Rural Affairs (1869, Volume V): A Practical and Copiously Illustrated Register of Rural Economy and Rural Taste, Including Country Dwellings, Improving and Planting Grounds, Fruits and Flowers, Domestic Animals, and all Farm and Garden Processes

This is an antique home, farm and garden volume, "RURAL AFFAIRS - A Practical and Copiously Illustrated Register of Rural Economy and Rural Taste, Including Country Dwellings, Improving and Planting Grounds, Fruits and Flowers, Domestic Animals, and all Farm and Garden Processes" by J.J. Thomas. 1869; Luther Tucker & Son; Albany, NY. Volume V. Profusely illustrated with 400 engravings. Nicely illustrated title page. From the Preface: "The design is to include as much practical information as can be condensed within their compass, on various topics of Agricultural, Horticultural and Domestic interest; and from copiousness of illustration, to render them the most beautiful and attractive, as well as among the most comprehensive and useful books on the subjects to which they are devoted."

"Reading matter" consists of Farming, Orchard culture, Rural Architecture, Landscape Gardening, flower and Kitchen Gardening, Raising and Marketing the Small Fruits, Entomology, the Management of Poultry and Bees, Farm Buildings of every kind, Domestic Economy, etc. Here are some examples from the Index: Six Best Market Apples; To Extirpate Bedbugs; Three-Story Barn; Creepers or Climbing Plants; Stall Feeding Cattle; Sweeping Carpets; To Kill Cockroaches; Cooking and Pickling Cauliflower; Indian Corn; Barn for Milk Farming; Rotation of Crops; Varieties of Potatoes; Earth or Angle Worms; Garden Flea; House Flies; Cultivating Fruit Trees; Preserving Fertility of Soil; Blackberry Wine; Tomato Worm; Portable Water Barrel; Snow Plow; Care of Windows...and so much more.

Condition:
Clean back cover; the cloth on the spine has somewhat sun-faded; there is a very light, thin stain at the bottom-right quadrant of the front cover. Cloth tear at the top edge of the spine; the bottom edge of the spine is worn. Cloth tears at the cover corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Occasional light stains/smudges/foxing to the pages. Name/address stamped in ink on front pastedown. Name/address written in old handwriting on front end paper. Overall the book is in Good condition.