Elements of Agriculture 



By G. F. WARREN 



Professor of Farm Crops and Farm Management, New 

 York State College of Agriculture, at Cornell University 



Cloth, i2mo, 456 pages, $1.10 net 

 CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION — THE IMPROVEMENT OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS — PROPA- 

 GATION of Plants - Plant Food — The Soil — Maintaining the 

 Fertility of the Land — Some Important Farm Crops — En- 

 emies of Crops — Systems of Cropping — Feeds and Feeding — 

 The Horse— Cattle — Sheep — Swine — Poultry — Farm Man- 

 agement—The Farm House — The Farm Community — Appendix. 



The Elements of Agriculture is the work of an experienced 

 instructor with the editorial assistance of Professor L. H. Bailey. 

 In both subject matter and method of presentation, the author has 

 carried out as far as possible the recommendations of the com- 

 mittee on methods of teaching agriculture of the Association of 

 American Colleges and Experiment Stations. The laboratory and 

 supplementary work is clearly outlined, there is an abundance of 

 questions for study and review, and — a desideratum too often 

 overlooked in agricultural texts — the reading lists are full and in- 

 clude the most recent publications, a full bibliography being given 

 in the Appendix. There are two hundred text illustrations and 

 fourteen full-page plates. The subject as thus presented does not 

 demand any special preparation on the part of the teacher ; the 

 usual knowledge of elementary botany and chemistry, and a fair 

 familiarity with farm operations will suffice to conduct the work. 



In addition to its use in high school work, the book is suffi- 

 ciently exhaustive to be used in normal schools, academies, and 

 for brief courses in colleges, as well as for farmers' reading circles 

 and general library use. 



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