Land Draining 



A handbook for farmers on the principles and practice of 

 draining, by Manly Miles, giving the results of his extended 

 experience in laying tile drains. The directions for the laying 

 out and the construction of tile drains will enable the farmer 

 to avoid the errors of imperfect construction, and the disap- 

 pointment that must necessarily follow. This manual for 

 practical farmers will also be found convenient for reference 

 in regard to many questions that may arise in crop growing, 

 aside from the special subjects of drainage of which it treats. 

 Illustrated. 200 pages. S x /■ inches. Cloth 



Bam Plans and Outbuildings 



Two hundred and fifty-seven illustrations. A most valu- 

 able work, full of ideas, hints, suggestions, plans, etc., for the 

 construction of barns and outbuildings, by practical writers. 

 Chapters are devoted to the economic erection and use of 

 barns, grain barns, horse barns, cattle barns, sheep barns, 

 cornhouses, smokehouses, icehouses, pig pens, granaries, etc. 

 There are likewise chapters on birdhouses, doghouses, tool 

 sheds, ventilators, roofs and roofing, doors and fastenings, 

 workshops, poultry houses, manure sheds, barnyards, root pits, 

 etc. 235 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth . 



Irrigation Farming 



By Lute Wilcox. A handbook for the practical applica' 

 tion of water in the production of crops. A complete treatise 

 on water supply, canal construction, reservoirs and ponds, 

 pipes for irrigation purposes, flumes and their structure, 

 methods of applying water, irrigation of field crops, the 

 garden, the orchard and vineyard, windmills and pumps, 

 appliances and contrivances. New edition, revised, enlarged 

 and rewritten. Profusely illustrated. Over 500 pages. 5x7 

 inches. Cloth 



Forest Planting 



By H. Nicholas Jakchow, LL. D. A treatise on the care 

 of woodlands and the restoration of the denuded timberlands 

 on plains and mountains. The author has fully described 

 those European methods which have proved to be most useful 

 in maintaining the superb forests of the old world. This expe- 

 rience has been adapted to the different climates and trees oV 

 America, full instructions being given for forest planting of 

 our various kinds of soil and subsoil, whether on mountain 

 or valley. Illustrated. 250 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth. 



