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AlSIERICAlSr AG-RICITLTURIST. 
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Standard Arcliitectural Books 
FOR CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 
Hussey's National Cottage Archi- 
tecture; or, Homes for Every One. 
— With Designs, Plans, Details, Specifica- 
tions, and Cost ; with Worliing Scale. Draw- 
ings couiplete, so that Houses maj' be built 
direct from the book. Adapted to the pop- 
ular demand lor practical, handsome, and 
economical homes. Royal Quarto. Six 
Dollars, post-paid. 
Atwood's Country and Suburban 
Houses.— Illustrated with about 150 en- 
gravings. Hints and Suggestions as to the 
Greneral Principles of Housebuilding, Style, 
Cost, Location, etc. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Monckton's National Stair-BuUder. 
— Is a complete work on Stair-Building and 
Hand Riiiling. Fully explained and illus- 
trated by large scale diagrams, in two colors, 
■with designs for Staircases, Newels, Balus- 
ters, and Hand-Rails. Royal Quarto. Post- 
paid, $6.00 
Monckton's National Carpenter and 
Joiner. — A complete work, covering the 
whole science of Carpentry, Joinery, Roof- 
ing, Framing, etc., fully explained and illus- 
trated by large scale diagrams in two colors. 
Royal Quarto. Postpaid, $6.00. 
Woodward's National Architect.— 
1,000 Designs, Plans, and Details for Coun- 
try, Suburban, and Village Houses; with Per- 
spective Views, Front and Side Elevations, 
Sections, Full Detail Drawings, Specifica- 
tions, and Estimates. Also, Detail Draw- 
ings to Working Scale, of Brackets, Cornices, 
French Roofs, Sectional and Framing Plans 
of French Roofs, D(niner- Windows for French 
Roofs, Bay-Windows, Verandas, Porches, 
Plister Finish, Cornices, Ceilings, Hard-wood 
Mantel-;, and all that is required by a Builder 
to design, specify, erect, and finish in the 
most approved style. One superb quarto 
volume. Post-paid, $13.00 
Woodward's Cottages and Farm 
Houses.— 188 Dedsns and Plans of low- 
priced Cottages, F.nni Houses, and Out- 
Buildhigs. Post-paid, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY. 
Woodward's Suburban and Country 
Houses. — VO Designs ami Plans, and nu- 
merous examples of the French Ronf. Post- 
paid, $1.50. 
Woodward's Country Homes.— 150 
Designs and Plans, with Dcscri|itioii of the 
iVI.mner of Constructing Balloou Frames. 
Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward's G-raperies and Horti- 
cultural Buildings. — Designs and Plans 
of Hot-Beds, CoKi-Pils, Propagating Honses, 
Forcing Houses, Hot and Cold Grajieries, 
Green Houses, Conservatories, Orchard 
Houses, etc., witli the various modes ot 
Ventilating and Heating. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Jacques' Manual of the House.— 
How to Build Dwellings, Bams, Stables, 
and Out-Buildings of all kinds. 136 De- 
signs and Plans. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Wheeler's Rm-al Homes.— Houses suited 
to Country Life. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Wheeler's Homes for the People.— 
100 Original Designs, with full Descriptions, 
and Constructive and Miscellaneous Details. 
Post-paid, $3.00. 
Harney's Barns, Out-Buildings, and 
Fences. — Containing Designs and Plans 
of Siables, Farm-Barns, Oul-Buildings, Gates, 
Gateways, Fences, Stable Fittings and Furni- 
ture, with nearly 300 Illustrations. Royal 
quarto. Post-paid, $6.00. 
Lakey's "Village and Country 
Houses, or Cheap Houses for All Classes, 
comprising eighty-four pages of designs. 
The object, in almost every instance in these 
designs, has been to secure as large an 
amount of space and comfort as was pos- 
sible with the least expenditure of money, 
without neglecting the exterior features of 
each building. Royal Quarto. Post-paid, $6. 
Eveleth's School-house Architecture. 
— A lu'w and original work, containing Seven- 
teen Designs for Scliooldiouses, Sixty-seven 
Plates with Perspectives, Elevations, Plans, 
Seclion.s, Details, Specifications all drawn to 
working scale, with methods of Heating and 
Ventilation. Large quarto. Post-paid, .$6.00. 
Copley's Plain and Ornamental Al- 
phabets.— Giving examples in all styles, 
together with Maps, Titles, Borders, Meri- 
dians, Ciphers, Monograms, Flourislics, etc., 
adapted for the practical use of Surveyors, 
Civil Engineers, Drau'.ditsmen, Archiiecls, 
Sign Painters, Schools, etc. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Publishers, 245 Broadway, New York. 
