[July, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1870 .] 
NEW AND VALUABLE WORK. 
1111!IliS ON THE PIE. 
Breeding, Rearing, Management, 
AND 
Improvement. 
With Numerous Illustrations. 
By JOSEPH HARRIS, 
OF MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. T. 
This is the only American treatise upon the breeding, 
rearing, and management of swine, and is by one thor¬ 
oughly familiar with the 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 an extensive scale. 
CONTENTS: 
Chapter I.—Introductory. 
Chapter II.—Breeds of Pigs. 
Chapter III.—The Form of a Good Pig. 
Chapter IV.—Desirable Qualities in a Pig. 
Chapter V. — Large vs. Small Breeds and Crosses. 
Chapter VL—Value of a Thorough-bred Pig. 
Chapter VII.—Good Pigs Need Good Care. 
Chapter VIII. — The Origin and Improvement of our 
Domestic Pigs. 
Chapter IX.—Improvement of English Breeds of Pigs. 
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.—Lawcs and Gilbert’s Experiments in 
Pig Feeding. 
Chapter XIV.—Sugar as Food for Pigs. 
Chapter XV. — The Value of Pig Manure. 
Chapter XVI.—Piggeries and PigPens. 
Chapter XVII. — Swill.Barrels, Pig Troughs, etc. 
Chapter XVIII. — Management of Pigs. 
Chapter XIX. — English Experience in Pig Feeding. 
Chapter XX. — Live and Dead Weight of Pigs. 
Chapter XXI.—Breeding and Rearing Pigs. 
Chapteh XXII.—Management of Thorough-bred Pigs. 
Chapteh XXII i. — Profit of Raising Thorough-bred Pigs. 
Chapter XXIV. — Cooking Food for Pigs. 
Chapter XXV. — Summary. 
Chapter XXVI.—Appendix. 
Price, Post-paid, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
345 Broadway, New York. 
THE PRACTICAL 
POULTRY KEEPER. 
A COMPLETE AND STANDARD GUIDE TO THE 
MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY, 
FOR DOMESTIC USE, THE MARKETS, OR 
EXHIBITION. 
Beautifully Illustrated. 
By L. WRIGHT. 
NOTICES by the press. 
This hook is a valuable manual for everybody who 
feeds chickens or sells eggs. It suits at once the plain 
poulterer who must make the business pay, and the chick¬ 
en fancier whose taste is for gay plumage, and strange, 
bright birds. The most valuable portion is the first sec¬ 
tion, extending through fifty-five pages. These were writ¬ 
ten with the intention of producing a manual so plain, 
minute, and practical, that any one could, by using it as a 
guide, with no previous experience with poultry, become 
at once successful in producing eggs, young chickens, and 
fat fowls for market. The author has not missed his aim. 
The middle parts of Mr. Wright’s Manual are taken up 
with minute directions for making show fowls for Fairs, 
a nice discussion of the good and bad points of the dif¬ 
ferent breeds, and a .brief sketch of such fancy stock as 
peafowl, pheasants, and. water-fowl. Then follows a 
section on artificial hatching, and another, worth special 
attention, on large poultry yards — A study of Mr. 
Wright’s hook will convince any farmer’s Wife that all 
she needs is to give a half hour each day, of intelligent 
and sagacious attention to her poultry, in order to obtain 
from them, not tape, and knitting needles, and buttons, 
and nutmegs merely, but the family supplies of sugar, 
shoes, and cloth. New York Tribune. 
It is the most complete and valuable work on the mat¬ 
ters of which it treats yet published. It will he found a 
plain and sufficient guide to any one in any circumstances 
likely to occur, and is illustrated with elegant engravings 
of many breeds of fowls. Farmers' Cabinet. 
This is a reprint, with numerous .wood engravings, of 
an English book, the object of which is to convey in 
plain language a great deal of practical information about 
the breeding and management of poultry, whether for 
domestic use, the markets, or exhibition — The book is 
eminently practical, and we recommend it to farmers and 
others interested in breeding and selling poultry. 
Philadelphia P/'ess. 
It is a handsome volume, brought out in the best style, 
and enriched witli nearly fifty illustrations. It is evidently 
the fruit of a thorough, practical experieuce and knowl¬ 
edge of fowls, and will he found a plain and sufficient 
guide in all the practical details of poultry management 
as a profitable business. United Presbyterian. 
The subject is treated fully and ably by an experienced 
hand, and ttie volume will doubtless find a large sale 
among the growing class of poultry fanciers. It is em¬ 
bellished with numerous illustrative engravings. 
New York Observer. 
The author lias called to his aid all who were experi¬ 
enced in the subject whereof lie writes, and the conse¬ 
quence is a volume of more than ordinary thoroughness 
and exhaustiveness. Rochester Democrat. 
The hook is a complete and standard guide to the man¬ 
agement of poultry for domestic use, the market, and 
for exhibition. Watchman and Reflector. 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $2.00. 
ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
345 Broadway, New York. 
NEW WORK FOR FRUIT GROWERS. 
PEACE CrCJLTTJEE. 
BY 
JAMES ALEXANDER FULTON, 
DOVER, DELAWARE. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
Within the last few years, fruit culture, in all its vari¬ 
eties, lias greatly increased in this country ; so that, to¬ 
day, it is one of the leading interests. Among the fruits, 
the Peach , if not the most, is one of the most important, 
of all. It is so easily raised, comes into bearing so soon, 
and is so delicious, as well as beautiful, it is impossible 
that it should not be a favorite. The consequence is 
that, in the sections specially conducive to its cultivation, 
almost every farm has an orchard, and some farms are 
but one continuous orchard; and sometimes farm after 
farm is devoted to peaches. Some planters have set as 
many as twenty thousand trees in a single season. Or¬ 
chards of twenty, thirty, and fifty acres are not at all 
infrequent. Living in the very center of the peach-grow¬ 
ing district; sharing the common interest felt in the sub¬ 
ject; deeply impressed with its importance to the indi¬ 
vidual planters themselves, and also to the community at 
large ; and believing that a lasting benefit could be done 
to both, the author has been induced to prepare, and now 
oilers to the public this work on peach culture. 
CONTENTS 
Introduction. 
Chapter I.—Site of Nursery. 
Chapter II.—Seed. 
Chapter HI.—Seed-bed. 
Chapter IV.— Preparation of Ground for Nursery. 
Chapter V. — Planting the Seed. 
Chapter VI. — Nursery Cultivation. 
Chapter VII.—Buds. 
Chapter VIII.—Budding. 
Chapter IX. — Cultivation of Buds. 
Chapter X. — Taking Up and Sending to Market. 
Chapter XI. — Selecting a Site for an Orchard. 
Chapter XII.—Planting an Orchard. 
Chapter XIII. — Orchard ^Cultivation. 
Chapter XIV.— Coming In. 
Chapter XV. — Baskets and Crates. 
Chapter XVI.—Transportation. 
Chapter XVII. — Consignees. 
Chapter XYIII. — Ladders. 
Chapter XIX.— Shipping. 
Chapter XX.—Picking. 
Chapter XXI.—Returns. 
Chapter XXII. — Markets. 
Chapter XXIII. — Profit. 
Chapter XXIV.—Culture after a Crop. 
Chapter XXV. — Uses. 
Chapter XXVI.— Insects and Diseases. 
Chapter XXVH.—Special Culture. 
Chapter XXVIII.—The Peach-House. 
Chapter XXIX. — Varieties. 
Chapter XXX— Descriptive Catalogue. 
Chapter XXXI.—Fancy Varieties. 
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