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A Good Book for Farmers. 
Farm - Gardening 
AND 
SEED - GROWING. 
BY FRANCIS BRILL. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
Orange Judd & Co. have added to their splendid catalogue 
of agricultural books " Farm-Gardening and Seed-Grow¬ 
ing.” by Francis Brill; It is practical, plain, complete, and 
satisfactory, so that for a small amount of money a great 
deal of desirable information can be obtained. Jf there is 
any firm anywhere which is to-day disseminating so much 
knowledge in regard to tilling of the soil as this same said 
Arm of Orange Judd & Co., we will present a medal to our 
Informer.— Watchman and Reflector (Boston). 
The want occasionally expressed to ns of a work on the 
cognate subjects above named (Farm-Gardening and Seed- 
Growing), is now met in a book under this title from the 
pen of Mr. Francis Brill, formerly a market-gardener and 
Beed-grower at Newark, N. J., and at present engaged in 
raising seeds at Mattituck, L. X. Its directions are concise 
and practical, covering those points on which a beginner is 
most likely to require information.— Country Gentleman. 
Mr. Brill has had large experience, and derived Ids knowl¬ 
edge wholly from the school of actual tests.— Chicago 
Evening Journal. 
We have in this volume the results of a practical man's 
experience In raising root crops and other vegetables In the 
market-garden. Not only the professional seed-grower and 
trucker, but the amateur gardener who has a little patch in 
his suburban home, will And many a valuable ldut and di¬ 
rection In this full and comprehensive manual.— Sunday- 
School Times. 
It seems to be a very sensible, practical work by a practi¬ 
cal man. Mr. Brill’s father was a gardener; and lie himself 
has had an extensive experience, and he talks about what 
he knows, which is more than can be said of many authors of 
Industrial works,— Moore's Rural New Yorker. 
There can be no question that this farm-gardening can be 
made in many districts of the Southern Atlantic States, es¬ 
pecially near the coast, far more profitable than growing the 
ordinary staple crops. In connection with producing the 
vegetables, the growing and saving their seeds receive 
minute attention.— American Farmer (Baltimore). 
A very rueful hand-book, not merely for farmers and 
growers of seed on an extensive scale, but for all who, whe¬ 
ther for recreation or for the purpose of supplying their own 
families with garden products, desire to know something 
about the adaptation of seed to soil and the mode of culture. 
—Church Journal (New York). 
This industry Is now occupying the attention of many per¬ 
sons who sell their products to the great seed-houses, and 
novlce3 who have the facilities, and wish to enter upon the 
business, will find in this boot just the hints needed.— 
Springfield Republican. 
Mr. Brill has been a successJsl fern-gardener and seed- 
grower for a number of years, sad gives in a clear and con¬ 
cise farm the knowledge he has rpanccl. .... It gives the 
best method of manuring, planting, and cultivating every 
Vegetable sold in markets—in short, everything required to 
be known, plainly and fully—and should be in the hands of 
every one who cultivates so much as a rod of land, for 
family use, pleasure, or -profit.—Suffolk (L. I.) Times. 
The seal of Orange Judd & Co. upon an agricultural pub¬ 
lication Is suflicient guarantee of its worth. Francis Brill’s 
book, published by th;m, is a very complete work, giving 
plain, minute instructions as to raising, taking care of, and 
bringing to market those vegetables which are most in de¬ 
mand in tlie large cities, and those seeds which are being 
called for throughout the country.—JF. Y. Evening Mail. 
The work of showing how this can be accomplished has 
fallen in good hands, and it has been done well. The book 
will well repay perusal, and we hope soon to see its good 
effects in a more intelligent direction of farm industry, and 
accompanied by more satisfactory pecuniary results.— The 
Signal (L. I.) 
To the market-gardener, or even the owner of a small 
piece of tillable land, this book will be of great value. 
Qualities of soil required for the growth of different vegeta¬ 
bles, how to plant, how to cultivate, to harvest, and preserve 
during winter.—IF. Y. Citizen and Round Table. 
