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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[February, 
Hundreds of 
Thousands 
OF BUSHELS OF FRUIT 
TheAmerican Bee Journal 
Established by the late Samuel Wagner at Washington. 
D. C„ will henceforth be published at Chicago, Ill., and j 
edited by Rev. W. F. Clarke, President of the North Amerl- i 
can Bee-keepers' Society. 
Subscription price, $2.00 a year, in advance. Communica- : 
tion6 and remittances to be addressed 
W. F. CLARKE, 
American Bee-Journal, Chicago, III. 
Are Wasted Every Year 
For lack of facilities for marketing. Various j 
processes and appliances for saving a portion ; 
of the crop by canning or drying are measur¬ 
ably successful. Bui those in use—some from 
their expensiveness, others because of the in¬ 
ferior quality of the product—are not so adapted 
to general use as to utilize one haif of what 
might he turned to account. 
The American Fruit - Drier, 
Recently invented and patented, is the result of 
Ion a' experiment to secure an apparatus within 
tite means of all fruit-growers,.and yet adapted 
to the largest operations, which will turn out 
fruit, unimpaired in its good qualities. 
As usually found in the market, a large pro¬ 
portion of dried fruit is of little value. It is 
flavorless, discolored, wormy, and unclean. 
Yet it sells. The people will have it. A good 
article brings good prices; a superior article 
sells readily at, high prices. 
The American Fruit - Drier , 
Combines the application of principles that se- j 
cure the best preparation of fruit yet accom¬ 
plished. 
It has been thoroughly tested with fruits of i 
all kinds, and the products are pronounced by j 
competent, authorities, such as Thomas Meehan, 
editor of the Gardener's Chronicle , Prof. George j 
Thurber, editor of the American Agriculturist, j 
and others, to he of better quality than j 
any yet exhibited. 
The construction of the American Fruit- j 
Drier is such that all the sugar of the fruit is ; 
retained , its flavor is unimpaired, its color is of 
the most attractive brightness, it is kept entire- \ 
lv clean, and is, in short, just such dried fruit i 
as everybody wants, and will command the 
readiest, market at highest prices. 
How this is done will lie shown hereafter. 
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cheap. Also, all kinds of Small-Fruit Plants, Asparagus, 
Ruses, and Fruit Trees. Address 
Dr. H. SCHRODER, Bloomington, Illinois. 
Gypsey Water-Melon. Ward’s Nectar 
I Musk-Melon. Mammoth fo'hili Squash, 
I Mammoth Pumpkin, Trophy Tomato. 
I Egyptian Beet. Each 10c. per pkt,.: 
■ 3 pkts. 23c. 
MY CATALOGUE FOR 1873 
I contains descriptions of all Vegetables 
J and Flowers worthy of cultivation. A 
copy with pkt. of either the seeds above named sent to any 
address for 10c. 
H. K. AC KER, S eed -Grower, W ood brldge, N. J._ 
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Selling In all parts of the country, Canada, Cuba, Europe, 
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PEAR CULTURE 
The American Fruit - Drier 
Is so simple in plan and in working, that any 
carpenter can make it, and any ordinary laborer 
operate it. Its capacity cun be adapted to small 
or large operations. The ordinary family size ; 
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 bis orchard 
or fruit-yard. 
Individual, Town, and County rights will be 
disposed ol at rates which will enable the pur¬ 
chaser to do much good and make much money. 
For further particulars, address 
AMERICAN DRIER COMPANY, 
London, Franklin Co., Pa. 
Wc have examined the statements made In the above 
advertisement, and admit them to be published in onr 
advertising columns, having become satisfied, by personal 
examination, with tlie excellence of Hie apparatus and 
tlie trustworthiness of the company. 
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liy JP. T. QIJIIVN, 
PRACTICAL HORTICULTURIST. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
If one wishes to raise pears Intelligently, and with the 
best results, he must know flrBt tlie character of his soil, the 
best mode of preparing it, the best varieties to select under 
existing conditions, the best mode oi planting, pruning, 
fertilizing, grafting, and utilizing the ground before the 
trees come luto bearing, and finally, of gathering and pack¬ 
ing for market. 
The hope of furnishing practical information on all theBe 
points has induced the author to endeavor to draw for 
otherB the same lessons which years of practical experience 
have afforded him. 
Contents: 
Chap. 1. Varieties. 
" II. Aspect. 
” III. Preparation of 
the Soil. 
’’ IV. Distance Apart 
in Planting. 
'• V. Dwarfs and 
Standards. 
“ VI. Plantlng-Tlme. 
“ VII. Planting. 
" VIII. Nursery Trees. 
Chap. IX. Varieties to Plant. 
•• X. Pruning. 
“ XI. Manuring and 
Mulching. 
*’ XII. Gathering Emit.. 
” XIII. Marketing Pears. 
“ XIV. Profits. 
” XV. Propagation, etc. 
” XVI. Practical Sugges¬ 
tions. 
“ XVII. Orchard Record. 
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THE 
HUNTER AND TRAPPER, 
BT 
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AN EXPERIENCED HUNTER. 
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“lam a blacksmith by trade, hut when I was a boy I 
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CHAPTER I.—Deer Hunting. 
CHAPTER II.—How to Catch the Fox. 
CHAPTER III.—How to Hunt and Catch the Beaver. 
CHAPTER IV.-now to Catch the Otter. 
CHAPTER V.—How to Catch the Mink. 
CHAPTER VI.—How to Hunt and Catch the Muskrat. 
CHAPTER VII.-How to Catch the Marten. 
CHAPTER VIII.—How to Catch the Fisher. 
CHAPTER IX.—How to Catch tlie Raccoon. 
CHAPTER X —How to Hunt and Trap the Bear. 
CHAPTER XI.—How to Hunt and Trap the Wolf. 
CHAPTER XII.—How to Trap the Pocket Gopher. 
CH Al’TER Xin.— Fishing for Tront, Pickerel, and Bass. 
CHAPTER XIV. -How to Hunt the Honey Bee. 
CHAPTER XV.—Hints About Shot-Guns and Riflos. 
CHAPTER XVI.-Traps. 
CHAPTER XVTI. — Dressing and Tanning Skins and 
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