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vation; Chai)ter XV, The Nature of Manures — Varieties; Chapter XVI, The 

 Nature of Manures — continued; Chapter XVII, Stimulating Manures — Lime, 

 Plaster, Ashes, and Marl; Chapter XVIII, Improvement of the Soil; Chapter XIX, 

 Suoeession of Crops; Chapter XX, Grasses; Chapter XXI, Grasses — continued; 

 Chapter XXII, Hemp; Chapter XXIII, Hops; Chapter XXIV, Ruta-baga; Chap- 

 ter XXV, Pasture; Chapter XXVI, The Cwlture of Silk; Chapter XXVII, History 

 of Silk; Chapter XXVIll, Silk — continued; Chapter XXIX, Sugar Made from 

 Beets; Chapter XXX, Beet Sugar — continued; Chapter XXXI, Best Breeds of 

 Cattle; Chapter XXXII, The Different Breeds of Neat Cattle Compared; Chapter 

 XXXIII, On Buying and Stocking a Farm with Cattle; Chapter XXXIV, The 

 Cow— Raising Calves; Chapter XXXV, Wi)rking Oxen; Chapter XXXVI, Pas- 

 turing Cattle; Chapter XXXVII, Soiling Cattle; Chapter XXXVIII, Stall-Feeding 

 Beef Cattle; Chapter XXXIX, Milch Kine; Chapter XL, The Pasture and Other 

 Food Best for Cows, as Regards Their JNIilk; Chapter XLI, The Management of 

 Milk and Cream— ]Making and Preserving Butter; Chapter XLI I, Making and 

 Preserving Cheese; Chapter XLIII, Swine; Chapter XLIV, Diseases of Cattle; 

 Chapter XLV, Diseases Peculiar to Oxen, Cows, and Calves; Chapter XLVI, 

 Diseases of Horses; Chapter XLVI I, Sheep; Chapter XLVIII, Sheep — continued; 

 Chapter XLIX, The Farmyard; Chajjter L, The Farmyard — continued. 



1839. John Armstrong. A Treatise on Agriculture: Comprising a 

 Concise Histor}" of its Origin and Progress; the Present Condition 

 of the Art Abroad and at Home, and the Theory and Practice of 

 Husbandr}'. To which is added a Dissertation on the Kitchen and 

 Fruit Garden. With Notes by J. Duel. Harper & Bros. Pp. 282. 

 No. 88 of '^School District Library." 



Chapter I, of the Rise and Progress of Agriculture; Chapter 11, of the Actual 

 State of Agriculture in Europe; Chapter III, Theory of Vegetation; Chapter IV, of 

 the Analysis of Soils and of the Agi-icultural Relations Between Soils and Plants; 

 Chapter V, of Practical Agriculture and its Necessary Implements; Chapter VI, of 

 Manures, Their Management and Application; Chapter VII, of Tillage and the 

 Principles on which it is Founded; Chapter VIII, of a Rotation of Croi)s and the 

 Princii)les on which it is Founded; Chapter IX, of the Plants Reconnnended for 

 a Course of Crops in the Preceding Chapter and Their Culture; Chapter X, of 

 Other Plants Useful in a Rotation of Crops and Adapted to Our Climate; Chapter 

 XI, of Meadows; Chapter XII, of Farm Cattle; Chapter XIII, of the Dairy; 

 Chapter XIV, of Orchards; Cliapter XV, of the Kitchen Garden; Chapter XVI, 

 of the Fruit < harden. 



1S42. AuoNzo Ctuay, A. M., T«»acher of Chemistry and Natural His- 

 tory in Piiilips Academy, Andover, Mass. Elements of Scientific 

 and Practical Agriculture, or the Application of Piology, Geolog}', 

 and Clieinistr}' to Agriculture and Horticulture. Intended as a 

 Text- Hook for Farmers atul Students in Agriculture. Van Nostrand 

 & Terrett, New Yoik. Copyright 1842. Pp. 'M\S. 



Introduction. Part First is "Biology of Plants:" Chapter I, The Vital I'rin- 

 ciple; Chai>ter II, InlhuMice of the Atmosphere, Water, and Other Agents upon 

 the Vital Principle, as Connected with the Phenomena of Vegetation; Chapter 

 III, Productions of thi' Vital Trinciplc Their Character, (Composition, Sources, 

 and Assimilation. I'art Secon<l is "Geology and Chemistry of Soils:" Chapter 

 I\', Rocks and Their delation to Vegetation; Chai)ti'r \, Soils ami Their Relation 



