OLDEST OF THE ARTS, NEWEST OF THE 

 SCIENCES* 



Practical Agriculture. 



By Charles C James, M. A., Deputy Minister of 

 Agriculture for Ontario, formerly Professor of Chemistry 

 at the Ontario Agricultural College. American Edition, 

 edited by John Craig, Professor of Horticulture in the 

 Iowa Agricultural College. With numerous Illustrations. 

 i2mo. Cloth, So cents. 



This excellent book shows how easy, interesting, and prac- 

 tical the teaching of agriculture in common schools really is. It 

 imparts a knowledge of the science of Agriculture as distinct 

 from the art — that is, a knowledge of the why rather than of the 

 how. This science consists of a mingling of chemistry, geology, 

 botany, entomology, physiology, bacteriology, etc. The founda- 

 tion principles of these subjects have been included and their 

 applications clearly and suggestively shown. 



Professor James gives his subject the broadest interpretation. 

 Agriculture is for him the cultivation of the soil for food products 

 and any other useful growths of the field or garden. It includes 

 tillage, husbandry, farming in general, and any industry practised 

 by a cultivator of the soil, as breeding, rearing, dairying, etc. 



Governor JAMES A. MOUNT, Indianapolis, Ind. : 



" I would that such works were in every farm home. They would give 

 the farmer a broader view of his vocation. He would view it as an art, a 

 science, a profession, and not as mere drudgery, requiring manual labor 

 instead of mental activity." 



A. W. RANKIN, Inspector State Graded Schools, Minneapolis: 



" I think James's ' Practical Agriculture' is the best book I have seen on 

 this subject. 1 heartilv approve of its purpose, and shall urge its use wher- 

 ever an opportunity offers." 



D. APPLETON AND COxMPANY, NEW YORK- 



