi\ mg also a dcscnp 

 tion of niosi ol ilie diffi-ieiit pot ;i toes i.ow bet ore the 

 potato-growing world, makeapplicatiuu by postal. 



ITHE rural ^'KES^ OF 'J HE UNITED STATES. 



No one who reads our ay ricnlt ur. 1 papers can 

 help aiimii ing j'Ud i I'specting the high moi al stand- 

 ard of at least the gn atei part of them; in fact, if 

 otii- religii us papers were half as panicnl.ir in re- 

 gar. I lo the chaiacier of tlie ad\ eitisemenls they a c 

 C' pi I Would thank God again and again from the 

 boi loni ( f no lieai t. 



Fo'e II ost in th' ranksof these grand family papers 

 standi the llaral Ncw-Vmher. May God give its ed- 

 liois grace and w isd' m, as he has d<ijie, to continue 

 the il- hea\ y blows . gainst all forms of ii'iquiiy; and 

 m your people stand by them, not<)nl.^ wiihkind 

 won Is of encouiagement, but with finaricial support 

 as well. It has been an unceasing \\oiidfr to me. 

 as number af'er number is laid on n y oesk, tosi e 

 liow they Could give us so much eveiy week for 

 only a dollar a \ enr 



Now, the I'liral New-Yniher does not cover the 

 whole fle'.il, by any means. The (fliio Farmer, of 

 Cb v land, is doing for agriculture may things that 

 the Hiniil does not reach or only umchi s up<in 



The ('(.M O'W f.'C)l('e//K(7i. of Albany, slill holds its 

 own, and makes the world acknowledge that we 

 have in tlii> land of ours a vast army of country 

 yentlemcn who are. in point of education, intelli- 

 gence and morals, the peers of any class of people 

 in this whole wide earth. Long live the Country Gen- 

 tleman and the class it represents. 



And, once more, we hare the American Auricul- 

 tu)i.>t, ;id.i| ti d, at lea^t in a measure, to north, east. 

 South, and W( si. with itsvaiiid items on agiicul- 

 tiire and agriri.li oral news. For some yiais we 

 fi an d the «oi k ihat Or:nge Jndil s i well started 

 might not hoidupaitei God calUd him In inc; but 

 It seems n 'W to h. ve >. ol down to e.xeellent work. 



Ai.d then, again, tlnn is ilie Practical Farmer, 

 contaii ing T. 15. '1 eriy's i xceeclingly piaet ical hone 

 talks e\ei> week: in fart, uiaiiy oi tinm might be 

 called sermons. Teriy has shown hiinseit .-o much 

 a fr it nd of I he liome. and a tiieid of the i/i/e ; nd 

 children in the Ik nie, he is i ow constant 1^ emploj ed 

 every winter in talkifg and ttaihing at i ur tarm- 

 I rs' inslitutis thioiighout tin diUti-i n1 States' in our 

 laid hesides Teir s arti lis, whicii ate well 

 wonh the subscriptii n price ovt r and o\er again, 

 h(> is I a' ked up hycjuiie an arra.\ of other good 

 writeis along il. tht sameliius. Greintr's talks on 

 gardening, and thi' illusti at> d shoit cuts for econo- 

 mizing hiboi, are also an in'Poi lant feaiuie of -the 

 Piaclical Fai mer. 



And then, again, there is that bright, spicy, boil- 

 ed-down Philadelphia Kfl/vii J(>M??ia/. It is I o 'uliar 

 among the V hole lot— in fai I ii is a'mi st the only 

 pt I'iodiial- that teaches only by short, brief, blight 

 St niences. Its illiis' rat ions are in ki t ping w ith I he 

 rest tif the join nal: in fact, this clean, I rt t zy Utile 

 shet t has stai ti d almost a new era in rural journal- 

 ism. Theini e IS St) exceedingli low thai one has 

 to smile win n he thinks of the gi I at numbei of val- 

 uable hints he gets lor such an insigniticant sum of 

 mom y 



Tlieie are many others I might, mention on gar- 

 dening, hotticulture, and kiidreii subjiits. Hut 

 what started n e on this suhji'Ct this morii'ng was 

 the f ict that we yre enabled to give lor lt^97 lower 

 prices, clubbtd wiili Gt.EA^l^GS, than ever before 

 — al least on most ol t'n in (see page 8"5'. Itriifiy: 



