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Pacific Rural Press. Vol. XLV. No. 19. May 13, 1893

The Dewey Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA, 1893

Original publisher's black and white wrapper with two reprinted black and white photographs relating to a "rabbit-drive"; one shows the body of a rabbit which hangs by its feet; the other shows men involved in the hunt and numerous rabbit carcasses laid in front of them. 11 1/4" x 15 1/2." Pages 417-440, complete. Black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Pages are very clean and intact but are loose and there is some chipping at the spine. The Pacific Rural Press was a major agricultural journal that was published between the mid-nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Many of the articles give information and advice on the different parts of the agricultural industry. The following are some of the articles and features in this issue: "A Rabbit-Drive" [about a jackrabbit drive to reduce the number of rabbits which overpopulated as a result of people overhunting coyotes, the rabbits' natural predator], "California Barley," "Suggestion to World's Fair Visitors," "The San Jose Floral Fair," "Fruit Marketing: The Santa Clara Fruit Exchange," "Horticulture: Cost and Product of Orchard and Vineyard; Hints on Planting Orange Trees," "Poultry Yard: Poultry Experiments; Destruction of Chicks [how to keep one's chicks healthy during the summer months]; Prevention of Egg Eating [how to stop hens from eating eggs]; "The Field: Gophers and Moles," "The Dairy: Best Way to Make Butter; Training the Heifer; A New Butter Mold," " The Stock Yard: Barley as a Stock Food," "The Home Circle: An Essay on Eggs; Care of Draperies; Coughs and Their Cure," "Domestic Economy: Tested Recipes," "Application of Electricity to Agricultural Work," and "The Age of the Earth.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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