1877.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
353 
SHOOTING BOOKS. 
FBANK FORESTER'S AMERICAN' GAME 
m ITS SEASONS. 
lUuUrated with twenty heautlful full-page Engravings 
from Nature of American Game. 
CONTESTS :—Jakuaf.t. Caribou or Amc-rican Ileindeer. 
— FEBncAET. Moose Deer. 
"Wild Goose.— ifARCH. Mal- 
lard aad Widgeon.— April. 
American Suipe. Striped 
Bas3. — Mat. Ainerican 
Trout. Urcrit Goose. — 
June. Bay Snipe. Godwit. 
Salmon. — Jult. "Wood- 
cocks. — August. Sanimer 
Duck. Common Deer. — 
SEPTEMnEK. Teal. — Ocro- 
BEE. Quiiil. Bittern. — 
KOTBUBBR. linffed Grouse. Yellow Peicli.— Decembke. 
Canvas Back. Winter Duck. Fally lUii-^trated and De- 
scribed. Kew edition. Post-paid, $3.00. 
FRANK FORESTER'S FIELD SPORTS, 
Embracing the Game of Norlli America, Upl:ii;d Slioot- 
Ing, Bay Sliooting. Wild Sporting of the Wiidf-rness. Forest, 
Prairie, and Mountain Sports. Bear Hunting. Turkey Shoot- 
ing, etc. 13th edition, revised and illustrated. Two post 
octavo volumes. Post-paid. $6.C0. 
FRANK FORESTER'S FISR AND FISBING. 
100 engravings. 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. 12tli edition. One post- 
octavo volume. Post-paid, $.3.50. 
FRANK FORESTER'S COMPLETE MANUAL. 
For Young Sportsmen, of Fowling. Fisliing, and Field 
Sports. With directions for handling the Gun, the Rifle, and 
the Uod. Art of Shooting on the "Wing. Tlie Breaking, Man- 
agement, and Hunting of the Dog. The varieties and habits 
of Game. River, Lake, and Sea Fisliing. Post octavo. 
Post-paid, $3.00. 
THE HUNTER AND TRAPPER. 
By llaUey Thr;islier. an old hunter, with fine illustrations. 
Itconiains hints about trapping all sorts of game, from a 
honey-bee to a bear, with a chaptpr on fishing, and another 
on dressing :tnd tanning slcins and furs. Post-paid, $1.00. 
FIELD, COVER, AND TRAP SHOOTING. 
By Capt. A. H. Bogardus. "With Steel Portrait and En- 
grarlngof the "Champion Medal." 1 vol., 12mo. Fancy 
Stamped Cloth. Price, Post-paid, $2.00. 
A compendium of many years of experienc?, giving hints 
for skilled marksmen and Instructions for young sports- 
men, describing tiie haunts and habits of game birds, flight 
and resorts of water-fowl, breeding and breaking of dogs, 
and everjthing of Int-'rest to the sportsman. The author is 
"champion wln^-shot of America,"' who knows a gun aa 
Hiram Woodruff knew a horse. And he has the same care- 
ful and competent editor who put "Woodruff's "Trotting 
Horse of America" Into sliape— Chas. J. Foster, so many 
years sporting editor of Wilkes' Spirit of the Times. 
SCHLEY'S AMERICAN PARTRIDGE AND 
PHEASANT SHOOTING, 
By Frank Schley. Describing the haunts, habits, and 
methods of hunting and shooting the American Purtridse. 
Qaarl. Ruffed Grouse, Phensant. With directions forhandlins 
the gun, hunting the dog, and the art of shooting on the 
wing. Containing a lilstory of tlie partridges :ind grouse 
Inhabiting North Americn. lUustratrd. Post-paid. $3.00. 
THE DOG. 
By Dinks. Mayhcw & Hutflilnson. Com|iiIed and edited 
by Fr:\nk Forc.^ter. Containing lull Instructions in nil tlmt 
relates to the lireedirtg, Rearing, Breaking, Kenneling, and 
Condiiloning of Dogs, with valuable recipes for the treat- 
ment of all diseases. Illustrated. Post octavo. 
Post-paid, $3.00. 
THE BREECH LOADER. 
By Gloan. Description, Selcctioii, Manufacture, Separa- 
tion, Loading. Clcanins, Sliooting. etc. Post-paid, $2.00. 
THE DEAD SHOT: 
Or, Sport9ninu*3 Complete Guide ; a Treatise on the use of 
the Gun, with Rudimentary and Fini'sliing Lessons in the 
Art of Sliooting Game of all kinds. By Mnrksninn. 
Post-paid. $1.75. 
THE CRACK SHOT: 
Or, Young Kineman's Complete Guide : being a Treatise 
on (he use of the Ilifle, witli Lessons, Including a full descrip- 
lion of tlic latest improved brecch-lor\ding wenpou'i; rules 
and regulations for Target Pr.-ictlce, and dlrcottous for Hunt- 
ing Game. By Kdw:ird C. Barber. Post-paid, $1.7S. 
