SUGGESTIONS TO READING - CLUBS 

 AND TO TEACHERS 



This book has found a place in reading- circles. 

 The following suggestions on this use of the text 

 were made by request of the reading- circles of 

 one state, and they are reproduced here for the 

 benefit of others who may similarly employ the 

 book. 



In the production of its wealth, agriculture 

 operates in three great fields, with the soil, the 

 plant, and the animal. Although aided at every 

 point by a knowledge of other subjects, its final 

 success rests on these bases, and these are the 

 fields to which the Principles of Agriculture 

 gives most attention. 



Agriculture is often said to be the most fun- 

 damental and most useful of occupations, since 

 it feeds the world. The province of a text- book 

 of agriculture is to deal with the original' pro- 

 duction of agricultural wealth rather than with 

 its manufacture, transportation or sale. 



The subject of agriculture is being considered 

 very generally by schools. This book is intended 

 to supply the demand for a broad knowledge 

 of the subject, both general and specific. It 



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