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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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DON’T FAIL 
TO HAVE A LIBRARY. 
GOOD BOOKS 
For Farmers’ Libraries, 
In response to a request made of one whose thorough and 
practical knowledge on all matters pertaining to the Farm, 
Garden, and Household is so fully conceded that his opin¬ 
ions could not fail to secure attention and command respect 
were we permitted to give his name, we have received the 
following as his judgment concerning some of the works on 
our Catalogue of Books for Farmers. 
Any of these Books will he forwarded, post-paid, to any 
address in the United States or Territories, on receipt of the 
price, by Orange Judd Company, 215 Broadway, New York. 
For a Farmer’s Library. 
Newly Revised and En¬ 
larged Edition. 
Practical 
Floriculture. 
A Guide to tire Successful Propagation and 
Cultivation of Florists’ Plants. 
By PETER HENDERSON, 
Author of “ Gardening for Profit.” 
Beautifully Illustrated. Pii.ce , Post-paid , $1.50. 
In this work, which lias everywhere become so deservedly 
popular, not only is the whole “ art and mystery ” of propa¬ 
gation explained, hut the reader is taught how to plant and 
grow the plants after they have been propagated. The work 
is not one for florists and gardeners only, but the amateur’s 
wants are constantly kept in mind, and we have a very com¬ 
plete treatise on the cultivation of flowers under glass, or 
in the open air, suited to those rvlio grow flowers for plea¬ 
sure as well as those who make them a matter of trade. 
The work is characterized by the same radical common 
sense that marked the author’s “Gardening for Profit,” and 
it holds a high place in the estimation of lovers of 
floriculture. The new edition has been thoroughly revised 
by the author, and much enlarged by the addition ol valu¬ 
able matter, / 
The following are a few of the subjects embraced in the 
latest edition: 
Laying out Flower Garden and Lawn; Designs for 
Grounds and for Greenhouses; Soils for Potting; Cold 
Frames; Ilot-Beds; Greenhouses Attached to Dwellings; 
Modes of Heating; Propagation of Plants by Seeds and by 
Cuttings; Culture of the Hose and Tuberose; Growing of 
Winter-flowering Plants; Construction of Bouquets, Baskets, 
etc.; Parlor and Window-Gardening: Wardian-Cases and 
Ferneries; Insects; What Flowers Grow in the Shade; 
Culture of Grape-Vines under Glass ; The Profits of Flori¬ 
culture; How to Become a Florist, etc., etc. 
THE ILLUSTRATED 
Book of Poultry, 
With Practical Schedules for Judg¬ 
ing, Constructed from Actual 
Analysis of the Best Mod¬ 
ern Decisions, 
By LEWES WRICHT, 
Author of “ The Practical Poultry Keeper," “ The 
Brahma Fowl," etc. 
ILLUSTRATED WITH 
Fifty Colored Portraits of Prize Birds, 
Painted from Life by J, "W. Ludlow. 
CONTENTS. 
How Crops Grow, 
(price $2.00), and 
How Crops Feed, 
(price $2.00.; 
By Prof. Sam’l "W. Johnson. 
Farm Implements 
and Machinery. 
By John J. Thomas. 
Price $1.50. 
The New American 
Farm Book. 
By R. L. and L. F. Allen 
Price $2.50. 
American Weeds and 
Useful Plants. 
By Dr. Wm. Darlington. 
Price $1.75. 
Country and Suburb¬ 
an Homes. 
By D. T. Atwood. 
Price $1.50. 
The Fruit Garden. 
By P. Barry. Price $2.50. 
Gardening for Profit. 
By Peter Henderson. 
Price $1.50. 
Gardening for the 
South. 
By Wm. N. White. 
Price $2.00. 
The New Book of 
Flowers. 
By Joseph Bp.eck. 
Price *175. 
If I could have hut two 
hooks in such a library it 
would be these, as I con¬ 
sider them the most import¬ 
ant contributions to agri¬ 
cultural literature of mod¬ 
ern times. They contain 
all of vegetable physiology 
and agricultural chemistry 
that any except special stu¬ 
dents need, and nowhere is 
there so much of agricul¬ 
ture condensed in so small 
a space. As works of refer¬ 
ence they are indispensable. 
Most farming operations 
are accomplished by force, 
applied through imple¬ 
ments and machines, and a 
farmer should understand 
mechanics, at least suffi¬ 
ciently to apply force most 
economically. In this work 
the fundamental principles 
are clearly taught, and their 
application illustrated. 
This is the best American 
work upon general farm 
management. It treats of 
the leading crops, build¬ 
ings, draining, etc., and in¬ 
cludes sufficient about ani¬ 
mals of different kinds to 
meet the wants of most 
farmers. 
For the farmer who 
wishes to know something 
about the weeds upon his 
farm, as well as useful cul 
tivated and wild plants, 
this will answer better than 
a general treatise on botany. 
Such a library should have 
some work on domestic ar¬ 
chitecture. Most works 
upon the subject are costly 
on account of the designs. 
This is one of the best 
works, at a moderate price, 
and contains, with other 
matter, the method of build¬ 
ing with concrete. 
After the farm crops, fruit 
is of the most importance. 
No work covers the whole 
subject so completely as 
this. 
Farms near cities ofien 
make more from garden 
crops than from farm crops. 
This is the best work on 
market gardening, and will 
serve for the family garden 
also. 
