38 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[ Ianuart, 
New Work by the Author of 
‘‘My Farm of Edgewood,” &c. 
C. S. SCRIBNER, 124 Grand st., New York, lias now ready 
Wet Days at Edgewood. 
1 Vol. 12mo. Rrice $2.00. 
This work gives a brief survey of the whole subject of 
Agricultural and Rural Literature down to the present 
century, and abounds witli pastoral gems from the Poets, 
thrown in by way of Interlude. 
By genial and acute criticism and appropriate extracts, 
the reader is brought face to face with tlie olden worthies 
of the Agricultural world—smiles at their quaint pecu¬ 
liarities, and learns to appreciate the practical wisdom 
they display, though, perchance, in an uncouth garb. 
The work is unique in our literature, and throws round 
a familiar subject a halo of scholarship and poetical feeling 
with a singularly attractive result. 
No country resident should be without this resource 
for his “Wet Days," that the writer found so efl'ectual in 
dispelling the tedium of a rainy season. 
It forms a very natural complementary volume to the 
“ Farm of Edgewood,” by the same author. 
Also a New lildition of 
“ My Farm of Edgewood,” 1 Vol. $2.00. 
Copies sent by Mail post-paid, on receipt of price. 
IN EVERY COUNTY 
IN THE 
liOYAL STATES. 
rwiO SELL BY SUBSCRIPTION a work intenselj- 
interesting and very popular, entitled THE INDIAN 
RACES OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, including 
an acount of the Sioux Massacre in Minnesota, written by 
Hon. J. T. Headley. This work is well adapted to the wants 
of tlie masses, and is destined to meet with a large sale. For 
particulars apply to or address 
HURLBUT, SCRANTON & CO. 
No. 148 Asylum-st., 
Hartford, Conn. 
Agents will please state their address. 
U 
Books toy ISeturn Mail.” 
Any Book, Map, Chart, Portrait, Album, Magazine, or Pa¬ 
per, sent “BY KETUKN OF FIRST POST,” at Publisher’s 
Prices. Editors, Agents, Preachers, Teachers, and others 
supplied. All works on Phonography, Hydropathy, 
Anatomy, Medicine, Mechanics, Dictionaries, Gazet- 
EBRS, Encyclopedias, and on the Natural Sciences. 
Address MESSIiS. FOWLER & WEL1.S, Purchasing Agents. 
SS9 Broadway, New York. P. S. All tlie New-York Expresses 
call at our House, 339, daily. 
A gents wanted toseii the “nurse and 
SPY,” a new, highly exciting, and richly embellished 
work, embracing the adventures and experience of a woman 
in Hospitals, Camps and Battle fields, as “FIELD NURSE” 
and “SPY.’'-Just the book the people want. Energetic, 
persevering men, Tcaclicrs, Ladies, and especially returned 
SOLDIERS will find a rare opportunity to make money 
by engaging in the sale of tliis thrilling work. 
For terms, wliicli are very liberal, apply to or 
Address W. S. WILLIAMS & CO., 
152 Asylum-st., Hartford, Conn. 
December 2d, 1864. 
A Pictorial Bosafele Msimtocr. 
New Vol. THE ILLUSTRATED PHRENOLOGI¬ 
CAL JOURNAL for Jan., contains portraits of Teiini- 
son, Silliman, Sheridan, Cobb, Phillips, ihe motlier of 
Wesley, an Indian Chief, Frunze Muller, Miss Muggins, 
Miss Fury, Tlie Princess of Wales, Florence Niglitin- 
gale. A group of Warriors, Hannibal, Julius Cmsar, Pi- 
zarro, Cromwell, Charles XII, Frederick the Great, 
Winfield Scott, Wellington and Napoleon, with Ethnol¬ 
ogy, Phrenology, Physiology, Physiognomy, and 
Psychology. -By fir.st post, 20 cts., or $2.00 a year. 
Address MESSRS. FOWLER & WELLS, 
389 Broadway, New-York. 
CIPLENDID NEW-YEAR’S NOVELTIES. — 
”DKM0KEST’S IIJ.USTKATED MONTHLY and MME. 
DEMOREST’S MIRROR OF FASHIONS comhined. A 
SPLENDID PROGRAM.ME of ENTERTAINING, ARTIST¬ 
IC, and USEFUL LITERARY MATTER for 1865. Single 
copies, ‘25 cents; yearly, $3, with a valuable premium. Ollice, 
No. 39 Heckman street. Do not fail to see tins model maga¬ 
zine. Specimen copies mailed free on receipt of price. Ten 
dollars’ wortli of FULL-SIZE FASHIONABLE PATTERNS 
for ladies’ and children’s dress, and three dollars’ worth of 
new and original music will he given during the year. The 
eplendid January number, with an artistic .and entertiiining 
poem, by THEODORE TILTON, and other brilliant nov¬ 
elties now ready. 
