January, 1906 



FEE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



289 



TO OUR READERS ON APPROVAL 



FARMER'S 



Cyclopedia of Agriculture 



A Compendium of Agricultural Science and Practice on Farm, Orchard and Garden Crops, and the 



Feeding and Diseases of Farm Animals 



By EARLEY VERNON WILCOX, Ph.D., and CLARENCE BEAMAN SMITH, M.S. 



Assistant Editors in the Office of Experiment Stations, United States Department of Agriculture 





I FARMER'S 

 CYO0BEDIA 



? OF 



• AGRICULTURE 



This is a new, practical and 

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 broadest sense. It is designed 

 for the use of agriculturists who 

 desire up-to-date, reliable infor- 

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 to crops and stock, but more 

 particularly for the actual farmer. 

 The volume contains 



Detailed Directions for 

 the Culture of Every 

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 chard and Garden Crop 



grown in America, together with 

 descriptions of their chief in- 

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 It contains an account of modern methods in feeding and handling all 

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Manures, Fertilizers, Principles of Feeding, 

 Feeding Value of Crops and Feeds, 

 Dairy Farming, 



agricultural bulletins, college experiment stations and reading 

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The book is based on the work of the past twenty years 

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Arranged in Alphabetical Order, 



with a complete system of cross references. All matter pertaining 

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Fresh Facts from the Field of American 

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Every page tells of progress in American methods of farming. 

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 no attempt is made to boom any crop or animal beyond its deserts. 

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 advanced agriculture. This volume contains 700 royal octavo 

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