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it, or fix the least value upon it ! In Flanders, the recent urine of 

 one cow is valued at forty shillings a year (Johnston). What then 

 will be the amount of waste, upon any moderate sized farm, let each 

 owner calculate for himself. At very little expense the whole might 

 be saved, and a large sum added to the gains of the farmer. Tanks 

 should be constructed in the vicinity of the stables, with suitable 

 conductors, which would receive it, whence it may be pumped out 

 and applied to the compost heap, or even to the common mass of 

 manure in the yard. 



NEW BOOKS. 



The American Shepherd. By L. A, Morrell. 12mo. pp.437. Harper & Brothers. 



We believe Mr. Morrell's book to be an excellent treatise, em- 

 bracing in its range the history of the sheep, the best and most 

 approved modes of management in health and disease, their breeds 

 and their relative value, etc. In illustration of his subject, Mr. M. 

 has furnished portraits of the different breeds, and woodcuts showing 

 the anatomy and structure of the most important organs of the 

 animal. In an appendix, we find a series of letters from distinguished 

 breeders and wool-growers, relating to the individual management 

 of their flocks. To the reflecting mind these letters are quite im- 

 portant, coming as they do from experienced gentlemen located in 

 different parts of the country : they furnish a great amount of useful 

 and practical information, as well as hints and suggestions which 

 may be acted upon and applied to the circumstances «f each indivi- 

 dual case. 



The agricultural press has spoken, we believe, uniformly in com- 

 mendation of this work. We have not ourselves had time to give it 

 that thorough study which is required in order to point out what is 

 most valuable in the book, or wherein it is defective. In reading it 

 cursorily, we observed frequently words and phrases which we 

 thought might be improved, so far as composition is concerned. The 

 work evinces much labor and research, and indeed expense, as any- 

 one may satisfy himself if he will but consider the amount of cor- 

 respondence it must have required to procure all the facts necessary 

 to be used in the compilation of a volume which gives satisfactory 

 information upon so wide a range of inquiry as is embraced in the 

 subject of sheep husbandry. The publishers have executed their 

 share of the task in a beautiful manner : it is just such a book as 

 we like to see, consisting of good white paper, and printed witli a 

 very neat and uniform type. 



