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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[May. 
FRTTIT PREPARED OTV 
THE AMERICAN FRUIT - DRIER 
Has taken the FIRST PREMIUMS wherever Exhibited. 
The apparatus lias been thoroughly tested two years, has given entire satisfaction, and its use is 
rapidly extending wherever it is known. 
WITH THE AMERICAN FRUIT-DRIER 
Surplus fruit of every kind, and also that which from over-ripeness or inferior size or quality is unfit 
for marketing in the unprepared state, can all be converted into a marketable commodity, which from 
its excellence will command the highest price. Such fruit as is prepared by this means is now selling 
iu this city at an average ol fifty per cent more than ordinary dried fruit. 
NO MORE CANS NEEDED. 
In preserving fruit, the end to be gained is to retain the sweetness and flavor permanently. The 
canning process was a great advance on the old-fashioned " pound-for-pouud " way of making preserves, 
but in the necessary steaming process there is loss of valuable constituents of the fruit, much of which 
is avoided by the new method. More than this, experiment proves that by this latter process the fruit 
is increased in sweetness by the change of its starch iuto glucose or fruit-sugar. In other words, while 
passing through the Drier it is ripened more fully. Fruit so prepared requires one quarter to one third 
less sugir to prepare it for the table than is needed for canned fruit. Other manifest advantages over 
the canning system a>e : K>ess Trouble in Operating' s rcrtaiuty of Keeping; ]\"o 
Loss i'roiii Broken JSottles; iiireat Saring of ESooin in Storing'. 
THE AMERICA* FRfilT-URIER U so simple in plan and in working, that any 
carpenter can make it, and any ordinary laborer operate it. Its capacity can he adapted to small or large 
operations. The ordinary family size, No. 1, will in favorable weather dry apples as fast as two persons 
can prepare the fruit. The cost is so moderate, that every farmer can profitably buy it to save the 
surplus product of his Orchard or fruit-yard. 
Having formed a company under the name and style of the American Dkier Company, we are 
prepared to furnish Dkieks to agents and others in the United States for the seasou of 1873, in three 
different sizes, viz. : 
No. I, 24 inches wide and 12 feet long, $25. OO. 
No. 2, 30 inches wide and 14 feet long, $35. OO. 
No. 3, 36 inches wide and 16 feet long, $45.00. 
The above are the factory prices, all complete except stove — delivered at the freight or express 
office, Loudon, Pa. Any common nine or ten-plate or any other kind of wood or coal stove can be used. 
Printed directions for setting up and operating sent with each machine. 
No. 1 is a convenient size for general use, and will dry all the surplus fruit on any ordinary farm, 
drying as fast as two hands can hand pare and cut the fruit. 
No. o will give employment to four hands. 
£5p~ For fruit-growers in the fruil districts we make a series of Dkieks to do any given amount of 
work, ranging in price from $100 to $500. 
Portable Diueus with sheet-iron stoves all ready to operate, and exhibition models for agents, fur- 
nished to order; prices according to size, style, and finish. 
25f~ Furnaces and steam-heaters for large Diuers furnished at the lowest rates. 
Samples of fruits and vegetables dried in the American Drier 6ent by mail or express, prepaid, on 
receipt of 25 cents. 
We also invite the attention of manufacturers of various articles which require drying, to the com- 
bination of principles embraced in the American Drier patent claims. 13y special mechanical arrange- 
ments it may be adapted — on a large scale— to various purposes, such as drying grain, hops, herbs, 
chemicals, paper, straw-boards, lumber, and for drying and curing beef, pork, fish, etc., etc. 
Agents wanted to introduce and sell the Driers, and the rights to make and use them. 
For further information, show-bills, circulars, and special terms to agents, send uame and post-offiee 
address, inclosing stamp, to the 
AMERIC^VTV DRIER CO., 
LOUDON, FRANKLIN CO., PA. 
A model of the Drier may be seen at the office of American Agriculturist, 345 Broadway, N. T. 
Patent Hull-Piece Stop-Sto. 
Patent Pruning & Sheep-Toe Shears. 
31 AX F AC I CK ED BY 
HE?8RY SEYMOUR & CO., 
29 & 31 Rose St., New York. 
First Premium awarded by Am. Institute Fair and twelve 
lihi inn State Fairs, Highest recommendation from Hon. 
II. B. I'andall, Pres't Woot-G-rowers'ABSOCSation, and author 
*• Practical Shepherd." .Recommendations from many prac- 
tical (shearers. 
"The Sheep-Shears work splendidly, and I would not ask 
for any better. So says Mr. Jep-on, who shears our sheep. 
and lie has sheared thousands." 
(Sigucdj L. A. CHASE, Am. Agriculturist. 
$2.25 8*2. no §2.50 $Z.75 
■04 5 5^ 6-in. blade. 
"I have tested your Pruning and Sheep-toe Shears, and 
they ate excellent. I used them to dock the tails of my 
lambs tliis season, and found them the handiest instrument 
lor that purpose I ever used." 
(Signed; HENRY S. RANDALL. 
PRUNING SHEARS 
Every pair warranted. Free by mail on receipt of price. 
Pruning or Sheep-toe Shears. S3 per pair. 
Sold everywhere. State where you saw tins. 
AGRICULTURAL STEELS 
C*-T7 
■JSvSf Proprietor " 
Penn'a Agricultural Works, 
— orl,. Pena'it, 
Manufacturer of Imp'd Standard 
Agricultural Implements 
A SPECIALTY. 
Metropolitan 
Agricultural 
Works. 
58 AND 60 CORTLANDT ST,, NEW TORE. 
I invite Farmers and Dealers in Agricultural Im- 
plements to visit my extensive warehouse, where they 
may procure the most approved IMPLEMENTS for 
the FARM and GARDEN, at the VERY LOWEST 
market prices. Also, 
BONE MEAL,— Prepared for Horses, Swine, Cows 
and Poultry — 5c. per pound. 
Send for Agricultural Almanac for 1S73. 
H. B. GRIFFING, 
Successor to Griffing & Co., 
58 & CO CORTLANDT ST., NEW TORE. 
FA16M CARTS AIW WAOOXS 
Always on hand and made to order. Also every description 
of Heavy Cart and Wfieon for city and country use and for 
shipping. Illustrated Circular.-; tree by mail. 
JOHS L. KIPP, 
163 Kldrldge Street, New York, 
