[January, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1877.] 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
The Very Best 
TOYS 
EVER INVENTED 
ARE 
Crandall’s Blocks 
For Children. 
BEAUTIFUL, AMUSING, INSTRUCTIVE, 
UuUumg Blocks. Illuminated Cubes. Acrobats. 
Menagerie, ’Ye Hero of T6. ; John Gilpin. 
Little All-Right. Toy Horse. Wide-Awake Alph. 
CRANDALL’S 
WIDE-AWAKE ALPHABET. 
No more long faces and no more tears over 
ABC! Here we have amusement and instruc¬ 
tion combined. Each box contains twenty-seven 
little men, each representing a letter, with arms, 
legs, and jolly faces. This set of Blocks is suscepti¬ 
ble of more changes,- and a greater variety of forms 
and combinations than any Spelling Block ever 
offered to the public. The Pieces are durable, the 
Letters plain, the Faces mirthful, and the Amuse¬ 
ment afforded by them unlimited. They please 
while they instruct, and are a source of enjoyment 
to young and old. 
Price per Box $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.50. 
CRANDALL’S JOHN GILPIN. 
This beautiful and interesting toy is regarded by 
Mr. Crandall as one of the best of his inventions 
for the little folks. It is made up of two figures, 
John Gilpin—whose highly colored dress is speci¬ 
ally attractive to Boys and Girls—and his Horse, 
which intelligent animal performs a very important 
part in the illustration of Gilpin’s famous ride. 
Price per Box $1.00: by mail, prepaid, $1.35. 
CRANDALL’S TOY HORSE. 
Here is something that will make glad every little 
boy that gets it. The Toy Horse is about 6 inches 
in hight to the tops of his ears. He stands upon a 
four-wheeled base, all ready to be set in motion by 
his owner. He is made up in pieces and can be 
taken apart and laid snugly away in his box. 
Price 25 Cts.; by mail, prepaid, 35 Cts. 
CRANDALL’S LITTLE ALL-RIGHT. 
One of the funniest and most amusing of the 
low-priced toys. The lively little All-Right throws 
himself into a great variety of positions as he 
whirls around the “ wheel.” Can not be sent by 
mail. For sale by Toy Dealers generally. 
“Ye HERO OF ’76.” 
The great “ Centennial Toy.” A fine old soldier 
in a brilliantly colored uniform, with cocked hat, 
staff, and flag, all.put up in a neat box. The Hero 
is so constructed that he can he placed in almost 
numberless and amusing positions, and will de¬ 
light the children everywhere. 
Price 35 Cts.; by mail, prepaid, 45 Cts. 
CRANDALL’S ACROBATS. 
Full of fun and frolic, and most brilliant in costume. 
These are among the most fascinating and ingeni¬ 
ous toys ever invented. The number of figures 
which can be made with the pieces in a single box 
is limited only by the ingenuity of the operator. 
Price $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.25. 
CRANDALL’S MENAGERIE. 
One of the most wonderful and amusing things 
ever brought out for the entertainment of children. 
The six animals composing the menagerie are beau¬ 
tifully painted, and so arranged into 56 pieces in 
each box, that tens of thousands of most laughter- 
provoking figures can be made up with them. 
Price $2.00. [Purchaser will pay express charges; 
■ Box too large to go safely by mail.\ 
CRANDALL’S BUILDING-BLOCKS. 
Can he made into forms of almost endless variety. 
The blocks are put up in neat, strong boxes, and 
a large sheet giving various designs of buildings, 
etc., accompanies each box.-■ 
Price—No. 1, $2.00; by mail, pepaid, $2.50. 
No. 3, $1.00 ; by mail, prepaid. $1.25. 
No. 4, $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.15. 
CRANDALL’S ILLUMINATED PIC¬ 
TORIAL ALPHABET CUBES. 
These Cubes are gorgeously colored, and will 
make over 500 beautiful combinations or figures. 
They are water-proof, odorless, and durable; put 
up in handsome black walnut boxes ; and are most 
attractive to both young and old—an elegant pres¬ 
ent for the little ones. 
