700 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Rolling, ]\Inlihing, AVccding, etc. Section V, Analysis: Chapter I, Nature of 

 Analy.«is; Chapti'rll, Tal)les of Analysis. The Practical Farmer. Explanation 

 of Terms. 



For second edition, see entry under 1868. 



1854. Charles Fox, Lecturer on Agriculture in the University of 

 Michigan. The American Text-Book of Practical and Scientific 

 Agriculture, Intended for the Use of Colleges, Schools, and Private 

 Students, as well as for the Practical Farmer. Including Analyses 

 by the Most Eminent Chemists. Elwood & Co., Detroit. Pp. 354. 



Chapter I, Introductory; Chapter II, Plants, the Air, Water; Chapter III, The 

 Soil; Chapter IV, Meteorology; Chai)ter V, Formation of Plants; Cha])ter VI, 

 Wheat; Chapter VII, Rye; Chapter VIII, Barley; Chapter IX, Oats; Chapter X, 

 Indian Corn; Chapter XI, Rice, Buckwheat, Millet, Canary Grass; Chapter XII, 

 Leguminous Plants — Beans, Peas, Lentils, Vetches, and Lupines; Chapter XIII, 

 Grasses and other Fodder Plants; Chapter XIV, Clover and other Forage Plants; 

 Chapter XV, Plants Cultivated for their Roots and Leaves — Turnips, Kohl Rabi, 

 Cabbage, Rape; Chapter XVI, Potato, Jerusalem Artichoke; Chapter XVII, 

 Parsnip, Carrot, Beet; Chapter XVIII, Sweet Potatoes, Mustard, Hops; Chapter 

 XIX, Onions, Pumpkins, Tobacco, Castor-Oil Bean, Licorice, Uncommon Plants; 

 Chapter XX, Teasel, Flax, Hemp, Broom Corn, Ozier Willow; Chapter XXI, 

 Fruit Trees and Vegetables; Chapter XXII, Manures; Chapter XXIII, Plowing. 



1857. J. A. Nash, Principal of Mount Pleasant Institute, Instructor 

 of Agriculture in Amherst College, and Member of the Massachu- 

 setts Board of Agriculture. The Progressive Farmer: A Scientific 

 Treatise on Agricultural Chemistry and the Geology of Agriculture. 

 On Plants, Animals, Manures, and Soils. Applied to Practical Agri- 

 culture. A. O. Moore, New York. Pp. 254. 



Chapter I, Agricultural Chemistrj'; Chapter II, Geology of Agriculture; Chap- 

 ter III, Vegetable Physiology; Chapter IV, Animals and their Products; Chapter 

 V, Manures; Chapter VI, Practical Agriculture. 



1859. J. L. Campbell, A. M., Professor of Phj^sical Science, Wash- 

 ington College, Va. A Manual of Scientific and Practical Agricul- 

 ture for the School and the Farm, with Numerous Illustrations. 

 Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia. Pp. 442. 



Chapter I, Preliminary Delinitions and Illustrations; Chapter II, Heat, Light, 

 Electricity; Chapter III, Chemical Symbols, PiQuivalents, and Nomenclature; 

 Chapter IV, History and Properties of the Metalloids; Chapter V, History and 

 Properties of the Metals; Chapter VI, Organic Chemistry— Chemistry of Plants; 

 Chapter VII, Mineral Constituents, or Ashes, of Plants; Chapter VIII, Animal 

 Chemistry; Chapter IX, Sources from which Plants Derive Their Nourishment; 

 Chapter X, General Principles of Vegetable Physiology; Chapter XI, Structure 

 and Functions of the Organs of Plants; Chai)ter XII, The Soil — Its Geological 

 Origin, etc.; Chapter XIII, Mechanical Management of the Soil; Chapter XIV, 

 Chemical Treatment of the Soil; Chapter XV, History and Properties of Special 

 Manures; Chapter XVI, Application of Fertilizers — Planting and Culture of Crops; 

 Chapter XVII, Culture of Indian Corn; Chapter XVIII, Culture of Wheat and 

 Oats; Chapter XIX, Planting and Culture of I\)tatoes; C-hapter XX, Hay Crops 

 and Pasture; Chapter XXI, Beans and Peas — Especially the "Southern Pea:" 



