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CYCLOPEDIA OF 

 AMERICAN AGRICULTURE 



Edited by PROF. L. H. BAILEY 



of Cornell University, Editor of " Cyclopedia of American Horticulture"; 

 author of "Plant Breeding"; Principles of Agriculture," etc. 



With 100 full-page plates and about 2,500 illustrations in the text 



TENTATIVE SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS 



VOLUME I 



PART I GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Agricultural Regions Farm Industries- 

 Layout of Farm Equipment and Capital Required Farm Buildings- 

 Farm Water Works Farm Machinery Adornment of Farm Premises. 



PART II CLIMATOLOGY General Definition and Scope Atmosphere Tem- 

 perature Pressure Circulation Atmospheric Moisture Storms Pre- 

 cipitation Weather Climate. 



PART III THE SoiL-^-General Considerations-^Origin and Formation Kinds 

 and Characteristics Properties Germ Life in the Soil Moisture Til- 

 lage Fertilizers Waste and Renovation Soil Surveys. 



VOLUME II FARM CROPS 



PART I PLANT PRODUCTION The Plant Environment Plant Improvement 

 Farm Management Plant Introduction Classifications Industries. 



PART II INDIVIDUAL FARM CROPS (suggested treatment) General Geo- 

 graphical Distribution and Extent Propagation and Cultivation- 

 Varieties Harvesting and Preservation Uses and Preparation for Use- 

 Manufacture Obstructions to Growth Marketing Exhibiting Tools 

 History, 



TIMBER CROP (FARM WOODLOT) 



Introductory Factors of Forest Production Methods of Forest Growi us 

 Systems of Forest Cropping Improving and Caring for Crop How to 

 Treat a Mismanaged Woodlot Uses of Different Woods Home Utiliza- 

 tion of the Crop Measuring and Marketing Forest Crops. 



VOLUME III FARM STOCK 



PART I GENERAL PRINCIPLES Introduction Kinds of Animals Kinds of 

 Animal Industry Origin and Breeding of Domestic Animals Physiol- 

 ogy Feeding Hygiene, Sanitation and Management. 



PART II OUTLINE FOR TREATMENT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMALS General 

 Introductory Discussion Distribution and Extent Classification of 

 Breeds and Types Breeding Feeding and Feeds Management and 

 Hygiene Products Diseases and Disabilities Judging and Scoring 

 Marketing Exhibiting History. 



PART III ANIMAL INDUSTRIES OR TECHNOLOGY Dairying Dressing and Cur- 

 ing of Meats Storage Refrigeration Fertilizer Manufacture. 



VOLUME IV 



THE FARM AND THE COMMUNITY (Economics, Social Questions, Organizations, 

 History, Literature, etc.) 



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