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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
273 
SHOOTING BOOKS. 
FRANK FORESTER'S AMERICAN GAME 
' •' ifr-ITS' SEASONS.' ■ 
Illustrated with-twenty beautiful [full-page Engravings 
from Nature of American Game. 
CONTENTSJanuary. Caribou or American Reindeer. 
—February. Moose Deer. 
Wild Goose.—M arcs. Male 
lard and Widgeon .—April. ; 
American Snipe. ■ Striped. 
Bass. May. American 
Trout.' , Breiit ‘ Goose. — 
June.; Bay SittpU" Goffwit/ 
Salmon. — July! Wood-” 
cocks. —August. Summer 
5 D-'uclc. COmmou - Deei- — 
SbexeMkeb.. .Teal; -r Oqto-j 
• bee. .Quail; ,, Bittern..— 
November. Huffed Grouse. Yellow. Perch. —December. 
Canvas Back. Winter Duck. Fully Illustrated and De¬ 
scribed. New edition. Post-paid, $3.00. 
FRANK FORESTER'S FIELD SPORTS. 
Embracing-the Game of North America, Upland Shoot- 
Ing, Bay Shooting, Wi)(i Sporting of the Wilderness, Forest, 
Prairie, and Mountain Sporfs, Bear Hunting, Turkey Shoot¬ 
ing, etc, 13th edition,, revised and illustrate^! .Two post 
octavo volumes. Post-paid, $6.00. 
FRANK FORESTER'S FISH AND FISHING‘ 
. 100 engrayings.- Embracing a full illustrated-desciaptioirof 
the Game Fish of North America ; Trout and Salmon Fish* 
ing; Shoal Water,and Deep .Sea Fishing'; Lakc'and River 
Fishing ;Trollin'g,‘F.ly Fishing,etc'. 12th,editi'pn. One post- 
octavo volume. ' ' 1 " Post-paid, $3.50. 
FRANK FORESTER'S COMPLETE MANUAL. 
. For Young Sportsmen, of .Fowling, Fishing, and Field 
Sports.. With-directipns for handling the Gun, the Rifle, and 
the ltod. Art of Shooting on the'Wing. The Breaking, Man¬ 
agement, and Hunting of the Dog. The varieties and habits 
of Game. River, Lake, and Sea Fishing. Post octavo. 
. - Post-paid,-$3.00.; 
THE HUNTER AND TRAPPER. 
- By Halsey Tli'tiisHer, an old'liunSer, with fine illustrations:* 
R contains hints'about trapping ail sorts of game,'from a- 
honey-bee to a:bear,-with ft chapter on, fishing; and another 
on dressjngaud tanning skins and furs. Post-paid, $.r.00.- . 
FIELD , COVER , AND TRAP SHOOTING. 
By Capt. A. H. Bogardus. With Steel Portrait and En¬ 
graving of the “ Champion Medal.” 1 vol., 12mo. Fancy 
Stamped Cloth. Price, Post-paid, $2.00. 
A compendium of many years of experience, giving hints 
for-skilled marksmen and instructions for young sports¬ 
men, describing 'the haunts and habits of game birds, flight 
and resorts of water-fowl, breeding and breaking of dogs, 
and everything of interest to the sportsman. ? The author is 
’’champion” wing-shot of America,” who knows a gun as 
Hiram Woodruff knew a horse. And he haB the same care¬ 
ful and competent editor who put Woodruff’s “Trotting 
Horse of AmericaJMnto shape—Chas. J. Foster, so many 
years sporting editor of Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times. 
SCHLEY'S ' AMERICAN 'PARTRIDGE ' AND 
PHEASANT SHOOTING. 
" By Frank "SclHey'.' Describing the haunts, habits, and 
methods of hunting and shooting the American Partridge, 
Quail, Raffed Grouse; Pheasant., With directions for handling 
the gun. hunfipg the .dog, and the art of shooting on the 
wing. Containing a ^ristory of the partridges- and. grouse 
inhabiting North America." Iliiistrate'd. . Post-paid, $2.00. 
THE DOG. ■ A 
By Dinks, Mayhew & Hutchinson. Compiled and edited 
by Frank,Forester. Containing full instructions in ail that 
relates, to the Breeding, Rearing, Breaking, Kenneling, and 
Conditioningbf Bogs, with valuable recipes for the treat¬ 
ment of all diseases. Illustrated. Post octavo. 
• ' ' Post-paid, $3.00. 
THE BREECH LOADER. 
By Gloan. Description, Selection, Manufacture, Separa¬ 
tion, Loading, Cleaning, Shooting, etc. Post-paid, $2.00. 
THE DEAD SHOT: 
Or, Sportsman’s Complete Guide; a Treatise on the use of 
tlie Gun, with; Rudimentary! and Finishiug.-iessons in the 
Art bf ShootingGame of all kinds. By Marksman. . 
Post-paid, $1.75. 
THE CRACK SHOT: 
Or, Young Rifleman’s Complete Guide-;, being a Treatise 
on the use of the Rifle, with Lessons, including a full descrip¬ 
tion of the latest improved breech-loading weapons; rules 
and regulations for Target Practice, and directions for Hunt¬ 
ing Gaine. By Edward C. Barber. Post-paid,$1.75. 
