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^^HE Rural Library is a series J 

 ^ of monthly issues of popu- 

 lar pamphlets on scientific,^, 

 and practical topics^ in a.?ri-,. 

 culture and horti culture j,% 

 Each is intended -^to be 

 complete manual of the sub 

 I ject treated. They are written or edited b 



imen and women whose broad knowledge o 

 the specialties on which they write is undis 

 puted. The range of subjects is well illustrated 

 I by the titles of the numbers already issued or 

 1 soon to appear. Among these are: "Straw- *, 

 I berries: What, How and Wherefore;" "Tools: |i 

 I Styles, Types and Methods for use in Horti-;^ 

 * culture;" "Cross-breeding and Hybridizing of, f 

 I Plants;" Chemicals and Clover;" "The Business I 

 I Hen;" "The Tuberous Begonia;" "Rats and | 

 I Other Vermin;" "Canning and Preserving | 

 I Fruits and Vegetables;"- "The New Celery Cul- ^ 

 I ture ; " " Ensilage and the Silo ; " " Accidents and |' 

 I Emergencies," and " Milk : "Making and Market- ' | 

 f ing." Others to come will, in turn, enter upon ^ 

 all departments of rural activity wherein more | 

 extended information is required than the % 

 newspaper article can furnish, or wherein ex- a 

 isting books fail to condense properly for handy" ^ 

 use the particular information wanted. • ^ 



The Rural Publishing Company, | 



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