EWBANK'S 



Hydraulics & Mechanics 



A descriptive and historical account 

 of Hydraulic and other Machines 

 for Raining Water. Also, Observa- 

 tions on Mechanic Arts and the 

 Steam Engine. Illustrated by nearly 

 Three Hundred Engravings. 16th 

 edition, with additional matter. By 

 THOMAS EWBANK, late Commissioner 

 of Patents. 



During twenty years this work has 

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 and nearly as many editions have been 

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Pear Culture for Profit. 



An illustrated work (2d edition), by 

 P. T. QcrrsN, a Practical Horticulturist, 

 for many years a successful grower of 

 Pears for market. The subject is simply 

 and thoroughly treated under the fol- 

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 aration of the Soil, Distance Apart, 

 Selecting^ Trees, Dwarfs and Stand- 

 ards, Time of Planting, Planting, 

 Digging Trees from the Nursery- Row 

 and Packing Varieties to Plant, 

 Pruning, Orchard Record. 



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Money in the Garden. 



A New Book by the author of " Pear 

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 nearly 100 fine Wood Engravings show- 

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THE 



Elements of Agriculture 



A Book for Young Farmers, by GEO. E. 

 WARING, Jr., formerly Agricultural En- 

 gineer of the Central Park in New York. 

 Author of "Draining for Profit and 

 Draining for Health." 2d edition, care- 

 fully revised. 



The Plant, The Soil, Manures, Me- 

 chanical Cultivation, Analysis. 



The foregoing subjects are all discussed 

 in plain and simple language that any 

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The book is written by a successful 

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Draining for Profit and 

 Draining for Health. 



By GBO. E. WARING, Jr., Engineer of 

 Draining of Central Park, New York. 



Containing Land to be Drained, 

 and reasons why ; How Drains act, 

 and how they affect the soil; ITow to 

 lay out a System of Drains ; How to 

 make the Drains; Care of Drains and 

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 Will it Payt How to make Drain 

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 Malarial Diseases ; House Drainage 

 and Town Sewerage, and The Public 

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Earth Closets and Earth 

 Sewage. 



A New Pamphlet of Great Interest to 

 All. By GBO. E. WARINO, Jr. (of Ogden 

 Farm). 



Contents The Earth System (details), 

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