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Pacific Rural Press. Vol. XLVII. No. 11. March 17, 1894

The Dewey Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA, 1894

Original publisher's black and white wrapper with a reprinted black and white photograph of an orange tree. 11 1/4" x 15 1/2." Pages 201-220, complete. Black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Pages are very clean and intact but loose and there is slight 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: "The California Fruit Union," "The Orange," "Sugar Cane for the Tule Lands," "The Wheat Shortage," "The Florida Winter," "Canned Goods Gossip," "The Frozen Meat Trade," "Butte's Best Acre," "Correspondence: An Australian's Comments on Fruit at the World's Fair," "Horticulture: The Japanese Plums; How to Get Sound Apples," "Florist and Gardener: Other Practices with Asparagus; Late Crops of Potatoes for Seed," "Cereal Crops: The Wheat Problem," "Poultry Yard: An Eastern Plan of Poultry Housing and Feeding," "The Dairy: Kaffir Corn as a Stock Feed," "Sheep and Wool: The Rambouillet Merinos," "Swine Yard: Wet Feed for Hogs," "Track and Farm: The Trotting-Horse Business," "Agricultural Science: What the Experiment Stations Are Doing," "Fruit Marketing: Advancing the Raisin-Growers' Movement; Florida's Experience in Orange Selling; The Eastern Peach Crop," "The Home Circle: Hints to Housekeepers," "Patrons of Husbandry: A Spirited Meeting at Stockton," "The Solar Corona," "Horse-Power," "The Discovery of the Glacial Epoch," "How to Sleep Well," "Lighting the Nation's Capitol," "Carbonic Acid in the Air," and "A French Electric Carriage.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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