[September, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1869.] 
FARM IMPLEMENTS 
AND 
FARM MACHINERY, 
AND TIIE 
Principles of their Construction and Use: 
WITH 
SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL EXPLANATIONS 
OF THE 
LAWS OF MOTION AND FORCE 
AS APPLIED 
ON THE FARM. 
With 287 Illustrations. 
BY 
JOHN J. THOMAS. 
The basis, of this admirable work was an essay 
published in 1S50, 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. 
The 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, both in cooking and as 
power on the farm, is clearly discussed. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
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-hooks in our agricultural 
schools. Every farmer’s son should carefully study this 
hook, and lie will ho saved much hard labor, accom¬ 
plish more work, and have loss wear and breakage in the 
implements he 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 hook. Chicago Tribune. 
We welcome this new and re-written edition of an old 
and very valuable work. The 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 lie needs 
and how to supply that want. Burlington Free Press. 
The volume is one of great value, and should he in 
every Farmer’s Library, for it is full of practical sugges¬ 
tions and useful information. Salem Observer. 
Mr. 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 which snaps the harness traces on a sudden 
start, to the laws which govern the shape of the 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 arc acquainted with Mr. Thomas’ previous 
works need not to he told that it is written in a clear, 
concise, practical style, and though eminently scientific, 
tlie language is so free from all unnecessary 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 
tic- fanner’s daily work makes its instructions of very 
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one whose judgment and freedom from personal bias 
in discussing new implements could he more implicitly 
relied upon. Hartford Daily Times. 
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PARSONS ON W ROSE, 
A TREATISE ON THE 
Propagation, Culture, and History 
of the Rose. 
By SAMUEL B. PARSONS. 
NEW AND REVISED EDITION. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
The rose is the queen of the floral kingdom, and Mr. 
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CONTENTS: 
Chapter I.—Botanical Classification. 
Chapter II. — Garden Classification. 
Chapter III.—Goneral Culture of the Rose. 
Chapter IV.— Soil, Situation, and Planting. 
Chapter V.—Pruning, Training, and Bedding. 
Chapter VI.—Potting and Forcing. 
Chapter VH.—Propagation. 
Chapter VTH. — Multiplication by Seed and Hybridizing. 
Chapter IX.—Diseases and Insects Attacking, the 
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Chapter XI — Luxurious Use of the Rose. 
Chapter XII. — Thdj Rose in Ceremonies and Festivals, 
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Chapter XIII.—The Rose in the Middle Ages. 
Chapter XIV.—Perfumes of the Rose. 
Chapter XV.—Medical Properties of the Rose. 
Chapter XVI.—General Remarks. 
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