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THE "AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST.'" 



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AUTHOR O^" " AMERICAN CATTLE," EDITOR 03" THU 

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AMERICAN SHORT-HORN 



Introduction. — Tillage Husbandry 

 — Grazing — Feeding — Breeding — 

 Planting, etc. 



Chapter I. — Soils — Classification — 

 Description — Management — Pro- 

 perties. 



Chapter II. — Inorganic IVIanurcs — 

 Mineral — Stone — Eartli — Pao3- 

 phatic. 



Chapter III. — Organic Manures — 

 Their Composition — Animal— Ve- 

 getable. 



Chapter IV. — ^Irrigation and Drain- 

 ing. 



Chapter V. — Mechanical Divisions 

 of Soils — Spading — Plowing— Im- 

 plements. 



Chapter VI. — The Grasses — Clovers 

 — Meadows — Pastures — Compara- 

 tive V'aluesof Grasses— Implements 

 fjr t'.ieir Cultivation. 



CHAPT:3r. VII.— Grain, and its Culti- 

 vatian — Varieties — Growth — Har- 

 vesting. 



Chapieu VIII.— Leguminous Plants 

 — Tu3 Pea— Bean — English Field 

 B3au— Tare or Vetch— Cultivation 

 —Harvesting. 



Chapter IX. — Roots and Esculents — 

 Varieties— Growth — Cultivation — 

 Securing the Crops — Uses— Nutri- 

 tive Ec[uivalents ot Different Kinds 

 of Forage. 



Chapter X. — Fruits— Apples— Cider 

 — Vinegar— Pears— Quinces— Plums 

 Peaches — Apricot? — Nectarines — 

 Smaller Fraits— Planting— Caltiva- 

 tion— Gathering— Preserving. 



CHAPrER X[.— Miscellaneous Objects 

 of Cultivation, aside from the Or- 

 dinary Farm Crops— Broom-corn— 

 Flax— Cotton— Ilcmp— Sugar Cane 

 Sorghum— Maple Su^ar -Tobacco- 

 Indigo— Madder— Wood— Sumach- 

 Teasel —Mustard — Hops —Castor 

 Beau, 



Chapter XH.- Aids and Objects of 

 Agriculture — Rotation of Crops, 

 and their Effects— Weeds— Restora- 



tion of Worn-out Soils — Fertilizing 

 Barren Lands— Utility of Birds — 

 Fences — Hedges — Farm Roads — 

 Shade Trees— Wood Lands-^Time 

 of Cutting Timber — Tools— Agri- 

 cultural Education of the Farmer. 



Chapter XIII. — Farm Buildings — 

 House — Barn — Sheds — Cisterns — 

 Various other Outbuildings— Steam- 

 ing Apparatus. 



Chapter XIV.— Domestic Animals 

 — Breeding — Anatomy— Respiration 

 — Consumption of Food. 



Chapter XV.— Neat or Homed Cattle 

 Devons — Herefords — Ayreshires — 

 Galloways — Short - horns — Alder- 

 neys or Jerseys — Dutch or Ilolstein . 

 — Management from Birth to Milk- 

 ing, Labor, or Slaughter. 



Chapter XVI.— The Dairy- Milk- 

 Butter — Cheese — Different Kinds- 

 Manner of Working. 



Chapter XVIL — Sheep — Merino — 

 Saxon — South Down — The Long- 

 wooled Breeds— Cotswold— Lincoln 

 — Breeding — Management — Shep- 

 herd Dogs. 



Chapter XVIII. — The Horse— De- 

 scription of Different Breeds— Their 

 Various Uses — Breeding— Manage- 

 ment. 



Chapter XIX. —The Ass— Mule — 

 Comparative Labor of Working 

 Animals, 



Chapter XX. — Swine — Different 

 Breeds — Breeding— Rearing — Fat- 

 tening—Curing Pork and Hams. 



Chapter XXI. — Poultry— Hens, or 

 Barn-door Fowls — Turkey — Pea- 

 cock—Guinea Hen — Goose — Duck 

 — Honey Bees. 



Chapter XXII. — Diseases of Ani- 

 mals—What Authority Shall We 

 Adopt ? — Sheep — Swine — Treat- 

 ment and Breeding of Horses. 



Chapter XXIII.— Conclusion— Gene- 

 ral I^emarks — The Farmer who 

 Lives by his Occupation— The Ama- 

 teur Farmer— Sundry Useful Tables. 



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