May, 1922 



SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



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The greater portion of the book is divided 

 into two main parts. The first part deals 

 with general considerations, selecting the 

 farm, organizing the business, choice of 

 equipment, the soil factor, the capital re- 

 quirements, farm profits, farm manage- 

 ment surveys, etc. The second part covers 

 farm book-keeping, cost accounting, costs 

 of production, marketing methods, market 

 quotations, farm labour, farm tenancy, 

 lease forms, farm law, etc. In these two 

 divisions of the subject a tremendous 

 amount of invaluable material has been 

 embodied. The subject is fully covered. 

 The chapters are written in an interesting 

 style. Important references can be mark- 

 ed on almost every page. 



Part 3, consisting of twenty pages only, 

 discusses the personal aspect of the subject, 

 and is especially applicable to the agri- 

 cultural graduate stepping out into "a 

 busy, somewhat exacting, and occasionally 

 none too sympathetic business world." 



A very complete index to the contents 

 and to the numerous references in the text, 

 is included in the volume. 



The author is Professor of Farm Manage- 

 ment at the University of California. 



671 pages, 27 chapters, numerous illus- 

 trations. 



dairy cattle, their care and management, 

 feeding, ailments and diseases, etc., but he 

 has also discussed fully the business as- 

 pects of dairy farming — management and 

 economics — giving the reader the advan- 

 tage of the knowledge and experience 

 gained recently as Head of the Depart- 

 ment of Farm Economies at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College. 



232 pages, 17 chapters, well illustrated. 



The Dairy Farm, by A. Leitch. (Musson 

 Book Company, Toronto, $2.00.) 



There are few agricultural text books 

 that can be directly applied to Canadian 

 conditions. One feels disposed to criticise 

 our trained and experienced Canadian 

 agriculturists who stay modestly in the 

 background, allowing our farmers to de- 

 pend almost entirely, for their knowledge, 

 upon books which are imported. Practical 

 volumes — applicable to Canadian condi- 

 tions — are sadly needed : books dealing 

 with animal breeding, horticulture, poul- 

 try raising, rural engineering, grasses and 

 grains, etc., which the progressive farmer 

 and earnest student can always have at 

 hand. 



This new addition to Canadian agricul- 

 tural literature is written in a manner 

 which makes it particularly suitable for 

 quick reading and for convenient refer- 

 ence. It contains the essential facts, and 

 for practical information it serves as a 

 handy, compact volume. Not only has the 

 author outlined the various breeds of 



A Guide to the Poisonous Plants and 

 Weed Seeds of Canada and the North- 

 ern United States, by R. B. Thomson 

 and H. B. Sifton. (IFniversity of To- 

 ronto Press, $2.50.) 

 This volume, which has just been pub- 

 lished, will be of special value to farmers 

 (particularly stockmen), veterinarians and 

 botanists. It fills an important gap in 

 agricultural literature. Too little is known 

 of the injurious effects of certain weeds 

 and too little importance has been attach- 

 ed to their presence in fodder. The au- 

 thors state in their preface. ''The indefin- 

 iteness with which many statements have 

 had to be made and the dearth of positive 

 experimental work upon which to base con- 

 clusions have been keenly felt in the pre- 

 paration of these pages." This statement 

 indicates the existing need for much care- 

 ful study of our poisonous plants and of 

 their effects. 



The volume is divided into four main 

 parts. The first three parts deal altern- 

 ately with (1) plants found in hay (2) 

 plants found in pasture and (3) plants 

 found in concentrated feed stuffs. The 

 plants mentioned in these three sections 

 are those to which fatalities may usually 

 be attributed. The fourth part or sec- 

 tion includes "plants that, although poi- 

 sonous, rarely cause the death of animals." 

 This division of. the poisonous plants is 

 an especially valuable feature of the book. 

 A ' ' Symptoms Key to the Principal Poi- 

 sonous Plants" is included as well as a 

 glossary and index. Many excellent pho- 

 tographs and drawings, made for this 

 volume, are embodied in the text. 



The authors and publishers are to be 

 congratulated upon the particularly con- 

 venient and attractive manner in which the 

 volume has been arranged, printed and 

 bound. 



169 pages, 40 illustrations. . 



