NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 



ORIGINALLY BY 



AUTHOR OF "DISEASES OP. DOMESTIC ANIMALS," AND FORMERLY SDITOB or 

 THE "AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST." 



REVISED AND ENLARGED BY 

 LEWIS F. A.LLE3V, 



AUTHOB OF "AMERICAN CATTLE," EDITOR Or THE "AMERICAN SHORT-HORN 



BOOK," ETC. 



INTRODUCTION. Tillage Husbandry 

 Grazing Feeding Breeding 

 Planting, etc. 



CHAPTER I. Soils Classification- 

 Description Management Pro- 

 perties. 



CHAPTER II. Inorganic Manures- 

 Mineral Stone Earth Phos- 

 phatic. 



CHAPTER III. Organic Manures 

 Their Composition Animal Ve- 

 getable. 



CHAPTER IV. Irrigation and Drain- 

 ing. 



CHAPTER V. Mechanical Divisions 

 of Soils Spading Plowing Im- 

 plements. 



CHAPTER VI. The Grasses Clovers 

 Meadows Pastures Compara- 

 tive Values of Grasses Implements 

 for their Cultivation. 



CHAPTER VII. Grain, and its Culti- 

 vation Varieties Growth Har- 

 vesting. 



CHAPTER VIII. Leguminous Plants 

 The Pea Bean English Field 

 Bean Tare or Vetch Cultivation 

 Harvesting. 



CHAPTER IX. Roots and Esculents- 

 Varieties Growth Cultivation 

 Securing the Crops Uses Nutri- 

 tive Equivalents of Different Kinds 

 of Forage. 



CHAPTER X. Fruits Apples Cider 

 Vinegar Pears Quinces Plums 

 Peaches Apricots Nectarines 

 Smaller Fruits Planting Cultiva- 

 tion Gathering Preserving. 



CHAPTER XI. Miscellaneous Objects 

 of Cultivation, aside from the Or- 

 dinary Farm Crops Broom-corn 

 Flax Cotton Hemp Sugar Cane 

 Sorghum Maple Sugar Tobacco 

 ' Indigo Madder Wood Sumach- 

 Teasel Mustard Hops Castor 

 Bean. 



CHAPTER XII. Aids and Objects of 

 Agriculture Rotation of Crops, 

 and their Effects Weeds Restora- 



tion of Worn-out Soils Fertilizing 

 Barren Lands Utility of Birds- 

 Fences Hedges Farm Roads- 

 Shade Trees Wood Lands Time 

 of Cutting Timber Tools Agri- 

 cultural Education of the Farmer. 



CHAPTER XIII. Farm Buildings- 

 House Barn Sheds Cisterns 

 Various other Outbuildings Steam- 

 ing Apparatus. 



CHAPTER XIV. Domestic Animals 

 Breeding Anatomy Respiration 

 Consumption of Food. 



CHAPTER XV. Neat or Horned Cattle 

 Devons Herefords Ayreshires 

 Galloways Short - horns Alder- 

 neys or Jerseys Dutch or Holstein 

 Management from Birth to Milk- 

 ing, Labor, or Slaughter. 



CHAPTER XVI. The Dairy- Milk- 

 Butter Cheese Different Kinds- 

 Manner of Working. 



CHAPTER XVII. Sheep Merino 

 Saxon South Down The Long- 

 wooled Breeds Cotswold Lincoln 

 Breeding Management Shep- 

 herd Dogs. 



CHAPTER XVIII. The Horse De- 

 scrip tion of Different Breeds Their 

 Various Uses Breeding Manage- 

 ment. 



CHAPTER XIX. The Ass Mule 

 Comparative Labor of Working 

 Animals. 



CHAPTER XX. Swine Different 

 Breeds Breeding Rearing Fat- 

 tening Curing Pork and Hams. 



CHAPTER XXI. Poultry Hens, or 

 Barn-door Fowls Turkey Pea- 

 cock Guinea Hen Goose Duck 

 Honey Bees. 



CHAPTER XXII. Diseases of Ani- 

 malsWhat Authority Shall We 

 Adopt ? Sheep Swine Treat- 

 ment and Breeding of Horses. 



CHAPTER XXIII. Conclusion Gene- 

 ral Remarks The Farmer who 

 Lives by his Occupation The Ama- 

 teur Farmer Sundry Useful Tables. 



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