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This season we offer to our patrons a most complete list of books, ail of which are written by the best 
authorities on the subjects upon which they treat and acknowledg-ed the 
leading- publications in their various branches. 
ALL BOOKS WILL BE SENT ROSTRA ID. 
The Practical Poultry-Qrower 
Given free with a $2.00 Order. 
It Is the most complet , most practical book 
of the kind ever published. A lew of Us many 
features: 
General Care and Management are fully 
treated. Tiie care of tlio chicks, description of 
portable houses, the dlrnctioiis for having early 
chicks, feed for voung broods, etc. 
Artificial Poultry Raising is fully treated by 
James Rankin, wiioso 16 years' experience in 
the business makes him an authority It eon- 
tains many new points on hatching !u incuba- 
tors and raising chicks an l brooders Tells 
how t;> construct homemade incubators and 
brooders 
Feeding Poultry for Eggs and Meat, as well 
as for breedinj^ puri>oses. 
Winter Care. This chapter tells how to make 
hens lay in winter as well as in summer, how 
to exercise the fowls, make manure, avoid 
disease, etc. 
Preserving Eggs. The methods of preserv- 
ing eggs, including many recipes that have 
been sold at high i.rices. The most satisfac- 
tory w.iys. This chapter alone will enable you 
to make many hundred times the cost of the 
bool;s by holding egKS for a hlRher market. 
Poultry Architecture. Illustrations of new 
and practical jwultry houses. Not made up 
from a lot of old cuts, but, like the rest of "The 
Practical Poultry-Grower." is composed en- 
tirely of new and practical matter from actual 
experience. This chapter alone contains more 
valuable Information, plans, etc.. than .several 
treatises on poultry architeotiure that are sold 
at 25 or 50 cents each. 
The Practical Guide to Floriculture 
Given free with a $1.00 Order. 
This book was written by Eben E. Rexpord, 
one of the leading authorities upon all matters 
pertaining to florticulture. and Is a complete 
practical guide to the culture of flowers and 
plants. Every lady who loves flowers should 
possess a copy of it. Among its contents are 
chapters on "How to have a Good Flower Gar- 
den," "The Best Annuals," "Carpet UeJding." 
"Summer Blooming Bulbs." "Herbaceous 
Plants," "Shrubs," "The Culture of Outdoor 
Bulbs," "Flowers for Cutting," "Vinos," "The 
Propagation of Plants. ' "Soil for House- 
Plants, Potting, Etc.," "Plant Enemies," "The 
Care of House Plants," "Bulbs for Winter 
Blooming." Etc., Etc. This book will tell vou 
why your plants do not do well, and what 
should be done to make them thrifty. 
The American Family Cook Book 
Given free with a $1.00 Order. 
This valuable b.iok contains more than seven 
huntred of the choicest recipes for Breakfast 
Dishes. .Soups, Moats and Poultry, Fish. Veg- 
etables. Salads and Relishes. Bread and Rolls, 
Jellies and Preserves, Puddings and Pies, 
Fancy Dishes, Cakes, Ice Creira, Summer 
Drinks and Confec-ionery. so classified as to 
be readily accessible, and making one of the 
most complete aud valuable cook books ever 
published. This book was compiled by an ex- 
jjerlcnced housekeeper, and every recipe is 
practical and reliable. It is the cheapest flrst- 
class cook t)ook ever pTiblished, and the need 
of such a work in every home is manifest. 
A Fortune in Two Acres 
Given free with a $a.oo Order. 
This Is a story of how a workman in a small 
market town gained independence and a tor- 
tune on two acres. A valuable book. 
My Handkerchief Garden 
Given free with a $2.00 Order. 
An explicit account of Mr. Barnard's actual 
operations on a suburban village house-lot. 
luteresiinsand valuable to all suburban dwell- 
ers, professional men and mechanics. 
Caaaing and Preserving F'ruits and Vegetables, 
and Preparing Fruit Pastes and Syrups 
Given free with a $2.50 Order. 
The experience of practical -R'orkers. The 
best methods by which the surplus fruits may 
well be saved for home use and for the large 
market demand. Hundreds of tested recipes 
from famous preservers. 
Dairying for Profit 
Given free with a $3.00 Order. 
By Mrs. E. M. Jones. The volume tells how 
to choose a good cow; how to keep and feed her 
to the best advantage; and the most profltable 
ways of caring forand marketing herproducts. 
