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Allen's (L. F.) Rnral Architecture j i 50 
Allen's (R. L.) American Farm Book 1 50 
Allen's DiseiuseB of Domestic Animals 1 oo 
American Bird Fancier 30 
American Rose Culturist 30 
American Weeds and useful Plants 1 75 
Art of Saw Filing. ,, (Holly) .'*" qq 
Barry's Fruit Garden i 75 
Reecher's (Henry Ward) Fruit. Flowers and Fanning.. 1 25 
Bement's Poulterer's Companion 2 OO 
Beiuent's U.T,bbit Fancier jq 
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Brldseman's Fruit Cultivator's Manual 75 
Bridgeman's Young Gardener's Assistant., 2 00 
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Brldseman's Florist's Guide -jg 
Br.andt's Ase of Horses (English and German) 50 
Breck'a Book of Flowers j jg 
Browne's Field Book of -Manures^ * j 5(1 
Bnlst's Flower garden Directory j 50 
Bulst's Family Kitchen Gardener ][[[[ j qq 
Burr's Vegetables of America '.]','.'.. 5 00 
Carpenters and Joiners' Hand Book. .(Holly) , [ gO 
Chorlton's Grape-Grower's Guide ' 75 
Cobbett's American Gardener ^-g 
Cole's (S. W.) American Fruit Book '*'/.' go 
Cole's Veterinarian : -= 
C'llman's Asricnltnrc e m 
Copeland's Countrv Life .. .. '. '; Si 
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Cotton Planters' Jianual (Turner) 1 en 
Diidd's Modern Horse Doctor \^ 
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DowMin'.:'s [•■rniis and Fruit Trees of America 3 00 
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Emplovment of Women— By Virsinia Penny 1 Ho 
Fessenden'8 Complete Farmer aiid Gardener i 50 
Flax Cultnre (Ready next month) ',, 50 
FrrtirlTs Farm Drainage 1 tn 
Fii-M's CDiomaB W.) Pear Culture T 9* 
I'^jsli Culture !!!!'"* 1 2.5 
(■'lint (Charles L.) on Grasses o fin 
Flint's Milch Cows and Dairy Farming . 2 on 
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Fuller's Strawberry Cul tnrist y^ 
Goodale's Principles of Breedinc . i^ 
Grav's Manual of Botany and Lessons in one Vol 4 no 
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Gnenon on Milch Cows ," « 
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Haraszthy Grape Culture, &c. . m^ 
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How to Buv a Farm and where to Find One 1 7:; 
Jatines' Fruits and Fruit Trees .' gn 
Jenninffs on Cattle. Sheep. Ac j ja 
Johnston's Agricultural Cliemistn* i 75 
JohnPton's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry!! l 2S 
Ken:p's Landscape Gardening ,_! n qq 
I>ftnjrstrorh on the Honey* Bee 5 00 
Loudon's (Downing'^) Ladies' Flower G.irden " 2 03 
Leurhar'p How to Build Hot-houses ""* 1 50 
Liebis's Familiar Letters on Chemistrv. ..,!"!!!!!! 50 
Liebiir's Modern Acricultnre .* 1 53 
Linslev's (D. C.) Morean Horses .t .'.'.*.' 1 50 
Manual ol AErviculture by G, Emerson and C. L"F]{nt' 1 00 
.Mavhew'R Illustrated Horse Doctor 3 50 
MaVliew's Illustrated Horse Management . , . 350 
MrNLihou'ci American Gardener . ^ ^O 
Miles on the Horse's foot 75 
Morrull's American Shepherd 275 
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National Almanac and Annual Record j 50 
Neill's Practical Gardener (Pardee) '.,',',.!!" 150 
Norton's Scientilic Atrriculture 75 
nicott's .'^orglio and Impliee ! 135 
Onion Cultnre oq 
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Pardee on Strawberry Culture * *^ ' ^jj 
Parsons on the Rose . j 5Q 
Phantom Bouiiuet. or Skeleton Leaves " ' j bq 
Pedder's Land Measurer ' qq 
Qnhibv's Mysteries of Bee keeping .,, ■"••■■• ^ .^ 
Rahbif Fancier ^" gg 
Randall's Sheep Husbandry , !!!,'!!!! 1 90 
Ilandall's Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry !!!!!" 1 00 
Rand's Flowers for Parlor and Garden 3 no 
RIvei's' Orchard Houses gn 
Rural Afl'airs — (bound) 3 Vols each. 150 
Saxtou's Farmers' Library. .set of3 Vols, morocco 9 50 
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Schenck's Gardener's Text Book 75 
Shepherd's own Book 9 9« 
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Smith's Landscape Gardening ■--..- ^ ^g 
Spencer's Education of Children ,. i cq 
Stewart's fJohnj Stable Book "" i In 
Ten Acres Enouirh ... .! 1 50 
Thaer's (A. D.) Principles of Agriculture. ..... ' 2 50 
Thomas" Fruit Culturist j 50 
Thompson's Food of Animals *"* i qq 
Tobacco Culture . . -. 95 
Todd's (S. E.l Young Farmer's Manual 1 50 
Tucker's Register Rural Affairs - ' 3Q 
Vaux's Villas and Cottages !.'!.'!!!.'! 3 00 
Walden's Complete Soil Cultnre !"! '! 1 50 
Warder's Hedcres and Evergreens !!!!!!!! 1 !50 
Waring's Elements of Agriculture \\ iqq 
W atson's American Home Garden !!!!!!'*' 2 00 
Wax Flowers f Art of Making) J so 
Wheat Plant (John Kllnparfs) " 150 
Woodward's Country Homes ]][[ i 50 
Youatt and Snoom?r on tlie Horse '."*' 1 50 
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Youatt 03 the Hog !! 1 oo 
Yountt on Sheep .... . ] oo 
Youmana' Houpehold Science 2 00 
Youmans' New Chemistry 3 oo 
