THE PEOPLE'S 



EMBRACING 



COMPREHENSIVE AND PRACTICAL TREATISES. ON 

 FARM TOPICS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, 



INCLUDING 



FARM MANAGEMENT; FENCING; FARM DRAINAGE; FERTILIZERS; THE SOIL, AND ITS IMPROVE- 

 MENT; GRASSES; CORN; WHEAT; MISCELLANEOUS CROPS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION; 



ROOT CROPS; FRUIT ON THE FARM; GARDENING; INSECTS; TIMBER- 

 GROWING; FARM HOMES AND SURROUNDINGS; SMALL 

 FARMS FOR POOR MN ; HANDY THINGS 

 ABOUT THE FARM, ETC. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



A COMPLETE VOLUME ON FARM STOCK IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE BREEDING, 



CARE, AND MANAGEMENT OF HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP, POULTRY, BEES, ETC. ; 



FOODS FOR ANIMALS; BARNS AND BARN-YARDS; THE DISEASES 



OF HORSES AND LIVE STOCK, 



WITH NUMEROUS 



<WO UOLUMES IN ONE. 



By WALDO R. BROWN, 



Late Agricultural Editor of the Cincinnati Enquire* ; Author of "Success in Farming,' 1 " Highland Farm 

 Papers;" Contributor to the Rural New Yorker, Country Gentleman, .\ew York Tribune, Etc. 



ASSISTED BY THE FOLLOWING 

 L. N. BONHAM, 

 Agricultural Editor Cincinnati Commercial. 



R. S. THOMPSON, 

 Author of "Science in Farming." 



R. VV. STEWART, D. V. S., 

 The Popular Veterinary Surgeon. 



HENRY TALCOTT, 

 Pres't Ashtabula Co. (Ohio) Sorghum Association. 



JOHN G. OXER, 



The Successful Cattle Breeder. 



HON. NORMAN J. COLMAN, 



U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture. 



CORPS OF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS: 



A. J COOK, 

 Prof, in the Michigan State Agricultural College. 



**ANNY FIELD," 

 The Popular Writer and Successful Poultry Raiser. 



JOHN GOULD, 

 Agricultural Editor Cleveland Herald. 



STEPHEN POWERS, 



Author of "Sheep Experience Papers," etc, 

 EDWIN W. BROWN, 

 Practical Cattle Breeder. 



JOHN M. STAHL, 

 Editor Farmers' Call and South and ll'est. 



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