Every difficulty which will meet the beginner 
, is explained, and the way out is clearly shown. 
Every essential detail practiced by the profes- 
sional dairyman is described, and it is also 
adapted to small herds, and even to one cow 
dairies. 
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Money Crops: How to grow and How 
to Sell Them 
Given free with a $2.50 Order. 
This closely printed book gives concise, plain, 
practical, common sense and detailed directions 
for planting, cultivating, harvesting and mar- 
keting nearly 100 crops. Crops that there is 
money in, and how to get all the money pos- 
sible out of them is the basis of this volume. 
The aim has been to give all essential informa- 
tion regarding each crop in the least p'>ssible 
space. There has been crowded into these 
pages an amount of invaluable material which, 
if prepared and printed in the usual style, 
would make a ponderous volume— a book be- 
yond the reach of the masses. 
The Practical Fruit-Qrower 
Given free with a $2.50 Order. 
It contains the results of years of successful 
fruit-growing aud experiments. All the pro- 
cesses of propagation, root-grafting, budding, 
the tools employed, divisions of roots, laying, 
etc., are described and Illustrated by 100 en- 
gravings, made especially for this work. The 
principal insect enemies of the various fruits 
are illustrated so that the novice can at once 
recognize them. Tlielr habits of life are fully 
treated, aud simple and ine.xpensive practical 
remedies are given for their control and exter- 
mination. Thirty-five Illustrations in this 
chapter alone. This feature of the "Practical 
Fruit-Grower" will save many dollars in a 
single .sea.son. 
It will prove an Invaluable aid to every one 
interested in fruit cvilture. J 
The Practical Horse and Cattle Doctor 
Given free with a $2.00 Order. 
Many a valuable horse or cow has been lost 
becau.se the owner, having little or no knowl- 
edge upon the subject, was unable to promptly 
diagnose the mahidy and apply the proper 
remedies in time. This book was written by two 
distinguished veterinariaas, one a specialif' tii 
diseases of the horse, the other in those O' 
cow. It describes the sjTnptoms of every dis- 
ease with which horses and cattle are afflicted, 
and in such a plain and thorough manner that 
the malady will be readily detected; it also 
gives the cause of every disease, a knowledgo 
of which in many cases will avert the evil; and 
It likewise contains plain and explicit direc- 
tions for the treatment of every known disease 
of the horse or cow, as well as the correctioa 
of all unruly and vicious habits, etc. It is a 
complete treatise, covering the whole subject 
as fully as books published at ten times its 
cost. The value of such a book to any farmer 
or stock-breeder can hardly ue overestimated. 
Every owner of a horse or cow should possess 
a copy, and have It constantly at hand for 
reference. 
Onions: How to Raise Tiiem Profitably 
Given with a $2.50 Order. 
Being the Practical Details from Selection 
of Seed and Preparation of Ground to Harvest- 
ing and Marketing the Crop, given very plainly 
by .Seventeen Practical Onion Growers of long 
experience residing in different parts of the 
country. No more valuable work was ever 
Issued. 
Potatoes: The New Potato Culture 
A Book every Grower should have. 
Given free with a $4.00 Order. 
Elbert S. Carman. Grower of over 1,000 
bushels of Potatoes per acre. This book gives 
the result of 16 years' experlmeut work on the 
Rural Grounds. How to Increase the crop with- 
out Corresponding Cost of production. Man- 
ures and I'^ertilizers. How to put the soli la 
Kighl Condition. Depth of Planting. How- 
Much Seed to Plant. Methods of Culture, etc 
Fruits and Fertilizers 
Given free with a $2.50 Order. 
H. W. Collingwood. How the Hudson River 
fruit growers cultivate and market their crops, 
and especially shows how the.se skillful men 
are feeding their vines and trees. 
Cauliflowers and How to Grow Them 
Given free with a $2.00 Order. 
This work contains Plain. Practical and Ex- 
plicit Directions In minute details for the Cul- 
tivation and Man geinent of the crop, from 
the sowing of the seeds to the marketing of the 
product. 
Poultry: Five Hundred Questions and Answers 
Given free with a $3.00 Order. 
Poultry Raising. With chapters on the 
Feed a a Care of Poultry. Diseases, Eggs. In- 
cub 1 tion. Buildings, and Miscellaneous Queries 
on Turkeys, Geese and Ducks. 
L. L. MAY & C©.. ST. PA^L, MINN. 
