1875 .] 
AMKKICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
357 
SUPERIOR STANDARD WORKS. 
Published by 0RANGE~ JUDD COMPANY. 
FIELD SPORTS. 
Frank Forester’s Field Sports. 
Embracing the Game of Nortli 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, $0.00. 
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 <or handling the Gun, the Rifle, 
and the Rod. Art of Shotting 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. Complied 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 breech-loading weapons; 
rules and regulations for Target Practice, and directions 
for Hunting Game. By Edward C. Barber. Post-paid,$1.75. 
Gun, Bod, 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 Plans 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 Garderf, Farm, 
AND BARN-YARD. Embracing the Cultivation of 
Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, all Field Crops, Details of 
Farm Work and Rearing Domestic Animals. New and 
Revised Edition. One volume. Post-paid, $1.75. 
Young 1 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 of Grass Lands,Manures, Farm Implements, Stock, 
Drainage. Planting, IIarves*ng. etc. Illustrated. Post¬ 
paid, $1.75. 
Husmann’s Grapes and Wine 
The Cultivation of the Native Grape and Manufacture 
of American Wine. By Geo. Husmaun, of Missouri. 
Post-paid, $1.50. 
Elliott’s Lawn and Shade Trees. 
For Planting Parks, Gardens, Cemeteries, Private 
Grounds, and Avenues. Fully Illustrated and described. 
Post-paid, $1.50. 
Fuller’s Forest Tree Culturist. 
The Cultivation of Forest Trees for Shade, for Shelter, 
for Fuel, for Timber, and for Profit. Illustrated. Post¬ 
paid, $1.50. 
THE HORSE. 
FRANK FORESTER’S 
HORSE OF AMERICA. 
By HENRY WM. HERBERT. 
Revised, corrected, enlarged, and continued to 1871, 
By S. D. and B. G. Bruce. 
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 the earliest dates until the close of 1868, and 
a full record of the performances of 1869 and 1870. 
Giving complete Summaries of over G,000 Contests. 
With an Introductory Essay on the true 
origin of the American Trotter. And a set of Rules 
for the 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 
PEDICREES OF AMERICAN AND IM¬ 
PORTED BLOOD HORSES, 
from the earliest records, witli 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 the 
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. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, N. Y 
containing a great variety of Items , including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, ferr want of space elsesvhere. 
Continued from p. 332. 
“Soft Raw-hide.”—“C.A.,” Rose Hill, 
Ohio. To make a hide pliable, it should first be soaked 
in water, freed from dirt and flesh, and then placed in a 
barrel of milk of lime (thick white-wash); it is taken out 
every two days and replaced, so that every portion of the 
hide may be in contact with the lime. When the hair is 
loose, it is all scraped off, and the hide is soaked for a 
few days in a barrel of water and hen manure, by which 
it is cleaned from lime. It is then trodden by the feet in 
a tub of water and soft soap, and then scraped on a beam 
or bench. Lastly, as much fish oil or tanner's oil as pos¬ 
sible is worked in the skin. When no more oil is taken 
up, it is hung up for a few days and may be used. 
Megrims in a Horse.—“J. M.,” North- 
wood Center, N. H. The fits described are those of 
“megrims,” a disease of the brain, in which there is 
much congestion, and sometimes inflammation. It oc¬ 
curs chiefly in summer time, and when affected by it, the 
horse, if being driven, will suddenly stop and tremble 
violently, or fall to the ground. It is thus very danger¬ 
ous, and may cause a disaster at any time. There is no 
cure but to use a strap collar in place of the common col¬ 
lar, so as to prevent pressure upon the veins of the neck, 
and to keep a wet sponge upon the horse’s head when 
driving him. To feed rather sparingly is also advisable. 
A horse subject to this disease, however, is always dan¬ 
gerous, and should only be driven in the winter time. 
Angora, or Ciislimere Goats.—“D. 
S. B.,” Duplin Co., N. C. We do not know of any true 
Cashmere Goats in this country. The goats called ‘‘An¬ 
gora, or Cashmere,” are Angora, hut not Cashmere. The 
Angora goat produces the mohair of commerce, but not 
the fine wool of which the famous shawls are made. 
This is the production of the true Cashmere goat, of 
which we have none in this country, at least so far as we 
know. The Angora goats are subject to as many troubles 
as sheep, and are as easily destroyed by dogs; there is, 
therefore, nothing gained by changing sheep for goats; 
in addition, the fleece of the latter is difficult or impossi¬ 
ble to dispose of with profit, except in large quantities. 
Tlie Mole Flow.— “H. D. H.,” Will Co., 
Ill. The mole plow, or any deep subsoil plow, run 
through the ground after having been plowed, about 
once In every three feet, will open the subsoil, and per¬ 
mit the escape downwards of the surface water. After 
a few years’ use, the Bubsoil will become well broken. 
Corn Fo«l«lei* is* tlie South.— “ A. L. 
II.,” Athens, Ga. The common method of saving corn- 
fodder in the south, is a very wasteful one. A large por¬ 
tion of the stalk, even of the large growing varieties, 
may be used as fodder, if cured und fed properly. The 
method in use in the northern states, is to cut the stalks 
near the ground as soon as the grain is glazed, and while 
the leaves are still green. The stalks are then bound in 
shocks, and left in the field until the ears are hard, when 
the corn is husked and the stalks bound in sheaves, and 
again set up in the field until they are thoroughly cured. 
Some farmers cut the stalks above tlie ears, while they 
are green, and cure them for fodder, leaving the ears to 
ripen upon the lower parts of the stalks. The cured 
fodder is cut up into pieces half an inch or less in length, 
and when fed, is moistened with water and sprinkled 
with meal and a little salt; treated in this way it is readi¬ 
ly eaten by all sorts of stock. 
Founder, or Famiiiitis. —“W. W. S., n 
Cartersville, Ga. There is no such thing as chest foun¬ 
der. Founder is a disease of the feet, and consists of 
inflammation of the laminae or leaves which unite the 
sensitive inner portion of the foot with the outer insen¬ 
sible horn or hoof. These lamina; dovetail with each 
other, and consist of about five hundred folds or plaits, 
which are plentifully supplied with blood vessels, and 
are highly sensitive. When a horse is affected with 
chronic founder, the feet will be found very tender on 
the sole and frog, and when these parts are struck with a 
light hammer, the horse will flinch. The sole is convex, 
and the frog is so low as to touch the ground in spite of 
the thick shoe. After being driven, the hoof will be hot, 
especially around the coronet. Tlie most conspicuous 
mark of “founder” is the bringing the heels to the 
ground first, instead of placing the foot squarely down. 
