.U'NE 1, 1912 



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Henderson, it particularly emphasizes thorough culti- 

 ^ration of the soil in preparing your ground ; and this 

 matter of adapting it to young people as well as old is 

 brought out in a most happy vein. If your children 

 have any sort of fancy for gardening it will pay you to 

 make them a present of this book. It has 187 pages 

 and 46 engravings 

 3 I Grasses and Clovers, with Notes on Forage 



Plants '^ 



This is by Hemy A. Dreer, author of the book 

 " Vegetables Under Glass " that has had such a large 

 sale of late. This little book tells how six tons of 

 grass has been grown to the acre, and gives much 

 other valuable matter. 

 10 I Greenhouse Construction, by Prof. Taft** . . 1 15 



This book is of recent publication, and is as full and 

 complete in regard to the building of all glass struc- 

 tures as is the next book in regard to their manage- 

 ment. Any one who builds even a small structure for 

 plant-growing under glass will save the value of the 

 book by reading it carefully. 

 12 I Greenhouse Management, by Prof. Taft** 1 15 



This book is a companion to Greenhouse Construc- 

 tion. It is clear up to the times, contains 400 pages 

 and a great lot of beautiful half-tone engravings. A 

 large part of it is devoted to growing vegetables under 

 glass, especially Grand Rapids lettuce, as well as 

 fruits and flowers. The publisher's price is $1.50; but 

 as we bought quite a lot of them we can make a spe- 

 cial price as above. 



5 I Gregory on Cabbages, paper* 20 



5 I Gregory on Squashes, paper* 20 



5 I Gregory on Onions, paper* 20 



The above three books, by our friend Gregory, are 

 all valuable. The book on squashes especially is good 

 reading for almost anybody, whether they raise 

 squashes or not. It strikes at the very foundation of 

 success in almost any kind of bu.siness. 



I Handbook for I^umbermen 05 



5 I Home Pork-making; 125 pages, illustrated 4G 



I think it will pay well for everybody who keeps a 

 pig to have this book. It tells all about the care of 

 the pig, with lots of pictures describing cheap pens, 

 appliances, all about butchering, the latest and most 

 approved short cuts; all about making the pickle, 

 barreling the meat, fixing a smoke-house (from the 

 cheapest barrel up to the most approved arrange- 

 ment); all about pig-troughs; how to keep them clean 

 with little labor; recipes for cooking pork in every 

 imaginable way, etc. Publisher's price is 50 cents, 

 ours as above. 

 15 1 How to Make the Garden Pay** 1 35 



By T. Greiner. Those who are interested in hot- 

 beds, cold-frames, cold green-houses, hothouses, or 

 glass structures of any kind for the growth of plants, 

 can not afford to be without the book. Publisher's 

 price $2.00. 

 10 I How to Keep Well and Live Long 90 



The above book by T. B. Terry is, In my opinion, 

 destined to relieve more pain, sickness, and death 

 than any other book In the whole world that has 

 ever come to my knowledge. This is pretty strong 

 language, I admit: but since Mr. Terry commenced, 

 years ago, to urge the importance of pure air, pure 

 water, and a simple diet of good simple food in mod- 

 erate quantities, the whole wide world, doctors in- 

 cluded, seems to be gradually falling in with him. 

 Of course, other good and wise men commenced a 

 similar crusade for better health long before Terry 

 did: but he seems to have a happy faculty of getting 

 hold of people and keeping their attention. After 

 you once start in with the book you will be pretty 

 sure to read it to the end, and you will ever after be 

 a better and a happier man or woman for having 

 read it. We have a special low price for clubbing 

 with Gleaning.s— that Is, both for |1.50. If you have 

 already paid for Gleanings a year or more In ad- 

 vance you can have the book for 75 cents postpaid. 

 Since it first came out, only a .short time ago, we 

 have sold nearly 1000 copies. 

 3 I Maple Sugar and the Sugar-bush** 25 



5 I Manures ; How to Make and How to Use 



Them; in paper covers 30 



6 I The same in cloth covers 65 



I Nut Culturist, postpaid 1 25 



3 I Onions for Profit** 40 



Fully up to the times, and includes both the old 

 onion culture and the new rrethod. The book is fully 

 illu.strated, and written V, ith all the enthusiasm and 

 Even if one is not particularly interested in the busi 



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ness, almost any person who picks up Greiner's books 

 will like to read them through. 



