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Pacific Rural Press. Vol. XLVII. No. 10. March 10, 1894

The Dewey Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA, 1894

Original publisher's black and white wrapper with a reprinted black and white photograph of the "Children's Quarters in Golden Gate Park." 11 1/4" x 15 1/2." Pages 181-200, 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: "Children's Quarter, Golden Gate Park," "Wool Growers and Wool Manufacturers," "How to Live Cheaply" [about being economical with food], "Cereal Crops: The Wheat Crop of 1893; Cheapening Wheat at the North; Future of Wheat Growing," "Florist and Gardener: An Early Start in the Garden and How to Get It; Growing Potatoes by Irrigation," "The Irrigationist: How Much Water Do Crops Need?," "Fruit Marketing: What a Northern Grower Knows About Selling Fruit," "The Vineyard: Uprooting Raisin Vineyards," "Track and Farm: The Training of the Saddle Horse," "The Dairy: Experience with Calf Diseases," "Poultry Yard: Turkey Raising in the San Joaquin," "The Field: The Best Method of Arranging Load and Draft in Hauling on Farm Roads; Peanut Cleaning and Grading at the South," "The Home Circle: Eyesight and Spectacles; Fashion Notes," "Patrons of Husbandry: San Jose Grange; Note from the State Grange Organist; From Tulare; Petaluma Grange; From Watsonville," "Light Without Heat," "To Measure a Room for Wall Paper," "An Electric City," "The Silk-Spinning Spider," "To Beat the Ferris Wheel," and "Electric Fishes.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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