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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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For Carpenters and Builders. 
Valuable Architectural Books 
Atwood's 
Country and Suburban Houses. 
Illustrated with about 150 engravings. Hints and Sug¬ 
gestions as to tile General Principles of House-building, 
Style, Cost, Location, etc. Fost-paid, $1.50. 
Monckton’s 
national Stair-Builder. 
Is a complete Work on Stair-Building and Hand-Railing. 
Fully explained and illustrated by large scale diagrams in 
two colors, with designs for Staircases, Newels, Balusters, 
and Hand-Rails. Royal Octavo. Post-paid, $6.00. 
Monckton’s 
National Carpenter and Joiner. 
A complete work, covering the whole science of Carpen¬ 
try, Joinery, Roofing, Framing, etc., fully explained and 
illustrated by large scale diagrams in two colors. Royal 
Quarto. Post-paid, $6.00 
Hussey’s 
national Cottage Architecture; 
OR 
Homes for Every One. 
With Designs, Plans, Details, Specifications, and Cost; 
witli Working-Scale Drawings complete, so that houses'may 
be built direct from the book. Adapted to the popular de¬ 
mand for practical, handsome, and economical homes. 
Royal Quarto. 1 Post-paid, $6.00. 
Hussey’s 
Home Building, 
From New York' to San Francisco. 
It is Extensively Illustrated, containing 42 Plates of 
Perspectives, with Plans of 45 Original Buildings, of as many 
Classes, and their cost; and an invaluable Table of ma¬ 
terials, labor and prices at about 400 cities, towns and ham¬ 
lets, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Also, complete and 
elaborate Specifications of materials and labor; mer¬ 
chandise, and where it may be procured. It also contains 
original descriptions and valuable statistics for 1876 of over 
250 Cities and Towns. By E. C. Hussey, Architect, author of 
Hussey’s National Cottage Architecture, &c. Post-paid, $5.00. 
Woodward’s 
National Architect. 
1,000 Designs, Plans, and Details, for Country, Suburban, 
and Village Houses; witli Perspective Views,Front and Side 
Elevations, Sections, Full Detail Drawings, Specifications, 
and Estimates. Also, Detail Drawings to Working Scale, of 
Brackets, Cornices, French Roofs, Sectional and Framing 
Plans of French Roofs, Dormer-Windows for French Roofs, 
Bay-Windows, Verandas, Porches, Plaster Finish, Corncies, 
Ceilings, Hard-wood Mantels, and all that is required by a 
Builder to design, specify, erect, and finish in the most ap- 
provcdstylc. Onesuperb quarto volume. Post-paid, $12.00. 
Woodward’s 
Cottages and Farm Houses. 
188 Designs and Plans of low-priced Cottages, Farm 
Houses, and Out-Buildings. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward’s 
Country Homes. 
150 Designs and Plans, with Description of the Manner of 
Constructing Balloon Frames. Post-paid, $ 1 . 50 . 
Woodward’s 
Graperies and Horticultural 
Buildings. 
Designs and Plans of Hot-Beds, Cold-Pits, Propagating 
Houses, Forcing Houses, Hot and Cold Graperies, Green¬ 
houses, Conservatories, Orchard Houses, etc., with the va¬ 
rious modes of Ventilating and Heating. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward’s 
Suburban and Country Houses. 
70 Designs and Plans, and numerous examples of the 
French Roof. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Jacques’ 
Manual of the House. 
How to Build Dwellings, Barns, Stables, and Out-Build¬ 
ings of all kinds. 126 Designs and Plans. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Wheeler’s 
Rural Homes. 
Houses suited to Country Life. Post paid, $2.00. 
Wheeler’s 
Homes for the People. 
100 Original Designs, with full Descriptions, and Construc¬ 
tive and Miscellaneous Details. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Harney’s 
Barns, Out-Buildings, & Fences 
Containing Designs and Plans of Stables, Farm-Barns, 
Out-Buildings, Gates, Gateways, Fences, Stable Fittings and 
Furniture, with-neavly 200 Illustrations. Royal quarto. 
Post-paid, $6.00. 
Cummings’ 
Architectural Details. 
887 Designs and 9G7 Illustrations of the Various Parts need¬ 
ed in the Construction of Buildings, Public and Private, 
botli for City and Country. Also, Plans and Elevations of 
Houses, Stores, Cottages, and other Buildings. Royal 
Quarto. Post-paid, $10.00. 
CrofTs Progressive 
American Architecture. 
This work presents, in illustration, a great variety of 
Choice and Original Matter, embracing Elevations and 
Plans of Dwellings of various styles, costing from one thou¬ 
sand to one hundred thousand dollars. Store Fronts, School, 
Bank, and Church Buildings, etc. Royal Quarto. 
Post-paid, $10.00. 
Lakey’s 
Village and Country Houses. 
