Fifty-ninth Annual Report of the New York State Agricultural Society, and Annual Report of New York Bureau of Farmers' Institutes, for the year 1899, Including Transactions of Meetings of New York State Dairymen's Association, and American Association of Farmers' Institute Managers, for the year 1899. Albany and New York: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1900. First Edition. [10283]
Maroon cloth with blind borders, dull gilt titles & design to spine, light soil, 9 x 6 inches. xxxi., 770 clean pp., several illustrations, some in colors. The first insect plate is partially detached. Good. Hardcover.
Besides the reports there are several interesting articles, including Judging Cattle in the Show-Ring; The Proper Beef Type (5 b/w illustrations); Growing Potatoes Successfully in New York; Fertilizing Self-Sterile Grapes (7 b/w plates); Injurious Insects and How to Control Them (4 chromolithograph plates); Household Insects (2 chromolithograph plates); Bovine Tuberculosis; Household Economy; Bird Study; Nature Study; The Church and the Grange; Farming on the Island of Jersey; Problems in Cheese-Making.
