The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01

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By y. Clark Atkeson. To which is added
The Stockbridge System of Accounts. The
methods outlined in this pamphlet are, SO
simple that any person having falr
knowledge of arithmetic can keep the farm
records so that he will know wat eacn
product has cost him, and which crop and
line of farming is paying the best Paper
i2mo. % cents.
Cdnnin1 and Preserving.
By Mrs s. Il. Rorer. This work is the
;sult of careful practice in teaching be-
ginners how to can and preserve fruits
and vegetables, also the best methods 10 oil
les, drying fruits and making syrups and
satsups, picking, favored vinegars, drying
herbs, etc. 40 cents.
2ush Fruits.
BY Prof w. Card, A horticultural mon
berries, currants, gooseberries and other
shrub-like fruits. The entire subject is ex,
haustingly treated from the commercial
growers standpoint, as we'll as for applica-
zion in the home garden The principles
which underlie the cultivation and manage
ment of the various bush fruits are as
cussed in the Introductory chapter, while
in the succeeding ones each kind is treated
in detail as to it's special requirements
of soil, location, fertilizers, propagation,
planting, tillage, pruning, harvesting. anu
most important contributions to promolog
zeal literature. $40 pages. Sl.5O.
Fertilizers.
BY Edward B. Voorhees,, director of the
New jersey Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. 1t has been the aim OF the author TO
point out the underlying principles and to
discuss the important subjects connected
with the use of fertilizer materials. The
natural fertility of the soil, the functions
of manures and fertilizers are exhaustively
discussed. Separate chapters are devoted
to the various fertilizing elements, TO the ne
using fertilizers, and the best fertilizers Tor
each of the most important field, garden
and orchard crops. 335 pages $1OO
Farm C0nUeniences.
A manual of what to do and how to do
it. Describing all manner of homemade
aids to farm work. Made up of the best
ideas from the experience CT many Pracc-
teal men. With over 200 engravings. LOO
irrigation Farming.
nv Lute Wilcox A handbook for the
practical application of water in the pro-
duction of crops A complete treatise on
water supply, canal construction reser-
voirs and ponds, pipes for irrigation pur-
poses fumes and their structure, methods
of applying water, irrigation of field crops
the garden, the orchard and vineyard ;
trivances. Profusely, handsomely ilustrat
ed. Cloth, 12mo. 100
The Fertility of the Land.
BY l. Z. Roberts A summary sketch or
the relationship of farm practice to the
maintaining and increasing of the produc-
tlVlUY OF the SOIL lie DOoh 10 AhC ASou'I
of a long life OF teaching. experimenting
and farming, and is the most important
single book of farm methods. Illustrated
l2mo. $1.25.
Practical Forestry.
BY Andrew S. Fuller. A treaUse on the
propagation, planting and cultivation, with
descriptions and the botanical and popular
names of all the Indigenous trees OF the
United States, and notes on large num-
Der of the most valuable species. LOO
Soils and Crops of the Farm.
By George e. Morrow,M. A., and Ihomas
f. Hunt. The methods of making available
the plant food in the soil that are described
in popular language. short history or
each of the farm crops is accompanied by
a discussion of it's culture. The useful dis
coveries of science are explained as applied
in the most approved methods of culture
Illustrated Cloth, 12mo. $1OO.
Celery for Profit.
BY T. Greiner. The celery industry has
recently been greatly increased. and this
delicious vegetable is now found on nearly
of culture are described in this volume
20 cents.
The Neao onion Culture.
BY r. Greiner. BY the process here de-
scribed a crop of 1000 bushels per acre can
be as easily raired as 500 or 600 bushels In
the old way. Paper, 12mo. 80 cents.
Asparagus Culture.
BY James Barnes and William Robinson
r. l.. s. TIE best methods employed In
England and France. With translation OF