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tho Dec-keeper's District Association. Thejtivp Engravings and sketches, that can be 
balance of the reading matter, save a few i obtained At trifling expense in the A inert 
clippings, emanated from the editor's j nirt A gric>illurint. This is not merely a 
sanctum, ami without further comments J farm and garden Journal, but is very useful 
we pas* this number over to your profitable j to tt'trg I louse, keeper and to every house* 
i perusal. I hold in Village or Country. It has an en 
-— - I tertaining and useful department for the 
Do.i. \ Our Holiday number, which will be the little ones. It i* a journal that fpiya t» Ink?. 
I January number, instead of the December 1 •>»./ tnut. Trv it, arid, our word for it, you 
I number ns was said in nnr last issue—will will not bo disappointed. It* constant, 
ice, I wins frntn the press about two weeks bo-. persistent exposures uf Humbugs and 
i fore Christmas and a* mi advertising ' swindling scheme* art 1 worth fur more than 
medium for- our husine-a firms will lie lirst the cost of the paper. Tito 41st annual 
jclas*. \\ o promise n full . 1 , 11111 ) edition and I Volume begin* January 1, but those sub* 
,nl j it may possibly reai li In.lMiO copies. If. scribing now for 1882 get the rest of this 
ior'K I w '" contain, with cover, thirty -sis pages, year free. Terms: Id Jit) a year; four cop- 
will be handaotnely illustrated with now I it a (English ur German edition); single 
illustrations, and the reading matter will ropv, 15c. 
be gotten up with a view to making the N. II.—'Those desiring can get an extra 
number a library of information of South or double specimen number post-free for 
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ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY. I perusal. hold ill Village or Country. It has 
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(H AS t'OLKM AN, .III, Editor am> P 
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OFFICE, ROOM No B. RAKER lUiCU'K 
GEO, RIDE. Secretary. 
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be tiled away for 1 
Till* effort wi 
to great expense, 1 
:1 favor of c 
luable future reference. 
II of no’CNsity put us 
mil tvr rely on the good- 
uir citi/.ena to sustain us 
1 this j with their patronage to the extent that 
fame.; may be « grand success and that h 
Otic contributors for this month are 
worthy of a brief notice from the fad that 
they rank among the very lie* 
cousi. L. J. Rose, Cl Sunny Slope fame. | may be a grand success and that South' 
gives US a verv valuable ami interesting I CsfifortllH may go forth to the world in a 
arlicla on tho varieties of grapes. manner worthy of her greatness. 
This communication is in reply to un _ _ 
■rtii.le in tlip Augu.l iiuiul.ur uf tins joti.nnI M» W. B. Wiu.wm will ,l,rt for 
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Uiuiuuiid I.I.u ... 11,.. o( 
.«•*r,::s «*«• ^ •». w«™*« «*.r,„,„ 
a personal aeipiuinUtuce thut he ha* a just 
Orange Judd (\ 
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.'<1 Druudway, Nev 
that to make a certain kind nf superior 
wine he would advocate n certain 
other than the Mission. In other word-, 
the Mission is good lit its plant, hut in 
order to produce the differ, nl classes of 
superior wines, we must plant certain 
foreign varieties of grapes. 
Ma jor l’reia gives u* some informatiou 
concerning the manipulation id orange 
"ine. lb* experience and success in Flor¬ 
ida, of which we have read in publication* 
uf that State, may prove to be of great 
value to ibis m.*. lion. J. < j A. Jlallou, the 
noted |ji‘ar mini o| tean Jose, and manager 
and principal alockbidder of the San Juac 
Racking Company, through the romteay uf 
General John U. H.icrly, favor* u. with his 
viewv 0,1 pear CullUl.-. VVe Would .ay that 
he has l.udI .me uf tlm finest pear nrohurd* 
in oanta loru valley for over twenty years, 
and Ins practical knowledge uf the cultiva 
tn." and marketing of pea., has probably 
t.een larger than that of any other man m 
tin* Suite, w liih; his oonimulion with una of 
the principal cannerica on lie- ,nast !,•»« 
enabled him to determine the pr,. w ,„t Nn ,| 
proepcotivr value uf this lrult J. J. 