Songs for Soldiers and Their Friends. 
Tlie Trumpet «>f Freeilom. Containing, Soldier’s 
Chorus; Viva la America; Mother when tlie war Is over ; 
Mount. Boys, Mount; Picket Guard; Not a Star from our 
Flag; Volunteer’s Wife; Red, Wlilte and Blue; To Canaan ; 
Do they pray for me at Home; How do you like it. Jelferson 
D; Battle Hymn of the Republic; Glory Hallelujah; Gari¬ 
baldi Hymn, and other popular Songs. Dnet.s, &c., will be 
sent, post-paid, for 41 jents. (‘LIVER DITSON & CO. Pub- 
llahera, Boston. 
mVEiNTORS, MECHANICS, AGRICUL¬ 
TURISTS, 
ANNUAL PROSPECTUS 
OI the cheapest and best MECHANICALi^ JOURNAL 
in the World. 
A new Volume of which commences January 1,1865. 
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 
)'n/ unquestionably the 
' jr y most popular and interesting 
journal of its class in the 
world. It has been published 
seventeen years and has a 
larger circulation than any 
_ similar journal in existence. 
a weekly paper of 16 
' pages, and is devoted to Sci¬ 
ence, Discovert, Inven¬ 
tion, Mechanics, Manufac¬ 
tures, and the whdle ranse 
of Industrial art. Most of the Inventions patented in 
the United States are illustrated in its columns, the Kn- 
gravings being most superb and beautiful. Each number 
contains 16 pages of matter and from 8 to 10 Engravinira. 
The numbers for a year make a splendid volume of 8^2 
pages of useful and entertaining matter, and about 500 
Engravings. A full report of all the Patent Claims a,ro 
published officially each week. 
It is printed weekly on fine paper at the marvelously 
low price of S3 per year, or $1 for four months. Specimen 
copies sent free. Address— 
& CO., 
No. 37 PARK ROW, NEW YORK. 
ATEHT AGEICI 
OFFICES. 
^staMtslied. in 1846. 
MESSES. MUNH & CO., 
Editors of theScientificAmericanp 
SOLICITORS OF AMERICAN 
& EUROPEAN* PATENTS, 
With a Branch Office at Wash¬ 
ington. During the past seventeen years MESSRS. MUNN 
& CO. have acted as Attorneys for more than 20,000 in¬ 
ventors, and statistics show that nearly one-third of all 
the applications for patents annually made in the United 
States are solicited through the Scientific American Pat¬ 
ent Agency. All business connected with the Examina¬ 
tion of Inventions, Preparing Specifications, Drawings. 
Caveats, Assignments of Patents, Prosecuting Rejected 
Cases, Interferences, Re-issues and Extensions of Patents, 
and Opinions of the Infringement and Validity of Patent^ 
will receive the most caretul attention. 
Patents secured in England, France, Belgium, Austria, 
Russia, Prussia, and all other foreign countries where Pat¬ 
ent Laws exist. A Pamphlet of “ Advice IIow to Secure 
Letters Patent,” including the Patent Laws of the United 
States, furnished free. All communications confiden¬ 
tial. Address— 
Sc C®., 
No. 37 PARK ROW, NEW YORK. 
The Oldest, Cheapest, and Best. 
MEEEY’S MUSEUM, 
The Oldest and most F.avorite Juvenile Magazine published. 
Vol. 50 commences January, 1864. Full of Stories. Pictures, 
Puzzles, Letters from the Young Folks, History, Biography, 
Natural Science, Prizes, Hieroglyphics, etc., etc. 
A fine steel engraving of Uncle William given to all new 
subscribers in the January Number. 
Tekms, $1.50 a year, in advance; 12 cents single number. 
Send for it. J. N. STEARNS, Publislier, 
111 Fulton Street, New York. 
The Herald of Health 
AND 
Jeiiriial ©f Finysleal Cultsire. 
THE HERAUD OF HEALTH AND JOURNAL OF 
PHYSICAL CULTURE, will be found valuable in every fam¬ 
ily where there is an invalid, a child whom its parents desire 
to have grow into sound robust health, or a single person 
who would improve in form and bodily symmetry. Price 
$1.50 a year, 15 cents a number. Address MILLER AND 
WOOD. 15 Laisht-street, New-York. 
