NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 



ORIGINALLY BT 



AUTHOR OF "DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS," AND FORMERLY SDITOB of 

 THE "AMEBICAN AGRICULTURIST." 



REVISED AND ENLARGED BY 

 LEWIS F. ALT^EZV, 



AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN CATTLE," EDITOR OF THE "AMERICAN SHORT-HOW* 

 HERD BOOK," ETC. 



COIN'TZEHSTT S: 



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 in. Organic Manures 

 Their Composition Animal Ve- 

 getable. 



CHAPTER IV. 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 Uses Nutri- 

 tive Equivalents ot Different Kinds 

 of Forags. 



CHAPTER X. Fruits Apples Cider 

 Vinegar Pears Quinces Plums 

 Peaches Apricots Nectarines 

 Smaller Fraits Plantingy-Cultiva- 

 tion Gathering Preserving. 



CHAPTER 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, 

 and their Effects Weeds Restora- 



tion of Worn-out Soils Fertilizing 

 Barren Lands Utility of Birds- 

 Fences Hedges Farm Roads 

 Shade Trees Wood Lands Time 

 of Cutting Timber Tools Agri- 

 cultural Education of the Farmer. 



CHAPTER XIII. Farm Buildings- 

 House Barn Sheds Cisterns 

 Various other Outbuildings Steam- 

 ing Apparatus. 



CHAPTER XIV. Domestic Animals 

 Breeding Anatomy Respiration 

 Consumption of Food 



CHAPTER XV. Neat or Horned Cattle 

 Devons Herefords Ayreshires 

 Galloways 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 Lincoln 

 Breeding Management Shep- 

 herd Dogs. 



CHAPTER XVTII. The Horse De- 

 scription of Different Breeds Their 

 Various Uses Breeding Manage- 

 ment. 



CHAPTER XIX. The Ass Mnle 

 Comparative Labor of Working 

 Animals. 



CHAPTER XX. Swine Different 

 Breeds Breeding Rearing Fat- 

 tening Curing Pork and Hams. 



CHAPTER XXI. Poultry Hens, or 

 Barn-door Fowls Turkey Pea 

 cock Guinea Hen Goose Duck, 

 Honey Bees. 



CHAPTER XXII. Diseases of Ani- 

 malsWhat Authority Shall We 

 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 Tables. 



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