704 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Choinistrv. Designed for use in schools, (granges, fanners' clubs, 

 and by farmers and their families. Puldished l)y the Farmers' 

 Advance, Springfield, O. Pp. ISO. 



Chapter I, Science in Farniinjj:; Cliajiter II, Science in its Elements; Chapter 

 III, Science in Heat and Energy; Chai)ter IV, Chemistry; Chapter V, Science in 

 Air; Chapter VI, Science in Soils; Chapter VII, Science in Plant Growth; Chapter 

 VIII, Science in Animal Life; Chapter IX, Science in Foods; Chapter X, Science 

 in Feeding; Chapter XI, Science in Fertilizers. 



1883. Allen Bowie Davis, late President of the Board of Trustees 

 of the Maryland Agricultural College. Elementary Agriculture. 

 For the use of schools. John B. Pict & Co., Baltimore. Pp. 



Vl+126. 



Chapters I-VI, Definitions; Chapter VII, The r)bject uf Plowing; Chapters 

 VIII-XIII, Corn; Chapters XIV-X VI, Wheat; Chapter XVII, Rotation of Crops, 

 Tobacco; Chai)ter XVIII, Tobacco — continued; Chapter XIX, Rye, Ergot; 

 Chapter XX, Oats; Chapter XXI, Potatoes; Chapter XXII, CabVjage; Chapter 

 XXIII, The Carrot— A Useful Food for Consumptives; Chapter XXIV, The 

 Parsnip — "It is Nerve and Brain Food;" Chapter XXV, The Onion — How Used 

 in Ancient Times; Chapter XXVI, The Turnip — Its Medicinal Properties; Chapter 

 XXVII, The Bean— AVholesome Food for Man and Beast; Chapter XXVIII, The 

 Pea — Good for Scorbutic Humors; Chapter XXIX, Lettuce — A Promoter of Sleep; 

 Chapter XXX, The Beet — Sometimes LTged to iNIake Sugar; Chapter XXXI, The 

 Eggplant — How Raised and Cooked; Chapter XXXII, The Tomato — Antibilious, 

 and a Preventive of Chills and Fevers; Chapter XXXIII, The Strawberry — The 

 Best Way to Cultivate; Chapter XXXIV, Berries — Their Healthfulness and Pecu- 

 niary Value; Chapter XXXV, The Graj^e — Beneficial fur the General Health; 

 Chapter XXXVI, The Horse-radish and Common Radish — Excellent for Diges- 

 tion; Chapter XXXVII, Parsley, Celery, and Rhubarb; Chapter XXXVIII, 

 Asparagus and Poke; Chapter XXXIX, The Barometer — Signs of Rain; Chapter 

 XL, Review; Chapter XLI, The Horse, Cow, and Hog; Chapter XLII, Agricul- 

 tural Machinery — Its Uses; Chapter XLIII, The Farmhouse; Chapter XLIV, 

 Flower Gardens; Chapter XLV, Sentiments of Plants and Flowers; Cha])ter 

 XLVI, The Geranium; Chapter XLVII, Botanical Geography; Chapter XLVIII, 

 Cereals; Chapter XLIX, Zones, Tropics, and Breed Lines; Chapter L, Raising 

 Poultry; Chapter LI, Sheep Raising; Chapter LII, Fruit Trees; Chapter LIV, 

 Canning; Chapter LV, Butter; Chapter LVI, The Weather— The Moon; Chapter 

 LVII, Tea and Coffee; Chapter LVIII, Thunderstorms; Chapter LIX, Clover; 

 Chapter LX, Remarks on Grasses. Appendices I and II. 



1885. Emerson and Flint. Manual of Agriculture. A new edition, 

 revised by Dr. Charles A. Goessmann, Professor of Chemistry, 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College. Orange Judd Co., New 

 York. Copyright 1885. Pp. 284. 



Has the same chapters as the first edition (1862), but the questions are omiited 

 from the end of the volume. 



1887. F. A. GuLLEY, Professor of Agriculture in Agricultural Col- 

 lege of Mississippi, Starkville, Miss. First Lessons in Agriculture. 

 Published by the Author. Pp. 118. 



Chapter I, Composition of Matter; Chapter II, Origin and Formation of Soils; 



