VALUABLE BOOKS. 31 



THE A B C OF 



Strawberry Culture, 



BY T. B. TERRY, 



Is, we believe, the best book published on Strawberry Culture. It is brimful of 

 good, reliable information. Price by mail, postpaid, 40 cents. 



THE BTTSinSTESS HEN. 



Breeding- and Feeding 1 Poultry for Profit. 



BY H. W. COLLINGWOOD. 



With special articles by P. H. Jacobs, # C. S. Cooper, Arthur D. Warner, Henry 

 Stewart, Philander Williams, James Rankin, Henry Hales, I. K. Felch, Dr. F. L. 

 Kilbourne. C. H. Wychkoff, H. S. Babcock, C. E. Chapman and others. 

 ™"j|This little book has met with a hearty reception at the hands of that vast num- 

 ber of people who are interested in the doings of " the little American hen," and 

 especially in the methods by which practical poultrymen make her so profitable an 

 egg and meat machine. Price, 40 cents, by mail postpaid. 



CROSS-BREEDING AND HYBRIDIZING. 



The Philosophy of the Crossing of Plants, consid?red with reference to their 

 Cultivation — How to Improve Plants by Hybridizing. — By L. H. Bailey. It is the 

 only book accessible to American Horticulturists which gives the reasons, discour- 

 agements, possibilities and limitations of Cross-Breeding. Every man who owns a 

 plant should have it, if for no other reason than to post himself upon one of the 

 leading practices of the day. The pamphlet contains also a bibliography of the sub- 

 ject, including over 400 entries; Price 40 cents, postpaid. 



THE NEW POTATO CULTURE. 



By Elbert S. Carman, Editor of The Rural New- Yorker; Originator of the fore- 

 most of Potatoes — Bural New- Yorker No. 2 ; Originator of the Rural Trench System; 

 Grower of over 1,000 Bushels of Potatoes per Acre. This book gives the results of 

 15 years' experiment work on the Rural Grounds. It treats particularly of: How 

 to Increase the Crop without Corresponding Cost of Production. Manures and 

 Fertilizers: Kinds and Methods of Application. The Soil, and How to Put it in 

 Right Condition. Depth of Planting. How Much Seed to Plant. Methods of Cul- 

 ture. The Rural Trench System. 



Nothing old or worn-out about this book. It treats of new and profitable 

 methods; in fact, of The New Potato Culture. It is respectfully submitted that these 

 experiments at the Rural grounds have, directly and indirectly, thrown more light 

 upon the various problems involved in successful potato-culture than any other ex- 

 periments which have been carried on in America. Price, 40 cents. 



