How to Keep Hens for Profit 



By C. S. VALENTINE cloth. Illustrated, izmo 



The wealth that is sure to come from chickens has long been a delusion to the 

 credulous and a subject for cynical jesting to those who have learned that figures can 

 lie. But although much real harm has been done by the calculators who insisted on 

 demonstrating the inevitableness of riches if one only started to keep hens, there is an 

 enormous amount of sound information which is certain to be of the greatest assistance 

 to all who have the opportunity to raise poultry. Mr. Valentine is a well-known 

 authority upon the subject. He is not a victim of extravagant optimism, nor has he 

 been driven by the wild statements of others to the opposite extreme. His knowledge 

 of the whole field is both extensive and accurate; the information that he gives will be 

 of service, not only to the amateur who keeps poultry for his own pleasure, but to the 

 man who wishes to derive from it a considerable portion of his income. 



A Manual of Practical Farming 



By DR. JOHN McLENNAN cloth, Illustrated, i2mo 



The announcement of the forthcoming publication of this book is very striking 

 evidence of the tremendous strides that agriculture has made of late in this country. 

 It is not so many years ago since the practical farmer looked with contempt upon any 

 one who endeavored to apply to the task of farming scientific principles and scientific, 

 methodical thought. Now the very reverse is true. To succeed in agriculture it has 

 been found necessary to avail one's self of all existing knowledge on the subject. In 

 this attractive volume, which is illustrated profusely, Dr. McLennan provides an 

 entertaining treatise, both for the amateur and the professional. As its title indicates, 

 the book devotes itself to the practical side of the matter; and by eliminating un- 

 necessary theory. Dr. McLennan has found sufficient space to cover all the problems 

 that the ordinary farmer is compelled to face. 



Manual of Gardening 



By L. H. BAILEY cioth. Illustrated, i2mo, $2.00 net 



This new work is a combination and revision of the main parts of two other books 

 by the same author, Garden Making and Practical Garden-Book, together with much 

 new material and the result of the experience of ten added years. Among the persons 

 who collaborated in the preparation of the other two books, and whose contributions 

 have been freely used in this one, are C. E. Hunn, a gardener of long experience; 

 Professor Ernest Walker, reared as a commercial florist ; Professor L. R. Taft, and 

 Professor F. A. Waugh, well ki^own for their studies and writings on horticultural 

 subjects. 



The Book of Vegetables and Garden Herbs 



By ALLEN FRENCH cloth. Illustrated, i2mo, $1.75 net 



A practical book "from the ground up." It gives complete directions for growing 

 all vegetables cultivatable in the climate of the northern United States. It represents 

 a departure in vegetable-garden literature. It does not generalize. Leaving the de- 

 scription of garden processes to the general handbooks, it considers the vegetables not 

 in classes but individually, according to their importance. The illustrations, number- 

 ing about 150, are all from original drawings, and are designed to exhibit at their best 

 the various plants, roots, fruits, and planting methods described. They are exceedingly 

 helpfiil as well as entertaining. 



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