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A Good Book for Farmers. 
Farm -Gardening 
AND 
SEED - GROWHTG. 
BY FRANCIS BRILL. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
Orange Judd & Co. have added to their splendid catalogue 
of agricultural books "Farm-Gardening 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 can be obtained. If there is 
any firm anywhere which is to-day disseminating so much 
knowledge in regard to tilling 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 ns of a work on the 
cognate 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 
seed-grower at Newark, N. J., and at present engaged in 
raising seeds at Mat ti tuck, 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 tests.— 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 flini many a valuable hint and di- 
rection in this full and comprehensive 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 had an extensive experience, and h*> *•**• ^ovxn wnat 
he knows which 1b »«•« «" 111 < -' ,m 1>e Shi & of many authors of 
ractustrlal works.— J/oo?-e'.? Rural yew 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 for all who, whe- 
ther for 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 knowledge 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. E.) Time.% 
The seal of Orange ludd & Co. upon an agricultural pub- 
lication is sufficient guarantee 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 those vegetables which are most in de- 
mand in the Inrjre citioa. and those seeds which are being 
called for throughout the country.— JV. Y. Evening Kail. 
The work of showing how this can be accomplished has 
fallen in good hands, and it has been done well. The book 
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.— 2%« 
Signal (L. I.) 
To the market-gardener, or even the owner of a small 
piece of tillable land, this book will be of great value. 
Qualities of soil required for the growth of different vegeta- 
bles, how to plant, how to cultivate, to harvest, and preserve 
during winter.— A". Y. Citizen and Round Table. 
Price, Post-paid, 
$1.00. 
ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
THE PRACTICAL 
POULTRY KEEPER. 
L COMPLETE AND STANDARD GUIDE TO THE 
MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY, 
FOR DOMESTIC USE,- THE MARKETS, OR 
EXHIBITION. 
Beautifully Illustrated. 
By L. WRIGHT. 
NOTICES ET THE PRESS. 
This book is a valuable manual for everybody 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 fifly-nve pages. These were writ- 
ten with the intention of producing a manual so plain, 
minute, and practical, that anyone could, by using it ns a 
gnide, with no previous experience with poultry, become 
at once successful In producing eggs, young chickens, and 
fat fowls for market. The author has not missed his aim. 
The middle rjajtls °f Mr. Vfright's Manual are taken np 
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 aB 
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 needs is to give a half hour each day, of intelligent 
and sngncious 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. New York Tribune. 
It is the most complete and valuable work on the mat- 
ters of which it treats yet published. It will be found a 
plain and sufficient guide to anyone in any circumstances 
likely to occur, and is illustrated with elegant engravings 
of many breeds of fowls. Farmers* Cabinet. 
This i3 a reprint, with numerous wood engravings, of 
an English book, the object of which is to convey in 
plain language a great deal of practical information about 
the breeding and management of poultry, whether for 
domestic use, the markets, or exhibition The book is 
eminently practical, and we recommend it to farmers anc 1 
others interested in breeding and selling poultry. 
Philadelphia Press. 
It is a handsome volume, brought out in the best style, 
and enriched with nearly fifty illustrations, It is evidently 
the fruit of a thorough, practical experience and knowl- 
edge of fowls, and will be found a plain and sufficient 
guide in nil the practical details of poultry management 
as a profitable business. United Presbyterian. 
The subject is treated fully and ably by an experienced 
hand, and the volume will doubtless find a large sale 
among the growing class of poultry fanciers. It is em- 
bellished with numerous illustrative engravings. 
New York Observer. 
The author has called to his aid all who were expen 
enced in the subject whereof he writes, nnd the conse- 
quence is a volume of more than ordinary thoroughness 
and exhaustiveness. Rochester Democrat. 
The book is a complete and standard gnide to the man- 
agement of poultry for domestic use, the market, and 
for exhibition. Watchman and Reflector. 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $2.00. 
ORANGE 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 be Drained ; How Drains Act ; How to 
Make Drains; How to Take Care of Drains; 
What Draining Costs; Will It Pat? How to Make 
Tiles ; Reclaiming Salt Marshes ; 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 their relations to the public health. 
[Portland {Me.) Press. 
Nowhere does this book merit a wider circulation than 
in the West. Every year adds lo the thousands of Jollars 
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 to any farmer who may consult it. 
[Chicago (ffl.) Republican, 
A Book that ought to be in the hands of every Farmer. 
SENT POST-PAH), .... PRICE, $1.50. 
EARTH-CLOSETS 
AND 
EARTH-SEWAGE. 
Bt GEO. E. WAKING, Jr. (of Ogden Farm). 
INCLUDING : 
The Earth System (Details). 
The Manure Question. 
Sewage and Cess- pool Diseases. 
The Dry-Earth System tor Cities and Towns. 
The Details of Earth Sewage. 
The Philosophy of The Earth System. 
Willi Seventeen Illustrations. 
Paper 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. 
CAREFULLY JIEVISE1). 
CONTEXTS. 
The Plant ; The Soil ; Manures ; Mechanical Cul- 
tivation ; Analysis. 
The foregoing subjects are all discussed in plain and 
simple language, that any farmer's hoy may understand. 
The book is written by a successful practical farmer , and 
is 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 354 fair, 
open pages may he read in tho 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. Hardly any one is so wise that 
he will not learn something of value from its perusal ; no 
one is so ignorant or undeveloped that ho cannot generally 
understand it ; and no farmer 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 
ORANGE JUDD & CO., 
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