Or, Cheap Houses for All Classes, comprising eighty-four 
p ;ges of designs. The object, In almost every instance of 
these designs, lias been to secure as large an amount of 
space and comfort as was possible with the least expendi¬ 
ture of money, without neglecting the exterior features of 
each building. Royal Quarto. Post-paid, $6.00. 
Eveleth’s 
School-House Architecture. 
A new and original work, containing Seventeen Designs 
for School-houses, Sixty-seven Plates with Perspectives, 
Elevations, Plans, Sections, Details, Specifications, all 
drawn to working scaie, witli methods of Heating and Ven¬ 
tilation. Large Quarto. Post-paid, $6.00. 
Copley’s 
Plain & Ornamental Alphabets 
Giving examples In all styles, together witli Maps, Titles, 
Borders, Meridians, Ciphers, Monograms, Flourishes, etc., 
adapted to the practical use of Surveyors, Civil Engineers, 
Draughtsmen, Architects, Sign Painters, Schools, etc. 
Post-paid, $3.00. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, 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. 289. 
Training Shepherd Dogs.-" R. M. 
L.,” Alexandria, Va. Shepherd dogs can only be trained 
by an experienced shepherd, along with a flock of sheep. 
The best shepherd dogs are brought up with the flock, 
and bred and raised by the shepherd. We believe that 
there are a few persons who make a business of rearing 
and training sheep-dogs, hut unless they advertise, we 
can not learn where they are. 
Dog-Powers for Ciiuriis.— F. S.Wood, 
Westminster, Mass. There are several good dog tread- 
powers made for use in churning, costing about $25.00. 
They are very useful adjuncts to the dairy, and may be 
operated by a dog, sheep, or calf. A heavy wether makes 
a very tractable motive power, and is more effective and 
profitable than a dog, because it is heavier; besides it 
yields a yearly fleece, and when done churning, gives a 
carcass of mutton. 
A Horse that will not Back.—“J. 
G. S.,” Derby, Conn. In training a horse, it should be 
taught to back, else when required to do this,, it may not 
understand what is wanted. If it does not know how to 
hack, it should he taught by first backing without a 
wagon, so that it will move backwards at the word. Then 
it may back an empty wagon, and gradually learn to back 
the heaviest loads. A well-trained horse is able to hack 
as much or more than it can draw. 
Machine lor Harvesting- Beans.— 
“J.T.”’Miami Co., Ohio. There is no machine made 
to harvest beans. This is a crop that will probably he 
harvested by hand for some time yet. 
Cement for Brain-Tile.—“J. M. N.,!’ 
Girard, Ill. The proper portion of sand to hydraulic ce¬ 
ment for making drain-tile, is four parts of the first and 
one part of the latter. The sand should be coarse, sharp, 
and perfectly clean. 
Potato Beetles anti Flax. —A cor¬ 
respondent at Ashland, Ky., writes, that a number of 
gardeners at that place have tried sowing flax-seed be¬ 
tween the rows of potatoes, and report it as the most suc¬ 
cessful method yet found, and that “ the potato-bug leaves 
the vines without further ado.” This comes from a 
highly respectable source, and we give it as it comes to us. 
Qiiiililing in a Horse.— “J. C. C.,” 
Dodge Co., Wis. Quidding is the spitting out or drop¬ 
ping of the food, especially hay, after it lias been chewed 
by a horse. This is caused generally by some soreness 
of the throat, which makes the horse averse to swallow¬ 
ing any bulky food. The horse should he examined, and 
inflamed patches at the root of the tongue and back part 
of the mouth looked for. There may also he soreness of 
the cutlet, evinced by flinching on pressure of the throat 
at the upper part, or the glands may he swollen. In 
either of these cases, the parts, where they can be reach¬ 
ed, may he dressed with a mixture of honey or molas¬ 
ses, one ounce, and finely powdered chlorate of potass, 
one dram. The mixture to be applied with a brush. 
Half an ounce of sulphite of soda may be given in the 
feed for a few nights. 
Feed for Increase of Mill-.—“S. W. 
W.,” Long Branch, N. J. There is no better feed to in¬ 
duce a large flow of milk than wheat bran, or wheat mid¬ 
dlings. This should be scalded, and made into a thin 
gruel, and given as a drink. A handful of salt should be 
put into each pailful. Buckwheat, ground with bran and 
oats, makes a rich feed, and is productive of milk, but if 
butter is made, neither the quality nor the color is good. 
Smut in Wlient.-“ T. K. M.,” Mercer 
Co., Va., asks, “ What is the cause of smut in wheat, and 
what is the remedy for it?”—The “cause” of smut is 
quite similar to the “cause” of wheat. In both cases 
yon sow seeds, or what corresponds to seeds; in one in¬ 
stance wheat, and in the other a very minute plant that 
lives upon the wheat, is the result. The diseases of grain 
known as smut, rust, mildew, and in England as bunt 
and brand, are due to minute fungi, of several species, 
which, while they have very little in appearance in com¬ 
mon with ordinary plants, are yet well recognized mem- 
