THE RURAL SCIENCE SERIES 



Fertilizers 



The Source, Character and Composition of Natural, Home-Made and Manufactured Fertilizers; 

 and Suggestions as to their Use for Different Crops and Conditions 



By EDWARD B. VOORHEES 



Director of the New Jersey Experiment Stations, and Professor of Agriculture in Rutgers College 

 THIRD EDITION 335 PAGES $1.00 



rnHIS book discusses the difficult questions of fertilizers in such plain and 

 untechnical language that those who are wholly unlearned in chemistry 

 can use it. There are no elaborate tables. The book instructs upon 



the fundamental principles of the use of fertilizers, so that the farmer is 



able, when he reads it, to determine for himself what his practice shall be. 



It is not an advocate for commercial fertilizers, but tells simply and directly 



what the truth is respecting their value. 



FERTILIZERS includes the following : The Natural Fertility of the Soil, and 

 Sources of Loss of the Elements of Fertility; The Function of Manures and Ferti- 

 lizers, and the Need of Artificial Fertilizers; Nitrogenous Fertilizers; Phosphates; 

 Superphosphates and Potash; Miscellaneous Fertilizing Materials; Purchase of Ferti- 

 lizers; Chemical Analyses of Fertilizers; Methods of Use of Fertilizers; Fertilizers 

 for Cereals and Grasses, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Tomatoes and Sugar Beets; Green 

 Forage Crops; Market -Garden Crops; Orchard Fruits and Berries; Fertilizers for 

 various special crops. 



The Farmstead 



By I. P. ROBERTS 



Director of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University 

 350 PAGES 138 ILLUSTRATIONS -$1 .25 



rPHIS "wisest farmer in America" is also a most delightful and practical 

 writer on the wide subject of farm life and practice. In this book he 

 enters a new field and goes to the root of many problems that have 

 long perplexed farmers and their families. The author's genial style and 

 shrewd, clear, unbiased discussion of such topics as "The Selection and 

 Purchase of Farms," "The Farm as a Source of Income," "Locating the 

 House," "Planning Rural Buildings," "Building the House" (including in 

 three chapters the general plans, outside covering, painting, etc., inside 

 finish, heating and ventilation), "Water-supply and Sewage," "House-fur- 

 nishing," "The Home Yard," "A Discussion of Barns," etc., will make this 

 book a great favorite in its series, and a great help to all who purchase 

 new farms or remodel old ones. To scores of farm -owners it will be a 

 revelation of how much there is to enjoy on the farm and how to make 

 the most of it. 



