HE VIEW OP THE BOOK 291 



Spend at least one meeting on the Table of 

 Contents for the purpose of developing a general 

 point of view on the whole subject of agriculture. 

 This book is made for adults or for those who 

 are old enough to grasp a general view of the 

 subjects included in agriculture. It is well to 

 have all these subjects in mind at the outset, so 

 that the relative importance of each may be 

 known and understood. 



It will be noticed that the introduction is con- 

 cerned with a general statement of what agri- 

 culture is. It has three co-ordinate divisions, as 

 may be seen by the analysis on page ix. The 

 first division attempts to define agriculture, the 

 second to discuss the personal attributes on 

 which successful agriculture depends, and the 

 third defines the field of its endeavor. Under 

 section 1 are to be found a definition of agri- 

 culture, paragraphs 1, 2, la, 2a; what agricul- 

 ture contributes to the world, 3, 3a; what agri- 

 culture is, 4, 4a, 4b; definitions of agriculture, 

 5-9, 8a, 9a. In section 2, it is explained how 

 successful farming depends on the executive 

 ability of the farmer, in paragraphs 10-12; how 

 it depends on a knowledge of science, 13-20; 

 how complicated the business of agriculture is, 

 21, 21a, 216. In section 3, there is an outline 

 of the things with which agriculture deals, in 

 paragraphs 22, 22a, 226. 



