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BOOKS 



ON HORTICULTURE, AGRICULTURE AND KINDRED SUBJECTS. 



Delivered Free in the United States at these prices. 



GENERAL FRUIT AND NUT CULTURE. 



Each. 



Practical and valuable in- 

 Methods and ex- 



Apple Culture, Field Note* on. By Prof. Bailey. 



struction from planting to harvesting 



California Fruits and How to 4; row Them. By E. J. Wickson 



perience of growers ; varieties for certain districts, etc 



The Principles of Fruit Growing. By Prof. Bailey. A new work and one of the 

 most valuable on the subject, science and practice 



Amerleuii Fruit 4 ulturUt. By J. J. Thomas. 20th edition , just revised and en- 

 larged. A handbook of everything 1 pertaining to fruit culture 



The Fruit Garden. By P. Barry. A standard work on fruit culture by an experi- 

 enced author and nurseryman 



The l*ru<ti<nl Fruit Grower. By C. T. Maynard. Just what the beginner needs 

 and the successful man practices 



Bush Fruits. By Prof. Card, of R. I. Agricultural College. A new work. Cultiva- 

 tion, varieties, diseases, insects, evaporation, etc., etc 



Small Fruit Culturlst. By A. S. Fuller. Rewritten, enlarged and up to date; 

 propagation, culture, varieties, marketing, etc. 



The Orchard House. By J. R. Pearson. The English method of growing fruits 

 in glass nouses. Construction and management 



The Nut Culturlst. By A. S. Fuller. Propagation, cultivation, marketing of nut- 

 bearing trees and shrubs 



Nuts for Profit. By J. R. Parry. Germination, budding, grafting, cultivation, 

 harvesting, marketing, receipts for preparation and serving 



CULTURES of special fruits. 



Cider Maker'* Handbook. By J. M. Trowbridge. Making and keeping in perfec- 

 tion, based on scientific facts 



Cranberry Culture. By J. J. White. Location, preparation, planting, manage- 

 ment, picking, keeping, etc., etc. 



Cape Cod Cranberries. By Jas. Webb. A valuable handbook by a successful cul- 



tivator. 



Florida Fruits and How to Raise Them. By H. Harcourt. Cultivation, man- 

 agement, marketing of all fruits adapted to semi-tropical regions of the U. S. ; 



evaporating fruits and how to use them 



Grape Culturlst. By A. S. Fuller. One of the best works on cultivation and man- 

 agement of hardy grapes 



Grape Growing and Wine Making. American. By Prof. G. Husmann. Revised. 

 Garden and vineyard management from planting to harvesting, both in the 



East, West and California ; all about making wine 



Grape Grower's Guide (under glass.) By Wm. Chorlton. Cultivation suited to 



America in warm and cold graperies, construction, heating 



Peach Culture. By Hon. J. A. Fulton. Revised. The best work on growing 



peaches for profit or home use 



Pear Culture for Profit. By P. T. QUINN. Soils, preparation, planting, manage- 

 ment, harvesting, marketing 



Quince Culture. By W. W. Meech. Revised and enlarged. Varieties, propagation, 



cultivation, diseases, insects and remedies 



Strawberry Culturlst. By A. S. Fuller. Field, garden, forcing and pot culture ; 



hybridizing, varieties, etc 1 



Strawberry Culture, The A B C of. By T. B. Terry. The latest on this subject 

 and by an experienced grower 



SHADE TREES, FORESTRY AND TIMBER. 



Trees for Street and Shade. By Messrs. Powell and McMillan. From nursery to 

 permanent location ; what, where and how to plant trees for city streets 



Practical Forestry. By A. S. Fuller. Varieties, propagation, planting and culti- 

 vation of both evergreen and deciduous 



Forest Planting. By H. N. Jarchow, Ll.D. Restoration, maintenance and care of 

 wood and timber lands on plains and mountains 



Elements of Forestry. By F. D. Hough, Ph.D., Chief of Forestry Division, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. Planting and care for both profit and ornament ; 

 creation and care «f woodlands, etc 



Lumber and Log Book. By J. L. Scribner. New Edition. Quick computation of 

 measurement, weight, etc., of lumber in all forms, etc 



Maple Sugar and the Sugar Bush. By Prof. Cook. How to make maple sugar ; 

 new apparatus, etc 



agriculture and farm crops. 



llow the Farm Pays. By Henderson and Crozier. (See description, page 7.) . ... 



