1877.] 
AMERICAN AG-RICULTURIST. 
273 
SHOOTING BOOKS. 
FRANK FOPESTEICS AMERICAN GAME 
IN ITS SEASONS. 
lUicstrated with twenty beaiUifid full-page Engravijigs 
from Nature of American- Game. 
CONTENTS:— Januaiit. Caribou or Anu-ricaii Eeindeei'. 
— Febki'akt. Moose Deer. 
Wild Goose.— Maech. Mal- 
lard and Widgeon.— Api:il. 
American Snipe. Striped 
Bass. — Mat. American 
Trout. Brent Goose. — 
JiTNE. Bay Snipe. Godwit. 
Salmon. — Jult. Wood- 
cocks. — August. Summer 
Duck. Common Deer. — 
SliPTEMBEK. Teal. — OCTO- 
BBK. Quail. Bittern. — 
KovKMBER. i:uffe<l Grouse. VeUoT\' Percli.— Decembkb. 
Canvas B;ick. Winter Duck. Fully Illustrated and De- 
ecribed. New edition. Fost-pnid, $3.00. 
FRANK FORESTER'S FIELD SPORTS. 
Embracing the Game of North America, Upland Shoot- 
ins, Day Shooting, Wild Sporting of the Wilderness. Forest, 
Prairie, and Mountain Sports, Bear Hunting, Turkey Shoot- 
ing, etc. 13th edition, revised and illustrated. Two post 
octavo volumes. Post-paid, $6.00. 
FR^INK FORESTER'S FISB AND FISHING. 
100 engravinga. Embracing a full illustrated description of 
the Game Fish of North America ; Trout and Salmon Fish- 
ing; Shoal Water and Deep Sea Fishing; Lake and River 
Fishing ; Trolling, Fly Fishing, etc. 12th edition. One post- 
octavo volume. Post-paid, $3.50. 
FRANK FORESTER'S COMPLETE MANUAL. 
For Young Sportsmen, of Fowling, Fishing, and Field 
Sports. Witli directions for handling the Gun, the liifle, and 
the Uod. Art ot Sliooting on the Wing. The Breaking, Man- 
agement, and Hunting of the Dog. The varieties and habits 
of Game. River, Lake, and Sea Fishing. Post octavo. 
Post-paid, $3.00. 
THE HUNTER AND TRAPPER. 
By Halsey Thr^islier, an old hunter, with fine illustrations. 
I* contains hints about trapping all sorts of game, from a 
honey-bee to a bear, with a chapter on fishing, and another 
on dressing ;Mid tanning skins and fnrs. Post-paid. $1.00. 
FIELD, COVER, AND TRAP SHOOTING. 
By Capt. A. H. Bogardus. With Steel Portrait and En- 
graving of the "Champion Medal." 1 vol., 12mo. Fancy 
Stamped Cloth. Price, Post-paid, $2.00. 
A compendium of many years of experience, giving hints 
for skilled marksmen and Instructions for young sports- 
men, descrlbiu;,' tlie haunts and habits of game birds, flight 
and resorts of water-fowl, breeding and breaking of dogs, 
and everything of IntiTeat to the sportsman. The author Is 
"champion winsj-shot of America," who knows a gun as 
Hiram Woodruff knew a horse. And he has the same care- 
ful and competent editor who put Woodruff's "Trotting 
Horse of America" Into eliape— Chas. J. Foster, so many 
years sporting editor of Wilkes* Spirit of the Times. 
SCHLEY'S AMERICAN PARTRIDGE AND 
PHEASANT SHOOTING. 
By Frank Schley. Descrlhing the haunts, habits, and 
methods of hunting and shooting the American Partridge, 
Quail, Ruffed Gionse, Plieasant. Witli directions forhandling 
the gun, hunting the dog, and the art of shooting on the 
wing. Containing a history of the partridges and grouse 
inhabiting North America. Illustrated. Post-paid, $2.00. 
THE DOG. 
By Dinks. Mayhcw & HutiiihiHon. Compiled and edited 
by Frank Forester. Containing lull instructions in all that 
relates to tlie Breeding, Rearing, Breaking, Kenneling, and 
Conditioning of Dogs, wiih valuable recipes for tlio treat- 
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Post-paid, $3.00. 
THE BREECH LOADER. 
By Oloan. Description, Stdecti-jn. Manufacture, Separa- 
tion, Loading. Cleaning, Shooting, etc. Postpaid, $2.00. 
THE DEAD SHOT: 
Or, Sportsman's i omiilete Guide ; a Treatise on the use oT 
the Gun, with Rudimentary and Flnl^thlng Lessons in the 
Art of Shooting Game of nil kinds. By Marksman. 
I'ost-pald, $1.75. 
