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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
353 
STANDARD 
Architectural Books 
FOR 
CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 
Rural Church Architecture.— Twenty Church¬ 
es of moderate cost. Exemplified in Elevations. Plans, 
Sections, and Details, by Upjohn, Renwick, Wheeler. ! 
Wells, Austin. Stone, Cleveland, Backus. Reeve, and j 
Eveleth. New and revised edition, quarto, uniform with i 
Woodward's National Architect. Price, post-paid, $0. 
Hussey’s National Cottage Architecture ; 
or. Homes for Every One.- Witli Designs, 
Plans, Details, Specifications, and Cost ; with Work- 
in" Scale, Drawings complete, so that Houses may be 
built direct from the book. Adapted to the popular 
demand for practical, handsome, and economical 
homes. Royal Quarto. Six Dollars, post-paid. 
Atwood’s Country and Suburban Houses. 
—Illustrated with about 150 engravings. Hints and 
Suggestions as to the General Principles of House¬ 
building, Style, Cost, Location, etc. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Honckton’s National Stair-Builder.— Is a 
complete work on Stair-Building and Hand-Railing. 
Fully explained and illustrated by large scale diagrams, 
in twocolors, with designs for Staircases,Newels, Balus¬ 
ters, and Hand-Rails. Royal Quarto. Post paid, $6.00. 
Monck ton’s National Carpenter and Join¬ 
er.— A complete work, covering the whole science of 
Carpentry, joinery, Roofing, Framing, etc., fully ex¬ 
plained and illustrated by large scale diagrams in two 
colors. Royal Quarto. Post-paid, $6.00. 
Woodward’s National Architect.— 1,000 De¬ 
signs, Plans, and Details for Country, Suburban, and 
Village Houses; with Perspective Views, Front and 
Side Elevations. Sections, Full Detail Drawings. Speci¬ 
fications, 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, Cornices, Ceilings, Hard¬ 
wood Mantels, and all that, is required by a Builder to 
design, specify, erect, and finish in the most approved 
style. One superb 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 Suburban and Country 
Houses.— 70 Designs and Plans, and numerous ex¬ 
amples of the French Roof. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward’s Country Homes.— 150 Designs 
and Plans, with Description of the Manner of Con¬ 
structing Balloon Frames. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward’s Graperies and Horticultural 
Buildings. —Designs and Plans of Hot-Beds. Cold- 
Pits, Propagating Houses. Fore ng Houses, Hot and 
Cold Graperies, Green Houses, Conservatories, Orchard 
Houses, etc , with the various modes of Ventilating 
and Heating. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Wheeler’s Rural Homes. —Houses suited to 
Country Life. Post-paid, $2 00. 
Wheeler’s Homes for the People.— 100 Ori¬ 
ginal Designs, with full Descriptions, and Constructive 
and Miscellaneous Details. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Harney’s Barns, Out - Buildings, and 
Fences.—Containing Designs and Plans of Stables, 
Farm-Barns, Out-Buildings, Gates, Gateways, Fences, 
Stable Fittings and Furniture, with nearly 200 Illustra¬ 
tions, 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 Perspec¬ 
tives, Elevations, Plans, Sections, Details, Specifica¬ 
tions all drawn to working scale, with methods ot 
Heating and Ventilation. Large Quarto. Post-paid, 
$ 6 . 00 . 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed foi'rn, for want of space elsewhere. 
Continued from p. 328. 
Sweetness From Florida.— A sample 
of syrup from cane, not sorghum, but the true sugar-cane, 
I is sent by Col. Oliver, of the “Florida New Yorker.” 
, The syrup is similar in quality to the “ Golden-drip,” and 
other brands sold in tlie stores, and as a little over an 
acre yielded 14 bbls. of 40 gallons each, those who go to 
Florida need not be without the sweets of life. The ca¬ 
pabilities of Florida as a sugar-producing State, have been 
overlooked in the excitement over orange culture; and 
we have long been of tlie opinion that the cultivation of 
the cane and the making of sugar, is to be one of the lead¬ 
ing industries of the State. 
