VI 



INTRODUCTION 



ture the converting of the raw products of the farm 

 into manufactured or finished articles, which supply 

 human wants in the nature of Nourishment, Comforts 

 or Pleasure. This is as it should be, for there is no 

 plausible reason why the manufacture of flour from 

 wheat, or the making of bread from flour is not as im- 

 portant to agriculture as the chemistry or histology of 

 the wheat plant itself. It is just as important to know 

 how to make starch from corn, or cloth from cotton fiber, 

 as it is to grow the plants themselves. 



In accordance with this modern interpretation of Agri- 

 culture, the following classification is inserted as a pre- 

 lude to a more extended discussion of the topic. 



GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE 



ZOOTECHNY 



(Animal Technology) 



AGROTECHNY 



(Plant Technology) 



'Agronomy. 



Breeding 

 Management 

 Uses, etc. 



Cereals 



Grasses 



Legumes 



Tubers 



Roots 



Corn 



.Cotton, etc. 



I" Tree Fruits. 



Horticulture 1 Small Fruits 



[ Herb-like Fruits 



Olericulture Vegetables 



Floriculture Flowers 



Viticulture Grapes 



Landscape Architecture. Land Decoration 



