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Cl 3 il»s can at any time be increased by remitting 
for each addition the price paid by the original members; 
or a small club may be increased to a larger one; thus: 
a person having sent 10 subscribers and $12, may after¬ 
ward send 10 more subscribers with only $3 ; making a 
club of 20 at $1 eacli; and so of the other club rates. 
The Pnhlishcrs* Pages- Once a year 
the publishers occupy several pages in the paper. They 
make their annual announcements this month on pages 
368, 360, 393, 304, 393, and 396. We have no doubt that a 
large class of readers find these pages quite as attractive 
as anything that the editors might furnish them. It is the 
business of the publishers to extend the circulation of the 
American Agriculturist as widely as possible, and it is that 
of the editors to give them something worth circulating. 
Mr. Judd, the original publisher, was the first in the 
agricultural press to otfer good and valuable premiums to 
those who helped to increase his circulation. His sue 
cess was remarkable, and the plan has been kept up and 
extended under all the changes of the publishing firm. 
The extent of the list of premiums, and the great variety 
of the articles offered, is not more noticeable than the 
fact that the articles are not only all good, but the best of 
their kind that can be procured. Knowing the great care 
exercised in this department, we take pleasure in refer¬ 
ring our readers to the publishers’ announcements upon 
the pages above enumerated.—E d. 
The Agriculturist in Tasmania.— 
So many pleasant words come to us from other countries 
and “ the isles of the sea,” that we sometimes think the 
title American might be changed to “ Universal ” or 
“ Cosmopolitan.” The following comes in a letter from 
New Norfolk, Tasmania: “Your interesting and valuable 
paper is much read in this remote part of the world, be¬ 
cause you describe a great many difficulties that are not 
mentioned in English agricultural papers, and we have 
not an agricultural paper of our own as yet.” The Eng¬ 
lish papers are edited in the interest of large landhold¬ 
ers. The people who work are not expected to read; 
hence we find that the Agriculturist is highly prized in 
the English colonies, where a different system of agricul¬ 
ture is followed from that in the mother country. 
Gardening;—HlarkeGGardening'.— 
In spring and fall we are sure to have numerous inquiries 
concerning gardening in general, and especially from 
those who, having land, wish to turn it to profitable use. 
Of course we willingly answer such questions, but at the 
same time we feel that we can do all such writers a ser¬ 
vice by informing them of a book which they can not 
afford to be without—“ Gardening for Profit,” by Peter 
Henderson. Every one who cultivates a garden, even if 
it be only an acre, will find this work of the greatest 
service. Its author commenced his career as a maiket- 
gardener, and, to say the least, made it pay. Market¬ 
gardening must, of course, be carried on near a market, 
and consequently upon high-priced land. To make it 
profitable the land, except when frozen in winter, must 
be kept constantly at work earning something. The 
methods of effecting this, with all other matters relating 
to market-gardening, are more fully set forth in this work, 
than elsewhere. Being by one who has followed gardening 
for years as a business, it anticipates almost every ques¬ 
tion a novice will be likely to ask, and suggests many 
important things he would never think of. We know of 
no book that we can more cordially commend than 
“ Gardening for Profit.” Sent post-paid for $1.50. 
Anonymous Totters can not be noticed. 
We have more letters from those who are not afraid to 
sign their names than we can conveniently attend to, 
and letters without names must be disregarded. Please 
understand that we never publish a name where the 
writer wishes it withheld. Sign any name that suits the 
fancy, but give us the veal one besides as an evidence 
that the writer is acting in good faith. If a line by pen 
or pencil is drawn through the name wc understand that 
as a request that it shall not be published. 
Death of Elias Durand.— Mr. Durand 
was a native of Prance, who came to this country early 
in life, and was long known as one of the leading phar¬ 
maceutists of Philadelphia. He died on the 15th of 
August last, in his eightieth year, ne was an enthusias¬ 
tic botanist and a most excellent gentleman. 
Earning Bits Breakfast. — A corre¬ 
spondent in Whatcom Co., Washington Terr., who is 
evidently a post-master, writes : “ The steamer arrived 
about two o’clock, and after changing the mail I took my 
gun and fire-jack and walked out into the oat-field aboHt 
two hundred yards from the house, shot three large 
bucks, and returned to the house before daylight.” 
