The Garden Book—vVol. I. 
By T. GREINER. 
Illustrated. 190 pages. Paper. 60 cents. 
‘One of the most notable books from the standpoint of the gardener 
—and farmer as well—is ‘“‘The Garden Book,” the latest production 
from the pen of Mr. T. Greiner. The twelve chapters of Vol. I are 
grouped under the head of ‘Garden Philosophy,” a most apt title. 
One chapter tells the size of the garden, gives plans for large ones 
and small ones; tells about the ideal site and how to make the best 
out of what the gardener or farmer may happen to have; the author’s 
own garden at La Salle, N. Y., is described and a plat of it printed. 
Plans for laying out of sites to the best advantage are given, and a 
warning sounded against selecting land stocked with certain foul 
weeds. Another chapter describes and illustrates garden tools, 
together with simple home-made labor-saving devices to lighten the 
common drudgery and hasten results. Stable manure, humus, clover 
and chemicals, and the most efficient ways of using, are exhaustively 
discussed. Hotbeds and cold frames, with other appliances for winter 
gardening and the starting of early plants, fill another chapter. 
Irrigation, pumping, hauling water, mulching, tillage, shading, etc., 
each receive attention. Sprayers and spraying devices, powder guns, 
vermicides, and how best and most effectively to use them. In these 
days eternal vigilance is the price of good fruits and vegetables, and 
the instructions. contained in the two chapters devoted to the subject 
are indispensable to him who would make his mark as a successful 
gardener. The final chapter is devoted to transplanting, protecting 
plants from frost, shading newly set plants, weather signs, etc. 
The Garden Book—Vol. II. 
By T. GREINER. 
Illustrated. 200 pages. Paper. 
In Vol. II of the Garden Book Mr. Greiner takes up in detail 
the work of the gardener. In Vol. I general instructions were given, 
general principles cited and explained and the general knowledge 
essential to the production of fruits and vegetables elucidated. 
Vol. II is divided into twelve chapters, each chapter giving in detail 
the practical work of the gardener for each month in the year, begin- 
ning with January and ending with December. The work is written 
more particularly for the northern half of the United States, but 
after allowing for the difference in the seasons between the North 
and South and East and West, is applicable to all sections of the 
country. In a breezy, bright way the author lightens up every detail 
of the year’s work. We have never before read a book in which the 
garden work is so minutely and accurately described. Mr. Greiner is a 
lover of his vocation, and he presents it in such an enjoyable fashion 
that those who read this book cannot help but be affected by his 
enthusiasm. 
The Household Guide. 
364 pages. 
The “Household Guide” is the result of a prize competition among 
the housewives of America. The publishers paid thirty-six cash 
prizes for the best recipes in the various departments. The result 
was the sending of nearly 10,000 recipes, from which a careful selec- 
tion of the best was made. ‘‘The Household Guide,” therefore, is not 
the product of either hasty conception or hasty execution. While 
there is a superfluity of the ordinary cook book with its cut and dried 
recipes, a book which should cover the whole range of household 
duties had yet to be made. “The Household Guide’? was published 
to fill this gap, and it does so. Every recipe bears an American name, 
calls for ingredients of American production and has been tested by 
an American cook. The recipes are contributed by practical house- 
wives in all sections of the United States and they are within the 
means of the humblest home and good enough for the President’s 
table. The different departments cover the whole range of house- 
hold work, including care of the sick, treatment of infants, and the 
thousand and one details of the average American household. From 
a large mass of material contributed to the book, a careful selection 
was made of the shortest and easiest methods of doing every variety 
of household work, so that the reader of its pages will find the daily 
round of duties materially lightened by its help. Even brightening 
up the house and its surroundings with flowers has not been forgot- 
ten. Too many farm houses are without these inexpensive beauti- 
fiers. “The Household Guide’ has a department devoted to this topic. 
Valuable advice and suggestions on the culture and care of flowers 
are given, including a chapter on window gardening, with full direc- 
tions therefor. This timely and important subject gives an appropri- 
ate finish to “The Household Guide.” 
50 cents. 
Paper. 50 cents. 


. Mistakes and Failures. 
EDITED BY GEO. T. PETTIT. 
438 pages. Paper. 50 cents. 
“Mistakes and Failures” is something unique. Everybody likes to 
tell of success. Few take pleasure in airing their mistakes, and yet 
we are constantly making mistakes, and if the ‘‘other fellow’ only 
knew it he might avoid the pitfall into which we tumbled. In ‘Mis- 
takes and Failures” thousands of farmers tell within its 488 pages 
how they made mistakes, and how those led to failures. Not only 
the farmer but his wife, too, makes this confession. On the farm, in 
the garden, in the household duties, in a thousand and one ways these 
mistakes have been made, and here they are put in cold type for the 
public to read—beacon lights to warn the soil tiller and others from 
the rocks of failure. You have only to think how easy it is to make 
a mistake, a miscalculation, and how many each one of us are guilty 




