American Agriculturist
Vol. XXXII., No. 7
The Contents includes :
Road Mending
Scarce
Condition
For The Farm , Garden & Household
July, 1873
Published By Orange Judd & Co.
245 Broadway , New York
First Edition
Paper Wraps.
9.5" x 12.75"
40 pages, plus the front & back covers.
The front cover illustrations include sheep resting in the shade of a tree , garden tools and vegetables & fruits , butterflies , etc.
147 Years Old
Farming , Agriculture
Illustrated
With an engraving showing men at work improving a country road
Hints about Farm Work for the month of July
Haying , Harvesting , Lost Time , Machinery , Making Hay , Cut Green Grass , Wagon Driving , Salting Hay , Binding Wheat , Barley , Indian Corn , Potatoes , Turnips , Fodder Corn , Horses at pasture , Milch ( Milk ) Cows , Sheep in July , Pigs & Water , Manure spreading , Care of the Fruit Orchard , Insects , Young Trees , Thinning Trees , Garden Fruits , Strawberries , What to do for Blackberry & Raspberry Plants , Grapes - Mildew & Weeds , Kitchen Garden Vegetables (care of Vegetables in July, from Asparagus to Turnips ), the Flower Garden & the Lawn , Greenhouse & Window Plants
Current Market Prices
Including Flour , Wheat , Corn , Rye , Barley , Oats , Grains , Peas , Hay , Cotton , Hops , Molasses , Tobacco , Sugar , Butter , Cheese , Geese , Ducks , Cabbages , Cranberries , Tomatoes , Cucumbers , Eggs , Beef , Pork , Tallow , Wool , Coffee , Feathers , Straw , several kinds of Flour , Corn Meal , Apples , Onions , Carrots , Celery , etc., etc. , as well as the price of Gold on May 13th and on June 13th., 1873
Agricultural Notes
Miscellaneous notes & news : 5 pages of excerpts from letters from readers & farmers with hints on farming & gardening , including a Wool Box , Rose Bugs on Grape Vines , a Steam Plow , Sulphur & Salt , Dog Skin Diseases , Grain Bags , Texas Dairy Cattle , China Berries , a Horse with a Sore Shoulder , Land for sale by the Union Pacific Railroad Co., Buffalo in Western Kansas , Canada Thistles , Dressing Furs , Draining Land , Water in a Milk Trough , Tree Roots in a Well , Castrating Colts , Chicken Cholera , Curing a Snake - Bitten Horse , Poultry Farming , Lead Pipes & Water , the Benefits of Snow , When to Water Cattle , Cottonseed as Manure , Suckering Corn , Winter in Texas , Bog Spavin , Hatching Boxes , Potatoes for Cows , Warts on a Cow's Teats , Peat Ashes , the Northern Pacific Railroad , Making Pickles , etc.
Notes on Bees
Notes on Honey Bees , with engravings showing Extractor & Frames
Farmer's Cottage
With illustrations showing front & side elevation of the cottage , as well as floor plans of the first & second story.
Birds
The Red Wing Black Bird and the Bittern or Stake-Driver
Walks & Talks on the Farm
More thoughts on American Farming
How-To on the Farm
( with Illustrations )
Including :
Thatching Stacks
An Efficient Butter Working Table
Making a Milk Cellar
A Safe Chicken Coop
Waste Wool
A Cheap Water-Drain Filter ( in a wooden barrel )
A Milk Pail Holder ( which rests on the thighs when the milker is seated )
Etc.
Essays
How Early should Heifers have Calves ?
What are " Common Cows " in England ?
Steam Plowing in Europe
Blue Fishing
Catching Blue Fish in Northern waters ; Drailing
( with a half-page illustration showing fishermen Blue Fishing on the shore )
Water Plants
Water Shield and Water Lily
( with illustrations )
Packing Produce for Market
Tomatoes , Cherries , Green Beans , Grapes , Cucumbers , Green Peas
Notes on Wild Plants
Weeping Poplar , Lily of the Valley , Crimson Thorn , etc.