“Japanese Wheat.”— A correspondent 
in Ark. wrote to ask about the value of “Japanese wheat,” 
the seeds of which were offered,and wonderful stories told 
about it. As this was one of the “ novelties ” that had 
thus far escaped us, we asked him to send us a sample. 
It came and turned out to be the “ same old six-pence ” 
—a variety of “ Durra,” or Swghum mlgare, and no more 
a “wheat” than it is a “rice.” It is a variety with 
brownish seeds, quite as dark in color as those of some 
of the syrup 6orghmns. We suppose there is no ready 
way of legally suppressing those chaps who offer seeds 
under false names, but all farmers, especially those who 
read the American Agricullvi'ist, should know that valua¬ 
ble varieties of grain, or any other plant, do not usually 
make their way into cultivation through obscure dealers 
in small towns in Tennessee, or any other State. 
Roots for Stock-Feeding', a manual 
on their value and cultivation, is issued by David Lan- 
dreth & Sons, the well known seed-growers of Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa. It treats upon the relative value, methods of 
cultivating, harvesting, storing, and feeding of the dif¬ 
ferent Varieties of turnips, beets, carrots, and parsnips. 
Root culture, though rapidly increasing in this country, 
is still in its infancy, and whatever will extend a knowl¬ 
edge of its importance among farmers, is welcomed as 
useful. The appendix on Beet Sugar, while showing its 
importance in other countries, and the desirability of its 
production here, should have set forth more distinctly 
the impracticability of its manufacture on a small scale, 
and the causes of the utter failure of all former attempts 
made in this country on a large scale. 
A Montana, Slock Farm.A few years 
ago Montana would have seemed one of the most un¬ 
likely places in the world to have looked for a fine slock 
breeding farm, with a herd of valuable pure Short¬ 
horns. But now this thing lias been accomplished. We 
look hack at the rapid growth of the cattle interest in 
this far-off corner of tlie country with something like 
amazement, and wonder to find the best quality of grade 
cattle coming to Eastern markets from wliat was, half a 
dozen years ago, supposed to be a worthless and unap¬ 
proachable desert. It is,due to our railroad system, 
that cattle and other live stock can now be brought 
from the heart of the Rocky Mountains to the sea-hoard, 
with as little trouble, and cost, as formerly they were 
brought from Western New York or Ohio. It is now, 
we believe, a fact, stated on good authority, that Mon¬ 
tana, in proportion to population, owns more pure-bred 
Sliort-horns, than any other State or Territory, Kentucky 
alone excepted. 
SHOOTING BOOKS. 
FRANK FORESTER'S AMERICAN GAME 
IN ITS SEASONS. 
Illustrated with twenty beautiful full-page Engravings 
from Nature of American Game. 
CONTENTS January. Caribou or American Reindeer. 
—February. Moose Deer. 
Wild Goose.— March. Mal¬ 
lard and Widgeon.— April. 
American Snipe. Striped 
Bass. — May. American 
Trout. Brent Goose. — 
June. Bay Snipe. Godwit. 
Salmon. — July. Wood¬ 
cocks.— August. Summer 
Duck, i Common Deer. — 
September. Teal. — Octo¬ 
ber. Quail. Bittern. — 
November. Ruffed Grouse. Yellow Fercli. — 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, Wild Sporting of the Wilderness, Forest, 
Prairie, and Mountain Sports, Bear Hunting, Turkey Shoot¬ 
ing, etc. 13th edition, revised and illustrated. Two post 
octavo volumes. Post-paid, $6.00. 
FRANK FORESTER'S FISH AND FISHING. 
100 engravings. Embracing a full illustrated description of 
the Game Fish of North America; Trout and Salmon Fish¬ 
ing; Shoal Water and Deep Sea Fishing; Lake and River 
Fishing ; Trolling, Fly Fishing, etc. 12tli edition. One post¬ 
octavo volume. Post-paid, $3.50. 
FRANK FORESTER'S COMPLETE MANUAL. 
