[August, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
1875 .] 
SUPERIOR STANDARD "WORKS. 
Published by ORANGeT JUDD COMPANY. 
Are you going to California? Are you going West,North, 
or North-West? The shortest, safest, quickest, and most 
comfortable Routes are owned by the Chicago and North- 
Western Railway. It owns over two thousand miles of the 
best road there is in the country. Buy your tickets by the 
Chicago and North-Western Railway for SAN FRANCISCO, 
Sacramento, Salt Lake, Cheyenne. Denver, Omaha. Lincoln, 
council Bluffs, Yankton, Sioux City, St. Paul, Duluth, Mar¬ 
quette, Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, and all points west 
or northwest. If you wish the best traveling accomoda¬ 
tions, von will buy vour tickets by this route, and will take 
no other. This popular route is unsurpassed for Speed, Com¬ 
fort, and Safety. The smooth, well ballasted, and perfect 
track of Steel Rails, Westinghouse Air Brakes, Miller s Safe¬ 
ty Platform and Couplers, the celebrated Pullman Palace 
Sleeping Cars, the perfect Telegraph System of Moving 
Trains, the regularity with which they run, the admirable 
arrangement for running Through Cars from Chicago to all 
points West, North, and North-West, secures to passengers 
all the Comforts in Modern Railway Traveling. 
PULLMAN PALACE CARS are run on all trains of this 
road. No other line runs these cars between Chicago and 
St. Paul or Chicago and Milwaukee. At Omaha our Sleep¬ 
ers connect with the Overland Sleepers on the Union Pacific 
Railroad for all points west of the Missouri River. Take this 
route to reach the Lunds of the Union Pacific and the Bur¬ 
lington <fc Mo. River R. R. Co's in Nebraska. For Rates or 
information not attainable from your home ticket agents, 
apply to W. H. STENNETT, Gen. Pass. Ag., Chicago. 
MARVIN HUGHITT, Gen. Sup. 
BOOK WALTER ENGINE. 
Compact., Substantial, Economical, and 
Easily managed. Guaranteed to work 
well and ?ive full power claimed. En¬ 
gine and Boiler complete, including: 
Governor, Pump, &c., (and boxing), at 
the low price of 
3 Horse-Power.$352.00 
414 44 . 303.50 
23T" Put on Cars at Springfield, Ohio. 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO., 
Springfield, Ohio. 
or 109 Liberty St., New York City. 
AUTOMATIC 
PUMPS. 
Water driven to any height 
and distance by compressed air. 
Country houses supplied cheaply 
and certainly for bath-rooms, 
water closets, hot and cold water 
lancets, etc. 
Plenty ot' fresh water for stock 
on farms. Address 
Hartford Pump Co., 
Hartford, Conn. 
Mason C. Weld, 
189 & 191 Water St., New York. 
American Machine Co., 
430 Walnut St., Phila. 
A full description of the pump may he found in the Oc¬ 
tober number, 1874, of the American Agriculturist. 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
A ISTEW EDITION OF 
DOWNING’S 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING-. 
A TREATISE ON THE 
Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening 
ADARTED TO 
NORTH AMERICA; 
WITH A VIEW TO THE 
Improvement of Country Residences. 
Comprising historical notices and general principles of tlie 
art, directions for laying out grounds and arranging planta¬ 
tions, the description and cultivation of hardy trees, decora¬ 
tive accompaniments of the house and grounds, the forma¬ 
tion of pieces of artificial water, flower gardens, etc.,—witli 
Remarks on Rural Architecture. 
By the late A. J. ©OWNING, Esq. 
WITH A SUPPLEMENT, 
containing some remarks about country places, and the best 
methods of making them : also an account of the newer de¬ 
ciduous and evergreen plants, lately introduced into culti¬ 
vation, both hardy and lialf-liardy, 
AND A SECOND SUPPLEMENT, 
bringing down to the present time some brief account of the 
various trees and shrubs which have been introduced since 
the former Supplement was published, (in 1S59), 
By HENRY WINTHROI* SARGENT. 
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTIIATKD, 
with thirty-nine engravings on wood, six on stone, and six 
on steel, one of which is a fine portrait of the author. 
Price, Post-Paid, - - - $6.50 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
FIELD SPORTS. 
Frank Forester’s Field Sports. 
Embracing the Game of N orth America, Upland Shoot¬ 
ing, Bay Shooting, Wild Sporting of the Wilderness, 
Forest, Prairie, and Mountain Sports, Bear Hunting, 
Turkey Shooting, etc. 13th edition, revised and illus¬ 
trated. Two post octavo volumes. Post-paid, $11.00. 
Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing. 
100 engravings. Embracing a full illustrated description 
of the Game Fish of North America ; Trout and Salmon 
Fishing; Shoal Water and Deep Sea Fishing; Lake and 
River Fishing ; Trolling, Fly Fishing, etc. 12th edition. 
One post octavo volume. Post-paid, $3.50. 
Frank Forester’s Complete Manual, 
For Young Sportsmen, of Fowling, Fishing, and Field 
Sports. With directions for handling Die Gun, the Rifle, 
and the Rod. Art of Shooting on the Wing. The Break¬ 
ing, Management, and Hunting of the Dog. The vari¬ 
eties and habits of Game. River, Lake, and Sea Fishing. 
Post octavo. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Frank Forester’s American Game in its 
SEASONS, Fully Illustrated and Described. New edi¬ 
tion, post-paid, $3.00. 
The Dog. 