Try lit,.—There are thousands of families in 
this country who want a carefully edited family 
paper — one whose influence upon every reader 
will be pure, instructive, elevating - . 
The publishers of Hearth and Home are deter¬ 
mined to supply this want. That paper is edited 
specially/or the family. Not a line is admitted to 
its columns that can be in any way objectionable 
to the purest and most cultivated taste. Its stories, 
while always of absorbing interest, are ever health¬ 
ful in their influence upon the reader—stimulating 
to higher aims and nobler purposes iu life; its 
sketches are full of interest and instruction; its 
editorials treat with candor and perfect independ¬ 
ence the leading topics of ihe times—moral, social, 
literary, political—discussing them not as a parti¬ 
san, but with the fairness and frankness and the 
conscientious regard for the opinions of others 
that characterize similar discussions among culti¬ 
vated people in the business or social circles. 
In short, it is the aim of the publishers to make 
Hearth and Home the best family paper in the 
world; and in order to bring it to the notice of the 
thousands of families who want such a paper, they 
propose sending it on trial to any address four 
months for one dollar, commencing with the first 
number of Mr. Geo. Cary Eggleston’s new story, 
entitled Robert Pagebrook, the Alan of Honor, 
which will be commenced in Hearth and Home 
about the first of October, and will continue for 
about three months. 
We ask the special attention of every reader of 
the American Agriculturist to the publishers’ an¬ 
nouncement of this proposition on another page. 
English Sparrows-“ Subscriber.” It 
is very probable that English sparrows might be of great 
service in reducing the numbers of insect pests with 
which farmers and fruit-growers are troubled. Notwith¬ 
standing the outcry made by English people against the 
depredations of birds, it is very true that they are re¬ 
markably free from trouble from insects compared with 
ourselves. However, we do not desire to be understood 
as recommending the introduction of these birds into the 
rural districts. It may be that they would be worse than 
the ills we already have. If “Subscriber” desires to 
have some of these birds they can he procured in New 
York for $3 a pair or $23 for 10 pairs. 
Correction.— On page 326 of September 
Agriculturist the type made us say that Trifolium pra- 
tense is commonly known as Rabbit’s-foot or Pussey- 
clover. It should have been Trifolium arvense. 
Plantains in Lawns. — “Old Sub¬ 
scriber,” Passaic, N. J. We have found that with fre¬ 
quent mowing the grass will crowd out plantain and all 
other weeds. We had as bad a piece of lawn as one 
could wish, but by keeping up the mowing, fertilizing 
with bone or superphosphate in spring and fall, and 
sowing seed wherever the grass seemed weak we have 
brought it into a nearly perfect condition. In England 
sulphnric acid (oil of vitriol) is nsed and strongly com¬ 
mended for killing plantain. A wide-mouthed bottle 
fastened to a stick, so as to have it near the ground, con¬ 
tains the acid, and by means of another stick a drop of 
the acid is placed directly in the heart of the plantain. 
Of course this should he used by a careful hand only. 
We have not tried it. 
Window Gardening - ; edited by Henry 
T. Williams, and published by the same: New York.— 
This work appeared last year, hut was not noticed in 
these columns for reasons which it is proper that we 
should state. When we received a copy for review we 
found to our astonishment that it contained several of 
our horticultural devices without a word of credit as to 
their origin. Had wo given onr impressions of the work 
we should have nsed some very strong language. Mr. 
Williams and ourselves being both publishers of horti¬ 
cultural books, any “ pitching in ” on our part might be 
attributed to a wrong motive, and we kept silent and did 
not notice the work at all. We have since learned 
that Mr. Williams is quite free from blame in the matter. 
That meanest of all papers extant. The Farmer (London 
and Edinburgh), had, as is its nature so to do, taken our 
articles and illustrations and published them as its own. 
