BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



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

 of Agriculture, Ohio State University. 



395 pages, 217 illustrations, cloth, $1.25 net. 



Beginnings in Animal Husbandry is the only book published that 

 is specially designed to meet the needs of students in Animal Husbandry 

 courses in secondary schools. Among the subjects 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 Plants and Animate; 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. Topics for discus- 

 sion and suggestions for observation and application are included at 

 the close of each chapter. 



SOILS AND SOIL FERTILITY 



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



WALSTER, Instructor in Soils, of the University of 



Wisconsin. 



315 pages, well illustrated, cloth, $1.25 net. 



Xo 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 Essential 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- 

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

 Relation 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 

 beginners in this subject. A well-chosen set of fundamental labora- 

 tory exercises and demonstrations, with complete directions, is included. 



POPULAR FRUIT GROWING 



By SAMUEL B. GREEX, late Professor of Horticulture and Forestry, 

 University of Minnesota. 



300 pages, 120 illustrations, cloth, $1.00 



This book covers the factors of successful Fruit Growing, with 

 lists of fruits adapted to each state; Orchard Protection; Injurious 

 Insects and Diseases; Spraying; Harvesting and Marketing Methods; 

 Propagation of Fruits; etc. A very popular book for schools and col- 

 leges. A new, revised edition by Le Roy Cady, Professor of Horticul- 

 ture, University of Minnesota, is just out. 