We also publish the NEW HYGIENE Cook book contain¬ 
ing several hundred recipes for cooking the most healthful 
lood, worth Its price in gold to the sick who would get 
well, and to all those who would know how to serve up 
wholesome and substantial food. Price by mail 30 cents. 
Send a stamp for our book circula* containing a list of our 
health publications. MILLER AND WOOD, 
15 Laiglit street, New-York. 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS and OTHERS 
Sorgo Journal &, Farm Machinist. 
Devoted to Northern Cane culture. Improved Farm Ma¬ 
chinery and progressive Husbandry. This work affords the 
latest and most reliable information upon all matters relating 
to the Northern cane enterprise. Including the subjects of 
SEED, SOIL, CUL'l'IVA'riON, ami the operations of Har¬ 
vesting, Grinding, Defecating, Evaporating, Refining, Grain¬ 
ing, &c. 3d volume cominenccs in January. A good time to 
subscribe. Monthly, $1.00 a year. Liberal terms to agents 
and Clubs. Sample numbers free. Address. 
SORGO JOURNAL AND FARM MACHINIST, 
Cincmnatl, Ohio. 
eEND 20 CENTS for JAN. No. ILLUSTRATED 
PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, containing Portraits, 
Biographies and Characters of Poets, Philosophees, Wae- 
Eions, Civilians, Murdekers; the good and the bad, the 
high and the low. To secure the PICTORIAL DOUBLE 
NUMBER, with PHYSIOGNOMY, ETHNOLOGY, PHYS¬ 
IOLOGY, and PSYCHOLOGY, send at once. Single No. 20 
cents. For the year, $2.00. Address Messrs. FOWLER & 
WEL1£, 389 Broadway, New York. 
[Any of the following books can he obtained at the Of¬ 
fice of the Agriculturist at the prices named, or they will be 
forwarded by post-paid, on receipt of the price. Allol 
these books may be procured in making up a library. We 
indicate our opinion of their value by one or more Stars.] 
These prices are only good for orders sent previously -tf 
February Ist. 
Allen's (L.F.) Rural Architecture....*.$ 1 5» 
Allen on the Culture of the Grape. 1 51 
Allen’s (R. L.) American Farm Book*. 1 50 
Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals. l 00 
American Farmer's Encyclopedia. 6 00 
American Rose Culturist, bound. 50 
Art of Saw Filing_(Holly^. 60 
Barry’s Fruit Garden_»**. 1 50 
Beecher’s (Hy Ward) Fruit Flowers and Farming. 1 25 
Bement’s Poulterer’s Companion... *♦. 2 00 
Bement’s Rabbit Fancier. SO 
Blake’s Farmer’s Encyclopedia. 1 50 
Boussingault’s Rural Economy. 1 50 
Brldgeman’s Fruit Cultivator’s Manual. 75 
Bridgeman’s Young Gardener’s Assistant. 2 00 
Bridgeman’s Kitchen Garden Instructor. 75 
Bridgeman’s Florist’s Guide. 75 
Brandt’s Age of Horses (English and German)_*_ 50 
Breck’s Book of Flowers_*. I .50 
Browne’s American Poultry Yard. J 25 
Browne’s Field Book of Manures . 1 50 
Burr’s Vegetables of America_*. 4 50 
C.arpenters and Joiners Hand Book. .(Holly). 60 
Chorlton’s Grape-Grower’s Guide.. 75 
Cole’s (S. W.-) American Fruit Book_*. 60 
Cole’s Veterinarian. 60 
Colman’s Agrlcnlture. 5 00 
Copeland’s Country Life. S .50 
Cottage Bee-Keeper. 75 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) American Cattle Doctor_•. 1 50 
Dadd’s Anatomy of the Horse_(colored). 5 00 
“ “ “ -(plain). 3 50 
Domestic Poultry. 30 
Downing s Cottage Residences.** .. 2 50 
Downing’s Fruits and Fruit Trees of America__ 3 00 
Elliott’s Western Fruit Book. 1 50 
Employment of Women—By Virginia Penny_♦. 1 5li 
Every Lady tier own Flower Gardener. 31 
Farm Kecortrfor 3 years. 8 O' 
Fessenden’s American Kitchen Gardener. fq 
Fessenden’s Complete Farmer and Gardener. 1 56 
French’s Farm Dr.ainage_*. 1 50 
Field's (Tliom.as W.) Pear Culture. 1 25 
Fish Cultui’e. 1 50 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses_**. 2 00 
Flint’s Milch Cows and Dairy Farming_•**. 2 00 
Fuller’s Grape Culturist.***. 1 50 
Fuller’s Strawberry Culturist.*.... 20 
Goodale’s Principles of Breeding., .*♦... 100 
Gray’s Manual of Botany and Lessons in one Vol..***.. 4 00 
Gray’s How Plants Grow. 1 00 
Guenon on Milcli Cows. 75 
Hall’s (Miss) American Cookery. 1 25 
Haraszthy Grape Culture, «Si;c. 5 00 
Harris’ Insects Injurious to Vegetation, plain.**_ 3 50 
do. do. do. do. colored plates.** 4 50 
Herbert’s Hints to Horsekeepers—*•*. ] 50 
Hints to Riflemen, by Cleveland. 1 50 
How to Buy a Farm and Where to Find One. 1 75 
Jennings on Cattle, Sheep, efec. 1 50 
Johnston’s Catechisms of Agricultural Chemistry. 30 
Johnston’s Elements of Agricultural Chemistry. 1 25 
Kemp’s Landscape Gardening. 2 00 
Langstrotli on the Honey Bee .. .*♦. 1 50 
Loudon’s (Downing’s) Ladies'Flower Garden... 
