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AMERICAN AGRICULTUBIST. 
January.] 
DOWNING'S FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES. 
By A. J. DOWNING. 
NEWLY REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED 
By CHARLES DOWNING. 
Octavo, 1122 Pages. 
The original work of the late A. J. Downing appeared 
in 1845. Some years after it was revised aud much en- 
larged by his brother, Charles Downing, who has again 
completed the work of a second revision. Charles 
Downing is upon all hands acknowledged as one of our 
highest pomological authorities. He writes but seldom, 
but whatever bears his name is accepted as the judgment 
of one who is entirely disinterested, as far as the com- 
mercial aspects of pomology are concerned. The present 
edition contains the results of many years' labor and ex- 
perience which have been devoted to testing the value 
of fruits and acquiring a knowledge of them that should 
benefit others. 
Recommendation from Hon. MARSHALL P. WILDER. 
Piesident of the American Pomological Society. 
Boston, Oct. 4, 1869. 
Gentlemen : 
I have received a copy from llr. Charles Downing of 
the second revised edition of the "Fruits and Fruit 
Trees of America." It is the most comprehensive of 
any similar work, in fact a complete Encyclopedia of 
Am erican Pomology brougbt down to the present time. 
The original edition by his brother, the late Andrew 
Jackson Downing, popular as it ever has been, is made 
doubly interesting and useful by this revision, compris- 
ing as it does the results of a long life of critical obser- 
vation. 
As a work of reference it has no equal in this conntrv. 
and deserves a place in the library of even' Pomologist 
in America. "MARSHALL P. WILDER. 
This elegant and valuable work will be an indispensa- 
ble requisite to every library, and to all interested in 
Fruits or Fruit Culture. 
Price, Prepaid, S7.50. 
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AMERICAN CATTLE: 
THEIR HISTORY, BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT. 
By LEWIS F. ALLEN, 
T&te President of t?w New York State Agricultural Society, editor "American Shorthorn Herd Book" author "Rural Architecture" etc. etc. 
Notices by 
Press. 
the 
"We consider this the 
most valuable work that 
has recently been issued 
from Ihe American press- 
It embraces all branches 
of the important sub- 
ject, and Hlh a vacancy 
in onr agricultural litera- 
ture for which work the 
author byhis many years' 
experience and observ- 
ation was eminently fit- 
cd — It ought to be in 
the hands cf every owner 
of cattle, and the coun- 
try, as well as individu- 
als, would soon be much 
richer for its teachings. 
Journal of Agriculture^ 
(St Louis). 
This will rank among 
the standard works of 
the country, and will be 
considered indispens- 
able by every breeder of 
livestock. 
Practical Farmer, 
(Philadelphia). 
Considering that there arc some ten million milchcows 
in the United States, and nearly a thousand millions of 
dollars invested in cattle, the magnitude of this interest 
demands that the best skilled talent be devoted to the 
improvement of the various breeds and the investigation 
of the best method of so caring for the animals as to gain 
the greatest profit from them. This volume will give the 
farmer jnst the instruction which he wants. 
N. Y. Independent. 
The object of the work, as etated by the author in his 
preface, li is not only to give a historical'account of the 
Bovine race, to suggest to our farmers and cattle breeders 
the best methods of their production and management, 
but to exalt and ennoble its pursuit to the dignity to which 
it is entitled in the various departments of American 
agriculture." From the little examination we have been 
able to give it, we can not recommend it too highly. 
Canada Farmer. 
His history of cattle in general and of the individual 
breeds in particular, which occupies the first ISO pages 
Notices by t\xe> 
Press. 
The large experience 
of the author in improv- 
ing the character of 
American herds adds to 
the weight cf bis ob- 
servations, and has en- 
abled him to produce a 
work which will at once 
make good its claims as 
a standard authority on 
the subject. An excel- 
lent feature of this vol- 
ume is its orderly, meth- 
odical arrangement, con- 
densing a great variety 
of information into a 
comparatively small 
compass, and enabling 
the reader to find ihe 
point on which he is 
seeking light, without 
wasting his lime in turn- 
ing over the leaves. 
X. Y Tribune. 
"Whatever works the 
stock farmer m aval ready 
have, he cannot afford to 
do without this. 
O7iio Farmer. 
of the volume, is written with much of the grace and 
charm, of an Allison or a Macauley. His description of 
the leading breeds is illustrated by cuts of a bull, a cow, 
and a fat ox, of each race. The next one hundred pages 
are devoted to the subject of Breeding. This is followed 
by chapters on Beef Cattle, "Working Oxen. Milch Cows, 
Cattle Food. Diseases, etc. The arrangement, illustra- 
tions, analytical index, etc., of the work are in the best 
style of modern book-making. 
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