[September, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
- 878 .] 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
FOOD FROM THE FAR WEST 
OE 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE 
TVitil Special Reference to llie Beef Production and Importa¬ 
tion of Dead Meal from America to Great Britain, 
By JAMES- MACDONALD, 
Author of “ The Highland Society's Prize Essays on Agriculture," etc. 
T!iis is an interesting Volume of about three hundred and fifty pages, presenting the 
observations and experiences of an educated Englishman, who spent a long time among 
the prairie farms and sheep and cattle ranches of our Western States and Territories. 
Those who contemplate going; West, either to see the 
country or to settle, and those who desire information regard¬ 
ing Sheep and Cattle raising will find this a specially 
valuable volume. 
12mo. PRICE. POST-PAID, $1.50. 
This book will bo sent to the trade at our usual terms. 
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being extreme lightness of draft, and greatly increased cutting power. 
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JUST PUBLISHED. 
Tails oil 
Stockbridge Manures 
Originated by Prof. Stockbridge, Professor of Agriculture in the Mass. Agricultural College. 
Wheat Manure(2u0totiooii)s.p.acre),p. ton $45. 
Tills famous Stockbridge manure has produced from 25 to 
40 bushels Wheat per acre, depending on soil, season, &c 
It is too strong to be sown in the drill with the seed, unless 
it is extended with three times as much dirt or plaster. The 
better way is to sow it broadcast just after the land is 
plowed, and work it into the soil with the harrow. 
For Rye (200 to 400 lbs per acre), per ton $45. 
This has produced from 20 to 35 bushels Rye, and has 
given excellent satisfaction. Apply in the same manner as 
for Wheat. Two Rye fields, 5acres in all, yielded two 
tons Straw and 32 1 - bushels of Grain per acre. Sturtevant 
Bros., Mass. 
Seed i rig Down for 1 acre, 400 to800 lbs.. $50 p.ton. 
This will give a better “ catch ” than stable manure, and 
is as lasting, providing the. same value is used. It contains 
no weed seeds ; and enough from 2 to 5 acres may be hauled 
at one load. If your field is som. distance from the barn, 
or hard to reach, use tills fertilizer. 
Bowker's Crain Phosphate, per ton. 
Made especially for Wheat, but appli-able to Rye, Oats. 
Barley, and Buckwheat. Quantify applied from 2n0 to COO 
lbs per acre, according to condition of soil. A liberal 
discount made on large purchases. 
Also for sale Agricultural Chemicals, Animal Meal for Fowls and Swine, and a full line of Poultry 
Feed. E^Send for Pamphlets, &c., free. A live responsible Agent wanted in every County in the 
Middle States. 
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JUST PUBLISHED. 
House Plans for Everybody. 
By S. B. REED, Architect. 
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. 12mo. PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.50. 
This is a valuable work which meets the wants of persons 
of moderate means, and we predict that it will prove one of 
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Nearly all of these plans have been tested by practical 
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give a large share of what are called Modern Improvements. 
One feature of the work gives it a value over any similar 
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vary from time to time, one can, from these data, ascertain 
within a few dollars, the prohable cost of constructing any 
one of the buildings here presented. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
BY 
JOSEPH HARRIS, 
Author of "Walks and Talks on the Farm," "Harris on 
the Pig," etc. 
CONTENTS. 
Preface. 
Chatter 1. — Farming as a Business. 
Chapter 2.—What is Manure ? 
Chapter 3.—Something About Plant-food. 
Chapter 4.—Natural Manure. 
Chapter 5.—Swamp-Muck or Peat, as Manure. 
Chapter 6.—What is Potential Ammonia. 
Chapter 7.—Tillage as Manure. 
Chapter 8.—Summer-Fallowing. 
Chapter 9.—How to Restore Worn-out Farms. 
Chapt. 10.—How to Make Manure. 
Cuapt. 11. — The Value of Manure Depends on the Food, 
Not on the Animal. 
Chapt. 12.—Foods which Make Rich Manure. 
Chapt. 13. — Horse-Mannre and Farm-yard Manure. 
Chapt. 14.—Fermenting Manure. 
Chapt. 15.—Keeping Manure under Cover. 
Ciiapt. 10.—An English Plan of Keeping Manure. 
Chapt. 17.— Soluble -Phosphates in Farm-yard Manure. 
Chapt. 18.—How the Dyncon makes Manure. 
Chapt. 19.—How John Johnston Manages His Manure. 
CHArT. 20.—My Own Plan of Managing Manure. 
Chapt. 21. — The Management of Manures — Continued. 
Chapt. 22. — Manure on Dairy-Farms. 
Chapt. 23.—Management of Manures on Grain-Farms. 
Chapt. 24.—The Cheapest Manure a Farmer can Use. 
Chapt. 25.—Dr. Vcelcker’s Experiments>on Clover. 
Chapt. 26.—Experiments on Clover-Soils from Burcott 
Lodge Farm, Leighton Buzzard. 
Chapt. 27. — Lawes and Gilbert’s Experiments on Wheat. 
Chapt. 28.—Lime as Manure. 
Chapt. 29.—Manures for Barley. 
Chapt. 30. — Manures for Oats. 
Chapt. 31. — Manures for Potatoes. 
Chapt. 32.—What Crops Should Manures he Applied to. 
Chapt. 33.—Manures on Permanent Meadows and 
Pastures. 
Chapt. 34. — Manures for Special Crops. 
Chapt. 35.—Manures for Gardens and Orchards. 
Chapt. 36. — Different Kinds of Manures. 
Chapt. 37.—Bone-Dust and Superphosphate of Lime. 
Chapt. 38. — Special Manures. 
Chapt. 39. — Value of Fertilizers. 
Appendix. 
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