[September, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1877.1 
Read What is Said Below 
About Farmers' Libraries. 
In response to :i request made of one whose tliorougli and 
practical knowledge on all matters pertainini: to the Farm, 
Garden and Houseliold is ao fully conceded thtit his opin- 
ions could not fail to secure attention and command respect 
were we pi-rmitted to give h\H nnme, we have received the 
followiiitr as his judgment concerning some of the works oq 
our CaialoEue of Books for Farmers. 
Any of thi'se Books will be forwarded, post-paid, to any 
address in the United States or Tervitories, on receipt of the 
price, by Or;inge Judd Company. SIT) Broadway, Now York. 
For a Farmer's Library. 
This is the best American 
work upon general farm 
management. It treats of 
the leading crops, build- 
ings, draining, etc., and in- 
cludes sufficient about ani- 
mals of different Idnds to 
meet the wants of most 
farmers. 
The New American 
Farm Book. 
By R. L. and L. F. ALLEif . 
Price $2.50. 
Farm Implements 
and Machinery. 
By John J. Thomas. 
Price $1.50. 
American Weeds and 
ITseful Plants. 
By Dr. Wm. Dabltngton. 
Price $1.75. 
How Crops Grow, 
(price $2.00j,and 
How Crops Feed, 
Cprice $2.00.j 
By Prof. Sam'l W. Johnson. 
Country and Suburb- 
an Homes. 
By D. T. Atwood. 
Price $1.50. 
■ The Fruit Garden. 
By P. Barky. Price $a.rA). 
Gardening for Profit. 
By Peteh Hendkkson. 
Price $1.50. 
Gardening for the 
South. 
By Wm. N. White. 
Price $'J.OO. 
The New Book of 
Flowers. 
By Joseph Bkeok. 
Price $1.75. 
Mysteries of Bee- 
Keeping. 
By M Qi'i.Nnv. Price $1.50. 
Practical Poultry- 
Keeper. 
By L. WitiGUT. Price $*i.OO. 
Swine Husbandry. 
By I'\ D. COBUux. 
Price $1.75, 
The Pig. 
By JobEpH Harris. 
Price $1.50. 
Most larming operations 
are accoraplislied by force, 
applied through imple- 
ments and machines, and a 
farmer should understand 
meclianics, at least suffi- 
ciently to apply force most 
economically. In this work 
the fundamental principles 
are clearly tauglit, and their 
application illustrated. 
For tlie farmer who 
wishes to know something 
about the weeds upon liis 
farm, as well as useful cul- 
tivated and wild plants, 
this will iinswer tetter than 
ageneral treatise on botany. 
If £ could have but two 
books in such a library it 
would be these, as I con- 
sider them the most import- 
ant contributions to agri- 
cultural literature of mod- 
ern times. They contain 
all of vegetable physiology 
and agricultural chemistry 
that any except special stu- 
dents need, and nowhere is 
there so much of agricul- 
ture condensed in so small 
a space. As works of refer- 
ence they are indispensable. 
[ Such allbrary sliould have 
I some work on domestic ar- 
I chitecture. Most works 
upon the subject are costly 
on account of tlte designs. 
This is one of the best 
worKs, at a moderate price, 
and contains, with other 
matter, the method of build- 
ing with concrete. 
After the farm crops, Irult 
is of the most importance. 
No work covers the whole 
siihject so completely as 
this. 
Farms near cities ofien 
make more from garden 
crops than from farm crops. 
'I'll Is is tlic best work on 
market gardening, and will 
serve for the family garden 
also. 
An excellent garden book, 
and in the libraries for 
SoutliL-rn fanners might be 
substituted for Hender- 
son's, but it would be well 
to have both. 
I (io not know of any 
book upon out-door flower 
gardening tliat on tlie 
wliolc Is so good as this. 
Its teachings arc sound, and 
»tylc pleasing. 
liees. Poultry, and Pigs 
arc often made subjects of 
especial care by small far- 
mers, and separate trcjittses 
on these are more likely to 
be asked for tn a library 
like tliiw than those njion 
the larger animals. Eacli 
of these stands In the front 
rank of books in Its line. 
Draining for Profit. 
By Geo. E. "Warikg, Jr. 
Price $1.50. 
Dairy Husbandry. 
By X. A. WiLLARD. 
Price $3.00. 
Irrigation. 
By Henkt Stewart. 
Price $1.50. 
The Shepherd's 
Manual. 
By Henry Stewakt. 
Price $1.5Li. 
Potato Pests. 
By Prof. C. V. Riley. 
Price, paper covers, 50 cts. 
cloCh, 75 cts. 
Tim Bunker Papers. 
Price $1.50. 
So in farm operations, 
those of Draining and Dai- 
rying, especially the factory 
system, are not likely to be 
treated sufficiently in detail 
In genepal works. 
A most timely book, for 
inquiries are numerous 
upon this subject of " Ir- 
rigation for tlie Farm, Gar- 
den, and Orchard." This is 
plainly written and copious- 
ly illustrated ; is thoroughly 
practical, and sufficiently 
suggestive to meet almost 
any possible case in which 
water may be used for the 
benefit of the crops. It is, 
in short, a practical manual 
of irrigation, which will be 
useful in a wide diversity of 
instances. 
This work is regarded by 
competent judges as the 
most valuable production 
in the department of hus- 
bandry of which it treats. It 
is very fully illustrated, and 
is designed to be a help to 
every sheep owner, whether 
his flock be large or small. 
No farmer can afford to 
be without this little book. 
