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8 I Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** 90 



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 I Grasses and Clovers, with Notes on Forage 



Plants 'M 



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 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 business. 



I Handbook for Lumbermen , 05 



5 I Home Pork-making; 125 pages, illustrated 40 



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 I 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 anj' kind for the growth of plants, 

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

 price $2.00. 



I How we Made the Old Farm Pay — A Fruit- 

 book, Green 10 



interest that characterize its author, T. Greiner. 

 10 I Irrigation for the Farm, Garden, and Orchard* 85 

 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 the 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. 



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 Ctilturist, postpaid 1 25 



3 I 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 enthu.siasm anS 

 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. 



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



I Same, paper cover 60 



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. 

 8 I Practical Floriculture, Henderson.* 1 10 



10 I Profits in Poultrv.* ICO 



10 I Small-Fruit Culturist, Fuller 75 



2 I Sorghum, Stock Beets, Strawberries, and Ce- 

 ment Floors. 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 use cement for floors, walks, 

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

 inglj' plain directions you may save several dollars on 

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

 floor than the average mason will make. 

 2 I Sweet Potatoes; Fortv Years' Experience with. 

 By Waldo F. Brown ** 08 



This little book, by a veteran teacher at our farm- 

 ers' institutes, ought to be worth many times the price 

 to everybody who grows even a few sweet potatoes in 

 the garden. It also gives full particulars in regard to 

 handling and keeping this potato, which is difficult to 

 keep unless j-ou know just how. 

 10 I Talks on Manures* 135 



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 language is avoided, which makes the book 

 of greatest value to the practical farmer. A book of 

 366 pages, nicely bound in cloth. 

 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 neces.sary 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. 



2 I Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases 5 



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 b^ following the plan directed in the 

 book, one man will often do as much as tw^o men with- 

 out this knowledge. 

 5 I Tomato Culture 35 



In three parts. Part first. — 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-pressure gardening in 

 general. 



3 I 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 abova. 

 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 of his own that covers one solid acre, and 

 he is pretty 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 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 j'ou to 

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



3 I Wood's Common Objects for the Microscope**.. 47 



8 I What to Do. and How to be Haj py while Do 



ing It 65 



The above hook, bj' A. I. Root, is a compilation of 

 papers published in Oleaniugs n* Bee CuJlure, 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 5'our own homes. 

 The book is mainly" upon market-gardening, fruit- 

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

 cloth. 



8 I Same, paper covers 40 



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