8 I Practical Floriculture, Henderson.* 1 10 



10 I Small-Fruit Culturist, Fuller 75 



2 I Experiments in Farming. By Waldo F. Brown. 08 

 This little book ought to be worth its cost for what 



is said on each of the four different subjects; and the 

 chapter on cement floors may be worth many dollars 

 to anybody who has to u.se cement for floors, walks, 

 or any thing else. In fact, if you follow the exceed- 

 ingly plain directions you may save several dollars on 

 one single job; and not only that, get a better cement 

 floor than the average mason will make. 

 10 I Our Farming, by T. B. Terry** 75 



I Same, paper cover,po.stpaid 50 



In which he tells " how we have made a run-down 

 farm bring both profit and pleasure." 



If ordered by express or freight with other goods, 

 10c less. 

 10 I Talks on Manures* 1 35 



By Joseph Harris. Written conversational style, 

 which makes it very interesting reading. It covers 

 the subject very completely; contains numerous anal- 

 yses of manures and comparative tables. The use of 

 technical langfuage is avoided, which makes the book 

 of greatest value to the practical farmer. A book of 

 366 pages, nicely bound in cloth. 



10 I The Dollar Hen 90 



The above book will be clubbed with Gleanings for 

 one year at $1.50; or if you have already subscribed a 

 year or more in advance you can have the book post- 

 paid for 75 cents. 



My opinion is, that "The Dollar Hen" is not only 

 one of the best books on poultry that we have at 

 the present time, but it is worth nearly as much as 

 a dozen other books. Perhaps this is extreme, but 

 we have very few books that are strictly up-to- 

 date, and still fewer that pitch right into the su- 

 perstitions and humbugs now scattered all through 

 our poultry books and journals. 

 5 I The New Rhubarb Culture** 40 



Whenever apples are worth a dollar a bushel or 

 more, winter-grown rhubarb should pay big. It does 

 not require an expensive house nor costly appliances. 

 Any sort of cellar where it will not freeze is all right 

 for it; and the small amount of heat necessary to 

 force the rhubarb costs very li.tle. The book is nicely 

 bound in cloth, full of illustrations, mostly photos 

 from real work, 130 pages. Every market-gardener 

 should have this book, for the lessons taught indirect- 

 ly, in regard to forcing other crops besides rhubarb. 

 Publisher's price 50c. 

 5 I Tile Drainage, by W. I. Chamberlain 35 



Fully illustrated, containing every thing of impor- 

 tance clear up to the present date. 



The single chapter on digging ditches, with the il- 

 lustrations given by Prof. Chamberlain, should alone 

 make the book worth what it costs, to every one who 

 has occasion to lay ten rods or more of tile. There is 

 as much science in digging as in doing almost any 

 thing else ; and by following the plan directed in the 

 book, one man will often do as much as two men with- 

 out this knowledge. 

 5 I Tomato Culture 35 



In three parts. Part firrt.— By J. W. Day, of Crystal 

 Springs, Miss., treats of tomato culture in the South, 

 with some remarks by A. I. Root, adapting it to the 

 North. Part second.— By D. Cummins, of Conneaut, 

 O., treats of tomato culture especially for canning- 

 factories. Part third.— By A. I. Root, treats of plant- 

 growing for market, and high-pres.sure gardening in 

 general. 



3 I Winter Care of Horses and Cattle 25 



This is friend Terry's second book in regard to farm 



matters ; but it is so intimately connected with his po- 

 tato-book that it reads almost like a sequel to it. If you 

 have only a horse or a cow, I think it will pay you to 

 invest in a book. It has 44 pages and 4 cuts. 



8 I What to Do, and How to be Happy while Do- 

 ing It 65 



The above book, by A. I. Root, is a compilation of 

 papers published in Oleanings in Bee Culture, in 1886, 

 '7, and '8. It is intended to solve the problem of find- 

 ing occupation for those scattered over our land out 

 of employment. The suggestions are principally 

 about finding employment about your own homes. 

 The book is mainly upon market-gardening, fruit- 

 culture, poultry-raising, etc. Illustrated, 188 pages, 

 cloth 



8 I Same, paper covers 40 



THE A. I. ROOT CO.. Medina, Ohio. 



