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Animals 
BOOKS. 
RETAIL PRICE. 
(See also below: Bees, Cattle, Dogs, Hogs, Horses, and Sheep.) 
Allen’s Domestic Animals, .. .{N'ew edition, )S1 00 
A History and Description of the HORSE, MULE, CATTLE, SHEEP, 
SWINE, POULTRY, and FARM DOGS, with directions for Breeding, 
Crossing, Rearing, Feeding, and Preparation for Market, with their 
DISEASES and REMEDIES. By R. L. Allen. Cloth, 12mo, 227 pp. 
Food of Animals, . {New edition, >1 00 
Experimental Researches on the Food of Animals, the value of differ¬ 
ent kinds for feeding and fattening purposes, with remarks upon the 
food of Man : being details of important experiments made by the Brit¬ 
ish Government. By Robert Ddndas Thompson, M.D. Cloth, ]2mo, 
172 pp. 
American Bird-Fancier, . {New edition,) paper, 30 
Field, Cage, and House-Birds, breeding, rearing, etc. 12mo, 107 pp. , 
Saunders’s Domestic Poultry, . {New,) 60 
A New Practical Treatise on the Preferable Breeds of Farm-Yard 
Poultry, their History and Leading Characteristics; with Complete In¬ 
structions for Breeding and Fattening, including Preparing for Exhibi¬ 
tion at Poultry Shows, etc. Very fully illustrated. By SrMON M. 
Satjnders. 12mo, 104 pp. Paper, 30c.; cloth, 60c. ' 
Cotton. 
Architecture 
(See also Landscape Gardening below.) 
Allen’s Rural Architecture, . .{New edition,) \ 
Practical Directions and Suggestions for Construction of convenient 
FARM-HOUSES, COTTAGES, and OUT-BUILDINGS, including 
Barns, Stables, Sheds, Carriage and Wagon-Houses, Work-Shops, 
Wood-Houses, Ash and Smoke-Houses, Ice-Houses, Poultry and Bee- 
Houses, Dove-Cotes, etc., together with directions for the gardens 
and grounds ; useful and ornamental Domestic Animals, etc. By lion. 
Lewis F. Allen, Editor “American Herd-Book,” etc. Cloth, 12mo, 
378 pp. 
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Cotton-Planter’s Manual, . {New edition,) $i 50 
This is the only popular work published on the subject. It is a com¬ 
pilation of facts from the best authorities on the CULTURE OF COT¬ 
TON, its Natural History, Chemical Analysis, Trade, and Consump¬ 
tion, with a history of Cotton and the Cotton-Gin. Cloth, 12mo, 
320 pp. 
Cranberries. 
Eastwood’s Complete Cranberry Manual, • •. . .{New edition,) 
Giving^rections for the cultivation in different localities, with illustra¬ 
tions and descriptions of varieties. By Benj. Eastwood. Cloth, 12mo, 
120 pp. 
75 
Dogs. 
Hooper’s Dog and Gun, . {New edition,) 
“ A Few Loose Chapters on Shooting,” with some Anecdotes and Inci¬ 
dents, Notes on Guns, Choosing and Training Dogs ; about Game, etc. 
By J. J. Hooper, Montgomer)", Ala. Neat paper covers ; 12mo, 105 pp. 
Richardson on Dogs, - {New edition,) Bound, GO cents ,■ .Paper, 
Or, Dogs; Their Origin and Varieties. Directions as to their Man¬ 
agement, Simple Instructions for Treatment under Disease, etc., etc., 
with numerous engravings. By II. D. Richardson, author of sundry 
works on animals. 12mo, 127 pp. Neat paper covers, 30c.; bound, 60c. 
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Farm Books. 
Bees. 
Quinby’s Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained,-•(/«Pm,?.) 
Newly written througliout, containing the results of thirty-five years 
of successful experience, with full, plain, and practical Directions for 
all details of Bee Culture; including also a Description and Manner 
of Using the Movable Comb and Box Hives, with the most approved 
modes of Propagating and Treating the Italian Bee, etc., etc., with 
numerous illustrations. By M. Qoinbv, Practical Bee-keeper. 
Langstroth on the Hive and Honey-Bee, . {New edition,) 2 00 
A Practical Treatise, containing a great amount of useful informa¬ 
tion, fully illustrated by many beautiful engravings. A new edition, 
on tinted paper. By Rev. L. L. Langstroth. Cloth, 12mo, 409 pp. 
Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia; and Orange Judd 
& Co., New-York. 
Cattle. 
Dadd’s American Cattle-Doctor, . {New edition,) l 
To Help Every Man to be his own Cattle-Doctor. A work by Geo. H. 
Dadd, M.D., Veterinary Practitioner; giving the necessary informa¬ 
tion for preserving the Health and Curing the Diseases of OXEN, 
COWS, .SHEEP, and SWINE, with a great variety of original Recipes, 
and valuable information on Farm and DairyManagoment. 12mo, 359 pp. 
Guenon’s Treatise on Milch Cows, . {New edition,) paper, 
An interesting work, giving new and peculiar directions, and many 
illustrative engravings, for determining by natural marks or external 
signs, the quality and quantity of milk a cow will give, length of time 
she will continue in milk, etc., with introductory remarks of forty 
pages on the Cow and Dairy. Sixty-third thousand. 8vo, 88 pp. 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle,. {New edition,) l 
Being a treatise on their Breeds, Management, Diseases; a full his¬ 
tory of the various races ; their origin, breeding, and merits; their 
capacity for Beef and Milk. By \Y. Youatt and W. C. L. Martin. A *" 
complete guide for the Farmer, the Amateur, and Veterinary Surgeon, 
with many Illustrations. Edited by Ambrose Stevens. Cloth, 12mo, 
469 pp. 
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American Farm-Book, (R- L- Allen,) . {New edition,) 1 
Or a Compend of American Agriculture ; Being a Practical Treatise 
on Soils, Manures, Draining, Irrigation, Grasses, Grain, Roots, Fruits, 
Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar-Cane, Rice, and every Staple Product of the 
United States; with the best methods of Planting, Cultivating, and 
Preparation for Market. Over one hundred engravings. Cloth, 12mo, 
325 pp. 
Boussingault’s Rural Economy, . . {New edition,) 1 
Rural Economy in its relations with Chemistry, Physics, and Meteorol¬ 
ogy; or CiiF-MisTRY Applied to Agriculture in the Principles of Farm 
Management, the Preservation and Use of Manures, the Nutrition and 
Food of Animals, and the General Economy of Agriculture. By J. B. 
Boussingault, Member of Institute of France, etc. Translated, with 
Introduction and Notes, by George Law, Agriculturist. Cloth, 12mo, 
507 pp. 
French’s Farm Drainage, .. .{New edition,) \ 
The Principles, Process, .and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, 
Wood, Drain-Plows, Open Ditches, and especially with Tiles ; includ¬ 
ing Tables of Rainfall, Evaporation, Filtration, Excavation, Capacity 
of Pipes, cost and number to the acre. With over 100 illustr.ations. 
The best work on Draining published. By Judge French, of New- 
Hampshire, President of lilass. Agricultural College. Cloth, 12mo, 
384 pp. 
Johnston’s Agricultural Chemistry, . {New edition,) i 
Lectures on the Application op Chemistry and Geology to Agri¬ 
culture. New edition, with an Appendix, containing the Author’s 
Experiments in Practical Agriculture. By the late Jas. F. W. John¬ 
ston, M.A., F.R.SS. L. and E., etc., etc. This is an American edition 
of the large and extensive English work. Cloth, large 12mo, 709 pp. 
Horton’s Elements of Scientific Agriculture, {New Edition,) 
A valuable and popuLar treatise on the Connection between Science 
and the art of Practic.al Farming. By the late John P. Norton, M.A., 
Professor of Scientific Agriculture in Yale College. Cloth, 12mo, 218 pp. 
Our Farm of Four Acres, and the Money we made by it. 
From the Twelfth London Edition, with an Introduction for the Amer¬ 
ican Edition. This work has already had an immense sale, both in 
England and in this country. It is written by a lady, and while con¬ 
veying many useful suggestions, it has almost the interest of a romance. 
12mo, 126 pp. New Edition. Price in neat paper covens, 30c.; bound, 00c. 
Pedder’s Land-Measurer for Farmers, . {New edition,) 
A convenient Pocket Companion, showing at once the contents of any 
piece of laud, when its length and width are known, up to 1500 feet 
either way, with various other useful farm tables. Cloth, 18mo, 144 pp. 
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