UiiMJin, of our own canning factory, U* „■ ; 
tcive.l mention ill a former number, anil 1 
appreciation „f the nihnnlHgea wGich 
Southern tV.iftimia offers in comfortable 
honma and a genial. healthful climate, to 
tlir.se who are contemplating coming to the 
Pacific Coast, A* authorized a'o nt. M 
\\ illninrv will also further tie 
circnlatiiu, of the Skjii-Tk<h | 
during his visit Ea**. 
Wk 
nnothe 
••*11 attention to tin* engraving 
page Ijf this number of the bcauti ! 
All delirunteu's ami tlio*o wIiobr sub¬ 
scription to tin* Suni-Tiiofn (_’.u,ixrut{xiA 
expires with this year, in order to secure 
the holiday number, which is the January 
number nf next year, will need to renew 
their subscription ho fora L’hiistmas, The 
holiday number will be too valuable for 
gratuitous circulation, ami it alone will be 
worth half of tlm yearly subscription price. 
Hereafter this journal will not he sent to 
any address unless payment is made in ad¬ 
vance, or arrangement is niadu with this 
office for such payment. 
J 11 k J. Lusk Canning Company, of Oak¬ 
land, is till? largest fruit cannery in the 
world. The ground flour of their buildings 
cover* seven lit:res, It in the only cannery 
rest and (Fmwm£ a great portion of it*'products 
Cai.ifoumi \ 1,1 its own ground*. Thesis embrace TOO 
lucre* and are within a atona’s throw of 
j l| ie factory. On their farm they grow 
1 , 'dni-kbcines, raspberries, strawberries, peas, 
nsparagu* and tomatoes. Their pack 
lul shorthorn bull bclimging 1.1 J. w.'dii* year will lie '*00.000 east's against 
Waters, Jr., K*>|,,<.1 Sun Heinardiuu. ~ insnoiri... - nn - • -P . • 
valuable breed of stock originating .1 
colnshire, England, something over 
hundred yearn niucr, always a fa 
breed with ui/irk raisers, scern* t 
growing more rapidly in general favor 
113,000 last year, Tlurir good* are all sold, 
well hi* those of the canneries preceding. 
1m: A.iitit fi 11 kai. Faih opens at Turn- 
Hall Monday evening, with appropri- 
iJuiing the week exhibits 
a article i 
....... „—... „ tu , . .roinoittca ^ ... 
bin- tear* than ever. The di»fingui»hlng ] "f »toek of all kinds, agricultural irnple- 
fiiinieinri.'ieH of this breed «.f .•atllii me i muiits, lirvman'a and ladies' ttiurnanicnts, 
ruundiiesB. solidity uf form, t>a«y keaping, i with caciling races each day. Thursday 
the fme riel, flavor of its flesh, t.. * uv ! ha* been s.'l apart at u school day, and a 
nothing of iu mil. Iiing prop.m.* ^. v .-, a j 1 ureal eiowd will boon the I'aik gruundfl 
-n,i! '* " l ’ 1 " > '“ld or Ito | that day. The horUfiiltural dinploy will 
• ' ll - ul buit,-. per week being r.-corde.J '*.. at Turnverin Hull during tlm 
MU' great Increase in tlm eoiisuinpiiun .d ' <Vu ' k, Each evening will bring forth a 
•untiuent and among all tl„- "«;vv and interesting progiuinrnc to enter 
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d"' iWdniH cling will be f l . lu,,w "» 01 Eu.opi and the growing dt., nam j Uni the ef.iwd* that will bu m uttmid. 
value in warning our grower* that thev eat. I.-" '" U ' T l l" nl 'ty, imlicair. s' 
not be loo caret ul i„ sebe'ing varieties, ! V? ,,c, f “ w » h *" l <?v "r, "'** P^liii esij„ m . • T .i,c Amerivt,,. J/, me Jut, r „n) «„ il 
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a 1 liouaandor more of pleasing and instruc 1 ' 1 
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