GUN, ROD, AND SADDLE. 
Nearly fifty practical articling on 6ulijf>c[9 connected with 
Fidhing, Shooting, Racing, Trotting, etc. Post-paid, $1. 
PRACTICAL TROUT CULTURE. 
By J. H. Slack, M. 1)., Commissioner of Fislierlrs. NewJer- 
•cy. Fully Illustrated and dfsrriliing thoroughly all that Is 
reqaUlte to euccceeful Trout Culture, Post-paid, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, Nbw York. 
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Woodward's National Architect. Price, post-paid. $0. 
Hussey's National Cottage Arcliitectiire ; 
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Continued from p. 329. 
S"weeliiess» I-^i-oiu Florida. — A sample 
of syrup from caue, not sorghum, but the true sugar-cane, 
is sent by Col. Oliver, of the "Florida New Yorker." 
Tlie syi-up is similar in quality to the "Golden-drip," and 
other brands sold in the stores, and as a little over ac 
acre yielded 14 hbls. of 40 gallons each, those who go to 
Florida need not be without the sweets of life. The ca- 
pabilities of Florida as a sugar-producing State, have been 
overlooked in the excitement over orange culture, and 
we have long been of the opinion that the cultivation of 
the cane and the making of sugar, is to be one of the lead- 
ing industries of the State. 
^^Japauese M'liesat.'*— A conespondent 
in Ark. wrote to ask about the value of "Japanese wheat," 
the seeds of which were offered, and wonderful stories told 
about it. As this was one of the " novelties *' that had 
thus far escaped us, we asked him to send ns a sample. 
It came and turned out to be the "same old sis-pence" 
—a variety of " Durra," or Sorghum vidgare, and no more 
a "wheal" than it is a "rice." It is a variety wilh 
brownish seeds, quite as dark in color as those of some 
of the syrup sorghums. We suppose there is no ready 
way of legally suppressing those chaps who offer seeds 
under false names, but all farmers, especially those who 
read the American Agncidtmist, should know that valua- 
ble varieties of grain, or any other plant, do not usually 
make their way into cultivation through obscure dealers 
in small towns iu Tennessee, or any other St;ite. 
Roots lor StockaFeeding:, a manual 
on their value and cultivation, is issued by David Lan- 
dreth & Sons, the well kuowu seed-growers of Philadel- 
phia, Pa. It treats upon the relative value, methods of 
cultivating, harvesting, storing, and feeding of the dif- 
ferent varieties of turnips, beets, carrots, and parsnips. 
Root culture, though rapidly increasing in this country, 
is still in its infancy, and whatever will extend a knowl- 
edge of its importance among farmers, is welcomed as 
nscful. The appendix on Beet Sugar, while showing ita 
importance in other countries, aud the desirability of it« 
production here, should have set forth more distinctly 
the impracticability of its manufacture on a email scale, 
and the causes of the utter failure of all former attempts^ 
made in this country on a large scale. 
A IVloutaua Sloclc Farm.— A few years 
ago Montana would have seemed one of the most un- 
likely places in the world to have looked for a fine slock 
breeding farm, wilh a herd of valuable pure Short- 
horns. Bui now this thing has been accomplished. We 
look back at the rapid growtli,of the cattle interest in 
this far-otf corner of the country with something like 
amazement, aud wonder to find the best quality of grade 
cattle coining lo Eastern markets from what was. half a 
dozen years ago. supposed to be a worthless aud unap- 
proachable desert. It is due lo our railroad system, 
that cattle and other live stock can now* be brought 
from the heart of the Rocky Mountains to the sea-board, 
with as little trouble and cost, as formerly they were 
brought from Western New York or Ohio. It is now, 
we believe, a fact, stateil on good anlhority, that Mon- 
tana, in proportion to population, owns more inire-bred 
Short -horns, than any other Slate or Territory. Kentucky 
alone excepted. 
'I'Ik' ■%Voo<li'iiir Scientific Fxpcdi- 
tioii .\ round Ibc World,— This is to be. in short, 
a tloating collc'.'e. A ship with a complete outfit in ma- 
terials, and a full faculty of instruction, will start in Oct. 
next, circumnavigate the globe, and return in 1S79. For 
pamphlets, giving terms, etc.. apply to the Correspond- 
ing Secretary. Daniel Maoauley. Intlianapolis, lud. 
BlacK-Facod ScotcU Sheep.— This 
hardy race of sheep has a well deserved character for 
prolii'icness. A llock of 260 cross-bred black-faces, in 
Scotland, produced on Ihc average the present eeaeon 
more than two lambs to the ewe, A few years ago a flock 
of r/l ewes of this breed reared 121 lambs. Notwith- 
standing much exposure on their rough pastures, these 
sheep thrive and increase iTipidly. producing eicellent- 
nintlon. It would certainly seem that there is a place 
for the«e valuable sheep in many parts of America, where 
they might improve onr common kinds. 