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qood lliii'tfi (tiui .■^ufiff€fitioih< trfikli ne Ihroiv into miall^ 
tijpe and co/idt^nsed J'orm^ for want of {tjKue theiv/iere. 
Continued from p. 371. 
f oiiii«1ei* in a. Horse. — "C. B.," Groton, 
N. H. Founder consists of inflammation of the lamiiiEe 
or leaves of the foot— those highly Bcn^itive plates 
whicli dovetail into each other, and connect the interior 
of the foot with the outside and insensitive horny part or 
hoof. When foundered, the horse will hardly move, 
throws his wci^'ht upon the hind feet, and spreads his 
fore feet forward as far as pos8il)le, to relieve them from 
weight. The head is thrown up. the horse breathes hard 
and fast, is hi^'hly fevered, aud expresses in many ways 
his distress and enffering. Acute funnder may be cured, 
but always leaves the horse tender in his fore feet, and 
subject to a repeated attack on the first imprudence in 
feeding, watering or driving. Chronic founder renders 
the horse valueless, and a burden to itself and its owner. 
l>ouUi-y for Ii:»:s:s aud Meal.— **F. 
II. S.," Chicago, relates his experience as to tlie best 
fowls fttr market and for winter layers. He writes : "I 
crot=sed a Biown Leghorn cock to a Dark Brahma hen. 
This cross produced a splendid bird. And here let me 
say to those that raise poultry for the market, do not 
breed those large raw-boned Asiatics, they do not pay. 
When dressed for the market, Ihey will not bring as much 
per pound a< even the common barn-yard fowl, and, 
though I admit that their weight will makeup the de- 
ficiency, they will consume twice as much fond to do it. 
As to food, T give corn-meal, barley, wheat, bran, and 
oats, mixed and scalded ; also once a week chopped liver. 
The fowls do not get tiied of this food, and it is excel- 
lent for producing eggs. In winter I keep my poultry in 
a warm cellar. With good feed, warm housing, and cure 
that too many fowl;^ arc not kept on the farm, there is no 
danger tbnt poultry will not pay.'' 
Manure for Grain.— "E. T. B.," Jewell 
C'ily, Kansas. A soil rich in vegetable matter, but de- 
ficient in mineral constituents, will be apt to produce 
plenty of foliage and but little grain. What is wanted 
in this case is lime, superphosphate of lime, wood ashes, 
or bone dust. In your case it would undoubtedly pay to 
arrest a portion of tlie immense qnantilics of bones 
which are daily carried from the western parts of the 
state, and apply them to the soil. They would furnish 
lime, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen, all indispensable 
substances for the production of grain, and very rapidly 
exhausted by grain crops. Unforlunatcly the vast sup- 
ply of bones so near at hand, is neglected by western 
farmers, and allowed to go past their doors, to be profita- 
bly used by farmers 3,000 miles away. 
Capncily of a Cistern.— *• M. L. W.," 
Selin's Grove, Pa. To find the contents in gallons of a 
rectangular cistern, multiply the depth and width both 
ways in feet together, and then multiply this by T,'^. The 
first sum is the cubic feet, and the latter the quantity of 
gallons contained very nearly. For a circular cistern 
multiply the diameter by itself, and then by . 785-1, (or those 
who do nol understand decimal fractions, may take three- 
fourths of the product). This sum is multiplied by the 
depth, and the result is cubic feet. Then muliiply by 
1)4 as above. 
Tllerino Sliecp and ^licplK^vil I>o*>-s. 
~'*C. 11. C," Chatham Co., Neb. The flickof Merinos 
bred by Mr. Chamberlin. of Ked Hook, Dutcliess Co.. N, 
T., is a very choice one, and is under the care of an ex- 
cellent shepherd. Mr. Carl Ilcyne. By statintr tlie sort 
of ram wanted, you could probahly bo suited from this 
flock, without the expense of selecting personally. 
Probably a shepherd dog could also be procured there. 
S|»rinUliu;> llatcliiiig Eggs.- ''\V. 
S.," Wilson Co.. Tenn. For very good reasons it is con- 
sidered of use to moisten the eggs during the process of 
hatching. This may be done without any difficulty by 
sprinkling the nest while the hen is off* for feeding; once 
or twice during the incubation is sufficient. 
Cow Pox.— *'S. E. C," Stormout Co., Ont. 
The teats and udders of cows are liable to various oUier 
forms of eruptions, which maybe confounded with tJic 
true cow pox. The trne cow pox maybe distinguished 
by the fevered condition of tlie animal fiU" three or four 
days before the eruptions appear. These are at first hard, 
red spots, about the size of the point of the finger, which 
