QUESTIONS. 



THE following questions are intended merely to direct 

 attention to the more important points in the text. Intelli- 

 gent teachers will not, of course, confine themselves to any 

 set form of questions, but secure as far as possible a mas- 

 tery of the subject. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



1. What is agriculture? As an art, what does it teach? 

 What, as a science ? 



2. How does it rank as an industrial pursuit ? Why has it 

 always been first in importance? 



3. Why was less cultivation of the soil required in the early 

 ages of the world ? Where did men obtain food and clothing ? 

 What effect had the increase of population ? 



4. What is said of the progress of agriculture as a science ? 

 Why do some men say that practical and scientific farming are 

 different ? 



5. Why has the progress of agriculture as a science been 

 slow ? What great men are mentioned as having been farmers 

 or having written on farming? What is necessary to accomplish 

 great results in any science ? 



6. What other reason is given for the slow progress of agri- 

 culture as a science ? What is botany ? Why should a farmer 

 know something of it ? 



