Land Draining 



A handbook for farmers on the principles and practice o 

 draining, by Manly Miles, giving the results of his extende* 

 experience in laying tile drains. The directions for the layini 

 out and the construction of tile drains will enable the farme 

 to avoid the errors of imperfect construction, and the disap 

 pointment that must necessarily follow. This manual fo 

 practical farmers will also be found convenient for referenc 

 in regard to many questions that may arise in crop growing 

 aside from the special subjects of drainage of which it treats 

 Illustrated. 200 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth $1.0 



Barn Plans and Outbuildings 



Two hundred and fifty-seven illustrations. A most valu 

 able work, full of ideas, hints, suggestions, plans, etc., for th 

 construction of barns and outbuildings, by practical writers 

 Chapters are devoted to the economic erection and use o 

 barns, grain barns, horse barns, cattle barns, sheep barnj 

 cornhouses, smokehouses, icehouses, pig pens, granaries, et( 

 There are likewise chapters on birdhouses, doghouses, toe 

 sheds, ventilators, roofs and roofing, doors and fastening} 

 workshops, poultry houses, manure sheds, barnyards, root pitj 

 etc. 235 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth , $1.0 



Irrigation Farming 



By Lute Wilcox. A handbook for the practical applica 

 lion of water in the production of crops. A complete treatis 

 on water supply, canal construction, reservoirs and pondi 

 pipes fo;: irrigation purposes, flumes and their structure 

 methods of applying water, irrigation of field crops, th 

 garden, the orchard and vineyard, windmills and pumps 

 appliances and contrivances. New edition, revised, enlarge- 

 and rewritten. Profusely illustrated. Over 500 pages. 5x 

 inches. Cloth $2.0 



Forest Planting 



By H. Nicholas Jarchow, LL. D. A treatise on the car 

 of woodlands and the restoration of the denuded timberland 

 on plains and mountains. The author has fully describe 

 those European methods which have proved to be most useft 

 in maintaining the superb forests of the old world. This expe 

 rience has been adapted to the different climates and trees o 

 America, full instructions being given for forest planting o 

 our various kinds of soil and subsoil, whether on mountai 

 or valley. Illustrated. 250 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth. $i.S 



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