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keeping the residence at an agreeable temperature. A similar gain comes in 
the saving of feed and the increase thrift of live stock in stables that are well 
sheltered from wintry storm. The summer life of man and beast is made 
more pleasant for the presence of an abundance of shade trees. Increase the 
trees of the land, and we not only add to the attractiveness of our couutry, 
but that is provided which modifies the conditions of freshets, of drouth, and 
of sweeping gales and cold. 
3.—IT PAYS IN THE PROFITS THAT MAY BE DERIVED FROM THE SALE OF 
SURPLUS PRODUCTS. 
Our population living in towns and vibages become ready buyers from 
those who have a surplus. On this account the judicious culture of fruits and 
vegetables is among the most profitable branches of laud culture. Tens of 
thousands of gardeners and fruit growers all over our land derive larger in¬ 
comes from their small plats of perhaps less than ten acres each, devoted to 
these crops than does the average farmer from his many acres given to farm 
crops. 
A neighbor of the writer, from a Bartlett pear orchard of less than two 
acres, clears upwards of $1,000 year after year on his crop. The sales from 
an acre of strawberries in the vicinity of thriving towns and villages is seldom 
less than $300, and often reaches $400 to $800 a year. 
Natick, Mass., April 27, 1897. 
D . Hill, Dundee, Ill. 
Dear Sir:—Evergreens arrived all right. They are little beauties. 
Yours Respectfully, C. A. Dickinson. 
St. Louis, Mo., April 18, 1897. 
D. Hill, Dundee, Ill. 
Dear Sir:—Trees were received in good condition and set out imme¬ 
diately. Were better than I expected. Yours truly, W. B. Morgan. ' 
Ethel, Mo., April, 27, 1897. 
D. Hill, Dundee, Ill. 
Dear Sir:—Evergreens arrived in very good shape. I am well pleased 
with them. Yours truly, J. W. Hornsby. 
Mt. Vernon, Mo., May i, 1897. 
D. Hill, Dundee, Ill. ' 
Dear Sir:—I received my evergreens on the 17th of April in good con¬ 
dition. I am well pleased with them. Please accept my thanks for good 
count. Respectfully, Frank Nichols. 
Geneva, N. Y., May 25, 1897. 
D. Hill, Dundee, Ill. 
Dear Sir:—I received my stock May 19th in fine condition. I 
satisfied. In a few days I will send you draft. 
Yours truly, John Geisler. 
am 
Jewell, Ohio, April 17, 1897. 
D. Hill, Dundee, Ill. 
Dear Sir:—Evergreens came to hand O. K. and parties are very well 
pleased. Truly yours, William Young, 
Lockport, Ohio, April 27, 1897, 
D» Hill, Dundee, Ill. 
Dear Sir—Evergreens arrived in good shape, and quality was satis¬ 
factory. Thanks, Yours truly, . H. E. Asplxn. 