It gives the most complete 
account of the Colorado 
Beetle anywliere to be 
found, and includes all the 
latest discoveries, as to the 
habits of the insect and tlie 
various means for its de- 
struction. It is well illus- 
trated, and exhibits in a 
map tlie spread of the insect 
since it left its native home. 
As all the other works are 
matters of fact, it may be 
well to have a little pleas- 
antry. This conveys much 
sound teaching on rural 
economy in a quaint style, 
and it is sometimes policy 
to sugar-coat your pill. 
Books for a Larger Library. 
Besides all the works in the foregoing list, I would add 
the following: 
American Cattle. L. F. Allen. $3.50. 
Randall's Slieep Husbandry* $1.50. 
Hints to Horse Keepers. H. W. Herbert, §1.75. 
American Cattle Doctor. 12mo. G. H. Dadd. 
$1..50. 
Modorn Horse Doctor. 12mo. 6.H. Dadi>. $1.50. 
Insects Injurious to Ve<;etation. 
Dr. HAREI3. $1.0U. 
Small Fruit Culturist. A. S. Fuller. $1.50. 
Oraining- for Profit and Draining lor 
HcaltU. G. E. Waking, Jr. $1.50. 
Cranberry Culture. J. J. White. $1.25. 
Grape Culturist. A. S. Fuller. £1.50. (For the 
West would substitute Husnmnn''s Grapes and Wine. 
$1.50.) 
An EIgg Farm. Stoddard. Pnper50c. ; cloth 75c. 
Hops. 3U ctr^. Flax. 30 cts. Tobacco. 25 cts. 
Onion. 20 ctt. Essays. 
Boussiiigatilt's Kural Economy. $l.(iO. 
Play and Profit in My Garden. Roe. $1.50. 
Books for a Still Larger Library. 
In addition to those mentioned in the other two lists. I 
would name llie folUtwini,'. 
II ussey's National Cottage Architecture. $G. 
I^andscape Gardening. Downing. $6.50. 
Gardening for Pleasure. Henderson. $1.50, 
Tlie Book of Evergreens. J. Hoopes. $3. 
'Trout Culture, Dr. Slack. $1.50. 
Farm Gardening A: Seed Growing. Bklll. $1. 
riie Dog. Dinks, xJayhew \- Hutchinson. $3. 
Voung Sportsman's Manual. Korestek. $3. 
Hunter and Trapper. H. Thkashkii. $1. 
Tlic Market Assistant. Devoe. $2..5i). 
Hedges and Evergreens. Waudeii. $1.60. 
Pear Culture. P. T. Quixn. $1. 
Money in tUe Garden. Quinn. $1.50. 
American Cattle Doctor. 8vo. G. H. Dadd. $2.50. 
American Keformcd Horse Book. 8vo. G. 
H. Dadd. $2..50. 
Peacli Culture, Fulton. $1.50. 
Barns, Out-BiiiIdings<V- Fences. Haunet. $6. 
Cottages and Farm Houses. WooDWAitD. $1.50. 
Country Home*. Woodward. $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD CO.. 245 Brofidwav. New York. 
Breeding, Rearing, 
AST) 
Management of Swine, 
AND THE 
Prevention and Treatment of 
Their Diseases. 
F. D. C B U R N , 
A WHSTEKN PKAOTICAi FAEMEK AND BKEEDEE. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
In thegreat coru-growinj States of the West, the conver- 
sion of tliat product into the compact and portable form 
of porli, is a leadini^ indnsti-}', and the problem, "How 
much pork can be made from a bushel of corn ? " or 
" How much pork is represented by an acre of corn ? " is 
of the greatest importance to every farmer. Our agricul- 
tural literature has heretofore been deficient in works 
giving an account of the wholesale process of pork-mak- 
ing, as practised in the great corn-producing States, and 
the present book, by one practically engaged in the pur- 
suit, will be generally welcomed. The first portion of 
the work discusses the merits of the leading breeds, and 
while indicating his own preference for the Berkshire, 
the author gives a full presentation of the claims made 
for other breeds. The portion devoted to breeding is in 
accordance with the views of the best breeders, and the 
chapters devoted to feeding and fattening present the 
subject in a most thorough manner. A large share of the 
work is devoted to the "Diseases of Swine," and is 
probably the part which will be consulted by many with 
the greatest interest. But few, who have not given spe- 
cial attention to the subject, are aware of the immense 
losses the country has annually sustained for several 
years, through the wholesale mortality among swine in 
several Western States, from diseases which are alike in 
being rapidly fatal, and are popularly classed under the 
term '■ Hog Cholera." This subject is most thoroughly 
discussed, and its causes shown to be avoidable. In this 
part of the volume, as in other parts, the author does 
not content himself by giving merely his own experience 
and views, butdraws freely from the writings of others, to 
whom he, of course, gives full credit. The work through- 
out bears the impress of a desire to exhibit the present 
siale of knowledge on the subject, rather than to put 
forth himself as an authority. While written from a 
Western breeder's standpoint, the usefulness of the book 
is by no means limited to .any section of the country, as 
sound principles are of universal application. It is 
the fullest and freshest compendium of information 
relating to Swine Breeding yet offered, and a most im- 
portant contribution to our agricultural literature. 
CONTEXTS. 
lil'EEDS OK SWINK. THEIR CHAUACTEUISTICS 
AND WORTH. 
RAISING AND FATTEXINO SWINE. 
DISEASES OK SWINE, PUACTICAI. INFOR.MATION 
AS TO THEIU CAOSES, SYMPTOMS, I'RE- 
VENTION. AND CURE. 
riilCE, POST-PAID, $1.73. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York, 
