New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-11
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NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK Originally 10 X iIr "
ALLEN devised aud ENLARGED py Lh Io - M 5as
orange Judd Co.
The difficulties Of writing and publishing a com
r,ete cyclopeda of the farm and all subjects con
nected with agriculture, are serious and intrinsic
Sueh book should leave nothing to be inferred
and little TO be learned from other rural books. In
that case its size and expensiyeness might insure
limited SALE and publishers would be cautious III
touching it. If complete for section or one gem
hration the pecuiartes of another region ana ds-
coveres and improvements of the next age would
render il of local and temporary value. FOR these
reasons the agricultural literature of America IS not
supplied with any great compend 1t may be long
before we can have book which shall be to farming
what Ure's Dictionary" is to the sciences. Yet
there is field in rural writing wider than the scope
of an elementary manual narrower than the COM
prehension of a cyclopeda; and it seems to us
that the Aliens, in the duodecimo before us, have
fenced this field with wise selection and plowed u
quite thoroughly For the young man of rural tastes
but without training at the plOw-handles who asks
for general guide and instructor that shall DC 10
agriculture what the map of the world Is TO geos-
rapby sthe best manual in print For the T9Fh,ng
farmer, who ia Sumner nosnings ana Oy Vio "i"o
fresde would refresh his couVicuohs ana ie"'''r'
his know ledge 10y old definitions ana Wen
cred summaries, it is the most cohiou'ohO n'i'N
some shevof patchwork, the original statement oil
the anti or oF 1876 annotated and Qualiled by the
writer eff tbiSyear But thslas been wisely avoided
III IL, ,l ISL INIT aud shUws disparity OF style
,or contradiction in statement. Practically 1t IS
altes, ther a recent and timely volume Only SO
mv.S of the original Beck Of the Farm by r. L. Allen,
asfu,e eF uld not change, has been adopted by the
cre7iser 'rhc mcthcd is the natural and obvious
order OF the leading branches of agriculture. Inc
90o d cusses in succession, soils. their composition
snd treatment, grasses and grams, farm manage
unent nd systems, the animals OF the IaILl lcii
breeds products. and diseases.
Nj Aliens style is excellent for not one reader IN
-tenvould ask whether he had any style so easy is
his language snd so natural are the build and orderol
lisssntenccs If the book has fault it consists IN
cers ain cool breyity with which some vital subjects
arc handled and dismissed. Perhaps with plan so
comprehensive it was not practicable to give more
tan three pages ont of five hundred to matter 80
important and so little understood as liquid manure
Considering that Mr. Allen Is well known as the pest
Informed herdsmau in the country we turn TO the
chapter on neat cattle, expecting here to see the dis
.cursiveness and warmth Of an able man talking Of
what he knows best; but he gives himself no lat-
tude and, on the moOted question of breeds, on
which he could have written long chapter without
lifting his pen he tethers himself to ten pages. But
it is easy to understand that Teticence thus severe
may have been forced upon him by lack OF room not
produced by tagging interest OF lukewarm zeal All
points regarded, the book is excellent and can be
confidently recommended 1t has those marks of
soundness and caution which we should expect from
an author whose recollection and experience
must reach nearly to the time when
the old back fence of the thirteen
colonies was broken down by Joderson's Louisiana
purchase. Mr.. Judd's thoroughneSs and accuracy in
bringing out farm books is well known. This is no
exception. We not disposed to take issue with
the author and publisher for anything done or left
undone except the doctrine on pages S27 and 32S,
where attempt is made under three heads to an
swer the proposition that clearing away forests di-
miniahes the amount Of rainfall on growing crops
This matter is thoroughly understood abroad, and a
system of tTee-plantng has done something and will
do much moro in restoring agricultural value TO the
lands that were the arena of Roman civilization. Ii
the New World it is not an extensive system of ar
Horticulture that require, but such laws and
public sentiment so well informed that "wOOdnal
spare that tree" viii be the heading Of old song
not an earnest and daily OutcrY.
EARN IMPLEMENTS AND FARM MACHINERY and
me Principles Of Their Construction and Use; viii
Motion and Force as Applied on the Farm with PSI
Orange Judd q Co.
As modern Improvement stamps its impress deeper
on farm life the agriculturst finds himself in con-
slant need Of two kinds Of knowledge of which his
father as good farmer as himself, had little use /.
He must watch more distant markets and the huctu-
atons of traffic. g. He must be mechanic and some
thing o. an engineer The object of this book is to in
struct the reader in those natural principles which
most sagacous farmers have mastered by years Of
sharp notice When he digs DRAIN the farmer should
know something of hydraulics. When he handles
timber, the mechanical powers arc invoked When
he makes roads he needs TO know the rules Of resist
ance the doctrine Of grades. and Of velocites For
90 years past the number and excellence Of farm I'M
PIGMENTS has wonderfully increased. The farmer on
100 acres once needed but $50 worth Of farm tools
now, he cannot work to advantage without $500
worth. To explain those principles, and to describe
these implements has been the aim of Mr.. Thomas in
the 800 pages before ms. He has wrought good
work and the result is solid acquisition Of lasting
value to our toilers Of the land.
THE PRACTICAL POULTRY KEEPER.-A Complete
aHd StaIaard GUIDE 10 the MANAGEMENT " Poultry.
BY l.. WRIGHT. 12mO Up 243. CasscI. Peter q
GM9ln, London. Orange judd q Co., NcwHOrk.
This book is a valuable manual for everybody who
feeds chickens or sells eggs. IL SUITS at once the
plain pOuterer who must make the business paw and
the chicken fancier whose taste is for gay pluuagc
and strange, bright birds. The most valuable por-
ton is the first section, extending through s. pages
These were written with the intention Of producing
mammal SO plain, minute and prac ical that any ono
could, 10y using it as a guide with no previous OK
pcreuce with poultry, become at once successful in
producing eggs young chickens and fat fowls for
market Tie author has not missed his aim. lie
treats this part Of his subject in five chapters: T.