The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-12-11
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but foolish also in some-said that Of
the making of books there was no end.
What he would have said had he lived
in this book-making era, with its
plethora, mainly fiction, we can hardly
conceive. But in the mass coming
from the press Of the printer, there
energies occasionally books OF genuine
interest, Of practical value that will live
when the ephemeral novel has gone to
its appointed place. Two Of this class
have lately come to our Book Table.
"Practical Farming" by w. F. Mas
Sey, is volume Of $50 pages, in which
is given the practical experience Of one
who, during long and active life, has
followed farm work and here gives the
result Of close application to all the
topics german to the soil. He ap-
peals directly to the tlllers and in simple
language explains many things which
the Investigations Of scientists have
discovered in regard to the treatment
of the soil and the production Of crops.
There are twenty-five chapters in the
book, Of which six are devoted to soils,
nine to farm crops and the balance to
commercial fertilizers, tillage, legumes
and the grasses, while in the last chap
ter is given useful talks for constant
reference. While "PracticaI Farming"
is written from a Northern standpoint
and is therefore of more value to peo-
pie located IN that section Of the COun-
try, still the book will be found OF in
terest to Southern farmers, as cotton
and tobacco are each given a chapter in
it. Published at $3.50 by the Outing
Co., New York City.
1.-The Modern Guide for Fruit and
Truck Shippers and Poultry Raisers in
the Southern States" This is rather
a lengthy title for book, but it covers
the ground as to its contents and, with
a copy in hand, almost seems to do
away with the necessity for farm pa
per in the home Of the ruralist. 1t is,
what it pretends to be-" full and
complete treatise on diversified farm
ing, fruit and truck growing, poultry
raising and egg production for market
and profit And it is wholly for the
Southern states, plainly written by
one familiar with the subjects on which
he treats.
The book is divided into nine parts
l1ldl SllOW lLC WluG uClu COVCICQ ny IllC
author. Truck and Fruit Growing in
the South, occupies forty-one pages;
Vegetables, seventy; Nut and Fruit
Culture, forty one; Seeds and their
uses, sixty; Irrigation, Drainage and
Fertilizers, forty-six; Farmers Organi-
cations and Rules of Government,
twenty-five; Canning, thirty; Poultry
in the Egg Shell, sixty; Frogs for
Profit, Dairying, Bookkeeping and mis-
cellaneous, fifty-six, winding up with
complete index to parts covering
thirty-6ve pages; which alone is evil
dence of the pains taken by the author
and Of the thousand or more things
concisely touched upon.
There can be no question Of the value
Of a book like this, to the farmer, the
fruit grower and the trucker, Of the
Southern states An octave volume of
450 pages, printed on fine book paper,
substantially bound in cloth, with pro-
fuse illustrations, especially as to poul-
try. Every reader of the Florida Agri-
culturist should possess a copy Writ
ten by Theodore G. Thomas, and pub
hshed at $500 per copy by the Thomas
Wilson Co., Houston, Texas. Or may
be ordered through this office at
publishers price.
w. E. Pabor.