| Show THE AMERICAN FARMER WE have received from A L bancroft co publishers and booksellers market street san francisco a most excellent work in two large volumes entitled the american farmer 11 a complete agricultural library with useful facts for the household devoted to farming in all its departments and det details alls alis including the dairy orchard vineyard garden domestic animals their breeding management and diseases bees and their management 11 fish culture silk culture architectural designs for houses and other farm buildings improved sanitary condition of country homes etc it Is edited by charles L flint secretary ol 01 the state board of agriculture of massachusetts achu for twenty eight consecutive years and author of a number ot of very popular works it was published by ralph aalph 11 bpark park co hartford conn in 1884 the two volumes are illustrated with over engravings man many y of them really handsome this is just the kind of a work every farmer requires who would be ibe up with the times and in possession of information that will enable him to carry on his work to the best beat possible advantage theider The idea ahas has been too pre prevalent valentin in the past that no particular skill or intelligence telli gence was required in a farmer to insure his success that if a man were good for nothing else he might easily succeed as a farmer such ideas are vanishing in these days of sharp competition the ignorant thoughtless farmer tanner who follows a haphazard hap hazard system instead of laboring intelligently is going to be outstripped b by y those who are possessed of more f forethought ore th on 9 lit and calculation and avail themselves of the knowledge df developed through the experience of others while the conditions of our coun conn country ry and climate are peculiar and render it necessary in some things to follow a different system in farming to that which prevails elsewhere the farmers of this country can very profitably study and adopt most of the rules which experience has proved to be the best in other parts and the work before us the kind of one from which to obtain the requisite information we can recommend the american manner fanner to our utah a agriculturists feeling assured that the knowledge to be c obtained will soon repay them for the outlay necessary to purchase the same |
