| July, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1878.] 
Best & Cheapest 
Buchan’s Cresyllc Sheep Dip prevents ancl 
cults the scab and all parasitic diseases of 
1 he shin. 
Bucban’s Cresylic Ointment is CERTAIN 
DEATH to the Screw-worm or Grub. 
For further particulars, send for price lists and circulars to 
KIDDER & BAIRD, 83 John St.. New York. 
Take it Easy. 
Common-Sense Chairs 
and Rockers. 
With or without Leading Table. For 
sale by the trade. Manufactured by 
F. A. SINCLAIU, Mottville, N. Y. 
: Send stamp for Illustrated Price-list, 
lie careful that the chairs are stamp¬ 
ed with niy name in full; others are imitations. 
G REENWICH ACADEMY, with Musical Institute 
and Commercial College. A SEA-SIDE school. 
Founded 1802. Oil direct route from N. 1 . to Boston. Stu¬ 
dents received any time. Catalogue free. Address REV. 
F. D. BLAKESLEE, A. M„ Principal, East Greenwich, R. I. 
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. 
To avoid imposition, purchasers of Waltham watches will 
observe that every genuine watch, whether gold or silver, 
bears our trade-mark on both case and movement. 
Gold cases are stamped “ A. W. Co.” and guarantee cer¬ 
tificates accompany them. Silver cases are stamped “Am. 
Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., Sterling Silver ,” and are ac¬ 
companied by guarantee certificates, signed It. E. Robbins, 
Treasurer. The name “Waltham” is plainly engraved 
upon all movements, irrespective of other distinguishing 
marks. 
This caution is rendered necessary by reason of the fact 
that our cases are frequently separated from our movements 
and put upon worthless movements of other makers, and 
vice versa , thus affecting injuriously the performance of the 
watches and vitiating our guarantee, which is intended to 
cover only our complete watches wholly made by us. it is 
necessary also because it is so notorious as to be a public 
scandal, that there is great fraud in the metal quality of 
both gold and silver cases as now generally sold. We have 
demonstrated by frequent assays that many gold and 
silver cases offered in the market are debased from 10 to 20 
per cent from the quality they assume to be. This is a fraud 
upon the purchaser, and accounts for the low price at which 
such cased watches have been sold. 
“Eighteen carat” gold, such as the Waltham cases are 
made of, is as nearly pure gold as can be made and be dura¬ 
ble. It contains 750-1000 of pure gold, and 250-1000 of alloy. 
.Sterling Silver (English Govt, standard) contains 925-1000 
of pure silver, and 75-1000 of alloy. The Waltham Watches 
will always be found up to the standard represented. 
For AMERICAN WATCH CO., 
ROBBINS & APPLETON, 
General Agents, 
New York. 
WALTER BAKER & 
CHOCOLATE AND 
These preparations have 
been thestandard^ofj^uri^ 
and excellence for nearly 
onehundrec^earsand have 
gained a world-wide repu¬ 
tation. They are pure, nu¬ 
tritious and healthy . Cocoa 
flesh- 
X 
contains as much 
forming matter as beef. 
For (Supper 
Awarded tlic highest premium at the Paris. V ienna. and 
CO.’S 
COCOA. 
^Broma^an excellent food! 
for invalids, and unrivalled f 
in delicacy and aroma. 
Breakfast Cocoa,—a general I 
favorite. Baker’s No. l | 
Chocolate , the very bestl 
preparation of plain Choco-| 
late in the market. Vanilla | 
Chocolate, unsurpassed in | 
flavor and quality. 
Philadelphia Expositions. 
Irrigation 
FOR THE 
Farm, Garden & Orchard. 
By HENRY STEWART. 
Civil and inning Engineer. Member of the Civil Engineers' 
Club of tlie North-west, Associate Editor of the 
American Agriculturist. 
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 
CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. The Necessity for Irrigation.—-II. Im¬ 
portance of an Adequate Supply of Water. — III. Amount 
of Water Needed for Irrigation.—IV. Irrigation of Gar¬ 
dens. — V. Preparation of the Surface. — VI. Irrigation by 
Pipes and Tiles. — VII. Irrigation with Liquid Manure.— 
VIII. Culture of Irrigated Garden Crops.—IX. Irrigation 
of Orchards and Vineyards.—X. Irrigation of Meadows. 
— XI. Use of Springs in Irrigation. — XII. Formation of 
Water Meadows. — XIII. Irrigation of Meadows and 
Pastures. — XIV. Drainage of Irrigated Fields. — XV. 
Management of Irrigated Fields. — XVI. Irrigation of 
Arable Lands. — XVII. Preparing the Surface for Irriga¬ 
tion.—XVIII. Supply of Water — Dams—Pumps—Reser¬ 
voirs—Artesian Wells. — XIX. Canals and their Construc¬ 
tion. — XX. Reclamation of River Flats, Salt Marshes and 
Submerged Lands. 
Price, post-paid, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
Tie Poultry Yarl and Market; 
A Practical Treatise on Galliiiociiltnre. 
By Prof. A. Corbett, 
Inventor of the New Process for Hatching Eggs and Raising 
Poultry, bg means of Horse Manure alone, for which Gold 
and Bronze Medals, and several Diplomas, have been award¬ 
ed by State and County Fairs, and the American Institute. 
CONTEXTS. 
