rature. Cloth, 12mo.
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=How Crops Grow.=
By Prof. Samuel W. Johnson of Yale College. New and revised
edition. A treatise on the chemical composition, structure
and life of the plant. This book is a guide to the knowledge
of agricultural plants, their composition, their structure
and modes of development and growth; of the complex
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from the air and the soil. The book is indispensable to all
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=Coburn's Swine Husbandry.=
By F. D. Coburn. New, revised and enlarged edition. The
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=Stewart's Shepherd's Manual.=
By Henry Stewart. A valuable practical treatise on the sheep
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=Feeds and Feeding.=
By W. A. Henry. This handbook for students and stock men
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most valuable contribution to live stock literature in many
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