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Books on Rural Topics 
All books sent postpaid on receipt of price. 
Agriculture 
Farmers Cyclopedia of Agriculture (Wilcox & Smith.$4.50 
Handbook of Fertilizers (Gustafson). 1.25 
Soils (Burkett). 1.75 
Fertilizers and Crop Production (Van Slyke). 4.00 
Maintenance bf Soil Fertility (Thorne). 3.00 
Right Use of Lime in Sail Improvement (Agee). 1.25 
Young Farmer; Some Things He Should Know (Hunt).... 2.00 
Fruit Growing 
American Apple Orchard (Waugh).$1.75 
American Fruits (Fraser). 4.75 
Bush Fruit Production (Van Meter). 1.25 
Cherry and Its Culture (Gardner). 1.25 
The Pear and Its Culture (Tukey). 1.25 
Principles and Practice of Pruning (Kains). 2.50 
Dairying and Livestock 
Cheese (Van Slyke & Price).$3.25 
Farm Dairying (Larson). 2.00 
Care and Handling Milk (Ross). 3.00 
Modern Methods of Testing Milk and Milk Products 
(Van Slyke). 2.00 
Questions and Answers on Buttermaking (Publow). 1.10 
Questions and Answers on Milk Testing (Publow). 1.10 
Swine In America (Coburn). 3.50 
Animal Breeding (Shaw). 2.00 
Practical Manuals for Vegetable and Flower Garden 
Hardy Evergreens (Schrepfer).$1.25 
Dahlia (Peacock). 1.25 
Hardy Shrubs (Waugh). 1.25 
The Iris (Wister). 1.25 
Garden Guide. 1.10 
Miladys House Plants. 1.10 
Muskmelon Production (Lloyd). 1.25 
Mushroom Growing (Duggar). 2.00 
Onion Culture (Greiner)... 1-10 
Bean Culture (Sevey). 1-10 
iBook of Landscape Gardening (Waugih). 2.00 
Roses and Their Culture (Hubbard) . 1.25 
Planning and Planting the Home Garden (Murray). 3.50 
Plant Propagation, Greenhouse and Nursery Practice 
(Kains) . 2.25 
Spring Flowering Bulbs (Thayer). 1.25 
Starting Early Vegetable and Flowering Plants Under 
Glass (Nissley). 3.00 
The Chrysanthemum and Its Culture (White). 2.00 
Potato Production (Nixon). 1-25 
Vegetable Forcing (Watts).. 3.00 
Vegetable Gardening (Watts) . 2.50 
Cactus Culture (Schulz). 2.00 
Poultry Books 
Poultry Breeding and Management (Dryden).$2.00 
Hatchery Management (Hartman & Vickers). 2.75 
Battery Brooding (Arndt). 2.00 
How To Select the Laying Hen (Lamon & Kinghorne).... 1.25 
Ducks & Geese (Lamon & Slocum). 2.00 
Poultry Feeds and Feeding (Lamon & Lee). 1.75 
Turkey Production (Cline). . 3.50 
Canary Birds (Burkett).80 
Valuable Table Showing the Quantity of Seed Usually Sown upon an Acre. 
Alfalfa. 
Barley (broadcast). 
Beans, Dwarf, in drills. 
Beans, Pole, in hills. 
Beets, Mangel Wurzel. 
Beets, Table, in drills. 
Buckwheat. 
Cabbage, in beds to transplant 
Carrot, in drills. 
Clover, Alsike. 
Clover, Crimson. 
Clover, Red. 
Clover, White. 
Com, for fodder, in drills. 
Cora, Sweet, in hills.. 
Creeping Bent. 
Crested Dogstail. 
Cucumber, in hills. 
English Rye Grass. 
Fine-leaved Fescue. 
Hard Fescue. 
Hungarian. 
Italian Rye Grass. 
Kentucky Blue Grass. 
Lawn Grass. 
Meadow Fescue. 
Meadow Foxtail. 
Melon, Musk, in hills. 
Melon, Water, in hills. 
Millet, German. 
Millet, Japanese. 
Oats, broadcast. 
Onion, in drills. 
Lbs. per bush. 
