ELEMENTS OF SCIENTIFIC APICULTURE i 



Or, the Connexion between Science and the Art of 



Practical Farming. 

 (Prize Essay of the New-York State Agricultural Society.) 



BY JOHN P. NORTON, M. A. 



Prcf. of Scientific Agriculture in Yale College. Editor of Stephens' 

 Book of the Farm, <-c. <$-c. 



1 vol. 12mo. dark green cloth, and appropriate devices in Gold 

 embossed on the side and back. 



NEW-YORK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



January, 1850. 



Extract from the Report of the Committee on Professor NORTON'S 

 work, entitled " Elements of Scientific Agriculture" (John 

 Dellafield, Esq., Oakland-, Hon J. P. Beeckman, Esq., Kin- 

 derhook-, Hon. George Geddes, Fair mount, Committee). 

 "As a work of science it embodies every principle and funda 

 mental feature of Agriculture which has been developed to this 

 period, and having the sta-np of truth, arrayed in simple yet per 

 spicuous language It would seem expedient that no effort should 

 be spared to carry this work to the home of every man, whether 

 directly or remotely connected with the pursuit of agriculture 

 until science shall unfold to us other facts and further develop 

 ments of Nature's laws. This work should be the Elementary 

 Text-book for every person, old or young, who studies the culti 

 vation of the earth-, it should form a prominent object in every 

 school district of the State, and be strong alike in the affections 

 of teacher and pupil. ' We adjudge to Prof. Norton the Premium 

 of One Hundred Dollars.' A resolution was unanimously adopted 

 by the Society, recommending, and also by the Executive Com 

 mittee directing, the printing of one thousand copies of the Es 

 say, to be awarded as premiums of the Society." 



I certify the above abstract of the Proceedings of the Society 

 and Executive Committee. B. P. JOHNSON, 



(Copy.) Corresponding Secretary. 



SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ) 



Department of Com. Schools, \ 



ALBANY, Apnl 20th, 1850. 

 Messrs. E. H Pease $ Co.: 



Gentlemen: I have examined the manuscript copy, and several 

 of the printed sheets of Prof. Norton's "Elements of Scientific 

 Agriculture," and am of opinion that it is a work of great value 

 and interest to all classes of the community, and especially to 

 those engaged in agricultural pursuits. It is a clear, concise, and 

 full exposition of the elementary principles connected with the 