Mr. Williams, not knowing that it was possible for a 
journal to play the part of a sneak-thief, supposed that 
the matters were original with The Farmer ftliat the 
name should be so prostituted!). made use of them, and 
acknowledged in general terms his obligations to that 
paper, without specifying what particular things he Had 
taken from it. We take pleasure in saying that Mr. W. 
has been perfectly fair in the whole matter—but what 
can be said of that English thing? As to the book 
itself, of which Mr.Williams appears as the editor rather 
than the author, it being made up of contributions by 
people of more or less ability, we can only say it is the 
best we have. It has two faults : there is too much of it, 
and it lacks an index. Had the same material been con¬ 
centrated, and three-fourths of the abundant illustrations 
omitted, the hook would at. the same price ($1.50), have 
been more valuable. At all events, it contains a great 
deal of useful information, and, so far as we have exam¬ 
ined it, .the directions are full and safe. It is a large 
duodecimo of 300 pages, and in the way of paper and 
mechanical execution leaves nothing to he desired. 
The Campbell Duchess ©ale.—For 
a full report of the most remarkable sale of cattle that 
ever took place in any country see page 398. 
Diseased. AppIe-LeaYes. — “C.,” of 
Frederick Co., Va., and others have sent us specimens 
of apple-leaves which are infested by a fungus. So little 
is at present known of the best methods of preventing 
or curing this evil that it is dcubtfu! if any one can pre¬ 
scribe a remedy. The whole matter of minute parasitic 
fungi needs thorough study before they can be intelli¬ 
gently treated. Sometimes the trouble seems to he only 
temporary, and again to persist, for years, the tree gra¬ 
dually weakening on account of the diminished vigor of 
tlie foliage. In the case of “ C.” it is confined to two 
trees of the same variety, and as it has appeared for some 
12 or 15 years we should in onr own case cut and bum 
the trees for fear that the fungus might spread. 
The Buclicye Mowers and Uenp> 
ers at Vienna. —The Buckeye machines have been 
awarded two “First Premium Grand Medals of Merit” 
at the Vienna Exposition, in competition with other 
machines from English and French manufacturers as 
well as the leading American machines. The Buckeye, 
therefore, may well be supposed to keep up with every 
modern improvement notwithstanding the fact that it is 
one of the oldest standard machines. 
Marks of a Jersey Cow.- W. H. Rudd. 
Jersey cows frequently exhibit a variety of color. There 
are pure white, white and fawn, white mingled with red, 
brown, grey, or black, and some wholly of these darker 
colors. The prevailing colors, however, are white, fawn, 
and gray. A wholly mouse gray is also not unusual. 
Therefore it may be said, leaving fancy out of the question 
and considering only utility, that a good Jersey cow may 
be of any color, ner peculiar points of shape, figure, and 
some markings, however, will determine her purity of 
blood. It is considered best to keep these cows always 
in breeding and not to permit them to become farrow. 
Precocity and prolificacy are characteristics of tha 
Jerseys. 
Fair Fists. —Last month (September) we 
gave a very full list of the various fairs to be held this 
year. Since then other names have been sent tts, and we 
present them in a supplementary list upon page 398. 
The Fargrest Maunfaelory of Patent 
Roofing in the United States is located at Hunter’s Point, 
N. Y. The premises cover some 30,000 square feet of 
ground. The business has grown np from small begin¬ 
nings, having been established on a very moderate scale 
by Mr. H. W. Johns in 1858. From'the start it was not 
only pushed with energy, but with a determination to 
furnish the best roofing of the kind which could be made 
and continued, and costly experiments have been made 
to improve the article. The sales of Johns’ roofing have 
increased year by year until at present about nine million 
square feet of roofing per year are turned out from this 
factory. An important improvement introduced is the 
use of Asbestos in the composition for covering the felt. 
Several of the largest Railroad Companies, as the Penn¬ 
sylvania Railroad, the Delaware, Lackawanna and West¬ 
ern, Chicago and North-western, and others are using it 
extensively. 
Crnmbling - or Decay of Chimneys. 
—“ B. B. D.” writes : “ When this ib occasioned by the 
acid issuing from wood burning very slowly and imper¬ 
fectly, as in an air-tight stove or a stove with a great 
length of horizontal pipe, as described in the American 
Agriculturist for August, I have understood that a coat¬ 
ing of good day mortar inside the chimney would be a 
preventive.” 
gee Pages 893 to 396* 
Iliutibugs are crowded oyer to page 398. 
