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ls, 246; soda for disinfection, 329. Wash-tubs, 197. Waste weirs, 163. Water, in the soil, 38; needed for house, 90; transmission of typhoid fever, 354; used per head, 92; with meals, 272. Water-closets, 205. Water-proofing of cellar walls, 58. Water-supply and intelligence, 91. Water tanks, 183. Water-tight masonry for wells, 142. Weather and pneumonia, 345. Wells, and cesspools, 31; and typhoid fever, 357; on Long Island, 112. Well supplies, 104. Whooping cough, 373. Will power and sleep, 293. Windmills, 169, 170. Windmill with pressure tanks, 188. Window openings for ventilation, 78. Winter care for sewage beds, 221. Wooden tank for water, 193. Work of a farmer's day, 21. Worthington pump, 182. Yellow fever, 386. * * * * * The following pages contain advertisements of a few of the Macmillan books on kindred subjects. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture EDITED BY L. H. BAILEY Director of the College of Agriculture and Professor of Rural Economy, Cornell University. _With 100 full-page plates and more than 2000 illustrations in the text; four volumes; the set, $20.00 net; half morocco, $32.00 net; carriage extra_ VOLUME I--Farms VOLUME III--Animals VOLUME II--Crops VOLUME IV--The Farm and the Community "Indispensable to public and reference libraries ... readily comprehensible to any person of average education."--_The Nation._ "The completest existing thesaurus of up-to-date facts and opinions on modern agricultural methods. It is safe to say that many years must pass before it can be surpassed in comprehensiveness, accuracy, practical value, and mechanical excellence. It ought to be in every library in the country."--_Record-Herald, Chicago._ Cyclopedia of American Horticulture EDITED BY L. H. BAILEY _With over 2800 original engravings; four volumes; the set, $20.00 net; half morocco, $32.00 net; carriage extra_ "This really monumental performance will take rank as a standard in its class. Illustrations and text are admirable.... Our own conviction is that while the future may bring forth amplified editions of the work, it will probably never be superseded. Recognizing its importance, the publishers have given it faultless form. The typography leaves nothing to be desired, the paper is calculate
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