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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
DOWNING’S 
: FRUITS 
AND 
FRUIT TREES. 
BY 
A. J. DOWNING. 
Newly Revised and Greatly 
Enlarged 
BY 
CHARLES DOWNING. 
Octavo, 11*22 Pages. 
The original work of the late A. J. Downing appeared 
in 1845. Some years after it was revised and much en¬ 
larged by his brother, Charles Downing, who has again 
completed the work of a second revision. Charles 
Downing is upon all hands acknowledged as one of out 
highest pomological authorities. He writes but seldom, 
but whatever bears bis name is accepted as the judgment 
of one who is entirely disinterested, as far as the com¬ 
mercial aspects of pomology are concerned. The present 
edition contains the results of many years’ labor and ex¬ 
perience which have been devoted to testing the value 
of fruits and acquiring a knowledge of them that should 
benefit others. 
Recommendation from nox. MARSHALL P. WILDER, 
President of the American Pomological Society. 
Boston, Oct. 4,186!). 
Genti.emen : 
I have received a copy from Mr. Charles Downing of 
the second revised edition of the “Fruits and Fruit 
Trees of America.” It is the most comprehensive of 
any similar work, in fact a complete Encyclopedia of 
American Pomology brought down to the present time. 
The original edition by his brother, the late Andrew 
Jackson Downing, popular as it ever has been, is made 
doubly interesting and useful by this revision, compris¬ 
ing as it does the results of a long life of critical obser 
vation. 
As a work of reference it has no equal in this country, 
and deserves a place in the library of every Poniolo 
gist in America. MARSHALL P. WILDER. 
This elegant and valuable work will be an indispensa 
hie requisite to every library, and to all interested in 
Fruits or Fruit Culture. 
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AMERICAN CATTLE : 
THEIR 
HISTORY, BREEDING, 
AND 
MANAGEMENT. 
By Lewis F. Allen, 
Late President New York State Agricultural Society , editor 
“ American Shorthorn Herd Book," author "Rural 
Arehitecture," etc., etc. 
notices by the press. 
VYe consider this the most valuable work that has 
recently been issued from the American press. It em¬ 
braces all branches of the important subject, and fills a 
vacancy in our agricultural literature for which work the 
author by his manyyears’ experience and observation was 
eminently fitted.It ought to be in the hands of every 
owner of cattle ; and the country, as well as individuals, 
would soon be much richer for its teachings. 
Journal of Agriculture (St. Louis). 
The large experience of the author in improving the 
character of American herds adds to the weight of his 
observations, and has enabled him to produce a work 
which will at once make good its claims as a standard 
authority on the subject. An excellent feature of this 
volume is its orderly, methodical arrangement; condens¬ 
ing a great variety of information into a comparatively 
small compass, and enabling the render to find the point 
on which he is seeking light, without wasting his time 
in turning over the leaves. N. Y. Tribune. 
This will rank among the standard works of tho coun¬ 
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er of live-stock. Practical Farmer ( Phila). 
We think it is the most complete work upon neat- 
stock that we have seen ; embodying as it does a vast 
amount of research and careful study and observation. 
Wisconsin Farmer. 
Ilis history of cattle in general and of the individual 
breeds in particular, which occupies the first 180 pages 
of the volume, is written with much of the grace and 
charm of an Allison or a Macauley. nis description of 
the leading breeds is illustrated by cuts of a bull, a cow, 
and a fat^ox, of each race. The next one hundred pages 
are devoted to the subject of Breeding. This is followed 
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tions, analytical index, etc., of the work are in the beet 
style of modern hook-making. 
New England Farmer. 
The work is one that has long been needed, as it takos 
the place of the foreign boojis of like nature to which 
our farmers have been obliged to refer, and furnishes in 
a compact and well-arranged volume all they desire upon 
this important subject. Maine Fanner. 
