TEXT-BOOK OF AGRICULTURE. 705 



Chapter III, Composition of the Soil; Chapter IV, Composition of the Plant; 

 Chapter Y, Plant Food in the Soil; Chapter VI, Mechanical Condition of the Soil; 

 Chapter VII, Effect of Water on the Soil and Crop; Chapter VIII, Farm Drainage; 

 Chapter IX, Preparation of the Land for the Crop; Chapter X, How Plants Grow; 

 Chapter XI, Fertilization of the Seed; Chapter XII, Improvement of Variety; 

 Chapter XIII, Cultivation of the Crop; Chapter XIV, Manures; Chapter XV, 

 Commercial Fertilizers; Chapter XVI, Care of Maimre — Composting; Chapter 



XVII, Rotation of Crops; Chapter XVIII, Farm Live Stock; Chapter XIX, 

 Diversified Farming; Chapter XX, Food and Manure Value of Crops. Glossary. 



A second edition-, revised and enlarged, appeared in 1S92, by the Rural Pub- 

 lishing Company, New York. Pp. 155. Illustrated. The following chapters 

 are added: Farm Live Stock; Breeds of Horses; Breeds of Cattle; Sheep. 



188S. The "A B C of Agric-ultiii-e/' )\y Mason C. A\'eld and other 

 writers. Publislied by the Orange Judd Co., New York. Copy- 

 right 1887. Pp. 66. 



Advertised as a book '•a<lapted to district and rural schools," but there is no 

 evidence in the book that it wa.s written as a definite text-book. 



180O. Jame.s Mills, M. A., President Ontario Agricultural College, 

 and Thomas Shaw, Professor of Agriculture, Ontario Agricultural 

 College. The First Principles of Agriculture. Authorized by the 

 honorable the minister of education for use in the public schools of 

 Ontario. J. E. Bryant Co., Toronto. Pp.250. 



Chapter I, Definitions and Explanations; Chapter II, The Plant; Chapter III, 

 The Soil; Chapter IV, Tillage— Introductory; Chapter Y, Tillage— The Improve- 

 ment of Soils; Chapter VI, Tillage— The Preparation of the Soil for the Seed; 

 Chapter VII, Tillage— The Rotation of Crops; Chapter VIII, The Crops of the 

 Farm — Their Growth and Management; Chapter IX, Crops for Soiling; Chapter 

 X, The Weeds of the Farm; Chapter XI, Diseases of Crops; Chapter XII, Insects; 

 Chapter XIII, Outlines of the Principles of Feeding; Chapter XIV, The Feeding, 

 Care, and Management of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Swine; Chapter XY, Breed- 

 ing; Chapter XVI, The Breeds of Livestock; Chapter XYII, Dairying; Chapter 



XVIII, The Silo and Ensilage; Chapter XIX, The Cultivation of Forest Trees for 

 Shade, Ornament, and Protection. 



1891. I. O. WiNSLOw, A, M. The Principles of Agriculture for 



Conunon Schools. American Book Co. Pp. 152. 



Suggestions to Teachers; Chapter I, The Su])stances of the Earth; Chapter II, 

 Land and Water; Chapter III, The Atmosphere; Chai)ter IV, Plants; Chapter Y, 

 Fertilizers; Chapter VI, Cultivation; Chapter YII, Animals, (dossary. 



1895. R. ilKDCKit AN'allack. late Lectufcr and Examiner in Agricul- 

 ture to the F^iucation Department of Victoria and the Victorian 

 Department of Agricidture. Agricidturc. Illustrated. J. B. Lip- 

 pi luott Co. Pp. 352. 



"This book has been written with the object of placing before the student and 

 reader a simple statement of the i)rinciples of agriculture," etc. Chapter I, Intro- 

 (hiction; Chapter II, The Natural Kingdoms; Chapter III, Forms of Matter; Chap- 

 ter IV, Atmospheric Air; Chapter Y, Atmospheric Air — continued; Chapter VI, 



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