By C. S. VALENTINE _Cloth, illustrated, 12mo, $1,50 net; postpaid, $1.63_ "The Plymouth Rock, Java, Dominique, Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, and Buckeye breeds are discussed in the first few chapters. Considerable attention is given to other breeds later on. Eighteen beautiful half-tone engravings adorn the book. From the standpoint of the practical farmer and poultry-grower, we consider this book as one of the very best of its kind. The author is evidently an experienced poultry-man. It is a book that should be of special help to beginners in poultry, while at the same time it contains much information for the expert." --_Farmers' Tribune._ The Beginner in Poultry By C. S. VALENTINE _Decorated Cloth, profusely illustrated, 12mo, $1.50 net; postpaid, $1.68_ It has been estimated that of the five million people who are raising poultry in this country today half have gone at it blindly. And it is just as impossible to make a success of the poultry business without preparation as it is impossible to succeed in any other business without an acquaintance with the fundamentals. The difficulty which the novice has experienced in going at the raising of chickens systematically in the past has been that he could find no book in which the essentials--only the essentials and all of them--of poultry-raising are given. To write such a book has been Mr. Valentine's purpose In "The Beginner in Poultry" he discusses the different breeds of fowls, the types of houses, feeding and the kinds of food, raising chickens for the market and for their eggs, diseases and their cures and everything else which will be of value for the one who is starting out--and much for the seasoned poultry-raiser as well. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY PUBLISHERS 64-66 Fifth Avenue NEW YORK RURAL SCIENCE SERIES Edited by L. H. BAILEY On Selection of Land, etc. Isaac P. Roberts' The Farmstead $1 50 On Tillage, etc. F. H. King's The Soil 1 50 Isaac P. Roberts' The Fertility of the Land 1 50 F. H. King's Irrigation and Drainage 1 50 Edward B. Voorhees' Fertilizers 1 25 Edward B. Voorhees' Forage Crops 1 50 J. A. Widtsoe's Dry Farming 1 50 L. H. Bailey's Principles of Agriculture 1 25 On Plant Diseases, etc. E. C. Lodeman's The Spraying of Plants 1 25 On Garden-Making L. H. Bailey's Garden-Making 1 50 L. H. Bailey's Vegetable-Gardening 1 50 L. H. Bailey's Forcing Book 1 25 On Fruit-Growing, etc. L. H. Bailey's Nursery Book 1 50 L. H. Bailey's Fruit-Growing 1 50 L. H. Bailey's The Pruning Book 1 50 F. W. Card's Bush Fruits 1 50