AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
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11870. 
A SAFE AND RELIABLE INVESTMENT. 
First Mortgage Sinking Fund 7 Per Cent Ctold Bonds 
OF THE 
Fredericksburg]* & GordonsviUe Railroad 
COMPANY OF VIRGINIA. 
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN COIN 
FREE OF U. S. GOVERNMENT TAX. 
The Road is 62 miles long, connecting Fredericksbnrgh, via Orange Court-House, with Charlottesville, which is the point 
of junction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to the Ohio Iiiver, and the extension of the Orange and Alexandria Rail¬ 
road to Lynchburg. It forms the shortest connecting link in the system of roads leading to the entire South, South-West, 
and West, to the Pacific Ocean. It passes through a rich section of the Shenandoah Valley, the local traffic of which alone 
will support the road, and it must command an abundant share of through trade from the fact of its being 
A SHORT CUT TO TIDEWATER OF THE POTOMAC AT THE FURTHEST INLAND 
POINT WHERE DEEP WATER FOR HEAVY SHIPPING CAN BE FOUND 
ON THE AVHOLE LENGTH OF THE ATLANTIC COAST. 
From Charlottesville to tidewater by this route the distance is 40 miles less than via Alexandria; 65 miles' less than via 
Richmond and West Point; 124 miles less than via Norfolk. 
The mortgage is limited to $16,000 per mile of completed and equipped road. (The estimated cost of the road to the Com¬ 
pany, furnished and equipped, will exceed $30,010 per mile, thus giving the bondholders an unusual margin—the bonded 
debt of the other Virginia roads being from $20,000 to $35,000 per mile), and is issued to the Farmers' Loan and Trust 
Company of New York as Trustees for tiie IJondiiolder, and the security is first-class in every respect. 
A SiNKtno Fund is also provided, which will reduce the principal of the debt Two-Thirds of its entire amount in 
advance of tne maturity of the bonds. 
A limited number of the bonds (issued in denominations of $500 and $1,000) are offered at 9!>< and interest from Nov. 1, in 
currency, and at this price are the 
CHEAPEST GOLD INTEREST-BEARING SECURITIES IN THE MARKET. 
Maps and pamphlets, winch explain satisfactorily every question that can possibly be raised by a party seeking a safe 
and profitable investment, will be furnished on application. 
We have investigated the advantages of this Railroad, and the merits of the enterprise, and confidently recommend 
these Bonds to our customers and to the public. 
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BANKERS AND BROKERS, 
BACK VOLUMES 
OF THE 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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tiie Twenty-eighth. These volumes contain more varied 
and interesting information on all matters pertaining to 
the Farm, Garden, and Household, than can be obtained 
in hooks costing thr^p times as much money. Price of 
each hound volume, at the Office, $2.00; sent post-paid, 
$2.50. Orange Judd & Co., 245 Broadway, New York. 
DOWNING’S LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
and Rural Architecture 
By the late A. J. DOWNING. 
The most complete and valuable work ever issued on 
Landscape Gardening in North America for tiie Improve¬ 
ment of Country Residences. Splendidly Illustrated with 
many Steel and line Wood Engravings. Enlarged, with 
Supplement, liy HENRY WINTHROP SARGENT. Svo. 
pp. 534. 
Historical Sketches. 
Landscape Gardening. 
Wood and Plantations. 
Deciduous Ornamental Trees. 
Evergreen Ornamental Trees. 
Climbing Plants. 
Formation of Walks. 
Treatment of Water. 
Rural Architecture. 
Embellishments. 
The Supplement contains six additional sections, 
giving the Progress of Gardening since Mr. 
Downing’s Death — Directions for mak¬ 
ing a Country Place — History of AVode- 
nethe—History of AVellesly—Italian Scenery 
—The Newer Ornamental Trees and Shrubs 
—Tabular View of Hardihood in different 
parts of the United States, etc., etc. 
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ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
No. 16 Broad Street, New York. 
SMALL FRUIT CULTDRIST. 
By ANDREW S. FULLER. 
It tells all about 
STRAWBERRIES. 
RASPBERRIES. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
BARBERRIES. 
DWARF CHERRIES. 
CURRANTS. 
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CRANBERRIES. 
HUCKLEBERRIES. 
CORNELIAN CHERRIES. 
This hook covers the whole ground of Propagation, 
Culture, Varieties, Packing for Market, etc. 
SENT POST-PAID, ... - PRICE, $1.50. 
A Hew Book on the Potato. 
The $100.0© Prize Essay 
ON THE 
Cultivation of the Potato, 
Prize offered by W. T. Wylie, and awarded to 
D. A. Compton. Hawley, Penn. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
The design of this little treatise is to present, with 
minuteness of detail, that mode of culture which experi¬ 
ence and observation have proved to be best adapted to 
the production of the Potato crop. It is written by one 
who himself holds the plow, and who has, since his 
early youth, been engaged in agriculture in its various 
branches, to the exclusion of other pursuits. The hook 
also contains an article on 
HOW TO COOK THE POTATO. 
Furnished by Prof. Pierre Blot. 
Price, paper covers, post-paid, 25 cents. 
Either of the above hooks sent post-paid on receipt of 
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ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
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NEW AND VALUABLE WORK. 
HARRIS ON TH1 PIG. 
Breeding, Rearing, Management, 
AND 
Improvement. 
With Numerous Illustrations. 
By JOSEPH HARRIS, 
OF MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y, 
This is the only American treatise Upon the breeding, 
rearing, and management of swine, and is by one thor¬ 
oughly familiar with tiie whole subject. The points of 
the various English and American breeds are thoroughly 
discussed, and the great advantage of using thorough¬ 
bred males clearly shown. The work is equally valuable 
to the farmer who keeps but a few pigs, and to the breed¬ 
er on ail extensive scale, 
CONTENTS! 
Chapter I.—Introductory. 
Chapter II.—Breeds of Pigs. 
Chapter III.—Tlic Form of a Good Pig. 
Chatter IV.—Desirable Qualities in a Pig. 
Chapter V.—Large vs. Small Breeds and Crosses, 
Chapter YI.—Value of a Thorough-bred Pig. 
Chapter VII.—Good Pigs Need Good Care. 
Chapter YIII.—The Origin and Improvement of out 
Domestic Pigs. 
Chapter IX.—Improvement of English Breeds of figs. 
Chapter X.—The Modern Breeds of English Pigs, 
Chapter XI.—Breeds of Pigs in the United States. 
Chapter XII.—Experiments in Pig Feeding. 
Chapter XIII.—Lawes and Gilbert’s Experiments lu 
Pig Feeding. 
Chapter XIV. — Sugar as Food for Pigs. 
Chapter XV.—The Value of Pig Manure. 
Chapter XVI.—Piggeries and Pig Pens. 
Chapter XVII. — Swill Barrels, Pig Troughs, etc. 
Chapter XVIII.—Management of Pigs. 
Chapter XIX.—English Experience in Pig Feeding. 
Cuapter XX.—Live and Dead Weight of Pigs. 
Chapter XXI. — Breeding and Rearing Pigs. 
Chapter XXII.—Management of Thorough-bred Pigs. 
Chapter XXIII.—Profit of Raising Thorough-bred Pigs, 
Chapter XXIV.—Cooking Food for Pigs. 
Chapter XXV.—Summary. 
Chapter XXVI.—Appendix. 
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