NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 



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ORIGINALLY BY 



▲uxaoB or " diseases of domestic axihals/' axd fOBXBBi.T 3Drros Of 



THE "AMERICAN AGRICULTUIUST." 

 REVISED AND ENLARGED BY 



LET^IS F. A.LLEISr, 



AMERICAN CATTLE," EDITOR OP THE "AMERICAN BHOBT*HOBl( 

 HERD BOOK," ETC. 



C01^a■TEJN'TS: 



•AUTHOR OP 



Introduction. — Tillage Husbandry 

 — Grazing — Feeding — Breeding — 

 Planting, etc. 



Chapter I.— Soils — Classification — 

 Description — Management — Pro- 

 perties. 



Chapter II. — Inorganic Manures — 

 Mineral — Stone — Earth — Phos- 

 phatic. 



Chapter III. — Organic Manures — 

 Their Composition — Animal — Ve- 

 getable. 



Chapter PV. — Irrigation and Drain- 

 ing. 



Chapter V. — Mechanical Divisions 

 of Soils — Spading — Plowing — Im- 

 plements. 



Chapter VI.— The Grasses — Clovers 

 — Meadows — Pastures — Compara- 

 tive Values of Grasses — Implements 

 for their Cultivation, 



Chapter VII. — Grain, and its Culti- 

 vation — Varieties — Growth — Har- 

 vesting. 



Chapter VIII.— Leguminous Plants 

 —The Pea— Bean — English Field 

 Bean— Tare or Vetch— Cultivation 

 — Harvesting. 



Chapter IX.— Roots and Esculents- 

 Varieties— Growth — Cultivation — 

 Securing the Crops— Usei^-Xutri- 

 tive Equivalents ot Different Kinds 

 of Forage. 



Chapter X.— Fruits— Apples— Cider 

 — Vinegar— Pears— Quinces— Plums 

 Peaches — Apricots — Nectarines — 

 Smaller Fruits— Planting— Cultiva- 

 tion— Gathering— Preserving. 



Chaitbr XI.— Miscellaneous Objects 

 of Cultivation, aside from the Or- 

 dinary Farm Crops— Broom-corn— 

 Flax— Cotton— Hemp— Sugar Cane 

 Sorghum— Maple Sugar —Tobacco — 

 Indigo— Madder— Wood— Sumach- 

 Teasel — Mustard — Hops — Castor 

 Bean. 



Chapter XII.— Aids and Objects of 

 Agriculture — Rotation of Crops, 

 Aad tlieir Effects— Weeds— Restora- 



tion of Worn-out Soils— Fertilizing 

 Barren Lands — Utility of Birds— 

 Fences — Hedges — Farm Roads- 

 Shade Trees— Wood Lands— Tim« 

 of CuHing Timber— Tooli— Agri- 

 cultural Eaucation*of the Farmer. 



Chapter XIII. — Farm Buildings- 

 House — Barn — Sheds — Cisterns — • 

 Various other Outbuildings— Steam- 

 ing Apparatus. 



Chapter XIV. — Domestic Animala 

 — Breeding— Anatomy— Respiration 

 — Consumption of Food. 



Chapter XV.— Neat or Homed Cattle 

 Devons — Herefords — Ayreshires — 

 GaUoways — Short - horns — Alder- 

 neys or Jerseys— Dutch or Holetein 

 — Management from Birth to Milk- 

 ing, Labor, or Slaughter. 



Chapter XVI.— The Dairy— Milk— 

 Butter— Cheese — Different Kinds — 

 Manner of Working. 



Chapter XVII. — Sheep — Merino — 

 Saxon— South Down — The Long- 

 wooled Breeds— Cotswold—Lincom 

 — Breeding — Management — Shep- 

 herd Dogs. 



Chapter X\Tn. — The Horse— De- 

 scription of Different Breeds— Their 

 Various Uses— Breeding— Manage- 

 ment. 



Chapter XIX. — The Ass— Mule — 

 Comparative Labor of Working 

 Animals. 



Chapter XX. — Swine — Different 

 Breeds — Breeding— Rearing — Fat- 

 tening—Curing Por^ and Hams. 



Chapter XXI. — Poultry — Hone, or 

 Barn-door Fowls — Turkey — Pea- 

 cock — Guinea Hen— Goose — Duck 

 — Honey Bees. 



Chapter XXII. —Diseases of An> 

 mals- What Authority Shall Wo 

 Adopt ? — Sheep — Swine — Treat- 

 ment and Breeding of Horses. 



Chapter XXIII.— Conclusion-Gene- 

 ral Remarks — The Farmer who 

 Lives by his Occupation— The Ama- 

 teur Farmer — Sundry Useful Table*. 



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