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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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WAKING’S 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS. 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
AND 
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By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., 
Engineer of the Drainage of Central Park, New York. 
CONTENTS. 
Land to re Drained ; How Drains Act ; How to 
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What Draining Costs; Will It Pay? How to Make 
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DrAINA-GE., 
EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES FT TEE PRESS. 
He (the author) describes the .action of draining upon • 
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drains, the cost and the profit of thorough drainage, the 
making of'tiles, and the declaiming of salt marshes, 
treats sensibly of malarial diseases, arid closes with a 
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' 1 '[Pt/rtland {Me.\ Press. 
Nowhere doe's this book merit a wider circulation than 
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an aid to any farmer who may consult it." 
► [Chicago {III.) Republican.. 
A Book that ought to be in the hands of every Farmer. 
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EARTH-CLOSET S 
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By GEO. E. WARING, Jr. (of Ogden Farm). 
INCLUDING: 
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TnE Dry-Eartii System for Cities and Towns. 
The Details of Earth Sewage. 
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A BOOK FOR YOUNG FARMERS, 
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Formerly Agricultural Engineer of the Central Park, in. 
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CAREFULLY' REVISED. 
CONTENTS. 
The Plant ; The Soil ; Manures ; Mechanical Cul¬ 
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The foregoing subjects are all discussod in plairi and 
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