1874.] 
AMERICAN AG-RICULTURIST. 
505 
The Orange Judd Company, 
Publishers, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
Offioers ( ORANGE JUDD, President, 
and Chief j C. C. NORTH, Vice-President, 
Proprietors: ( SAMUEL BURNHAM, Secretary. 
*** Messrs. L. A. Chase and A. P. Miller, being engaged 
in other business pursuits, have retired from official connec¬ 
tion with the Orange Judd Company. 
LAST CALL 
ON THE 
GENERAL LIST OF 
PREMIUMS 
For 1874. 
ONE MONTH MOKE. 
One Month - June - yet remains, during 
which any person who wishes to obtain one or more 
of the useful and valuable articles offered in our Pre¬ 
mium List (of which a copy will he sent free to any 
applicant, see page 239) can easily get them. This has 
already been clone by more than 14,000 persons, who dur¬ 
ing years past have tried with success the raising of 
Clubs of Subscribers for our papers, and availed them¬ 
selves of the liberal offers of Premiums made by the 
Publishers. 
W« invite all our Subscribers to take hold of this 
work and secure a Premium while the offer is open. 
Specimen copies of our papers will be sent to any wish¬ 
ing to show them for this purpose. 
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containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions irllieh we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form , for want of space elsewhere. 
Remitting' Moni'y: — Oiccks on 
New York City Banks or Bankers are best 
for large sums ; make payable to the order of Orange 
Judd Company. I’ost-Oflicc Itloney Orders 
for $50 or less, are cheap and safe also. When these are not 
obtainable, register letters, affixing stamps for post¬ 
age and registry ; put in the money and seal the letter in 
the presence of the postmaster, and take his receipt for it. 
Money sent in the above three methods is safe against loss. 
Postage : On American Agriculturist , 12 cents 
a year, and on Hearth and Home, 20 cents a year, in ad¬ 
vance. Double rates if not paid in advance at the 
office where the papers are received. For subscribers in 
British America, the postage, as above, must be sent 
to this office, with the subscription , for prepayment here. 
Also 20 cents for delivery of Hearth and Home and 12 
cents for delivery of American Agriculturist in New 
York City. 
Rouml Fopies of Volume TTlairfy- 
two are now ready. Price, $2, at our office; or $2.50 
each, if sent by mail. Any of the last seventeen volumes 
(16 to 32) will also be forwarded at same price. Sets of 
numbers sent to our office will he neatly bound in our 
regular style, at75 cents pe.r vol. (50 cents extra, if return 
ed by mail.) Missing numbers supplied at 12 cents each. 
Vick’s PremiiiBsis. —Our friend Vick is 
one of the irrepressibles. This time he offers liberal 
premiums for the best exhibition made at any state fair 
this fall, of flowers raised from seeds purchased from 
him. Those interested can obtain circular of particulars 
by addressing James Vick, Rochester, N. Y. 
Mr. Orange Judd, whom the papers all 
over the country have had as likely not to live to get 
home, or as the fast account bad It, was dying at Geneva, 
quietly walked into the office on April 25th, looking very 
much unlike one in the condition these papers had ropre- 
sented him. Mr. Judd had not been in a satisfactory 
state of health since the severe illness which overtook 
him while on the United States Sanitary Commission in 
1864, and last summer he quietly slipped off to Europe in 
search of complete-rest. His many friends will he glad 
to learn that he returns looking as if he had taken a new 
lease of health and had no present idea of going on the 
retired list.—E d. 
Tlie Centennial Ciazctteer of the 
United States.—A gazetteer for this country only is 
a thing that has long been wanted, and in one by Gen. 
A. von Steinwehr, and just published by Ziegler & Me 
Curdy, Philadelphia, we have a compact and comprehen¬ 
sive one. A work of th;s kind can only he properly 
judged after an extended acquaintance, and we base our 
good opinion of this from a long acquaintance with the 
author, whom we have known m the field as a most ex¬ 
cellent topographer, and out of it as an enthusiastic ge¬ 
ographer. During the few weeks that we have had the 
volume it has been in frequent use, and in no case has it 
failed us for even the most obscure places. It is based 
upon the last census, the post-office department records, 
and all the official sources of statistical information. 
