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 Wiseoosin. 303 pp. 75 ets. 

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



399 pp. $1. 

 MILK AND ITS PRODUCTS. By H. H. Wi.ng, of Cornell Univ. 311 pp. $1. 

 THE FERTILITY OF THE LAND. Bv I. P. Roberts, of Cornell Universitv. 



421 pp. $1.25. 

 THE PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT-GROWING. By L. H. Bailey. 516 pp. $1.25. 

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

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



332 pp. $1. 

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

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



502 pp. $1.50. 

 THE FARMSTEAD. By I. P. Roberts, of Cornell University. 350 pp. $1.25. 

 RURAL WEALTH AND WELFARE. By George T, Fairchild, Ex-President 



of the Agricultural College of Kansas. 381 pp. $1.25. 

 PRINCIPLES OF VEGETABLE -GARDENING. Bv L. H. Bailey. 458 pp. 



$1.25. 



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

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



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



In the 2J>'ess. 

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

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

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

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

 The Pome Fruits (Apples, Pears, Quinces). By L. H. Bailey. 

 Care of Animals. By N. S. Mayo, Connecticut Agricultural College. 



"The 'Rural SeieiK'e Series," representint; the truly scientific syiirit which tn)w pervades our leading schools 

 of agriculture, is an attempt to poi)ularize fundamental afjricultiiral laws, and at tlie same time to inculcate 

 practical lessons in the art of tilling tiie soil,"— /iVr/c/c of I^i/i-ifx-s . 



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