THE RURAL SCIENCE SERIES 



The Principles of Agriculture 



A Text -Book for Schools and Rural Societies 



Edited by L. H. BAILEY 



With Contributions from His Colleagues in the Cornell University 

 THIRD EDITION 300 PAGES - 92 ILLUSTRATIONS $1.25 



fTIHIS is an attempt to analyze the complex subject of agriculture, and to 

 present the underlying principles and factors in clear, terse English. 

 Each chapter is in two parts: the first part, or the principles, is in 

 numbered paragraphs in very large type (the size used in "Lessons with 

 Plants"); the second part contains informal suggestions to the teacher and 

 pupil, with illustrations. It is one of the few attempts to coordinate all the 

 various agricultural subjects, showing the relative importance and position 

 of each. It is a skeleton of agricultural - science and practice. Full refer- 

 ences are made to such literature as the teacher or pupil may be able to 

 secure. 



THE PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE comprises the following subjects: Introduction 

 discussing what agriculture is. Part I. The soil, containing: The Contents of the 

 Soil; The Texture of the Soil; The Moisture in the Soil; The Tillage of the Soil; 

 Enriching the Soil by Farm Resources; Enriching the Soil by Commercial Resources. 

 Part II. The Plant and the Crop, comprising: The Offices of the Plant; How the 

 Plant Lives; The Propagation of the Plant; Preparation of the Land for the Seed; 

 Subsequent Care of the Plant; Pastures, Meadows, Forage. Part III. The Animal 

 and Stock, comprising: The Offices of the Animal; How the Animal Lives; The 

 Feeding of the Animal; The Breeding of the Animal; Management of Stock 



The Soil 



Its Nature, Relations and Fundamental Principles of Management 



By F. H. KING 



Professor of Agricultural Physics in the University of Wisconsin 

 303 PAGES 45 ILLUSTRATIONS 75 CENTS 



A LUMINOUS and practical discussion of the soil and its various attri- 

 J\^ butes. As an understanding of the soil in some measure is of vital 

 necessity to success in even the most limited agricultural operations, 

 tbe importance of a work like this cannot easily be overestimated. 



"!T is a book which progressive farmers will come to regard as one of the 

 essential implements of farm life." Boston Daily Advertiser. 



