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Chorlton'a Grape Grower's Gnlde. 76 
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Dana's Muck Manual. . 1 26 
Darwin's Variations of Animals and Plants...... 8 0(1 
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Fishing in A merican Water* (Bontt). 3 60 
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Fuller’s Illustrated Btrawberry Guitarist. 20 
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Do, Small Fruits (Illustrated)..... 1 Ml 
Fulton'* Peacrh Culture. A Hand-Book and 
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Gardening for Pro* ( ' Henderson)... 160 
Gardening for the flouth (White s)/. 3 00 
Grape Culturlst (A. fl. Fuller).. 1 60 
Gray's Manual or Botany and I.ensoii'... 3 00 
Do. fiohool and Field Book of Botany. . 2 60 
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Botitnv and Vegetable Physiology (LOO Ulus. 1 , 3 60 
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Harney’* Uurn», Outbuildings and Fences,..10 00 
Harris on Insects... . 4 00 
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Hints til Mi r*e Keeper* (Itcrbi. r,' * ... I 75 
High Farming without Manure.. . 40 
Holly’s Art of Baw-KIIIng.. . 75 
Holly * Carpenter’s Hand Book (cowl. .. 7b 
Hooper’s Dog and Gun. .... so 
Ileopr*' IJfiiik of Evergreens. . 3 ftG 
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How t‘fun* Feed... .. 2 00 
How Crops Grow....... 2 on 
Huntereed Trapper......... . .. 100 
Husuiano's Grapes and Wine. 1 6 0 
Husauy’s National Cottage Architecture. 6 00 
Jennings on Cattln and tnnlr Diseases,...... .. 175 
Do. Horn* and hi* Disease*... 1 75 
Do. Hurtu't raining Made Easy...... 1 35 
Do. flbeep, Bwlne and Poultry... 1 '& 
Johnstonk Agricultural Chemistry. 176 
Do. Elements Agricultural CbnnilHtry.. . 1 alj 
Kemp’s Landscape Gardening. J 60 
Langstroth on the tllve and Coney Bee. 2 00 
Lewis’ American HportMinau. j 76 
Lightning Rods, and Uf>w to Ccnstruet Thom, 
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Manual of rlux and Hemp Culture. 26 
Manual nf Tobacco Culture... 26 
Manual of Wood carving. 3 00 
Mayhow’s Jlluntraied liurse Muoagemont....... 3 uu 
Do. Illustrated Horse Doctor. . 3 00 
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Miles on Horsa’s Foot (clntli). ... 76 
Moder.t Cookery (by Mint Aoton and Mis. 8. J. 
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Money In the Garden, by P. T. Quinn.. I r, > 
Norris ’ h tsh culture. . 1 
Norton’s Efomettts BclontHio Agriculturo.,. , 16 
Onion Culture. . 4k . 26 
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Praotlonl and Belenufic Fruit Culture (Baker)... 4 00 
Practical Floriculture (P. Henderson). 1 50 
Practical Poultry Keeper (L. Wright). 2 00 
Practical Bhepherd (Hiiudall) . ., 2 Of 
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Bchwnok’s Oardener*’ Text-Book ... . 73 
Kortbner’* Produce Tables. 2 o 
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filmpson * Home Porlraiture - Breeding itcor- 
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Six Hundred Heolpe*. . 1 76 
Skeleton Leave*.... . 3 in 
Skillful Housewife.......... 76 
Slack’s Trout Culture dtp v). 1 60 
Stewart’s (John) Stable iw.g. 1 56 
Tege.meter’s Poultry Book (Colored plates). 6 (xi 
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Watson's American Home Garden. 2 00 
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Weiterii null Grower* Guido 1 Elliott). 160 
W heeler's Homes for the People. 3 00 
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Woodward’s Graperies and Ilort’l Buildings_ 1 63 
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