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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1. 



3 I Merrybanks and His Neighbor, by A. I. Root... 15 



4 I "Winter Problem in Bee-keepirg, by Pierce -16 



I Bienenzucht und Honiggewinnung 50 



Or "Bee Culture and the Securing of Honey," a Ger- 

 man bee-book by J. F. Eggers, of Grand Island, Neb. 

 Postage free. 



MISCELLANEOUS HAND- BOOKS. 



5 I An Egg farm, Stoddard** 40 



5 A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Finlev 25 



5 | A B C of .Strawberry Culture,** by T.B. Terry.. 35 



Probably the leading book of the world on straw- 

 berries. 



3 | A B C of Potato Culture, Terry** 35 



This is T. B. Terry's first and most masterly work. 



I Barn Plans and Out-buildings* 1 50 



Canar3' birds, paper 50 



2 | Celery for Profit, by T. Greiner** 25 



The first really full and complete book on celery 



culture, at a moderate price, that we have had. It is 

 full of pictures, and the whole thing is made so plain 

 that a schoolboy ought to be able to grow paying 

 crops at once without any assistance except from the 

 book. 



15 I Draining for Profit and Health, Warring 1 35 



10 Fuller's Grape Culturist ** 1 15 



8 I Domestic Economy, by I. H. Mayer, M D.** ... 30 



This book ought to save at least the money it costs, 

 each year, in every household. It was written by a 

 doctor, and one who has made the matter of domestic 

 economy a life study. The regular price of the book 

 is SI. 00, but by taking a large lot of them we are en- 

 abled to make the price only 30 cents. 

 10 | Farming for Boys* 1 15 



This is one of Joseph Harris' happiest productions, 

 and it seems to me that it ought to make farm-life fas- 

 cinating to any boy who has any sort of taste for gar- 

 dening. 



7 Farm, Gardening, and Seed-growing** 90 



12 Gardening for Pleasure, Henderson* 1 35 



12 Gardening for Profit** 1 35 



8 Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** 1 25 



This is Joseph Harris' best and happiest effort. Al- 

 though it goes over the same ground occupied by Peter 

 Henderson, it particularly emphasizes thorough culti- 

 vation 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 | Grasses and Clovers, with Notes on Forage 



Plants 20 



This is by Henry 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 | 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 ii carefully. 



15 | How to Make the Garden Pay** 1 3-5 



Garden and Farm Topics, Henderson** 60 



Gray's School and Field Book of Botany 1 80 



5 Gregory on Cabbages, paper* .'. 20 



5 Gregory on Squashes, paper* 20 



5 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 business. 



Handbook for Lumbermen 05 



10 Household Conveniences 1 40 



2 How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, Green* 15 



10 How to Get Well and Keep Well 90 



An exposition of the Salisbury system of curing dis- 

 ease by the "lean-meat diet." 



2 | Injurious Insects, Cook 10 



10 | Irrigation for the Farm, Garden, and Orchard* 1 10 

 By Stewart. This book, so far as 1 am informed, is 

 almost the only work on this matter that is attracting 

 so much interest, especially recently. Using water 

 from springs, brooks, or windmills to take trie place 

 of rain, during our great drouths, is the great problem 

 before us at the present day. The book has 274 pages 

 and 142 cuts. 



7 1 Market-gardening and Farm Notes 75 



This is by a real, live, enterprising, successful mar- 

 ket-gardener who lives in Arlington, a suburb of Bos- 



ton, Mass. Friend Rawson has been one of the fore- 

 most to make irrigation a practical success, and he 

 now irrigates his grounds by means of a windmill and 

 steam-engine whenever a drouth threatens to injure 

 the crops. The book has 208 pages, and is nicely il- 

 lustrated with 110 engravings. 



3 I Maple Sugar and the Sugar-bush** 32 



4 I Peabody's Webster's Dictionary 10 



Over 30,000 words and 250 illustrations. 



5 | Manures ; How to Make and How to Use 



Them : in paper covers 30 



6 | The same in cloth covers 65 



3 | Onions for Profit** 40 



Fully up to the times, and includes both the old 

 onion culture and the new method. The book is fully 

 illustrated, and written with all the enthusiasm and 

 interest that characterizes its author, T. Greiner. 

 Even if one is not particularly interested in the busi- 

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

 will like to read them through. 

 • | Our Farming, by T. B. Terry** 1 50 



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

 farm bring both profit and pleasure." 



This is a large book, 6x9 inches, 367 pages, quite ful- 

 ly illustrated. It is Terry's first large book ; and while 

 it touches on the topics treated in his smaller hand- 

 books, it is sufficiently different so that no one will 

 complain of repetition, even if he has read all of Ter- 

 ry's little books. I should call it the brightest and 

 most practical book on farming, before the world at 

 the present day. The price is $2.00 postpaid, but we 

 have made arrangements to furnish it for only SI. 50. 



We are so sure it will be worth many times its cost 

 that we are not afraid to offer to take it back if any 

 one feels he has not got his money's worth after he 

 has read it. If ordered by express or freight with 

 other goods, 10c less. 



1 | Poultry for Pleasure and Profit.** 10 



8 Practical Floriculture, Henderson.* 1 10 



10 Profits in Poultry.* 75 



2 I Practical Turkey-raising 10 



By Fanny Field. This is a 25-cent book which we 



offer for 10 cts. ; postage, 2 cts. 



2 | Rats : How to Rid Farms and Buildings of 

 them, as well as other Pests of like Charac- 

 ter.** 15 



1 Silk and the Silkworm 10 



10 Small-Fruit Culturist, Fuller 1 10 



10 Success in Market-Gardening* 90 



10 Talks on Manures* 135 



7 Ten Acres Enough 75 



10 The New Agriculture ; or, the Waters Led Cap- 

 tive (a $1.50 book) 40 



2 | Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases 10 



5 | 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. The book embraces every thing 

 connected with the subject, and was written by the 

 author while he was engaged in the work of digging 

 the ditches and laying the tiles HIMSELF, for lie has 

 laid literally miles of tile on his own farm in Hudson, 

 Ohio. 



3 I Tomato Culture 35 



3 Vegetables under Glass, by H. A. Dreer** 20 



3 I Vegetables in the Open Air 20 



This is a sort of companion book to the one above. 

 Both books are most fully illustrated, and are exceed- 

 ingly valuable, especially at the very low price at 

 which they are sold. The author, H. A. Dreer, has a 

 greenhouse ot his own that covers one solid acre, and 

 he is prettv well conversant with all the arrangements 

 and plans for protecting stuff from the weather, and 

 afterward handling to the best advantage when the 

 weather will permit out of doors. 



3 | 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 horseor a cow. I think it will pay you to 

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



3 | Wood's Common Objects of the Microscope**. . 47 



8 | What to Do and How to be Happy While doing 



It, by A. I. Root 42 



The A. 1 Root Co., Medina, O. 



