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CYCLOPEDIA OF 

 AMERICAN AGRICULTURE 



Edited by PROF. L. H. BAILEY 



of Cornell University, Editor of " Cyclopedia of American Horticulture"; 

 author of " Plant Breeding"; " Principles of Agriculture," etc. 



With 100 full-page plates and about 2,500 illustrations in the text 



TENTATIVE SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS 

 VOLUME I 



Part I— General Considerations— Agricultural Regions— Farm Industries- 

 Layout of Farm— Equipment and Capital Required — Farm Buildings- 

 Farm Water Works— Farm Machinery— Adornment of Farm Premises. 



Part II — Climatology — General Definition and Scope — Atmosphere — Tem- 

 perature — Pressure — Circulation— Atmospheric Moisture — Storms — Pre- 

 cipitation — Weather— Climate. 



Part III— The Soil— General Considerations— Origin and Formation— Kinds 

 and Characteristics— Properties— Germ Life in the Soil — Moisture — Til- 

 lage — Fertilizers— Waste and Renovation — Soil Surveys. 



VOLUME II— FARM CROPS 



Part I — Plant Proddction— The Plant — Environment — Plant Improvement 

 — Farm Management — Plant Introduction— Classifications— Industries. 



Part II— Individual Farm Crops (suggested treatment) — General— Geo- 

 graphical Distribution and Elxtent — Propagation and Cultivation- 

 Varieties — Harvesting and Preservation— Uses and Preparation for Use- 

 Manufacture — Obstructions to Growth — Marketing — Exhibiting— Tools 

 —History, 



TIMBER CROP (Farm Woodlot) 



Introductory — Factors of Forest Production — Methods of Forest Growing- 

 Systems of Forest Croppmg — Improving and Caring for Crop — How to 

 Treat a Mismanaged Woodlot — Uses of Diflerent Woods— Home Utiliza- 

 tion of the Crop— Measuring and Marketing Forest Crops. 



VOLUME III— FARM STOCK 



Part I— General Principles— Introduction— Kinds of Animals — Kinds of 

 Animal Industry — Origin and Breeding of Domestic Animals— Physiol- 

 ogy — Feeding— Hygiene, Sanitation and Management. 



Part 11 — Outline for Treatment of Different Kinds of Animals — General 

 Introductory Discussion — Distribution and Extent — Classification of 

 Breeds and Types— Breeding— Feeding and Feeds— Management an<l 

 Hygiene— Products— Diseases and Disabilities— Judging and Scoring — 

 Mnrketing — Exhibiting— History. 



Part HI— Animal Indcstrif.s or Technology- Dairying — Dressing and Cur- 

 ing of Meats— Storage— Refrigeration— Fertilizer Manufacture. 



VOLUME IV 

 The Fakm and the Community (Economics, Social Questions, Organizations, 

 History, Literature, etc.) 



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