STANDARD BOOKS. 



Turkeys and How to Grow Them. 



Edited by Herbert Myrick. A treatise on the natural his- 

 tory and origin of the name of turkeys; the various 

 breeds, the beat methods to insure success in the business 

 of turkey growing. With essays from practical turkey 

 growers in different parts of the United States and Can- 

 ada. Copiously illustrated. Cloth, 12mo. . . $1 00 



Profits I' Poultry. 



Usetu/ and ornamental breeds and their profitable man- 

 agement. This excellent work contains the combined 

 experience of a number of practical men in all depart- 

 ments of poultry raisiijg. It is profusely illustrated and 

 forms a unique and important addition to our poultry 

 literature.* Cloth, 12m o $1.00 



How Crops Grow, 



By Prof. Samuel W. Johnson of Yale College. New and 

 revised edition. A treatise on the chemical composition, 

 structure and life of the plant. This book is a guide to 

 the knowledge of agricultural plants, their composition, 

 their structure and modes of development and growth; 

 of the complex organization of plants, and the use of 

 the" parts; the germination of seeds, and the food of 

 plants obtained both from the air and the soil. The 

 book is indispensable to all real students of agriculture. 

 With numerous illustrations and tables of analysis. Cloth, 

 12mo. $1.50 



Coburn's Swine Husbandry. 



By F. D. Coburn. New, revised and enlarged edition. The 

 breeding, rearing, and management of swine, and the 

 prevention and treatment of their diseases. It is the full- 

 est and freshest compendium relating to swiue breeding 

 yet offered. Cloth, 12mo $1.50 



Stewart's Shepherd's Manual. 



By Henry Stewart. A valuable practical treatise on the 

 sheep for American farmers and sheep growers. It is 

 so plain that a farmer or a farmer's son who has never 

 kept a sheep, may learn from its pages how to manage 

 a flock successfully, and yet so complete that even the 

 experienced shepherd may gather many suggestions from 

 it. The results of personal experience of some years 

 with the characters of the various modern breeds of 

 sheep, and the sheep raising capabilities of many por- 

 tions of our extensive territory and that of Canada and 

 the careful study of the diseases to which our sheep 

 are chiefly subject, with those by which they may even- 

 tually be afflicted through unforeseen accidents as well 

 as the methods of management called for under our 

 circumstances, are carefully described. Illustrated. Cloth, 

 12mo $1.00 



