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Partial List of Contents 



Almanac, Calculation for 1912, with Cal- 

 endar of Months, etc. 

 Aid to the Injured, First 

 Alfalfa, How to Raise 

 Animal Diseases and their Remedies 

 Antidote for Poisons 

 Bee Keepers' Maxims 

 Bookeeping for Farmers and Gardeners 

 Buildings, To Protect from Lightning 

 Builders, Information for 

 Bulb Culture — Indoor 

 Canning and Preserving 

 Clouds and the Weather 

 Concrete, What a Farmer Can Do With 

 Corn, How Deep to Plant 



Planting for Big Crop: 



Practical Hints for Growing 



Rule for Measuring 



Selection of Seed 

 Cooking Time Tables 

 Eggs, How to Preserve 

 Farm Water Supply, The 

 Frosts, Facts About 



Fruits, Best Varieties of for the United 

 States 



Pruning and Grafting 

 Greenhouse, Best All-round 

 Hotbed, Building a 

 Plants, Propagating at Home 

 Power for the Farm 

 Road Building and Maintenance. 

 Seed, How to Test 



When to Plant 

 Silo, How to Build a 

 Vegetables, Planting Tables for 

 Weights and Measures 

 Wheel Hoe and How to Use It 

 Woodlot, Care of 



Who's Who in Poultry 

 Who's Who in Dogs 



Enlarged, Rearranged and Revised 



The 



Garden and Farm 

 Almanac 



FOR 1912 



Special Features: 



Best Breeds of Cattle. Best Breeds of Swine 



Best Breeds of Sheep. A Guide to the 



Weeds. Getting the Best of the Insects 



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 very best advantage all flowers, vegetables, crops, 

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 to fight all insect enemies — shows what needs to be 

 done about the place each month for its better 

 maintenance — devotes many pages to all garden 

 and farm building operations — is full of new and 

 attractive ideas and suggestions. 



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is, in a word, a ready reference guide of every-day 

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