NEW AMERICAN PAEM BOOK, 



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AUTHOR 02" "DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS," AND FORMSRLT EDITOI: off 



THE "AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST." 

 ItEVISSD AND ENLARGED BT 



AUTHOR OS 1 "AMERICAN CATTLE," EDITOR OP THE "AMERICAN SHORT-DOR 

 HERD BOOK," ETC. 



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INTRODUCTION. Tillage Husbandry 



Grazing Feeding Breeding 

 Planting, etc. 



CHAPTER I. Soils ClassiScation 



Description Management Pro- 



perties. 

 CHAPTER II. Inorganic Manures 



Mineral Stone Earth Plios- 



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 Values of Grasses Implements 

 for their Cultivation. 



CHAPTER VII. Grain, and its Culti- 



vation Varieties Growth Har- 



vesting. 

 CHAPTER VIII. Leguminous Plants 



The Pea Bean English Field 



Bean Tare or Vetch Cultivation 



Harvesting. 



CHAPTER IX. Roots and Esculents- 



Varieties Growth Cultivation 



Securing the Crops Uses Nutri- 



tive Equivalents ot Different Kinds 



of Forage. 

 CHAPTER X. Fruits Apples Cider 



Vinegar Pears Quinces Plums 

 Peaches Apricots Nectarines 

 Smaller Fruits Planting Cultiva- 



tion Gathering Pres crving. 



CHAPTKB XL Miscellaneous Objects 

 of Cultivation, aside from the Or- 

 dinary Farm Crops Broom-corn 

 Flax Cotton Hemp Sugar Cane 

 Sorghum Maple Sugar Tobacco- 

 Indigo Madder Wood Sumach- 

 Teasel Mustard Hops Castor 

 Bean. 



CHAPTER XII. Aids and Objects of 

 Agriculture Rotation of Crops, 

 and their Effects Weeds Restora- 

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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 Animate 

 Breeding Anatomy Respiration 

 Consumption of Food. 



CHAPTER XV. Neat or Horned Cattle 

 Dsvons Herefords Ayreshires 

 Galloways Short -horns Alder- 

 neys or Jerseys Dutch or Holstein 

 Management from Birth to Milk- 

 ing, Labor, or Slaughter. 



CHAPTER XVI. The Dairy- Milk- 

 Butter Cheese Different Kinds- 

 Manner of Working. 



CHAPTER XVII. 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- 

 malsWhat Authority Shall We 

 Adopt ? Sheep Swine Treat- 

 ment and Breeding of Horses. 



CHAPTER XXIII. Conclusion Gene- 

 ral Remarks The Farmer wfio 

 Lives by his Occupation The Ama- 

 teur Farmer Sundry Useful Tables. 

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