I ANDSCAPE-GARDENING.— By El:as A. Long. A practical treatise 

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 THE BUSINESS HEN.— Breeding and Feeding Poultry for Profit. The 

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riRST LESSONS IN AGRICULTURE, {jnd Edition, Revised and En - 

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THE NEW POTATO CULTURE.— By Elbert S. Carman. This book 

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