[OCTOBER, 
AME RICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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CIMNDALL’S TREASURE BOX. 
This is one of Crandall’s latest and best inven¬ 
tions. It is not one toy alone, but a dozen in one, 
comprising a Wagon, Top, Bedstead, two Chairs, 
Wheelbarrow, Mallet, Bench, Table, Puzzle, Set of 
ABC Blocks, a group of nine Domestic Animals, 
and a pretty Suburban Village. A most delightful 
combination for the little folks. 
Erice, $1.00. Expressage to be paid by the recipient. 
WHISTLING 
LOCOMOTIVE. 
This new Toy 
is a marvel as to 
its simplicity. At 
every revolution 
of the “ driving 
wheels ” there is 
produceda good, 
strong whistle, 
which adds 
greatly to the 
liveliness and in¬ 
terest of the Toy, 
and gives much 
pleasure to the 
boy or girl—the 
young engineer 
who runs it. It 
is finely painted, 
and it can be 
easily seen, from 
the dimensions 
as given, that 
there is a great 
deal in it for a 
SI. 00 Mechanical 
Toy. 
Price, $ 1.00. Expi-essage to be paid by the recipient. 
CRANDALL’S DISTRICT SCHOOL. 
Every child, and man and woman too, will laugh 
over this group of teacher and scholars in the 
“ district school,” and thousands of parents will 
recall with great delight their own experiences in 
childhood. The grave “master,” seated by the 
desk, with his “whisking stick”; the boys and 
girls with their books ; the “little lamb ” that has 
followed his young owner into the school; the 
“ dunce ” and his cap, and the altogether comical 
appearance of the whole company, make this one 
of the most attractive toys of Crandall’s invention. 
Price $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.20. 
ORANGE JUDD CO., 245 Broadway, New York. 
JTJST PUBLISHED. 
Wheat Culture. 
How to Double the Yield and 
Increase the Profits. 
By D. S. CCJRTISS, Washington, D. C. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
CHAPTER 
CHAPTER 
CHAPTER 
CHAPTER 
CHAPTER 
CHAPTER 
CHAPTER 
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VII.- 
CHAPTER VIII.— 
CHAPTER IX.- 
CHAPTER X.- 
CHAPTER XI- 
CHAPTER XII.- 
CHAPTER XIII. 
CHAPTER XIV.- 
CHAPTER XV.- 
CIIAPTER XVI.- 
CONTENTS. 
•Wheat Culture. 
■The Wheat Plant. 
-How to Obtain a Large Yield. 
-Incidental Requisites to a Large 
Yield. 
-Planting or Sowing Wheat. 
-Importance of the Wheat Crop. 
-Flour the Form in which to Sell 
Wheat. 
■Varieties Most Grown in the United 
States. 
-Green Manuring and Plowing. 
-Recapitulation of Operations. 
•Examples of Successful Wheat Cul¬ 
ture. 
■Extracts from Letters. 
-Diseases and Insects. 
■Improved Machinery & Implements. 
•Analyses of Wheat and Straw. 
Conclusion. 
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ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
Winter Greeneries 
AT HOME. 
By REV. E. A. JOHNSON, D.D., 
Author of “ Half-Hour Studies of Life," etc., etc. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
The many who have admired its plant embowered win¬ 
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est residence of the author of this little treatise, in Alleghe¬ 
ny City, will at once concede his pre-eminent fitness to give 
instruction in the care of plants in the house. The contents 
of the volume were originally embodied in a series of letters 
to a number of liis young friends, and they proved of so 
great service to them, that they urged their publication. 
The information is imparted in an engaging style, and is of a 
simple and practical sort. 
The United Presbyterian (Pittsburg, Pa.) 
“ Winter Greeneries at Home” is a very neat little work 
by Rev. Dr. Johnson, of Allegheny, Fa., devoted to Window 
Gardening, and largely the fruit of the author’s successful 
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beautifying our homes in winter time. If one were to enter 
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this art. The knowledge is communicated in a fine, and fa¬ 
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eacli other, and makes the study a delight. 
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The book itself is a little beauty, containing over one hun¬ 
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People who are desirous of beautifying their homes, will 
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select, how to plant and take care of them, and how to ar¬ 
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It is a complete manual of Window Gardening, containing 
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“Winter Greeneries at Home," by Edwin A. Johnson, D.D., 
is a little book on Winter Gardening, designed 10 meet the 
need of ordinary, unprofessional cultivators of flowers and 
plants for the house. It gives about all the information 
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New York Evening Post. 
It contains, in a small compass, a great deal of information 
respecting the treatment of in-door plants during the winter 
months, based on the experience of years, 
Evening Transcript (Boston.) 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $1. 
THE 
Window Flower Garden, 
By JULIUS J. HEINRICH. 
HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED. 
Mr. Heinrich is a practical florist, and this entertaining 
Volume embodies his personal experiences in Window 
Gardening during a long period. All persons who desire 
to beautify their homes, and make them attractive and 
cheerful, particularly during the winter months, should 
have this book. The Author has made every thing so 
clear and plain, that any one who follows the directions, 
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seventy, add very materially to the attractiveness and 
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CONTENTS: 
Introduction.— Chapter 1. The Soil.—2. Pots.—3. Saucers 
for Pot Plants.—4. Pot Mats.—5. The Location of the Win¬ 
dow.—6. Fitting up tlie Window lor Growing Plants.—7. 
Building a Conservatory.—8. Heating.—9. Heaters for Con¬ 
servatories.—10. Giving Air. — 11. Temperature.—12. Shades. 
—13. Watering.—14. Sprinkling or Syringing.—15. Insects.— 
PI. Pruning or Trimming. — 17. Training and Staking,—18. 
Treatment of Winter Flowering Plants.—19. Potting.—20. 
Treatment of Frozen Plants.—21. .Increasing Plants by Cut¬ 
tings or Slips.—22. How to Sow Seeds.—23. Manures ana 
Fertilizers.—24. Sin and Light.—25. Watering Pots.—20. Fer¬ 
neries or Wardian Cases.—27. Plant-Stands.—28. Hanging- 
Baskets.—29. Treatment of Dutch Bulbs.—30. List of Plants 
for the Window or Room.—31. General Rules for the Culture 
of Window Plants.—32. Short Description of Winter Flower¬ 
ing Plants.—33. Flowers that will Grow from Seed.—34. Im- 
a lements.—35. Tlie Window Garden Out-Doors.—30. Designs 
lade of Dried Everlasting Flowers, etc. 
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The Shepherd’s Manual. 
A Practical Treatise on the Sheep. 
Designed Especially for American Shepherds, 
By HENRY STEWART. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
The first edition of this Manual has been so well received, 
and the letters acknowledging indebtedness for assistance 
derived from it have been so many and so emphatic, that 
the author has the best of reasons for presenting this new 
and enlarged edition to the public. It is intended to be so 
plain that a farmer, or a farmer’s son, who has never kept a 
sheep, may learn from its pages hosv to manage a flock suc¬ 
cessfully, and to he so complete that even the experienced 
shepherd may gather some suggestions from it. The author 
feels, with enlarged experience since the first publication of 
the volume, that he can still more confidently than before 
encourage the young shepherd to accept this Manual as a 
guide and a counsellor. 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.50. 
Either of the above books sent post-paid on receipt of 
price, by 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