Whatever works the stock farmer may already lmve, lie 
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It is one of the best treatises within our knowledge, 
and contains information sound and sensible, on every 
page. The People , ( Concord , N. //.) 
The object of the work, as stated by the author in bis 
preface, “ is not only to give a historical account of the 
Bovine race, to suggest to our farmers and cat tle breeders 
tlie best methods of their production and management, 
lint to exalt and ennoble its pursuit to the dignity to which 
it is entitled in the various departments of American 
agriculture.” From the little examination we have been 
able to give it, we can not recommend it too highly. 
Canada Farmer. 
Considering that there arc some ten millions milch cows 
in the United States, and nearly a thousand millions of 
dollars invested in cattle, tho magnitude of this interest 
demands that the best skilled talent he devoted to the 
improvement of the various breeds and the investigation 
of the host method of so caring for the animals as to gain 
the greatest profit from them. This volume will give the 
farmer just the instruction which he wants. 
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A GOOD BOOK FOR ALL 
STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 
AGRICULTURAL 
Qualitative and Quantitative 
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. 
EDITED BY 
G. C. CALDWELL, 
Professor of Agricultural Chemistry in the Cornell 
University. 
Teachers of Agricultural Chemistry have long felt the 
need of a text book which should serve as a guide to the 
analysis of soils, manures, and the products of the farm. 
The present work is very thorough, beginning with the 
preparation of reagents and giving the most approved 
methods of manipulation. Professor Caldwell modestly 
calls himself the editor; but his book shows that he has 
not contented himself with editing the works of others, 
lint has given much of his own experience. 
CONTENTS. 
CHAPER I.— The Reagents. 
List of the reagents needed, with directions for prepar¬ 
ing them, when not more readily obtained otherwise, 
and for testing their purity. 
CHAPTER II.— Analytical Manipulation. 
Determination of specific gravity, solution, evaporation, 
precipitation,filtration (including Bunsen’s new meth¬ 
od), weighing of residues and precipitates, measur¬ 
ing and dividing solutions, and calculation of results. 
CHAPTER III.— Reactions and Methods of Quanti¬ 
tative Estimation. 
Potassium, sodium, ammonium, barium, calcium, mag¬ 
nesium, aluminium, iron, manganese, zinc, lead, 
copper, and arsenic; silicic, sulphuric, carbonic, 
phosphoric, nitric, hydrochloric, hydrocyanic, hydro- 
ferrocyanic, hydrosulpliuric, hydriodic, hydrofluoric, 
oxalic, acetic, tartaric, citric, malic, lactic, uric, liip- 
puric, and tannic acids ; cellulose, starch, gum, the 
sugars, albuminoids, urea, fat, and alcohol. 
CHAPTER IV.— Special Methods of Analysis. 
Course of Qualitative analysis, estimation of water, of 
organic matter, of sulphur and chlorine in organic 
compounds, special methods of separation of bases 
and acids, schemes of analysis. 
CHAPTER Y.— Analysis of Soils and Rocks. 
Mechanical and chemical analysis, and examination of 
physical properties of soils, and examination of 
marl, limestone, and clay. 
CHAPTER YI.— Fertilizers. 
Farm-yard manure, urine, solid excrements, bone-meal, 
hone-black, bone-ash, phosphorite, guano, super¬ 
phosphate, gypsum, salt, potash compounds, and 
Chili saltpetre. 
CHAPTER VII.— Ashes. 
Ashes of plants, of animal substances, and of fuel. 
CHAPTER VIII.— Fodder and Food. 
Fodder plants, beets, turnips, potatoes, seeds, meal, 
flour, milk, butter, cheese, and vinegar. 
CHAPTER IX.— Wool and Bark. 
Examination of wool and tanners’ bark. 
# CHAPTER X.— Beverages. 
Water and wine. 
CHAPTER XI.— Tables. 
Metric system of weights and measures, atomic weights 
of elements, factors for calculating analyses, estima¬ 
tion of tannin in hark, etc. 
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