GUN, ROD, AND SADDLE. 
Nearly fifty .practical articles on subjects connected with 
Fishing, Shooting,'Racing, Trotting, etc. Post-paid, $1. . 
PRACTICAL TROUT CULTURE. 
By J. H, Slack, M. D.,.Commissioner of Fisheries, New Jer¬ 
sey. Fully illustrated and:'describing thoroughly all that is 
requisite to successful Trout Culture, Post-paid, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
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Rural Church Architecture.—Twenty Church- 
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Harney’s Barns, Out - Buildings, and 
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Eveleth’s School-House Architecture.'—A 
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Cummings’ Architectural Details.—Contain¬ 
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Jacques’ manual of the House.—How to 
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The Universal Stair-Builder.—A Treatise on. 
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GRANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
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containing a ' great variety'- of Items , including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which .ive. throw into smaller, 
type and condensed form , for. want of. space . elsewhere , 
Continued from p, 249. 
Boots for Sheep. — “W.” We prefer 
mangels to ruta-bagas for sheep. A larger crop can he 
grown of the former and with less trouble. They are as 
nutritious and Health!ill. as ruta-bagas. . 
Remedy for a, SSard Milker.— ■“ G.- 
T. P.,” Dryden, N. Y. When the orifice of the teat be¬ 
comes partly or wholly obstructed, it may be opened by 
an Instrument specially made for the purpose. This 
consists of a small tube in which a fine lancet point, is 
concealed; it is pushed into the teat, until.it meets the. 
obstruction, when the point is forced out of a slit in the 
side of the tube, by pressing a spring and by pushing 
the tube the obstruction is cut through. If the obstruc¬ 
tion is at the lower part, a small plug of bone, larger in 
the middle than at the ends, and having a button or knob 
at one end, to preyent it from going too far in, may be 
pushed into the teat and left, there., After a few days, 
the stricture'will probably disappear, • 
A Standard of Excellence for 
Swine.—” W. F. McL,” West Point, Ga. The pro¬ 
ceedings of the Swine-breeders Convention, contgins-the 
accepted standards of excellence of all the acknowledged 
breeds of swine. We believe no copies are for sale. 
The Berkshire Record, Vol. 1, contains the description 
of the Berkshire breed. This book can be obtained of 
A. M. Garland, Secr’y, Springfield, HI. 
Fobli'sli’ Stateitieut Concerning: 
Preserving Corn-Fodder. — One of the most 
astonishing, instances of the ignorance and gullibility of 
“agricultural editors ” who know nothing of agriculture, 
is given of late in the wide circulation by copying by 
agricultural and scientific papers, of a statement about 
growing and preserving of corn-fodder by a person in 
Maryland, which first appeared in the “ Weekly N. Y. 
Tribune.” After reciting some impossible and unfound¬ 
ed ” experiments and results,” among which it is said : 
“The cost of producing this fodder was only about $1 
a ton, which is only one-twentieth as muqh as the cost 
of Timothy hay, which is-not -equal to it in any respect," 
the following absurd and false figures are given, viz.: 
The advantages of thi| method is best shown by a ^com¬ 
parison between the cost of production, of th,i8 fodder 
and the cost of Tynothy hay: 
, Phosphates, 10 acres, at $16.'..,_$160 
’ Team and plough for 30'da'ys_. 60 
Man, to tend the team. .. 15 
Cutting. . . 15 
Hauling and.preserving.. 250 . 
Total cost......$500 
“ A fair estimate of the crop'of 'these ten acres would 
be 500 tons. Five hundred tohs of Titriothy-hay would 
cost $10,900, and as this 500 tons Of chopped fodder will 
answer the same purpose as the Timothy hay; it is easily 
seen that every community c,n thus raise his own meat 
at about half the cost to import it.” It is unnecessary 
to point out the folly of this statement, the comparison 
of green fodder with dry Timothy hay and the impossi¬ 
bility of cutting 500 tons of fodder for $15, or the hiring 
of a man to tend a team for 30 days for $15. 
Nets for Poultry.— “F. C. B.,” Bristol 
Co." Mass: ’The netsused for.heiding' sheep; would,an¬ 
swer very well for confiding poultry, or protecting'gar¬ 
dens from them. The cheapest kind is imported, and 
may be procured, we believe, of R. H. Allen & Co., N. Y. 
Breeding: am ©id Mare.— “J. S.,” 
Nova Scotia. A mare 18 years old, that has never had a 
colt, would probably have no difficulty in foaling, but 
there would be some doubt of her breeding at that age. 
To Find Bee Trees in ike Woods. 
—“E. P.,” TopelcayEansa’s. - Bee trees may.he;found by 
■trapping the wikHieesatr small boxes, W.hich have been 
smeared with honey. Tlie heesare.attracted'to, the boxes 
by burning some paper which has some h'oney mhbed 
upon it, in the woods where' they fire found. .-The'trapped 
bees are' let out of the' box one by one when .they are 
filled witlrithe honey, and tlie direction:-of theirflight is 
observed. This'is' followed until the tree is: found; - When 
loosed from the box, the .bees rise to . the tops-: of; the 
trees, arid'then-dart Off in a;“:be'e line ” for •,their'hive> 
It requires skill to keep track of the bees, in their flight. 