By Dinks, Mayhew & Hutchinson. Compiled and edited 
by Frank Forester. Containing full instructions in all 
that relates to the Breeding, Rearing, Breaking, Kennel¬ 
ing, and Conditioning of Dogs, with valuable recipes for 
the treatment of all diseases. Illustrated. Post octavo. 
Post-paid, $3.00. 
The Breech Loader. 
By Gloan. Description, Selection, Manufacture, Sepa¬ 
ration, Loading, Cleaning, Shooting, etc. Post-paid, $2.00. 
The Dead Shot: 
Or, Sportsman’s Complete Guide ; a Treatise on the use 
of the Gun, with Rudimentary and Finishing Lessons in 
the Art of Shooting Game of all kinds. By Marksman. 
Post-paid, $1.75. 
The Crack Shot: 
Or, Young Rifleman’s Complete Guide; being a Treatise 
on the use of the Rifle, with Lessons, including a full de¬ 
scription of the latest improved hreecli-loading weapons; 
rules and regulations for Target Practice, and directions 
lor Hunting Game. By Edward C. Barber. Post-paid,$1.75. 
Gun, Rod, and Saddle. 
Nearly fifty practical articles on subjects connected with 
Fishing, Shooting, Racing, Trotting, etc. Post-paid, $1. 
Practical Trout Culture. 
By J. H. Slack, M. D., Commissioner of Fisheries, New 
Jersey. Fully illustrated and describing thoroughly all 
that is requisite to successful Trout Culture, Post-paid, 
$1.50. 
AGRICULTURE. 
Woodward’s Graperies and Horticultural 
BUILDINGS. Designs and Plane of Hot-beds, Cold Pits, 
Propagating Houses, Forcing Houses, Hot and Cold 
Graperies, Greenhouses,Conservatories, Orchard Houses, 
etc., with the various modes of Ventilating and Heating. 
Post-paid, $1.50. 
Jacques’ Manual of the Garden, Farm, 
AND BARN-YARD. Embracing the Cultivation of 
Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, all Field Crops, Details ol 
Farm Work and Rearing Domestic Animals. New and 
Revised Edition. One volume. Post-paid, $1.75. 
Young Farmer’s Manual. 
Vol. I. The Farm and the Workshop, with Practical 
Directions for laying out a Farm, Erecting Buildings, 
Fences, Farm Gates, Selecting good Farm and Shop 
Tools, and performing Farm Operations. Fully Illus¬ 
trated. Post-paid, $1.75. 
Young Farmer’s Manual. 
Vol. II. How to Make Farming Pay, with full Details of 
Farm Management. Character of Soils; Plowing, Manage¬ 
ment ofGrass Lands, Manures,Farm Implements, Stock, 
Drainage, Planting, Harvesting, etc. Illustrated. Post¬ 
paid, $1.75. 
Husmann’s Grapes and Wine 
The Cultivation of the Native Grape and Manufacture 
of American Wine. By Geo. Husmann, of Missouri. 
Post-paid, $1.50. 
Elliott’s Lawn and Shade Trees. 
For Planting Parks, Gardens, Cemeteries. Private 
Grounds. antTAvenues. Fully Illustrated and described. 
Post-paid, $1.50. 
Fuller’s Forest Tree Culturist. 
The Cultivation of Forest Trees for Shade, lor Shelter, 
for Fuel, for Timber, and for Protit. Illustrated. Post¬ 
paid, $ 1.50, 
THE HORSE. 
FRANK FORESTER’S 
HORSE OF AMERICA. 
By HENRY WM. HERBERT. 
Revised, corrected, enlarged, and continued to 1871, 
B.v S. D. and B. G. Bhuce. 
Always an Acknowledged Standard, and now 
the most Complete and Authentic Work on the 
HORSE. With steel-engraved portraits of Thirty 
of the most, famous 
REPRESENTATIVE HORSES 
including pedigrees, histories, and performances. 
Two superb royal octavo volumes of upward of 1300 pages. 
Post-Paid, Ten Dollars. 
WALLACE'S 
American Trotting Register. 
CONTAINING ALL THAT IS KNOWN OF THE 
PEDIGREES OF TROTTING HORSES 
their ancestors and descendants, with a record of 
All published performances in which a mile 
was trotted or paced in 2.40 or less, 
from tlie earliest dates until the close of 1868, and 
a full record of the performances of 1869 and 1870. 
Giving complete Summaries of over 6,000 Contests. 
With an Introductory Essay on the true 
origin of the American Trotter. And a set of Rules 
for tlie government of all trials of speed. By J. 
H. WALLACE, compiler of Wallace’s American 
Stud-Book. Royal octavo. 
Post-paid, Ten Dollars. 
WALLACE’S AMERICAN STUD-BOOK. 
Vol. One.—Being a Compilation of the 
PEDIGREES OF AMERICAN AND IM¬ 
PORTED BLOOD HORSES, 
from the curliest records, with an Appendix of all 
named animals without extended Pedigrees prior 
to the year 1840. And a Supplement, containing a 
history of all Horses and Mares that have trotted 
in public from the earliest trotting races until tlie 
close of 1866. By J. H. WALLACE. Royal octavo 
of over 1,000 pages elegantly bound in extra cloth, 
beveled boards, and splendidly illustrated. 
Post-paid, Ten Dollars. 
Horse Portraiture. — Breeding, 
Rearing, and Training Trotters. Prepara¬ 
tions for Races, Management in the Stable, on 
the Track, Horse Life, etc. By Joseph Cairn 
Simpson. Post octavo. Post-paid, §3 00. 
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