PREFACE TO THE RURAL TEXT-BOOK SERIES Vll 



that is presented as in the organization of the information 

 into a systematic treatment, whereby a philosophy of 

 the subject is developed. A college text should be a 

 unity, rounding up the subject so completely as to give 

 the student a grasp of the material as one problem, 

 and at the same time expounding the reasons on which 

 the treatment rests. When the student has completed 

 any text, he should have a clear mental topography of 

 the subject that it treats. So may the agricultural 

 subjects be made the agencies in developing clear think- 

 ing, sound argument, constructive imagination, and 

 effective application to the needs of life. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



Ithaca, N. Y. 

 October 1, 1909 



