Agriculture Books
The Boston Terrier and All About It
Edward AxtellThe Boston Terrier and All About It,A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog.Excerpts:Who and what is this little dog that has forced his way by leaps and boun..
Dry-Farming - A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall
John A. WidtsoeNearly six tenths of the earth's land surface receive an annual rainfall of less than twenty inches, and can be reclaimed for agricultural purposes only by irrigation and dry-farming. A perfected worl..
The Story of the Soil
Cyril G. HopkinsTruth is better than fiction; and this true story of the soil is written in co-operation with the Press of America and in competition with popular fiction. The scenes described exist; the references g..
The Farm That Won't Wear Out
Cyril G. HopkinsIT IS an old saying that "any fool can farm," and this was almost the truth when farming consisted chiefly in reducing the fertility of new, rich land secured at practically no cost from a generous Go..
Three Acres and Liberty
Bolton HallWe are not tied to a desk or to a bench; we stay there only because we think we are tied. In Montana I had a horse, which was hobbled every night to keep him from wandering; that is, straps joined by ..
Supplement to Harvesting Ants and Trap-Door Spiders
John Traherne MoggridgeThere are probably very few conditions of life (except those concerned with the nature and manner of obtaining food) which have a greater influence either in keeping creatures apart or in bringing the..
Migration of Birds (1950)
Frederick Charles LincolnThe migrations of birds were probably among the first natural phenomena to attract the attention and intrigue the imagination of man. Recorded observations on the subject date back nearly 3,000 years,..
Floral Illustrations of the Seasons
Margaret RoscoeIn the arrangement of this Work, the Author has aimed at some degree of novelty in the design, as well as of utility in the information. To her own sex, to whose particular notice she offers it, she t..