Misc.
Garden Plans , a Bellows Syringe for Destroying Insects , Climbing Buckwheat , Uses for an Old Hoop Skirt , How to Compress Arteries for a Bleeding Wound , Keeping House , Cooking a Beefsteak , Guarding against Mosquitoes , Making Watermelon Vinegar , Recipe for Lemon Pie , Puzzles for Boys & Girls
" A Peep At The Show "
An essay on boys who sneak a peep at the Circus through a knot-hole in a wooden fence.
Includes a 3/4-page illustration of boys fighting over who gets to look through the peep-hole at the P. T. Barnum Show , with large P. T. Barnum bill-sticker showing Wild Animals , Tiger , Python Snake , Elephant head , Giraffe , etc., as well as a distressed older woman , frightened dog , and a spilled pail of berries.
This copyright illustration was drawn & engraved for the American Agriculturist by artist William de la Montagne Cary ( 1840 - 1922 ), whose drawings also appeared in Harper's Weekly , etc.
Advertisements include:
Lewis , Oliver & Phillips Iron Fence Pickets
Lovejoy's Glass Cutter
Multum Parvo Knife
Waltham Watches
P. T. Barnum's Traveling World's Fair
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Hammond's Window Springs
Cable Screw Wire Boots and Shoes
Simonds Knives & Sections for Mowers & Reapers
Westinghouse Threshing Machines & Horse Powers
Harder's Premium Horse Power and Thresher & Cleaner
Nellis Harpoon Horse Hay Fork , Grapple & Wrought Frame Wood Pulley
Blymer Manufacturing Co. Cane Machinery for Sorgo & Cane Sugar
Halladay's Improved Wind Mill , U. S. Wind Engine & Pump Co.
Fleetwood Farm , near Frankfort , Kentucky , Thoroughbred Horses , etc., J. W. Hunt Reynolds
Essex Pigs , Joseph Harris , Moreton Farm, Rochester , New York
Alderney ( Jersey ) Cattle Prize Herd For Sale , William Crozier , Beacon Stock Farm , Northport , Long Island , N. Y.
People's Pump , American Pump Co.
12,000,000 Acres - Cheap Farms ! - Land For Sale by the Union Pacific Railroad in the Great Platte Valley ; 3,000,000 acres in Central Nebraska - Soldiers entitled to a Homestead of 160 Acres
White Winter Wheat in Strong New Bags ; 4 pounds for $1, 1/2 Bushel for $3, ( etc. ), Joseph Harris , Moreton Farm, Rochester , New York
Perpetual Crystal Palace and Industrial Exhibition of New York
Reed & Barton , Silver Plated Table Ware , Taunton Massachusetts & New York
Turnip Seed by Mail , B. K. Bliss & Sons , N. Y.
Climax Apple Corer & Slicer , D. H. Goodell , Manufacturer , N. Y.
Reisinger Sash Fastener , Harrisburg , Pennsylvania
Ross Lawn Mower , Ames Plow Co., Boston & N. Y.
" Self Propelling Chairs For Cripples and Invalids " , S. A. Smith , N. Y. C.
Building Paper , B. E. Hale & Co., N. Y.
Kavanach & Decker Improved Billiard Tables , N. Y.
American Fruit Drier , Loudon , Pennsylvania
The Great American Tea Company , N. Y.
Wood , Taber & Morse Steam Engines , Eaton , N. Y.
Beckwith Sewing Machine Improved , price $12
Beckwith Portable Family Sewing machine , Enlarged & Improved , $20
Etc.
Plus Many Small Classified Advertisements
Also, a listing of well over 100 agricultural books for sale by the publisher.
Wear at the edges. Some creasing.
A few pages have some creasing and/or a small tear.
The covers remain attached.
Some old staining on the rear cover.
Otherwise in good condition.
Carefully Packed For Shipment To The Buyer