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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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WARING’S 
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 op Drains ; 
What Draining Costs; Will It Pay? Dow to Make 
Tiles ; Reclaiming Salt Marshes ; House and Town 
Drainage. 
EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
He (the author) describes the action of draining upon 
the soil, the construction of single drains and systems of 
drains, the cost and the profit of thorough drainage, the 
making of tiles, and the reclaiming of salt marshes, 
treats sensibly of malarial diseases, and closes with a 
chapter which should be widely read, on house drainage 
and town sewerage in their relations to the public health. 
[.Portland (Me.) Press. 
Nowhere does this book merit a wider circulation than 
in the West. Every year adds to the thousands of dollars 
lost to this State from want of proper surface drainage, 
to say nothing of the added gain to result from a com¬ 
plete system of under-drainage. This book will prove 
•n aid to any farmer who may consult it. 
[ Chicago (111.) Republican. 
A Book that ought to be in the hands of every Farmer. 
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THE AMERICAN 
Cattle Doctor. 
[OCTAVO.] 
A COMPLETE WORK ON ALL THE DISEASES OF 
CATTLE, SHEEP, AND SWINE, 
Including; every Disease peculiar to Am¬ 
erica, and embracing all the latest 
Information on tUe Cattle JPlague 
and TricJiina; containing also 
a Guide to Symptoms, a 'fable 
of Weights and measures, 
and a List of Valuable 
medicines. 
By GEO. H. DADD, V. S., 
Twenty-Jive years a Leading Veterinary Surgeon in Eng¬ 
land and the United States , and Author of the 
“American Reformed Horse Book." 
I. —Diseases and Management of Cattle. 
Showing how, by means of the remedies found to be so 
useful in the author’s practice, to overcome the many 
troublesome and usually fatal diseases of cattle. 
The proper care and management of cattle during calving 
are plainly set forth. 
The relative value of different breeds is fully discussed. 
In this division will be found, in full, the History, Causes, 
Symptoms, and Treatment of RINDERPEST or CATTLE 
PLAGUE. 
II. —Diseases and Management of Sheep. 
Beginning with a most valuable chapter on the Improve¬ 
ments of our Breeds of Sheep. Such diseases as Rot, Yel¬ 
lows, Foot-rot, Grubs, etc., are fully treated. 
III. —Diseases and Management of Hogs. 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good lhnts and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, fo?' want of space elsewhere . 
Continued from p, 251 . 
Sliorldtorn Breeders’ Convention. 
—The Short-horn Breeders’ Convention was held at In¬ 
dianapolis on the 26th of May. The attendance was 
good, and several papers of great interest were read. 
Black-laced Scotch Sheep.—“ P. M. 
B.,” Dixon County, Neb. It would hardly be advisable 
to go to the expense of importing the black-faced High¬ 
land sheep, although they are hardy and prolific. A 
cross of the Cotswold upon our common native sheep 
would be as good a breed for our purposes as the Scotch, 
and by a few years careful breeding a very useful sheep 
might be established. 
Partin’s Steam Motor.—' “J. K.,’> 
Marshall Co., Kansas. The steam motor of Parvin is 
not a plow, but simply a locomotive engine to draw 
plows. We suspect it is not a success, as we hear of 
none being in use. A steam plowing engine that is 
practically successful upon other lands may very probably 
fail upon prairie soils that are wet, sticky, and slippery, 
and where sloughs have to be passed through. And this 
is the difficulty that so far has not been overcome. A 
plowing engine with plows costs $8,000 or over. 
Commencing with an able article on the importance of 
Cleanliness and Pure Air for Hogs. The various diseases of 
this valuable animal, with their Prevention, Causes, and 
Cure, receive full attention. The great majority of Amer¬ 
ican farmers are largely interested in the most reliable 
treatment of that scourge among hogs—Hoo Cholera. 
After years of practice in Illinois, the author confidently 
presents his Remedy for this destructive malady, as the 
most successful one yet discovered, and it is so simple as to 
be within easy reach of all. 
376 pages, Octavo, Illustrated. Price, Post-paid, $2.50. 
Poultry Ilaisimg.— “ Subscriber,” Jack¬ 
sonville, Fla. Keeping poultry in flocks of 400 or 500 is 
not a safe business for a new beginner. It is safer to 
begin with 50 and gradually increase as knowledge of 
the business is gained. Poultry-houses suitable for a 
large business are described and illustrated in the Agri¬ 
culturist of June, 1873, and June, 1874. These houses 
should not be increased in size, but in number to suit the 
size of the flock. The Brahma is the best fowl for all 
purposes. One acre is needed for every 100 fowls. 
AND 
EARTH-SEWAGE. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr. (of Ogden Farm). 
INCLUDING: 
The Earth System (Details). 
The Manure Question. 
Sewage and Cess-pool Diseases. 
The Dry-Earth System for Cities and Towns. 
The Details of Earth Sewage. 
The Philosophy of The Earth System. 
With Seventeen Illustrations. 
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ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 
A BOOK FOB YOUNG FARMERS 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr„ 
Formerly Agricultural Engineer of the Central Park, in 
New York. 
CAREFULLY REVISED. 
CONTENTS. 
The Plant ; The Soil ; Manures ; Mechanical Cul¬ 
tivation ; Analysis. 
The foregoing subjects are all discussed in plain and 
Bimple language, that any farmer's boy may understand. 
The book is written by a successful practical farmer , and 
is full of information, good advice, and sound doctrine. 
