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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 19 lo 



THE NEW AGRICULTURE 



By 



T. BYARD COLLINS 



8vo. Cloth. 376 Pages 

 100 Illustrations 

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HIS new and valuable work sets forth the changes which have 

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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 

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 hitherto been found necessary. 



CHAPTER III. Gives the principles and importance of fertilization and the possibility of inoculating the soil 

 by means of nitrogen-gathering bacteria. 



CHAPTER IV. Deals with the popular awaking to the importance of canals and good roads, and their rela- 

 tion 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 modi- 

 fications 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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