THE PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE 



INTRODUCTION 



1. What Agriculture Is 



1. Agriculture, or farming, is the business of 

 raising products from the land. These products 

 are of two classes : crops, or plants and their 

 products ; stock, or animals and their products. 

 The former are direct products of the land ; the 

 latter are indirect products of the land. 



2. Agriculture also comprises, to a certain 

 extent, the marketing or selling of its products. 

 As marketable commodities, the products are of 

 two classes : primary, or those which are put on 

 the market in their native or natural condition, 

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

 secondary, or those which are put on the market 

 in a manufactured condition, as butter, cheese, 

 cider, evaporated fruits. 



3. The chief contribution of agriculture to 

 the wealth and welfare of the world is the pro- 

 duction of food. Its second contribution is the 

 production of materials for clothing. Its third 



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