U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 251 - 275 with Contents and Index

  • Hardcover
  • Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1907
By Hill, George William (editor in chief)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Subjects of bulletins include: maple sugar and syrup, germination of seed corn, cucumbers, home vegetable garden, preperation of vegetables for the table, soil fertility, texas tick fever and its prevention, seed of red clover and its impurities, cattle tick, practical information for beginners in irrigation, brown tail moth and how to control it, game laws for 1906, management of soils to conserve moisture, industrial alcohol, modern conveniences for teh farm home, forage crop practices in Western Oregon and Western Washington, a successful hog and seed-corn farm, flax culture, gipsy moth and how to control it, and experiment stations XXXIV - XXXVIII Bound in three quarter red leather over red cloth boards with gilt title "Farmers' Bulletins" to spine. The name "Lynden Evans" is printed in gilt on the foot of the spine. Lynden Evans (1828 - 1926) was a teacher, lawyer, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. Full marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Both endpapers are present but detached. Minor wear to edges and hinges of boards. Clean interior with illustrations. An attractive book. Each bulletin has its own pagination. SCI/022219.

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