Each state and territory has a very exact description of 
its physical features drawn from the most recent surveys, 
and the work can not fail of being of great assistance to 
those who are looking westward. The statistics of 
counties are also very useful. We congratulate the au¬ 
thor on having made a valuable addition to our handy 
hooks of reference. 
The Cable 8crcw Wire SSioes.— 
“ J. W.,” Lancaster Co., Pa. For durability and comfort 
In wear the shoes and boots made with the cable screw 
wire will be found superior to those made with wooden 
pegs, as the wire is forced through the leather and riv¬ 
eted by machine in such a way that they can not shrink 
and work loose. No water can enter these shoes, and 
they will not come apart. For the rough work necessary 
upon the farm this is a great advantage. The address of 
the makers is the Cable Screw Wire Company, Boston. 
No More Advice.—Mr. Fred. Mather, of 
Honeoye Fails, N. Y., whose communications on fish 
culture we have sometimes published, is quite tired of 
answering letters asking advice, and wishes us to say so 
to our readers, ne says: “ Circumstances vary so much 
—soil, flow, temperature, material, and objects of the 
owner—that justice to myself demands that I should not 
risk my reputation in giving advice by mail. As I am 
engaged to the U. S. Fish Commission for the shad season, 
I can recommend parties to employ an expert, and thus 
avoid expensive mistakes.” 
TSae Japan I®e;a.- -“Jap” writes: “When 
properly cooked, they are very palatable to persons who 
are fond of beans or peas, for the taste resembles a mix¬ 
ture of navy beans and lady peas cooked together. To 
cook them: Put in soak over-night in warm water; then 
boil them, taking care not to add cold water, grease, or 
salt. When done, mash, season to suit taste, and bake.” 
Sawdust as a Mulch*—“J. C. C.,” 
Washington, Ind. If your sawdust is, as you say, 
“ thoroughly rotted,” it will be an excellent mulch around 
your trees. Fresh sawdust is objectionable around young 
trees, as it forms a bed for the growth of fungi, which 
are said upon good authority to injure the tree. If the 
sawdust is considerably decomposed, it might he a better 
use of it to compost it with lime and use it as a fertil¬ 
izer rather than as a mulch. 
ARemedLy f®i* ILooseiaess.—“J.W. B.,” 
Bay River, S. C. In a case of looseness of the bowels in 
a horse we would give half an ounce of prepared chalk 
and half an ounce of ground ginger in the feed once a 
day. As indigestion is probably the cause, the feed 
should be carefully selected, and what grain is given 
should he ground. An ounce of salt should also be given 
in the feed daily. 
Caltbage Worms,—“W. N. B.,” Pa. Wo 
cannot recommend any “certain” remedy for the cab¬ 
bage caterpillar, by that meaning the now troublesome lar¬ 
vae of Pieris rapes. The butterflies, white with black 
spots on tlicir wings, appear with the first warm day, and 
in early morning are easily caught with a sweep-net. 
Every female killed will .prevent the birth of many 
“ worms.” Any application to the caterpillars must be 
made while they are very young, as they soon hide them¬ 
selves and are sheltered by the central leaves. Salt, gua¬ 
no, etc., must touch the caterpillar to ho of any service. 
When the butterflies are seen about, the eggs and young 
caterpillars should he searched for. It is very fortunate 
that tills pest disappears as suddenly as it conies; it 
probably lias several natural enemies ; at all events a lo¬ 
cality will be devastated by them one year and quite free 
from them the next. 
