Item #32939 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 157 - 186.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 157 - 186

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1902. Hardcover. Does NOT include contents or index. Lacks issues: 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 168, 171, 180, and 184. Subjects of present bulletins include: propagation of plants, How to build small irrigation ditches, experiment station work XXI, XXII, and XXIII, rape as a forage crop, cheese making on the farm, Cassava, principles of horse feeding, scale insects and mites on citris trees, primer of forestry, Broom corn, home manufacture and use of unfermented grape juice, Cranberry culture, Squab raising, insects injurious in cranberry culture, horseshoeing, Pruning, Poultry as food, Meat on the farm, and Beautifying the Home Grounds. 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. Front endpaper is 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. Very Good.

Item #32939

Price: $125.00

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