TEXT-BOOK OF AGRICULTURE. 707 



the Prairie Soil by Water and Ice Action; An Account of Faim- 

 ino- Operations and of Crops Adapted to Manitoba; A Description 

 of Diseases of Crops, of Insects, and of Birds; An Account with 

 THustrations of the Breeds of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, and 

 Poultry Adapted to ^Manitoba; Advantages of Mixed Farming. 

 The Consolidated Stationer}' Co., A\'innipeg. Pp. 259. Manitoba 

 Course of Agriculture, second series. 



Thf work of the fanner; eheniital experiments bearing on agriculture; experi- 

 ments on plant growth ; how plants grow; formation of soil; drainage; road mak- 

 ing; well boring; composition of soil; improvement of soil; selection of a farm; 

 breaking the prairie; plowing; harrowing; cultivating; farrowing; sowing; roll- 

 ing; rotation of crops; wheat; oats; barley; peas; flax; turnips; mangles; carrots; 

 potatoes; fodder plants; grasses; weeds; diseases of crops; insects; birds; animal 

 industry; breeding; feeding of farm stock; foods; management of stock; horses; 

 cattle; sheep; swine: poultry; bees; mixed farming; farm 1)uildings; fences; trees 

 and shrubs. 



Forty colored plates of the plants of Manitfjba accompany these two books. 



1S9<). Edward B. \'o()rhees, A. M., Director of the New Jersey 

 Agricultural Experiment Stations and Professor of Agriculture in 

 Rutgers College. First Principles of Agriculture. Silver, Burdett 

 tVc Co., Boston. Pp. 212. 



Chapter I, The Constituents of IMants; Chapter II, Origin and Formation of 

 Soils; Chapter III, Composition of Soils; Chapter IV, The Improvement of Soils; 

 Chai)ter V, Natural ^lanures; Chapter VI, Artificial and Concentrated Manures — 

 Nitrogenous Materials; Chapter VII, Artificial and Concentrated Manures — Phos- 

 phates; Chapter VIII, Artificial and Concentrated ^Manures — Superphosphates 

 and Potash Salts; Chapter IX, Artificial Manures or Fertilizers — ^lethods of 

 Buying, Valuation, Formulas; Chapter X, The Rotation of Crops; Chapter XI, 

 The Selection of Seed, Farm Crops and Their Classification, Cereals, Grasses, 

 Pastures, Roots, Tubers, and Market-Garden Crops; Chapter XII, The (Jrowthof 

 Animals, the Constituents of Animals and Animal Food, the Character and Com- 

 position of Fodders and Feeds; Chapter XIII, The Digestibility of Fodders and 

 Feeds, Feeding Standards, Nutritive Ratio, the Exchange of Farm Products for 

 Concentrate*! Feeds; Chapter XI\', Principles of Feeding, the Pure Breeds of 

 Farm Stock; Chapter XV, The Products of the Dairy, Their Character and Com- 

 position, Dairy ^Management. Tables. 



1S!>T. SiK Wii.i.iA.M I)aws().\. late Priiicii)al of Mc(iill I'niversity. 

 First Lessons in the Scientiti<- Principles of Agriculture. For schools 

 and private instruction. New edition, revised and enlarged, with 

 the permission of the author, by S.P. Robins, Principal of the Mc( Jill 

 Normal School. W. Drysdale & Co., Montreal. Copyright 1897. 

 Pp. 323. 



Introduction: The Science of Agriculture. C'hapter I, Forms of Matter; Chapter 

 II, Heat; Chapter HI, Chemi.al Principles; Chaj.ter IV, Chemical Proces.«es; 

 Chajiter V, Chemical Properties of tlie Klements and Compounds ^lost Important 

 in .\gricultnre; Chaj)ter VI, Plants, Their Functions and Structun-s; ('hapter VII, 

 Organic Compounds Produced by Plants; Chapter VIII, The Ashes of Plants; 