The artificial incubation of the past and present.—Re¬ 
searches and success with the use of liorse-mamire.—The 
sort of manure.—How to use it.—The best breed to keep — 
Diseased feet in chickens.—Infections water for chickens.— 
How hens sit only six days.—How to see whether eggs are. 
fertilized. — How twenty dollars profit can be obtained from 
each hen.—Advice to the ladies about raising poultry.—How 
to establish a poultry-yard. — Practical rules for making 
money.—How to help chickens out of the shell.—Cooked 
food for poultry.—How to keep the chickens growing.— 
Treatment of hens that eat eggs.—The number of hens to a 
rooster. — How to keep eggs for winter.—How to fatten and 
dress poultry for market.—Diseases and their cure. 
PRICE, POST-PAID, PAPER, 50 CTS„ CLOTH. 75 CTS. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
For GRAIN CROPS, 
Seeding Down to Grass for 
Permanent loirii Land or Pasture, 
SHAPES’ COMPLETE MANURE 
(for average clay loam or heavy lands), 
(Ammonia G to 7 per cent, Phos. Acid 10 to 12, Potash 8 to 4.) 
COMPOSED OF 
PURE No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO-Guaranteed- 
PliBE HONE, finely ground and dissolved in Sulphuric 
Acid— 
PURE DRIED BLOOD OR FLESH (12 to 15 per 
cent Ammonia) — 
HIGH GRADE POTASH SALTS. 
All finely ground and intimately blended. 
In dry condition suitable for 
DRILLING. 
The practical success of this manure has been universal, 
and has fully equalled our expectations on all average Grain 
and Grass lands. 
It has invariably equalled heavy dressings of barn-yard 
and stable manure, in eflects on the grain crop, and even 
excelled them in producing a luxuriant after-growth 
of clover, timothy, and other grasses.—In one instance, three 
bags (600 lbs.) per acre have proved fully equal to “100 
loads (5G0 lbs. each) of New York Stable Manure per acre.” 
Unlike a merely stimulating fertilizer, or one that pro¬ 
duces a crop—through tiie presence of a single ingredient 
and at the expense of the strength of the land, this manure 
supplies all the required ingredients for the complete 
development of the. crop and the improvement ol the 
soil, as shown by the effects on the successive grass crops. 
Combines all the advantages of a first-class Superphos¬ 
phate. (made entirely from bone), together with Peruvian 
Guano and High Grade Potash Salts. 
Price per i on. ready mixed.$30.00 
” “ Bag' (200 lbs.), ready mixed. 5.tJ3 
Price per 'I on—in lots of two tons and over—unmixed, in 
torm of ingredients named above, sltipned in their sepa¬ 
rate and original packages.f.$ 45.00 
Cartage (50c.) charged only on shipments of less than 
half a ton. 
COMPLETE MANURE (Ville Formula) 
(for light or sandy soils 1 . 
Adapted for Grain and Grass crops, on land requiring large 
proportions of Potash and less Phos. Acid. 
Price per Ton, ready mixed.$5(J.28 
All grades of Pure Bone — Peruvian Guano — 
Chemicals—Potash Salts—Pure Bone dissolved— 
Superphosphates, etc., supplied at published rates. 
Semi for descriptive Price Current—also Pamphlet on Farm 
Experiments by Prof. W. O. Atwater—mailed free. 
THE MAPES FORMULA AND PERU¬ 
VIAN GUANO CO., 
158 Front Street, New York. 
Directions for Use-ami Analyses accompany each bag 
of Mapua' Complete and Special Manures. 
INVENTORS 
can have their inventions patented in the U. S. and in Canada 
and Europe promptly and at moderate cost, by addressing 
GILBERT M. PLYMPTON, 
845 Broailway, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST BUILDING, 
NEW YORK. 
Patents re-issued, and suits for infringement brought and 
defended. Everything towards procuring patents promptly 
attended to. 
THE AUTOMATIC FOUNTAIN PENHOLDER, 
f i the liesk or Pocket. Heavily niekle-plated. A single 
I filling with ink will write a half quire Foolscap Paper. Is 
1 the most salable and useful article for the price ever placed 
i on the market. Sample by mail, 25 cts. Agents’ Trial Pack- 
| age, containing 5 Pens, post-paid, $1.00. Our Illustrated 
Catalogue of Novelties. Stationery, &c.. &c.. free. 
CITY NOVELTY CO., 108 South 8 lh St., Philadelphia,J»a. 
SEND 10 CENTS * 
For Catalogue and Samples of 
Imported Embossed Scrap Pictures, 
for Decorating Pottery, Scrap Books, &c. 
OSCAIt W. YOUNG, Importer, 
No. 60 4th St., Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y. 
ADVERTISING RATES. 
Agriculturist. 
I-I'YCJILISII KIHTIOJf. 
Ordinary Pages. 81.1)0 ner line (agate), each insertion 
Last, Page, and Third Cover Pope. 81.25 per line. 
Second ('over Pane — $l..-»0 per line. 
Pane next, to Reading and Last ('over / age $/ 5.00 pel line. 
Vo Mflvcrtise.ment taken lor less than $3.00 each .nsertion. 
Fourteen agate lines make one inch. 
<4 B 1 ’. S* .19 A !\ KDITIOA. 
Ordinary Pages. 10 cents per line, each insertion. 
Second Cover Pope. 15 cents per line. 
Page next to Reading and Last Cover Page. 8(1 cts. per line. 
No advertisement niken for less than $ 1.00 each insertion. 
CS^Xo Advertisement of Medicines or Humbugs received. 
Address all orders to 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY'. 
245 Broadway, Nkw Yoke. 
American 
