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Excerpt from Sheep Husbandry in Minnesota This book is written in the hope that it may prove helpful to the farmers of our state. The author is continually receiving letters from those engaged in sheep husbandry asking for information bearing upon every phase of the industry. Many of the letters thus received ask for a book that will cover the subject from the standpoint of Northwestern conditions. Such a book has not previously been written,...

Excerpt from Management and Feeding of Sheep That sheep husbandry in America is not yet beyond the threshold of possible advancement cannot be gainsaid, and that such is the fact is exceedingly unfortunate for American agriculture. Great Britain alone has nearly half as many sheep as all the United States. The reason why the industry thus languishes cannot be discussed here. This book has been written in the hope that it may aid in some degre...

Excerpt from Feeding Farm Animals Several valuable books have been written on the subject of feeding live stock, and those interested have reason to be grateful to the men who wrote them. But the criticism has been made, that some of these are too scientific in their treatment of the subject to meet the needs of the practical feeder, that the discussions in some are so general and diffuse and so lacking in sequence, that the labor involved in...

Excerpt from Grasses and How to Grow Them in North AmericaIn writing the book, the aim has been to prepare a volume that would discriminate between the important and the unimportant in economic grasses, and to present information in an orderly and consecutive way with reference to the former only, that would in some meas ure at least meet the needs of the farmer and the stu dent of agriculture.University Experiment Station, St. Anthony Park, M...

Tom Shaw weaves a tale of boyhood exploits on Baltimore's sandlots, in the Army and in semi-pro ball as he earned the title of World's Oldest Teenager as a visionary game designer and promoter for the Avalon Hill game company.

Excerpt from The Heretic, Vol. 2 of 3: Or, the German Stranger, an Historical Romance of the Court of Russia in the Fifteenth Century From this moment Andriousha was a frequent visitor to Ehrenstein : he taught him Russian , and the intelligent pupil, with the aid of the Tchekh language, made rapid progress. It was delightful to see how the boy dressed himself in magisterial importance during the lessons, and how obediently the Paduan bachelo...

Excerpt from Outlines of English Literature This method appears to unite the advantages of concise ness and completeness, for, should the reader push his studies no farther, he may at least form clear ideas of the main boundaries and divisions of English literature, whilst the frequent change of topic will, the author trusts, render these pages much less tiresome and monotonous than a regular sytematic treatise. About the Publisher Forgotte...

Excerpt from The Study of Breeds in America: Cattle, Sheep and Swine In this book it has been the aim of the author to discuss, in a manner at once brief and concise, all the pedigreed breeds of cattle, sheep and swine at pres ent existing in America, and also the more important of the sub-breeds. It has been written in the hope that the student of the college and the farm will not be necessitated to travel the same toilsome road trod den by ...

Excerpt from The Heretic: Translated From the Russian of Lajétchnikoff About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare...

Excerpt from Dry Land Farming What may be termed the dry land area of the United States and Canada embraces approximately not fewer than five hundred million acres, all of which may be tilled, and nearly all of which is unusually rich in the elements of production. Because of the limited amount of rain that falls, this immense area can never be tilled successfully by the methods of farming ordinarily practised in humid areas. Within a compara...

Excerpt from The Heretic, Vol. 1 of 3: Or, the German Stranger, An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia in the Fifteenth Century, Translated From the Russian of Lajetchnikoff Of all the qualities which a work of fiction must possess, in order to excite and maintain the attention of the reader, the most indispensable is, undoubtedly - Novelty: without this seasoning of novelty, the most solid and nourishing literary fare will be pronounce...

Excerpt from Story of the La Salle Mission, Vol. 2 Washington, D.C., June 26, 1907. Reverend and Dear Sir: - I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the volume, "Story of the La Salle Mission, " which you have had the great kindness to send to me. I beg you to accept my sincerest thanks and my congratulations on having compiled this little history. Most faithfully yours in Xto., D. Falconio, Aposolic Delegate. Denver, Colo., June 20, 1908...

Excerpt from The Use and Office, With Some Instances of the Weakness and Imperfection of Reason in Matters of Religion, Vol. 1 My Lord, At the Time of writing, and delivering this Discourse, I little thought of it's Publication. But, moved as I am by the Request, which I esteem the command, of my Superiors, I beg Leave to introduce it into the World under your Lordship's Patronage, - not unmindful of it s Defects, and how much therefore it ...

Excerpt from Travels or Observations, Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, Vol. 1 of 2 The following pages therefore, with these ad ditions, alterations, and improvements, are pre sented to the reader, as an essay towards resto ring the ancient geography, and placing in a pro per light the natural, and sometimes civil history Of those countries, where the author has travel led. In pursuance of which design, these Obser vations...

Excerpt from The Heretic, Or the German Stranger, Vol. 3 of 3: An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia in the Fifteenth Century The Mandrake. "Plunged in a languageless foreboding, Leaving his comrades far behind, Into that lonely land he hurried, And prick'd through forests drear and blind, In thoughts of woe and vengeance buried. - And prompting aye his soul to ill, A demon voice around him flutter'd, 'My sword shall burst that ...

Excerpt from Forage Crops Other Than Grasses: How to Cultivate, Harvest and Use Them This work has been written in the hope of meeting a long-felt want. It has been the aim of the writer to adapt it to the needs of the farmer, the stockman and the agricultural student. It is left with the agriculturists of this country to say how far these objects have been attained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rar...

Excerpt from Soiling Crops and the Silo: How to Cultivate and Harvest the Crops, How to Build and Fill the Silo, And How to Use Silage If each treatise is to be complete in itself, the methods of growing these respective crops must be given in both, and this necessitates some repetition. It has been, and will be, the constant aim of the author, however, to avoid such repetition to the greatest possible extent. By combining two or more separat...

Excerpt from Poetical Essays The idea of being soon forgotten has been very distasteful to many minds in every age of the world's history, and has prompted numberless efforts to achieve something to assert individuality, and prolong remembrance. Strongly sympathising with this feeling I have written these few Essays, indulging a hope that some who read them may agree with the sentiments and aspirations expressed, and that the spiritual affin...

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