author has boldly
defined and authoritatively arranged. The chapters which he has
written on the more involved features of the subject, as sex and the
relative influence of parents, should go far toward setting at rest
the wildly speculative views cherished with reference to these
questions. The striking originality in the treatment of the subject
is no less conspicuous than the superb order and regular sequence of
thought from the beginning to the end of the book. The book is
intended to meet the needs of all persons interested in the breeding
and rearing of live stock. Illustrated. 405 pages. 5 x 7 inches.
Cloth. $1.50
+Forage Crops Other Than Grasses+
By THOMAS SHAW. How to cultivate, harvest and use them. Indian corn,
sorghum, clover, leguminous plants, crops of the brassica genus, the
cereals, millet, field roots, etc. Intensely practical and reliable.
Illustrated. 287 pages. 5 x 7 inches. Cloth. $1.00
+Soiling Crops and the Silo+
By THOMAS SHAW. The growing and feeding of all kinds of soiling crops,
conditions to which they are adapted, their plan in the rotation, etc.
Not a line is repeated from the Forage Crops book. Best methods of
building the silo, filling it and feeding ensilage. Illustrated. 364
pages. 5 x 7 inches. Cloth. $1.50
+The Study of Breeds+
By THOMAS SHAW. Origin, history, distribution, characteristics,
adaptability, uses, and standards of excellence of all pedigreed
breeds of cattle, sheep and swine in America. The accepted text book
in colleges, and the authority for farmers and breeders. Illustrated.
371 pages. 5 x 7 inches. Cloth. $1.50
+Clovers and How to Grow Them+
By THOMAS SHAW. This is the first book published which treats on the
growth, cultivation and treatment of clovers as applicable to all
parts of the United States and Canada, and which takes up the entire
subject in a systematic way and consecutive sequence. The importance
of clover in the economy of the farm is so great that an exhaustive
work on this subject will no doubt be welcomed by students in
agriculture, as well as by all who are interested in the tilling of
the soil. Illustrated. 5 x 7 inches. 337 pages. Cloth. Net. $1.00
+Land Draining+
A handbook for farmers on the principles and practice of draining, by
MANLY MILES, giving the results of his extended experience in laying
tile drains. The directions for the laying
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