71U KKPOHT OK OFFKK OF F:XJ'KK1MKNT STATIONS. 



ivhilioii of tlif siiil 1(> \\;ilrr; rrlatiou of soil (o licut; <'lH'iiiii:il (•luiriicteriHtics of 

 spoils; tlieexU-iit to w liicli soils hold diffiTt'iit food t'lcmcnts by rlicinical fonvs; 

 iiu[)rovt'iiH'iit of soils; tlir mixture of soils; tillage; tilla^'e impk'iut'uts and upcr- 

 atioiis; ordinary ])lo\vs and ])lo\ving; plowing; harrows and harrowing; rollers and 

 rolling; cultivators and cultivating; hand iniplenK'nts; drainage; open drains; 

 underdrains; jMiiuts to br settled before the drains are |)ut in; ])ractical sugges- 

 tions; obstruetions in drains; irrigation; methods of obtaining water for irrigation; 

 methods of application. 



N'oluiue II. Manures, fertilizers, and farm crops, including green manuring and 

 cni[) rotation. ^lanures; farm manures; the excrements of our larger domestic 

 animals; composition of litter; the application of farmyard maimres; ])oultry 

 manure; miscellaneous manurial substances; sea manures; fertilizers; fertilizers 

 used chiefly as sources of phosj>horic acid ; the nature and general composition of 

 the different lOiosphates; the selection of ])hosphoric acid fertilizers; fertilizers 

 used chiefly as sources of potash; complete fertilizers; indirect fiTtilizers; fertilizer 

 laws and guaranties; experiments as a means of determining whether fertilizers 

 may lie profitably used; plan for farmers' experiments with fertilizers; different 

 systems in accordance with which fertilizers may he used; green manuring; farm 

 crops; crop rotation; systems of rotation; methods of propagating i)lants; seed 

 propagation; planting seeds; the plant; mowings and pastures; perennial grasses; 

 ])erennial clovers and alfalfa; seeding and care of mowings; annual forage crops 

 f<ir hay. soiling, folding, or ensilage; cro])s cultivated for their seetls; crops culti- 

 vated for underground jiarts; tubers; bulbs. 



Volume III. Animal husl)andry, including the breeds of live stock, the general 

 principles of breeding, feeding animals; including discussion of ensilage, dairy man- 

 agement on the farm, and poultry farming. Animal husbandry; stock farming; 

 breeds of live stock; neat cattle; dairy breeds; beef l)reeds; dual purpose breeds; 

 horses; breeds of horses valuable for their speed; draft horses; carriage and coach 

 l^reeds; ponies; mules; sheep; short-wooled sheep; middle-wooled breeds; long- 

 wooled breeds; swine; large breeds of hogs; middle breeds; small 1)reeds; the hog 

 on the farm; general principles of stock l)reeding; heredity; variation; fecundity; 

 iii-))reeding; cross-breeding; relative influence of parents; influence of previous im- 

 I)regnations; mental influences and nervous impressions; the selection of individual 

 animals for breeding; details of stock breeding; the principles and practices of 

 feeding; composition of the animal body and of the animal products; composition 

 of foods; functions of nutrients; digestibility; feeding standards; cattle foods; silage; 

 straws; roots and tubers; grains and seeds; by-]iroducts; feeding in smnmer; dairy 

 husbandry; milk; good cows essential to profitable milk production; conditions 

 essential for the production of good milk; means whereby milk is contaminated 

 after leaving the cow; disposal of dairy products; milk and cream for market; 

 cream; butter making; poidtry farming; l)arnyard fowls; American breeds; Asiatic 

 class; Mediterranean class; French fowls; English fowls; games; general c-are of 

 fowls; the raising of chickens; turkeys; ducks; breeds of ducks; geese. 



19»Jl. Francis Watts. Nature Teaching. Based upon the general 

 principles of agriculture for the use of schools. Issued under the 

 authorit}^ of the Conniiissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies. 

 Dulau & Co., London; Bowen & Sons, Bridgetown, Barbados. 

 Pp. 199. 



Chapter I, The Seed; Chapter II, The Root; Chapter III, The Stem; Chapter 

 IV, The Leaf; Chapter V, The Soil; Chapter VI, Plant Food and Manures; Chap- 

 ter VII, Flowers and Fruits; Chapter VIII, Weeds; Chapter IX, Insects. Glos- 

 sary. Appendices. 



