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

 421 pp. $1.25. 



THE FARMSTEAD. By I. P. Roberts, of Cornell University. 355 pp. $1.25. 



THE SPRAYING OF PLANTS. By E. G. Lodeman, late of Cornell University. 

 399 pp. $1. 



MILK AND ITS PRODUCTS. By H. H. Wing, of Cornell Univ. 280 pp. $1. 

 THE PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT-GROWING. By L. H. Bailey. 514 pp. $1.25. 

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

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

 FERTILIZERS. By E. B. Voorhees, N. J. Exp. Sta. and Rutgers College. 

 335 pp. $1. 



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

 502 pp. $1.50. 



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

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



Rural Wealth and Welfare. By George T. Fairchild, Ex- President of the 



Agricultural College of Kansas. In the press. 

 Principles of Vegetable-Gardening. By L. H. Bailey. In the press. 

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

 Principles of Breeding of Animals. By W. H. Brewer, of Yale University. 

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

 Feeding of Animals. By W. H. Jordan, of New York State Experiment Station. 

 Farm Poultry. By George C. Watson, of Pennsylvania State College. 



"A series of valuable treatises on the various types of American fruits, the series being edited by 

 Professor L. H. Bailey, of Cornell University." — Chicago Tribune. 



"The 'Rural Science Series,' representing the truly scientific spirit which now pervades our leading schools 

 of agriculture, is an attempt to popularize fundamental agricultural laws, and at the same time to inculcate 

 practical lessons in the art of tilling the soil." — Review of Reviews. 



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