1864. 



THE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



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t on this occasion. We intend to visit them in 

 their gardens and orchards next summer. 



To Clubs. — The getters up of clubs will remem 

 ber that they are entitled to an extra copy in clubs 

 of twenty at ten dollars. Send along the ten dol- 

 lar clubs and you will double the value of your 

 money. 



Hog Tamer. — We acknowledge the receipt of 

 this valuable instrument, from Reuben Hurd, of 

 Springhill, Whitesides county, 111. We had used 

 one of them last spring with great satisfaction, a 

 notice of which can be found on page 26'7, for 1863. 

 The one received is an improvement by having 

 three sizes of cutters, adapting them to adolescent 

 and aged rooters. They are invaluable to hog 

 growers. See advertisement. 



The Horticulturist. — This standard work is 

 now in its nineteenth year — almost of age. Our 

 library contains the full set, and a goodly array 

 they make. They contain the best history of rural 

 improvements now extant, forming an Encyclope- 

 dia of the art of gardening in plain cloth, embel- 

 ished with vegetables, and highly embossed with 

 the ornamental. Send $2 to Mead & Woodward, 

 New York city, all you who would like to make 

 progress in grape culture, gardening and the orna- 

 mentation of your grounds ; or, if it will please 

 you better, club it with the Illinois Farmer at 

 $2 50. 



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Scientific American. — This is the only paper of 

 its class that we are acquainted with, and it should 

 be in the hands of all farmers who have large fam- 

 ilies of boys, for some one of them cannot be oth- 

 erwise than benefited by it, as it may be the means 

 of arousing dormant genius that would otherwise 

 remain undeveloped. The farmer should take it to 

 aid him in his business, for in it he will find draw- 

 ings aud descriptions of most new machines and 

 implements for the farm. 



" Mechanics will find in the Scientific American 

 valuable information concerning their various 

 trades, and details of all the latest and the best 

 improvements in machinery, tools and processes • 

 together with snch useful knowledge as will tend' 

 to dignify their occupations and lighten their la- 

 bors. 



Inventors will find in the Scientific American all 

 necessary instructions how to secure letters patent 

 for their inventions; also excellent illustrations 

 and descriptions of all the principal inventions re- 

 cently made in this country and in Europe ; like- 

 wise an official list of the claims of all patents 

 granted weekly at Washington, with numerous ex. 

 planatory notes ; also discnssions of questions con- 

 cerning the patent laws of the United States, re. 



ports of trials in court, with legal opinions, etc. 



Manufacturers will find in the Scientific Ameri- 

 can illustrated articles descriptive of the most 

 recently invented machines used in various manu- 

 facturing operations, the different processes being 

 lucidly described ; also practical recipes of much 

 value to manufacturers, with hints upon the eco- 

 nomical management of factories. #i 



Engineers will find in the Seientific American 

 valuable descriptions of all the best inventions 

 connected with steam, railroad, marine and me- 

 chanical engineering ; together with a f litbful 

 record of the progress of science in all these de- 

 partments, both at home and abroad. 



Chemists will find in the Scientific American 

 details of recent discoveries made in chemistry, 

 and articles on the application of that science to 

 all the useful arts. 



Agriculturists will find in the Scientific Ameri- 

 can engravings and descriptions of all the best and 

 most approved farm implements ; also original or 

 well selected articles on matters relating to general 

 agriculture ; great care being taken to furnish far- 

 mers, regularly, with such information .is will be 

 valuable in the field, as well as in the household. 

 All classes of readers will find in the Scientific 

 Ameiiean a popular resume of sli the best scientific 

 information of the day ; and it is the aim of the 

 publishers to present it always in an attractive 

 form, avoiding as much as possible abstruse terms. 

 To every intelligent mind, this journal affords a 

 -constant supply of instructive reading. 



Subscribers should remit so as to have their sub- 

 scriptions begin on the 1st of Janunrj, with the 

 new volume. Those who preserve their numbers 

 for binding have, at the end of the year, two iTand- 

 some volumes of 416 pages each — 832 — with seve- 

 ral hundred engravings. 



Terms of subscription — $3 for one year ; $1 50 

 for Bixmonths; fl for four months; 20 copies in 

 a club can be had for $40. Specimen copies sent 

 free ; also, gratis, a pamphlet of "Advice to In- 

 ventors." Address Munn k Co., Publishers, Bl 

 Park Row, New York city." 



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D. Warderls Fruit Book. 



Col. Harris, writing of an interview with Dr. W. 

 says : 



" The werthy pomological Doctor is still gath- 

 ering materials for his book ; but tis the progress 

 of knowledge has rendered his earlier notes ob- 

 solete, and the undertaking stares him in the face 

 if he should undertake to revise them, he has pru- 

 dently concluded to issue a yearly abstract of the 

 progress of pomology, which shall at once be avail- 

 able as well as feasible. The bulk of his notes 

 may be issued in a manual which « ill comprise a 

 practical treatise on the general subject." 



— What we want and what the West must have 

 is just snch a manual as the Doctor can get up and 

 for which he has the material. We have certain 

 varieties of fruit that do well in most parts of the 

 West, and of these we want the full history, leav- 

 ing the unsuccessful and untried fruits to a more 

 fitting opportunity. 



To give our views a little more in point. Take, 



