The Rural Science Series 



EACH BOOK IS THE WORK OF A 

 COMPETENT SPECIALIST, UNDER 

 THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF 



PROFESSOR L. H. BAILEY, of Cornell University 



The following volumes are now ready: 



THE SOIL. By F. H. King, of the University of Wisconsin. 303 pp. 75 ets. 

 THE SPRAYING OF PLANTS. Bv E. G. Lodemax, late of Cornell University. 



399 pp. *1. 

 MILK AND ITS PRODUCTS. By II. H. WiXG, of Cornell Univ. 311 pp. $1. 

 THE FERTILITY OF THE LAND. Bv I. P. Roberts, of Cornell University. 



421 pp. $1.2.3. 

 THE PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT-GROWING. By L. H. B.\iley. 516 pp. $1.25. 

 BUSH-FRUITS. By F. W. Card, E. I. Agric. College. 537 pp. $1.50. 

 FERTILIZERS. Bv E. B. Voorhees, X. J. Exp. Sta. and Rutgers College. 



335 pp. $1. 

 THE PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE. By L. H. Bailey. 300 pp. $1.25. 

 IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE. By F. H. King, of the University of Wisconsin. 



502 pp. $1..50. 

 THE FARMSTEAD. By I. P. Roberts, of Cornell University. 350 pp. $1.25. 

 RURAL WEALTH AND WELFARE. By George T. Pairchild, Ex-President 



of the Agricultni-al College of Kansas. 381 pp. $1.25. 

 PRINCIPLES OF VEGETABLE -GARDENING. By L. II. Bailey. 458 pn. 



$1.25. 

 FEEDING OF ANIMALS. By W. H. Jordan, of New York State Experiment 



Station. $1.25 net. 

 FARM POULTRY. By G. C. W.atson, of Pennsylvania State College. $1.25 net. 



So long as the demand warrants, new volumes will be added to the Rural 

 Science Series. Definite arrangements have been completed for the following : 



Physiology of Plants. By J. C. Arthur, Purdue University. 



Plant Pathology. By B. T. Galloway and associates, of U. S. Dept. of Agr. 



The Pome Fruits (Apples, Pears, Quinces). By L. H. Bailey. 



The Care of Stock. By N. S. Mayo, Kansas State Agriculture College. 



The Principles of Stock-Breeding. By W. H. Brewer, Ph.D., Yale University. 



"The 'Rural Science Serie'*,' representing the truly scientific spirit which 

 ot agriculture, is an attempt to popularize fundamental agricultural laws, 

 practical lessons in the art of tilling the soil."— iJenicw of Jievieus. 



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