Rural architecture
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Chapters (578)
- RURAL ARCHITECTURE.
- BEING A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
- FARM HOUSES, COTTAGES,
- OUT BUILDINGS,
- CONDUCTING WATER INTO CATTLE YARDS AND HOUSES.
- BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- CONTENTS.
- PREFATORY.
- INTRODUCTORY.
- RURAL ARCHITECTURE.
- GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.
- STYLE OF BUILDING.—MISCELLANEOUS.
- POSITION.
- HOME EMBELLISHMENTS.
- MATERIAL FOR FARM BUILDINGS.
- OUTSIDE COLOR.
- A SHORT CHAPTER ON TASTE.
- THE CONSTRUCTION OF CELLARS.
- VENTILATION OF HOUSES.
- INTERIOR ACCOMMODATION OF HOUSES.
- CHIMNEY TOPS.
- PRELIMINARY TO OUR DESIGNS.
- Design I.
- Design II.
- MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS.
- Design III.
- Design IV.
- TREE-PLANTING IN THE HIGHWAY.
- Design V.
- Design VI.
- Design VII.
- LAWNS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WOODS.
- FRUIT GARDEN—ORCHARDS.
- HOW TO LAY OUT A KITCHEN GARDEN.
- FLOWERS.
- FARM COTTAGES.
- Design I.
- Design II.
- Design III.
- Design IV.
- COTTAGE OUTSIDE DECORATION.
- HOUSE AND COTTAGE FURNITURE.
- AN APIARY, OR BEE-HOUSE.
- AN ICE-HOUSE.
- THE ASH-HOUSE AND SMOKE-HOUSE.
- THE POULTRY-HOUSE.
- THE DOVECOTE.
- A PIGGERY.
- FARM BARNS.
- Design I.
- Design II.
- BARN ATTACHMENTS.
- RABBITS.
- DAIRY BUILDINGS.
- THE BUTTER DAIRY.
- THE WATER RAM.
- RAT-PROOF GRANARY.
- IMPROVED DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
- WATER-FOWLS.
- A WORD ABOUT DOGS.
- Books Published
- C. M. SAXTON,
- SCHOOL, TOWN, AGRICULTURAL,
- The American Farm Book;
- American Poultry Yard;
- The Diseases of Domestic Animals;
- American Bee Keeper's Manual;
- The Modern Stair Builder's Guide:
- Prize Essay on Manures.
- American Bird Fancier.
- American Architect.
- Domestic Medicine.
- Saxton's American Farmer's Almanac for 1852.
- Family Kitchen Gardener.
- Practical Agriculture.
- Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology.
- Youatt and Martin on Cattle:
- Youatt on the Horse.
- Youatt on Sheep:
- Hoare on the Grape Vine.
- The American Agriculturist:
- Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry.
- Stephens' Book of the Farm.
- The Complete Farmer and American Gardener,
- Chemistry Made Easy,
- Brandy and Salt,
- Southern Agriculture.
- The Cottage and Farm Bee Keeper:
- A Book for Every Boy in the Country.
- Rural Architecture;
- The American Muck Book.
- Youatt on the Pig.
- Youatt on the Dog.
- The Poultry Book.
- The American Poulterer's Companion,
- American Poultry Book.
- The Rose Culturist.
- A Practical Treatise on Honey Bees,
- The American Fruit Book.
- The American Veterinarian.
- The Gardener's Text Book.
- The American Gardener.
- The Farmer's Land Measurer.
- New England Fruit Book.
- Practical Treatise on Fruits,
- Farmer and Emigrant's Hand Book.
- Farmer's Barn Book.
- Hind's Farriery and Stud Book.
- Mason's Farrier and Stud Book.
- Stewart's Stable Economy.
- Sugar Planter's Manual.
- Treatise on Hothouses and Ventilation.
- Ornamental and Domestic Poultry.
- Canfield on Sheep,
- Book of Flowers,
- Experimental Researches on the Food of Animals,
- The American Flower Garden Companion,
- The Farmer's Treasure.
- The Practical Farrier.
- The American Farrier.
- Principles of Practical Gardening.
- The American Fruit Garden Companion.
- Spooner on the Grape.
- The Young Gardener's Assistant.
- The Florist's Guide.
- The Kitchen Gardener's Instructor.
- The Fruit Cultivator's Manual.
- The Horse,
- The Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen Garden.
- Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden.
- The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America.
- Dictionary of Modern Gardening.
- The Rose Fancier's Manual.
- Parsons on the Rose.
- Hovey's Fruits of America.
- History, Treatment and Diseases of the Horse,
- Rural Economy,
- Liebig's Agricultural Chemistry.
- The Modern System of Farriery,
- Ewbank's Hydraulics:
- The Fruit Garden.
- The American Fruit Culturist;
- The Rose Manual.
- The Plants of Boston and Vicinity.
- The Indian Meal Book;
- The Horse's Foot,
- Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology.
- Chemistry Applied to Agriculture.
- British Husbandry.
- Loudon's Arboretum.
- Loudon on Gardening.
- Loudon on Agriculture.
- Loudon on Trees, &c.
- Loudon on Plants, &c.
- The Farmer's Library.
- The Farmer's Dictionary.
- Practical Treatise on the Grape Vine.
- Practical Treatise on the Veterinary Art.
- Sheep Husbandry.
- Agricultural Chemistry.
- Animal Chemistry.
- Liebig's Complete Works,
- Cottage and Farm Houses.
- Country Houses.
- Sportsman's Library.
- Landscape Gardening.
- Cottage Residences.
- Chaptal's Agricultural Chemistry,
- American Husbandry.
- Gardener's Dictionary.
- Journal of Agriculture.
- Downing's Horticulturist.
- The Complete Produce Reckoner,
- The American Shepherd.
- The Principles of Agriculture.
- Lectures to Farmers on Agricultural Chemistry.
- The Complete Farrier.
- The Complete Cow Doctor.
- Milch Cows.
- A Home for All;
- The Poultry Breeder.
- The American Fowl Breeder. 25 cts. The Farmer's Companion.
- The Farmer's Instructor.
- European Agriculture,
- The Gardener and Florist. 25 cts. The Honey Bee.
- Elements of Practical Agriculture.
- Rogers' Scientific Agriculture. 75 cts. Mills' Sportsman's Library. $1. Stable Talk and Table Talk. $1. Hawker and Porter on Shooting. $2.75. Field Sports.
- Fish and Fishing.
- The American Angler's Guide.
- Johnson's Farmer's Encyclopedia.
- Scientific and Practical Agriculture.
- Theory and Practice of Agriculture.
- Armstrong on Agriculture. 50 cts.
- Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture.
- Downing's Horticulturist.
- Gilpin's Landscape Gardening.
- The Gardener's Calendar.
- Agriculture for Schools.
- Text Book of Agriculture.
- The American Agriculturist and Farmer's Cabinet.
- Weeks on the Honey Bee. Cottages and Cottage Life.
- Chemical Analysis.
- Applied Chemistry.
- The Vegetable Kingdom,
- The Muck Manual.
- Youatt on the Horse.
- Clater's Farrier. 50 cts. The Dog and Sportsman.
- The Bird Keeper's Manual. 50 cts. The American Herd Book.
- The American Orchardist.
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