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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
75 
NEW 
American Farm Book, 
^ ORIGINALLY BT 
R. L. ALLEN, 
Anlhor of " Diseases of Domestic Animals," and formerly 
editor of the "American Agriculturist." 
REVISED AND ENLARGED EX 
LEWIS F. ALLEN, 
Author of "American Cattle" editor of tlis "American 
Shorthorn Herd Book" etc. 
NOTICES EY THE PRESS. 
Everything connected with the business of farming 
finds a place in it; soils, manures of every kind, irriga- 
tion and draining, grasses, grain and root crops, fruits, 
cotton, hemp, fences, farm buildings, domestic cattle, 
sheep, poultry, and the like. The work has been written. 
with great care by men qualified to discuss the subject, 
and it is really valuable. The chapter on soils should he 
read carefully by every farmer who desires to make the 
most of the land he cultivates. The chapter ou fruits 
constitutes an important feature of the work ; and there 
is nothmg in it which is not well considered and useful. 
Worcester Daily Spy. 
Comprehensive and careful, telling, and telling specif- 
ically, just what the tillers of the soil need to know, it 
will prove of great advantage to all who faithfully follow 
its counsels in the spirit in which they are given. 
Congregalionalist tfc Recorder. 
It intelligently and quite fully discusses the various 
operations of farm life, and is invaluable to all engaged 
in agriculture. Fanner* s Cabinet. 
For the young man of rural tastes, but without a train- 
ing at the plow-handles, who asks for a general guide and 
instructor that shall be to agriculture what the map of 
the world is to geography, it is the best manual in print. 
For the working farmer, who in summer noonings and 
by the winter fireside would refresh his convictions and 
reassure his knowledge by old definitions and well-con- 
sidered summaries, it is the most convenient hand-book. 
From its double authorship one might expect some show 
of patch-work, the original statement of the author of 
1810, annotated and qualified by the writer of this year. 
But this has been wisely avoided. The book is a unit, 
and shows no disparity of style nor contradiction in 
statement. Practically it is altogether a recent and time- 
ly volume. Only so mueh of the original Book of the 
Farm, by 11. L. Allen, as time could not change, has been 
adopted by the reviser. JYezo York Tribune. 
It is a volume of over five hundred pages, and in its 
present shape comprises all that can. well be condensed 
into an available volume of its kind. 
Hartford Daily Times. 
It is almost as comprehensive as a cyclopaedia. "We 
can safely recommend it as a valuable and standard work, 
Salem Gazette. 
It lias a very wide range of subjects, taking up nearly 
all matters that are most important to farmers. Coin- 
pricing the combined wisdom and experience of two em- 
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It is crammed full of just the information that is want- 
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no better encyclopaedia of farming. 
New York Independent. 
In its present revised and enlarged form, it is a work 
that every practical farmer may consult with advantage, 
and none cau well afford to do without. 
Christian Intelligencer. 
It is something in favor of this work that it has been 
before the public for many years. The original work was 
prepared with extraordinary care, and contained a vast 
amount of general truth that is as applicable now as it 
was then ; it has therefore been made the basis of the 
present, work, which, to all intents and purposes, is new, 
since it is adapted to the present improved state of agri- 
cultural knowledge. Every department is prepared with 
conscientious care and with a view of making the work 
a reliable source of agricultural information. 
Chicago Republican. 
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NEW BOOK FOR HUNTERS. 
THE 
HUNTER M 
HALSEY THRASHER, 
AN EXPERIENCED HUNTER. 
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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I.— Deer Hnntin™. 
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CHAPTER IH.— now to Hunt and Catch the Beaver. 
CHAPTER IT— How to Catch the Otter. 
CHAPTER V.— How to Catch the Slink. 
CHAPTER VI.— How to Hunt anil Catch ttie Mnskr.it. 
CHAPTER VII.— How to Catch the Marten. 
CHAPTER Vni.— How to Catch the Fisher. 
CHAPTER IK.— How to Catch the Raccoon. 
CHAPTER X.— How fo Hunt anil Trap the Bear. 
CHAPTER XI.— How to Hunt and Trap the Wolf. 
CHAPTER XII.— How to Trap the Pocket Gopher. 
CHAPTER XTII.— Fishing ibrTrout, Pickerel, ami Bass. 
CHAPTER XIV.— How to Hunt the Honey Bee. 
CHAPTER XV— Hints About Shot-Guus and Rides. 
CHAPTER XVI.— Traps. 
CHAPTER XVII.— Dressing and Tanning Skins and 
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A TREATISE ON THE 
Propagation, Culture, and History 
of the Rose. 
By SAMUEL B. PARSONS. 
NEW AND REVISED EDITION. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
The rose is the queen of the floral kingdom, and Mr. 
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for cultivation. Christian Advocate. 
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X. Y. Independent. 
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CONTENTS : 
CiiArTER I. — Botannical Classification. 
Chapter U.— Garden Classification. 
Chapter IU.— General Culture of the Rose. 
Chapter IV.— Soil, Situation, and Planting. 
Chapter V.— Pruning, draining, and Bedding. 
Chapter VI. — Potting and Forcing 
Chatter VTT.— Propagation. 
Chapter VTII.— Multiplication by Seed and Hybridising 
Chatter IX.— Diseases and Insects Attacking the 
Rose. 
Chapter X. Early History of the Rose, and Fabli • 
Respecting its Origin. 
Chatter XI.— Luxurious Use of the Rose. 
Chatter XII.— The Rose iu Ceremonies and Festivals, 
and ill the Adornment of Bmial-plnees, 
CHAPTER XIII.— The Rose in the Middle Ages. 
Chatter XTV. — Perfumes of the Rose. 
Chapter XV. — Medical Properties of the Rose. 
Chatter XVI.— General Remarks. 
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