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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
233 
Happy Hours 
AT HOME. 
FUN FOR 
Little Folks 
AND 
Great Folks. 
Nothing has ever been invented 
that more fully combined amuse¬ 
ment and instruction, and proved 
more truly an almost endless 
means of making the little ones 
(and the great ones) happy, than 
Crandall’s Blocks 
For Children. 
Head about them below. 
CRANDALL’S HEAVY ARTILLERY. 
The greatest amusement of the age ! Recreation 
at home for all ages and for all seasons ! Crandall’s 
Heavy Artillery is made up of a large Cannon, 
complete, which throws a 11-inch Rubber Ball to 
the distance of 25 feet or more, and Sixty Blocks 
(Red, White and Blue), to buLd up Fortifications, 
also a Company of Soldiers, with Officer and Flag, 
to Garrison the Fort. The Game is to beat down 
the Fort by the use of the Big Gun. Rules, Illus¬ 
trations of a variety of Forts, etc., accompany each 
box containing the set, and the box is 18 inches 
long, 6 inches high, and 8 inches wide. 
Price per Set, $3.00. Expressage to be paid by 
the recipient. 
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 bight 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 Cta. 
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.” Cannot be sent by 
mail. For sale by Toy Dealers generally. 
“Ye HERD 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 be 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 loo large to go safely by mail .] 
CRANDALL’S BUILDING-BLOCKS. 
Can be 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, prepaid, $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. 
CRANDALL’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. 
CRANDALL’S 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 Blue. 
Tasteless, odorless, and water-proof. The letters 
are on red, white, and blue ground. AH children 
are pleased with them. 
Price 75 Cts.; by mail, prepaid, $1.00. 
N.B.— If postage is not remitted with the prices, 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 Broadwat, New York. 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space, elsewhere. 
Continued from p. 209. 
Treatment for UampsiWs.— 1 “R. O. M.,” 
Pope Co., Ark. For a horse that is troubled with lam- 
pass, take a sharp knife and cut the swollen parts in short 
slight gashes, one inch apart, and about one inch long. 
Then make a strong decoction of white oak bark, and swab 
the mouth well two or three times a day. It is a sign of 
indigestion, anil it would be well to give a pint of lin¬ 
seed oil daily for two or three days. 
TEac Angora (Moltair) Goat,—“M.,” 
Russelville, Ark. The Angora goat will do very well in 
Arkansas. It succeeds well in Georgia. You can pro¬ 
cure them of Mr. Richard Peters, Atlanta, Georgia, who 
will give you any needed information about them. 
Use of Hones for a Fertilizer.— 
“ C. D. E.,” Healthsvillc, Ya. It is not advisable to re¬ 
duce hones with oil of vitriol, unless one has experience 
and every facility for doing this dangerous work. Bones 
may be ground in any steel mill. The Bogardus Eccen¬ 
tric Mill is extensively, used.for this purpose. The bones 
should be ground finely to he of greatest service. 
Swelled Uegf in a Horse.-“ M. M. 
G.,” Blair Co., Pa. When a cut or a bruise in a horse’s 
leg is healed too quickly, and before the inflammation 
has disappeared from the wounded parts, the limb will 
often swell and become hard. This may be caused by 
absorption of the suppurated matter which ought to have 
been discharged from the wound. The remedy is to give 
purgatives, the best, probably, being one ounce doses of 
hyposulphite of soda, with alternate doses of half an 
ounce of nitrate of potash. Cold astringent lotions and 
bandages on the limb may be useful, or blistering may 
be needed. If the horse is valuable, it would have beeu 
wise in the first place to have employed a veterinary sur¬ 
geon. Hot tar should not have been used on it. 
Wsn*l»les.— “ A Farmer.” The lumps found 
on the backs of cattle at this season, eacli contaiu a grub, 
or larva, of the ox gad fly, ( (Estrus bovis). The lumps 
should be squeezed to force out the grub, which is to be 
destroyed. If a drop of sweet oil is placed in the open¬ 
ing, tlie grub may he removed much easier. To prevent 
them, mix a pound of lard with a teacupful of kerosene 
oil, or one dram of carbolic acid, and rub the mixture on 
the backs of the cattle, in July and August, when the flies 
are laying their eggs. 
Gas Tar as a I’reservative of 
Wood.— “ S. S. B.,” Blair Co., Pa. It is stated by per¬ 
sons who use gas tar extensively that, when fresh, it con¬ 
tains an acid which is destructive to wood. When this 
acid is neutralized by the mixture of half a bushel of 
freshly dry-slacked lime with a barrel of the tar, the neu¬ 
tral tar is then considered as an excellent preservative of 
wood that is coated with it. 
manufacture of Potato Starcli.— 
“ J.F. C.,” La Crosse, Wis. An illustrated article, de¬ 
scribing the manufacture of potato starch, was given in 
tlie American Agriculturist for September, 1870. There 
is no work specially devoted to this manufacture, and 
no work that we know of gives so full an account of this 
business as the article referred to. 
Wire-Worms.-“ G. S. W.,” Selina, Ohio. 
Those yon send are undoubtedly the larva of some Click 
Beetle. You ask why you find in afield “a bushel of wire- 
worms, (children), and not one Click-Beetle, (parent).” 
The habits of these insects have not been sufficiently 
studied. Writers on insects say they pass, “several 
years ” in the larva or wire-worm state, but how many 
does not seem to be known. If they are three or five 
years in this form, you will not see the perfect insect 
every year. All the Click-Beetles are not tlie large gray 
ones, with black “eyes” or spots, but some are small, 
and not at all conspicuous, slender, and dark-brown, and 
would not be suspected of “ click ” until tried. Tlie wire- 
worms are very fond of potatoes, and in England, (where 
they have similar insects), these are used to trap them. 
A potato through which is stuck a long stick, is buried 
where the worms abound; the stick shows where the 
potato is buried, and allows it to be taken up at intervals, 
when the wire-worms that have collected can be destroyed. 
