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Pacific Rural Press and California Fruit Bulletin. Vol. XLIX. No. 7. February 16, 1895

The Dewey Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA, 1895

Original publisher's black and white wrapper with two reprinted black and white photographs of "an aged sequoia in a pine forest" and "the ghost [cypress] of the forest on Cypress Point." 11 1/4" x 15 1/2." Pages 97-112, complete. Black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Back cover has a full-page advertisement for Royal Baking Powder that shows a hand holding up a can of the product with the phrase, "Absolutely Pure." Pages are very clean and intact but loose. Some 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: "Arboreal Spectress," "Another Freeze in Florida," "Horticulture: California Seeding Fruit; Another Frost Alarm," "Agricultural Engineer: The Good Roads Convention in Sacramento," "The Field: Sacaline and Mangel-Wurzel," "The Home Circle: Fashion Notes," "Domestic Economy: Domestic Hints" [recipes], "Patrons of Husbandry: From Stockton; Good Grange Day at Lockeford," and "Woman Sufferage" [a poem about the women's suffrage movement in the U.S.; the poem conveys some thoughts of the time on the matter and is supportive of the movement].". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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