American Farm Book. By R. L. and L. F. Allen. Revised. A compendium of 

 farming in all its details 



Our Farming:. By Terry. The experience of 20 years' successful, up-to-date farm- 

 ing valuable for reference ; no farmer should be without it 



A Handbook for Fanners and Dairymen. By F. W. Woll, Professor of Agricul- 

 tural Chemistry, University of Wisconsin. A book of reference, of great value, 

 facts, tables, formulas, receipts, cultivation of crops, feeding animals, etc 



First Principles of Agriculture. By E. B. Voorhees. A new work, treating on 

 elementary principles of scientific farm practice — from soils to crops and animals. 



Book of the Farm. By Geo E. Warring. Jr. Buying, leasing, fences, buildings, 

 implements, drainage, subsoiling, rotat; »n. etc., etc 



How Crops Grow. By Prof. Samtel Johnson. .Agricultural plants, composition, 

 ^ development, requirements, tables of analysis, etc., nidisoensable to farmers who 

 want to understand the " whys and wherefores." 



How Crops Feed. By Prof. Samuel Johnson. Scientific facts ot atmosphere and 

 toil as related to nutrition of plants, etc 



Practical Farm Chemistry. By T. Greiner. A handbook of profitable crop feeding. 



Broom Corn and Brooms. By Editors of "American Agriculturist." Raising 

 broom corn and making brooms on large or small scale 



Corn Culture (Indian). By C. S. Plumb, Director Indiana Experiment Station. 

 Practical as well as scientific instructions, covering all details. 



Flax Culture. By several experienced growers. Selecting and preparing ground ; 

 culture, harvesting and marketing 



Grasses and Forage Plants. By Chas. L. Flint. New Edition. Varieties, nutri- 

 tive values, culture, curing, management grass land, etc 



Grasses and Clovers. Field Boots. Forage and Fodder Plants. By Prof. 

 Thos. Shaw. Food values, cultivation, etc 



Grasses of North America. By Prof. w. J. Beal. Descriptions, structure, develop- 

 ment, directions f or cultivation under varied conditions ; in 2 vols 



The Hop. By H. Myrick. Every detail from preparing the soil tocuringand selling 

 the crops ; insects ; also uses and manufacture of hops 



Peanut Plant. Its Cultivation and Uses. By B. W. Jones. Instructs the begin- 

 ner how to raise good crops 



Sugar Industry, American. By H. Myrk k. A practical handbook on the produc- 

 tion of sugar beets and sugar cane, and I be manufacture of sugar 



Sugar Keet, The. By L. S. Ware. Varieties, soils, tillage, harvesting ; the industry 



.rope, etc 



■ uur Beet Seed. By L. S. Ware. Full details— practical and scientific— how to 

 grow best seed. Secrets of European growers 



A Book on Silage. The latest work on tins subject by F. W. Woll, Prof. Agricul- 

 tural Chemistry, University of Wisconsin 



Silage, Ensilage and Silos. By Manly Miles. Practical treatise on ensilage of 

 fodder, corn, etc 



Sorghum. By Peter Collier, Ph. D. Culture and manufacture as a source of 

 sugar, syrup and fodder 



Tobacco Culture. Full practical details by fourteen experienced growers in differ- 

 ent sections of the country 



Tobacco Leaf. By Killebrew and Myrick. Issued 1»07. Approved methods of 

 ^ culture, harvesting, curing, packing, selling and manufacturing. Every process 

 in field, barn and factory made plain 



Wheat Culture. By D. S. Curtiss. How to double the yield, varieties, improved 

 machinery, etc 



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SOILS, nANURES, DRAINAGE, IRRIGATION. 



Each. 



The Soil. By F. H. King, Professor Agricultural Physics, University of Wisconsin. 

