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and value. It coutaius a history of the celebrated horse Hambietouian, 

 together with an account of the achievements of some of his more prom- 

 inent colts. Other noted stallions of this county are mentioned, and 

 their history and pedigrees given. The work also contains extended 

 chapters on " The Breeding and Management of Colts," " The Alices 

 and Disagreeable or Dangerous Habits of the Horse," '^Operations," 

 and "Diseases," concluding with a list of medicines and recipes used in 

 the treatment of the diseases of the horse. 



A PRACTICAL Treatise on the Law of Houses, embracing the law of bargain, sale, 

 and warrauty of horses and other live stock ; the rule as to unsouuduess and vice- 

 and the responsibility of the proiirietors of livery, auction, and sale stables, inu, 

 keepers, veterinary surgeons, and farriers. By M. D. Hanover ; 8vo, 245 pp. Rob- 

 ert Clarke «fc Co., Cincinnati, 1872. 



In the preface to this work, the author says he has chiefly sought to 

 investigate the principles which constitute the law of warrant^' in the 

 sale of horses, and to present them in a clear and concise form. Con- 

 tracts, frauds, and other branches of the law have also been treated of, 

 so far as they relate to the bargain and sale of horses and other live 

 stock. 



The rule as to unsoundness and vice in horses, the responsibility of 

 inn-keepers, livery-stable keepers, and others having care of horses, 

 have also been carefully i)resented. The aim of the author seems to 

 have been to aftbrd assistance to the lawyer and at the same time en- 

 able the unprofessional reader to gain a general acquaintance with the 

 law upon the subject. The indexes are comprehensive and conveniently . 

 arranged, both alphabetically and by sections. 



Ox THE Maxagejiext OP THE DAIRY. By C. F. Raddatz, professor of German and 

 history, Baltimore City College ; 12mo, 46 pp. Baltimore, Sun office, 1872. 



This work contains, in a clear and concise form, directions for the 

 proper management of the dairy as it relates to butter-making. The 

 lirst point considered by the writer is the proper grazing and feeding of 

 cows, and the conditions under which they should be milked. The milk 

 is then followed in its various stages to the churn, and the butter from 

 the churn through all its manipulations of working, salting, and pack- 

 ing for market. The oft-repeated complaint that good butter for keep- 

 ing can hardly be obtained, has induced the writer to prepare this treat- 

 ise. It is dedicated to the Hon. Horace Greeley as a token of apprecia- 

 tion of the great efforts made by him to improve agriculture in the 

 United States. 



PriOGRESsrvTE Bee Culture : Being a treatise on Apine Instincts and Labors Defined, 

 Illustrated and systematized upon a new theory. By D. L. Adair, Hawesville, Ken- 

 tucky. 8vo, 24 pages. Published by the author : 1872. 



The author, in illustrating the great progress made in bee culture, 

 mentions the fact that twenty years ago, when the movable comb sys- 

 tem was first introduced, those who adopted it thought they had reached 

 perfection. At that time the yield of honey from a single hive of bees 

 did not exceed fifty pounds. Now, large apiaries have been made to 

 yield several hundred pounds of honey per annum from single hives, while 

 individual colonies have been known to produce from 500 to 700 pounds. 

 At a meeting of the North American Bee Keeper's Society, held in De- 

 cember, 1871, one member ottered to sell a large number of hives, to be 

 paid for only on condition that he should, during the season of 1872, 

 take ten colonies containing a quart of bees each, and from them secure 

 10,000 pounds of honey, or at the rate of 1,000 pounds per hive. 



The writer asserts that bees do not possess reasoning powers, notwith- 

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