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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
American Estates and Gardens 
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ST re eee Rees 
By BARR FERRET 
Editor of ‘‘American Homes and Gardens,’? Corresponding Member 
of the American Institute of Architects and of the 
Royal Institute of British Architects 
4to. 11x13% inches. Illuminated Cover 
and 275 Illustrations. 306 Pages. 
Price, $10.00 
A sumptuous book, dealing 
with some of the most stately 
houses and charming gardens 
in America. The illustrations are in 
nearly all cases made from original 
photogiaphs, and are beautifully printed 
on double coated paper. Attractively 
bound. The book will prove one of 
the most interesting books of the year 
and will fill the wants of those who 
desire to purchase a luxurious book 
on our American Homes. 
Munn & Company 
Publishers of ‘‘Scientific American’’ 
361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 
THE NEW AGRICULTURE 
By 
T. BYARD COLLINS 
8vo. Cloth. 376 Pages 
100 Illustrations 
Price, $2 00, Postpaid 
HIS new and valuable work sets forth the changes which have 
taken place in American agricultural methods which are 
transforming farm life, formerly so hard, into the most 
independent, peaceful and agreeable existence. Farm life 
to-day offers more inducements than at any previous period 
in the world’s history, and it is calling millions from the 
desk. The present work is one of the most practical treatises on the subject 
ever issued. It contains 376 pages and 100 illustrations. 
In brief, the Contents are as follows: 
CHAPTER I. This chapter contains a general statement of the advantages of farm life. 
CHAPTER II. Deals with the vast systems of irrigation which are transforming the Great West, and also 
hints at an application of water by artificial means in sections of the country where irrigation has not 
hitherto been found necessary. 
CHAPTER III. Gives the principles and importance of fertilization and the possibility of inoculating the soil 
by means of nitrogen-gathering bacteria. 
CHAPTERIV. Deals with the popular awaking to the importance of canals and good roads, and their rela- 
tion to economy and social well-being. 
CHAPTER V. Tells of some new interests which promise a profit. 
CHAPTER VI. Gives a description of some new human creations in the plant world. 
CHAPTER VII Deals with new varieties of grain, root and fruit, and the principles upon which these modi- 
fications are effected and the possibilities which they indicate. 
CHAPTER VIII. Describes improper methods in agricultural practice. 
CHAPTER IX. Devoted to new machinery by which the drudgery of life on the farm is being eliminated, 
making the farm a factory and the farmer the manager of it. 
CHAPTER X._ Shows the relation of a body of specialists to the American farmer, who can have the most 
expert advice upon every phase of his work without any expense whatever to himself. 
MUNN & CO., Publishers oe 361 Broadway, NEW YORK 
June, 1909 