 Its nature, composition, functions, relations to plant life and principles of man- 

 agement ; a distinct advance on the subject $0.75 



The Fertility of the Land. By Prof. Roberts, Director Cornell Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. A valuable book to every tiller of the soil ; the philosophy of 

 controlling and increasing fertility through management of soil, water, rotation. . 1.25 



Fertilizers. By Prof. E. B. Voorhees, of N. J. Agricultural Experiment station. A 

 new and valuable contribution to the subject ; the underlying principles of soils 

 and fertilizing ; the requirements of important crops, and the best fertilizers to 

 use for them 1.00 



Talks on Manures. By Joseph Harris, M. S. Familiar talks on the whole subject 



of manures and fertilizers 1.50 



A Treatise on manures. By Dr. A. B. Griffiths. (Imported.) A handbook on 



manuring, fertilizers and fertilizing subjects 3.50 



Farming w ith Green Manures. By Dr. C. Harlan. The advantage of soiling and 



green manuring ; details of practice and effects 1.00 



Tile Oralnage. By W. J. Chamberlain. The experience of forty years by a practi- 

 cal agriculturist who has laid 15 miles of tiles 35 



Land Draining. By Manly Miles. A handbook of principles, practice and con- 

 struction of tile drains ; what errors to avoid 1.00 



Irrigation Farming. By Lute Wilcox. The application of water in the produc- 

 tion of crops, appliances, principles and advantages 1.50 



Irrigation for Farm, Garden and Orchard. By Henry Stewart. Methods and 



management to secure water for critical periods 1.00 



DAIRYING AND DAIRY FARMING. 



Principles of Modern Hairy Practice. American edition by F. W. WOLL, Pro- 

 fessor Agricultural Chemistry, University of Wisconsin. Bacteria and their rela- 

 tions to new methods of dairying, from the udder to butter and cheese $2.00 



Dairying for Profit; or, the Poor Man's Cow. By Mrs. M. E. Jones, Judge of 

 Dairy Products at the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893. Should be in the hands of 

 every one having anything to do with dairying. Cloth 50 



A B O In Cheese Making. By J. H. Monrad, Home cheese making ; Chedder, 



French cream, NeufchateJ and skim milk cheese 50 



Dairyman's Manual. By Henry Stewart. A trustworthy handbook, covering 



the entire subject, with latest approved methods 2.00 



FARn ANIMALS AND LIVE STOCK. 



Feeds end Feeding. By Prof. W. A. Henry. A new and up-to-date handbook for 



stock raisers; the acknowledged standard work on this subject $2.00 



Manual ot" Cattle Feeding. By H. P. Armsby, Chemist, Connecticut Experiment 



Station. Laws of nutrition; feeding stuffs and feeding 1.75 



Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine. By Geo. W. Curtis. History, description, merits 



of different breeds ; hints on selection and management ; methods of breeders — 2.u0 



Farmers' Veterinary Adviser. By Prof. Jas. Law. Prevention of disease in domes- 

 tic animals as well as remedies and treatment 3.00 



Allen's American Cattle. By Lewis F. Allen. A standard authority. History of 



breeds, breeding, management and improvement 2.50 



Cattle; their Management In Health and Disease. By Geo. Armatage. A guide 



for the farmer and breeder; diseases and treatment 1.00 



Shepherd's Manual. By Henry Stewart. A valuable treatise on sheep for Ameri- 

 can farmers; breeds, breeding, management and diseases 1.00 



Swine Husbandry. By F. D. Coburn. Revised and enlarged edition. Breeding, 



rearing, management, diseases, prevention, treatment 1.50 



Harris on the Pig. By Jos. Harris. Various breeds discussed ; management, etc 1.00 



Horse Breeding. By J. H. Sanders. The principles of heredity, selection, breeding, 



management; treatment of diseases peculiar to breeding 1.50 



The Family Horse. By G. A. Martin. Stabling, care, feeding, working, driving... 1.00 



