KKVIFW OF rHK HOOK 2'Jl 



Spend at least one nuM'ting on tin- 'ral)le of 

 (\")ntfnts t'or tlie juuposf of developinir a iTfJuTal 

 iKiint of vit'W on tin* \vliol«' snlgeet of a;xri«Miltnr»'. 

 This hook is nimle for a«lnlts or for tliosr wImi 

 are ol«l enouji;)! to irrasp a <j:en»M'al view of tie* 

 subjects included in aLrri<'nlliii<'. It i-- wt-ll to 

 liave all tliesr suhjects in mind at the outset, so 

 that the rtdative iuijtortance of eacdi may he 

 known and undcistood. 



It will he noticed that the introduction is «'on- 

 ceriied with a «^en<'ral statement (»f what ai^ii- 

 cnlture is. It has thfec co-oi'dinate divisions, as 

 may lie seen hy th<' analysis on ]>ai;<' i\. 'i'lif 

 first tlivision attempts to deline airriculture, tin- 

 second to discuss the porsonal attrihutes on 

 wliich successful ap^riculture depends, and the 

 third defines the field of its endeavor. Under 

 section 1 are to be found a definition of ajrri- 

 culture, parairraphs 1, 2, la, 2(i; what aj::ricul- 

 ture contributes to the world, 3, 3rt; what ngri- 

 rnlture is, 4, 4a, 4h\ definitions of airricnlture, 

 5-0, 8a, Da. In section 2, it is explaine<l how- 

 successful farminj? depends on the executive 

 ability of the farmer, in paragraphs 1(>-12; bow 

 it depejids on a knowledge of science, 1.3-20; 

 how complicated the business of agriculture is, 

 21, 21a, 2\h. In section 3, there is an outline 

 of the thincTs with which agriculture deals, in 

 paragraphs 22, 22a. 22/>. 