For Young Sportsmen, of Fowling, Fishing, and Field 
Sports. With directions for handling the Gun, the Rifle, and 
the Rod. Art of Shooting on the Wing. The Breaking, Man¬ 
agement, and Hunting of tlie Dog. Tlie varieties and habits 
of Game. River, Lake, and Sea Fishing. Post octavo. 
Post-paid, $3.00. 
THE HUNTER AND TRAPPER. 
By Halsey Thrasher, an old hunter, with fine illustrations. 
It contains hints about trapping all sorts of game, from a 
honey-bee to a bear, with a chapter on fishing, and another 
on dressing and tanning skins and furs. Post-paid, $1.00. 
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 tlie 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 has the same care¬ 
ful and competent editor who put Woodruff's “ Trotting 
Horse of America ” into shape—Chas. J. Foster, so many 
years sporting editor of Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times. 
SCHLEY'S AMERICAN PARTRIDGE AND 
PHEASANT SHOOTING. 
By Frank Schley. Describing the haunts, habits, and 
methods of hunting and shooting the American Partridge, 
Quail, Ruffed Grouse, Pheasant. Witli directions for handling 
the gun, hunting the dog, and the art of shooting on the 
wing. Containing a history of the partridges and grouse 
Inhabiting North America. Illustrated. Post-paid, $2.00. 
THE DOG. 
By Dinks, Mayliew & Hutchinson. Compiled and edited 
by Frank Forester. Containing full instructions in all that 
relates to tlie Breeding, Rearing, Breaking, Kenneling, and 
Conditioning of Dogs, 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 
the Gun, with Rudimentary and Finishing Lessons in tlie 
Art of Shooting Game 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 tlie latest improved breech-loading weapons; rules 
and regulations for Target Practice, and directions for Hunt¬ 
ing Game. 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 ot Fisheries, New Jer¬ 
sey. Fully illustrated and describing thoroughly all that Is 
requisite to successful Trout Culture. Post-paid, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
345 Broadway, New York. 
Copley’s Plain and Ornamental Alpha¬ 
bets.— Giving examples in all styles, together with 
Maps. Titles, Borders, Meridians, Ciphers, Monograms, 
Flourishes, etc., adapted for the practical use of Sur¬ 
veyors, Civil Engineers, Draughtsmen, Architects, Sign 
Painters, Schools, etc. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Cummings’ Architectural Details.— Contain¬ 
ing 387 Designs and 667 Illustrations of the Various 
Parts needed in the Construction of Buildings, Public 
and Private, both for the City and Country. Also, 
Plans and Elevations of Houses, Stores, Cottages, and 
other Bnildings. Royal Quarto. Price, post-paid, $10. 
Jacques’ Manual of the House.— How to 
Build Dwellings, Barns, Stab os. and Out-Buildings of 
all kinds. 126 Designs and Plans. Post-paid, $1.50. 
The Universal Stair-Builder.— A Treatise on 
the Construction of Stair-cases and Hand-rails. Illus¬ 
trated by 29 Plates. By R. A. Cupper. Post-paid, $3.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
345 Broadwat, New York. 
’Flie Woodruff - Scientific Expedi¬ 
tion Around tlie World.— This is to he, in short, 
a floating college. A ship with a complete outfit- in ma¬ 
terials, and a full faculty of instruction, will start iu Oct. 
next, circumnavigate the globe, and return in 1879. For 
pamphlets, giving terms, etc., apply to the Correspond¬ 
ing Secretary, Daniel Macauley, Indianapolis, Ind. 
ISlaclt-Faced Scotch Sheep.— This 
hardy race of sheep has a well deserved character for 
prolificness. A flock of 260 cross-bred black-faces, in 
Scotland, produced on the average the present season 
more than two lambs to the ewe. A few years ago a flock 
of 60 ewes of this breed reared 121 lambs. Notwith¬ 
standing much exposure on their rough pastures, these- 
sheep thrive and increase rapidly, producing excellent 
mutton. It would certainly seem that there is a place 
for these valuable sheep in many parts of America, where 
they might improve onr common kinds. 
