STANDARD BOOKS. 



Forest Planting. 



By H. Nicholas Jarchow, LL. D. A treatise on the care 

 of woodlands and the restoration of the denuded timberlands 

 on plains and mountains. The author has fully described 

 those European methods which have proved to be most useful 

 in maintaining the superb forests of the old world. This expe- 

 rience has been adapted to the different climates and trees of 

 America, full instructions being given for forest planting of 

 our various kinds of soil and subsoil, whether on mountain 

 or valley. Illustratedo 250 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth. $1.50 



Soils and Crops of the Farm, 



By George E. Morrow, M. A., and Thomas F. Hunt. The 

 methods of making available the plant food in the soil are 

 described in popular language. A short history of each of 

 the farm crops is accompanied by a discussion of its culture. 

 The useful discoveries of science are explained as applied 

 in the most approved methods of culture. Illustrated. 310 

 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth. . . . . . $1.00 



Land Draining. 



A handbook for farmers on the principles and practice of 

 draining, by Manly Miles, giving the results of his extended 

 experience in laying tile drains. The directions for the laying 

 out and the construction of tile drains will enable the farmer 

 to avoid the errors of imperfect construction, and the disap- 

 pointment that must necessarily follow. This manual for 

 practical farmers will also be found convenient for reference 

 m regard to many questions that may arise in crop growing, 

 aside from the special subjects of drainage of which it treats. 

 Illustrated. 200 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth. . . $1.00 



Barn Plans and Outbuildings, 



Two hundred and fifty-seven illustrations. A most valu- 

 able work, full of ideas, hints, suggestions, plans, etc., for the 

 construction of barns and outbuildings, by practical writers. 

 Chapters are devoted to the economic erection and use of 

 barns, grain barns, horse barns, cattle barns, sheep barns, corn- 

 houses, smokehouses, icehouses, pig pens, granaries, etc. 

 There are likewise chapters on birdhouses, doghouses, tool 

 sheds, ventilators, roofs and roofing, doors and fastenings, 

 workshops, poultry houses, manure sheds, barnyards, root pits, 

 etc. 235 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth. . . . $1.00 



