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Pacific Rural Press. Vol. XLVI. No. 2. July 8, 1893

The Dewey Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA, 1893

Original publisher's black and white wrapper with a reprinted black and white photograph of "a tomato tree in San Diego County." 11 1/4" x 15 1/2." Pages 21-40, complete. Black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Pages are very clean and intact but loose and there is some chipping at the spine. A small bump affects the first few pages. 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: "California Tomatoes," "A Special Edition on Fruit Drying," "The Dairy: The Black Pepsin Butter Fraud ['Black Pepsin' was a fraudulent product that was falsely advertised as increasing butter yield]; World's Fair Dairy Tests," "The Stable: Speed Programme at State Fair," "The Apiary: Honey at the World's Fair," "Poultry Yard: Suphur Process of Preserving Eggs; Green Food for Fowls," "Horticulture: An Australian in a California Orchard," "Analysis of Figs and Fig Soils," "The Home Circle: California Flowers at the World's Fair; Bits of Wisdom; Irrigation Beneficial; Moon and Barometer; Taking the Husband's Name; Letting in the Sun; Children's Sleep," "Domestic Economy" [recipes], "American Tools," "How Straw Paper Is Made," "Contagiousness of Consumption," and "Electricity and Cholera.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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