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1(1. Tho word n;^iculture is a compouml of tlio Latin aijri, 

 "fioitl." and oii/Mini, "tilling." Fanning and hnsbandiy are 

 aynonyiuons with it, whon usvd in thoir broadest stMiso; but tln're 

 is a ti-ndenoy to rt'striot theso two words to tin- iiuniediato prao- 

 tico, or practical sido, of agriculture. 



'J I. It is often difHcult to draw n line of deinarkation between 

 ngrifultiiro and manufacture. The husbandmen ia often both 

 farmer and nianufaeturer. Manufaetnring which is done on tho 

 farm, and is of secondary importance to the raising of crops or 

 stock, is commonly spoken of as agriculture. Tho manipulation 

 or manufa<'turing of some agricultural products requires such 

 special skill and appliances that it beeom«s a business by itself, 

 and is then manufacture j>roper. Thus, the making of flour is 

 no longer thought of as agriculture; and tho making of wine, 

 jellies, cheese, butter, canned fruits, ami the like, is coming more 

 and more into the category of special manufacturing industries. 

 Strictly speaking, agriculture stops at the factory door. 



3<i. Agriculture is often said to be the most fundamental and 

 aseful of occupations, since it feeds the world. Theoretically, 

 this may be true; but n high state of civilization is possible only 

 with diversification of interests. As civilization advances, there- 

 fon<, other occupations rise in relative inn»ortance, the one de- 

 pending upon the other. In our modern life, agriculture is 

 i;i;p — !.Ie %Tithout the highly developed manufacturing and trans- 

 port it mtial trades. Broadly speaking, civilization may be said to 

 rest upon agri?ultur<*, transportation, and manufacture. 



4ft. Mixed husbandry is a tenn used to denote the growing of 

 m general variety of form crops and stock, especially the growing 

 of grass, gr.tin, with gnizing (pasturing) ami general stock-rais- 

 ing. It is used in distinction to specialty-farming or the raising 

 of particular or special things, as fruit, bees, vegetables, beef, 



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4/». Self- perpetuating industries conduce to stability of 

 political and so<*ial institutions. ''The epochs which prectnle 

 the agricultural ocrupation of n country are commonly aliout as 



