. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. This book 13 a complete ready reference library for farmers and housekeepers, being filled with useful fa''.t3, hints and suggestions upon all subjects pertain- ing to rural and domestic afftiirs, embracing the re- sults of experiment and re-tearch by scientific and practical men and women In all civilized countries. It contains the cream or substance of more than a dozen ordinary agricultural an I household books, and is the only first-class work of the kind ever sold at less than six dollars. It is a b )ok to be consulted eve
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. This book 13 a complete ready reference library for farmers and housekeepers, being filled with useful fa''.t3, hints and suggestions upon all subjects pertain- ing to rural and domestic afftiirs, embracing the re- sults of experiment and re-tearch by scientific and practical men and women In all civilized countries. It contains the cream or substance of more than a dozen ordinary agricultural an I household books, and is the only first-class work of the kind ever sold at less than six dollars. It is a b )ok to be consulted every day in any emergency, and to be read at all times with Interest and profit. It is Buch a book as every farmer and housekeeper needs and ought to have, supplying the universal want of a re- liable counsellor upon every topic relating to the farm and household, and will save its small cost every week in the year. The work is profusely illustrated, and is divided Into two general headings, viz.: The Farm and The 'Household, each of which occupies half the book. These are again sub-divided into a number of departments, as follows: Rural Architecfure — Fences and Gates —Field Crops — Feriilizers —The Garden — Orchard and Vineyard -Small Fruits — Live Stock—The Poultry Yard —The Dairy — The Apiary — Farm Implements—Around the Farm —Cooking Receipts — Ladies' Fancy Work- Floriculture — The Home Physician—The Toilet -The Laundry — Hints and Helps. All of the above subjects are fully and ably treated in this valuable book. It is a vast storehouse of useful facts, hints and suggestions of the utmost Value to farmers and housekeepers, and no man who has a home and an acre or more of land can afford to be without it. The publishers know full well that farmers are a class who have no money to waste vtpon luxuries, and are equally well aware that the purchase of this book will be to them the most profitable of Investments. While other books of this characte
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