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CATECHISM 



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SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL AGEICULTUEE. 



( Questions to be answered as below, or from the sections 

 referred to.) 



What is the science of agriculture ? It is the Tcnowledge of 

 farming. 



What is practical agriculture ? It is the practice of farming. 



What is the difference ? The first is something to he learned; 

 the second something to he done. 



Can the kaiming be in all cases separated from the practice f It 

 cannot. 



If you were told to feed a horse, could you Jearn perfectly how 

 to feed him without first putting your knowledge into practice ? 

 I think I could. 



Let us see: 1st. You would need to know what food a horse 

 .requires; 2d. In what form he requires it, whether long or 

 chopped, ground or whole, raw or cooked; 3d. How often he 

 should be fed; 4th. How much at a time;- and 5th. You would 

 want to he quick to judge hy his appearance and action, whether 

 you were feeding him in the hest manner. Could you learn aC 

 these things without some practice ? All but the last. 



If you were told to mow a piece of meadow, could you first 

 learn how to mow, and then afterwards mow it ? In this case I 

 should have to unite the learning with the practice. 



Is it not so with most things to be done on a farm ? It is. 



What two things then are essential to an accomplished farmer? 

 That he should know everything that is to be done on a farm, and 

 he ahle to do it expertly. 



What would the first be called ? Knowledge, or science. What 

 the second? Skill. 



Which of these is important to the hands on a farm ? The last. 



Which to the man who manages the farm ? Both. 



What does farming imply? Three things: 1st. The growing 



