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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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A Good Book for Farmers. 
Farm -Gardening 
AND 
SEED - GROWING. 
BY FRANCIS BRILL. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
Oranpe Judd & Co. have added to their splendid catalogue 
of agricultural books " Fann-G:irdeniug and Seed-Grow- 
ing," by Francis Brill ; it is practical, plain, complete, and 
satisfactory, so that for a small amount of money a great 
deal of desirable information cau be obtained. If there is 
any firm anywhere which is to-day disseminating so mucli 
knowledge in recard to tillinsr of the soil as this same said 
firm of Orange Judd & Co., we will present a medal to our 
informer.— Watchman and Reflector (Boston). 
The want occasionally expressed to us of a work on the 
cosnate subjects above named (Farm-Gardening and Seed- 
Growing), is now met in a book under this title from the 
pen of Mr. Francis Brill, formerly a market-gardener and 
6eed-grower at Newark, N. J., and at present engaged in 
raising seeds at Mattttuck, L. I. Its directions are concise 
and practical, covering those points on which a beginner is 
most likely to require information.— Country Gentleman. 
Mr. Brill has had large experience, and derived his knowl- 
edge wholly from the school of actual tvsts.— Chicago 
Evening Journal. 
"We have in this volume the results of a practical man's 
experience in raising root crops and other vegetables in the 
market-garden. Not only the professional seed-grower and 
trucker, but the amateur gardener who has a little patch in 
his suburban home, will find many a valuable hint and di- 
rection in this full and comprehejusive manual.— Sunday- 
School Times. 
It seems to be a very sensible, practical work by a practi- 
cal man. Mr. Brill's father was a gardener; and he himself 
has bad an extensive experience, and lie talks about what 
he knows, which is more than can be said of many authors of 
Industrial works.— Monre'x Rural New Yorker. 
There can be no question that this farm-gardening can be 
made in many districts of the Southern Atlantic States, es- 
pecially near the coast, far more profitable than growing the 
ordinary staple crops. In connection with producing the 
vegetables, the growing and saving their seeds receive 
minute attention.— American Farmer (Baltimore). 
A very useful hand-book, not merely for farmers and 
growers of seed on an extensive scale, but Cor all who, whe- 
ther lor recreation or for the purpose of supplying their own 
families with garden products, desire to know something 
about the adaptation of seed to soil and the mode of culture. 
— Church Journal (New York), 
This industry is now occupying the attention of many per- 
sons who sell their products to the great seed-houses, and 
novices who have the facilities, and wish to enter upon the 
business, will find in this book just the hints needed.— 
Springfield Republican. 
Mr. Brill has been a successful farm-gardener and seed- 
grower for a number of years, and gives in a clear and con- 
cise form the knowled-re lie has gained It gives the 
best method of manuring, planting, and cultivating every 
vegetable sold in markets— in short, everything required to 
be known, plainly and fully— and should be in the hands of 
every one who cultivates so much as a rod of land, for 
family use, pleasure, or profit.— Suffolk (L. I.) Times. 
The seal of Orange Judd & Co. upon an agricultural pub- 
lication is sufficient gairantee of Its worth. Francis Brill's 
book, published by th;m, is a very complete work, giving 
plain, minute instructions as to raising, taking care of, and 
bringing to market thosw vegetables which are most in de- 
mand in the large cities, and those seeds which arc being 
called for throughout the country.— N. Y. Evening Midi. 
The work of showing how this can be accomplished has 
fallen in good hands, and it has been done well. The hook 
will well repay perusal, and we hope soon to see Its good 
effects in a more intelligent direction of farm industry, and 
accompanied by more satisfactory pecuniary results.— The 
Signal (L. I.) 
Tu the market-gardener, or even the owner of a small 
piece of tillable land, this book will be of great value. 
Qualities of Boil required for the growth of different vegeta- 
bles, how to plant, how to cultivate, to harvest, and preserve 
during winter,— N. Y. Citizen and Round Table. 
$1.00. 
Price, Post-paid, 
ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
345 Broadway, New York. 
THE PRACTICAL 
POULTRY KEEPER. 
i. COMPLETE AND STANDARD GUIDE TO TOE 
MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY, 
FOR DOMESTIC USE, THE MARKETS, OR 
EXHIBITION. 
Beautifully Illustrated. 
BY L. WRIfillT. 
NOTICES BT THE PRESS. 
This book is a valuable manual for everyhody who 
feeds chickens or sells eggs. It suits at once the plain 
poulterer who must make the business pay, and the chick- 
en fancier whose taste is for gay plumage, and strange, 
bright birds. The most valuable portion is the first sec- 
tion, extending through fifty-five pages. These were writ- 
ten with the intention of producing a manual so plain, 
minute, and practical, that any one could, by using it as a 
guide, with no previous experience with poultry, become 
at once successful in producing eggs, young chickens, and 
fat fowls for market. The author lias not missed his aim. 
