378 INTRODUCTION. 



The form and matter will be found very handy for general reference 

 and will not weary even the lawyer or member of parliament. Then spe- 

 cially, it is North American the science and practice being weeded to ap- 

 ply to Canada and the Northern States. 



The following works have been freely used in the compilation : " The 

 Crops of the Farm ; " " The Live Stock of the Farm ; " " The Complete 

 Crazier ; " " American Farm Book ; " " Wrightson's Hand Book of Agricul- 

 ture;" Balfour's Botany;" "Henderson's Grasses of Creat Britain and 

 America ; " " The Soil of the Farm " ; and Morton on Landed Property. 



W. BROWN. 



