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COSTAIHING THE SIMPLEST DIRECTIONS FOR THE GliOWIXG OF THE COMMONEST TlIINGS ABOUT THE HoCSE AND 



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IN THE "RURAL SCIENCE SERIES, ETC. 



IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE 



Principles and Practice of Their Cultural Phases. 



By F. H. King, Professor of Agricultural Physics 



in the University of Wisconsin. 



500 Pages, 163 illustrations. $1.50. 



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THE FARMSTEAD 



By L P. Roberts, Director of the College of Agricul- 

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350 Pages, 138 illustrations. $1.25. 

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THE EVOLUTION OF 



OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



By L. H. Bailet, Professor of Hor- 

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In this entertaining volume, the 

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THE PRINCIPLES 



OF AGRICULTURE 



A Telxt-Book for Schools and 

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with illustrations. Full references are 



made to available literature. 

 the notice of the CTGLOPEDIA OF 



LESSONS WITH PLANTS 



Suggestions fob Seeing and In- 

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