Farmer's Cyclopedia 

 of Agjriculture ^ __^ 



A Compendium of Agricultural Science and Prac- 

 tice on Farm, Orchard and Garden Crops, and the 

 Feeding and Diseases of Farm Animais 



Bj^ EARLEY VERNON WILCOX. Ph. D. 

 atiS CLARENCE BEAMAN SMITH. M. S 



Associate Editors in the Office of Experiment Stations, United States 

 Department of Agriculture 



HIS is a new, practical, and complete 

 presentation of the whole subject of ag- 

 riculture in its broadest sense. It is de- 

 signed for the use of agriculturists who 

 desire up-to-date, reliable information 

 on all matters pertaining to crops and stock, but 

 more particularly for the actual farmer. The 

 volume contains 



Detailed direction s fo r the culture of every 

 important field, orcha r d, and garden crop 



^rown in America, together with descriptions of 

 their chief insect pests and fungous diseases, and 

 remedies for their control. It contains an ac- 

 count of modern methods in feeding and handling 

 all farm s':ock, including poultry. The diseases 

 which affect different farm animals and poultry 

 are described, and the most recent remedies sug- 

 gested for controlling them. 



Every bit of this vast mass of new and useful 

 information is authoritative, practical and easily 

 found, and no effort has been spared to include 

 all desirable details. There are between 6,000 

 and 7,000 topics covered in these references, and 

 it contains 700 royal 8vo pages and nearly 500 

 superb half-tone and other original illustrations, 

 making the most perfect Cyclopedia of Agricul- 

 ture ever attempted. 



Handjomety bound in clolh, ^3. SO; half morocco 

 {xJery sumptuous), yS4-,SO, postpaid 



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