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Animals. 
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Allen’s Domestic Animals, ........$1 
A History and Description of the HORSE, MULE, CATTLE, SHEEP, 
SWINE, POULTRY, and FARM DOGS, with directions for Breeding, 
Crossing, Roaring, Feeding, and Preparation for Market, with their 
DISEASES and REMEDIES. By R. L. Allen. Cloth, 12mo, 227 pp. 
Food of Animals,... 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 Dondas Thompson, M.D. Cloth, 12mo, 
172 pp. 
American Bird-Fancier,. paptr, 30 
Field, Cage, and House-Birds, breeding, rearing, etc. 12mo, 107 pj). 
Saunders’s Domestic ’Bovlixy, {Revised and Enlarged,) . 75 
A Now 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 Simon M. 
Saunders. i2mo, 104 pp. Paper, 40c.; cloth, 75c. 
Architecture. 
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Allen’s Rural Architecture,...1 50 
Practical Directions and Suggestions for Construction oP convenient 
FARM-HOUSES, COTTAGES, and OUT-BUILDINGS, includujg 
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 Hon. 
Lewis F. Allen, Editor “ American Herd-Book,” etc. Cloth, 12mo, 
378 pp. 
Bees. 
Q,uinby’s Mysteries of Bee-Keeping,. 
Fewly written throughout, containing the results of thirty-five years 
of successful experience, with full, plain, and practical Directions for 
all details of Bee CuUtire; including also a Description and Manner 
of Using the Movable Comb asnd Box Hives, with the most approved 
modes of Propagating and Treating the Italian Bee, etc., etc., with 
numerous illustrations. By M. Qlinby, Practical Bee-keeper. 
1 50 
Cattle. 
Dadd’s American Cattle-Doctor,..— 1 50 
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 Dairy Management. 12mo, 359 pp. 
Guenon’s Treatise on Milch Cows,. 75 
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,...1 50 
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 W. Youatt andW. 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. 
Cranberries. 
Eastwood’s Complete Cranberry Manual,. 
Giving directions for the cultivation in different localities, with illustra¬ 
tions and descriptions of varieties. By Benj. Eastwood. Cloth, 12mo, 
120 pp. 
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Dogs. 
Hooper’s Dog and Gun,. 
“A Few Loose Chapters on Shooting,” with some Anecdotes and Inci¬ 
dents, Note.s on Guns, Choosing and Training Dogs ; about Game, etc. 
By J. J. Hooper, Montgomery, Ala. Neat paper covers ; 12mo, 105 pp. 
Richardson on Dogs, . Bound, 60 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 H. D. Richardson, author of sundry 
works on animals. 12ino, 127 pp. Neat paper covers, 30c.; bound, COc. 
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Farm Books. 
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Cotton. 
Cotton-Planter’s Manual,... 1 
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. 
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American Farm-Book, (H I-'- Allen,). . .1 
Or a Compend or American Agriculture ; Being a Practical Treatise 
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Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar-Cane, Rice, and every Staple Product of the 
United States ; with the best metliods of Planting, Cultivating, and 
Preparation for Market. Over one hundred engravings. Cloth, 12mo, 
325 pp. 
Boussingault’s Rural Economy,.1 60 
Rural Economy in its relations with Chemistry, Physics, and Meteorol- . 
ogy; or Chemistry 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,. 1 50 
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 illustrations. 
The best work on Draining published. By Judge French, of New- 
Hainpshire, President of Ma.-;s. Agricultural College. Cloth, 12mo, 
3S4 pp. 
Johnston’s Agricultural Chemistry,.1 75 
Lectures on the Application oe 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. Tliis is an American edition 
of the large and extensive English work. Clotli, largfc 12mo, 709 pp. 
Norton’s Elements of Scientific Agriculture,. 75 
A valuable and popular treatise on the Connection between Science 
and the art of Practical Farming. By the late Joun P. Norton, M.A., 
Professor of Scientific Agriculture ill Yale College. Cloth, 12mo, 218 pp. 
Our Farm of Four Acres, and the Money we made by it, 30 
From the Twelfth London Edition, with an Introduction for tlie 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 covers, 30c.; bound, 60c. 
Pedder’s Land-Measurer for Farmers,. 60 
A convenient Pocket Companion, showing at once the contents of any 
piece of land, when its length and width are known, up to 1500 feet 
either way, with various other useful farm tables. Cloth, 18mo, 144 pp. 
Todd’s Young Farmer’s Manual and Work-Shop,.. .$1 50 
The most valuable and practical work before the public as a guide to 
the various Farm Operations, including the mechanical part of agri¬ 
culture, farm implements, edge tools and how to put them in order, 
fencing, gates, building, etc., etc. By S. Edwards Todd, a practical 
Farmer. Thoroughly illustrated with engravings. Cloth, 12mo, 459 pp. 
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