TEXT-BOOK OF AGEICULTURE. 701 



Chapter XXII, Culture and Management of Tobacco; Chapter XXIII, The Cotton 

 Crop; Chai)ter XXIV, Rotation of Croi)s; Chapter XXY, YaUie of Crops as Food ; 

 Chapter XXVI, Animal Physiology; Chapter XXVII, Selection and Preparation 

 of Food; Chapter XXVIII, Selection and Care of Stock. 



1861. James F. W. Johnston, M. A., etc. Catechism of Agricul- 

 tural Chemi.stry and Creology. Approved by the Provincial Board 

 of Education for Use in the Schools in New Brunswick. Fortieth 

 Edition. Barnes & Co., St. John, N. B. Pp. 68. 



An English work reprinted. Contains 406 questions with answers. 



1862. George B. Emerson and Charles L. Flint, the latter Secre- 

 tary of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. Manual of 

 Agriculture, for the School, the Farm, and the Fireside. Swan, 

 Brewer & Tileston, Boston. Pp. 306. 



Chapter I, Introduction; Chapter II, The Air and the Gases in It; Chapter III, 

 The Atmof^phere and the Forces Acting in It; Chapter IV, Changes in the Atmos- 

 phere—Instruments to Measure them — Climate; Chapter V, Of Water; Chapter 

 VI, Of Plants; Chapter VII, Elements of Plants; Chapter VIII, Organic Com- 

 pounds in Plants; Chapter IX, The Soil; Chapter X, Of the Subsoil; Chapter XI, 

 Of Amendments; Chapter XII, Of Fertilizers; Chapter XIII, Of Tillage; Chapter 

 XIV, Preparation of Lands; Chapter XV, Sowing, Planting, etc.; Chapter XVI, 

 Culture of the Cereals; Chapter XVII, Leguminous Plants; Chapter XVIII, 

 Esculent Roots; Chapter XIX, the Grasses — Formation of Meadows or Upland 

 Mowings; Chapter XX, Plants used in the Arts and Manufactures; Chapter XXI, 

 Of Rotation of Crops; Chapter XXII, The Harvest; Chapter XXIII, Diseases and 

 Enemies of Growing Plants; Chapter XXIV, Management of Farm Stock; Chap- 

 ter XXV, The Economy of the Farm ; Chapter XXVI, Economy of the Household. 

 Questions. 



For second edition see entry under 1885. 



1861. J. W. Dawson, Principal of McGill University. First Lessons 

 in Scientific Agriculture. For Schools and Private Instruction. 

 John Lovell, Montreal, and Adam Miller, Toronto. Pp. VIH+ 



208. 



Chapter I, The Science of Agriculture and its Uses; Chapter II, How May Sci- 

 entific Agriculture be Best Taught in Schools; Chapter III, Chemical Combination 

 and Decomposition; Chapter IV, Simple Substances of which Plants Consist; 

 Chapter V, Sources of the Organic Food of Plants; Chapter VI, Structure of 

 Plants; Chapter VII, Organic Compounds Produced by Plants; Chapter VIII, The 

 Ashes of Plants; Chapter IX, The Soil; Chapter X, Exhaustion of the Soil; 

 Chapter XI, Improvement of the Soil; Chapter XII, Manures; Chapter XIII, 

 Crops; Chapter XIV, Suggestions as to Practical Applications. Appendix, com- 

 prising Application of Meteorology to Agriculture; Directions for Performing 

 Experiments; Rotation of Crops for Canada. 



1868. George E. Waring, Jr. The P^lements of Agriculture: A 

 Book for Young Farmers. Second and revised edition. Orange 

 Judd Co., New York. Copyright 1868. Pp. 254. 



Section I, The Plant: Chapter I, Introduction; Chapter II, The Atmosphere and 

 its Carbon; Chapter III, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen; Chapter IV, Earthy 



