698 KKTOKT OF OVV^CV. OK KXl'KRIMENT STATIONS. 



to Vegetation; Cliaplt r VI, Iiniirovenu'iit nf tlic Soil; (;h!ii)ter VII, Improvement 

 of (lu> Soil by Manures and Tilla^'c; (Miaptrr \'III, rrm'tical Agricnlturc; (Chapter 

 IX, Ilorticiilturc. 



1848. N. S. Davis, M. D. A Text-Book on Ao-i-iculturc. Samuel 



S. & AVilli'.mi Wood, New York. Pp. 187. Illustrated with pictures 



of chemical apparatus and of insects. 



Ciiaiiter I, Agricnltural Science: (1) Agents Productive of C'lieniical Changes 

 in Matter (Caloric, Attraction, Light, Electricity), (2) ('lassilication of Bodies, 

 {',]) Chemical Nonicnclature, or System of Naming, (4) Laws of Chemical Combi- 

 nations; Chapter II, Organic Elements, Inorganic Elements; Chapter III, (I) 

 Formation of Soils, (2) Classification of Soils, (3) Composition of Soils; Chai)ter 

 IV, (I) Composition of Vegeta))les, (2) Sources from which IJving Vegetal)les 

 Derive their Ingredients; Chapter V, The Means Possessed by Man for Fertilizing 

 the Soil and Adai)ting it for the (irowth of any Crop wliich lie May Desire, 

 the Addition of Inorganic Substances as Means of Fertilizing the Soil, Vegetable 

 and Animal Sul)stances as Fertilizers of the Soil; Chapter VI, (1) Inorganic Sub- 

 stances Used as Manure, (2) Organic or Vegetabe and Animal Manures; Chapter 

 VII, The Best Modes of Analyzing Vegetable Substances and Soils, with Ta]>les 

 Showing the Composition of the Various Grains, Grasses, Soils, etc.. According to 

 the Analysis of the Best Chemists; Cliapter VIII, Practical Agriculture and Horti- 

 culture, (1) Germination of Seeds, (2) Influence of Caloric, Light, and P^lectricity, 

 (8) Description of Particular Grains, Grasses, etc., (4) Rotation of Crops, (5) 

 Connection of Farm Stock with Vegetation, (6) Selection, Preservation, and Prepa- 

 ration of Seeds, and the Projiagation of Plants Ijy Cuttings, Layers, Buds, Grafts, 

 etc. Appendix on Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 



1848. M. M. RoDGERS, M. D. Scientific Agriculture, or the Ele- 

 ments of Chemistry, Geology, Botany, and Meteorology, Applied to 

 Practical Agriculture. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings and a 

 Copious Glossary. Erastus Darrow, Rochester. Pp. 279. 



Part I, Chemistry: Chapter I, Introductory; Chapter II, Light; Chapter III, 

 General Properties of Gases; Chapter IV, Elementary Bodies; Chapter V, Fer- 

 mentation. Part II, Geology: Chajjter 1, Introductory; Chapter II, (Jranite. 

 Part III, Botany. (Uiapter I, Introductory; Chapter II, Organs and Structure of 

 the Flower; Chapter III, Structure and Functions of the Leaf; Chapter IV, General 

 Remarks. Part IV, Meteorology: Chapter I, Introductory; Chapter II, Rain; 

 (Chapter III, Various Aerial Phenomena. Part V, Agriculture: Chapter I, For- 

 mation and Elements of Soils; Chapter II, Metals, Metalloids, and Organic Ele- 

 ments of Soils; Chapter III, Physical Properties of Soils; Chapter IV, Tillage; 

 Chapter Y, Stereo! ogy— Manures; Chapter VI, Mineral Manures; Chapter A'll, 

 Tal)les of Analyses; Chapter VIII, Analysis of Soils; Chapter IX, Mechanical 

 Philosophy. Gli issary. 



A second edition was published in 1850, of 296 pages, by Erastus Darrow, 

 Rochester; C. M. Saxton, New York; .T. P. Jewett & Co., Boston. It is said that 

 over 3,000 copies of this second edition were sold; and the plates were still in 

 existence in 189C. 



1848. L. Bentz, Director of the Normal l*rimary School of the 

 Meurthe, France, and A. J. Chretien, of Roville, Professor of 

 Rural Economy in the same school. Elements of Agriculture, for 

 the Use of Primary and Secondary Schools. Translated and adapted 



