SEVEN SPLENDID BOOKS 
FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THIS YEAR. 
Offer No. 1. 
UOITET CROPS. 
HOW TO OBOW ASO HOW TO THEM. 
.-BUT Fkke wii h an Order tor $3.00. 
By Hebbsht Mthick, Afrrlcultural Editor of Homestead and Farm ahd Home, 
Assisted by practical and successful specialists. 
This book gives concise, plain, practical, common sense and detailed dlreotions 
for planting-, onltivatingf, harvestingr and marketing nearly 100 crops. (Tops that 
there Is money In, and how to g-et all the money possible out of them is the basis of 
this volume Tlie aim has been to give all essential information reffardlufj each crop In 
the least possible space. Tiiere has been crowded into tliese pages an amount of Invalu- 
able material which, if prepared and printed in the usual style, would make a ponderous 
volume — a book beyond the reach of the masses. 
THE AMERICAN LIVE STOCK MANUAL. 
Sent Free with an Order fob $4.00. 
A complete text book containing the fullest information regarding the care and management, feeding and 
rearing of live stock. likewise the cure of all diseabes peculiar to these animals, and of all unruly and vicious 
habits, for the construction of necessary buildings and conveniences, etc., etc. It Is a large book, and 
is profusely illnstrated. 
THE FAMILY COOK BOOK. 
Sent Free with an Obdeb fob $2.00. 
This valuable book contains more than 700 of the choicest recipes for 
Breakfast Dishes, Soups, Meats and Poultry. Pish, Vegetables, Salads and Kellshes, Bread and Kolls, Jellies 
and Preserves, Puddings and Pics. Fancy I)l9hes, Cakes, Ice Cream. Summer Drinks and Confectionery, so 
classified as to be reaillly accessible, and making one of the most complete and valuable cook books ever 
published. This book was compiled by an experienced housekeeper, and every recipe is practical 
and reliable. The need of such a work in every home is manifest. 
Offer No. 2. 
Offer No. 3. 
The Family Oopk Book, 
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Offer No 4 FLORICDLTUBE. sent free with an order fob $1.60. 
^ ^ XIV/. TT. An instructive and Interesting book that Is particularly valuable to all who desire some- 
thing that will assist them In caring for their plants and bulbs. It gives a complete treatise on Roses, Fuchsias, 
Geraniums. Begonias and many other plants, together with instructions for the care of all kinds of Bulbs 
for winter and spring flowering. Remember, you can secure this book free by sending us an order amount- 
ing to one dollar and fifty cen£s. 
Offer No. 5. 
THE PRACTICAL FRUIT GROWER. 
Sent Free with an Obdeb foh H.OO. 
This is a standard work by a standard authority, being compiled by 
Prof. S. T. Maynabd. of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. It contains 
the results of years of successful fruit growing and experiments. All the 
processes of prouagation, root-grafting, budding, the tools employed, 
divisions of roots, laying, etc., are described and illnstrated by lOO 
engravings, made especially for this work. The principal insect enemies 
of the various fruits are illnstrated so that the novice can at once recognize 
them. Their habits of life ire fully treated, and simple and Inexpensive prac- 
tical remedies are given for their control and extermination. Thirty-flve 
illustrations in tills chapter alone. This feature ■ f the "Practical Fruit 
Grower" will save many dollars in u single season. It will prove an invaln- 
ahle aid to everyone interested in fruit culture. 
Offer No. 6. 
WORLD'S EXPOSITION ALBUM. 
Just what evepyone wants. 
Sent Fbeb with an Order for 11.50. 
This Grand Album contains the pictures in colors of all the principal buildings of the World's Columbian 
Exposition, and Is a correct reproduction from large water color drawings made by one of the best artists in the 
United States. On the page directly opposite each picture is a complete description of the building, giving the cost, 
dimensions, name of the architects, and such Information as is interesting to all. This album also contains a birds- 
eye view of the grounds (size of picture 6x16). showing the location of all the different buildings. 
THE PRACTICAL POULTRY GROWER. 
Sent Free with an Order fob $3.00. 
It is the most complete, most practical book of the kind ever published. A few of its many features: 
Offer No. 7. 
General Oare and Management are fully treated. The care of the chicks, description of portable houses, 
the dlreotions for having early chicks, feed for young broods, etc. 
Artificial Poultry Raising is fully treated by Jamks Rankin, whose 16 years' experience In the business 
makes him an authority. It contains many new points on hatching in incubators and raising chicks and 
brooders. Tells how to construct home-made incubators and brooders. 
Feeding Poultry for Eggs and Meat, as well as for breeding purposes. 
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 preserving eggs. Including many recipes that have been sold at high 
prices. The most satisfactory ways. This cliapter alone will enable you to make many hundred times the cost 
of the books by holding eggs for a higher market. 
Ponlliry Architecture. Illustrations of new and practical poultry houses. Not made up from a lot of old 
outs; but. like the rest of "The Practical Poultry Grower," is composed entirely of new and practical matter 
from actual experience. This chapter alone contains more valuable information, plans, etc., than several 
treatises of poultry architecture that are sold at 2S or SO cents each. 
When sandiner your order be sure to 
■tete what book yon want. 
L. L. MAY & CO., St. Paul, Minn. 
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