The Ilural Aew-Yi),k'-r and Gleanings lo^^eihep 

 are 111 J' ^^1 75; Ohio Farmer and our t>w n j iirnal, 

 only Jl all ( ountry OenUcman and Gi.eam gs,|2. 0; 

 Practinil Fai mer ■,nH\ this j. uri al. fl fO: Farm .lour- 

 nal and Gi.e.nnings, $1 10; Anieriian Aijriculturist 

 wuh Gleamncs. in.l.> $1 ~5 I am so anMt>us lo 

 h,i\e our rtadeis st e cojiies of i he a'jove, i hat . if 

 .Mil will ju.-t imntion on a ijo^tal card that>oa 

 would like tti I i'cei\ e I In III. Wf will ask the piihlish- 

 ei s to mail t hem tti you. Of couist . it will be a little 

 more 111 reel for \ ou lo wiiie lo the | ubiisi i is ihi in- 

 selves; butil that is too much iri ubie, just write 

 to us 



IJesidi s these low rates on all subscrii t ons wl ere 

 Glkam.ngs is clubbeu w it h an\ t)i the above i>apers 

 we will include the pota'o pii niiun.s as neniiontd 

 on I age b7l if > oil ^^ill si ml the moiey to pay 

 the jHistage, or have them si nt wiih other goods by 

 friigl.t or exi less a'- jou ehoo-i-' 



TRAVELS aN THE WIIKKI. ACK' SS THE DFSFRTS OP 

 \' l/.'i N.A _TO Bli Ct)M.ME.NCED IN OUR NEXT I8.SUK. 



1 believe we nav(> never i.e n in the habit of tell- 

 ing w hat we an iioinij tti do ii r our re.-mi r- beft le- 

 h;nd; but it o'l uis to me just no" that ii maybe 

 w en to state that the v liter. A I Knot, comnn noes 

 to moiio" , Dec 1. a trip to Arizona, lie i xpt cis to 

 atti mi the Natltmai 1 1 ligation Coi giess thai met ts 

 at Pi cenix, Al izoi a, Di cember l-i h lia h. and I7ih, 

 aid iilsotxptcis to visit ihe f i uil-gro" ers' faiiiis 

 and gariens w here ill igatii n is iiriitcid in that 

 iieighbtirhood. Hewillaisi tike a trip to thefum- 

 niit of Superstiiions Mountain, mm- iliSriipiiou "f 

 which see (ilEAMNOS tor Ort 15, 1^9-. pagi 7^5. lie 

 is also ilanning a bicjcleuip to the far-famed 

 Grand C,.u.\t.n of ih Coloi; do This ri.njtm is sup- 

 )iosed to have bi en piotliicid b\ a tis-ure or crack 

 in the earth while ii w: s cc olii g Coloradti Hi\ er 

 runs thriugh the bi tli in if thisflssme. At Some 

 I'Oii ts along the I anyoii hi le aie said to be i)ieci- 

 liici s about a nn\e straiijlit ilown. You c: n drop a 

 stone down, and see it make its di^ccnt in a (t w 

 sectiiids; hutto climb down this on a wagon r -ad 

 takes a trip of 14 milex I do not soi)pose I >tia I 

 succeed in riding down this trail on my wheel; but 

 if .\ou sub-cril e fi r GleaM>GS you will know h w 

 il turn- out; and I am going lo timl out all I nan 

 jibout 1 his mattnr ol irriijat oil. iM t Ol 1\ in Arizona 

 but (ver> where else Foriherevt month, all let- 

 ti rs that are ex| nssl,\ fi r A. 1 Hoot had belter lie 

 aiidri s-i d to him at T. m(ie, Arizoi a, care of J. H. 

 Root, broth'-r of the v liier. 



Plear e notice t' at all new subset ibers for 1807 will 

 receive the December numbei s f lee of charge. 