THE CRACK SHOT: 
Or, Young Rlfieman's Complete Guide; helng a Treatise 
on the use id' the lEIfle, with Lessons, Including a full descrip- 
tion of the latent Improved brcech-loadlng weapons; rules 
and regulations for Target Practice, and dlrectloun for Hunt- 
ing Game. By Kdwiird C. Itarbcr. Post-p«ld,$1.75. 
GUN, ROD, AND SADDLE. 
Nearly fllty practical articles on subjects connected with 
Fishing, Shooting, Racing, Trotting, etc. Post-paid, $1. 
PRACTICAL TROUT CULTURE. 
By .T. II. Slack, M. D.. Conimisf^loncr of Dslinic?, Ncw,Icr- 
Bcy. Fully lllnatrivted and describing tlioronglily nil that Is 
requisite to sncccssful Trout Culture. Post-paid, $1.50. 
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Continued from p. 249. 
Root*4 for Sheep. — "W." We prefer 
mangels to ruta-bagas for sheep. A larger crop can be 
grown of the former and with less trouble. They are as 
nutritious and healthful as ruta-bagas. 
Reinedj for a Hard Milker.— **G. 
T. P.,'" Dryden, N. T. When the orifice of the teat be- 
comes partly or wholly obstructed, it may be opened by 
an Instrtiment specially made for the purpose. Thie 
consists of a small tube in which a fine lancet point is 
concealed ; it is pushed into the teat, until it meets the 
obstruction, when the point is forced out of a slit in the 
side of the tube, by pressing a spring and by pushing 
the tube the obstruction is cut through. If the obstruc- 
tion is at the lower part, a small plug of bone, larger in 
the middle than at the ends, and having a button or knoh 
at one end, to prevent it from going too far in, may be 
pushed into the teat and left there. After a few days 
the stricture will probably disappear. 
A Standard of Excellence for 
Swine.— "W. F.McI.," West Point, Ga. The pro- 
ceedings of the Swinc-breeders Convention, contains the 
accepted standards of excellence of all the acknowledged 
breeds of swine. VTe believe no copies are for sale. 
The Berkshire Record, Vol. 1, contains the description 
of the Berkshire breed. This book can be obtained of 
A. M. Garland, Secr'y, Springfield, HI. 
Foollsli Sla lenient Concernins: 
Preserving Corn-Fodder. — One of the most 
astonishing instances of the ignorance and gullibility of 
"agricultural editors " who know nothingof agriculture, 
is given of late in the wide circulation by copying by 
agricultural and scientific papers, of a statement about 
growing and preserving of corn-fodder by a person in 
Maryland, which first appeared in the '" Weekly N. Y. 
Tribune." After reciting gome impossible and unfound- 
ed ■' experiments and results," among which it is said : 
"The cost of producing this fodder was only about ^l 
a ton, which is only one-twentieth as much as the cost 
of Timothy hay, which is not equal to U in any respect,'''' 
the following absurd and false figures are given, viz.: 
The advantages of this method is best shown by a com- 
parison between the cost of production of this fodder 
and the cost of Timothy hay : 
Phosphates. 10 acres, at $16 $160 
Team and plough for 30 days 60 
Man to tend the team 15 
Cutting 15 
Hauling and preserving 250 
Total cost $500 
" A fair estimate of the crop of these ten acres would 
be 500 tone. Five hundred tons of Timothy hay would 
cost $10,900, and as this 500 tons of chopped fodder will 
answer the same purpose as tlie Timothy hay, it is easily 
seen that every community cm thus raise his own meat 
at about half the cost to import it." It is unnecessary 
to point out the folly of this statement, the comparison 
of green fodder with dry Timothy hay and the impossi- 
bility of cutting 500 tons of fodder for $15, or the hiring 
of a man to tend a team for 30 days for $15. 
IScts for Poultry,— "F. C. B./' Bristol 
Co., Mass. The nets used for herding sheep, would an- 
swer very well for confining pouHrj'. or protecting gar- 
dens from them. The cheapest kind is imported, and 
may be procured, wc believe, of R. II. Allen & Co., N. T. 
Breeding an Old Marr.— **J. S.," 
Nova Scotia. A mare 18 years old, that has never had a 
colt, would probably have no difiicuKy lu foaling, but 
there would be some doubt of her breeding at that age. 
To Find Hoc Trees In tlie Woods. 
— " E. P. " TopeUa. Kansas. Bee trees may be found by 
trapping the wild bees in small boxes, which li.ive been 
smeared with honey. The bees are attracted to the boxes 
by burning some paper which has some honey rubbed 
upon it, in the woods where they are found. The trapped 
bees are let out of the box one by one when they arc 
filled with the honey, and the direction of their flight is 
observed. Tliisis followed until llie tree is found. When 
loosed from the box, the bees rise to the tops of the 
trees, and then dart ofi" in a " bee line " for their hive. 
It requires skill to keep track of the bcee in their flight. 
