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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[OCTOBEII, 
THE PRACTICAL 
POULTRY KEEPER. 
A COMPLETE AKD STANDAED GUIDE TO THE 
MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY: 
FOR DOMESTIC USE, THE MARKETS. OR 
EXHIBITION. 
Beautifully Illustrated. 
BT L. WRIGHT. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
This hook is a valuable manual for everybody who 
feeds ehickene or sells eggs. It suits at once the plain 
poiilierer who must make the business pay, and the chick- 
en fancier whose taste is for gay plumage, and strange, 
blight birds. The most valuable portion is the first sec- 
tion, extending through fifty-five pages. These were writ- 
ten wiih the intention of producing a manual so plain, 
minute, and practical, that anyone could, byusing 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 has not missed his aim. 
The middle parts of Mr. Wright's Manual are taken up 
Willi 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, aud water-fowl. Then follows a 
section on artificial hatching, and another, worth special 
attention, on large poultry yards A study of Mr. 
Wright's hook will convince any farmer's wife that all 
she needs 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. 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 anyonein any circumstances 
likely to occur, and is illustrated with elegant engravings 
of mauy breeds of fowls. Farmers' Cabinet. 
This is a reprint, with numerous wood engravings, ol 
an English hook, 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 and 
others interested in breeding and selling poultry. 
Philadelphia Press. 
It is a handsome volnme, 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 he found a plain and sufficient 
guide in all the practical details of poultry management 
as a profitable business. United Presbyterian. 
The subject is treated fnlly 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 ail who were expert 
enccd in the subject whereof he writes, nnd the conse- 
quence is a volume of more than ordinary thoroughness 
and exhaustiveness. Rochester Democrat. 
The hook is a complete and standard guide to the man- 
agement of pou!'_ry for domestic use, the market, and 
for exhibition. Watchman unci PeJIector. 
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245 Broadway, New York. 
READ THE NEW BOOK 
Farm -Gardening 
AND 
SEED - GHOWIlTa. 
HARRIS ON THB PIC, 
BY FRANCIS BRILL. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
Orange Judd & Co. have added to their splendid catalogue 
i of agricultural books " Farm-Gardening and Sted-Orow- 
mg," by Francis Lrill; it is practical, plain, complete, and 
satisfactory, so that fur 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 aud Reflector (BoEton\ 
The want occasionally expressed to us 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 Mattituck, L. I. Its directions are concise 
and practical, covering those points on wliich 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 actua' tests.— Chicago 
Evening Journal. 
We have in this volume the results ol a practical man^ 
experience in raising root crops and other vegetables in the 
market-garden. ICot only the professional seed-grower and 
trucker, but tho amateur gardener who has a little paten in 
his suburban home, will find many a valuable hint and di- 
rection in ihis full and comprehensive manual.— Su 
School «m* 
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 he talks about what 
he knows, which is more than can be said of many authors of 
industrial works.— Moo re's Rural New Yorker. 
There can be no question that this farm-gardening ran 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 seed8 receive 
minute attention.— A mertcan 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 purposeof 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 manj pi - 
sons who sell (heir products to the great seed-house*, and 
novices who have the facilities, and wish to enter upon the 
business, will find in this book ju*>t the hints needed.— 
Springfield Republican. 
Mr. Brill has been a successful farm-gardener and seed- 
grower for a number ol years, and gives in a clear and con- 
cise form the knowledge he has gained It gives tin- 
best method of manuring, planting, and cultivating every 
vegetable sold in markets — in short, everything required to 
1 o known, plainly and fully— and saobld 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 guarantee of its worth. Francis Brill's 
book, published by th?m, Is a v:ry 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 large cities, nnd those seeds which are being 
called for throughout the country.— X 1'. Evening Mail. 
Tin. work of showing how this can be accomplished has 
fallen in good bands, 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.— The 
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. 
Q lalitles of soil required for the growth of different vegeta- 
bles, bow to plant, how to cultivate, to harvest, and preserve 
during winter.— X Y. Citizen and Round Tabic'. 
Price, Post-paid, $1.00. 
ORANGE JUDD AXD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
Breeding, Rearing, Management, 
AND 
Improvement. 
With Numerous Illustrations. 
By JOSEPH HARRIS, 
OF MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. T. 
XOTTCES BT THE PKE8S 
To ?ay that this work on the pig is by Joseph Harris, 
that genial philosopher-farmer of Rochester, N. Y., who 
writes the '"Walks and Talks upon the Farm" in the 
Agriculturist, is to insure for his book at once a large 
circle of delighted readers. He is just the man to lay 
down the gospel for the raising of pigs or any other do- 
mestic animal. If all breeders and farmers would follow 
Mr. Harris's directions, pork would be a very different 
article of food from what it is now. aud could be eaten 
without any fears of the trichina. 
[ Springfield Republican . 
The author discusses the pig— for lie takes exception. 
to the word hog as applied to the domesticated animal— 
with a view of showing how the most pork and lard can 
he produced from the smallest amount of feed. He gives 
elaborate descriptions of the different breeds of swine, 
showing the peculiarities of each, and the relative ad- 
vantages to the producer.— [Prairk Farmer (Chicago). 
The pig is doubtless one of the most valuable animals 
that a farmer can raise, and it is the laudable purpose of 
Mr. Harris to tell fanners how to treat their pigs so as to 
get the most profit from them, and what kind of pigs art* 
best.— {Daily Evening Travdhr (Boston). 
It treats of breeding, rearing, managing, and improv- 
ing swine; and what Mr. Harris don't know on these 
topics, is hardly worth knowing at all, The book is fully 
illustrated, and is very valuable tp all who arc interested 
in this branch of stock-raising. 
[LoweU (Massj Daily Courier. 
The author is a practical farmer, and has gathered the 
results of many experiments besides his own. The book 
is amply illustrated. 
{Republican Statesman (Concord, N. H.). 
Almost everything a farmer wants to know about the 
breeding, keeping, and fattening of pigs, is here put 
down in plain, common sense, and is mainly the result 
of the writer's own management.— [Maine -Farmer. 
This is an interesting, valuable, and a much-needed 
treatise on an important department of rural economy. 
It contains about 53 illustrations of pigs, piggeries, 
troughs, etc. TVc are heartily glad onr old friend Harris 
was persuaded to prepare this useful Manual on the Pig- 
breeds, breeding, feeding, etc., comprising what farmers 
need know respecting this department of husbandry. 
[Boston Cultivator. 
This little book is profusely illustrated, and coi 
information in abundance, which every farmer ought to 
possess.— [Weekly Mail (St. Louis). 
Here is a book written by a practical farmer, who has 
brought to the aid of his own large experience and ob- 
servation the most extensive acquaintance with the 
science of breeding, and, as might reasonably be ex- 
pected, we have from bis pen the best book on the Pig 
ever written.— [Western Stock Journal. 
Price, Post-paid, SI .50. 
ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
245 BuoiuwiT, New York. 
