NOW BE APT. 



FIFTH EDITION 



OF 



Elements of Agriculture 



PEKPAEBD DNDKB THE AUTHORITY 0» THE 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 

 By W. FREAM, LL.D. 



CONTENTS. 

 PART I.-THE SOIL. 



CHAP. 



1. Origin and Pbopbrtibs op Soils. 



2. Composition and Classification op Soils. 



3. Sources op Loss and op Gain to Soils. 



4. Moisture in Soils. 



5. Improvement of Soils. 



6. Tillage. 



7. Implements for Working Soils. 



8. Manures and Manuring. 



PART II.-THE PLANT. 



9. Seeds and their Germination. 



10. Structure and Functions op Plants. 



11. Cultivated Plants. 



12. Weeds. 



13. Selection op Seeds. 



14. Implements for Securing Crops. 



15. Grass Land and its Management. 



16. Farm Crops. 



17. Fungus Pests. 



18. Insect Pests. 



PART IIL-THE ANIMAL. 



19. Structure and Functions op Farm Animals 



20. Composition op the Animal Body. 



21. Foods and Feeding. 



22. The Art op Breeding. 



23. Horses : their Breeds, Feeding, and Management. 



24. Cattle : their Breeds, Feeding, and Management. 



25. Sheep : their Breeds, Feeding, and Management. 



26. Pigs : their Breeds, Feeding, and Management. 



27. The Fattening op Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. 



28. Dairying. 

 Index op Plants. 

 General Index. 



Of all BooJesellers. 



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