[August, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1877 .] 
Read What is Said Below 
About Farmers’ Libraries. 
In response to a request made of one whose thorough and 
practical knowledge on all matters pertaininir to the Farm, 
Garden, aiid Household is so fully conceded that Ills opin¬ 
ions could not fail to secure attention and command respect 
were we' permitted to give his name, we have received the 
following as his judgment concerning some of the works on 
our Catalogue of Books for Fanners. 
. 4ay'of these Books will be forwarded, post-paid, to any 
address in the United States or Territories, on receipt of the 
price, by Orange Judd Company, 245 Broadway, New York. 
For a Farmer’s Library. 
The New American 
Farm Book. 
By B. L. and L. F. Allen. 
Price |2.50. 
Farm Implements 
and Machinery. 
By John J. Thomas. 
Price 11 . 50 . 
American Weeds and 
Useful Plants. 
By Db. Wm. Darlington. 
Price $1.75. 
How Crops Grow, 
(price $2.00), and 
How Crops Feed, 
(price $2.00.) 
By Prof. Sam’l W. Johnson. 
Country and Suburb¬ 
an Homes. 
By D. T. Atwood. 
Price $1.50. 
The Fruit Garden. 
By P. Barry. Price $2.50. 
This is the best American 
work upon general farm 
management. It treats of 
the leading crops, build¬ 
ings, draining, etc., and in¬ 
cludes sufficient about ani¬ 
mals of different kinds to 
meet the wants of most 
farmers. 
Most farming operations 
are accomplished by force, 
applied through imple¬ 
ments and machines, and a 
farmer should understand 
mechanics, at least suffi¬ 
ciently to apply force most 
economically. In this work 
the fundamental principles 
are clearly taught, and their 
application illustrated, 
For the farmer who 
wishes to know something 
about the weeds upon his 
farm, as well as useful cul¬ 
tivated and wild plants, 
this will answer better than 
a general treatise on botany. 
If I could have but two 
hooks in such a library it 
would be these, as I con¬ 
sider them the most import¬ 
ant contributions to agri¬ 
cultural literature of mod¬ 
ern times. They contain 
all of vegetable physiology 
and agricultural chemistry 
that any except special stu¬ 
dents need, and nowhere is 
there so much of agricul¬ 
ture condensed in so small 
a space. As works of refer¬ 
ence they are indispensable. 
. Such a library should have 
some work on domestic ar¬ 
chitecture. Most works 
upon the subject are costly 
on account of the designs. 
This is one of the best 
worits, at a moderate price, 
and contains, with other 
matter, the method of build¬ 
ing with concrete. 
After the farm crops, fruit 
is of the most importance. 
No work covers the whole 
subject so completely as 
this. 
Gardening for Profit. 
By Peter Henderson. 
Price $1.50. 
Farms near cities often 
make more from garden 
crops than from farm crops. 
This is . the best work on 
market gardening, and will 
serve for the family garden 
also. 
Draining for Profit. 
By Geo. E. Waring, Jr. 
Price $1.50. 
Dairy Husbandry. 
By X. A. Willard. 
Price $3.00. 
Irrigation. 
By Henry Stewart. 
Price $1.50. 
The Shepherd’s 
Manual. 
By Henry Stewart. 
Price $1.50. 
Potato Pests. 
By Prof. C. V. Riley. 
Price, paper covers, 50 cts.; 
cloth, 75 cts. 
Tim Bunker Papers. 
Price $1.50. 
So in farm operations, 
those of Draining and Dai¬ 
rying, especially the factory 
system, are not likely to he 
treated sufficiently in detail 
in general works. 
A most timely book, for 
inquiries are numerous 
upon this subject of “ Ir¬ 
rigation for the Farm, Gar¬ 
den, and Orchard.” This is 
plainly written and copious^ 
ly illustrated; is thoroughly 
practical, and sufficiently 
suggestive to meet almost 
any possible case in which 
water may be used for the 
benefit of the crops, It is, 
in short, a practical manual 
of irrigation, which will he 
useful in a wide diversity of 
instances. 
This work is regarded by 
competent judges as the 
most valuable production 
in the department of hus¬ 
bandry of which it treats. It 
is very fully illustrated, and 
is designed to be a help to 
every sheep owner, whether 
liis flock he large or small. 
No farmer can afford to 
he without this little hook. 
It gives the most complete 
account of the Colorado 
Beetle anywhere to be 
found, ana includes all the 
latest discoveries, as to the 
habits of the insect and the 
various means for its de¬ 
struction. It is well illus¬ 
trated, and exhibits in a 
map the spread of the insect 
since it left its native home. 
As all the other works are 
matters of fact, it may he 
well to have a little pleas¬ 
antry. This conveys much 
sound teaching on rural 
economy in a quaint style, 
and it is sometimes policy 
to sugar-coat your pill. 
Books for a Larger Library. 
Besides all the works in the foregoing list, I would add 
the following: 
American Cattle. L. F. Allen. $2.50. 
Randall’s Sheep Husbandry. $1.50. 
Hints to Horse Keepers. H. W. Herbert. $1.75. 
American Cattle Doctor. G. H. Dadd. $1.50. 
Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 
Dr. Harris. $4.00. 
Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 
Downing. $5.00. 
Cranberry Culture. J. J. White. $1.25. 
Grape Culturist. A. S. Fuller. $1.50. (For the 
West would substitute Husmann’s Grapes and Wine. 