An excellent garden book, 
and in the libraries for 
Southern farmers might he 
substituted for Hender¬ 
son's, but it would be well 
to have both. 
I do not know of any 
hook upon out-door flower 
gardening tliat on the 
whole is so good as tills. 
Its teachings are sound, and 
style pleasing. 
Mysteries of Bee- 
Keeping. 
By M. Quinby. Price $1.50. 
Practical Poultry- 
Keeper. 
By L. Wright. Price $2.00. 
The Pig. 
By Joseph Harris. 
Price $1.50. 
Draining for Profit. 
By Geo. E. Waring, Jr. 
Price $1.50. 
Dairy Husbandry. 
By X. A. Willard. 
Price $3.00. 
Tim Bunker Papers. 
Price $1.50. 
Bees, Poultry, and Pigs 
are often made subjects of 
especial care by small far¬ 
mers, and separate treatises 
on these are more likely to 
be asked for in a library 
like this than those upon 
the larger animals. Eacli 
of these is the best in its 
line. 
So in farm operations, 
those of Draining and Dai¬ 
rying, especially the factory 
system, are not likely to be 
treated sufficiently in detail 
in general works. 
'As all the other works are 
matters of fact, it may be 
well to have a little pleas¬ 
antry. This conveys much 
sound teaching on rural 
economy in a quaint style, 
and it is sometimes policy 
to sugar-coat your pill. 
Chap. 
1. —Houses and Accommo¬ 
dation. 
2. —The Selection of Stock. 
3 . —Feeding and General 
Treatment of Fowls. 
4. —Eggs and Incubation. 
5. —Artificial Hatching. 
6. —The Management of 
Chickens. 
7. —Fattening and Killing. 
8. —Poultry as National 
Food. 
9. —The Utility of ” Fancy 
Points.” 
10. —Commencing a Strain. 
11. —Mating Stock for Breed¬ 
ing Prize Birds. 
12. —Bearing, Care, and Exhi¬ 
bition of Prize Poultry. 
13. —Shows ano Judging. 
14. —Buying, Selling, and 
Exporting. 
15. —Enemies in the Yard. 
IB.—Diseases of Poultry. 
17. —Technical Terms. 
18. —Cochins. 
Price, Postpaid 
Chap. 
19. - Brahmas. 
20. ~ Malays. 
21. - Game. 
22. - -Dorkings. 
23. - Spanish. 
24. -Hamburghs. 
25 -Polish Fowls. 
25. -French Breeds of Poul¬ 
try. 
2 a—American Breeds of 
Poultry. 
28. —Unclassed Varieties of 
Poultry. 
29. —Bantams (ExceptGame). 
30 -Game Bantams. 
31. —Wild Breeds of Poultry, 
'Origin of the Domestic 
Fowl. 
32. —The Guinea Fowl. 
33. —The Turkey. 
34. —Tlte Pea Fowl. 
35. —Ducks. 
35.—Geese. 
37. —Swans. 
38. —Possible Additions to 
the Poultry Yard. 
Books for a Larger Library. 
Besides all the works in the foregoing list, I would add 
the following: 
American Cattle. L. F. Allen. $2.50. 
ISandall’s Sheep Husbandry. $1.50. 
Hints to Horse Keepers. II. W. Herbert. $1.75. 
American Cattle Doctor. G. H. Dadd. $1.50. 
Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 
Du. Harris. $4.00. 
Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 
Downing. $5.00. 
Cranberry Culture. J. J. White. $1.25. 
Crape Culturist. A. S. Fuller. $1.50. (For the 
West would substitute Ilusman’s Grapes and Wine. 
$1.50.) 
Grasses and Forage Plants. 
C. L. Flint. $2.50. 
Forest Trees. Arthur Bryant. $1.50. 
Landscape Gardening. Kemp. $2.50. 
Hops. 40 cts. Flax. 50 cts. Tobacco. 25 cts. 
Onion. 20 cts. Essays. 
Itoussiugatilt’s lEural Economy. $1.00. 
Play and Profit in My Garden. Roe. $1.50. 
Window Gardening. Williams. $1.50. 
Books for a Still Larger Library. 
In addition to those mentioned in the other two lists, I 
would name the following. 
Animals and Plants under Domestica¬ 
tion. 2 vols. Chas. Darwin. $6. (This not. suggest¬ 
ed for its doctrine, but ns a useful work of reference.) 
Hussey’s National Cottage Architecture. $6. 
Landscape Gardening. Downing. $6.50. 
The Vegetables of America. F. Burr. $5. 
The Book of Evergreens. J. IIoopes. $3. 
Trout Culture. Dr. Slack. $1.50. 
Farm Gardening: & Feed Growing. Brill. $1. 
The Dog. Dinks. Mayhew & Hutchinson. $3. 
Young Sportsman’s Manual. Forrester. $3. 
Hunter and Trapper. II. Thrasher. $1. 
The Market Assistant. Devoe. $2.50. 
Hedges and Evergreens. Warder. $1.50. 
Pear Culture. P. T. Quinn. $1. 
Money in the Garden. Quinn. $1.50. 
How Plants Grow. Gray. $1.25. 
How Plants Behave. Gray. 75 cts. 
Illustrated Horse Doctor. Mayhew. $3. 
Peach Culture. Fulton. $1.50. 
Barns, Out-Buildings & Fences. Harney. $6. 
Cottages and Farm Houses. Woodward. $1.50. 
Country Homes. Woodward. $1.50. 
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