of, to get at the value of this book. Doubtless you will find many of 
your own mistakes which the man on the other side of the continent 
has also made, but you will also find hundreds that you have not 
made, and will not make, now that you have read all about them. 
Farm Helps. 
475 pages. Paper. 50 cents. 
“Farm Helps’ is divided into four general parts: ‘‘Short Cuts,” 
“Practical Experience in Farm Work,’ ‘Farm Implement Annex,’” 
and ‘‘Mistakes, Failures and Successes.’’ The authors of this book 
are all over. They are successful farmers in every State and almost 
every Territory of the Union. They write in the midst of their daily 
farm toil, and the pages of this book bristle with hard facts which 
American farmers have wrung from American ‘soil. Short and quick 
ways of doing things on the farm and in the home. Discussions on 
the crops and stock. How to make the most of farm machinery. 
Mistakes, failures and successes told by those who have made them, 
Snap Shots at Success and Failure. 
EDITED BY GEO. T. PETTIT. 
820 pages. Paper. 50 cents. 
This book touches a tender spot with most people, because it tells 
of one phase of their work which they like to keep quiet. Successes ad- 
vertise themselves, but failures are hidden, or at most, lightly touched 
upon. And yet a knowledge of them is just as useful as a knowledge 
of the successes. ‘Snap Shots at Success and Failure’ tells of both. 
How successes have been achieved; how failures have been made, 
and very often the failures themselves have proved stepping stones 
to success. The book is also interesting because the writers (practi- 
cal farmers and gardeners, by the way) make “no bones” in telling 
of their failures and the reasons for them, and thus the reader can 
avoid the pitfall into which the writer stumbled. The book is made 
up of contributions from every section of the country, and is, there- 
fore, of practical value to every farmer and gardener, no matter 
where they are located and doing business. The whole book is an 
incentive for its readers to better work, and it will make its mark in 
every household into which it goes. It has a complete index, which 
makes every subject treated of easy access to the reader. 
3,500 Handy Ways of Doing Things. 
EDITED BY T. GREINER. 
Copiously Illustrated. 820 pages. Paper. 60 cents. 
This is a compendium of short cuts applicable to the farm and 
farm home. There are short and quick ways of doing a thousand 
and one things on the farm and in the home in the course of a year. 
In this book have been gathered 3,500 hints on how to reach the goal 
and accomplish results across lots, practiced by farmers and their 
wives in every nook and corner of this broad land. It is surprising 
in glancing through the pages of ‘38,500 Handy Ways of Doing 
Things,’ how time and money can be saved in multitudinous ways. 
Every page is an eye-opener. The reader will no doubt find many 
hints which are not new to him, but it is safe to say that no one can 
read the book through without finding hundreds, yes thousands, of 
suggestions, which will help him or her every day in the year. When- 
ever illustrations have been necessary to make the text plainer they 
have been used liberally. The index is very complete, and with its 
aid information on any given subject can readily be turned to. 
Practical Farm Experience.—No. I. 
EDITED BY PROF. W. F. MASSEY. 
405 pages. Paper. 50 cents. 
The progressive farmer has learned the value of Farmers’ Insti- 
tutes, bringing, as they do, the scientific knowledge of trained agri- 
culturists and the experience of practical soil workers before those 
who attend these institutes. What these institutes have done in a 
small way, ‘‘Practical Farm Experience’’ does in a large way. There 
are 237 topics relating to the farm and its management—different 
crops and their treatment, all departments of stock—and these are 
discussed from the standpoint of the practical farmer by the farmer 
himself. All sections of the United States are represented in these 
discussions, so that the method of treatment and the adaptability 
of crops to certain sections and every detail of management are fully 
set forth, not by theoretical ‘‘scissoring,’’ but by men who plow the 
land, raise and harvest the crops, and manage the stock. It is getting 
as close to Mother Earth as it is possible to do. I know of no other 
publication which brings the reader into such familiar touch with 
and thorough understanding of the subjects discussed as does this 
“Practical Farm Experience.” A book for American farmers, written 
by American farmers in the intervals of their daily toils. 
Practical Farm Experience—No. II. 
EDITED BY PROF. W. F. MASSEY. 
405 pages. Paper. 50 cents. 
“Practical Farm Experience, No. 2,’”’ is another book of 405 pages, 
following in the same lines as “Practical Farm Experience No. 1,” 
taking up topics not published in that book. One hundred and thirty- 
six discussions are printed, to which is contributed the experiences 
and opinions of farmers from Maine to California, and from the St. 
Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico. Prof. Massey summarizes each dis- 
cussion. Those who are seeking more and more of the experiences 
of other men who are living close to the soil, can find them in this 
work and in ‘Practical Farm Experience, No. A? 


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