Leueliar’s Howto Build Hot-houses. 
Liebig’s Familiar Letters on Chemistry. 
Liebig’s Modern Agriculture 
Linsley’s (D. C.) Morgan Horses . 
Manual of Agriculture by G. Emerson and C. L. Flint. 
Mavbcw’s Illustrated Horse Doctor .. ♦**. 
Mavhew’s Illustrated Horse Management. 
1 75 
1 50 
50 
1 25 
1 50 
1 00 
3 50 
... 3.50 
McMalion s American Gardener-* . 2 50 
Miles on the Horse’s foot... 50 
Mistakes of Educated Men_*».. 60 
Morrell’s American Shepherd. 1 25 
Munn’s Land Drainer. 75 
My Farm of Edgewood_•*.2 00 
National Almanac and Annual Record — *•. 1 50 
Neill’s Practical Gardener_(Pardee). 1 .50 
Norton’s Scientific Agriculture. 75 
Olcott’s Sorgho and Imphee. 1 25 
Onion Culture ...*•*. 20 
Our Farm of Four Acres (bound) GOc_*.(paper) SO 
Our Hardy Grapes. 25 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. 75 
Parsons on the Rose.1 50 
Pedder’s Farmer’s Land Measurer... 50 
Phantom Bouquet, or Skeleton Leaves. 1 50 
Quinhy’s Mysteries of Bee keeping . **. . . 150 
Quincy on Soiling Culture....(paper). 85 
Rabbit Fancier. .80 
Randall’s Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry. 1 00 
Rand’s Flowers for Parlor and Garden _ **. 3 00 
Rich’s American Architect. 6 00 
Rivers’ Orchard House. 40 
Rural Affairs (bound) SVols — each. 1 50 
Saxton’s Farmers’ Library, .set of 3 Vols. .moroco. 9 50 
do do do do 3 Vols..cloth. 8 50 
Schenck’s Gardener’s Text Book. 60 
Skillful Housewife . 50 
Smith’s Landscape Gardening. 1 50 
Spencer’s Education of Children**. 1 25 
Stephens’Book of the Farm_2Vols.. ... 6 00 
Stewart’s (John) St.able Book. 1 50 
Ten Acres Enough. 1 50 
Timer’s (A. D.) Principles of Agriculture. 2 50 
Thomas’ Fruit Culturist. 1 50 
Thomson’s Food of Animals. 1 00 
Tobacco Culture ..,*** . 25 
Todd's (S. E.) Young Farmer’s Manual—** . 1 50 
Tucker’s Register Rural Aflairs — * . 80 
Vaux's VilUis and Cottages. 3 00 
Walden’s Complete Soil Culture. 1 50 
Warder’s Hedges and Evergreens. 1 50 
Waring’s Elements of Agriculture... I 00 
Watson’s American Home Garden—••*. 2 flO 
Wax Flowers (Art of Making).. ... 1 50 
Wlicat Plant (John Klippart's).. 1 50 
Yale College Agricultural Lectures. 60 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse. 1 50 
Youatt and Alartin on Cattle. 1 50 
Youatt on the Hog... .*. 100 
Youatt on Sheep. 1 00 
Youmans’Household Science ...*•• . 1 75 
Youmans’ New Chemistry—•. I 75 
