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Quinby's Bee Keeping. 
By M. Quinby, Practical Bee-keeper. Fully 
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CONTENTS. 
How to Breed a Horse. 
Ponies— Different Breeds. 
How to Breed Mules. 
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How to Croom a Horse. 
How to Break a Horse. 
How to Physic a Horse. 
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How to Ride a Horse, etc. 
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Origin. 
Poultry Houses. 
Feeding of Poultry. 
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Management. 
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Diseases of Fowls. 
Preferable Breeds. 
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Forest Tree Culturist. 
A TREATISE 
ON THE CULTIVATION OP 
AMERICAN FOREST TREES. 
TTITH 
NOTES OX THE MOST VALUABLE SPECIES. 
By ANDREW R. FULLER, 
Author vf the " Grafre Guitarist.'" 
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Planting Trees for Shelter. 
Pruning of Forest Trees. 
Pruning Evergreens. 
Time to Prune. 
Time to cut Timber. 
Description of Varieties of 
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Small Deciduous Trees. 
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Propagation. 
Time for Sowing Seeds. 
Preserving Seeds. 
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Seeds. 
When to obtain Seeds. 
Growing from Cnttings. 
Budding, Grafting, etc. 
Transplanting. 
Transplanting large Trees 
Depth to Plant Trees. 
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