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Volume One of THE ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS AND CULTIVATOR ALMANAC FOR THE YEARS 1855, 1856, & 1857, Containing practical suggestions for the Farmer and Horticulturist, embellished with FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY engravings, including houses, farm buildings, implements, domestic animals, fruits, flowers, &c.

Albany, New York, Luther Tucker, Office of the Cultivator, 1855-57.
This book can best be described in Luther Tucker's own words:

The Volume is offered as the most comprehensive, attractive, and valuable work of its size that has yet appeared upon Rural subjects. It contains FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS, among which are the following:

Designs and Plans of Country Dwellings, 44 Engravings.
School Houses, 8 Engravings.
Out-Buildings - Barns, Stables, Carriage, Poultry, Dairy and Smoke Houses, Piggery, &c, 36 Engravings.
Rustic Structures, Rock Work, &c, 25 Engravings.
Laying Out the Grounds of Farms, Gardens, Orchards, &c, 35 Engravings.
Figures of the Best Fruits of all kinds, 71 Engravings.
Various Processes in the Care and Culture of Fruit, 77 Engravings.
Trees and Ornamental Plants, 20 Engravings.
Improved Implements and Machines, 63 Engravings.
Animals of Good Breeds, and Adjuncts in their Management, 28 Engravings.