.60 
.48 
.60 
.60 
48 
60 
60 
60 
60 
56 
50 
20 
21 
24 
48 
18 
14 
25 
15 
7 
.50 
about 40 
.32 
20 lbs. 
2 to 3 bu. 
90 lbs. 
20 to 25 lbs. 
5 lbs. 
6 lbs. 
1 bu. 
4 to 5 oz. 
3 to 4 lbs. 
10 lbs. 
20 lbs. 
15 to 20 lbs. 
8 to 10 lbs. 
70 to 84 lbs. 
15 lbs. 
3 bu. 
1 Yi to 2 bu. 
2 lbs. 
3 bu. 
35 lbs. 
30 lbs. 
1 bu. 
2H to 3 bu. 
3 bu. 
3 bu. 
2 bu. 
3 bu. 
2 to 3 lbs. 
4 to 5 lbs. 
1 bu. 
25 lbs. 
2 to 3 bu. 
5 lbs. 
Onion Sets, in drills. 
Orchard Grass. 
Parsnip, in drills. 
Peas, smooth (field varieties), broadcast 
Peas, wrinkled, in drills. 
Perennial Rye Grass. 
Potatoes (cut tubers). 
Pumpkin, in hills. 
Radish, in drills. 
Red Top (recleaned). 
Rhode island Bent, chaff seed. 
Rhode Island Bent (fancy recleaned)-. . 
Rough Stalked Meadow. 
Rye, broadcast. 
Sage, in drills. 
Sheep Fescue. 
Spinach, in drills.. . . ; . 
Squash (bush varieties), in hills. 
Squash (running varieties), in hills. . . . 
Soudan Grass (broadcast). 
Sweet Vernal (annual).. 
Sweet Vernal (perennial). 
Tall Fescue. 
Tall Meadow Oat Grass. 
Timothy. 
Tobacco. 
Tomato, to transplant. .. .. 
Turnip, broadcast. 
Turnip, in drills.. 
Various Leaved Fescue. 
Vetches. 
Wheat, broadcast. 
Wood Meadow. 
Lbs. per bush. 
.32 6 to 12 bu. 
.14 3 bu. 
. 5 lbs. 
.60 180 lbs. 
.56 70 lbs. 
.24 2H to 3 bu. 
.60 10 to 12 bu. 
. 3 lbs. 
. 8 to 10 lbs. 
about 32 6 to 8 lbs. 
.10 3 bu. 
.40 20 lbs. 
.14 2}4 to 3 bu. 
.56 1^2 to 2 bu. 
. 8 to 10 lbs. 
.12 2 Yi to 3 bu. 
. 10 toT2 lbs. 
. 2 Yi lbs. 
4 lbs. 
.. 16 to 24 lbs. 
.10 2 bu. 
.10 2 bu. 
.14 2 bu. 
.14 4 to 5 bu. 
..... .45 Yi bu. 
. 1 oz. 
. 4 oz. 
2H to 3 lbs. 
\Yi to 2 lbs. 
30 lbs. 
(See page 43) 
60 to 2 bu. 
14 2 to 2 l A bu. 
Quantity of Seeds Required for a Given Number of Hills or Length of Drills. 
Asparagus. 
50 feet of drill 
Beet. 
Beans, Dwarf. 
100 feet of drill 
Beans, Pole. 
150 hills 
Carrot. 
100 feet of drill 
Celery. 
100 feet of drill 
Corn, Sweet. 
125 hills 
Cress . 
100 feet of drill 
Cucumber. 
50 hills 
Dandelion. 
150 feet of drill 
Kale. 
150 feet of drill 
Kohl-rabi. 
200 feet of drill 
Leek. 
150 feet of drill 
Lettuce. 
125 feet of drill 
Martvnia. 
50 hills 
Melon, Water. 
30 hills 
Melon, Musk. 
Mustard. 
Okra. 
Onion. 
100 feet of drill 
Onion Seta. 
50 feet of drill 
Parsley. 
150 feet of drill 
Parsnip. 
150 feet of drill 
Peas. 
. . 75 tolOO feet of drill 
Pumpkin. 
20 to 25 hills 
Radish. 
Salsify. 
Spinach. 
Squash, bush variety. 
50 hills 
Squash, running variety. . 
15 hills 
Turnip. 
T. 150 feet of drill 
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