NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 



ORIGESTALLT BY 



Tl. 3L.. ^LLEIN, 



AUTHOR or "diseases of domestic AXIMALS," and formerly 3DIT0R OF 



THE "AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST." 



REVISED AND ENLARGED BY 



LEWIS F. u^LLEPf, 



AUTHOR OF " AMERICAN CATTLE," EDITOR OF THE 

 HERD BOOK," ETC. 



C O IST X OS IS" T S : 



AMERICAN SHORT-HORN 



Introduction. Tillage Husbandry 

 Grazing Feeding Breeding 

 Planting, etc. 



Chapter i. Soils Classification 

 Description Management Pro- 

 perties. 



Chapter II. Inorganic Manures 

 Mineral Stone Earth PIios- 

 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 

 B3an Tare or Vetch Cultivation 

 Harvesting. 



Chapter IX. Roots and Esculents 

 Varieties Growth Cultivation 

 Securing the Crops Uses Nutri- 

 tive E:iuivalent3 ol Dlfi'erent Kinds 

 of Forage. 



Chapter X. Fruits Apples Cider 

 Vinegar Pears Quinces Plums 

 Peaches Apricot ? Nectarines 

 Smaller Fruits Planting Cultiva- 

 tion Gathering Preserving. 



CHAPrER 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 XH. 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 Tooh 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 Homed Cattle 

 Devons Herefords Ayreshires 

 Galloways Short - horns Alder- 

 neys or Jerseys Dutch or Ilolstein 

 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 CotsAvold Lincoln 

 Breeding Management Shep- 

 herd Dogs. 



Chapter XVIII. 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- 

 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 XXIIL Conclusion Gene- 

 ral Remarks The Farmer who 

 Lives by his Occupation- The Ama- 

 teur Farmer Sundry Useful Tables. 



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