NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 



ORIGINALLY BY 



Ti. L. A. L LIE IN, 



AUTHOR OF " DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS," AND FORMERLY 3DITOR Or 



THE "AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST." 

 REVISED AND ENLARGED BY 



LEWIS 



. ALL E IV , 



AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN CATTLE," EDITOR OF THE "AMERICAN SHORT-HOKN 

 HERD BOOK," ETC. 



C O 1ST T TL JST r J? 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 III. 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 t K'ir Cultivation. 



CHAPTER VII. Grain, and its Culti- 

 vation Varieties Growth Har- 

 vesting. 



CHAPTER VIII. Leguminous Plants 

 The Pea Beau English Field 

 Bean Tare or Vetch Cultivation 

 Harvesting. 



CHAPTER IX. Roots and Esculents 

 Varieties Growth Cultivation 

 Securing tiie Crops Uses Nutri- 

 tive Equivalents ot Different Kinds 

 of Forage. 



CHAPTER X. Fruits Apples Cider 

 Vinegar Pears Quinces Plums 

 Peaches Apricots Nectarines 

 Smaller Frait3 Planting 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 tbeir 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 Here fords Ayreshires 

 Galloways Short -horns Alder- 

 neys or Jerseys Dutch or Holstein 

 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 XVIII. The Horse De- 

 scription of Different Breeds Their 

 Various Uses Breeding Manage- 

 ment. 



CHAPTER XIX. The ABB Mule 

 Comparative Labor of Working 

 Animals. 



CHAPTER XX. Swine Different 

 Breeds Breeding Rearing Fat- 

 teningCuring Pork and Hams. 



CHAPTER XXI. Poultry Hens, or 

 Barn-door Fowls Turkey Pea- 

 cockGuinea 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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