CONTENTS. 5 



BERRIES, R- G. PARDEE, ESQ. 



LECTURE 1. Strawberries, Raspberries, and Blackberries soil, cultivation, varieties. LBC. 

 2. Currants, Gooseberries, Cranberries, and Whortleberries soil, cultivation, varieties. 



FRUIT-TREES , P. BARRY , ESQ. 



LECTCRE 1. Propagation and treatment of Fruit-Trees in the Nursery. DEC. 2. Transplant 

 ing and management of Trees in the orchard and garden. 



FRUITS , LEWIS F . ALLEN , ESQ. 



LECTURES 1 and 2. The Apple. LEC. 3. Uses of Fruits economically considered ; profits as 

 farm crops ; their consumption as food for man ; as food for stock ; value for exportation. 



ARBORICULTURE, ....GEO. B. EMERSON, ESQ. 



LECTURE 1. Character of various Forest Trees, as found growing in the forests of Europe 

 and America. Value for various purposes. Forest culture. Lac. 2. Shade and Ornamental 

 Trees ; modes of cultivation. 



THE HONEY-BEE, MR. QUINBY. 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, continued, PBOF. S. W. JOHNSON. 



LECTURE 5. The soil ; its chemical and physical character. LEO. 6. The mechanical im 

 provement of the soil by tillage, fallow, and amendments. LEC. 7. The Chemical and Me 

 chanical improvement of the soil by manures. LEC. 8. The conversion of Vegetable into 

 Animal produce. The Chemistry and Physiology of Feeding. 



THIRD WEEK. AGRICULTURE PROPER. 



DRAINAGE, HON. HENRY F. FRENCH. 



LECTURE!. The sources of moisture. What lands require drainage. Drainage more 

 necessary in America than in England. LEC. 2. Various methods of Drainage. Direction, 

 distance, depth, and arrangement of Drains. LEC. 3. Effects of Drainage. Drainage pro 

 motes pulverization, warmth, absorption of fertilizing substances from the air. LEO. 4. 

 Over-drainage ; obstruction of drains ; remedies ; effects of drainage on streams and rivers. 



GRASSES, JOHN STANTON GOULD, ESQ. 



LECTURE 1. Amount and value of the grass crop. The great increase practicable ; de 

 struction of the Grasses ; obstacles to profitable culture. LEC. 2. Classification and descrip 

 tion of Grasses. LEG, 3. On the principles of laying down and seeding meadows and pas 

 tures. LEG. 4. On irrigation and drainage of meadows. 



CEREALS, JOSEPH HARRIS, ESQ. 



On the cultivation of Wheat and Indian Corn. 



ROOT CROPS, T. S. GOLD, ESQ. 



The field Turnip, Ruta Baga, Beet, Carrot, Parsnip varieties, soil, culture, composition, 

 uses. Root culture essential to high farming. Preservation and feeding of roots. 



TOBACCO AND HOPS, PROP. WM. H. BREWER. 



LECTURE 1. Range of Cultivation ; preparation of soil ; care of plants ; gathering and 

 curing ; advantages and disadvantages of cultivation. LEG. 2. Hops, ditto. 