The middle parts of Mr. Wright's Manual are taken up 
with minute directions for making show fowls for Fairs, 
a nice discussion of the good and bad points of the dif- 
ferent breeds, and a brief sketch of such fancy stock as 
peafowl, pheasants, and water-fowl. Then follows a 
section on artificial hatching, and another, worth special 
attention, on large poultry yards A study of Mr. 
Wright's book will convince any farmer's wife that all 
she needB is to give a half hour each day, of intelligent 
and sagacious attention to her poultry, in order to obtain 
from them, not tape, and knitting needles, and buttons, 
and nutmegs merely, but the family supplies of sugar, 
shoes, and cloth. Neto York Tribune. 
It is the most complete and valuable work on the mat. 
.ers of which it treats yet published. It will be found a 
plain and sufficient guide to anyonein any circumstances 
likely to occur, and is illustrated with elegant engravings 
of many breeds of fowls. Farmers' Cabinet. 
This is a reprint, with numerous wood engravings, of 
an English book, the object of which is to convey in 
plain language a great deal or practical information about 
the breeding and management of poultry, whether for 
domestic u^e. the markets, or exhibition The book is 
eminently practical, and we recommend it to farmers and 
others interested in breeding and selling poultry. 
Philadelphia Pl'ess. 
It is a handsome volume, brought out in the best style, 
and enriched with nearly fifty illustrations. It. isevidently 
the fruit of a thorough, practical experience and knowl- 
edge of fowls, and will be found a plain and sufficient 
guide in all the practical details of poultry management 
as a profitable business. Jutted Presbyterian. 
The subject, is treated fully and ably by an experienced 
band, and the volume will doubtless find a large sale 
among the growing class of poultry fanciers. It is em- 
belfishcd with numerous illustrative engravings. 
New York Observer. 
The author has called to his aid ail who were expert 
enced in the suhject whereof he writes, nnd the conse- 
i;nence is a volume of more than ordinary tliomiiLdiness 
and exhaustiveness. Rochester fJemocrat. 
The book is a complete and standard guide to the man- 
agement of pouivy for domestic use, the market, and 
for exhibition. Watchman and Reflector. 
PRICE, POST-PALb, $3.00. 
ORANCE JUDD & CO., 
245 Broadway, New York. 
WAKING'S 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS, 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
AND 
DRAINING FOR HEALTH. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., 
Engineer of the Drainage of Central Park, New York. 
CONTENTS. 
Land to bp: Drained ; How Drains Act ; How to 
Make Drains: How to Take Care op Drains; 
What Draining Costs; Wtll It Pat? How to Make 
Tiles; Reclaiming Salt Maiisues; House and Town 
Drainage. 
EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
He (the author) describes the action of draining upon 
the soil, the construction of single drains and systems of 
drains, the cost and the profit of thorough drainage, the 
making of tiles, and the reclaiming of salt marshes, 
treats sensibly of malarial diseases, and closes with a 
chapter which should be widely read, on house, drainage 
and town sewerage in theirrelations to the public health. 
[Portland (Me.) Press. 
Nowhere does this book merit a wider circulation than 
in the West. Every year adds to tho thousands of dollar- 
lost to this State from want of proper surface drainage, 
to say nothing of the added gain to result from a com- 
plete system of under-drainage. This book will prove 
an aid 1" any ' n ho rooy c m: nil it. 
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A Book that ought to he In the hands of every Farmer. 
SENT POSTPAID, - PRICE, $1.50. 
EARTH-CLOSETS 
AND 
EARTH-SEWAGE. 
Bt GEO. E. WARING, Jr. (of Ogden Farm). 
INCLUDING: 
Tun Earth System (Details). 
The Manure Question. 
Sewage and Cess- tool Diseases. 
The Dry-Earth System for Cities and Towns. 
The Details or Earth Sewage. 
The Philosophy of The Eaiitii System. 
Willi Seventeen Illustrations. 
Taper Covers, Price, Post-paid, 50 cts. 
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 
A BOOK FOR YOUNG FARMERS, 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., 
Formerly Agricultural Engineer of the Central Park, in 
New York. 
CA11EPULLT REVISED. 
CONTENTS. 
The Plant! ; Tue Soil ; Manures ; Mechanical Cul- 
tivation ; Analysis. 
The foregoing subjects are all discussed in plain and 
simple language, that any farmer's boy may understand. 
The li.iok is written by a successful practical fart ner, and 
la full of information, good advice, and sound doctrine. 
HORACE GREELEY says of it: "Though dealing 
with facts unfamiliar to many, there is no obscure sen- 
tence, and scarcely a hard word in the book ; its 254 fair, 
open pages may be read in the course of two evenings 
and thoroughly studied In the leisure hours of a week; 
and we pity the man or boy, however old or young, who 
can find it dull reading. ITaruly any one is so wise that 
he will not learn something of value from its perusal ; no 
one is so ignorant or undeveloped that he cannot generally 
understand it; and no fanner or farmer's son can study it 
thoughtfully without being a better and more successful 
cultivator than before." 
SENT POST-PAID, .... PRICE, $1.00. 
Address 
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245 Broadway, New York. 
