AGRICULTURAL LITERATURE 



Agriculture is older than civilization, yet it is the 

 last large field of human endeavor to develop a litera- 

 ture that is distinctly its own, and the last to find a 

 place in our system of education. 



In spite of this comparative newness, our publish- 

 ing houses now issue books on special and general 

 agriculture that compare favorably with the best in 

 other lines of thought. Every school library should 

 have a number of the more recent special treatises on 

 the important phases of agriculture. A suggestive list 

 is given in Appendix A. 



In addition to the volumes published by the 

 regular book trade, the United States Department of 

 Agriculture and the several state agricultural experi- 

 ment stations publish, for free distribution, bulletins 

 giving accounts of investigations on the varied prob- 

 lems of agricultural science and practice. 



Special attention is called to the series of " Farm- 

 ers' Bulletins," issued by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. They are sent 

 to all parties on request. This series now includes a 

 special bulletin on all the leading field, orchard and 

 garden crops, and the many classes of farm animals. 

 These latter bulletins should be used regularly for sup- 

 plementary readings in common school agriculture. 



Many states have a state department of agricul- 

 ture that publish bulletins dealing with agriculture. 

 With a few exceptions, all government publications are 

 sent free. Application should be made to the Direc- 

 tors of the state experiment stations. 



