CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS. 
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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS’ PUBLICATIONS. 
(CORPORATION) 
We publish the following, and gladly mail any of them free on application. 
Annual Catalogue and Gardener’s Guide, published 
in January. 
Holland Bulbs and Plants, published in September. 
Market Gardener’s Catalogue, published in Feb¬ 
ruary. 
The Lawn, The Garden. (Sixth Edition.) 
New Method Sweet Pea Culture. 
Success with House Plants. 
Cattle Owners’ Daily Reminder. 
Points for Poultry Raisers. A vadr ntecum for 
all interested in poultry. Seventh edition, re¬ 
vised and enlarged. 
The Most Complete and Best Illustrated Catalogue of 
Agricultural Hardware, Implements, Machines and Wooden ware 
In the United States or the world is published by us. It contains about three hundred and eighty-four 
large pages x n^), nearly fifteen hundred illustrations, and is, in fact, the result 
of our experience covering a period of over 75 years. 
The following brief synopsis will serve to show its value as an “ Encyclopedia of Everything for the 
Farm, harden, Lawn and Household.” 
CONTENTS. 
Improved Farm Machinery, Spraying Appliances, Dairy Supplies, 
Hoes, Forks, Rakes, Etc., Barn and Stable Supplies, Lawn Supplies, 
Farm, Garden and Greenhouse Requisites, Haying Tools of Every Description. 
Household Goods, Ensilage Machinery, Shovels, Spades and Scoops, 
Contractors’ Supplies, Saws, Axes, Hammers, Hatchets, Cider Machinery, 
Handles of all kinds. Chains for all purposes, Root Cutters, Poultry Supplies, 
Incubators and Brooders, W. T. Wood & Co.’s Celebrated Ice Tools, 
Improved Maple Sugar Supplies, Self-Steering Sleds, 
Wooden ware, a complete line, Etc., Etc., Etc. 
Will 1m* sent free, on request, to all who send ns an order from tills book, and to others on receipt of li5 
cents to cover transportation. 
THE COMING CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE. 
We have pleasure in publishing, at the request of the Director of the Census, the following notice 
regarding the taking of the U. S. Census of Agriculture, in June, 1900. 
Realizing the importance of the subject, we respectfully suggest that Farmers and Gardeners prepare 
the necessary information as early as practical. 
JOSEPH BRECK & SONS (Corporation). 
1 . The U. S. Census of Agriculture will be taken during June, 1900 . 
Census 
2 . A separate blank will be devoted to each farm. 
8. Tax assessors and collectors cannot serve as enumerators, or see 
the returns. 
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4. Census officials only will see the returns. 
5 . No names will be published or given out. 
Farms, 
0 . The acreage of crops, and quantities and values of butter, cheese, 
and all other products made on the farm in 1899 will be written 
Farmers, 
on the blanks. 
7 . Live stock, poultry, and hives of bees will be counted and value 
Everything 
Farm 
Products 
taken as of June 1 , 1900 . 
8. Farm acreage, buildings, implements and machinery will betaken 
as of June 1 , 1900 . 
9 . Tenants will be asked to give information the same as owners. 
Confidential. 
and 
Animals. 
10 . Write down farm items now, and thus be perfectly ready for the 
arrival of the enumerator next June. 
11 . It is very important to have the statistics of farm products in the 
next Census full and reliable. The active co-operation of all 
farmers is essential to make them so. 
12 . The women and children of the farm households can render 
material assistance in this direction. 
