THE HOUSEHOLD GUIDE 



A Complete Home Maker. 

 The Only Book of Its Kind. 



The "Household Guide" is the result of a prize compe- 

 tition 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 selection 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 housewives 

 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 household 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 surround- 

 ings with flowers has not been forgotten. Too many farm 

 houses are without these inexpensive beautifiers. The House- 

 hold Guide has a Department devoted to this topic. Valu- 

 able advice and suggestions on the culture and care of flowers 

 are given, including a chapter on window gardening, -with 

 full directions therefor. The housewife will find this one of 

 the most interesting portions of the Guide. This timely and 

 important subject gives an appropriate finish to "The House- 

 hold Guide." Price 50 cents. 



THE PRACTICAL FARMER'S 

 YEAR BOOK FOR 1 901. 



An Encyclopedia of Facts and Information. 

 Indispensable in Every Home. 



"The Practical Farmer's Year Book for 1901" is a com- 

 pilation which will be to the farmer what the encyclopaedia 

 is to the student — a compilation of facts and information, 

 carefully digested and prepared, and completely indexed. 

 The publishers of the Year Book appreciate the fact that an 

 encyclopaedia is not often available to the large mass of farm- 

 ers; even if it were, there are facts and figures essential to 

 their business not found in such a publication. They have 

 compiled this work with those facts in mind, and prepared 

 a book which the reader will find invaluable. All the data 

 and figures obtainable from the 1900 census, as far as they 

 ) have been made public, will be found in its pages. Price 

 50 cents. 



PRACTICAL FARM 

 EXPERIENCE NO. J. 



A Farmer's Institute Every Evening in the Year. 

 A Book for the North, South, East and West. 

 Edited by Prof. W. F. Massey. 



"Practical Farm Experience, No. 1," is a closely but 

 clearly printed book of 405 pages. The progressive farmer 

 has learned the value of Farmers' Institutes, bringing as they 

 do the scientific knowledge of trained agriculturists 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 manage- 

 ment — 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 pos- 

 sible to do. I know of no other publication which brings 

 the reader into such familiar touch with and thorough 

 understanding e." the subjects discussed as does this "Prac- 

 tical Farm Es ierience." A valuable feature of the book 

 is a summary it the end of each topic discussed, written 

 by Prof. W. I Massey, one of the best known and most 

 practical agrict Itural writers and workers. These summar- 

 ies round out i nd complete each discussion. It is essen- 

 tially a book foi American farmers, written by American 

 farmers in the inte."vals of their loils. Price, 50 cents. 



PRACTICAL FARM 

 EXPERIENCE NO. 2. 



A Continuation of the Farmer's Institute Series 

 405 Pages. 

 Edited by Prof. W. F. Massey. 



"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. Law- 

 rence to the Gulf of Mexico. Prof. Massey summarizes each 

 discussion. 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 "Practical Farm Experience, 

 No. 1." Price, 50 cents. 



These books are handsomely and clearly printed on 

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