$1.50.) 
Grasses and Forage Plants. 
C. L. Flint. $2.50. 
An Egg Farm. Stoddard. Paper 50c.; cloth 75c. 
Landscape Gardening. Kemp. $2.50. 
Hops. 30 cts. Flax. 30 cts. Tobacco. 25 cts. 
Onion. 20cts. Essays. 
Boussingault’s Rural Economy. $1.60. 
Flay and Profit in My Garden. Roe. $1.50. 
Gardening for the 
South. 
By Wm. N. White. 
Price $2.00. 
The New Book of 
Flowers. 
By Joseph BbecR. 
Prioe $1.75. 
Mysteries of Bee- 
Keeping. 
By M. Quinby. Price $1.50. 
Practical Poultry- 
Keeper. 
By L. Weight. Price $2.00. 
Swine Husbandry. 
By F. D. Coburn. 
Price $1.75. 
The Pig. 
By Joseph Harris, 
Price $1.50. 
An excellent garden hook, 
and in the libraries for 
Southern farmers might he 
substituted for Hender¬ 
son’s, but it would be well 
to have both. 
I do not know of any 
book upon out-door flower 
gardening- that on the 
whole is so good as this. 
Its teachings are sound, and 
style pleasing. 
Bees, Poultry, aud Pigs 
are often made subjects of 
especial care by small far¬ 
mers, and separate treatises 
on these are more likely to 
be asked for in a library 
like tills than those upon 
the larger animals. Each 
of these stands in the front 
rank of books in its line. 
Books for a Still Larger Library. 
In addition to those mentioned in the other two lists, I 
would name the following. 
Hussey’s National Cottage Architecture. $6. 
Landscape Gardening. Downing. $6.50. 
Gardening for Pleasure. Henderson. $1.50. 
The Book of Evergreens. J. Hoopes. $3. 
Trout Culture. Dr. Slack. $1.50. 
Farm Gardening & Seed Growing. Brill. $1. 
The Dog. Dinks, Mayhew & Hutchinson. $3. 
Young Sportsman’s Manual. Forester. $3. 
Hunter and Trapper. H. Thrasher. $1. 
The Market Assistant. Devoe, $2.50. 
Hedges and Evergreens. Warder. $1.50. 
Pear Culture. P. T. Quinn. $1. 
Money in the Garden. Quinn. $1.50. 
How Plauts Grow. Gray. $1.25. 
How Plants Behave. Gray. 75 cts. 
Illustrated Horse Doctor. Mathew. $3. 
Peach Culture. Fulton. $1.50. 
Barns, OUt-Biiildlngs A Fences. Harney. $6. 
Cottages aud Farm Houses. Woodward, $1.50. 
Country Homes. Woodward. $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD CO., 345 Broadway, New York. 
JUST OUT. 
SwiflB Main. 
A Practical Manual 
FOR THE 
Breeding, Rearing, 
AND 
Management of Swine, 
AND THE 
Prevention and Treatment of 
Their Diseases. 
BY 
F. D. COBURN, 
A WESTERN PRACTICAL FARMER AND BREEDER. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
In the great corn-growing States of the West, j,ha conver¬ 
sion of that product into the compact and portable form 
of pork, is a leading industry, and the problem, “How 
much pork can he made from a bushel of corn t ” or 
“ How much pork is represented by an acre of corn ? ” is 
of the greatest importance to every farmer. Our agricul¬ 
tural literature has heretofore been deficient in works 
giving an account of the wholesale process of pork-mak¬ 
ing, as practised in the great corn-producing States, and 
the present book, by one practically engaged in the pur¬ 
suit, 'will he generally welcomed. The first portion of 
the work discusses the merits of the leading breeds, and 
while indicating his own preference for the Berkshire, 
the author gives a full presentation of the claims made 
for other breeds. The portion devoted to breeding is in 
accordance with the views of tlie best breeders, aud the 
chapters devoted to feeding and fattening present the 
subject in a most thorough manner. A large share of the 
work is devoted to the “Diseases of Swine,” and is 
probably the part which will he consulted by many with 
the greatest interest. But few, who have not given spe¬ 
cial attention to the subject, are aware of the immense 
losses the country lias annually sustained for several 
years, through the wholesale mortality among swine in 
several Western States, from diseases which are alike in 
being rapidly fatal, and are popularly classed under the 
term “ Hog Cholera.” This subject is most thoroughly 
discussed, and its causes shown to be avoidable. In this 
part of the volume, as in other parts, the author does 
not content himself by giving merely his own experience 
and views, hut draws freely from the writings of others, to 
whom he, of course, gives full credit. The work through¬ 
out hears the impress of a desire to exhibit the present 
state of knowledge on the subject, rather than to put 
forth himself as an authority. While written from a 
Western breeder’s standpoint, the usefulness of the book 
is by no means limited to any section of the country, as 
sound principles are of universal application. It is 
the fullest and froshest compendium of information 
relating to Swine Breeding yet offered, and a most im¬ 
portant contribution to our agricultural literature. 
CONTENTS. 
BREEDS OF SWINE, THEIR CHARACTERISTICS 
AND WORTH. 
RAISING AND FATTENING SWINE. 
DISEASES OF SWINE, PRACTICAL INFORMATION 
AS TO THEIR CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, PRE¬ 
VENTION, AND CURE. 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.75. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
