NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK. 
ORIGINALLY BY 
R. LL. ALLEN, 
AUTHOR OF ‘‘ DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS,’ AND’ FORMERLY ZDITOR OF 
THE “ AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST.” 
REVISED AND ENLARGED BY 
LEWIS F. 
ALLEN, 
AUTHOR OF ‘‘ AMMRICAN CATTLE,” EDITOR OF THE ‘| AMERICAN SHORT-HORN 
HERD BOOK,” ETC. 
CONTENTS: 
IntRopucTIon.—Tillage Husbandry 
—Grazing — Feeding — Breeding — 
Planting, etc. 
Cuarrer I.—Soils — Classification— 
Description — Management — Pro- 
perties. - ; 
CHarteR II.—Inorganic Manures— 
Mineral — Stone — Earth — Phos- 
phatic. 
CuaptEer II.— Organic Manures — 
Their Composition — Animal—Ve- 
getable. 
CuartTer IV.—Irrigation and Drain- 
ing. 
Graeme 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. 
Cuarter VII.—Grain, and its Culti- 
vation — Varieties — Growth—Har- 
vesting, 
CaaPrEeR VIII.—Leguminous Plants 
—Thbe Pea—Bean —English Field 
Bean—Tare or Vetch—Cultivation 
—Harvesting. 
Cuaprer IX.—Roots and Esculents— 
Varieties—Growth — Cultivation — 
Securing the Crops—Uses—Nutri- 
tive Equivalents of Different Kinds 
of Forage. i 
CHAPTER “x. —Fruits—Apples—Cider 
—Vinegar—Pears—Quinces—Plums 
Peaches — Apricots — Nectarines — 
Smaller Fraits—Planting—Cultiva- 
Hen Gathers ee f 
CHaprrer XI.—Miscellaneous Objects 
of Caltivation, 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. F 
Oaarter XII.—Aids and Objects of 
Agriculture — Rotation of Crops, 
and their Effects—W eeds—Restora- 
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. 
CaaPreR XIII.—Farm Buildings— 
House — Barn—Sheds — Cisterns — 
Various other Outbuildings—Steam- 
ing Apparatus. 
CuaPTtER XIV.—Domestic Animals 
—Breeding—Anatomy—Respiration 
—Consumption of Food. 
CHAPTER XV.—Neat or Horned Cattle 
Devons — 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 wy orkne. 
CuHarTEeR XVII.— Sheep — Merino— 
Saxon—South Down—The Long- 
wooled Breeds—Cotswold—Linco. 
— Breeding — Management — Shep- 
herd Dogs. 
CHarTeR XVIII.—The Horse—De- 
scription of Different Breeds—Their 
Various Uses—Breeding—Manage- 
ment. 
CaapTeR XIX.—The Ass—Mule— 
Comparative Labor of Working 
Animals. i 
CuarTeR 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- 
mals — What Authority Shall We 
. Adopt? — Sheep — Swine — 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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