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 1. What Af/rirHlfurr fs 



1. Agriculture, or fanning, is th«' l>usiness <»t' 

 raising products from tlic land. These products 

 are of two classes : crops, or plants and their 

 products ; stock. «>r animals and theii- ]>roducts. 

 The former are direct i)ro(hicts of the land ; tlit- 

 latter are indirect proihicts of the land, 



2. Agriculture also comprises, to a certain 

 ♦'Xtent, the marketing or selling of its products. 

 As niarketable commo<lities, the jtroducts are of 

 two classes : primary, or those which are put on 

 the market iu their native or natural condition, 

 as wheat, potatoes, bananas, eggs, milk, wool; 

 •secondary, or those which are put on the market 

 ua a manufactured condition, as butter, cheese, 

 cider, evaporatetl fruits. 



3. The chief contribution of agriculture tn 

 the wealth and welfare of the world is the pro- 

 duction of foo(i. Its second contribution is the 

 production of materials for dotliing. Its third 



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