SUNDRY MfTMBUtJS havebeen like the 
season, “ very backward in coming forward,” yet still they 
are not by any means dead. When one is killed we never 
know that it is dead. A well-known American quadruped 
which is fond of prowling around poultry yards is easily 
shot, hut that is by no means the last of him—he leaves a 
fragrant memory for weeks and weeks. It is so with 
these humbugs, even after the law has put its quietus 
upon them, their scented trail extends far and wide. The 
law effectively squelched a most barefaced project of a 
“ Library Concert,” which so misappropriated the pleas¬ 
ant name of Magnolia, yet its all-pervading scent comes 
to us in the form of letters from far-off' places. The in¬ 
dustry with which the managers of this swindle worked 
is Something remarkable, and they seem to have aimed 
at the most distant territories. One gentleman in Dakotah 
writes that they were especially busy there. The latest 
of these gift concerts comes, of all places in the world, 
from Utah, and is the 
FIRST GREAT SALT LAKE GIFT CONCERT, 
which is to be drawn on the 4th of July next, all for the 
benefit of the “Public Free School, the only free school 
in Utah.” Then such a flashy programme, and the big 
figures, $226,500.00 to be distributed, has a look quite as 
large and lively as that Kentucky scheme. Now this 
town of Corinne had at the last census, 1S70, just 7S3 pop¬ 
ulation. Corinne, for a small town, you make a great 
blow. Asking the people to buy 500,000 of your tickets 
at $1 eacli in order that you may have “ the only Free 
School in Utah ” is equal to anything in the way of bom¬ 
bast we have seen...Chicago claims to be the me¬ 
tropolis of the West, and has of course her metropolitan 
luxuries; one of her chief ornaments just now is the 
firm of 
HOWARD & co., 
who profess to import and manufacture watches, jewelry. 
who a few months ago flourished iu Philadelphia on the 
$4 Geneva watch dodge, we are not aware but they 
must he mighty nice people to send a school-hoy a bill 
of $20.25 for repairing a hunting, stein-winding, gold 
chronometer, with the following letter: 
“Hear Sir: The watch received from you January 15th 
is now ready for delivery. You were correct when yon 
slated it could not be repaired outside of our house. We 
have had great difficulty with it, hut it is now in thor¬ 
ough order, and we will warrant it tc keep correct time 
for five years. You wrote that the watch was found, and 
desire to know its worth. It is a very valuable time¬ 
piece, and must have cost at least $500 iii gold. It is now 
worth $100, in gold, and for any one desiring a reliable 
time-keeper is really cheap at first cost. Please remit 
amount of bill by express, and the watch will be imme¬ 
diately forwarded. Respectfully, 
Howard & Co.” 
That is a very pretty trick. Messrs. Howard & Co., but, 
unfortunately it is an old one. The Minnesota hoy, to 
whom you sent it, is one of the kind who reads the 
Agriculturist , and no doubt had a good laugh at your ex¬ 
pense. But doesn’t it look mean, though, when you see 
it in print. You will probably catch many boys and 
men who (think they) can not afford to take this journal, 
and in their simplicity will forward the “$20.25,” hop¬ 
ing to get somebody’s $400 watch. The $20 would pay for 
the Agriculturist 20 years, or for 20 copies a whole year. 
The “ Howard & Co.” here referred to must not he con¬ 
founded with the worthy and reputable house of Howard 
& Co., New York City. 
TILE $5 SEWING MACHINE 
offered last month on favorable terms still remains on 
hand. Now that Barnum has returned wc may get rid of 
it, for we are quite sure that lie saw not its equal in 
Europe. We advise all persons to be exceedingly cautious 
of any cheap sewing machines advertised from Green¬ 
wich or Canal streets. These places, though carried on 
under different and changeable names, are equally ob¬ 
scure, and from the numerous complaints we have of 
persons who have sent money and received no return are 
equally suspicious. We can not conceive how any per¬ 
son can he so inconsiderate as to s nd money to a person 
for whose honesty they have no assurance, for a machine 
not advertised through the regular channels. Morat: 
Let all doubtful sewing machines severely alone. One 
lately advertises from Greenwich st., and one Mulligan 
from Greenwich or Canal, just as it pleases. This Canal 
st. circular has a flaming heading of “ Steam Iron Works ” 
and all that; but upon going to look him up at his num¬ 
ber, we found no exterior sign, and only found where his 
room was by inquiring in a hair-dresser’s shop on the 
lower floor. Whatever else may he done by M., he does 
not waste money on signs. 
VILE LITERATURE 
seems to have taken a flesh start. Wc include unde* 
this head not only offers qf books, that are actually ob- 
