vi INTRODUCTION 
ture the converting of the raw products of the farm 
into manufactured or finished articles, which supply 
human wants in the nature of Nourishment, Comforts 
or Pleasure. This is as it should be, for there is no 
plausible reason why the manufacture of flour from 
wheat, or the making of bread from flour is not as im- 
portant to agriculture as the chemistry or histology of 
the wheat plant itself. It is just as important to know 
how to make starch from corn, or cloth from cotton fiber, 
as it is to grow the plants themselves. 
Tn accordance with this modern interpretation of Agri- 
culture, the following classification is inserted as a pre- 
lude to a more extended discussion of the topic. 
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE 
(ZOOTECHNY Breeding 
(Animal Technology).... sseseoee ora oe Bae Management 
ses, etc. 
Cereals 
Grasses 
Legumes 
(Agronomy.........0.- pabera 
Corn 
Cotton, ete. 
Tree Fruits 
Horticulture........6. Small Fruits 
Herb-like Fruits 
Olericulture.......... Vegetables 
AGROTECHNY 
(Plant Technology).... 4 
AGRICULTURE 
athe, 
Floriculture.......... Flowers 
Viticulture........... Grapes 
Landscape Architecture.Land Decoration 
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