NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 



OKIGINALLT BT 



AUTHOK OB" "diseases OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS," AND FOKMERLT 3DIT0R OF 



THE " AMERICAN AaKICULTURIST." 



REVISED AND ENLARGED BT 



AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN CATTLE," EDITOR OF THE "AMERICAN SHORT-HORN 

 HERD BOOK," ETC. 



c o OS" T IE nsr T S: 



Introduction. — Tillage Husbandry 



— Grazing — Feeding — Breeding — 



Planting etc. 

 Chapter I. — Soils — Classification — 



Description — Management — Pro- 

 perties. 

 Chapter II. — Inorganic Manures — 



Mineral — Stone — Earth. — Phos- 



phatic. 

 Chapter in. — Organic Manures — 



Their Composition — Animal — Ye- 



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 — Growtli- Har- 

 vesting. 



Chapteh VIII. — Leguminous Plants 

 — The Pea— Bean — English Field 

 Beau — Tare or Vetcli — Cultivation 

 — Harvesting. 



Chapter IX. — Roots and Esculents- 

 Varieties — Growth — Cultivation — 

 Securing the Crops — Uses — Nutri- 

 tive Eqtuivalents of Different Kinds 

 of Forage. 



Chapter X.— Fruits— Apples— Cider 

 — Vinegar — Pears— Quinces— Plums 

 Peaches — Apricots — Nectarines — 

 Smaller Fruits— Planting— Cultiva- 

 tion— Gatherin g—Pr e s erving. 



CHAprBR XI.— Miscellaneous Objects 

 of Cultivation, aside from the Or- 

 dinary Farm Crops— Broom-corn- 

 Flax— Cotton— Hemp— Sugar Cane 

 Sorghum— Maple Sugar -Tobacco— 

 Indi«-o— 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 Xlll. — Farm Buildings — 

 House — Bam — Sheds — Cisterns — 

 Various other Outbuildings— Steam- 

 ing Apparatus. 



Chapter XIV.— Domestic Animals 

 — ^Breeding — Anatomy— Kespira tion 

 — Consumption of Food. 



Chapter XV. — Neat or Homed Cattle 

 Devons — Hercfords — 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— Lincom 

 — 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— Pearing — Fat- 

 tening—Caring Pork and Hams. 



Chapter XXI. — Poultry — Hens, or 

 Barn-door Fowls — Turkey — Pea- 

 cock — Guinea Hen — Goose — Duck 

 — Honey Bees. 



Chapter XXIL — Diseases of Ani- 

 mals—What Authority Shall We 

 Adopt ? — Sheep — Swiue — Treat- 

 ment and Breeding of Horses. 



Chapter XXIII. — Conclusion — Gene- 

 ral Remarks — The Farmer who 

 Lives by his Occupation— The Ama- 

 teur Farmer — Sundry Useful Tables. 



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