NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 



ORIGINALLY BT 



AUTHOR OF " DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS," AND POKMERLT 3DITOB O* 



THE "AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST." 



REVISED AKD ENLARGED BT 



LEWIS F. ALLEN, 



AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN CATTLE," EDITOR OF THE "AMERICAN 

 HERD BOOK," ETC. 



C O IN" T IE :XT T S : 



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 fie Crops Uses Nutri- 

 tive Equivalents ot Different Kinds 

 of Forag3. 



CHAPTER X. Fruits Apples Cider 

 Vinegar Pears Quinces Plums 

 Peaoh33 Apricot 3 Nectarines 

 Smaller Fruits Plantingy-Cultiva- 

 tion Gathering Preserving. 



CHAFFER Xi. Miscellaneous Objects 

 of Cultivation, aside from the Or- 

 dinary Farm Crops Broom-cora 

 Flax Cotton Hemp Sugar Cane 

 Sorghum Maple Sugar -Tobacco- 

 Indigo Madder Wood Sumach- 

 Teasel Mustard Hops Castor 

 Beau. 



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 Tool 3 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 XVITI. The Horse De- 

 scription 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- 

 teningCuring Pork and Hame. 



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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