American grape training : $b An account of the leading forms now in use of training the American grapesBailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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American grape training : $b An account of the leading forms now in use of training the American grapes
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
Viticulture -- United States
Varieties.--Descriptive catalogue. Order of earliness. Variety tests.
Best varieties.
Broccoli.--Difference between Broccoli and Cauliflower. Cultivation, use
and varieties of Broccoli.
Cooking Cauliflower.--Digestibility. Nutritive value. Chemical
composition. Recipes.
Price, cloth, $1.
PRACTICAL FARM CHEMISTRY.--A Practical Handbook of Profitable
Crop-Feeding, written for Practical Men. By T. GREINER.
Part I. The Raw Materials of Plant-Food.
Part II. The Available Sources of Supply.
Part III. Principles of Economic Application, or Manuring for Money.
This work, written in plainest language, is intended to assist the
farmer in the selection, purchase and application of plant-foods. If you
wish to learn ways how to save money in procuring manurial substances,
and how to make money by their proper use, read this book. If you want
your boy to learn the principle of crop-feeding, and become a successful
farmer, give him a copy of this book. The cost of the book will be
returned a hundred-fold to every reader who peruses its pages with care
and applies its teachings to practice.
Price, cloth, $1.
SPRAYING CROPS.--Why, When and How to Do It.--By PROF. CLARENCE M.
WEED. A handy volume of about 100 pages; illustrated. Covers the whole
field of the insect and fungous enemies of crops for which the spray is
used. The following topics are discussed in a concise, practical manner:
Spraying Against Insects. Feeding Habits of Insects. Spraying Against
Fungous Diseases. The Philosophy of Spraying. Spraying Apparatus.
Spraying Trees in Blossom. Precautions in Spraying. Insecticides used in
Spraying. Fungicides used in Spraying. Combining Insecticides and
Fungicides. Cost of Spraying Materials. Prejudice Against Spraying.
Spraying the Larger Fruits. Spraying Small Fruits and Nursery Stock.
Spraying Shade Trees, Ornamental Plants and Flowers. Spraying
Vegetables, Field Crops and Domestic Animals.
Price in stiff paper cover, 50 cents; flexible cloth, 75 cents.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
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"... this only augments the size and depth...."
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wood the size of a lead-pencil...."
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