TEXTBOOKS IN AGRICULTURE 



ESSENTIALS OF AGRICULTURE 



By HENRY JACKSON WATERS, recently President of the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College. 455 + xxxvi pages, illustrated, partly in color 



THE first well-organized and well-balanced high-school textbook in ag- 

 riculture treating of the whole United States. It makes definite applica- 

 tion of the essentials of agriculture to every important type of farming. 

 Among the subjects covered are the main crops, plant diseases and insect 

 pests, live-stock production, dairying, and the care and management of 

 soils. Questions, exercises, and references follow each chapter. 



AGRICULTURAL LABORATORY EXERCISES AND 

 HOME PROJECTS 



By HENRY JACKSON WATERS, recently President of the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College, and JOSEPH D. ELLIFF, Professor of High-School Administration, Uni- 

 versity of Missouri, and Director of Vocational Education for Missouri. Quarto, 

 cloth, 2 18 pages, illustrated 



THIS book for secondary schools is divided into three parts, treating 

 plant life and growth, management of the soil, field and orchard crops, 

 insects and plant diseases and their control, breeds and types of farm 

 animals, and the feeding of farm animals. A feature of the book is the 

 portion requiring scientific home experiment. 



AGRICULTURAL LABORATORY MANUAL : SOILS 



By EDWARD SCOTT SELL, State Normal School, Athens, Georgia 

 FORTY exercises adapted to high schools, agricultural high schools, 

 and normal schools. The manual covers such subjects as the origin and 

 structure of soils, soil moisture, soil temperature, crop rotation, fertiliz- 

 ers, bacteria, and tillage. Many of the exercises are to be done in the 

 field, so that principles taught in the laboratory may be verified under 

 field conditions. Very little equipment is required. 



OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS 



By JOHN HENRY ROBINSO>. 327 pages, illustrated 



A HIGH-SCHOOL book in the rudiments of aviculture. Among the kinds 

 of poultry treated are fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, pheasants, 

 and ostriches. The book discusses their place in nature, their relations 

 to civilization, and all their uses for profit and pleasure. 



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