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BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL 

 HUSBANDRY 



By CHARLES S. PLUMB, Professor of Animal Husbandry, College 

 of Agriculture, Ohio State University. 



395 pages, 217 illustrations, cloth, $1.60 net. 



Beginnings in Animal Husbandry is a book that will be found to 

 be of interest and invaluable assistance to the farmer. Among the sub- 

 jects discussed are: The Importance of Animal Husbandry; Breeds 

 of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine; Animal Type and Its Importance; 

 Reasons and Methods in Judging Live Stock; Points of the Horse; 

 Judging Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine, etc.; Heredity: Its Meaning 

 and Influence; Selection and Its Importance; Pedigrees and Their 

 Values; Suggestions to Young Breeders; Composition of Plans and 

 Animals; Influence of Foods on the Body; Feeding Standards, Origin 

 and Use; How to Calculate a Ration; Coarse Feeds and Their Values; 

 Concentrated Feeds and Their Value; Care of Farm Animals; Poultry: 

 Types and Breeds, Judging, Feeding; Eggs and Incubation; Poultry 

 Houses. Every subject discussed fully. 



SOILS AND SOIL FERTILITY 



By A. R. WHITSON, Professor of Soils and Drainage, and H. L. 

 WALSTER, Instructor of Soils, Univ. of Wis. 



315 pages, well illustrated, cloth, $1.60 net. 



No other book on Soils presents the relation of the soil to the 

 production of crops in so clear and agreeable a manner as this. There 

 are chapters on the following: Conditions E£«3ential to Plant Growth, 

 Origin and Classification of Soils: Primary Relations of Soil and Plant; 

 Nitrogen; Phosphorus and Potash; Soil Analysis; Farm Manure; Com- 

 mercial Fertilizers; Physical Properties of Soils; Water Supply; Tem- 

 Serature and Ventilation of Soils; Drainage; Erosion; Tillage; Humus; 

 elation of Crops to Climate and Soil; Soils of the United States; 

 Management of Important Types of Soil; Dry Farming. Explicit 

 language and the avoidance of technical matter make the book ideal 

 for those interested in a practical study of soils. 



DAIRY LABORATORY GUIDE 



By G. L. MARTIN, Professor of Dairying, North Dakota Agricultural 



College. 



140 pages, illustrated, cloth, 72c postpaid. 



This laboratory manual offers a carefully organized series of exer- 

 cises covering the principles of modern dairy practice, with sugges- 

 tions for their practical application. It covers the Production and Care, 

 Testing, Manufacturing, and Marketing, of Dairy Products. An indis- 

 pensable guide for classes in Dairying and for Creamerymen. 



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