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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
815 
FARM IMPLEMENTS 
AND 
FARM MACHINERY, 
AND THE 
Principles of their Construction and Use: 
WITH 
SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL EXPLANATIONS 
OF THE 
LAWS OF MOTION AND FORCE 
AS APPLIED 
ON THE FARM. 
With 387 Illustrations. 
BY 
JOHN J. THOMAS. 
The basis of this admirable work was an essay 
published in 1850, in the Transactions of the N. Y. State 
Agricultural Society, which was enlarged, and in 1854 
published by the Harpers. It has been, and remains, the 
only work in which the principles of Natural Philoso¬ 
phy, namely, the mechanical powers, and the powers of 
water, wind, and heat, are systematically discussed as 
applied to the operations of the farm. 
Tlie work has now been most carefully revised by the 
author. It is much enlarged, and a great part has been 
re-written, while the illustrations, before abundant, now 
number two hundred and eighty-seven. A large number 
of new implements are described, with the heavier farm 
machinery ; and the use of steam, botli in cooking and as 
power on the farm, is clearly disenesed. 
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The great value of this work is the application of natural 
philosophy to farm labor, in the use of power, and it will 
supply one of the best text-books in our agricultural 
schools. Every farmer’s son should carefully study this 
book, and he will be saved much hard labor, accom¬ 
plish more work, and have less wear and breakage in the 
implements be uses. The chapter on plowing is of great 
value to all plowmen, whether old or young, and is worth 
more than the cost of the book. Chicago Tribune. 
We welcome this new and re-written edition of an old 
and very valuable work. Tlie six pages on road-making are 
worth more than the price of the hook to every highway 
surveyor in Vermont. Farmers need to study the me¬ 
chanics of Agriculture_This volume is admirably cal¬ 
culated to aid the farmer in determining what he needs 
and how to supply that want. Turlington Free Press. 
The volume is one of great value, and should be in 
every Farmer’s Library, for it is full of practical sugges¬ 
tions and useful information. Salem Observer. 
Hr. Thomas’ illustrations are largely drawn from ob¬ 
jects with which the farmer is familiar, and any one of 
ordinary intelligence can readily grasp the whole, follow¬ 
ing the author step by step, from the inertia of the load¬ 
ed wagon whicli snaps the harness traces on a sudden 
start, to tlie laws which govern the shape of tlie working 
parts of the plow, and the construction of the steam 
engine, or the radiation of heat causing the phenomena 
of dew and frost. Cultivator and Country Gentleman. 
Those who are acquainted with Mr. Thomas’ previous 
works need not to be told that it is written in a clear, 
concise, practical style, and though eminently scientific, 
the language is so free from all unecessary technicalities, 
and so pleasingly familiar, and at the same time so well 
illustrated and enlivened by appropriate incident, anec¬ 
dotes, experiments, etc., as to excite and repay the con¬ 
tinued attention of the reader. Galesburg Free Press. 
The whole work is of a thoroughly practical char¬ 
acter, and the application of the principles taught to 
the farmer's daily work makes its instructions of very 
great value. There is not an agricultural writer that 
could be named more respected than Mr. Thomas, or 
one whose judgment and freedom from personal bias 
in discussing now implements could be more implicitly 
relied upon. Hartford Daily Times. 
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THE TRAPPER’S GUIDE; 
A Manual of Instructions 
For capturing' all kinds of fur-bearing- 
animals, and curing tliefr skins ; witli 
observations on tlie fur trade, bints 
on life in tlie woods, and narra¬ 
tives of trapping and bunting 
excursions. 
By S. NEW HOUSE, 
* 
And oilier Trappers and Sportsmen, 
Edited by the Oneida Community. 
21G Pages Octavo. 
With 32 full page Illustrations, and numerous 
smaller Engravings. 
CONTENTS. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Connection of Trapping with other Trades.—Observa¬ 
tions on tlie Fur Trade.—Season for Trapping.—Statis¬ 
tics of the Fur Trade. 
THE TRAPPER’S ART. 
I. PRELIMINARIES. 
II. CAPTURE OF ANIMALS. 
III. CURING SKINS. 
IV. LIFE IN THE WOODS. 
THE TRAPPER’S POOD. 
Tlie Deer.—Tlie Buffalo.—The Rocky Mountain Sheep, 
or Bighorn.—The Argali.—Tlie Prong-horn Antelope.— 
Squirrel Hunting. — The Rutiled Grouse. — Pinnated 
Gronse.—Sharp-tail Grouse.—Cock of the Plains.—Dusky 
Grouse.—Canada or Spruce Grouse.—White-tailed Ptar¬ 
migan.—Willow Ptarmigan.—European Grouse.—Water 
Fowl. 
FISHING IN AUTUMN AND WINTER. 
Spearing Fish.—Fishing through tlie Ice.—Net-fishing 
in Winter. 
NOTES ON TRAPPING AND WOOD-CRAFT. 
PLAN OF A TRAPPING CAMPAIGN. 
BOAT BUILDING. 
SNOW-SHOES. 
NARRATIVES. 
An Evening with an old Trapper.—A Young Trapper’s 
Experience.—The Deer Hunt.—Muskrat Hunting.—An 
Amateur in the North Woods.—Traveling in a Circle.— 
An Expedition to the Laurentian Hills. 
APPENDIX. 
History and description of the Newhonse Trap.—Con- 
elusion. 
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WAKING’S 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS, 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
AND 
DRAINING FOR HEALTH. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., 
Engineer of the Drainage of Central Park, New York. 
CONTENTS. 
Land to be Drained; How Drains Act; How to 
Make Drains; How to Take Care of Drains; 
What Draining Costs, Will It Pay? How to Make 
Tiles ; Reclaiming Salt Marshes ; House and Town 
Drainage. 
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He (the author) describes tlie action of draining upon 
the soil, the construction of single drains and systems of 
drains, the cost and tlie profit of thorough drainage, the 
making of tiles, and the reclaiming of salt marshes, 
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chapter whicli should he widely read, on house drainage 
and town sewerage in their relations to tlie public health. 
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A Book that ought to be in the hands of every Farmer. 
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EARTH CLOSETS: 
How to Make them and how to Use them. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr. 
It is sufficiently understood, by all who have given tlie 
least thought to the subject, that tlie waste of the most 
vital elements of the soil’s fertility, through our present, 
practice of treating human excrement as a thing that is 
to bo hurried into tlie sea, or buried in underground 
vaults, or in some other way put out of sight and out of 
reach, is full of danger to our future prosperity. Sup¬ 
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most imperative agricultural and sanitary considerations, 
it is believed that they will commend themselves to the 
approval of all, in both town and country, who have the 
well-being of society at heart. 
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ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 
A BOOK FOR YOUNG FARMERS, 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., 
Formerly Agricultural Engineer of tlio Central Park, ill 
New York. 
C A r. E FULL Y R E VIS E D. 
CONTENTS. 
The Plant ; The Soil ; Manures ; Mechanical Cul¬ 
tivation ; Analysis. 
The foregoing snbjocts arc all discussed in plain and 
simple language, that any farmer’s boy may understand. 
Tlie hook is written by a successful jiracticalfarmer , and 
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lie will not learn something of value from its perusal; no 
one is so ignorant or undeveloped that he cannot generally 
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thoughtfully without being a better and more successful 
cultivator than before.” 
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