Price $2.50 ; by mail,prepaid, $3.00. 
( RANDALL’S MASQUERADE-BLOCKS. 
Making 300 different and beautiful Combinations 
of Pictures, .which are in very brilliant colors. 
They are not injured by washing, do not wear out, 
and afford endless amusement. 
Price $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.20. 
(RANDALLS EXPRESSION-BLOCKS. 
With Letters on one side, Picture on the other. 
The Alphabet is the key to the picture which, when 
complete, represents the inventor in Dream Land. 
These Blocks are water-proof, and can be washed 
if soiled. 
Price 50 Cts.; by mail, prepaid, 70 Cts. 
CRANDALL’S ALPHABET-BLOCKS. 
Red, White, and Bine. 
Tasteless, odorless, and water-proof. The letters 
are on red, white, and blue ground. All children 
are pleased with them. 
Price 75 Cts.; by mail, prepaid, $1.00. 
N.B.— If postage is not remitted with the pices, as above, 
the blocks will be sent by express at purchaser's expense. 
Orders from the trade will be supplied on liberal terms. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
The Farm-Yard 
Club of Jotham. 
An Account of the Families and 
Farms of that Famous Town. 
By GEORGE B. LQRING. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
The Farm-Yard Club of Jotliam, an Account of the Fami¬ 
lies and Farms ol' that Famous Town, so happily combines 
the information which both the amateur and.the professional 
farmer .need, with the .charms of individual experience and 
characterization, that it will please a great variety of tastes. 
The number .and excellence of the illustrations deserve spe¬ 
cial mention, the- designs being tastefully conceived and 
skillfully executed, and having, moreover, a peculiar ap¬ 
propriateness.— Globe, Boston, Mass. 
Ur. Boring lias given us a book which is at once cyclopedic 
in its information,'entertaining for its wit and humor, and 
interesting as a story, for the bright thread of real life and 
love that runs through it.— Golden Rule. 
Octavo, 603 pages, with 70 Illustrations of Characters, Conn- 
try Scenes. Farm Animals, and Implements, by Cliampney, 
Rose, Lathrop, Forbes, and others. Price, post-paid, $3.50. 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
A Book that ought to be In the 
hands of every Owner of a Farm, 
large or small, or of a Carden Plot. 
Potato Pests. 
Being an Illustrated Account of tbe 
Colorado Potato-beetle 
AND TOE OTHER 
Insect Foes of the Potato 
IN NORTH AMERICA. 
With Suggestions for their Repression 
and Methods for their Destruction. 
. .. i(i . 
CHARLES V; RILEY, M. A., PH. D. 
(STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OF MISSbURT.) 
FINELY ILLUSTRATED. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
'THE COLORADO POTATO-BEETLE. 
Its Past History.—Tlie insect's Native Home.—Rate at 
which it traveled.—How it traveled.—It spreads hut does 
not travel in the Sense of leaving one District for another.— 
Area invaded by It—Causes whichlimit its Spread.—How it 
affected tlie Price Of Potatoes.—The Modification it has 
undergone.—Its Natural History..—Its Poisonous Qualities.— 
Its Food Plants.—The Beetle eats as well as tlie Larva.—Its 
Natural Enemies.—Remedies—The Use of Paris Green.— 
Bogus Experiments—Alarm, about the Insect Abroad.— 
Nomenclature.—The Bogus Colorado Potato-beetle. 
OTHER INSECT FOES OF THE POTATO. 
The Stalk-borer.—The Potato Stalk-weevil—The 
Potato or Tomato-worm.—Blister-beetles. The Striped 
Blister-beetle. Tlie Ash-gray Blistewbeetle. Tlie Black-rat 
Blister-beetle. The Black Blister-beetle. The Margined 
Blister-beetle.— The Three-lined Potato-beetle.-The 
Cucumber Flea-beetle.—The Clubbed Tortoise-beetle. 
Price, Post-paid, paper covers, 50 cts.; cloth, 75 cts. 
Either of tlie above hooks sent post-paid on receipt of 
price liy 
ORANGE JUDD CO., 245 Broadway, New York. 
