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  The 
  New 
  Agriculture 
  

  

  By 
  

  

  T. 
  BYARD 
  COLLINS 
  

  

  8vo. 
  ClotL 
  376 
  Pages 
  

   100 
  Illustrations 
  

   Price, 
  $2.00, 
  Postpaid 
  

  

  HIS 
  new 
  and 
  valuable 
  work 
  sets 
  forth 
  the 
  changes 
  which 
  

   have 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  American 
  agricultural 
  methods 
  which 
  

   are 
  transforming 
  farm 
  life, 
  formerly 
  so 
  hard, 
  into 
  the 
  most 
  

   independent, 
  peaceful 
  and 
  agreeable 
  existence. 
  Farm 
  life 
  

   to-day 
  offers 
  more 
  inducements 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  previous 
  period 
  

   in 
  the 
  world's 
  history, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  calling 
  millions 
  from 
  the 
  

   desk. 
  The 
  present 
  work 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  practical 
  treatises 
  on 
  the 
  

   subject 
  ever 
  issued. 
  It 
  contains 
  376 
  pages 
  and 
  100 
  illustrations. 
  

  

  In 
  brief, 
  the 
  Contents 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  I. 
  This 
  chapter 
  contains 
  a 
  general 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  advantages 
  of 
  farm 
  life. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  II. 
  Deals 
  with 
  the 
  vast 
  systems 
  of 
  irrigation 
  which 
  are 
  transforming 
  the 
  great 
  

  

  West, 
  and 
  also 
  hints 
  at 
  an 
  application 
  of 
  water 
  by 
  artificial 
  means 
  in 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  

  

  where 
  irrigation 
  has 
  not 
  hitherto 
  been 
  found 
  necessary. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  III. 
  Gives 
  the 
  principles 
  and 
  importance 
  of 
  fertilization 
  and 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  inocu- 
  

   lating 
  the 
  soil 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  nitrogen-gathering 
  bacteria. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  IV. 
  Deals 
  with 
  the 
  popular 
  awakening 
  to 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  canals 
  and 
  good 
  roads, 
  

  

  and 
  their 
  relation 
  to 
  economy 
  and 
  social 
  well-being. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  V. 
  Tells 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  interests 
  which 
  promise 
  a 
  profit. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  VI. 
  Gives 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  human 
  creations 
  in 
  the 
  plant 
  world. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  VII. 
  Deals 
  with 
  new 
  varieties 
  of 
  grain, 
  root 
  and 
  fruit, 
  and 
  the 
  principles 
  upon 
  which 
  

  

  these 
  modifications 
  are 
  effected 
  and 
  the 
  possibilities 
  which 
  they 
  indicate. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  VIII. 
  Describes 
  improper 
  methods 
  in 
  agricultural 
  practice. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  IX. 
  Devoted 
  to 
  new 
  machinery 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  drudgery 
  of 
  life 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  is 
  being 
  

  

  eliminated, 
  making 
  the 
  farm 
  a 
  factory 
  and 
  the 
  farmer 
  the 
  manager 
  of 
  it. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  X. 
  Shows 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  specialists 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  farmer, 
  who 
  can 
  have 
  

  

  the 
  most 
  expert 
  advice 
  upon 
  every 
  phase 
  of 
  his 
  work 
  without 
  any 
  expense 
  whatever 
  to 
  himself. 
  

  

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