Price, Post-paid,.. $1.00. 
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 book 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 anyone 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 liis 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 had 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, hut the family supplies of sugar, 
shoes, and cloth. Neiv York Tribune. 
It is the most complete and valuable work on the mat- 
.ers of which it treats yet published. It will be 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 hook, 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 ia 
eminently practical, and we recommend it to farriers aBSJ 
others interested in breeding and selling poultry. 
Philadelphia Press. 
It is a handsome volume, brought out in the best style, 
and enriched with nearly fifty illustrations. It is evidently 
the fruit of a thorough, practical experience and knowl¬ 
edge of fowls, and will be 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 the 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 has called to his aid all who were expen 
enced in the subject whereof he writes, and the conse¬ 
quence is a volume of more than ordinary thoroughness 
and exhaustiveness. Rochester Democrat. 
The book 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. 
©RANGE JUDD & CO., 
245 Broadway, New York. 
WAKING’S 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS. 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
AND 
DRAINING FOR HEALTH. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., 
Engineer of the Drainage of Central Park, New York. 
CONTENTS. 
Land to be Drained ; How Drains Act ; How to 
Make Drains; now to Take Care of Drains; 
What Drainino Costs; Wild It PayV How to Make 
Tiles ; Reclaiming Salt Marshes ; House and Town 
Drainage. 
EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
He (the author) describes the action of draining upon 
the soil, the construction of single drains and systems of 
drains, the cost and the profit of thorough drainage, the 
making of tiles, and the reclaiming of salt marshes, 
treats sensibly of malarial diseases, and closes with a 
chapter which should he widely read, on house drainage 
and town sewerage in their relations to the public health. 
[Portland (Me.) Press. 
Nowhere does this book merit a wider circulation than 
in the West. Every year adds to the thousands of ciollars 
lost to this State from want of proper surface drainage, 
to say nothing of the added gain to result from-a com¬ 
plete system of under-drainage. This hook will prove 
an aid to any farmer who may consult it. 
[ Chicago (111.) Republican. 
A Book that ought to be in the hands of every Farmer. 
SENT POST-PAID, .... PRICE, $1.50. 
EARTH-CLOSETS 
AND 
EARTH-SEWAGE. 
By GEO, E. WARING, Jb. (of Ogden Farm). 
INCLUDING: 
The Earth System (Details). 
The Manure Question. 
Sewage and Cess-pool Diseases. 
The Dp.y-Earth System for Cities and Towns. 
The Details of Earth Sewage. 
The Philosophy of The Earth System. 
Wltli Seventeen Illustrations. 
Paper Covers, Price, Post-paid, SO cts. 
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 
A BOOK FOE YOUNG FARMERS, 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jn., 
FOST lerly Agricultural Engineer of the Central Park, in 
New York. 
CAREFULLY- REVISED. 
CONTENTS. 
The Plant ; The Soil ; Manures ; Mechanical Cul¬ 
tivation ; Analysis. 
The foregoing subjects are all discussed in plain and 
simple language, that any farmer’s boy may understand. 
The hook is written by a successful practical farmer , And 
is full of information, good advice, and sound doctrine. 
HORACE GREELEY says of it: “Though dealing 
with facts unfamiliar to many, there is no obscure sen¬ 
tence, and scarcely a hard word in the book; its 254 fair, 
open pages may be read in the course of two evenings 
and thoroughly studied in the leisure hours of a week; 
and we pity the man or boy, however old or young, %vho 
can find it dull reading. Hardly any one is so wise that 
he will not learn something of value from its perusal; no 
one is so ignorant or undeveloped that he cannot generally 
understand rt; and no farmer or farmer’s son can study it 
thoughtfully without being a better and more successful 
cultivator than before.” 
SENT POST-PAID, .... PRICE, $1.00. 
Address 
ORANGE JUDD & CO., 
245 Broadway, New York. 