The Saddle Horse. Riding, training and feats under saddle 1.00 



How to Handle and Educate Vicious Horses. By O. R. Gleason 50 



Scientific Horseshoeing. By Prof. Wm. Russell. Enlarged edition of 1895. Level- 

 ing and balancing action ; curing diseases, etc 4-00 



Modern Horse Doctor. By G. H. Dadd, M.D., V.S. Preservation and restoration of 



health; treatment of lameness, etc 1.50 



Riley on the Mule. By Harvey Riley. Feeding, training, uses, etc 1.00 



Dogs of Great Brltuln, America und Other Countries. Breeding, training, 



management, diseases, noted dogs, best hunting grounds, etc 1.50 



Practical Rabbit-Keeper. By Cupiculus. Species, raising for pleasure or profit -, 



courts, warrens, hutches, fencing, etc 150 



poultry, birds and bees. 



The ABC of Poultry Culture. Embodies the results of years of experience, and 



is thoroughly practical $0.25 



The Art of Poultry Breeding. By J. H. Davis. Invaluable to the amateur on the 



science of outcrossing in breeding, etc 25 



Profits in Poultry and Profitable Management. The experience of practical 



men in all departments ; useful and ornamental breeds 1.00 



Practical Poultry Keeper. By L. Wright. A complete and standard guide for 



domestic use, market and exhibition 2.00 



The Amevlenn Standard of Perfection. (Adopted bv American Poultry Assn.) 



Descriptions of recognized breeds, judges' instructions, etc 1.00 



An Egg Farm. By H. H. Stoddard. Management of poultry in large numbers 50 



Five Hundred Questions and Answers in Poultry Raising. Also feed, care, 



disea.es, eggs, incubation, buildings, etc 25 



Capons for Profit. By T. Greiner. How to make and manage ; plain instructions 



for beginners 30 



Turkeys mid How to Grow Them. By Herbert MYRICK, and Essays from Prac- 

 tical Growers. History, breeds, successful management, etc 1.00 



Buck Culture. By Jas. Rankin. Natural and artificial 50 



Low-Cost Poultry Houses. By J. W. Harrow, Plans and specifications for $35 to 



$1ijo buildings; other conveniences 25 



Incubators and their Management. By J. H. Sutclikf 35 



Disenscs of Cage Birds. By W. T. Green. Causes, symptoms, treatment *0 



Pigeon-Keeping for Amateurs. By J. C. L YELL. A complete guide 1.00 



A B C of Bee Culture. By A. I. Root. A cyclopaedia on bees, honey, hives, imple- 

 ments; honey plants, etc 1.25 



Quiiihy's New Bee-Keeplng. By L. C. Root. The mysteries explained ; 50 years' 



exp'erience; latest discoveries and inventions 1.00 ( 



HOUSEHOLD BOOKS. 1 



Canning and Preserving. By Mrs. Rorer. How to can fruits and vegetables, 



make preserves, marmalades, fruit butter; dry fruits and herbs $0*0 



Fruits and llow to 1 si- Thrm. By Mrs. Pools. Nearly 700 receipts for preparing 



various fruits in various forms and how to use them 1.00 



Canning and Preserving Fruits und Vegetables. By Ehmknti.nk Yoino. Also 



fruit pastes, syrups, evaporating fruits, etc 25 



New Salads. Bv Mrs. Korku. Salads for dinners, luncheons, suppers, receptions. 



odd salads, Ceylon salads, etc 50 



The Century Cook Itook. Anew i k compiled with greal care and Illustrated 



with 150 photographic reproductions of dishes, conking implements, etc., 600 pages. 2 no 



The National Cook Book, By Marion Harland and C. T. Herrick 1.60 



American Dainties and How to Prepare Them. By an American ladj i« 



Common Sense In t he Household, a manual 1 'i practical housew ifery 1.60 



Everybody's Point Book. All about polishing, painting, staining, kalsominiug, ( 



renovating furniture, etc 1 00 



American Girl's Handy Book, llow to amuse yourself and Others. 2.00 

 The l.ungunge of Flowers. By J. Inoraiiam. Includes floral poetry, Small ed., 



50c. ; cloth, $1.00 gilt, 1.50 