HORACE GREELEY says of it: ” Though dealing 
with facts unfamiliar to many, there is no obscure sen¬ 
tence, and scarcely a hard word in the book ; its 254 fair, 
open pages may be read in the course of two evenings 
and thoroughly studied in the leisure hours of a week; 
and we pity the man or boy, however old or young, who 
can find it dull reading. Hardly any one is so wise that 
he will not learn something of value from its perusal; no 
one is so ignorant or undeveloped that he cannot generally 
understand it; and no farmer or farmer’s son can study it 
thoughtfully without being a better and more successful 
cultivator than before.” 
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ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
THE AMERICAN 
REFORMED HORSE BOOK. 
[OCTAVO.] 
A Treatise on the Causes, Symptoms, and Cure of every 
Disease incident to the Horse, including all Diseases 
peculiar to America, and which are not treated 
of in works based upon the English works 
of Youatt, Mason, and others. Em¬ 
bracing also full details of Breed¬ 
ing, Rearing, and Manage¬ 
ment on the 
REFORMED SYSTEM OF PRACTICE. 
By Prof. GEO. H. DADD, 
Veterinary Surgeon, “ Author of Anatomy and Physiology 
of the Horse," and late Professor of Anatomy and Physi¬ 
ology in the Veterinary Institute of Chicago, and for over 
25 years a Regular Practicing Veterinarian. 
This is a fresh hook, the result of a lifetime of labor and 
research on the part of one of the foremost Veterinarians 
of the age. Years ago, Dr. Dadd perceived that incalculable 
loss was being entailed upon stock owners every year by the 
reckless, unnatural, unscientific, and cruel inodes of treat¬ 
ment which were so generally practiced upon the Horse. 
Burning, Blistering, Bleeding by the gallon, and the I 
giving of Poisonous Drugs were the order of the day 
(and we are sorry to say such practices still find learned (?) 
advocates even in our day), and the result was that they 
killed more than they cured. Actuated by a laudable desire 
to rescue so noble an animal from such “ heroic practice,” 
Dr. Dadd adopted and strenuously advocated the Reform¬ 
ed System of Practice, which, under the guidance of 
such men as Wooster Beach, John C. Gunn, and others, ro6e 
rapidly into popular favor in human practice, and de¬ 
monstrated beyond a doubt that nature's remedies are the 
most uniformly successful. Such was Dadd’s success that 
he became widely known, and it was no unusual thing for 
him to be sent for, hundreds of miles, to attend valuable 
horses. His career as a practicing Veterinary Surgeon has 
been one of rare success, and deeming it his duty to spread 
abroad among his countrymen a knowledge of Reform 
Principles, as applied to the Horse, he has prepared this 
work, and asks that it be candidly examined. Being a thor¬ 
oughly American Work, it quotes foreign authors hut very 
little. It aims to treat fully and plainly, on rational princi¬ 
ples, every ill that Horseflesh is heir to, including those 
complaints peculiar to this country, and which 
have hitherto been but very imperfectly treated of by 
authors aspiring to be educators of the public on Veterinary 
Science. 
442 pages, Octavo, Illustrated. Price, Post-paid, $2.50. 
Either of the above books sent post-paid on receipt of 
price by 
ORANGE JUDD CO., 245 Broadway, New York. 
Scours iu Calves.— “P. Y.,” Walworth 
Co., Wis. A remedy for scours in calves is an ounce of 
carbonate of magnesia or prepared chalk, mixed with half 
a pint of water, in which a teaspoonful of flax-seed has 
been boiled, and a little essence of peppermint added. 
It may be given before feeding in the morning, until the 
diarrhoea is stopped. 
Cheese Factories ini Illinois.—J. S. 
Hatch, Kendall Co., Ill., writes that he has just started a 
cheese factory, and that the following factories are run¬ 
ning in his neighborhood. Two, besides the one men¬ 
tioned at Little Rock, one at Plano, one at Sandwich, 
one at Somonauk, one at Freeland, others at Sugar 
Grove, Montgomery, Hinckiy, and elsewhere, and all 
within a radius of ten miles. This is very encouraging, 
and points to an improving condition of agriculture in 
that district, which is worthy of imitation elsewhere. 
The increasing demand for cheese will make many more 
factories necessary, and there is great room in the west 
for them. We shall be glad to hear again from Mr. H. 
“ Braiy, ” or Aiillirax Fever iu 
Sheep. —“ S. J. II.,” Alabama. This disease is simi¬ 
lar to black-leg, or quarter-ill in calves or cattle, and 
cholera in hogs. It is a blood disease, resulting some¬ 
times from over feeding; in this case probably too much 
cotton-seed has caused it. The lameness and stiffness 
in the hinder parts, constipation, with dark colored and 
deficient urine, bright staring eyes, carrying the head up 
and to one side, and grinding of the teeth, are constant 
symptoms of this complaint. There is no remedy if the lat¬ 
ter symptoms have appeared. Four ounces of epsom salts 
should be given as soon as the ailment is discovered, and 
afterwards 20 grains of salpeter daily, for a week. Injec¬ 
tions of warm soap and water or linseed oil, should be 
given until the bowels are relieved. 
Feeding for Milk.—“ C. G. T.,” Clinton 
Corners, N. Y. A very good feed for milch cows is two 
quarts of corn-meal and two quarts of wheat, or rye. bran, 
or shorts, twice a day. Where brewers’ grains can be 
procured cheaply, or less than 15 cents a bushel, they are 
very productive of milk. Half a bushel of grains and three 
quarts of corn-meal twice a day, are fed in some milk 
dairies with profit, when milk is four cents a quart. 
When malted corn has been used in the brewing along 
with the barley malt, the grains are much more valuable. 
The Best Cows.—“ J. B. M.,” Hagerstown,. 
Md. The best dairy cow for family purposes, is a high 
